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Grass Roots Books and Music
— 227 SW 2nd Street, Corvallis OR 97339 — 541-754-7668 |
| April 11, 2013 |
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Poem in Your Pocket Day
Celebrate national Poem in Your Pocket Day on April 18! Share your love of poetry by selecting one of your favorites and sharing it with your friends, family, co-workers, and booksellers at Grass Roots. Stop by Grass Roots on April 18 and share a poem with us—either in your pocket or recited from memory—and we'll give you a coupon good for 20% off an item on your next visit. It can be your own poem, or a favorite by another poet. Share your words!
See you in the bookstore!
Pamela. |
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| Newest Books |
The Little Way of Ruthie Leming: A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life
Rod Dreher
Rod Dreher and his younger sister Ruthie grew up in St. Francisville, Louisiana, a small town with strong spiritual traditions and family rituals: Mardi Gras, L.S.U. football games, and deer hunting. While Rob couldn’t wait to shake the confines of his hometown, Ruthie married her childhood sweetheart and taught school in the close-knit community where they grew up. When Ruth was diagnosed with cancer at age 40, Dreher was moved by the way the community he had left behind rallied around his dying sister, and he began to reconsider the choices he had made for his ambition versus the quiet, ordinary life his sister had led.
Hardcover, $25.99
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing; ISBN: 9781455521913 |
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Palisades Park
Alan Brennert
The first time Eddie Stopka visits Palisades Amusement Park in 1922 with his family, he is entranced and knows it is his destiny to return. As a young adult he gets a job at the park as a french-fry vendor, soon marries fellow concessionaire Adele, and they have two children shortly after. They are a family of dreamers who don’t share the same dreams, and the world often intrudes on their hopes. The Great Depression, Pearl Harbor, the fight for civil rights, fire at the park: these events and more threaten to tear the family apart. Despite this Palisades Park always draws the family back together, until it closes forever in 1971.
Hardcover, $25.99
Publisher: St. Martin's Press; ISBN: 9780312643720 |
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Letters to a Young Scientist
Edward O. Wilson
Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Wilson imparts the wisdom of his storied career to the next generation.
“What is this grand enterprise called science that has lit up heaven and earth and empowered humanity? Wilson, a foremost authority on ants and biodiversity now in his eighties, has dedicated his life to this culture of illuminations in the field and laboratory and as a Harvard professor and best-selling writer. In his newest book, he offers candid guidance and profound inspiration to young scientists. ‘The world needs you —badly,’ Wilson writes, explaining that our very survival depends on our learning enough about life on earth to halt our deleterious impact on the biosphere.” –Booklist Starred Review
Hardcover, $21.95
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporatio; ISBN: 9780871403773 |
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Sleight of Hand: A Novel of Suspense
Phillip Margolin
Charles Benedict —magnetic criminal defense lawyer, amateur illusionist, and professional hit man —and private investigator Dana Cutler are on a collision course set in motion by Benedict's greatest sleight of hand yet: framing a millionaire for the murder of his much younger wife. Horace Claire’s prenuptial agreement with his wife Carrie stipulated that she remain faithful for the first ten years of their marriage in exchange for twenty million dollars. Shortly before their tenth anniversary, Carrie disappears and Horace is charged with her murder. It's the perfect crime, unless Dana Cutler can conjure a few tricks of her own to take down a cunning psychopath and expose his diabolical plot.
Hardcover, $26.99
Publisher: Harper; ISBN: 9780062069917 |
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The Kingmaker's Daughter
Philippa Gregory
Richard Neville, Earl of Warwich, was known as the “Kingmaker” in fifteenth-century England, and he used his daughters Anne and Isabel as pawns in his political games. Forced into marriage at 14, Anne is soon left widowed, penniless, and alone, kept as a virtual servant by her sister and brother-in-law George, Duke of Clarence and brother to the king. King Edward’s youngest brother Richard comes to Anne’s rescue and marries her, which sets her on a collision course with the overwhelming power of the royal family and will cost the lives of those she loves most in the world.
