June 2010 - Vol 4, Issue 11
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There's so much to tell you about this month.

  • Joe Selvaggio and Tony Bouza visit M&Q on June 2
  • David Byrne comes to Uptown to talk bikes on June 17
  • Mary Wingerd discusses Minnesota's unknown history at M&Q on June 24
  • The Big Bang Book Club has a new home
  • and so much more you'll just have to read the whole newsletter.
Here's a small sample of the books coming out this month. Stop in the store to see even more.

Hitch-22: A Political Memoir by Christopher Hitchens

In the store: $23.99
Online: $24.74 (plus S/H)
Publisher's price: $28.99
Available June 2
Christopher Hitchens is the author of numerous books, including works on Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, George Orwell, Mother Teresa, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Henry Kissinger, and his #1 New York Times bestseller and National Book Award nominee, God Is Not Great. He has been both a foreign correspondent in some of the world's most dangerous places and a legendary bon vivant with an unquenchable thirst for alcohol and literature. He is a fervent atheist, raised as a Christian, by a mother whose Jewish heritage was not revealed to him until her suicide. He has a lot to talk about in his new memoir.

Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain

In the store: $24.35
Online: $20.24 (plus S/H)
Publisher's price: $26.99
Available June 8
In the ten years since his classic Kitchen Confidential first alerted us to the idiosyncrasies and lurking perils of eating out, from Monday fish to the breadbasket conspiracy, much has changed for the subculture of chefs and cooks, for the restaurant business--and for Anthony Bourdain. Beginning with a secret and highly illegal after-hours gathering of powerful chefs that he compares to a mafia summit, Bourdain pulls back the curtain-but never pulls his punches-on the modern gastronomical revolution, as only he can. Cutting right to the bone, Bourdain sets his sights on some of the biggest names in the foodie world, including David Chang, the young superstar chef who has radicalized the fine-dining landscape; the revered Alice Waters, whom he treats with unapologetic frankness; the Top Chef winners and losers; and many more.

Stories edited by Neil Gaiman

In the store: $25.15
Online: $20.99 (plus S/H)
Publisher's price: $27.99
Available June 15
Neil Gaiman, author of Coraline and American Gods, has collected the best new imaginative fiction available for your summer reading pleasure. Stories is a groundbreaking anthology that expands and redefines the limits of the genre and affords some of the best writers in the world--from Peter Straub and Chuck Palahniuk to Roddy Doyle and Diana Wynne Jones, Stewart O'Nan and Joyce Carol Oates to Walter Mosley and Jodi Picoult.

Imperial Bedrooms by Brett Easton Ellis

In the store: $22.45
Online: $18.71 (plus S/H)
Publisher's price: $24.95
Available June 15
Bret Easton Ellis's debut, Less Than Zero, is one of the signal novels of the last thirty years, and he now follows those infamous teenagers into an even more desperate middle age. They're all here: Clay, a successful screenwriter, has returned from New York to Los Angeles to help cast his new movie, and he's soon drifting through a long-familiar circle. Blair, his former girlfriend, is married to Trent, an influential manager who's still a bisexual philanderer, and their Beverly Hills parties attract various levels of fame, fortune and power. Then there's Clay's childhood friend Julian, a recovering addict, and their old dealer, Rip, face-lifted beyond recognition and seemingly even more sinister than in his notorious past.

Read an excerpt here.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

In the store: $11.65
Online: $9.74 (plus S/H)
Publisher's price: $12.99
Available Now
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of Harper Lee's classic novel of a lawyer in the Deep South defending a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has earned many distinctions since its original publication in 1960. It won the Pulitzer Prize, has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than thirty million copies worldwide, and been made into an enormously popular movie. Most recently, librarians across the country gave the book the highest of honors by voting it the best novel of the twentieth century.


These are just a few of the fantastic books coming to Magers & Quinn. Stop by to browse the full selection.
In the store: $13.50
Online: $11.25 (plus S/H)
Publisher's price: $15.00
Available Now
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie burst onto the literary scene with her remarkable debut novel, Purple Hibiscus, which critics hailed as "one of the best novels to come out of Africa in years" (Baltimore Sun), with "prose as lush as the Nigerian landscape that it powerfully evokes" (Boston Globe); The Washington Post called her "the twenty-first-century daughter of Chinua Achebe." Her award-winning Half of a Yellow Sun became an instant classic upon its publication three years later, once again putting her tremendous gifts--graceful storytelling, knowing compassion, and fierce insight into her characters' hearts--on display. Now, in her most intimate and seamlessly crafted work to date, Adichie turns her penetrating eye on not only Nigeria but America, in twelve dazzling stories that explore the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Africa and the United States.

