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Laurel Book Store4100 MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94619
510-531-2073
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Here's something you need! Not only for yourself, but for holiday gifts so that people know just how much you like Oakland. Sturdy canvas bag with handles. Made by a neighborhood artist, Sally Wilbur, and the hottest item in the store right now. One of the first people to see it bought 4.
Get in here and get yours.
$18 each. Now with a choice of natural or black handles! | |
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Events! Click on the blue links for more information
Saturday,
January 26 6pm
Erica Scheidt
Debut young
adult novel:
The Uses for Boys
Friday,
February 8 6pm
Pam Consear
(Handygal)
Home Organizing 101
Saturday,
February 9 6pm
J. Douglas Allen-Taylor
Sugaree Rising
Valentine's Day with Lesbian Romance authors Karin Kallmaker
&
Mary Griggs
local wine and chocolate too!
Feb. 14 6:30
Lunar New Year on the Boulevard with the Lion Dancers!
Saturday, Feb. 16
Sunday, Feb. 17
Reinventing the Chicken Coop
(details to come)
Wednesday,
March 6 6pm
Michael Y. Simon and
The Approximate Parent
(how's your relationship with your teen?)
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It's time for
Apply to be a giver
Volunteer book givers are central to World Book Night U.S., putting wonderful books into the hands of light or non-readers in their communities. On April 23, 2012, U.S. book givers personally handed out half a million printed books in 5,800 towns and cities across the country. And we're doing it again together this year! We provide the free books, and the book givers seek out light or non-readers, especially people who may not have access to printed books for reasons of means or geography. Book givers receive 20 free paperback copies of one World Book Night title, not too many to carry but enough to share with a good number of potential new readers. Are you interested in becoming a World Book Night U.S. book giver? We ask you to fill out the World Book Night U.S. online application; click here to begin. You will be asked what your first, second, and third book choices are, why you wish to share these books, and where you will go to personally hand out the books. Apply by January 23, 2013. Thank you for supporting World Book Night U.S.! LINK
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Dear Reader,
Where have you all been? It's been mighty quiet on the boulevard. We have been looking very carefully through our inventory to leap into the new year, and we have some wonderful titles that you may have overlooked. We'll give you some examples below.
Plus some new things are at the top of the list.
We have some exciting authors and presenters booked so take a look at the sidebar. This Saturday, bring your teen or yourself to meet Erica Lorraine Scheidt. She's penned a wonderful and thought provoking young adult novel and it's her debut novel so you can ask her all those pesky questions like how she did it, how hard was the work, and what's next? Get the book now so you can be ready with thoughtful questions. Or just come and hear her read and talk. Saturday, 6pm.
As long as people keep attending, we'll keep booking these amazing people!
Don't forget, you only have until Friday to sign up for World Book Night as a giver. You pay nothing. You get the box of books and give them away. Simple as that!
And if you know of organizations who would love to put the books into underserved readers' hands, let us know!
Happy Reading,
Luan
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 Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts, A Literary Cookbook with retold tales by Jane Yolen and recipes by Heidi E.Y. Stemple and illustrations by Sima Elizabeth Shefrin $25 Master storyteller Jane Yolen and her daughter Heidi Stemple have teamed up to bring the magic of their acclaimed Fairy Tale Feasts to the time-honored and delicious traditions of Jewish storytelling and cuisine. Here youll find Yolens dynamic, enchanting retellings of Jewish tales from around the world paired with Stemples recipesfor everything from challah to matzo brei to pomegranate couscous, tzimmes chicken, and rugelah, in creative versions of classic dishes that any family will delight in cooking together. Age 9 and up but really a family book.  Fat Chance by Robert Lustig MD $25.95 Documents the science and politics behind the pandemic of chronic disease throughout the past three decades, chronicling how the food industry has replaced fat with sugar and triggered disastrous biochemical changes that the author believes can be overcome through strategic hormone-adjusting measures. In the late 1970s when the government mandated we get the fat out of our food, the food industry responded by pouring more sugar in. The result has been a perfect storm, disastrously altering our biochemistry and driving our eating habits out of our control.
 Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright $28.95 In Going Clear, Wright examines what fundamentally makes a religion a religion, and whether Scientology is, in fact, deserving of this constitutional protection. Employing all his exceptional journalistic skills of observation, understanding, and shaping a story into a compelling narrative, Lawrence Wright has given us an evenhanded yet keenly incisive book that reveals the very essence of what makes Scientology the institution it is.  Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers, the 10th in the series by Dav Pilkey $9.99 If I have to explain this to you, you either don't have a child in the house or don't need to know. But- George and Harold are forced to contemplate a world without Captain Underpants- The character they based on their principal being a superhero with a different sensibility. Curious now aren't you? Check out the cool display they're in. Reading Gives You Superpowers. It says so, so I know it's true. |
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Titles we want you to see!
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 Shine Shine Shine by Lydia Netzer $24.99 When fabricated aspects of their picture-perfect world are embarrassingly exposed by a car accident, Sunny Mann, an everyday woman longing for an ideal life; and Maxon, her savant astronaut husband, struggle through blame and fear before confronting realities about their deep bond.  Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl Wudunn $15.95 From the first married couple to win a Pulitzer Prize for journalism, here is a passionate call to arms against the oppression of women around the globe---"the central moral challenge" of our time. Through inspiring stories of extraordinary women, Kristof and WuDunn show that the most effective way to fight global poverty is to unleash the potential of women. They also offer an uplifting do-it-yourself tool kit for those who want to help.  Life's Too Short to Fold Fitted Sheets by Lisa Quinn $18.95 In the tradition of Erma Bombeck and Peg Bracken, author Lisa Quinn, Emmy Award-winning television host and recovering Marthaholic gets real on the follies of housekeeping. This is a crash course in Slacker Chic 101 that will have over-extended women everywhere laughing out loud and throwing in the towel, the dishtowel, that is. Full of shortcuts and tricks for cleaning, decor, and entertaining,such as: the top 10 things you have to clean if you have company coming in 30 minutes; interior finishes that hide the most dirt; 17 meals made from a deli chicken; and much more, this wickedly funny guide helps women create the life they want without all the hard labor and without compromising style.
 Local Dollars Local Sense by Michael Shuman $17.95 In Local Dollars, Local Sense, local economy pioneer Michael Shuman shows investors, including the nearly 99% who are unaccredited, how to put their money into building local businesses and resilient regional economies-and profit in the process. A revolutionary toolbox for social change, written with compelling personal stories, the book delivers the most thorough overview available of local investment options, explains the obstacles, and profiles investors who have paved the way.
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We now offer ebooks on our website through Kobo. They're a company with over 3 million ebooks in their library and growing every day.
We also have chargers and covers so you can be outfitted nicely.
We are happy to show them off to you and if you like, order one for you within days.
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We'd love to have more people join our discussion group! Please join up now! Just read a book and show up at 7 on the appointed day.
 February 21 Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed Her columns as Dear Sugar are not to be missed. Funny, insightful, smart and awesome.  March 28 Life of Pi by Yann Martel There may be a movie viewing involved too!
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Home Organization 101
with Pam Consear
February 8, 6:30
She's great at making space so that you can be more peaceful and perhaps more creative!
Need a painting class?
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