New additions to the lending library!
We'll keep you reading in December!
Starting with QUEEN SUGAR - Maybe you've see the TV show but here is the book about a mother-daughter story of reinvention—about an African American woman who unexpectedly inherits a sugarcane farm in Louisiana.
A PAPER SON-"Grade school teacher and aspiring author Peregrine Long sees a Chinese family on board a ship--in his morning tea. The image inspires him to write the story of this family, but then a woman turns up at his door, claiming that he's writing her family history exactly as it happened. She doesn't like it, but she has one question: What happened to the little boy of the family, her long-lost uncle.... Read with us
Starting with QUEEN SUGAR - Maybe you've see the TV show but here is the book about a mother-daughter story of reinvention—about an African American woman who unexpectedly inherits a sugarcane farm in Louisiana.
A PAPER SON-"Grade school teacher and aspiring author Peregrine Long sees a Chinese family on board a ship--in his morning tea. The image inspires him to write the story of this family, but then a woman turns up at his door, claiming that he's writing her family history exactly as it happened. She doesn't like it, but she has one question: What happened to the little boy of the family, her long-lost uncle.... Read with us
Reading is Fundamental
"The true university of these days is a collection of books". Thomas Carlyle
Some may ask, “Why read a book?” In response, books allow us to travel without leaving the house; we can slip them in our bags and crack them open as we wait for the bus or read quietly while enjoying the last glass of attaya. Books connect us to the diversity in the world around us, exposing us to new ideas and experiences. Compared to the cost of a college course, one book is relatively inexpensive and our library loan program allows books to circulate
throughout the community.
Originally established solely as a new bookstore the lending library was organized later to provide the community much needed access to a wide range of books in English. Consisting of almost 2000 fiction and non-fiction books for readers of all ages, the lending library members include individual students, families and Chez Alpha also works collaboratively with various educational institutions providing them access to English books. Students utilize the library in order to complete required assignments while other readers drop by for a quick visit, become hooked and continue to stop by for a monthly supply of good reading materials. Some library members travel great distances for the pleasure of borrowing books. Other visitors are merely in Dakar for a two week vacation and having heard about Chez Alpha feel the need to come and read just for the afternoon. Whatever your reason for visiting the library, we share your addiction to books and welcome passionate readers from around the world!
Some may ask, “Why read a book?” In response, books allow us to travel without leaving the house; we can slip them in our bags and crack them open as we wait for the bus or read quietly while enjoying the last glass of attaya. Books connect us to the diversity in the world around us, exposing us to new ideas and experiences. Compared to the cost of a college course, one book is relatively inexpensive and our library loan program allows books to circulate
throughout the community.
Originally established solely as a new bookstore the lending library was organized later to provide the community much needed access to a wide range of books in English. Consisting of almost 2000 fiction and non-fiction books for readers of all ages, the lending library members include individual students, families and Chez Alpha also works collaboratively with various educational institutions providing them access to English books. Students utilize the library in order to complete required assignments while other readers drop by for a quick visit, become hooked and continue to stop by for a monthly supply of good reading materials. Some library members travel great distances for the pleasure of borrowing books. Other visitors are merely in Dakar for a two week vacation and having heard about Chez Alpha feel the need to come and read just for the afternoon. Whatever your reason for visiting the library, we share your addiction to books and welcome passionate readers from around the world!
LENDING LIBRARY AT CHEZ ALPHA BOOKS
“The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.” ― Albert Einstein
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