Ladies Book Club

Century after century, camels and their drivers have traveled the
sands between the fabled city of Timbuktu and the notorious salt
mines of Taoudenni, hauling supplies from the proverbial end of the
earth to an even farther-flung outpost, deep in Mali's slice of the
Sahara. They return laden with tombstone-sized slabs of solid salt.
While nearly all of the great trans-Saharan trade routes have
disappeared, the Caravan of White Gold--so called because the salt
was once literally worth its weight in gold--marches on, spared by
unmatched isolation.

Hearing that the caravans were threatened by the introduction of
trucks, author Benanav joined a caravan, becoming one of the few
Westerners to do so. He visited the modern city of Timbuktu, a
sprawling, dilapidated town of mud-brick dwellings, and haggled to
join a caravan to a destination once used as a jail, the salt mines.
Following his amused guide, Walid, Benanav lived for weeks among
the camel drivers, marching eighteen hours a day for nearly a
thousand miles through sandstorms and searing heat.

Men of Salt is a revelation, and an important addition to the
literature of history and of travel.



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		The February book is "Men of Salt " by Michael Benanav. Century after century, camels and their drivers have traveled the sands between the fabled city of Timbuktu and the notorious salt mines of Taoudenni, hauling supplies from the proverbial end of the earth to an even farther-flung outpost, deep in Mali's slice of the Sahara. They return laden with tombstone-sized slabs of solid salt. While nearly all of the great trans-Saharan trade routes have disappeared, the Caravan of White Gold--so called because the salt was once literally worth its weight in gold--marches on, spared by unmatched isolation. Hearing that the caravans were threatened by the introduction of trucks, author Benanav joined a caravan, becoming one of the few Westerners to do so. He visited the modern city of Timbuktu, a sprawling, dilapidated town of mud-brick dwellings, and haggled to join a caravan to a destination once used as a jail, the salt mines. Following his amused guide, Walid, Benanav lived for weeks among the camel drivers, marching eighteen hours a day for nearly a thousand miles through sandstorms and searing heat. Men of Salt is a revelation, and an important addition to the literature of history and of travel. Book Club will meet on February 27th at 7pm. Contact the office for location.

		Books for 2012: Mar - "A Good and Perfect Gift" by Amy Julia Becker

		Here is a list of all the books read since the club began in 2006. The church library should have a copy if you'd like to check one out. If you have any questions about the Ladies Book Club, talk to Janie P. 2006 Feb - "The Friendships of Women" by Dee Brestin Mar - "When the Shofar Blew" by Francine Rivers Apr - "When Bad Things Happen to Good People" by Dave Burchett Jun - "One Tuesday Morning" by Karen Kingsbury Jul - "Beyond Tuesday Morning" by Karen Kingsbury Sep - "The Last Sin Eater" by Francine Rivers Oct - "First We Have Coffee" by Margaret Jensen Nov - "Tortured For His Faith" by Harlan Popov Dec - "The Christmas Shoes" by Donna VanLiere 2007 Jan - "The Yada Yada Prayer Group" by Neta Jackson Feb - "In Every Pew Sits A Broken Heart" by Ruth Graham & Stacy Mattingly Mar - "Safely Home" by Randy Alcorn Apr - "The Weeping Chamber" by Sigmund Brouwer Jun - "Out of the Salt Shaker and into the World" by Rebecca Pippert Jul - "Even Now" and "Ever After" (2 books) by Karen Kingsbury Aug - "The Warning" by T Davis Bunn Sep - "The Ultimatum" by T Davis Bunn Nov - "Captivating" by John & Stasi Eldredge Dec - "The Ultimate Gift" by Jim Stovall 2008 Feb - "Small Acts of Grace" by Alice Gray Mar - "The Road Home" by Tommy Tenney and Mark Andrew Olsen Apr - "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini May - "The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Down" by Neta Jackson Jun - "Making Life Rich Without Any Money" by Phil Callaway Jul - "Dangerous Surrender" by Kay Warren Aug - "Leota's Garden" by Francine Rivers Sep - "90 Minutes in Heaven" by Don Piper Oct - "a Time to Dance" by Karen Kingsbury Nov - "Everybody's Normal Till You Get To Know Them" by John Ortberg Dec - "Dinner With A Perfect Stranger" by David Gregory 2009 Jan - "The Shack" by William P. Young Feb - "The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Real" by Neta Jackson Mar - "Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife" by Irene Spencer Apr - "Covenant Child" by Terri Blackstock May - "Through Gates of Splendor" by Elisabeth Elliot Jun - "A Voice In The Wind" by Francine Rivers Jul - "An Echo In the Darkness" by Francine Rivers Aug - "As Sure As the Dawn" by Francine Rivers Oct - "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford Nov - "The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Tough" by Neta Jackson Dec - "The Note" by Angela Hunt 2010 Jan - "Spaghetti for the Soul" by Kathy Triccoli and Ellie Lofaro Feb - "Going Rogue" by Sarah Palin Mar - "Winterflight" by Joseph Bayly Apr - "The Hole in Our Gospel" by Richard Stearns May - "The Summer Kitchen" by Lisa Wingate Sep - "The Swan House" by Elizabeth Musser Oct - "Last Light" by Terri Blackstock Nov - "Faith Like Potatoes" by Angus Buchan 2011 Jan - "Who Stole My Church?" by Gordon MacDonald Feb - "Her Mother's Hope" by Francine Rivers Mar - "The Magic of Ordinary Days" by Ann Howard Creel Apr - "Looking Like the Enemy" by Mary Matsuda Gruenewald May - "Like Dandelion Dust" by Karen Kingsbury Summer - "Catherine's Gift" by John Little "Half the Sky" by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn "Get Off Your Knees and Pray" by Sheila Walsh Sep - "One Thousand Gifts" by Ann Voscamp Oct - "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett Nov - "My Dearest Friend, Letters of Abigail and John Adams" by themselves Dec - "The Unfinished Gift" by Dan Walsh 2012 Jan - "Though Waters Roar" by Lynn Austin