BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20240820T170000Z DTEND:20240820T180000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Book Chat: Two Wheels Good DESCRIPTION:Book Chat meets on the third Tuesday of every month at 12:00 pm in the library meeting room. August's selection is Two Wheels Good by Jody Rosen. Summary: In Two Wheels Good\, journalist and critic Jody Rosen reshapes our understanding of this ubiquitous machine\, an ever-present force in humanity's life and dream life and a flash point in culture wars for more than two hundred years. Combining history\, reportage\, travelogue\, and memoir\, Rosen's book sweeps across centuries and around the globe\, unfolding the bicycle's saga from its invention in 1817 to its present-day renaissance as a "green machine\," an emblem of sustainability in a world afflicted by pandemic and climate change. Readers meet unforgettable characters: feminist rebels who steered bikes to the barricades in the 1890s\, a prospector who pedaled across the frozen Yukon to join the Klondike gold rush\, a Bhutanese king who races mountain bikes in the Himalayas\, a cycle-rickshaw driver who navigates the seething streets of the world's fastest-growing megacity\, astronauts who ride a floating bicycle in zero gravity aboard the International Space Station. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Book Chat meets on the third Tuesday of every month at 12:00 pm in the library meeting room. August'\;s selection is Two Wheels Good by Jody Rosen. Summary: In Two Wheels Good\, journalist and critic Jody Rosen reshapes our understanding of this ubiquitous machine\, an ever-present force in humanity&rsquo\;s life and dream life&mdash\;and a flash point in culture wars&mdash\;for more than two hundred years. Combining history\, reportage\, travelogue\, and memoir\, Rosen&rsquo\;s book sweeps across centuries and around the globe\, unfolding the bicycle&rsquo\;s saga from its invention in 1817 to its present-day renaissance as a &ldquo\;green machine\,&rdquo\; an emblem of sustainability in a world afflicted by pandemic and climate change. Readers meet unforgettable characters: feminist rebels who steered bikes to the barricades in the 1890s\, a prospector who pedaled across the frozen Yukon to join the Klondike gold rush\, a Bhutanese king who races mountain bikes in the Himalayas\, a cycle-rickshaw driver who navigates the seething streets of the world&rsquo\;s fastest-growing megacity\, astronauts who ride a floating bicycle in zero gravity aboard the International Space Station. LOCATION:Clear Lake Public Library 200 N 4th St UID:e.1102.738756 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260513T202544Z URL:https://members.clearlakeiowa.com/events/details/book-chat-two-wheels-good-738756 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR