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Friday, May 18, 7:30pm, at Lyndale
United Church of Christ, 810 W 31st St,
Minneapolis
Join us for a special evening with Valentino
Achak Deng, subject of Dave Eggers'
extraordinary book What
Is the What. Tickets are five dollars;
three dollars from each ticket goes to the Valentino
Achak Deng Foundation, dedicated to
helping Sudanese, both in the US and Sudan.
This event will be held at Lyndale United
Church of Christ. The church is located at
810 W 31st St, at the corner of 31st and
Aldrich, half a mile east of our store.
Separated from his family, Valentino Achak
Deng became a refugee in war-ravaged southern
Sudan. His travels brought him in contact
with enemy soldiers, with liberation rebels,
with hyenas and lions, with disease and
starvation, and with deadly murahaleen
(militias on horseback)-the same sort who
currently terrorize Darfur. Novelist Dave
Eggers, has told his story in What
Is the What, a heartrending and
astonishing story, filled with adventure,
suspense,
tragedy and, finally, triumph.
"This is the story of one boy's astonishing
capacity to endure atrocity after atrocity
and yet refuse to abandon decency, kindness,
and hope for home and acceptance. It is
impossible to read this book and not be
humbled, enlightened, transformed. I believe
I will never forget Valentino Achak
Deng."-Khaled Hosseini, author of The
Kite Runner
Stop in today for tickets to this great evening.
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We've recently gotten a big selection of
foreign language dictionaries in the store.
Beyond the expected French, Spanish, and
Italian, we have pocket dictionaries for Greek.
Russian,
and even Irish.
We've even got some copies of the definitive
and ever-popular Wheelock's
Latin at a steep discount.
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There's a table of these dictionaries and
other books set up in the room to the left of
the register as you enter the store. Come in
and check them out today.
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Monday, May 14, 7:30pm, at Magers & Quinn,
3038 Hennepin Ave S, Minneapolis The author of the cult hit Trainspotting
will appear at Magers & Quinn Booksellers to
read from his new novel The
Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs, and
we're doing it up right. Burlesque performers
from Le Cirque Rouge will embody the novel's
twin themes of food and sex, serving eclairs
while dressed in costume.
Irvine Welsh is the author of Trainspotting,
The
Acid House, Marabou
Stark Nightmares, Ecstasy,
Filth,
Glue,
and Porno.
Irvine Welsh's latest novel is another
transgressive parable--this time about the
great obsessions of our time: food, sex, and
celebrity.
"[The
Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs is a]
family saga, a revenge fantasy, a Twilight
Zone-esque parable, and, most importantly, a
very fun read."--Entertainment Weekly
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If you've ever loved a book so much that you
wanted to crawl between the pages and live
there, this story's for you--assuming that
book was Martin
Chuzzlewit or maybe Oliver
Twist. Yes, bookworms, there will soon be
a theme park based on the works of Charles
Dickens.
The Guardian
has all the details. "The centrepiece is a
boat ride which, loosely speaking, is Great
Expectations presented as a log flume." You
can't make this stuff up.
The Guardian's Book
Blog is also having fun with the topic,
suggesting additional authors who might be
ripe for the Six Flags treatment. Knotts
Berry Animal Farm, anyone?
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We recently acquired a very special book.
It's a first edition/first state copy of The
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
This is a rare book, indeed.
What does "first edition/first state" mean?
In short, it's the first appearance of a book
in print. The first time they fire up the
presses, they're printing a first edition.
"First state" is even rarer. A first state
copy is one of the very first books to be
produced in the first printing. Say, for
example, that midway through printing a book,
someone notices that there's a typo. If they
fix that error, then all the corrected books
are second state, even if they're still first
editions.
And in fact, there are some errors in the
text of this Dickens novel that allow us to
be sure that our book is a first state copy.
Our copy also has the original illustrations
by (I love this name) Phiz. This is the real
deal.
Whether you're looking for the newest of the
new or the oldest of the old books, we can
help you find just what you want.
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Has spring got you craving something new and
fresh? You're in luck. There are lots of good
books coming out in May. Already this month,
new releases have included
  
     And later in the
month, we'll see some great
novels, including Haruki Murakami's After
Dark, Khaled Hosseini's A
Thousand Splendid Suns, Paulo Coehlo's The
Witch of Portobello, and Divisadero
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Psst... On June 21, we'll be holding a
reading and signing with Mike Jones. I know,
you don't know who Mike Jones is, so here's
the story:
Mike Jones is the Denver masseur who realized
that his longtime client was none other than Ted
Haggard, then-president of the National
Association of Evangelicals, which
represents more than 45,000 churches with 30
million members. When Jones told his story
last November, Haggard resigned as pastor
of the 14,000-member New Life Church in
Colorado Springs. Mike has written his
memoir about the whole affair, I
Had to Say Something, coming out June first.
Pastor Ted has been to counseling and
is now "completely
heterosexual", but we promise that Mike
is not going to be that boring. He'll dish
the dirt and you can be there to hear it.
Mark June 21 on your calendar. We'll be
announcing more details of the event as they
become available.
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Books & Bars meets at Bryant Lake Bowl, 810 W
Lake St, in Minneapolis. Join the Twin
Cities' most unusual and interesting book
club. The next meeting is Tuesday, March 13.
Doors open at 6:00 and the discussion begins
at 7:00. Come early for $2 beers and $3 wines
and food specials.
 This month's book is Absurdistan
by Gary Shteyngart. It's a comic novel
of post-Soviet Russia. The New York Times
called it "immodestly vigorous, so burstingly
sure of its barbaric excellence."Books &
Bars is not your typical book club. We
provide a unique atmosphere for a lively
discussion of
interesting authors, fun people, good food
and drinks. You're welcome even if you haven't
read the book.
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There's always something new at Magers & Quinn. Stop in today or check our inventory on our website any time. We'll be back next month with more book news.
Until then,
David Enyeart
Magers and Quinn Booksellers
Write us:
info@magersandquinn.com
Call us:
612/822-4611
Or visit our website:
http://www.magersandquinn.com
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