Reader’s Guide

Our Arlington Reads 2009 Reader’s Guide is now available in downloadable (and printable) PDF form. If you plan to read The Nine with your book group, or want to attend our upcoming discussions, you’ll find that the Reader’s Guide is a handy tool for thinking and talking about the ideas and issues raised by the [...]

A letter from Library Director Diane Kresh

Hello Arlington Readers, What better time than now to take a look at that tradition-bound, mysterious group of nine very powerful people known as the United States Supreme Court? With a new president promising “change” and a number of Court vacancies likely, Arlington Reads 2009 will explore the context of headlines soon-to-come through this year’s [...]

BOOK GROUPS – kits still available

Contact dcross@arlingtonva.us for Instant Book Kit availability; Ronald K.L. Collins, a First Amendment Center scholar is set to moderate our Community Book Discussion of THE NINE: INSIDE THE SECRET WORLD OF THE SUPREME COURT on April 13th at Central Auditorium.

Win a Free Copy of THE NINE: INSIDE THE SECRET WORLD OF THE SUPREME COURT

Do you want to spend more time with “The Nine” than just the 3-week Library borrowing period?  Sign up here for a chance to win your own copy of the Arlington Reads 2009 featured book, “The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court” by Jeffrey Toobin. Winners will be notified by email or [...]

‘The Nine’ for Book Groups

Is your book group interested in reading ‘The Nine’? We will have a limited number of Book Club Kits available to the public, borrowable from the Library.  Each kit includes 15 soft-cover copies of  ‘The Nine’ (with a new epilogue) and background information about the book and author.  The books comes in a canvas bag [...]