"Don't let Adichie's highbrow resume scare you away from her accessible and compelling short-story collection. Yes, the 31-year-old Nigerian writer won a 2008 MacArthur Genius award. But unlike many literary authors, she eschews pretentious obscurity in favor of clarity. In these stories set both in Nigeria and in the USA, she touches on religion, corruption, Nigeria's civil war and living in America as a lonely African wife. Mostly, however, she creates indelible characters who jump off the page and into your head and heart."--Deirdre Donahue, USA Today

In the store: $14.35
Online: $12.00 (plus S/H)
Publisher's price: $16.00
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will be interviewed by Marlon James, author of the novel The Book of Night Women, which was a finalist for the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award. Marlon James was born in Kingston, Jamaica. A professor of literature and creative writing at Macalester College, he divides his time among Minnesota, New York and Jamaica.

We hope to see you at this unique event--Sunday, June 13, 4:00pm, at Magers & Quinn. For more listings on all our upcoming author readings, visit our event page at www.magersandquinn.com.

This event is part of the "InDigest 1207 Reading Series" series, presented in Minneapolis by Magers & Quinn Booksellers and InDigest magazine--an online literary magazine focused on creating a dialogue about and between the arts. 1207 brings together authors and other artists to show that the process of writing (and reading) is not done in a vacuum, but is an interactive process. Learn more at indigestmag.com.
June's Events
Wednesday, June 2 Joe Selvaggio and Tony Bouza discuss Microgrants, 7:30pm

Friday, June 4 Dimity McDowell discusses Run Like a Mother: How to Get Moving-and Not Lose Your Family, Job, or Sanity, 7:30pm

Tuesday, June 8 Books and Bars discusses The Lost City of Z at Bryant-Lake Bowl; doors open at 6:00pm, discussion begins at 7:00pm

Wednesday, June 9 Sylvia Browne signs copies of her new memoir Psychic and chats with fans

Thursday, June 10 Anya Kamenetz discusses DIY U, 7:30pm

Saturday, June 12 Poet Arrianne Zwartjes reads from The Surfacing of Excess; she will be joined by Leslie Adrienne Miller, 7:30pm

Sunday, June 13 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie reads from The Thing Around Your Neck, 4:00pm

Tuesday, June 15 Ander Monson reads from Vanishing Point, 7:30pm

Sunday, June 20 Nicholas Hayes reads from And One Fine Morning: Memories of My Father, 4:00pm

Tuesday, June 22 The Big Bang Book Club discusses Avoid Boring People, 7:00pm at duplex, 2516 Hennepin Ave S,Minneapolis

Thursday June 24 Mary Wingerd discusses North Country: The Making of Minnesota, 7:30pm

Friday, June 25 Bonnie Blodgett discusses Remembering Smell, 7:30pm

Visit our events page

for full details.
All events are at Magers & Quinn unless noted otherwise.
Wednesday, June 2, 7:30pm--Joe Selvaggio and Tony Bouza discuss Microgrants: It's Working

In the store: $17.99
Online: $14.21 (plus S/H)
Publisher's price: $19.95
Available Now
Joe Selvaggio, founder of Project for Pride in Living, launched the MicroGrants Organization in 2006. MicroGrants is an innovative nonprofit promoting the self-sufficiency of individuals in need through strategically placed $1000 grants to support home-based businesses, construction tools, office equipment and supplies, books, job training tuition, licenses for day-care or cleaning businesses, insurance, down payments on necessary cars and even working capital. Selvaggio's book Microgrants: It's Working! tells the stories of seventy-seven MicroGrants recipients in the Twin Cities area, demonstrating how relatively small amounts of cash, loaned or granted to poor people with ability and drive, can have a profound effect on their lives, their families, and their communities. The accounts relate the recipients' struggles to improve their lives, how they used their grants, and what happened as a result. Learn more at www.microgrants.net.
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Friday, June 4, 7:30pm--Dimity McDowell discusses Run Like a Mother: How to Get Moving--and Not Lose Your Job, Family, or Sanity

