|
|
Celebrate National Poetry Month
|
|
April is National Poetry Month and we're celebrating with readings featuring local poets and the Milwaukee premiere of the Poetry Everywhere animated poetry project. Celebrate the power of poetry at one (or better yet, all) of these events in April:
April Showers, Milwaukee Poets
Thursday, April 17 · 7 p.m. · Downer Ave.
Local poets will read from previously published and new works in celebration of poetry month. Don't miss the star lineup that is Steve Anderson, BJ Best, Jim Hazard, Peggy Hong, James Liddy and Chuck Stebleton. Remember to carry an upside down umbrella so you can catch the raining words and images that are sure to shower upon us that night.
An Upper on Downer: The Poetry Everywhere Project Milwaukee Premiere
Tuesday, April 29 · 7 p.m. · Downer Ave.
Celebrate National Poetry Month in style at the Poetry Everywhere Premiere at the all-new remodeled Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop on Downer. Poetry Everywhere is an exciting joint production of UWM and the Poetry Foundation to create films from poems and air them nationwide. See the films. Meet some of the poets and animators involved. Refreshments will be provided by Café Hollander.
For more information on this exciting project, read this article from the Journal Sentinel or this article from UWM.
Poetry Night at Shorewood
Wednesday, April 30 · 7 p.m. · Shorewood
Enjoy poetry from local favorites Suzanne Rosenblatt, Louisa Loveridge-Gallas and Bill Murtaugh as National Poetry Month draws to a close.
Ongoing in April
Trocadero and Cafe Hollander host EAT LOCAL: READ LOCAL, a project of the UWM English Department's Creative Writing program to celebrate National Poetry Month. All month, diners at either location will receive special keepsake cards featuring local authors. Sponsored by Diablos Rojos, Deep Sea Studios, and Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops.
|
|
|
|
New Releases
|
|
 Renowned political commentator Cokie Roberts talks about the women who
shaped our nation in her new book, Ladies
of Liberty - Schwartz Bestseller - 30% off
From America's Queen of Suspense, Mary Higgins Clark, comes a gripping
story of a young woman trying to unravel the mystery of a family tragedy
in Where
Are You Now? - Schwartz Bestseller - 30% off
Certain
Girls is the new novel from bestselling author Jennifer Weiner
Third
Angel is the new novel for adults from Schwartz favorite Alice Hoffman
Philip Pullman fans are cheering over the release of Once
Upon a Time in the North
New in paperback:
Loving
Frank - Nancy Horan
Sheer
Abandon - Peggy Vincenzi
|
|
It's Easy Being Green at Mequon
|
|
Find out how simple going green can be during Green Weekend at our Mequon shop. From Thursday, April 24-Sunday, April 27 you'll enjoy author readings, a special Story Time, talks from representatives of We Energies, the Urban Ecology Center and Outpost Natural Foods, and have the opportunity to shop eco-friendly vendors including Sendiks, (Shoo), and World of Good.
 Richard Louv kicks off the weekend on Thursday, April 24th with a talk and book signing at the JCC Soref Community Center. His landmark book, Last Child in the Woods details why a relationship with the natural world is essential to raising healthy, well-balanced children. Tickets are $20 and available at all Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops and at the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center, which is co-sponsoring this event. Tickets include admission and a copy of Last Child in the Woods.
 Then, don't miss your opportunity to hear "Mr. Fix-it" himself, Tom Feiza on Saturday, April 26. Feiza, author of How to Operate Your Home, will discuss building energy efficient homes and how to save energy and money. Feiza will be joined by Tim Guillama from Beyond Energy and will give presentations at our Mequon shop at 11 a.m. and Noon.
