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The Best Mother's Day Books Ever
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By Daniel Goldin
 Is it an exaggeration to say we have The Best Mother's Day Books Ever? Perhaps. But here's another question for you: is your mom exaggerating when she says she has The Best Children in The World? In that case let's move on. Your mother surely has wonderful stories about you and how you came to be her favorite child ever. So too do we have stories about our favorite books for Mother's Day and how we got to know them. I know that not every book moves every person the same way; but, with these three different paperback novels for three different reading tastes, you should be able to match up your mom with the one that suits her best.
For the mother who loves a good literary coming-of-age tearjerker, try
The
Rope Walk by Carrie Brown. I first heard about this book last fall,
when I attended the Great Lakes Booksellers Association conference. During
one session in which booksellers espouse their many picks for the upcoming
season, Cary Boswell of The Bookshelf located outside of Cincinnati,
spent her time discussing The Rope Walk, which she said was the best book
she had read in years. It's the story of Alice, a young girl in
Vermont, who befriends two strangers after her mother has died. But, of
course, the friendships lead to unexpected consequences. Our own Beverly
Segel at Shorewood has also fallen in love with this novel. When I had
the opportunity to discuss it with her recently, Bev's pure enjoyment
of the book-its moving characters and lovely writing-really shined through.
 My
second pick for Mother's Day also begins with a trip-which is perfect
because it's a book for moms who can't resist an escape into the jet-setting
lifestyle of the wealthy and scandalous. My trip wasn't nearly as juicy
as Penny Vincenzi's latest novel, Sheer
Abandon, but I always love visiting with Sue Boucher, proprietor of
Lake Forest Bookshop in Illinois. Sue and I share recommendations all
the time; I just turned her on to Mudbound, and it turns out Sue is also a fan of The Rope Walk, and enthusiastically compared it to To Kill a Mockingbird. So when I saw piles of Vincenzi's novels on their "Power Table" filled
with their bestselling trade paperbacks, I had to ask for more information.
"Our customers love them," Sue told me. "They're really great page-turners that are hugely successful in Great Britain."
Back home at Schwartz, Mequon's Jane Glaser is also a huge fan of the novels. For pure escapist fun they just can't be beat, and they are really well written. Sheer Abandon features an abandoned baby, now a young woman searching for her birth mother, who left her at Heathrow airport as an infant. Is her mom the doctor, the lawyer or the journalist? There are romantic entanglements and shocking secrets-all around juicy reading indeed!
 My
final pick could not be more different. It seemed like every indie bookstore
was pushing Loving
Frank. It's Nancy Horan's first novel and it is the fictional biography
of Frank Lloyd Wright's lover, Mamah Borthwick Cheney. Cheney's story
is known to many Wisconsinites, but you won't get the full story from
the Taliesin tour. Shorewood bookseller Coral Jordan remarked to me how
human and vulnerable Horan was able to make proto-feminist Cheney. Anna
Quindlen was talking it up before hardcover publication saying it was
one of the best novels she had read in a long time. Elizabeth Berg
is also a fan-her early enthusiasm of the manuscript led Horan to her
contract with Ballantine Books. If she likes a good historical novel,
and one with regional connections too, then Loving
Frank could be the perfect gift for your mom.
There are my three picks for three different moms-or three picks for a mom with eclectic taste. But, if you don't think any of those novels will work for your mother, stop by one of our bookshops to get more gift recommendations from our booksellers.
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Children's Book Week
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Children's Book Week begins on Monday, May 12 and runs through Sunday, May 18. We invite you to share the joy of reading with your family with these fun events at Schwartz in Brookfield and on Downer Ave.
 At Brookfield, enjoy special displays throughout the store including artwork by Swanson Elementary School students. Donate new children's books to our book drive to benefit the Toys for Tots literacy program, and from May 16-18, purchase a children's book and get a children's book galley (while supplies last). You'll also have the chance to participate in special book discussions, story times, trivia games, and scavenger hunts. Wisconsin's own Dori Chiconas, author of Cork and Fuzz and many other titles will pay a visit to discuss her perspective on children's book publishing.
