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M&Q is unpacking all kinds of wonderful books for March. Here are some of them.
Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult
In the aftermath of a series of personal tragedies, Zoe throws herself into her career as a music therapist. When an unexpected friendship slowly blossoms into love, she makes plans for a new life, but to her shock and inevitable rage, some people--even those she loves and trusts most-don't want that to happen. This book comes with a CD of original music by Ellen Wilber with lyrics by Jodi Picoult. Jodi Picoult will read from her novel 7:30pm, Friday, March 11, at the Edina Performing Arts Center at Edina High School (6754 Valley View Road). For more information, call 952/920-0633 Physics of the Future : How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100 by Michio Kako
By 2100, says Kaku, we will control computers via tiny brain sensors and, like magicians, move objects around with the power of our minds. Artificial intelligence will be dispersed throughout the environment, and Internet-enabled contact lenses will allow us to access the world's information base or conjure up any image we desire in the blink of an eye. Kaku illuminates the rigorous scientific principles behind the predictions, examining the rate at which certain technologies are likely to mature, how far they can advance, and what their ultimate limitations and hazards are. The Land of Painted Caves by Jean Auel
"[T]he millions of readers who have been with Ayla from the start will want to once again lose themselves in the rich prehistoric world Auel conjures and see how this internationally beloved series concludes."--Booklist Pre-order these--or any forthcoming books--to be sure you get your copy as soon as possible. Ask us how!
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Enjoy a brainy, fun, and free night out at your favorite bookstore. Dig out of your snowbank and get to M&Q for these great events.
Set in an unnamed country sometime in the past, present, or future, Kiss Me, Stranger is the story of one woman's attempts to keep her family together while a civil war rages around her. Penelope, her husband and her fourteen children live in a small war-torn country built atop a landfill. After her husband and eldest son are drafted by opposing factions in the war, Penelope and her remaining children, desolate and nearly starving, are forced to scavenge for scrap--comprised of discarded consumer goods such as computers, televisions and automobiles--in the bombed-out city. When the government scrap collector makes an unreasonable demand in already unreasonable circumstances, Penelope slaps him across the face, leading to her arrest. Her subsequent escape sends her family on a journey literally into the heart of the landfill, where they come face to face with the stupidity, destruction and at times, dark humor, of war and modern consumer society.
Thursday, March 24, 7:30pm--Joshua Foer discusses Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
"If you want to understand how we remember, and how we can all learn to remember better, then read this book."--Jonah Lehrer, author of How We Decide and Proust Was a Neuroscientist Moonwalking with Einstein draws on cutting-edge research, a surprising cultural history of memory, and venerable tricks of the mentalist's trade to transform our understanding of human remembering. Under the tutelage of top "mental athletes," he learns ancient techniques once employed by Cicero to memorize his speeches and by medieval scholars to memorize entire books. Using methods that have been largely forgotten, Foer discovers that we can all dramatically improve our memories. "You have to love a writer who employs chick-sexing to help explain human memory. Foer is a charmer, a crackling mind, a fresh wind. He approaches a complex topic with so much humanity, humor, and originality that you don't realize how much you're taking in and understanding. It's kind of miraculous."--Mary Roach, author of Stiff, Bonk, and Packing for Mars Saturday, March 26, 7:30pm--Steve Healey and Matthew Zapruder read from their poetry
Steve Healey is the author of Earthling and most recently 10 Mississippi. His essays and criticism have appeared in the Writer's Chronicle and Rain Taxi, and his poems have appeared in the anthology Legitimate Dangers: American Poets of the New Century and the journals American Poetry Review, Boston Review, jubilat, and others. He currently divides his time between Minneapolis, Minnesota, and East Lansing, Michigan, where he teaches creative writing and literature at Michigan State University.
Sunday, April 3, 4:00pm--Tiphanie Yanique discusses How to Escape from a Leper Colony with Marlon James
"I reached the end of How to Escape from a Leper Colony with the exhilarating sense that I had been on the best kind of journey-not, finally, to the Virgin Islands nor Trinidad nor Houston nor London, but to the imagination of a wonderfully talented young writer who has many more stories to tell."--Margot Livesey, The Boston Globe Read an excerpt here. Tiphanie Yanique is from the Hospital Ground neighborhood of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. She is an assistant professor of Creative Writing and Caribbean Literature with Drew University and an associate editor with Post-No-Ills. She lives between Brooklyn and St. Thomas. Tiphanie Yanique will be interviewed by Marlon James, author of The Book of Night Women and John Crow's Devil. 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. In the months ahead, M&Q will be hosting great authors including
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The youngest author on last year's "20 Under 40" list from The New Yorker comes to Minneapolis. Meet Tea Obreht at M&Q Monday, March 14, at 7:30pm.
