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Discover Local Authors at Schwartz
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By Jason Kennedy, Buyer
 If you've been in any of our shops recently, you might have seen our new bookcase that features titles by local authors, the Read Local section. They range in subject from poetry, fiction, and biography to great children's books. You'll find your local favorites like Liam Callanan (All Saints), Susan Firer (Milwaukee Does Strange Things to People), and Lois Ehlert (Oodles of Animals), and some local authors who are still working on becoming part of your "must read" list.
I often bring books into our shops directly from local authors who are looking for the right audience for their work. Unfortunately, their books tend to get swallowed up by the rest of the books lining our shelves, so we decided to give them a home in the new Read Local section. I'm excited to be able to introduce you to a few of the books being featured right now.
Lucky Dog by Douglas E. Holt is his autobiography in which Holt discusses his experiences in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. He details his accounts of training and the bombing missions he flew over Germany. Douglas E. Holt was born and still resides in the Milwaukee area.
Dare to Dance by P. Diane Truswell and Mary L. Kling tells the story of Karen, a woman who has had tragedy strike home with the death of her husband. She begins to try to rediscover herself and who she was in her marriage. This is the pair's second novel together.
Frankie the Walk 'n Roll Dog by Barbara Gail Techel is a children's story about Frankie, a dachshund who suffers a spinal injury and has to learn how to adjust to her new life. With a custom fit wheelchair, Frankie learns that nothing is impossible. Barbara Gail Techel and Frankie both reside in Elkhart Lake.
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New Releases
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From our friends at Shelf Awareness
 Moscow
Rules by Daniel Silva is the newest thriller starring Gabriel Allon,
who travels to Moscow after the death of a journalist. Silva
will be discussing Moscow Rules at our Mequon shop on Friday
July 25 at 7 p.m.
Damage
Control by J.A. Jance is the 13th Joanna Brady mystery.
The
Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge follows a superhero with telekinetic and shape shifting powers.
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Schwartz News Roundup
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Become a Citizen Supporter of Our Milwaukee
 Our Milwaukee, a business alliance dedicated to promoting locally owned businesses, invites you to become a Citizen Supporter. You'll receive an Our Milwaukee bumper/bike sticker that lets everyone know you're dedicated to shopping locally, and email notifications of upcoming Our Milwaukee public events.
When you patronize local businesses you're helping your local economy, supporting community groups, contributing to the creation of good jobs, and playing a role in keeping our city's one-of-a-kind character. As a Citizen Supporter, you're investing in Milwaukee and in the future of the city. Find out more about how shopping locally can benefit you and your neighborhood by visiting Our Milwaukee where you can learn more about becoming a Citizen Member and download the application form (PDF).
How to get to Schwartz in Brookfield during Construction
Can you believe that both our access roads have construction? We can't either. That said we'd love for you to visit. Here are the directions for visiting the Schwartz Bookshop in V. Richards Plaza during construction.
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| Live at Schwartz: Calendar of Events
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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.
David Maraniss
Rome 1960: The Olympics that Changed the World
Thursday, July 24 ·
7:00 p.m. talk ·
Shorewood
Pulitzer Prize-winner David Maraniss gets you in the Olympic spirit with the blockbuster story of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Learn more about legendary athletes, politics at the games where Cold War propaganda and spies, drugs and sex, money and television, civil rights and the rise of women superstars all converged to forever change the essence of the Olympics.
Daniel Silva
Moscow Rules
Friday, July 25 ·
7:00 p.m. talk ·
Mequon
The violent death of a journalist leads agent turned art restorer Gabriel Allon to Russia. The stakes are high; he's playing by "Moscow Rules" now. The grim Moscow of Soviet times has been replaced with a city awash in oil money and bulletproof Bentleys, where a former KGB agent and current arms dealer is about to deliver Russia's most sophisticated weapons to terrorists unless Allon can put a stop to it. But the clock is ticking!