View a complete schedule of Brookfield's events here.
 Our Downer Ave. bookshop will have art by Maryland Avenue Montessori School students on display throughout the store as well as events all week long. They'll kick the week off with a daylong celebration on Monday, May 12 with activities for little and big people. Make a colorful Children's Book Week flyer to hang in the store, and participate in our children's book themed scavenger hunt. The first 20 people with a complete, accurate scavenger hunt list will win a cool prize! Grown-ups, don't forget to add your favorite childhood book to our paper wall mural!
There will be trivia challenges, arts and crafts, games, giveaways and story times too, so check out the complete list of Downer's events right here. |
New Releases
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This week's new releases from our friends at Shelf
Awareness
 Phantom
Prey by John Sandford is the newest thriller with investigator Lucas
Davenport. Sandford
will be reading at our Mequon shop on May 10 at 2 p.m.
The
Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist
Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom by Simon Winchester
chronicles the work of Joseph Needham, the Cambridge University professor
who traveled and documented areas of China largely unknown to outsiders
in the 1940s. Winchester
will be discussing The Man Who Loved China at our Shorewood
shop on May 22 at 7 p.m.
Careless
in Red: A Novel by Elizabeth George is the newest mystery with Thomas
Lynley, an investigator for Scotland Yard. - Schwartz
Bestseller - 30% off
The
Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport by Carl Hiaasen
chronicles a man's return to golfing after a 32-year absence. - Schwartz
Bestseller - 30% off The
Host: A Novel by Stephenie Meyer takes place in a future where Earth has been invaded by parasitic aliens
who control most of humanity. The Host is Stephenie Meyer's (Twilight) first novel written for adults. - Schwartz
Bestseller - 30% off
Comfort
Food by Kate Jacobs (Friday Night Knitting Club) tells the story of a frustrated chef and mother
who teaches her family to cook on a live TV show.
Skeletons
at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian follows German refugees as they
flee the advancing Red Army in 1945.
The
Woman Who Can't Forget: The Extraordinary Story of Living with the Most
Remarkable Memory Known to Science-A Memoir by Jill Price and Bart
Davis examines the first ever case of hyperthymestic syndrome.
The
Prince of Frogtown by Rick Bragg concludes a trilogy of family stories.
Now out in paperback:
The
Last Summer (of You and Me) by Ann Brashares
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Schwartz News Roundup
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Schwartz Live at Alverno Presents:
Barbara Walters
Thursday, May 29 · 7 p.m. · The Pitman Theatre
Tickets Selling Fast-Purchase Yours Today!
 As
you've no doubt heard by now, whether from her appearance
on Oprah, or from her TV special, Barbara Walters's new memoir, Audition,
is a very personal look at the life of an extraordinary woman. The first
woman to co-host a network news show, Barbara Walters broke through
a male-dominated field and blazed a trail for women in broadcasting.
She has interviewed every president and First Lady from Dwight and Mamie
Eisenhower to George and Laura Bush. Movie stars, heads of state, athletes,
musicians of every genre and legends of the stage-if we were talking
about them, Barbara Walters was talking to them.
Now, she'll share pieces of her fascinating life with us -an event you,
and maybe even your mom (hint, hint) won't want to miss. Tickets, which
include a signed copy of Audition, are still available but they're going
fast so don't wait-order yours today.
Ms. Walters will be joined on stage by WISN-12 TV's Kathy Mykleby.
This event takes place at Alverno College's Pitman Theatre, 3401 S.
39th St., Milwaukee.
$38 includes admission and a signed hardcover copy of Audition:
A Memoir, which includes 32 pages of photographs. Purchase yours
online at alverno.edu,
or by calling the Alverno box office at 414-382-6044. There
is a $5 handling fee for each order placed (per order, not per ticket).
Little Luxuries: Gifts for Mom
 
Created for the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, William Morris
print tools make excellent gifts for your mom this Mother's Day. Help
her garden in style with floral-patterned garden trowels and claws.