Paperback, $16.00
Publisher: ; ISBN: 9781451626087 |
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Best of the Best American Poetry: 25th Anniversary Edition
David Lehman and Robert Pinsky
The Best American Poetry Series was founded in 1988 by poet David Lehman, and each year for the last 25 years a major American poet has acted as guest editor and selected 75 of the year’s best poems. This special edition celebrates the series’ anniversary with a collection of 100 of the best poems—out of the 1,875 that have appeared in the series—chosen by former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky.
“His selection is so rich and diverse one can't help but find several poems that will brighten any winter day.” –Shelf Awareness
Paperback, $18.00
Publisher: Scribner Book Company; ISBN: 9781451658880 |
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In One Person
John Irving
Growing up in 1950s Vermont, Bill realizes at an early age that he is a bisexual, developing “inappropriate crushes” on the female librarian in town, as well as an older boy on the wrestling team. As Bill matures through the decades, meeting a misfit set of characters and engaging in tumultuous relationships with men and women, he enters the 1980s to witness the horrors of the AIDS epidemic.
“Ever the fearless writer of conscience calling on readers to be open-minded, Irving performs a sweetly audacious, at times elegiac, celebration of human sexuality.” –Booklist Starred Review
Paperback, $15.99
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; ISBN: 9781451664133 |
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The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature
David George Haskell
“Following the example of monks and writers, award-winning teacher (and sometimes poet) Haskell turns his gaze to the small things —insects, plants, and birds —living in a single square meter of one of Tennessee's old-growth forests. He returns to the same patch of forest over the course of a year and, in a series of vignettes, draws readers' attention to the quiet details of the place. For instance, he sees a chickadee shiver for warmth in the wintertime and a mosquito feast to stomach-swelling proportions in the spring. Haskell uses these moments to remind readers of their position in a shared, common ecosystem that reaches far beyond the forest.” –Library Journal
Paperback, $16.00
Publisher: Penguin Books; ISBN: 9780143122944 |
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Wind on the Waves: Stories from the Oregon Coast
Kim Stafford
This collection of 52 stories embodies the beauty, mystery, and allure of Oregon's magnificent coast. These wonderful vignettes celebrate the people, towns, wildlife, culture, and natural beauty of one of America's most rugged, beautiful, and enchanting coastlines. Kim Stafford evokes the feelings of wonder and joy, the miracle of existence, the significance of humanity —and its insignificance compared to the power of the sea. Being. These words from one of Oregon's most influential writers are the song of life sung on the stage of the shore, and the wind, and the waves.
Paperback, $14.99
Publisher: Westwinds Press; ISBN: 9780882408958 |
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| Featured Books for Young Readers |
The Dark
Lemony Snicket, Illustrated by Jon Klassen
Ages 4 to 8
Laszlo is afraid of the dark. The dark lives in the same house as Laszlo. Mostly, though, the dark stays in the basement and doesn't come into Lazslo's room. Every morning Laszlo opens the door to the basement and greets the dark. One night, the dark enters Laszlo’s room and beckons him downstairs. This is the story of how Laszlo stops being afraid of the dark.
Hardcover, $16.99
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; ISBN: 9780316187480 |
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The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict
Trenton Lee Stewart
Ages 8 to 12
“Meet Nicholas Benedict, a skinny nine-year-old orphan with a lumpy nose, an extraordinary intellect, and an inconvenient tendency to fall asleep when he is excited. Newly arrived at his latest orphanage (Rothchild's End, ominously shortened to 'Child's End), Nicholas quickly learns to avoid the Spiders (a gang of bullies) as best he can. Meanwhile, he secretly searches for the treasure rumored to be hidden in the dilapidated mansion and finds a couple of steadfast friends. . . This prequel to The Mysterious Benedict Society gives readers a reason to fall in love with the series all over again.” –Booklist Starred Review
Paperback, $7.99
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; ISBN: 9780316176200 |
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Ellie's Log: Exploring the Forest Where the Great Tree Fell
Judith Li, Illustrated by M.L. Herring
Ages 8 to 12
A delightful new book featuring the collaboration of a writer and illustrator, both from Corvallis!
After a huge tree crashes to the ground during a winter storm, ten-year-old Ellie and her new friend, Ricky, explore the forest where Ellie lives. Together, they learn how trees provide habitat for plants and animals high in the forest canopy, down among mossy old logs, and deep in the pools of a stream. The plants, insects, birds, and mammals they discover come to life in colored pen-and-ink drawings.