In the store: $14.99
Online: $11.24 (plus S/H)
Publisher's price: $14.99
Available Now
How does a mother run? Just the way she lives: with commitment, dedication, a sense of humor, a flexible schedule, and sometimes (especially at 5:30 a.m.) with a bit of hesitation. Dimity McDowell provides tips and inspiration for aspiring and experienced running mothers in Run Like a Mother: How to Get Moving--and Not Lose Your Family, Job, or Sanity. Practical advice, essential topics, and interesting tidbits, include
  • Clothing:Dressing for Success
  • Post-Pregnancy:The Long Road Back
  • Songs We Won't Admit--Until Now--That We Listen To
  • T-Shirt Slogans We Love
Run Like a Mother reminds women to take time for themselves and empowers them to participate in an affirming activity that strengthens the mind and body.

Dimity McDowell practices what she preaches. Join her for a run around Lake Calhoun. Meet at the Running Room at 9:00am, Saturday, June 5. The run is a great chance for running moms to meet and get to know each other, and maybe make a new running buddy. At the end of the run, Dimity will give away prizes including tee-shirts, a pair of free shoes, and nutrition products for categories like Mom with youngest kid, Mom with oldest kid, Mom who most recently ran first race; Mom who just ran marathon, and so on. The Running Room is in Uptown at 2801 Hennepin Avenue S, Minneapolis, MN, 612/872-2921.

This event is co-sponsored by The Running Room (2801 Hennepin Avenue S, Minneapolis, MN, 55408; 612/872-2921). The Running Room offers more than the best selection of top brand name running shoes and apparel. They also offer clinics such as Walking, Learn to Run, Marathon, Half Marathon, and 10K Training Clinics. These programs meet the needs of those just getting into a fitness routine and to those contemplating a marathon. The Running Room is truly a store for runners by runners. Visit them online at www.runningroom.com.

Thursday, June 10, 7:30pm--Anya Kamenetz discusses DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education

In the store: $13.45
Online: $11.21 (plus S/H)
Publisher's price: $14.95
Available Now
Nine out of ten American high school seniors aspire to go to college, yet the price of college tuition has increased more than any other major good or service for the last twenty years. Almost half of college students don't graduate; those who do have unprecedented levels of federal and private student loan debt, which constitutes a credit bubble similar to the mortgage crisis. The future lies in personal learning networks and paths, learning that blends experiential and digital approaches, and free and open-source educational models. Increasingly, college students will decide for themselves what, when, where, and with whom they want to learn. Education is going do-it-yourself.

Anya Kamnetz's new book DIY U tells how students are forging their own educational paths, and how parents, educators, and administrators can help. Read an excerpt from DIY U here.

Tuesday, June 15, 7:30pm--Ander Monson reads from Vanishing Point: Not a Memoir

In the store: $14.00
Online: $12.00 (plus S/H)
Publisher's price: $16.00
Available Now
Literary agent-provocateur Ander Monson visits Minneapolis to read from his new book Vanishing Point and to talk about, well, himself.

In Vanishing Point--a thoughtful, witty series of meditations--Ander Monson faces down the idea of the memoir, grappling with the lure of self-interest and self-presentation. While setting out to describe the experience of serving as head juror at the trial of Michael Antwone Jordan, he can't help veering off into an examination of his own transgressions, inadvertent and otherwise. He filters his private experience of the public funeral ceremony for Gerald R. Ford through the music of New Order. He considers his attraction to chemically concocted Doritos and his disappointment in the plain, natural corn chip, and finds that the manufactured form, at least in snacks, is ultimately a more rewarding experience than the "truth." So why is America so crazy about accurately confessional memoirs?