Your mother is more inclined to hang a painting of a rosebush than plant
one? She can do it with élan when she uses a hammer printed with a pretty
garden motif. What's more, it also contains a flat head and Phillips head screwdriver nested within the hammer. When she's on the go she'll keep her beverage of choice
tasting delicious in the gorgeous-and environmentally friendly-bottles
available in three distinct patterns. This year, give her gifts that
are hip, stylish and practical. Just like mom.
This Year's Edgar Award Winners
The Edgar Awards, a prize given out by the Mystery Writers of America,
have been announced. The winners are:
Best Novel: Down
River by John Hart
Best First Novel By An American Author: In
the Woods by Tana French
Best Paperback Original: Queenpin
by Megan Abbott
Best Critical / Biographical: Arthur
Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters by John Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower
and Charles Foley
Bruce Barcott at Schlitz Audubon Nature
Center
 A
page-turning eco-thriller from the steamy jungles of Belize to the courtrooms
of London comes to life in Milwaukee at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 12 at
the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center.
The
Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw is a powerful story of courage
colliding with politics, corruption and governmental eco-terrorism in
the battle to save Belize's majestic scarlet macaw.
Meet Bruce Barcott, author of The
Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw, which has just graced the cover
of the New York Times Book Review,
along with Sharon Matola, Director of the Belize Zoo, the woman who
risked it all to save the world's most beautiful birds.
Monday, May 12 · 7:00 pm
Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
1111E. Brown Deer Road
$15.00 admission will be donated to the Belize Zoo
Call 414-352-2880 for more information
Harpist to perform live at Schwartz Bookshops in Shorewood
Musician John Manno will be
playing the harp in the cafe of our Shorewood shop on Saturday, May
10 from 5 to 9 p.m. and on Saturday, May 24 from 5 to 9 p.m.
John received his Bachelors in Music from the Eastman School of Music
in Rochester, NY and did graduate work at Northwestern University in
Evanston, IL. For over 20 years, he has been a full time free-lance
classical musician in the Midwest. He has played harp in the Buffalo,
Rochester, Syracuse, and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras, as well as
the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of Illinois, The
Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra and The Pine Mountain Music Festival Orchestras.
John specializes in classical music, is proficient on both the pedal
(or concert) harp, as well as the lever (or folk or Irish) harp.
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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.
Leif Enger
So Brave, Young, and Handsome
Thursday, May 8 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Mequon
Leif Enger captured your heart with Peace Like a River. Now, he follows up his bestselling novel with So Brave Young and Handsome, a story of smooth romanticism and gritty reality that recalls the old West's greatest cowboy stories.
Will Leitch
God Save the Fan
Thursday, May 8 ·
7:00 p.m. talk ·
Brookfield
ESPN thinks its viewers are stupid. The Olympics claw at your inner sap. So says Will Leitch, founding editor of Deadspin.com whose God Save the Fan is the manifesto for every fan who is suffering from the sense of listless dissatisfaction brought on by the leagues and networks. Arch and unrepentant, Leitch offers a rallying cry for fan empowerment.
George Motz
Hamburger America
Saturday, May 10 ·
2:00 p.m. talk ·
Shorewood
Presented with Solly's Grille president Glenn Fieber
No other food says "America" like the hamburger, and George Motz has made it his personal mission to preserve our hamburger heritage. He has traveled across the country in search of the best burger joints that have survived the fast-food burger mainstream. Hamburger America features 100 of the best burger stands, diners, and mom and pop favorites, including Milwaukee's own Solly's Grille, home of the famous butter burger.
Buy a book, get a burger (offer good at event only).
John Sandford
Phantom Prey
Saturday, May 10 ·
2:00 p.m. talk ·
Mequon
In the latest Prey novel, John Sandford sends Lucas Davenport into a dark and disturbing world where a young woman who ran with a rough crowd-Goths-is missing and a series of Jack the Ripper-style murders are sweeping the city. None of the clues are adding up and Lucas is beginning to suspect that something very, very bad is going on.