Join us for a presentation by Judith Li and M. L. Herring at the Corvallis-Benton County Library on May 13 at 7 p.m. (Co-sponsored by Grass Roots Books & Music, OSU Press, and the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library.)
Paperback, $16.95
Publisher: Oregon State University Press; ISBN: 9780870716966 |
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| Music |
Deadstring Brothers
Cannery Row
Genre: Pop/Folk
Originally from Detroit, these roots rockers have changed membership over the years, and have migrated to Nashville. On their sixth album, the Deadstring Brothers play a mix of Americana with a bluesy swagger. ($15.95) |
Dawes
Stories Don't End
Genre: Pop/Folk
Dawes' blend of Northern California country rock has been widely praised by critics, including Jackson Browne who asked them to serve as his backing band. Their third album continues in that tradition, and adds to their developing reputation as songwriters. ($13.95) |
Pickwick
Can't Talk Medicine
Genre: Pop/Folk
From Seattle, Pickwick's music brings together indie pop and soul. While their songs sound contemporary and relevant, there is a definite "retro" spirit to their music. ($11.95) |
Although we specialize in
new releases, Grass Roots can usually get you any album that's still available.
Ask at the the store! |
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| Events |
Tuesday, April 16 at 7 p.m.
Grass Roots Books & Music
227 SW 2nd Street, Corvallis |
Poetry Reading:
Karen Holmberg
Axis Mundi: Poems
Corvallis poet Karen Holmberg will read from her second book of poems, Axis Mundi, winner of the John Ciardi Prize.
“Axis Mundi is a book made of elliptical fire and solid architectures. In these Linneaus-like lyric meditations, the adamantine grasp and the letting of the physical world form the balancing act of this spinning descent and ascension. We fall into the gaze of animals and insects, into mirrors, into this poet’s grounded aerial hunger and grief, teaching us what we know. Like the sweetbriar rose, whose name means both ‘wounds to heal’ and ‘poetry’, these poems are spun from both joy and dread. The result is sheer eloquence, both measured and wild - and a new poet’s voice that is unforgettable and utterly thrilling to encounter.” —Carol Muske-Dukes |
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Saturday, April 20 at 2 p.m.
Grass Roots Books & Music
227 SW 2nd Street, Corvallis |
Poetry Reading
Stephanie Lenox & Donna Henderson
Congress of Strange People and The Eddy Fence
Two local poets published by Airlie Press join us for an afternoon reading in the Grass Roots loft.
Stephanie Lenox’s inventive debut collection Congress of Strange People entices readers into a “federation of freaks” with voice-driven poems that sing a collective ode to our common strangeness. Employing humor, mystery, and a bold yet generous gaze, this book keeps company with a snake handler and conspiracy theorist, record-holders from The Guinness Book, Miss Manners, human cannonballs, Nancy Drew, and other characters from a family of outcasts.
Donna Henderson’s collection The Eddy Fence was an Oregon Book Award Finalist in 2010. It traces the contours of the “eddy fence” where love and loss meet. In poems that confront a mother’s illness, a forest’s destruction, and the struggles to seed new life, she discovers a difficult beauty and passage to healing. Here we encounter a restless intelligence in dialogue with itself, seeking to enter the world more entirely through deeper and deeper seeing. |
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Thursday, April 25 at 7 p.m.
Grass Roots Books & Music
227 SW 2nd Street, Corvallis |
Cliff Kirkpatrick
Oregon State University Baseball: Building a Legacy
In the postseasons of 2005, 2006 and 2007, the Oregon State Beavers baseball team achieved a seemingly impossible dream and forever changed the culture of Northwest sports. After nearly a century of dismissal as a wet-weather team, unable to compete with the southern baseball belt on the national stage, a run of three College World Series appearances and back-to-back titles earned the Beavers national respect. Inspired by his own coverage of the dramatic seasons, Corvallis Gazette-Times sportswriter Cliff Kirkpatrick recounts the program's rise to prominence and lasting legacy.