Sunday, June 20, 4:00pm--Nick Hayes reads from And One Fine Morning: Memories of My Father on Father's Day

In the store: $22.45
Online: $22.45 (plus S/H)
Publisher's price: $24.95
Available Now
Celebrate Father's Day with Nick Hayes as he recounts his own father's life and accomplishments. And One Fine Morning is a memoir of Hayes' father, Mark, an award-winning architect and artist who was equally at home sitting in the backyard or at a North Side Minneapolis restaurant or bar, laughing and telling stories. In the prime of his life in 1954, a series of heart attacks and strokes "cut him down, cost him his left leg, impair his speech and cripple his gift for painting and drawing," Nick Hayes wrote. Two years later, one last heart attack killed Mark Hayes.

Nick Hayes is professor of history at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University and University Chair in Critical Thinking at SJU. He is a regularly featured commentator for the daily public affairs program Midday on issues ranging from political turmoil in post-communist Europe to the war in Iraq.

Thursday, June 24, 7:30pm --Mary Letherd Wingerd discusses North Country: The Making of Minnesota

In the store: $31.45
Online: $26.21 (plus S/H)
Publisher's price: $34.95
Available June 22
How well do you know Minnesota's history?

Mary Letherd Wingerd will discuss North Country: The Making of Minnesota (University of Minnesota Press; available May 2010). Her book chronicles the untold history of how the land of the Dakota and Ojibwe became the State of Minnesota and unlocks the complex origins of the state--origins that have often been ignored in favor of legend and a far more benign narrative of immigration, settlement, and cultural exchange.

"By teaching us the story of this land, Wingerd tells us where we are today, and by opening up this neglected and hidden history of its native people, she helps us to understand the debt and respect that we owe them and points the way for us to make a better future for our children."--Jack Weatherford, professor of anthropology at Macalester College and author of Native Roots : How the Indians Enriched America

Mary Lethert Wingerd is associate professor of history at St. Cloud State University. She is the author of Claiming the City: Politics, Faith, and the Power of Place in St. Paul.


But wait, there's more... We've got lots of great events coming up this summer. Mark your calendars now, so you don't forget.
  • Thursday, July 8--Scott Sigler
  • Tuesday, July 27--Vendela Vida
  • Wednesday, August 18--Andrew Bacevich
  • Tuesday, September 21--Gary Shteyngart
Visit www.magersandquinn.com for more details.
Nice Ride Minnesota, the non-profit operator of the Twin Cities' new bike share system, will host a panel of community artists, civic leaders and biking advocates discussing the future of transportation in the United States at a special "Policy and a Pint" event at the Uptown Theatre on June 17 at 7:00pm. The forum, "Cities, Bicycles and the Future of Getting Around," will include Twin Cities author Jay Walljasper; musician, author and artist David Byrne; Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak; and Steve Clark, manager of the Twin Cities' Transit for Livable Communities Walking and Bicycling Program. It will be moderated by 89.3 The Current host Steve Seel.

In the store: $23.35
Online: $19.46 (plus S/H)
Publisher's price: $25.95
Available Now
David Byrne, a founding member of the musical group The Talking Heads, will discuss his latest book, The Bicycle Diaries. Since the early 1980s, David Byrne has been riding a bike as his principal means of transportation in New York City. Two decades ago, he discovered folding bikes and started taking them on tour. Convinced that urban biking opens one's eyes to the inner workings and rhythms of a city's geography and population, Byrne began keeping a journal of his observations and insights. Bicycle Diaries recounts David Byrne's adventures as he pedals through cities from Berlin to Buenos Aires, Istanbul to San Francisco, Manila to New York. Part travelogue, part journal, part photo album, Bicycle Diaries is an eye-opening celebration of seeing the world from the seat of a bike.

Signed copies of David Byrne's book Bicycle Diaries will be available at the event.

"Cities, Bicycles and the Future of Getting Around" is part of the "Policy and a Pint" series, a collaboration of The Citizens League and 89.3 The Current, where important policy conversations are held in informal settings. Tickets are $10.00 and are available now at the Uptown Theatre box office and at the Minneapolis Commuter Connection, 220 6th Street South.
The Big Bang Book Club is a science book club for non-scientists. Our next meeting will be 7:00pm, Tuesday, June 22, at a new location--duplex restaurant.bar, 2516 Hennepin Ave S, in Minneapolis.

Hardcover: $9.99
Paperback: $15.25
Publisher's price: $16.95
Available Now
June's book is Avoid Boring People, by James Watson. It's a memoir by the Nobel Prize-winning co-discoverer of DNA. He describes a life devoted to the pursuit of knowledge, offering valuable lessons about how to get the most out of college, select a career, manage others, keep one's work relevant, how modern universities should change, and more.