Tana French
The Likeness
Tuesday, July 29 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Shorewood
The author of the Schwartz bookseller favorite In the Woods is back with a follow-up, The Likeness. Detective Cassie Maddox has quit the murder squad, too shaken up to continue her work. But when a young woman, (who happens to look a lot like Cassie and who was carrying an I.D. with Cassie's old undercover name), is found dead, she can't resist the perfect opportunity to go back undercover to draw out the killer.
Read Entertainment Weekly's review of The Likeness
Jennifer Haigh
The Condition
Wednesday, July 30 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Mequon
The McKotch family's deepest fears, hopes and hostilities collide within the walls of their rambling retreat on Cape Cod in Jennifer Haigh's latest novel. Long divorced, Frank and Paulette hide a mountain of grievances from their three adult children who are busy with crises of their own. As summer approaches, events in their lives force them to confront themselves, their choices, and opportunities for reconciliation and love that may still await. Haigh is also the author of Mrs. Kimble.
Read the New York Times's review of The Condition.
"Family dynamics are at the heart of this great new novel. Daughter Gwen McKotch has Turner's syndrome (an inability to develop fully as a physical adult) and not only does it affect her life, but also that of her parents and siblings. Jumping back and forth from a family gathering, we see how the action of the parents reflect in their children. I particularly enjoyed how Haigh tied the together story at the end. It's her best book so far!" -Morgan Egge, Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop, Mequon
Lynn Spencer
Touching History
Wednesday, July 30 ·
7:00 p.m. talk ·
Shorewood
We may think we know the story of 9/11, but Lynn Spencer's moving account of the response by pilots, controllers and military commanders who found themselves on the front lines shows there is much more to the story. Spencer, an airline pilot, offers a riveting account of 9/11 that takes you behind the scenes and shows you the defense launched that day like you've never seen it before.
Rick Perlstein
Nixonland
Thursday, July 31 ·
7:00 p.m. talk ·
Downer Ave.
Richard Nixon's landslide victory in 1972 marked the divide in America into the red-state, blue-state division which still dominates our political landscape. Chicago author Rick Perlstein depicts Nixon as a troubled and dangerous man who turned the hatred his enemies felt for him into political capital. Filled with details and based on deep research, Perlstein documents the shift in political winds as well as Nixon's calculated response to those changes.
Prem Sharma
Escape from Burma
Thursday, July 31 ·
7:00 p.m. talk ·
Brookfield
With special guests Sandra and Mya Swe
Based on the true story of Sandra and Mya Swe, the novel Escape from Burma is the story of their attempt to flee their country during the turmoil of the 1960s. Milwaukee author Prem Sharma will be joined by the Swes for a discussion of his book, their journey, the political climate in Burma today as well as the devastating cyclone that hit the area earlier this spring.
Lesley Kagen
Land of a Hundred Wonders
Tuesday, August 5 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Mequon
Join Mequon author Lesley Kagen (Whistling in the Dark) to celebrate the publication of her second novel. Would-be reporter Gibby McGraw, brain damaged after a car accident that took both of her parents, stumbles on the dead body of the next governor of Kentucky. She may have gotten her big break, but she got a lot more than she bargained for too! Good thing she's also learning that some things are more important than all the brains in the world, and that miracles occur in the most unexpected moments. Land of a Hundred Wonders goes on sale July 29.
Ellen Baker
Keeping the House
Wednesday, August 6 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Shorewood
Set in the conformist 1950s in Pine Rapids, Wisconsin, Ellen Baker's novel is the story of a newlywed who falls in love with a grand abandoned house, and begins to unravel dark secrets woven through the generations of a family. Baker explores the courage it takes to shape a life and the difficulty of ever knowing the truth about another person's desires. Paperback
David Ebershoff
The 19th Wife
Thursday, August 7 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Shorewood
In this suspenseful novel David Ebershoff explores the mysteries of love, history and faith in two intertwined narratives: a historical thread about Brigham Young's expulsion of his own 19th wife, Ann Eliza Young, from the Mormon church, and a modern-day murder mystery set on a polygamous compound in Utah.