Cliff Kirkpatrick has covered the athletics programs at Oregon State University for the Corvallis Gazette-Times since July 2004. Most of his work focuses on the football team, but includes a variety of sports. Kirkpatrick has received multiple writing awards for his football and baseball coverage of Oregon State. His game story about the baseball team's victory over Michigan in the 2005 Super Regional to reach the College World Series won best sports writing from the Oregon Newspaper Publishing Association. |
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Saturday, April 27 at 2 p.m.
Grass Roots Books & Music
227 SW 2nd Street, Corvallis |
Poetry Reading
Turn, an anthology from Uttered Chaos
Experience the seasons with a variety of poets, and an afternoon of poetry in the Grass Roots loft. The theme of Turn is “months of the year,” and editor Laura LeHew left it to the poets to decipher what that meant. She was not disappointed, and wants to share it with others.
Readers for this event are Ayelet Amittay, Laura Gamache, Quinton Hallett, Susan Kenyon, Laura LeHew, Cathy McGuire, Nancy Carol Moody, Sharon Lask Munson, Eileen Peterson, Tim Pfau, Kit Sibert. |
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Tuesday, April 30,
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Grass Roots Books & Music
227 SW 2nd Street, Corvallis |
Community Poetry Night
Celebrate National Poetry Month with Grass Roots during an Open Mic event in the bookstore. Local poets and poetry fans are invited to read their own work, or a favorite poem by someone else. Participants will be asked to sign up before the event, but everyone is welcome to read, time permitting. Please plan on limiting your reading to 5 minutes. To register, please stop by Grass Roots Books & Music, call at 541-754-7668, or send an email to grootsreads@gmail.com. |
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Upcoming Events
We have many more events coming up in the next few months! For a complete list of all of our upcoming events, please visit our website. |
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Community Events
Darkside Cinema: Movies showing April 12 to 18, showtimes daily, Darkside Cinema, Corvallis. Visit their website for showtimes.
- Life Of Pi –PG: Director Ang Lee creates a groundbreaking movie event about a young man who survives a disaster at sea and is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an amazing and unexpected connection with another survivor. . . a fearsome Bengal tiger.
- Stoker –R: Easily the most remarkable film I've seen this year, and one that lingers in the mind. I also strongly suspect that it will pay dividends on repeat viewings. Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, and Matthew Goode star.
- Quartet –PG-13: At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday is disrupted by the arrival of Jean, an eternal diva and the former wife of one of the residents.
- The Gatekeepers –PG-13: Both journalistic coup and unsettling confirmation of the idea that 'you can't make peace using military means.
- On The Road –R: It took more than half a century, but Jack Kerouac's autobiographical cult novel of bohemian youth in postwar America has reached the screen in wonderful form.
Literary Events: Visit our Community Calendar for details on these events and others in the area.
- OSU MFA Reading Series, featuring Yaakov Schwartz, Nazifa Islam, and Rachel Ratner: Thursday, April 11, 7:30 p.m., New Morning Bakery, Corvallis.
- Oregon Poets Association Spring 2013 Conference and Silverton Poetry Association events: April 12-14, Silverton. Various events and readings. Please visit the OPA website and the Silverton Poetry Association website for details.
- Writers on the River presents “Flash Fiction” with Steve Jones: Monday, April 15, 6:30 to 8 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Corvallis.
- Windfall Series poetry reading with Paulann Petersen and Kathleen Flenniken: Tuesday, April 16, 5:30 p.m., Eugene Public Library, Eugene.
- Willamette Writers, Coast Chapter workshop with Erin Enright, “Prompted”: Tuesday, April 16, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Newport Public Library, Newport.
- Visiting Writers Series welcomes Dawn Raffel, The Secret Life of Objects: Friday, April 19, 7:30 p.m., Valley Library Rotunda, OSU, Corvallis.
