What we’re about
This book club is for people who enjoy reading non-fiction! Let's have fun reading and discussing informative, thought provoking books.
Our goal is to bring like minded individuals together who enjoy learning more about the world and would like to socialize over a good book.
Titles to span diverse subjects like economics, current events, politics, history, science, self-help, biographies, travelogues and memoirs. If it's non- fiction, it qualifies!
We'll meet at restaurants, wine bars, or casual dining spots mostly inside the Loop. New selections for future Meetups are selected at the end of each Meetup. They are based on member suggestions and chosen by popular vote. That means if you want to see a book you love as a featured selection, you need to be present at a Meetup!
Upcoming events (3)
See all- Targeted: Beirut 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and Origin Story of War on TerrorCadillac Bar, Houston, TX
The first in a new in-depth nonfiction series examining the devastating terrorist attacks that changed the course of history from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Carr and Pulitzer Prize finalist James M. Scott, beginning with the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut.
1983: the United States Marine Corps experiences its greatest single-day loss of life since the Battle of Iwo Jima when a truck packed with explosives crashes into their headquarters and barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. This horrifying terrorist attack, which killed 241 servicemen, continues to influence US foreign policy and haunts the Marine Corps to this day.
Now, the full story is revealed as never before by Jack Carr and historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist James M. Scott. Based on comprehensive interviews with survivors, extensive military records, as well as personal letters, diaries, and photographs, this is the authoritative account of the deadly attack.
To learn more or to make an Amazon purchase, go to Targeted: Beirut
- Confessions of an Economic Hit ManFratelli's Ristorante, Houston, TX
How do we stop the unrelenting evolution of the economic hit man strategy and China’s takeover?
The riveting third edition of this New York Times bestseller blows the whistle on China’s economic hit man (EHM) strategy, exposes corruption on an international scale, and offers much-needed solutions for curing the degenerative Death Economy.
In this shocking exposé, former EHM John Perkins gives an insider view into the corrupt system that cheats and strong-arms countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars and ultimately causes staggering income inequality and ecological devastation.
EHMs are highly paid professionals who use development loans to saddle countries with huge debts and force them to serve US interests. Now, a new EHM wave is infecting the world, and at the peak of the devastation sits China, a newly dominant economic power, with its own insidious version of the US EHM blueprint. Twelve explosive new chapters detail the allure, exploitation, and wreckage of China’s EHM strategy in Latin America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.
If allowed to continue its rampage, the EHM strategy—whether executed by the United States or China—will destroy life as we know it. However, all is not lost. Perkins offers a plan for transforming this system that places profits above all into a Life Economy that restores the earth. He inspires readers to take actions toward a new era of global cooperation that will end the United States’ and China’s EHM strategies for good.To learn more or make an Amazon purchase, go to: Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
