The World is Flat & Nickel and Dimed
Thomas Friedman & Barbara Ehrenreich

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What is a Common Book?

The goal of the Common Book Program is that everyone at the College - students, faculty and staff - and people in the community will read and discuss the same book over an entire semester. There will be events organized such as movies, lectures, and discussions which will connect to themes in the book.

Previous WCC Common Books

Fall 2004: Fast Food Nation
Fall 2005 and Spring 2006: Ka'a'awa

Other Common Book Programs

Otterbein College - UC Davis
Chicago's One City, One Book
The ALA's One Conference, One Book
A list of other programs

What's next? Click here.
(download PDF poster of Spring 2007 Events)

Ishmael by Daniel Quinn has been chose as the 2007-2008 Common Book
For more information, click here

Women's Campus Club
University of Hawai'i

Hawai'i Council for the Humanities

Pacific and Asian Affairs Council (PAAC)

If you're interested helping sponsor the Common Book Program, contact Brian Richardson at commonbk@hawaii.edu