Opportunities:
- Writing Workshop: The 2-part writing workshop will be led by 2012 Oregon Book Award winner George Estreich (The Shape of the Eye),and 2013 Oregon Book Award nominee Aria Minu-Sepehr (We Heard the Heavens Then). The workshop will meet twice, on May 4 and May 11, from 2 to 4 p.m. On the first meeting, the instructors will talk about the short personal essay, give examples, and talk about the challenges in writing a good personal essay. There will be a short writing prompt, to begin the process of invention, and time permitting, there will be an opportunity to discuss some of the student work. For the second class, students will be asked to bring in a 900-word draft, with the goal of submitting to the New York Times "Lives" column. In the second class the instructors will discuss how to revise, improve, and submit work. Participants will read a few sample columns from "Lives," discussing not only what makes them work, but what the editors seem to be looking for in each case. Additional venues to send written work will also be discussed. Preregistration required. Please call the Reference Desk 541-766-6793 to sign up. Books will be available to purchase from Grass Roots Books & Music following the event on May 11.
- Summer in Words Conference: Three days of events, talks, and workshops taught by a stellar cast of authors and writing instructors will help you learn more about story and craft and invite you to move forward. June 20-23, Hallmark Inn & Resort, Cannon Beach, OR. For more information and to register, visit the Conference website.
- Terroir Creative Writing Festival: A day of workshops, lectures and readings brings readers and writers of fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction together in McMinnville, April 27, 2013. Early-registration discount available through April 17. Registration forms can be found at the Terroir Festival website.
- Summer Fishtrap: The 26th annual Summer Fishtrap Gathering of Writers at Wallowa Lake runs July 8-14, 2013. For more details on workshops at Summer Fishtrap and to register please visit fishtrap.org.
- Call for Submissions: Calling Authors and Artists to Submit to the Summer 2013 Issue of VoiceCatcher’s Journal. VoiceCatcher: a journal of women’s voices & visions opens for submissions for its Summer 2013 issue on March 15, closing April 30, 2013. Please find our guidelines — and hints —on our journal's submission page (www.voicecatcherjournal.org) .
- 2013 Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize: March 1-May 31, 2013, postmarked. Please submit up to three unpublished poems (six pages maximum). Simultaneous submissions are discouraged. The CALYX editorial collective reads all manuscripts first, then selects 10-20 finalists to send to the final judge. See the CALYX submissions page for more information.
- The Trillium Project: The Spring Creek Project would like to invite you to submit a proposal for the Trillium Project at the Cabin at Shotpouch Creek. You can find more information about the Spring Creek Project and the Cabin on their website.
- Fooling Around with Words: A fun literary tradition continues. . . Writing should be fun! Fooling Around with Words was created to encourage writers of all levels to engage in the kind of playfulness that leads to some unexpected and rewarding results. Pre-register at www.linnbenton.edu. Fee $29, CRN# 46532. Saturday, April 13, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., LBCC Benton Center, 757 NW Polk Avenue, Corvallis.
- Call for Submissions, Campus Creature Census: The Spring Creek Project for Nature, Ideas, and the Written Word invites students, faculty, staff, and community members to participate in the Campus Creature Census at OSU. Prose, Field Guide Entries, Poetry, and Art submissions are all welcome. Register for the Census by April 15; submit your entry by May 1. Click here for complete details and guidelines.
- Call for Submissions: For the summer 2013 issue of Oregon Humanities magazine, we want ideas, arguments, theories, and stories about "skin," as in: The one you're in. You have two chances to contribute to this discussion. Shorter responses (400 words) for our Posts section are due May 13. Visit their website to read the full call Posts submissions.
- William Stafford Writing Contest: Teachers can mail submissions of their students’ work to Ooligan Press through April 2013. Selected student entries will be published in a book titled We Belong In History. The anthology will be released in January 2014 to help launch the yearlong celebration of William Stafford’s birth. Please visit the Contest website for additional information.
- Inklings, an open critique group, is seeking new members. The group meets on 1st & 3rd Sundays from 11 am to 1 pm in the upstairs meeting room at Market of Choice on 9th Street and Circle Boulevard in Corvallis. Please contact Dinaz Rogers at drogersor@msn.com or 541-967-1911 if you have any questions.
Ticket Sales: Grass Roots sells tickets for local music events. Check our Community Calendar for upcoming events that we have available.
