October '10 Book of the Month: The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder by  Daniel Stashower - "On July 28, 1841, the body of Mary Rogers, a twenty-year-old cigar girl, was found floating in the Hudson-and New York's unregulated police force proved incapable of solving the crime. One year later, a struggling writer named Edgar Allan Poe decided to take on the case-and sent his fictional detective, C. Auguste Dupin, to solve the baffling murder of Mary Rogers in 'The Mystery of Marie Roget.'"


Midtown Book Group
Wed. October 13, 2010, 8:00 PM

The Midtown Book Group meets at Barnes & Noble @ Tech Square (5th & Spring) the 2nd Wednesday of each month @ 8 pm to discuss and enjoy great literature. We have a terrific, mixed group of Midtown neighbors & book lovers who participate for always-lively conversation: young and old(er), male and female, professionals, students, work-at-home moms, house people and condo dwellers, all are welcome! We meet in the upstairs conversation area in the back corner of the Computer/Music section at Barnes & Noble. Midtown Book Group members receive a 20% discount on the Monthly Book Selection at B&N@GeorgiaTech.

Please sign up at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MNAbookclub for updates and information.