"A marvel of beauty and imagination. T�a Obreht is a tremendously talented writer."--Ann Patchett
The Tiger's Wife begins in a Balkan country mending from years of conflict, when Natalia, a young doctor, arrives on a mission of mercy at an orphanage by the sea. By the time she and her lifelong friend Z�ra begin to inoculate the children there, she feels age-old superstitions and secrets gathering everywhere around her. But Natalia is also confronting a private, hurtful mystery of her own: the inexplicable circumstances surrounding her beloved grandfather's recent death. After telling her grandmother that he was on his way to meet Natalia, he instead set off for a ramshackle settlement none of their family had ever heard of and died there alone. A famed physician, her grandfather must have known that he was too ill to travel. Why he left home becomes a riddle Natalia is compelled to unravel.
"A novel of surpassing beauty, exquisitely wrought and magical. T�a Obreht is a towering new talent."--T. C. Boyle
T�a Obreht was born in Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia in 1985 and has lived in the United States since the age of twelve. Her writing has been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper's, and The Guardian, and has been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Nonrequired Reading. She was named by The New Yorker as one of the twenty best American fiction writers under forty and included in the National Book Foundation's list of 5 Under 35. She lives in New York.
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The Big Bang Book Club is a science book club
for non-scientists. Our next meeting will be
7:00pm, Tuesday, March 22, at duplex restaurant.bar, 2516 Hennepin Ave S, in Minneapolis. March's book is Wetware: A Computer in Every Living Cell by Dennis Bray.
The Big Bang Book Club mixes
arts and science into a heady brew. It is
sponsored by
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Two recent bestsellers are out now in
paperback. Check out our front table for these and many, many more good books.
The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin
In this lively and compelling book, Gretchen Rubin chronicles her adventures during the twelve months she spent test-driving the wisdom of the ages, current scientific research, and lessons from popular culture about how to be happier. Among other things, she found that novelty and challenge are powerful sources of happiness; that money can help buy happiness, when spent wisely; that outer order contributes to inner calm; and that the very smallest of changes can make the biggest difference. Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon
There's much more good reading just waiting for you on our shelves. Just ask us to show you where.
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 We love all our books equally here at M&Q. But as with our children, we can't help but have a few favorites. So to bring a little extra attention to some of the gems you might otherwise overlook, we've instituted a "Staff Picks" shelf.
At last, you can vicariously live the life of a bookstore employee. All the thrills, none of the paper cuts.
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 David Brooks, columnist for the New York Times and regular contributor to The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS and All Things Considered on NPR, comes to Minneapolis' own Westminster Town Hall Forum. On March 31, at 7:00pm, Brooks will discuss his latest book, The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, located on the Nicollet Mall and 12th Street in downtown Minneapolis. This event is free and open to the public. Details are at www.westminsterforum.org.
The Social Animal is an essential book for our time, one that will have broad social impact and will change the way we see ourselves and the world.
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We still have a few calendars and planners to keep you organized throughout 2011. Wall calendars are now 50% off. Dayplanners are 40% off--including Moleskines.
   Get yours while they last.
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Books & Bars isn't your mother's book club. We provide a unique atmosphere for a lively discussion of interesting authors, fun people, good food and drinks. This month, you have four B&B options. Attend one, or attend them all.
8:05pm, Tuesday, March 1--Literary Death Match
Literary Death Match returns to the brilliance of the Twin Cities (this time debuting at Aster Cafe) for a talent-packed fifth birthday blowout that will, at the very least, titillate, wow and fascinate. Witness the wildness, as you'll see arbiters Jeff Kamin (producer of the brilliant Books & Bars), Brave New Workshop's comedic mastermind Mike Fotis, and musicianess extraordinaire Ellen Stanley, aka Mother Banjo. They'll oversee a fiercely diverse foursome of authors, including Stonewall Book Award-winner and Water~Stone Review rep Barrie Jean Borich (author of My Lesbian Husband), B&N Discover Great New Writers' picks Matt Burgess (author of Dogfight, A Love Story) and Nicole Helget (author of The Turtle Catcher), and InDigest'shand-picked reader-rep Brad Liening (author of Ghosts and Doppelgangers). Hosted by LDM creator Todd Zuniga. Doors at 7:00pm, Show at 8:05pm (sharp), afterdrinks after. Tickets are $10 at the door or call ahead to reserve a seat: (612) 379-3138; $25 for T-shirt & Ticket 6:30pm, Tuesday, March 8--Books & Bars discusses Carter Beats the Devil
"A whopper of a story . . . Amazing." --Entertainment Weekly "Glen David Gold is one of the most entertaining appearing acts of recent years."--New Yorker "Gold creates an exuberant feeling of expectation and mystery."--Los Angeles Times "Mesmerizing."--People 7:00pm, Thursday, March 24--Books & Bars discusses Monkeewrench in Winsted, MN
6:30pm, Tuesday, March 29--Books & Bars discusses The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
"A jaw-dropping true story . . . raises urgent questions about race and research for 'progress' . . . an inspiring tale for all ages."--Essence 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.
Books & Bars is presented by Jeff Kamin and Magers & Quinn Booksellers, sponsored by Aster Cafe, Metro Magazine and Fulton Beer.
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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
Write us:
[email protected]
Call us:
612/822-4611
Or visit our website:
http://www.magersandquinn.com
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