Read what Schwartz Booksellers have to say about The 19th Wife.
Dirk Wittenborn
Pharmakon
Monday, August 11 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Downer Ave.
Pharmakon is an epic novel about family secrets and the consequences of ambition perfect for fans of John Irving. William Friedrich is a professor at Yale in 1952 who has stumbled upon a drug that promises happiness and could make him a famous man. But, his experiment goes awry and the results haunt his family forever. Wittenborn captures the quirks of an American family and the formative moments of the 20th century.
Jess Riley
Driving Sideways
Wednesday, August 13 ·
7:00 p.m. reading ·
Mequon
Leigh Fielding wants a life. She's been on dialysis for the past five years and just wants to make it to her 30th birthday. Thanks to a kidney transplant it looks like her wish may really come true. To celebrate she embarks on a road trip from Wisconsin to California, but her trip takes an unexpected detour when she picks up a seventeen-year-old hitchhiker. Wisconsin author Jess Riley's novel is a journey of friendship, hope and discovery. | |
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 Staff Pick
Telex From Cuba
Rachel Kushner
Young Everly Lederer and KC Stites come of age in Cuba's Oriente
Province, an American fiefdom amid the hundreds of acres of the United
Fruit Company's plantation and the Nicaro nickel mines. When Fidel
and Raul Castro lead a revolt just above the American enclave, the children
begin to discover the complexities of class, race, and the barely-disguised
brutality that keeps the colony humming. Their parents may be untouched
by the forces of history, but Everly and KC hear the whispers of what's
to come.
"The story of Castro's rise to power told from many points of view, American and Cuban. Engrossing read!"
-Jenny Chou, Mequon
The
Lemur
Benjamin Black
An Irish journalist in New York finds himself in the center of a murder
case that may lead back to his billionaire father-in-law. Benjamin Black
switches from 1950s Dublin to contemporary New York in The Lemur,
his first standalone thriller. He is also the Booker Prize-winning author
of The Sea and Christine Falls.
Paperback
 Edward
Trencom's Nose
Giles Milton
Edward Trencom has bumbled through life, relying on his trusty nose to
turn the family cheese shop into the most celebrated fromagerie
in England. This was no ordinary nose. It was extraordinary, able to discern
the composition, maturity, and quality of cheese. For years, Trencom noses
had sniffed, whiffed, and judged the very best cheeses of the world. But
on an ordinary day, Edward's world is turned upside down when he stumbles
across a crate of family papers. To his horror, he discovers that nine
previous generations of his family have come to sticky ends because of
their noses.
The 351 Books of Irma Arcuri
David Bajo
For most of his adult life-through two marriages and countless travels-the
mathematician Philip Mazyrk has carried on a love affair with Irma Arcuri.
Now Irma has vanished and left Philip her entire library of 351 books,
five of them written by Irma herself. Buried in the text of this library-Cervantes
to Turgenyev, Borges to Fowles-lay the secrets of Irma's disappearance
and, in the novels Irma has written, the story of her elusive and romantic
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Pick
Here
If You Need Me
Kate Braestrup
"God may have a sense of humor, but calling Kate Braestrup into
service was no joke. While traversing her own wilderness of loss and faith,
a newly single mother of four takes on the spiritually treacherous work
of chaplain to Maine 's toughest rescuers. Giving of herself with
great humor and heart, Kate's story emanates hope and inspires a
belief in miracles."
-Stacie Williams, Downer Ave.
"Kate Braestrup tells her poignant story with grace and humor in
simple and direct prose. When her husband suddenly dies in a car crash,
Kate is forced to pick up the pieces of their shattered family and move
on with her life. She is ordained a Unitarian/Universalist minister and
becomes the first chaplain for the Main Warden Service, providing comfort
for grieving families during very stressful times. You won't forget this
compelling tale of loss, survival and love."