Firoozeh Dumas
Laughing Without an Accent
Monday, May 12 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Shorewood
Firoozeh Dumas's memoir of growing up Iranian American in Southern California, Funny in Farsi, was a national bestseller. In Laughing Without an Accent, she offers more stories about her hilarious, warm and loving family and their experiences here and abroad. With wit and warmth, her stories illuminate our universal experiences and show how our differences can become our bonds.
Elizabeth Berg
The Day I Ate Whatever I Wanted
Monday, May 12 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Brookfield
Elizabeth Berg explores struggles with food and eating, love and relationships, life and aging, and small acts of rebellion along the way in her new story collection featuring eleven new works. Connected by character and theme, the collection explores the difficulty and surprise of changes in women's lives.
Christine Schutt
All Souls
Tuesday, May 13 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Mequon
Meet the girls of Siddons, a posh private school in New York City. Alex and Suki Morton have been friends since kindergarten. There's Kitty and Saby, and Marlene, the scholarship girl. And then there's Astra Dell, the dancer with all the hair. Astra Dell, the girl with cancer. As she fights for her life in the hospital, her classmates concern themselves with boys, teachers, exams, recitals, college applications, graduation, and, of course, poor Astra Dell. With acute psychological insight, Christine Schutt brings to life the girls of Siddons: privileged, naïve, subversive and restless.
Susan Engberg
Above the Houses
Tuesday, May 13 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Shorewood
The stories in Above the Houses describe dramas ranging from death, divorce, and murder to a torrential Midwestern rainstorm and provide a context for the author's ability to capture subtle human feelings. Author of three previous story collections, Pastorale, A Stay by the River and Sarah's Laughter, Susan Engberg has been awarded many prizes, including three appearances in the annual O. Henry Prize Stories.
Mary Pearson
The Adoration of Jenna Fox
Wednesday, May 14 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Mequon
Seventeen-year-old Jenna Fox has just awoken from a yearlong coma and she's still recovering from the terrible accident that caused it. She has been told her name, and her parents show her home movies of her life, her memories, but she has no recollection. Is she really the same girl she sees on the screen? Little by little she begins to remember, but with the memories come questions no one wants to answer for her. For young adults
Wendy Johnson
Gardening at the Dragon's Gate
Wednesday, May 14 ·
7:00 p.m. talk ·
Shorewood
Green Gulch Farm Zen Center in northern California's Marin County is renowned for its pioneering role in California's food revolution, providing choice produce to farmers' markets and to San Francisco's Greens restaurant. Wendy Johnson has been meditating and gardening at Green Gulch for more than thirty years. She has distilled her lifetime of experience into a celebration of inner and outer growth, showing how the garden cultivates the gardener.
Aleksandar Hemon
The Lazarus Project
Thursday, May 15 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Shorewood
Acclaimed author Aleksander Hemon intertwines a haunting historical atmosphere with sharp contemporary storytelling in The Lazarus Project. In 1908, Lazarus, a young Jewish immigrant, attempts to deliver an important letter to Chicago's Chief of Police and is killed-shot by the Chief. In the twenty-first century, Birk, a writer and also a young immigrant, becomes obsessed with Lazarus's story. He and his friend, a Sarajevo war photographer, set out to retrace Lazarus's journey from Europe to Chicago where he met his fate.
Tom Farley, Jr.
The Chris Farley Show
Thursday, May 15 ·
7:00 p.m. talk ·
Downer Ave.
Fans knew Chris Farley as Saturday Night Live's swaggering, motivational speaker, and Tommy Callahan, the underdog hero of Tommy Boy. His family knew him as sensitive and passionate, deeply religious and devoted to bringing laughter to others. But Chris didn't know moderation, either in his boundless generosity or the reckless abandon of his substance abuse. Join Chris's older brother and managing director of The Chris Farley Foundation, Tom Farley Jr. as he remembers a man who lived to make us laugh and who died too soon.
Marshall I. Goldman
Petrostate
Friday, May 16 ·
7:00 p.m. talk ·
Shorewood
In the aftermath of the financial collapse of a decade ago it looked as if Russia's day as a superpower had come and gone. That it should recover and reassert itself so quickly is an economic and political miracle. Marshall Goldman traces the story of oil and gas in Russia-a tale of intrigue, corruption, wealth and power, and explains how the country is using its energy wealth as a lever in world politics.
