July 2024 - The Deepest Map (extra book discussion in the evening)

July 2024 - The Deepest Map

Discussion -  July 24, 5:30pm

"A riveting ocean of a book, packed with gripping adventures, high-stakes exploration and political intrigue. Trethewey leads us to the bottom of the sea and deftly shows why it all matters so much." — Helen Scales, author of The Brilliant Abyss

The Deepest Map: The High-Stakes Race to Chart the World's Oceans 

by Laura Trethewey (2023)

The dramatic story of the last mysterious place on earth—the world’s seafloor—and the deep-sea divers, ocean mappers, marine biologists, entrepreneurs, and adventurers involved in the historic push to chart it, as well as the opportunities, challenges, and perils this exploration holds now and for the future. 

Resources:

• About the author: https://nautiluslive.org/people/laura-trethewey
• What is Hydrography (with helpful infographic!): https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/hydrography.html
• NOAA and ocean mapping: https://www.oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explainers/mapping.html
• Seafloor mapping chat with Laura Trethewey & the Nautilus Team: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWcLdY2wAnA
• Keep reading: here are some recent ocean science books: https://oceanconservancy.org/blog/2022/04/21/11-must-read-ocean-books-2022/
• National Geographic maps of the ocean 1903-2001: https://www.natgeomaps.com/wall-maps/map-archive/oceans
  

Mentioned in the book: 

• OET and the Nautilus: nautiluslive.org and their YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/evnautilus
• Five Deeps Expedition https://fivedeeps.com/
• Cassie Bongiovanni: https://eos.unh.edu/spotlight/cassie-bongiovanni
• UNH ocean mapping program: https://ccom.unh.edu/ (I want to go back in time and enroll at 18!) and a page on careers in ocean exploration: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/edu/oceanage/welcome.html
• The movie The Life Aquatic (HTL has the DVD)
• Saildrone's ocean mapping applications: https://www.saildrone.com/solutions/ocean-mapping  (and here is the video from inside Hurricane Sam)
• BBC Documentary series The Blue Planet II: https://www.bbcearth.com/shows/blue-planet-ii
  

July 2024 - The Kamogawa Food Detectives

 

July 2024 - The Kamogawa Food Detectives

“What’s the one dish you’d do anything to taste just one more time?.”

The Kamogawa Food Detectives

By Hisashi Kashiwai (2013)

translated by Jesse Kirkwood (2024)

Discussion -  July 17, 1pm

A father-daughter duo are ‘food detectives’. Through ingenious investigations, they recreate dishes from a person’s treasured memories – dishes that may well hold the keys to their forgotten past and future happiness. The restaurant of lost recipes provides a link to vanished moments, creating a present full of possibility. A bestseller in Japan, The Kamogawa Food Detectives is a celebration of good company and the power of a delicious meal.

Copies of the book are available at the library. It is also on Libby and other streaming services. 

At Gibson's or Main Street Bookends, mention our group and they will kindly offer a discount.

Resources:

• List of Temples and Shrines in Kyoto (with photos)
• Recipe for Nabeyaki Udon
• Kyoto introduction and travel guide: https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2158.html
• If you want to read more Japanese literature translated into English - https://sfpl.bibliocommons.com/list/share/356654627/1847845719  and  https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/108744
• If you liked this, look for the sequel...the English translation of 2014's The Restaurant of Lost Recipes is expected in October!
  
• Here's a list of Japanese Workplace fiction - https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/198201
• As discussed in the meeting,the Netflix show Midnight Diner has some common themes: www.netflix.com/title/80113037