View the complete schedule of events and join us for this weekend-long Earth Day celebration.
|
Outpost Natural Foods Earth Day Birthday Film Festival
|
|
 As part of their 38th birthday celebration, Outpost Natural Foods Cooperative invites you to see three ecologically-minded documentaries that are sure to get you thinking and talking. Admission to all films is free! Find out what it really means to be an American farmer and an American dreamer from The Real Dirt on Farmer John, showing at the Times Cinema on Sunday, April 14 at 4:00 p.m. Learn more about the emergence of the organic industry and what it means for family farms when you see Back to the Land...Again, a film by Madison filmmakers shot mostly on Wisconsin family farms. Showing at Outpost Bay View Community Room Friday, April 18 at 7 p.m. In Everything's Cool, you'll see what happens when a handful of global warming messengers speak out in an age of disinformation. Showing at the Urban Ecology Center on Sunday, April 20, 2 p.m. More information about the festival is available here. |
|
Right around the corner: Alverno Debates and Valerie Plame Wilson
|
|
Alverno Debates-American Woman: You've come a long way?
Thursday, April 10, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Attend the latest in Alverno College's ongoing series, Alverno Debates, on Thursday, April 10 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. when the topic will be American Woman: You've come a long way?
The panelists for the evening are
Karole Armitage, choreographer and artistic director of Armitage Gone! Dance
Ellen Bravo, former Director of 9-to-5, National Association of Working Women, Author and Educator
Deborah Blanks, CEO, Social Development Commission of Milwaukee
Elizabeth Minnich, Philosopher, Educator, Senior Fellow at American Association for Colleges and Universities-Office of Diversity, Equity & Global Initiatives
The debate will be facilitated by
Barbara Lawton, Wisconsin Lt. Governor
Zohreh Emami, Associate VP for Academic Affairs/Professor of Economics, Alverno College
The debate, (presented in collaboration with the Alverno Presents dance performance of Karole Armitage on April 12), will be held at Alverno College in the Teaching, Learning and Technology Center, 3400 S. 43rd St. For more information please email zohreh.emami@alverno.edu.
This event is free and open to the public. Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops will have the panelists' books available for purchase at the debate.
Smart Talk Women's Lecture Series Presents Valerie Plame Wilson
Monday, April 14 · Uihlein Hall · 7:30 p.m.
 While
serving her country as a clandestine operations officer involved in
counter-proliferation issues, Valerie Plame Wilson kept her occupation
and her identity secret from all but a very few close family members.
When her covert status was revealed by Senior White House and State
Department officials to several national journalists, one of whom
published her name, it set off a firestorm that is still raging today.
In Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House,
Valerie Plame discusses how the leak ended her career and the effect it
has had on the public trust of its leadership. Her story is sure to
have you hanging on her every word.
Visit the Marcus Center website for more information and to order your tickets!
|
|
|
|
|
Event Spotlight: Gary Moore, Playing with the Enemy
|
|
by Mike Carey
 Author Gary Moore always wondered why his father, Gene, would never come to see him play baseball and what the story was behind the letter Gene received from the Pittsburgh Pirates. After Gene suffered a heart attack, Gary asked his dad, and was shocked by the story his father told him.
As a teenager, Gene had been picked as a top catching prospect by the Brooklyn Dodgers. During World War II, Gene served as a baseball player for the Navy, entertaining troops. When the U.S. didn't need baseball players for the war effort anymore, he was sent to guard captured U-Boat prisoners.
To pass the time watching the prisoners, Gene Moore taught them to play baseball, a decision that would change the rest of his life.
 Playing with the Enemy is so much more than just a baseball book, telling the true story of someone who worked incredibly hard to achieve their dreams, only to have fate step in.
Whether you are a fan of baseball, want a great Father's Day present, or are searching for an emotionally moving true story, give Playing with the Enemy a read.
Personally, it's the best book I've read this year. I'll even admit that I teared up at a few points.
Gary Moore will read from Playing with the Enemy at our Mequon shop on Thursday, April 17th at 7 p.m.
|
| Live at Schwartz: Calendar of Events
|
|
Here
is a list of the authors coming soon to the Schwartz Bookshops. For a complete list of upcoming author appearances visit
our events page.