Cory Doctorow
Little Brother
Friday, May 16 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Mequon
Cory Doctorow pits one bright, tech-savvy teenager against the Department of Homeland Security in his latest novel. Marcus, a.k.a. "w1n5t0n" is only seventeen but he already knows how the system works-and how to work the system. But his whole world changes when he and his friends skip school and wind up in the wrong place at the wrong time-in the aftermath of a terrorist attack. After being questioned and released-and finding his city a police state-Marcus knows his only option is to take down DHS himself. For young adults
Augusten Burroughs
A Wolf at the Table
Saturday, May 17 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Downer Ave.
Augusten Burroughs returns to Schwartz with his most personal and unexpected memoir yet. In A Wolf at the Table, he explores the radical pendulum swing between love and hate, the unspeakably terrifying relationship between father and son, and a child's longing for unconditional love. Here is the story of Burroughs's relationship with his father told with honesty and insight; a story of the redemptive power of hope.
John Hagedorn
A World of Gangs
Monday, May 19 ·
7:00 p.m. talk ·
Downer Ave.
Looking at gangs in three world cities-Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Capetown-John Hagedorn explores the international proliferation of the urban gang as a consequence of the ravages of globalization. He provides vital insights into the ideology and persistence of gangs around the world. It is a bleak picture but, Hagedorn explains, not without hope.
Maggi McCormick Gordon
American Folk Art Quilts
Tuesday, May 20 ·
7:00 p.m. talk ·
Mequon
Maggi Gordon shares her enthusiasm and devotion to the art of quilting with American Folk Art Quilts. The twenty-five quilts featured in the book are from the Wisconsin State Historical Society collection, each with a unique history and story. Quilters inspired to create their own versions of the historical quilts can do it with the aid of patterns and block layouts provided in the book.
Lisa Holewa and Joan Rice
What Kindergarten Teachers Know
Tuesday, May 20 ·
7:00 p.m. talk ·
Brookfield
Countless parents have imagined how much easier life would be if they could get their children to listen and cooperate at home just as they do with their favorite teachers. Lisa Holewa and Joan Rice, winner of the Betty Brinn Children's Museum Teacher of the Year in 2006, offer fun, simple tips you can use at home that will help you support your child's development and foster self-reliance.
David Benioff
City of Thieves
Wednesday, May 21 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Downer Ave.
Lev Beniov is small, smart, insecure and too young for the army. When, during the siege of Leningrad, he is caught looting the body of a dead German paratrooper, he is hauled off to jail. Instead of the standard bullet to the head, he and his cellmate, Kolya, are given a shot at saving their lives by complying with an outrageous directive: secure a dozen eggs for a powerful colonel to use in his daughter's wedding cake. In a city cut off from all supplies and suffering unbearable deprivation, Lev and Koyla embark on a hunt to find the impossible.
Sheldon Rusch
Separated at Death
Wednesday, May 21 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Mequon
Mequon author Sheldon Rusch returns to plunge his brave protagonist, Illinois State Special Agent Elizabeth Hewitt, into a new series of crimes, each more shocking than the last in his latest suspenseful novel, Separated at Death. Estranged couples are being beheaded by someone with a twisted agenda-a violent secret ceremony to which Hewitt has been invited.
Simon Winchester
The Man Who Loved China
Thursday, May 22 ·
7:00 p.m. talk ·
Shorewood
The bestselling author of A Crack at the Edge of the World now brings to light an obsessed genius whose work revolutionized the West's understanding of China. Joseph Needham, a young scientist known for his brilliance and eccentricity, arrived in war-ravaged China in 1943 on a mission for the British government. But his journey really began six years earlier when the married biochemist fell in love with a visiting Chinese student and with her mysterious country. Winchester shows how this romance would mark Needham's life and career, transforming him into the world's greatest China scholar.
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The
Perfect Family
Pam Lewis
Pony Carteret-the lovely, headstrong, youngest member of the Carteret
family-has always been a strong swimmer. So when she is discovered
drowned at the family's summer home on Lake Aral, Vermont, her red hair
tangled in an anchor chain and her baby abandoned on shore, her family
is stunned by disbelief. Though the police rule the drowning an accident,
William Carteret, Pony's older brother, can't accept the explanation
and begins the search to uncover the truth.
$25.00
The
Lady Elizabeth
Alison Weir
Even at age two, Elizabeth I is keenly aware that people in the court
of her father, King Henry VIII, have stopped referring to her as "Lady
Princess" and now call her "the Lady Elizabeth." Before
she is three, she learns of the tragic fate that has befallen her mother,
the enigmatic and seductive Anne Boleyn, and that she herself has been
declared illegitimate, an injustice that will haunt her. Alison Weir,
author of Innocent Traitor, traces one of the most fascinating
periods in English history through the eyes of the woman who would decide
its future.
$25.00
The Blood of Flowers
Marisa Silver
The year is 1978. Ares Ramirez, age twelve, lives with his mother, Laurel,
and his younger brother Malcolm in a trailer at the edge of the Salton
Sea, an unintentionally man-made body of water in the middle of the
Southern California desert. It is a desolate, forgotten place, whose
inhabitants thrive amidst seemingly impossible circumstances. Ares'
s struggle with the burden of responsibility-to himself and to others-draws
him into a world of drugs, violence, and sex that he is not prepared
for, and launches him into a very personal battle for his own identity-one
that has a lethal outcome.
$23.00
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 Staff
Pick
Library
at Night
Alberto Manguel
"Not only is this enthusiastic volume a reverential love letter
to libraries of all kinds, it also explores the library of the mind--how
we gather, sort, and store information in our own heads. Alberto Manguel
hopes you will happily wander the stacks of your own imagination, and
lose your way amongst his stories of bookophilia."
-Myra Poe, Downer Ave.
$27.50
 Staff
Pick
Dog
Years
Mark Doty
"I really loved this book in the same way that I loved Three
Dog Life--what is it with me and the dog books, anyway? It's
a story about relationships and illness and loss and rebuilding your
life, as the author faces the terminal illness of both his partner and
their beloved dog. Seemingly simple, Dog Years addresses deep
human truths about how our relationships with our dogs can teach us
how to relate to each other, and how to be better people. It is a beautifully told memoir that you will remember long after the book is closed."
-Anne Wilde, Mequon
Paperback
$13.95
 Staff
Pick
The
Architecture of Happiness
Alain de Botton
"Once again, Alain de Botton continues his quest to find new insights
in both the obvious and overlooked places. In The Architecture of
Happiness de Botton looks to the buildings around us to show the
aspirations and failings of our own cultures. I really enjoyed the way
de Botton changed my own thinking about the messages of architecture,
from the straight lines of modern designs, to throw-back traditional styles"
-Mike Carey, Marketing
Paperback
$16.95
 Staff
Pick
Cute
Stuff
Aranzi Aronzo
"When I see a half-dozen new titles for cute Japanese-style crafts
in one season, I know I've hit on a trend. So here's a nice
place to start, Aranzi Cute Stuff from Japan's Vertical
Inc. publishers. You can make a smiling key chain or a buck-toothed chain
purse, to just name two options. Lazy or just untalented like me? I spotted
some similar fun items made by local artist Becky Heck at Bay View's
Luv Unlimited, and I'm suspecting there are other local sources."
-Daniel Goldin, General Manager
Paperback
$14.95
 Semantic
Antics
How and Why Words Change Meaning
Sol Steinmetz
Many common words started out with entirely different meanings than the
ones we know today. For example, silly once meant blessed, instead of
it's modern use as "foolish." In Semantic Antics, Sol
Steinmetz takes you on a wonderfully in-depth journey to learn how hundreds
of words have evolved from their first meanings to the meanings used today.
$14.95
The
Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper
Recipes, Stories, and Opinions from Public Radio's Award-Winning Food
Show
Lynne Rossetto Kasper and Sally Swift
When it comes to weeknight dinners, time and ease are of the essence.
