The Faculty Roundtable, a weekly discussion group, will review the following books this semester:

• Feb. 3: “The FairTax Book,” by Neal Boortz and John Linder presented by Dr. Joseph Kunicki, associate professor of mathematics.
• Feb. 10: “My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student” by Rebekah Nathan, presented by Dr. Hiro Kawamura, associate professor of Japanese.
• Feb. 17: “Death Sentences: How Clichés, Weasel Words and Management-Speak are Strangling Our Public Language," by Don Watson, presented by Dave Essinger, assistant professor of English.
• Feb. 24: “Class Matters” by Bill Keller, presented by Dr. Mark Polelle, director of history, political science, law and the liberal arts, and associate professor.
• March 3: “Happiness: The Science Behind Your Smile,” by Daniel Nettle, presented by TBA.
• March 17: “Carlyle vs. Tolstoy: The Great Leader Phenomenon in World History Reconsidered,” a research report on a book written by Polelle during his sabbatical.
• March 24: “Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945,” by Tony Judt, presented by Polelle.
• March 31: “Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing our Minds, Our Bodies, and What it Means to be Human,” by Joel Garreau, presented by TBA.

The Faculty Roundtable meets at 4 p.m. in the Rosewood Room in Henderson Dining Hall. All faculty, staff, students and community members are invited to attend.

For more information, contact Dr. Mark Polelle, director of history, political science, and law and the liberal arts, at 419-434-5954 or polelle@findlay.edu.