 Liam
Callanan
All Saints
Thursday, April 10 · 7:00 p.m.
reading · Mequon
Acclaimed Milwaukee author Liam Callanan draws you in to Emily Hamilton's
world of forgotten saints and martyrs with his latest novel. Fifty-years-old
and newly single, Emily is the iconoclastic and passionate theology
teacher at All Saints Co-Ed Catholic High School. Her classroom had
been her refuge, but when she discovers that it's her own tumultuous
life that fascinates certain students most, her fragile sanctuary
begins to crack.
 Athan
Theoharis
The Quest for
Absolute Security
Thursday, April 10 · 7:00 p.m.
talk · Shorewood
Milwaukee author Athan Theoharis, generally considered the "dean"
of FBI historians, reveals his deep knowledge of the FBI and reviews
the relationship between U.S. presidents and intelligence forces in
his latest book. He describes how the nation's periodic fears
of internal security threats have almost always resulted in violations
of individual liberties without advancing the nation's security
interests.
 Jeanne
Birdsall
The Penderwicks
on Gardam Street
Friday, April 11 ·
7:00 p.m. reading · Mequon
In the sequel to the National Book Award-winning The Penderwicks,
the Penderwick sisters are back home on Gardam Street and ready for
an adventure! But the adventure they get isn't quite what they had
in mind. It's high jinks, big laughs and loads of family warmth when
the girls put the Save-Daddy Plan into action-a plot so brilliant
and bold only the Penderwick girls could have come up with it! For
middle readers
 Jennifer
Chiaverini
The Winding Ways
Quilt
Thursday, April 17 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Brookfield
Madison author Jennifer Chiaverini's bestselling Elm Creek
Quilts series continues with The Winding Ways Quilt,
in which the arrival of newcomers to the Circle of Quilters illuminates
the power of friendship to navigate life's unexpected pathways.
Jennifer Chiaverini is the author of twelve Elm Creek novels
and two volumes of quilt patterns.
 Gary
Moore
Playing with
the Enemy
Thursday, April 17·
7:00 p.m. talk ·
Mequon
Join Gary Moore as he shares the details of his father's exciting
and heart-wrenching life-story. Gene Moore, a depression-era farm
boy in the small town of Sesser, Illinois, was headed for baseball
stardom with the Brooklyn Dodgers when his destiny was interrupted
by Pearl Harbor. After playing ball for the Navy in the Azores and
North Africa, Gene was sent to Louisiana for a top secret mission.
There, his future was irrevocably changed.
April Showers, Milwaukee Poets
Thursday, April 17·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Downer Ave.
Local poets will read from previously published and new works in celebration
of poetry month. Don't miss the star lineup that is Steve Anderson,
BJ Best, Jim Hazard, Peggy Hong, James Liddy and Chuck Stebleton.
Remember to carry an upside down umbrella so you can catch the raining
words and images that are sure to shower upon us that night.
 Jack
O'Connell
The Resurrectionist
Friday, April 18 ·
7:00 p.m. reading · Downer
Ave.
Part classic noir thriller, part mind-bending fantasy, Jack O'Connell's
latest is a novel about stories and what they can do to those who
create them. Sweeney's son Danny has been left comatose by an accident.
Hoping for a miracle, Danny is taken to a clinic, where doctors claim
to have "resurrected" patients. But, Sweeney begins to realize that
the real cure may lie in a fantasy comic book world his son had been
drawn into.
 Robert
Alexander
The Romanov Bride
Monday, April 21 ·
7:00 p.m. reading · Shorewood
The author of the bestselling novels Rasputin's Daughter
and The Kitchen Boy returns with the final book in the
trilogy. As Russia races toward catastrophe, the Grand Duchess Elisavyeta
is ensconced in the court of the mighty Romanovs. In the same city
but worlds apart is Pavel, a simple village man. When his young wife
is killed by Tsarist soldiers, the grief-stricken Pavel dedicates
his life to revolution and soon it will be up to Pavel to decide Elisavyeta's
fate.
