KMUW's monthly book club features selections made by KMUW staff. For August we're reading "River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile" by Candice Millard.

Candice Millard is known for her "slice of life" biographies—nonfiction narratives that focus on a lesser-known moment of a well-known person from history. Millard has written another story of courage and adventure, but instead of looking at a few months in one person’s life, she explores a full decade in the mid-1800s when three men set out on various expeditions to discover the source of the Nile.

-- Beth Golay, host of Marginalia  

We'll meet in-person at KMUW for a group discussion over dinner and drinks from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 17. Dinner is provided by Public.