BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.2.1//EN TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3568@uucpa.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180904T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180904T140000 DTSTAMP:20180611T042941Z URL:https://www.uucpa.org/events/brown-bag-books-3-2018-09-04/ SUMMARY:Brown Bag Books - "The Last Days of Night" DESCRIPTION:Brown Bag Books - "\;The Last Days of Night"\; The Sep tember book is "The Last Days of Night" (NF/ historical fiction)\n \n"Bas ed on actual events ...(this) book is "about the nature of genius\, the c ost of ambition\, and the battle to electrify America. \n"New York\, 1888 . Gas lamps still flicker in the city streets\, but the miracle of electri c light is in its infancy. The person who controls the means to turn night into day will make history—and a vast fortune. A young untested lawyer named Paul Cravath\, fresh out of Columbia Law School\, takes a case that seems impossible to win. Paul’s client\, George Westinghouse\, has been sued by Thomas Edison over a billion-dollar question: Who invented the lig ht bulb and holds the right to power the country? ...Edison is a wily\, da ngerous opponent with vast resources at his disposal—private spies\, new spapers in his pocket\, and the backing of J. P. Morgan himself. Yet this unknown lawyer shares with his famous adversary a compulsion to win at all costs. How will he do it? ..."he (finds) that everyone in his path is pl aying their own game\, and no one is quite who they seem."  (Amazon).This book was named one of the best books of the year by both the Washington P ost and the Philadelphia Inquirer.  Please join us on September 4th at n oon in the Fireside Room to discuss this intriguing book.  And in the me antime\, have a wonderful summer.\n\n \;\n\nThe Brown Bag Books group meets year-round\, except in July and August. Many attendees bring their l unches\, and everyone brings a sense of humor. Monthly sessions are always lively and enjoyable.\n\nBooks chosen by the group for discussion are usu ally listed in the Order of Service and the Bulletin\, as well as on the U UCPA website.\n\n \;\n\nContact:           Hannah Slocum (ha nnah_s@uucpa.org)\n\nFacilitator:       Various participants\n\nRegi stration:   Not required\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.uucpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06 /BrownBagBooks.png LOCATION:Fireside Room GEO:37.419574;-122.11249800000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=505 E Charleston Road\, Pal o Alto\, CA\, 94306\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Fireside Ro om:geo:37.419574,-122.11249800000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20180311T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR