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Celebrate Your Indendents
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Celebrate all the ways locally owned businesses help keep Milwaukee a vibrant, unique city! Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops and Our Milwaukee, (a business alliance dedicated to promoting locally owned businesses), invite you to join us July 7-13 for Celebrate Your Independents Week. Participating Our Milwaukee member businesses will have special offers and discounts, and you can enter a prize drawing featuring multiple prizes from Our Milwaukee member businesses including a sitting with photographer Stephanie Bartz for your dog, gift certificates from Outpost Natural Foods, a free workshop at Loop Yarn Shop, and much more!
On Tuesday, July 8, 7:00 p.m., take in Independent America for free at the Times Cinema. The documentary takes you to mom & pop stores across the country and explores a growing discontent with big box corporate America.
Find out more about Celebrate Your Independents Week and learn all about the benefits of supporting locally owned businesses at ourmilwaukee.net. Declare your independence from huge, impersonal cookie-cutter stores and celebrate the independent retailers and businesses that make your neighborhood a neighborhood. Celebrate Your Independents with Our Milwaukee!
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Schwartz News Roundup
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Fourth of July Hours
Brookfield: Closed
Mequon: Closed
Shorewood: Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Downer Ave: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Pre-order Christopher Paolini's Brisingr: Inheritance Book Three!
 The third book in Christopher Paolini's the Inheritance cycle won't be released until September 20, but you can pre-order your copy right now at any of our bookshops, by phone, or through our website. Be among the first to find out where Eragon's adventure will take him next and if this once-simple farm boy can unite the rebel forces and defeat the king. Pre-order now.
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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.
Laura Chester
Marvel the Marvelous
Tuesday, July 8 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Mequon
In the second in a series of fantasy novels for young adults, Lee Rumsey is found frozen in a snow bank. She soon befriends Marvel and two humorous dogs Garbonzo and Beanie, a mastiff and a pug. As all of Northern Joya begins to melt, the foursome sets out on their adventurous trek to the Treasure House. For young adults
Laura Moriarty
The Rest of Her Life
Wednesday, July 9 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Mequon
If you're a fan of Jodi Picoult, Jane Hamilton or Alice Sebold, you'll feel right at home at our event with Laura Moriarty. Her acclaimed novel, now in paperback, is a provocative look at how mothers and daughters with the best intentions can be blind to the damage they inflict on one another. The story of a tragic mistake and the effect it has on two families will have you asking yourself "what would I do?"
Salman Rushdie
The Enchantress of Florence
Wednesday, July 9 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Shorewood
Join us for an evening with critically acclaimed, award-winning author, Salman Rushdie. His latest is the story of a woman attempting to command her own destiny in a man's world, and of two cities, unknown to each other: Florence during the High Renaissance and the hedonistic Mughal capital ruled by Akbar the Great.
Tickets are required for this event. See our website for details. Due to this special event Shorewood will close to the general public at 5:30 p.m.
 
Darin Strauss
More Than It Hurts You
Rae Meadows
No One Tells Everything
Thursday, July 10 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Brookfield
"With such family turmoil depicted in the pages of these two wonderful
novels, I almost don't want to mention that Strauss and Meadows are
brother-and-sister-in-law. But it's true. We hooked up Brooklynite
Strauss with Madisonian Meadows, winner of the Schwartz-sponsored
Wisconsin People and Ideas short story contest, for a joint reading and
talk at our Brookfield shop. You can ask them if their family dynamics
worked its way into either of their novels. And you also might want to
ask Strauss what it was like to have John Hodgman as an agent!"
--Daniel Goldin
Enjoy an evening with two critically acclaimed authors, Darin Strauss and Madison, Wisconsin's Rae Meadows. Strauss, the bestselling author of Chang and Eng, tells the story of a family pushed to its breaking point by a doctor's stunning diagnosis of Munchhausen by Proxy, when a mother intentionally harms her baby. No One Tells Everything follows a young writer who is plunged into covering a murder. Meadows explores the slippery nature of truth and a friendship between two unlikely people.
Susan Quinn
Furious Improvisation
Thursday, July 10 ·
7:00 p.m. talk ·
Shorewood
Find out how the Federal Theater Project (FTP), part of the Works Progress Administration, became a platform for some of the most inventive and cutting edge theater of its time. With Hallie Flanagan at the helm, the project electrified audiences with controversial productions and performances by some of the greatest figures in twentieth century art including Orson Welles and Sinclair Lewis.
Lois Ehlert
Oodles of Animals
Saturday, July 12 · 2:00 p.m. reading ·
Mequon
Kids, meet the creator of some of your favorite picture books, Lois Ehlert! Her latest book celebrates the animal kingdom with quirky, playful rhymes and bold collage illustrations that capture the spirit of each animal. Sixty-four of her favorite animals, including monkeys, hamsters, geckos and mountain goats, are there along with fun facts that teach you all about our animal friends. For kids
Robert Crais
Chasing Darkness
Monday, July 14 ·
7:00 p.m. talk ·
Mequon
Fan favorites Elvis Cole and Joe Pike are back in the latest thriller by Robert Crais. Hired by a defense attorney, Elvis's discovery of a videotape helped clear an innocent man of murder and made Elvis a hero. But now that "innocent man" is found dead holding photos of the murder victim and Elvis finds himself on trial.
Robert Crais talks about Chasing Darkness
Mark Engler
How to Rule the World
Tuesday, July 15 ·
7:00 p.m. talk ·
Downer Ave.
Journalist Mark Engler lays out a new way of understanding globalization politics and describes the conflict between Clinton-era vision of corporate controlled global economy and a Bush-era vision based on U.S. military dominance. He explains how they overlap, when they clash with each other, and why the author hopes neither vision prevails.
James Rollins
The Last Oracle
Wednesday, July 16 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Brookfield
What if scientists could engineer the next world prophet? Formed during the Cold War, a think tank of scientists has discovered a way to manipulate children who show savant tendencies. In James Rollins's latest thriller, a rouge group of scientists begins their own experiments. To stop them before they engineer extinction, Commander Grey Pierce of SIGMA force races against time to solve a mystery that dates back to the Oracle of Delphi, but can the past save the future?
Lin Enger
Undiscovered Country
Wednesday, July 16 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Shorewood
Seventeen-year-old Jesse Matson's life is forever changed when he finds his father dead, apparently by his own hand. But there are too many unanswered questions, not the least of which is, would his father actually kill himself? With simple elegance Lin Enger tells a story of betrayal, revenge and the possibilities of forgiveness in this riveting portrait of a young man trying to hold his family together in a world tipped suddenly upside-down.
Maggi McCormick Gordon
American Folk Art Quilts
Thursday, July 17 ·
7:00 p.m. talk ·
Mequon
Maggi McCormick Gordon shares her enthusiasm and devotion to the art of quilting with American Folk Art Quilts. The twenty-five quilts in the book are from the Wisconsin State Historical society collection, each with its own unique history and story. Quilters inspired to create their own version of the lovely historical quilts can do so with the aid of patterns and block layouts included in the book. |
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The
Seven Sins
Jon Land
"To Dream... To Dare... To Win..." The ancient motto, inscribed
in Latin on a mysterious golden medallion recovered from the ruins of
the Roman Empire, has guided Michael Tiranno to heights few men have achieved.
Once an orphaned farm boy in his native Sicily, Michael made millions
by mastering the intricate world of high finance, and is now the fabulously
wealthy owner of The Seven Sins in Las Vegas, the grandest and most extravagant
casino in the world. But he also has secrets that he and Naomi Burns,
his driven corporate attorney and confidante, have gone to great lengths
to bury. When an enemy from the past threatens to undermine everything
he has built, his dark history must now be uncovered.
$24.95
The
Beach House
Jane Green
Known in Nantucket as the crazy woman who lives on the bluff, Nan, a
sixty-five-year-old widow, doesn't care what other people think.
If her neighbors are away, why shouldn't she skinny dip in their
pools or pick their flowers? But, with her savings dwindling she's
forced to rent rooms in order to save her beloved house. Slowly, people
start moving in filling the house with noise, laughter and tears. As
the house comes alive again, an unexpected visitor turns all their lives
upside down.
$24.95
On
Chesil Beach
Ian McEwan
In 1962 Florence and Edward celebrate their wedding night in a quiet
hotel room on the Dorset Coast. The expectation of their marital duties
looms over them: Florence, anxious and fearful, Edward excited but harboring
a fear of failure. Unbeknownst to both of them, the decisions they make
will resonate through both of their lives. With exquisite prose and
a deep understanding of their conflicting emotions, Ian McEwan crafts
a story of lives transformed by a gesture not made or a word not spoken.
Paperback
$13.95
A
Much Married Man
Nicholas Coleridge
Anthony Anscombe has everything he could ever want: an exquisite family
estate, enviable social standing, and a desirable inheritance. But Anthony
still has an aching desire for one thing: the perfect match. Running headlong
into marriage is Anthony's forte and his greatest weakness. As he surveys
his beautiful house in the English countryside, Anthony has the distinct
feeling that he's under siege. He may be surrounded by his sprawling estate,
but lurking in the village are more than one or two reminders of his complicated
past, including three ex-wives, a mistress, and a legion of children and
stepchildren, all dependent on him and all determined to do whatever it
takes to get what they want.
Paperback
$14.95
 Without
a Backward Glance
Kate Veitch
Christmas Eve 1967: the night the lives of the McDonald children, Deborah,
Robert, James, and Meredith, are changed forever. Their mother, Rosemarie,
told them she was running out to buy more lights for the tree. Instead,
she boarded a plane bound for London, leaving the children with their
father and the gnawing question: Why did their mother abandon them?
Over the years the siblings have become practiced in concealing their
pain, remaining close into adulthood and forming their own families.
But long-closed wounds are reopened and secrets that each sibling has
locked away come to light, as their father progresses into dementia
and James encounters Rosemarie after nearly forty years of her absence.
Paperback
$14.00
Summer Blowout
Claire Cook
Bella Shaughnessy is addicted to lipstick with names like My Chihuahua
Bites, an occupational hazard, since she works at Salon de Paolo, her
family-run beauty salon, with her four half-brothers and sisters. After
Bella's marriage flames out spectacularly when her half-sister runs
off with her husband, Bella decides she has seen enough of the damage
love can do. She makes a vow: no more men.
$23.95
The Dawn Patrol
Don Winslow
Boone Daniels lives to surf. Every morning he's out with the Dawn
Patrol: four men and one woman as single-minded about surfing as he is.
But Boone is also obsessed with the unsolved case of a young girl named
Rain who was abducted while he was with the San Diego police. He blames
himself for not being able to save her. Now, when he can't say no to
a gorgeous, bossy lawyer who wants his help on an insurance scam, he's
unexpectedly staring at a chance to make amends.
$23.95
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 You
Can Observe a Lot by Watching
What I've Learned About Teamwork from the Yankees and Life
Yogi Berra with Dave Kaplan
What does it take to be a real team player, especially in a society that
glorifies selfishness and a corporate culture that often uses "team
player" as a buzzword but rewards only the showboaters and prima
donnas? Well, you can observe a lot by watching. In this happy and hilarious
guide to teamwork, sportsmanship, and winning, Yogi Berra draws on the
timeless wisdom handed down by example from ballplayers who came before
him to inspire you to make the right choices and become not only a better
team player-at sports, at work, and in life-but a better person.
$24.95
 The
New York Times Think Outside The Box Crosswords
Witty, Wild Wordplay
Edited by Will Shortz
The New York Times crossword puzzle draws from the most creative
puzzle constructors around the country. With encouragement from editor
Will Shortz, these puzzle-making masterminds are constantly pushing
the envelope, bending the rules and forcing solvers to "think
outside the box." This collection features 75 of the most fun,
out-there puzzles ever printed in the Times.
Paperback
$7.95
A Champion's Mind
Pete Sampras
In A Champion's Mind, the tennis great who so often exhibited
visible discomfort with letting people "inside his head" finally
opens up. An athletic prodigy, Pete resolved from his earliest playing
days never to let anything get in the way of his love for the game.
But while this single-minded determination led to tennis domination,
success didn't come without a price. The constant pressure of competing
on the world's biggest stage-in the unblinking eye of a media
machine hungry for more than mere athletic greatness-took its
toll. One of the most revered, successful, and intensely private players
in the history of tennis offers an intimate look at the life of an elite
athlete.
$24.95
A Mediterranean Summer
A Season on France's Cote d'Azur and Italy's Costa Bella
David Shalleck with Erol Munuz
Having begun his cooking career in some of New York's and San Francisco's
best restaurants, David Shalleck undertakes a European culinary adventure,
a quest to discover what it really means to be a chef through a series
of demanding internships in Provence and throughout Italy. After four
years, he stumbles on a rare opportunity: to become the chef on board
"Serenity," the classic sailing yacht owned by one of Italy's
most prominent couples. They present Shalleck with the ultimate challenge:
to prepare all the meals for them and their guests for the summer, with
no repeats, comprised exclusively of local ingredients that reflect
the flavors of each port, presented flawlessly to the couple's uncompromising
taste-all from the confines of the yacht's galley while at sea.
Paperback
$12.95
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Lady
Liberty
A Biography
Doreen Rappaport
Illustrated by Matt Tavares
It begins in 1865 as a romantic idea, but ten years later Edouard Laboulaye's
dream catches fire and takes shape. Sculptor Auguste Bartholdi gives
the dream the form of a lady, holding a torch to "enlighten the
world." Engineers, plasterers, carpenters, coppersmiths -
many of them immigrants - work together to turn the lady into
a monument over 100 feet tall. Joseph Pulitzer calls on readers to help
fund a pedestal, and hundreds send in nickels, dimes, and even roosters
for the cause. Doreen Rappaport's historically accurate, poetic vignettes
and Matt Tavares's magnificent images remind us of the true origins
of a national symbol - and show that it took a lot of people to
make the Lady.
For young readers
$17.00
United
Tweets of America
50 State Birds
Hudson Talbott
Welcome to the United Tweets Pageant. This colorful parade of state
birds competing to be Top Tweet will have readers of all ages laughing
aloud. From Alabama's Yellowhammer to Wyoming's Western
Meadowlark, each bird is a winner and each bird loves to show off the
state it calls home. Hudson Talbott has created an inspired introduction
to states and their birds.
For middle readers
$17.99
Declare
Yourself
Speak. Connect. Vote.
Foreword by Norman Lear
Why does voting matter? Why does your vote count? Why should you get
involved in politics at school and in the community? More than fifty
contributors-from musicians to television personalities-address
these questions and others in this provocative and inspiring collection
encouraging teens to speak up about the issues that matter most to them.
For teens
Paperback
$11.99
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Great Books at Bargain Prices
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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.
 
The
Nick Adams Stories
Ernest Hemingway
Publisher $13.00
SCHWARTZ: $5.99
The
Loved Dog
Tamar Geller with Andrea Cagan
Publisher $24.95
SCHWARTZ: $7.99
Darkwing
Kenneth Oppel
Publisher $16.99
SCHWARTZ: $6.99
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