The Learned Owl Book Shop

The Learned Owl Book Shop, February 15, 2012

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What's happening at The Owl

Sunday, Feb. 19, 2 PM
Valentine's Tea Party. Reservations: 330-653-2252

 

Thursday, Feb. 23, 7 PM
Book Club in a Bar at Reserve Inn: The Billionaire's Vinegar. All welcome!

 

Friday, Feb. 24, 7 PM
Jennifer Chiaverini (Sonoma Rose) at Laurel Lake. Reservations: 330-653-2252

 

Saturday, Feb. 25, 1 PM
Storytime with author Mialie Szymanski (Doodle Dog Enjoys the Day).

 

Monday, Feb. 27, 7 PM
 
Tuesday, Feb. 28, 7 PM
 
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New for adults 

 

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's NestIn paperback on February 21!

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

by Stieg Larsson

[Vintage Books, $15.95]

In the concluding volume of Larsson's Millennium trilogy, Lisbeth Salander lies in critical condition in a Swedish hospital, a bullet in her head. But she's fighting for her life in more ways than one: If and when she recovers, she'll stand trial for three murders. With the help of Mikael Blomkvist, she'll need to identify those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence.

We also sell the eBook ($12.99). 

 

Sonoma RoseMeet the author on Feb. 24!

Sonoma Rose by Jennifer Chiaverini

[Dutton Books, $25.95]

Rosa Diaz Barclay, mother to eight children, mourns the loss of four who succumbed to the mysterious wasting disease currently afflicting young Ana and Miguel. Rosa lives on a Southern California rye farm with her volatile husband, John, who has lately found another source of income far outside the Federal purview. When an act of violence shatters Rosa's resolve to maintain her increasingly dangerous existence, she flees with the children and her precious heirloom quilts to the mesa where she last saw her beloved mother alive.

 

House I LovedBy the author of Sarah's Key:

The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay

[St. Martin's Press, $25.99]

Paris, France: 1860's. Hundreds of houses are being razed, whole neighborhoods reduced to ashes. By order of Emperor Napoleon III, Baron Haussman has set into motion a series of large-scale renovations that will permanently alter the face of old Paris, moulding it into a "modern city." The reforms will erase generations of history - but in the midst of the tumult, one woman will take a stand.

Rose Bazelet is determined to fight against the destruction of her family home until the very end; as others flee, she stakes her claim in the basement of the old house on rue Childebert, ignoring the sounds of change that come closer and closer each day. Attempting to overcome the loneliness of her daily life, she begins to write letters to Armand, her beloved late husband. And as she delves into the ritual of remembering, Rose is forced to come to terms with a secret that has been buried deep in her heart for thirty years. 

The House I Loved is both a poignant story of one woman's indelible strength, and an ode to Paris, where houses harbor the joys and sorrows of their inhabitants, and secrets endure in the very walls...

 

Revenge of the Radioactive LadyNow in paperback:

The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady

by Elizabeth Stuckey-French

[Anchor Books, $15.00]

Marylou Ahearn is going to kill Dr. Wilson Spriggs. In 1953, the good doctor gave her a radioactive cocktail without her consent, and Marylou has been plotting her revenge ever since. When she discovers his whereabouts in Florida, she hightails it to Tallahassee, moves in down the block from where he resides with his daughter, Caroline, and begins the tricky work of insinuating herself into his life. But she has no idea what a nest of yellow jackets she's stumbled into. Spriggs is senile, his daughter's on the verge of collapse, and his grandchildren are a mess of oddballs, leaving Marylou wondering whether she's really meant to ruin their lives... or fix them.

We also sell the eBook ($11.99).

New for teens 

 

Preorders of this book will be signed by the author!

Touch MorbidA Touch Morbid by Leah Clifford

[Greenwillow Books, $16.99]

Sequel to A Touch Mortal. Eden, a powerful Sider caught between life and death, has difficult choices to make as the war between Heaven and Hell rages on, endangering Gabriel, Kristen, and Az, and the poison Eden refuses to spread to mortals slowly builds inside her.

We also sell the eBook ($9.99).

 

Article 5Article 5 by Kristen Simmons

[Tor Books, $17.99]

In a future America, the Bill of Rights has been revoked, and replaced with the Moral Statutes. There are no more police - instead, there are soldiers. There are no more fines for bad behavior - instead, there are arrests, trials, and maybe worse. Seventeen-year-old Ember Miller is old enough to remember that things weren't always this way.

We also sell the eBook ($9.99).

Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid BalletNew for children

 

Fancy Nancy and the Mermaid Ballet

by Jane O'Connor, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser

[HarperCollins, $17.99]

Nancy makes the best of not dancing the lead in her ballet school's Deep Sea Dances show, but becomes jealous when her best friend gets a better role than hers.

Ages 4-7.

Penny and Her Song 

Penny and Her Song by Kevin Henkes

[Greenwillow Books, $12.99; on sale Feb. 28]

Strike up the band! Ready the confetti! Meet Penny - a brand-new mouse from Caldecott Medalist Henkes. Penny joins the beloved Lilly, Owen, Chrysanthemum, and Wemberly with her very own new picture book series.

Ages 5-8.

 

Z Is for Moose

Z Is for Moose by Kelly L. Bingham, illustrated by Paul Zelinsky

[Greenwillow Books, $16.99; on sale Feb. 28]

Caldecott Medalist Zelinsky illustrates an outrageously funny and boundary-breaking story for fans of Jon Scieszka and David Weisner. Zebra wants to put on a show as simple as A-B-C, but Zebra's friend Moose has other (unexpected and hilarious) ideas. Ages 4-7.

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