 Lauren
Fox
Still Life With
Husband
Tuesday, April 22 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Brookfield
Milwaukee's own Lauren Fox explores the baffling human heart
and the dangers of getting what you want in her laugh-out-loud debut
novel. Thirty-year-old Emily Ross is married to her college sweetheart,
Kevin, a technical writer. She loves him, but his daily pleas
for procreation are starting to drive Emily crazy. When a sexy young
reporter enters her life, Emily finds him hard to resist, and that
just might upend everything.
 Kris
Radish
Searching for
Paradise in Parker, PA
Tuesday, April 22 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Mequon
Kris Radish is back with the hilarious, sizzling tale of one woman's
search for happiness just beyond her own front door. Addy Lipton's
husband, Lucky, has won a trip to paradise, also known as Costa Rica-just
the getaway Addy thinks will turn their relationship around. But,
Lucky fractures his back tossing their luggage in the trunk and now
he's stuck on the couch indefinitely. With the love of her sister
and friends, Addy begins a crusade to make some changes. Soon, the
whole town learns that to reach paradise you must travel through your
heart-and you don't even have to leave home to get there!
 Susan
McCarthy
The Value of
Money
Wednesday, April 23 ·
7:00 p.m. talk ·
Brookfield
Many financial advisors believe the key to making good decisions about
money is simple: just remove all emotion from your thoughts and make
rational decisions. Veteran financial advisor Susan McCarthy has a
more realistic approach that doesn't dismiss your emotions but
helps you use them to make sound financial decisions. Find out how
exploring the connections between your emotional and financial life
can help bring about greater wealth and amazing personal growth.
 Geoff
Herbach
The Miracle Letters
of T. Rimberg
Wednesday, April 23 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Downer Ave.
Having destroyed his life, the suicidal T. Rimberg strikes out on
a journey through history and geography. From Minneapolis to Europe,
to a fiery accident near Green Bay, he searches for a father who is
likely dead, digs for meaning where he's sure there is none,
fires off suicide letters to family, celebrities, presidents, and
football stars, and lands in a hospital bed across from a priest who
believes Rimberg has caused a miracle. This funny, moving novel asks
readers to consider the nature of second chances and the unexpected
form that grace sometimes takes.
 Patrick
Carman
Rivers of Fire:
Atherton #2
Thursday, April 24 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Brookfield
In the riveting sequel to The House of Power, Atherton-the
extraordinary three-tiered satellite world-is now flat, and
the worst is yet to come. While Samuel and Isabel sneak into The House
of Power in search of water, Edgar and his companions travel to Mead's
Hollow in search of the mysterious Dr. Harding. But this strange place
holds more secrets than they had ever dreamed. For middle
readers
 Tom Haudricourt
Brewers Essential
Thursday, April 24 ·
7:00 p.m. talk·
Mequon
So you think you're a pretty big Milwaukee Brewers fan? Okay.
Who threw the first no-hitter in franchise history? How about the
team's first Rookie of the Year? If you said Juan Nieves and
Pat Listach, you qualify. If you didn't, you may need a refresher
course. Either way, you're going to enjoy our event with Tom
Haudricourt, sports radio personality and author of Brewers Essential:
Everything You Need To Know to Be a Real Fan!, a fun, handy reference
for all things Brewers.
 Toby Barlow
Sharp Teeth
Thursday, April 24 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Downer Ave.
"A werewolf story written in verse may sound like a gamer-geek-English
major's dream, but Toby Barlow far surpasses stereotypical expectations
with this riveting, complex story about a Latino dogcatcher in L.A.
complete with thugs, drug dealers, and of course, very mean dogs.
He reinvents the werewolf to tell a story you have to read to believe."-Wil
Tietsort, Shorewood
Make sure to visit the
Sharp Teeth website.
Friday, April 25, 7 p.m.
Schwartz on Downer Six-Word Slam
Join us for the Schwartz on Downer Six-Word Slam. This open-mic event was inspired by one our favorite new books, Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure edited by Rachel Fershliser and Larry Smith of Smith Magazine. Write your own and read it at this event, or just come and enjoy what others have written. Winners of our Write Six Words, Win Cool Stuff contest will be announced at this event.
|
| Schwartz
Select: Fiction |
|
The
Stone Gods
Jeanette Winterson
Mankind has rendered its planet unlivable and is beginning to colonize
a new blue planet. Our heroine Billie Crusoe's flight to the future
is also a return to the distant past-"Everything is imprinted
forever with what once was." What begins as a satirical futurist
adventure deepens into a dazzling exploration of our relationship to environment,
to power and technology, and to what defines us as human.