-Ken Favell, Brookfield
Paperback
 Staff Pick
Underrated
The Yankee Pot Roast Book of Awesome Underappreciated Stuff
Geoff Wolinetz, Nick Jezarian, Josh Abraham
"Musicians, movies, condiments and comic strips, once forgotten, are finally given their due. Did you think you were the only fan of Arsenio Hall, the Chipwich or movies starring monkeys? You are not alone! Now there is a whole book of 'Awesome Underappreciated Stuff' for you to enjoy. Full of quips and nostalgia, Underrated: The Yankee Pot Roast Book of Underappreciated Stuff, is one of the most entertaining books of the year!"
-Scott Fultz, Mequon
 Snoop
The Secret Language of Stuff
Sam Gosling, Ph.D.
Does what's on your desk reveal what's on your mind? Do those pictures
on your walls tell true tales about you? And is your favorite outfit
about to give you away? For the last ten years psychologist Sam Gosling
has been studying how people project (and protect) their inner selves.
By exploring our private worlds (desks, bedrooms, our clothes and our
cars), he shows not only how we showcase our personalities in unexpected
and unplanned ways, but also how we create personality in the first
place, communicate it to others, and interpret the world around us.
 Waking
A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence
Matthew Sanford
Matthew Sanford's life and body were irrevocably changed at age 13 when
his family's car skidded off a snowy Iowa overpass, killing Matt's father
and sister and leaving him paralyzed from the chest down. This pivotal
event set Matt on a lifelong journey, from his intensive care experiences
at the Mayo Clinic to becoming a paralyzed yoga teacher and founder
of a nonprofit organization. Forced to explore what it truly means to
live in a body, he emerges with an entirely new view of being a "whole"
person. In his candid memoir he delivers a powerful message about the
endurance of the human spirit and of the body that houses it.
Paperback
 The
Shock Doctrine
The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Naomi Klein
In this groundbreaking alternative history of the most dominant ideology
of our time, Milton Friedman's free-market economic revolution, Naomi
Klein challenges the popular myth of this movement's peaceful global
victory. From Chile in 1973 to Iraq today, Klein shows how Friedman
and his followers have repeatedly harnessed terrible shocks and violence
to implement their radical policies. As John Gray wrote in The Guardian,
"There are very few books that really help us understand the present.
The Shock Doctrine is one of those books."
 Muhajababes
Allegra Stratton
Two-thirds of the Middle East's population is under twenty-five, with
an explosive growth in the number of college graduates. Allegra Stratton,
a twenty-five-year-old producer for the BBC, traveled to Beirut, Amman,
Cairo, Dubai, Kuwait City, and Damascus to understand what daily life
is like in Arab and Muslim youth culture. There she found a massive
media industry of music videos and scantily clad pop stars vying with
the voice of conservative Islam condemning Western culture and immodest
dress. For most young Muslim women, there is no conflict.
Paperback
 Doris
Day
The Untold Story of the Girl Next Door
David Kaufman
While Doris Day symbolized virtuous America-especially in her
heyday, the 1950s and early 1960s-both she and that era are still
perceived as being far more innocent and carefree than they really were.
What makes Day's story so fascinating is the fact that she was in many
ways the opposite of her image as "the girl next door." David
Kaufman diligently tracked down countless colleagues and intimates who
reveal scintillating tales of fame, beauty, money, tragedy, sexual ambiguity
and conquests, as well as anecdotes about an array of major players
in her life including Ronald Reagan, Frank Sinatra and Rock Hudson.
Kaufman offers insight into Day's demons while emphasizing the
extraordinary credit she deserves as an artist.
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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.
 
 
Lisey's
Story
Stephen King
Publisher $28.00
SCHWARTZ: $8.99
How
Dogs Think
Stanley Coren
Publisher $15.00
SCHWARTZ: $7.99
Two
Histories of England
Jane Austen and Charles Dickens
Publisher $16.95
SCHWARTZ: $7.99
Death
By Chick Lit
Lynn Harris
Publisher $14.00
SCHWARTZ: $6.99
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