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Book Awards
Oregon Book Awards: The winners of the 2013 Oregon Book Awards were presented Monday evening in Portland, honoring the best books published by authors living in Oregon. For the complete list of winner, visit the Literary Arts website. This year’s winners include:
Walt Whitman Award: The Academy of American Poets announced Chris Hosea is the winner of the 2013 Walt Whitman Award. The award encourages the work of emerging poets, and the prize brings first-book publication by Louisiana State University Press and $5,000. Well-known poet John Ashbery selected Hosea’s manuscript, Put Your Hands In, as this year’s winner.
Orion Book Award: The winner of the 2013 Orion Book Award, sponsored by Orion Magazine, is Apocalyptic Planet: Field Guide to the Everending Earth by Craig Childs. The annual award is presented to a book “that addresses the human relationship with the natural world in a fresh, thought provoking, and engaging manner.” The editors said this year’s winning book “puts an entirely new spin on our usual preoccupations with climate change and catastrophe in general.”
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Featured in the Store: Poetry!
There is more poetry in the store than you think! In addition to our main poetry section, we also carry poetry books in our children’s section. We have a beautiful selection of childhood favorites and treasuries, as well as wonderfully-illustrated works by individual poets. The best part? Children’s poetry books also qualify for our Poetry Discount in April. (Most poetry books discounted 10% through April 30, 15% for I-Card members. Not combinable with other discounts. Please stop by the store for details.)
If you’re seeking a gift for a poetry-loving friend, take a look at our fun selection of Magnetic Poetry. Nature poets, fans of Shakespeare, artists; there’s a Magnetic Poetry set for everyone! (Unfortunately these are NOT discounted.) |
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| Reading Group Selection |
Tuesday, May 7, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides
Pamela hosts the discussion for The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides. It was named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review, NPR, and Publishers Weekly.
Madeleine Hanna is a dutiful English major at Brown in the early 1980s, writing her thesis on Jane Austen and George Eliot, purveyors of the marriage plot that lies at the heart of the greatest English novels. While taking a course on semiotics—a more modern take on language—she meets and falls in love with the charismatic and manic depressive Leonard. At the same time, an old friend of hers declares himself her destined mate for life, forming a love triangle with a marriage plot of its own. |
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Publisher: Picador USA
ISBN: 9781250014764
Paperback
Regular price: $16.00
On sale for $13.60 until May 5.
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On Our Nightstands |
 Linda
Beneath Cold Seas: The Underwater Wilderness of the Pacific Northwest
David Hall
This large and beautiful book is filled with excellent and vibrant photographs of the many assorted creatures in our seas off the Pacific Northwest coast . Each page shimmers with the wonderfully intriguing marine wildlife. It is exciting to realize and imagine this world of beauty off our shores; a fantastic world mostly hidden from most of us. David Hall takes us there, up close. I loved the journey and discovery in this book.
Hardcover, $45.00
Publisher: University of Washington Press; ISBN: 9780295991160 |
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Marissa
Cold Days (Dresden Files #14)
Jim Butcher
Nothing satisfies my craving for a modern mystery with a paranormal twist than Butcher's fantasy capers, The Dresden Files. The series follows wizard and gumshoe Harry Dresden on the latest strange cases to crop up in Chicago, and they're not your garden-variety disturbances — he specializes in all sorts of mythical phenomena. I particularly enjoy Butcher’s ability to seamlessly blend the classic old-fashioned noir of an urban setting with the imaginary. Wicked plot curveballs and sharp-witted characters keep me racing to the next page, so though there's 14 books in all thus far, you'll breeze through in no time!
Hardcover, $27.95
Publisher: Roc; ISBN: 9780451464408 |
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Pamela
The Little Paris Kitchen: 120 Simple But Classic French Recipes
Rachel Khoo
Every time I walk by this book at the store, it calls to me: “Bonjour, mademoiselle! Voulez-vous quelque chose à manger?” The answer is always a resounding, “Oui!” I can’t help picking it up and slowly thumbing through the pages, wistfully gazing at its gorgeous images, hungrily reading the little introduction to each recipe, and mentally adding recipes to my wishlist. This is not haute French cuisine; it is totally doable, simple, and classic, but often with a modern twist. Introduce yourself to French cooking and treat yourself to this beautiful book!
Hardcover, $35.00
Publisher: Chronicle Books; ISBN: 9781452113432 |
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