The Big Bang Book Club mixes arts and science into a heady brew. It is sponsored by

Several recent bestsellers are out now in paperback. They're perfect for reading in a hammock or on the beach.

Between the Assassinations by Arvind Adiga

In the store: $13.40
Online: $11.25 (plus S/H)
Publisher's price: $15.00
Available Now
Welcome to Kittur, India. Of its 193,432 residents, only 89 declare themselves to be without religion or caste. And if the characters in Between the Assassinations are any indication, Kittur is an extraordinary crossroads between the brightest minds and the poorest morals, the up-and-coming and the downtrodden, and the poets and the prophets of an India that modern literature has rarely addressed. A series of sketches that together form a blinding, brilliant, and brave mosaic of Indian life as it is lived in a place called Kittur, Between the Assassinations, with all the humor, sympathy, and unflinching candor of The White Tiger, enlarges our understanding of the world we live in today.

Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

In the store: $14.35
Online: $11.96 (plus S/H)
Publisher's price: $15.95
Available June 15
"Zeitoun is a riveting, intimate, wide-scanning, disturbing, inspiring nonfiction account of a New Orleans married couple named Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun who were dragged through their own special branch of Kafkaesque (for once the adjective is unavoidable) hell after Hurricane Katrina. . . . [It's] unmistakably a narrative feat, slowly pulling the reader into the oncoming vortex without literary trickery or theatrical devices, reminiscent of Mailer's Executioner's Song but less craftily self-conscious in the exercise of its restraint. Humanistic, that is, in the highest, best, least boring sense of the word."--James Wolcott, Vanity Fair

Africa United: Soccer, Passion, Politics, and the First World Cup in Africa by Steve Bloomfield

In the store: $13.45
Online: $11.24 (plus S/H)
Publisher's price: $14.99
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Africa United is the story of modern-day Africa told through its soccer. Traveling across thirteen countries, from Cairo to the Cape, Steve Bloomfield meets players and fans, politicians and rebel leaders, discovering the role that soccer has played in shaping the continent. He recounts how soccer has helped to stoke conflicts and end wars, bring countries together and prop up authoritarian regimes. A lively and elegantly reported travelogue, Africa United calls attention to the amazing relationships between people and soccer, and to the state of Africa on the cusp of the biggest moment in its sporting history, the 2010 World Cup.

How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization by Franklin Foer

In the store: $13.45
Online: $11.24 (plus S/H)
Publisher's price: $14.99
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Soccer is much more than a game, or even a way of life. It's a perfect window into the crosscurrents of today's world, with all its joys and sorrows. In this remarkably insightful, wide-ranging work of reportage, Franklin Foer takes us on a surprising tour through the world of soccer, shining a spotlight on the clash of civilizations, the international economy, and just about everything in between. How Soccer Explains the World is an utterly original book that makes sense of our troubled times.
In the store: $21.59
Online: $18.00 (plus S/H)
Publisher's price: $24.00
Available June 16
Bonnie Blodgett--also known as the Blundering Gardener--launches her newest book, Remembering Smell (available June 16), at Magers & Quinn Booksellers.

In November 2005, Bonnie Blodgett was whacked with a nasty cold. After a quick shot of a popular nasal spray up each nostril, the back of her nose was on fire. With that, Blodgett--a professional garden writer devoted to the sensual pleasures of garden and kitchen--was launched on a journey through the senses, the psyche, and the sciences. Her olfactory nerve was destroyed, perhaps forever. She had lost her sense of smell.

"This is a marvellous and deeply affecting book. I was gripped from the first page."--Bill Bryson, author of A Walk in the Woods and A Short History of Nearly Everything

"In this powerful memoir of a lost sense, Bonnie Blodgett helps us better understand the mysterious nature of smell. It turns out that our most ancient sense might also be the most important."--Jonah Lehrer, author of How We Decide and Proust Was a Neuroscientist

Remembering Smell will be published June 16, but you can read the opening paragraphs right now on M&Q's blog. Then meet Bonnie at 7:30pm, on June 25, to celebrate.
Do you miss Harry Potter? If so, brush up your Chinese. There's a whole world of bootlegged books waiting for you in the Middle Kingdom.

