Tuesd ay\, January 18: \; \;Before the Coffee Gets Cold \;b y Toshikazu Kawaguchi
\nIn a s mall back alley in Tokyo\, there is a café\; which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee s hop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time. In \;Before the Coffee Gets Cold\, we meet four visitors\, each of whom is hoping to make use of the café\;&rsquo\;s time-travellin g offer. \;
\n\n\nTuesday\, F ebruary 15: \; Oh\, Florida!: How America's Wei rdest State Influences the Rest of the Country \;by Craig Pittman< /strong>
\nOh\, Florida! \;That nam e. That combination of sounds. Three simple syllables\, and yet packing so many mixed messages. To some people\, it&rsquo\;s a paradise. To others\, it&rsquo\;s a punch line. \;Oh\, Florida! \;explores those contra dictions and shows how they fit together to make this the most interesting state. \;
\n\n\nTuesday\, Ma rch 15: \; Sourdough \;by Robin Sloan
\nLois Clary is a software engineer. \; She codes all da y and collapses at night\, her human contact limited to the two brothers w ho run the neighborhood hole-in-the-wall from which she orders dinner ever y evening. Then\, disaster! Visa issues. The brothers close up shop\, and fast. But they have one last delivery for Lois: their culture\, the sourdo ugh starter used to bake their bread. She must keep it \;alive\, \ ;they tell her&mdash\;feed it daily\, play it music\, and learn to bake wi th it. \;
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