Lynne Rossetto Kasper, host of American Public Media's acclaimed
The Splendid Table understands our busy routines and has designed
more than 100 delicious recipes that cater to home cooks and their schedules.
Every good meal should also celebrate life, and The Splendid Table's
How to Eat Supper delivers the ingredients to make every dinner
a joy for the entire family.
$35.00
Final Journeys
A Practical Guide to Living Fully at the End of Life
Maggie Callanan
The death of someone close to us is one of the most feared, least discussed,
and most difficult rites of passage we face. With compassion and insight,
Final Journeys is a welcome road map to helping families
through the process of letting go, based on Maggie Callanan's hospice
work with more than 2,000 patients and their loved ones.
$25.00
Bon Appétit, Y'All
Recipes and Stories from Three Generations of Southern Cooking
Virginia Willis
Before she attended the prestigious French cooking school École
de Cuisine La Varenne, Virginia Willis had been shelling butterbeans alongside
her mother and grandmother in her Georgia family kitchen ever since she
could stand on a stool. These divergent influences inform her passionate
home to the cooking of the south. Brimming with stories, tips and techniques,
Bon Appétit, Y'All seamlessly blends Willis's
Southern and French roots into a memorable and thoroughly modern cookbook.
$35.00
 A
Gift From Brittany
Majorie Price
While in her late twenties, Majorie Price left the comfort of her Chicago
suburb and struck out on her own in Paris to hone her artistic talents.
There she met a volatile painter named Yves, and before long, their
whirlwind romance had led to marriage and the birth of a daughter. But
what happened next would change the way she viewed the world, and herself.
$24.00
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Alphabet
Matthew Van Fleet
Scaly green alligators, bristly yellow bees, scratchy pink cougar tongues,
blue dragonflies... shimmery! Check out master novelty book creator
Matt Van Fleet's menagerie of rhyming animals in alphabetical
order-with textures to feel, tabs to pull, and lots and lots of
fun. For kids
$19.99
Warriors:
Powers of Three #3
Outcast
Erin Hunter
A secret prophecy shapes the lives of Firestar's grandchildren, but
only one of the three knows about it. Jaypaw is captivated by the power
it promises, and he believes the key to that power may lie buried in
the distant past -- with the ancient cats who once walked these woods
and now prowl through his dreams. His search for answers leads him toward
the mountains -- the home of the Tribe of Rushing Water. Lionpaw and
Hollypaw feel drawn to the mountains too, for different reasons. But
the mountains hide secrets as well as answers, and if the three cats
find a way to get there, they may discover more than they ever expected.
For middle readers
$16.99
Tales
from the Hood
The Sisters Grimm Book Six
Michael Buckley
Pictures by Peter Ferguson
This book sees Mr. Canis, dear friend and protector of the Grimm family,
put on trial for past crimes. Considering that he's really the Big
Bad Wolf, he has a lot to answer for. Is there any truth to the story
told by Little Red Riding Hood? What's the deal with all that huffing
and puffing? Will Mr. Canis be forced to answer for his crimes? For
middle readers
$14.95
The Fold
An Na
Joyce never used to care that much about how she looked, but that was
before she met JFK-John Ford Kang, the most gorgeous guy in school.
It doesn't help that she's constantly being compared to
her beautiful older sister, Helen. Then her rich plastic surgeon offers
Joyce a gift to "fix" a part of herself that she'd
never realized needed fixing-her eyes. The plastic surgeon shows
Joyce that her new eyes will make her look just like Helen-but
is that necessarily a good thing? For young adults
$16.99
Lock and Key
Sarah Dessen
Ruby knows that the game is up. For the past few months, she's been
on her own knowing that her mother will probably never return. That's
how she comes to live with Cora, the sister she hasn't seen in ten years,
and Cora's husband Jamie, whose down-to-earth demeanor makes it hard
for Ruby to believe he founded the most popular networking Web site
around. A luxurious house, fancy private school, a new wardrobe, the
promise of college and a future - it's a dream come true. So why is
Ruby such a reluctant Cinderella? For young adults
$18.99
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