11 Points ("Because top 10 lists are for cowards") has compiled a list of the most egregious rip-offs--and a few genius additions. Meet Naughty Bubble and Big Spinach (in Harry Potter and the Chinese Porcelain Doll). Follow Harry as he says goodbye to Hogwarts and transfers to "Asia's top wizardry school, Qroutes School of Witchcraft and Wizardry" (in Harry Potter and the Half-Blooded Relative Prince). Go under the sea in search of a waterproof pearl (in, um, Harry Potter and the Waterproof Pearl).

The full list is here.
It's not just kids in the Young Adult section any longer. Here are a couple of books that grownups will like, too.

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella by Stephanie Meyer

In the store: $12.59
Online: $11.99 (plus S/H)
Publisher's price: $15.99
Available June 5
Fans of The Twilight Saga will be enthralled by this riveting story of Bree Tanner, a character first introduced in Eclipse, and the darker side of the newborn vampire world she inhabits. In another irresistible combination of danger, mystery, and romance, Stephenie Meyer tells the devastating story of Bree and the newborn army as they prepare to close in on Bella Swan and the Cullens, following their encounter to its unforgettable conclusion.

Star Wars Scanimation: Iconic Scenes from a Galaxy Far, Far Away...

In the store: $13.45
Online: $11.21 (plus S/H)
Publisher's price: $14.95
Available Now
Imagine: the first Star Wars book that actually moves, bringing to life the most memorable scenes from the epic: Obi-Wan battles Darth Maul; the Millennium Falcon zooms away from an exploding Death Star; Luke rides a galloping Tauntaun; Yoda twirls his green lightsaber; Boba Fett blasts up, up and away! And of course the most memorable scene of all--red and blue lightsabers flashing, Luke and Darth Vader fight the ultimate battle between good and evil.

These are just two of the guilty pleasures waiting for you at M&Q. We won't tell anyone what you get.
World-renowned psychic Sylvia Browne will stop by Magers & Quinn Booksellers this month. While she won't be reading--either books or minds--she will be signing copies of her new memoir Psychic: My Life in Two Worlds and chatting with fans. Stop by and meet Sylvia Browne at 7:30pm, Wednesday, June 9.

In the store: $23.40
Online: $19.49 (plus S/H)
Publisher's price: $25.99
Available Now
At the age of seventy-three, New York Times bestselling author Sylvia Browne is ready to tell the whole story of her extraordinary life. In Psychic, we meet the woman behind the public figure: from the child receiving her first visits from the spirit world to the teenager doubting her own sanity; from the new mother living through staggering highs and lows to the burgeoning celebrity, and, ultimately, the successful, happily married woman she is today. Filled with never-before-told stories and otherworldly encounters, Psychic is a riveting account of how Sylvia Shoemaker, a traditional girl from Missouri, became world-famous psychic Sylvia Browne.

Sylvia Browne will be at Treasure Island Casino on June 10 to meet fans and talk about Psychic. You can get a ticket here. M&Q will be there to sell books, but you can get your copy now--and avoid the rush the night of the event. Stop in the store and get a copy today.
Books & Bars--the Twin Cities' most unusual and interesting book club--meets Tuesday, June 8 at Bryant-Lake Bowl, 810 W Lake Street, in Minneapolis. Doors open at 6:00pm; the discussion begins at 7:00pm.

In the store: $14.35
Online: $11.96 (plus S/H)
Publisher's price: $15.95
Available Now
B&B goes nonfiction this month. We're reading David Grann's fascinating history of derring-do in the Amazon jungle. The Lost City of Z is the story the legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett, who disappeared in 1925, and the countless attempts to find both him and his destination--the titular city of Z.

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.

Mark your calendars now for this summer's meetings:

Books & Bars is sponsored by Bryant-Lake Bowl, The Onion, mnartists.org, Surly Brewing Co., and Magers & Quinn Booksellers. Visit booksandbars.com for details and to talk to fellow members!

Magers & Quinn is the largest independent bookstore in the Twin Cities. Stop in today or check our inventory on our website any time.

We'll be back next month with more great book news.

Until then,
David Enyeart
Magers and Quinn Booksellers

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