$24.00
 The
Man Who Turned Into Himself
David Ambrose
Based on the "many worlds" theory of quantum physics, which
posits the existence of parallel universes, The Man Who Turned Into
Himself is a psychological thriller about a man who suddenly slips
through the fabric of his reality, and is dropped into a strange, turbulent
universe-our own.
Paperback
$13.00
 Staff Pick
The
Outcast
Sadie Jones
"The Outcast, a brilliant and edgy first novel from Sadie
Jones, tells a story steeped in 1950s British upper-class restraint.
When a young boy's loving mother dies and he is left with a clueless
and emotionally repressed father, the result is an inevitable act of
frustrated violence. Taking perfect aim at self-righteous hypocrisy,
The Outcast is told with a skilled, quiet intensity, emboldened with
wise psychological detail, and weaves a richly nuanced tale as compelling
as any thriller."-Carol Grossmeyer, Owner and President
$24.95
 Staff Pick
The
Unaccustomed Earth
Jhumpa Lahiri
"I didn't think Jhumpa Lahiri (The Namesake) could
top her Pulitzer Prize-winning stories in The Interpreter of Maladies,
but I believe she has done it. In this new collection she offers masterful
pieces about relationships across generations and continents and the Indian
experience at home and abroad. She is just so good at understanding and
capturing human nature."-Nancy Quinn, Marketing Director
$25.00
 Empress
of Asia
Adam Lewis Schroeder
One of The Globe and Mail's Best Books of 2006, Empress
of Asia is the unforgettable tale of Harry Winslow, an ex-WWII
marine coping with the looming death of his wife Lily. In her last moments,
Lily reveals an astonishing secret: she gives Harry the address of Michael
Ney, a man who saved Harry's life before being killed in the war-or
so Harry had always believed.
$24.95
The Orpheus Deception
David Stone
The latest thriller from David Stone opens with a breathtaking assassination
attempt on the rainy streets of Venice that sets CIA agent Micah Dalton
on a collision course with a vengeful Serbian warlord. The Orpheus
Deception picks up where The Echelon Vendetta left off-with
Dalton on the run from the CIA. Dalton needs to uncover the links between
an act of brutal piracy in the South China Sea, a missing CIA agent, and
the real nature of an elusive hospital ship known only as The Orpheus.
$25.95 |
| Schwartz
Select: Nonfiction |
|
The
Man Who Made Lists
Love, Death, Madness, and the Creation of Roget's Thesaurus
Joshua Kendall
"With a keen eye for detail, Joshua Kendall tells the story of a
bizarre and obsessive character who came to rely upon words as companions,
and who made an unmistakable impact on our culture. You'll never
look at your thesaurusin the same way again."-Michael
Weinreb, author of The Kings of New York
$25.95
 Human
Smoke
The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization
Nicholson Baker
Bestselling author Nicholson Baker delivers a textured, moving indictment
of the treasured myths that have romanticized much of the 1930s and '40s.
Incorporating meticulous research and well-documented sources -
including newspaper and magazine articles, radio speeches, memoirs and
diaries - the book juxtaposes hundreds of interrelated moments of
decision, brutality, suffering and mercy. Vivid glimpses of political
leaders and their dissenters illuminate and examine the gradual, horrifying
advance toward overt global war and Holocaust.
$30.00
 The
Sum of Our Days
A Memoir
Isabel Allende
In this heartfelt memoir, Isabel Allende reconstructs the painful reality
of her own life in the wake of tragic loss-the death of her daughter,
Paula. Recalling that time from the daily correspondence she shared
with her mother in Chile, Allende weaves an episodic narrative, recounting
the stories of the wildly eccentric, strong-minded, and eclectic tribe
she gathers around her that become a new kind of family.
$26.95
 À
la Cart: The Secret Lives of Grocery Shoppers
Hillary Carlip
Performance artist Hillary Carlip recreates the shoppers behind shopping
lists she's discovered in this hilarious book. But don't take
our word for it: "I wish I had thought of this idea - I'm so
jealous. I don't know which is better - seeing the actual shopping
lists or seeing Hillary in disguise. This book is a real find. Add it
to your shopping list. It's on mine, right under Glue Wands and Greens
for Dusty." - Amy Sedaris, author of I Like You
$17.95
 Without
a Map
A Memoir
Meredith Hall
Shunned by her insular New Hampshire community when she becomes pregnant
at sixteen, Meredith Hall is then kicked out of the house by her mother.
Her father and stepmother reluctantly take her in, hiding her before
they finally banish her altogether. After giving her baby up for adoption,
Hall wanders recklessly through the Middle East, where she survives
by selling her possessions and finally her blood. She returns to New
England and stitches together a life that encircles her silenced and
invisible grief. When he is twenty-one, her lost son finds her.
Paperback
$14.00
Arnie and Jack
Palmer, Nicklaus, and Golf's Greatest Rivalry
Ian O'Connor
Surprisingly, one of sport's most contentious, complex, and defining clashes
played itself out not in the ring or at the scrimmage line but on the
genteel green fairways of this country's finest golf courses. Arnie and
Jack. Palmer and Nicklaus. Their decades-long rivalry propelled each to
the status of American icon and helped transform a gentleman's game into
a major American sport with a dedicated following. Ian O'Connor explores
the heated professional and personal battle between Palmer and Nicklaus
in fascinating, intimate, and revelatory detail.
$26.00
|
Schwartz
Select: Children's Titles |
|
The
Willoughbys
Written and Illustrated by Lois Lowry
Abandoned by their ill-humored parents to the care of an odious nanny,
Tim, the twins, Barnaby A and Barnaby B, and their sister, Jane, attempt
to fulfill their roles as good old-fashioned children. Following the models
set in lauded tales from A Christmas Carol to Mary Poppins, the four Willoughbys
hope to attain their proscribed happy ending too. However, it is an unquestionably
ruthless act that sets in motion the transformations that lead to their
salvation.
For middle readers
$16.00
 Don't
Bump the Glump!
And Other Fantasies
Shel Silverstein
Have you ever... Seen a Gritchen in your kitchen? Attempted to dance
with the One-Legged Zantz? Declined to dine with the Glub-Toothed Sline?
You haven't? Well, please step inside this most unusual zoo and
say hello to a remarkable menagerie of silly and scary creatures, in this
re-release of Shel Silverstein's first poetry collection. For
kids
$17.99
 Magic
Tree House #39: Dark Day in the Deep Sea
A Merlin Mission
Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie continue their quest for the secrets of happiness-secrets
they need if they're going to save Merlin. But when the magic tree
house leads them to a tiny deserted island in the middle of the ocean,
they're not sure who needs help more-Merlin or themselves!
For middle readers
$11.99
|
|
Great Books at Bargain Prices
|
|
This is a sampling of the terrific deals we have on good books. Stop in to
any of our shops to pick up any of these titles or browse our bargain section.
 
Tell
the Time With Miffy
Dick Bruna
Publisher $11.99
SCHWARTZ: $4.99
Gardening
Through Your Golden Years
James W. Wilson III
Publisher $19.99
SCHWARTZ: $7.99
|
|
Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops
Milwaukee's Very Own Independent Bookshop Since 1927
Downer Ave., 2559 N. Downer Ave., 414-332-1181, ondowner@schwartzbooks.com
Brookfield, 17145 W. Bluemound Rd., 262-797-6140, brookfield@schwartzbooks.com
Mequon, 10976 N. Port Washington Rd., 262-241-6220, mequon@schwartzbooks.com
Shorewood, 4093 N. Oakland Ave., 414-963-3111, shorewood@schwartzbooks.com
|
|
|
