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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
(we'll activate links in the next couple of days)
Friday, April 5
6pm
Terry Bisson
Saturday, April 13 at 6pm
Ruben Llamas and autobiography/history
Eye from the Edge, his remembrance of growing up in West Oakland
Wed. April 24 6pm
Steph Cha
Follow Her Home
at the Main Library
Sat. April 27
LGBT Night
Our every other month happening
this month:
Writing for GLBTQ Youth with
Annameekee Hesik
&
Karin Kallmaker
Friday, May 3
Leonore Weiss
Saturday, May 11
**Double Bill!**
Trystan Cotten, editor of Hung Jury and
Kristen Lyseggen, photographer and author of The Boy Who Was Not a Lesbian
Friday, June 12
Chris Hoffman
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Dear Reader,
Thank you for the support. We've met some new people, and fielded some wonderful ideas for going forward. I've even looked at a couple of new sites already. I so appreciate the kind words and thoughtfulness.
If you've sent me an email, please be patient, I'm still getting through them all to respond. Several people have made suggestions to do things we already do, so we'll work on better marketing. A few have suggested a monthly subscription series. The easiest way to do that is to commit to coming in once a month for something to read. Set a calendar reminder!
I would love to know where you find trusted book news. Is it radio- Krasny or Teri Gross? Is it the Tribune or Chronicle book section? Is it the New York Times? Is it just reader friends?
Onward! And remember that we order a couple of times a week so if we can get you something, let us know.
You can shop in your jammies and have things sent to you or pick up at the store. We have millions of ebooks on our site too courtesy of Kobo. We'll hunt down out of print and used books too. Just tell us!
Seriously, bookmark our site and let us be your source.
We're scheduling some wonderful events and I would be delighted to see good turnouts for these wonderful authors. Please take a look at the list on the left down the page and mark your calendars.
As always, Happy Reading,
Luan
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|  All Woman & Springtime by Brandon W. Jones $14.95 Before she met Il-sun in an orphanage, Gi was a hollow husk of a girl, broken from growing up in one of North Korea's forced-labor camps. A mathematical genius, she learned to cope with pain by retreating into a realm of numbers and calculations, an escape from both the past and the present. Gi becomes enamored of the brash and radiant Il-sun, a friend she describes as "all woman and springtime." But Il-sun's pursuit of a better life imperils both girls when her suitor spirits them across the Demilitarized Zone and sells them as sex workers, first in South Korea and then in the United States.
 The California Native Landscape by Greg Rubin & Lucy Warren $34.95 Water shortages and water rationing are commonplace throughout California, rendering expanses of lawn and thirsty, nonnative plants unsustainable. Unfortunately, these remain the most popular choices for homeowners for two main reasons: the misconception that native plants are more difficult and the false assumption that exotic plants are more beautiful than their native counterparts. This will cover both those with ease. It's a great gift for a new homeowner or someone looking for fresh ideas. Yes it's a big hardcover, and yes, it's worth it.
Can you tell I have spring on the brain?
 The Homeowner's Energy Handbook, Your Guide to Getting Off the Grid by Paul Scheckel $24.95 Are you looking for creative ways to lower your energy costs, generate more of your own power, or become less reliant on the grid? Energy expert Paul Scheckel offers practical advice for taking matters into your own hands. Understand the fundamentals of solar, wind, water, and biofuel energy production as you make your home ready for renewables.  Veganissimo A to Z A comprehensive Guide to Identifying and Avoiding Ingredients of Animal Origin in Everyday Products by Reuben Proctor and Lars Thomsen $15.95 Whether you already strive for a 100 percent vegan lifestyle or just want to know what exactly is in the products you buy, this peerless, portable guide puts the power of knowledge at your fingertips. The product of years of exhaustive research by two vegan authors, Veganissimo A to Z cuts through the vague and often misleading language on labels to reveal the sources, production and uses of over 2,500 ingredients.
 Whimsey by Kaye Wilkinson Barley $18.95 It's the story of five friends who have gone their separate ways and the wonderful Southern island center for the arts that they are all connected to. It's a lovely, easy to read novel that I finished and wanted to know more about the other characters. Fortunately there are more novels in the works. (The author and I are online friends.) Great gift for when you want to feel good or give a gift to do the same. Two for the graduates:
 How to Be Interesting (In 10 Simple Steps) by Jessica Hagy $10.95 It takes a nudge, a wake-up call, an intervention! and a little help. This is where Jessica Hagy comes in. A writer and illustrator of great economy, charm, and insight, she s created How to Be Interesting, a uniquely inspirational how-to that combines fresh and pithy lessons with deceptively simple diagrams and charts.
This then leads into-
 What's a Hostess to Do? 313 Ideas and Inspirations for Effortless Entertaining by Susan Spungen $17.95 Now, if you don't know someone who could use this- new home, graduating, on their own for the first time, newly single- I'll be amazed. Good for newbies as well as seasoned hosts. And who doesn't want to be more social? Except for my friend the introvert. But she won't want this anyway.
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For the Younger Reader!
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Every day is April Fools Day. Pure heaven for the prankster, Pranklopedia is as indispensable a compilation of pranks as Jokelopedia is a collection of jokes.
Written by longtime Nickelodeon Magazine editor in chief Julie Winterbottom, Pranklopedia is a complete prank encyclopedia. It includes over 70 pranks, with step-by-step directions; a full-color, sixteen-page insert of supplementary materials, including tasty soup can labels (mmm, Cream of Sparrow Soup!) and a winning lottery ticket; recipes for such essential prank-stuff as fake snot, fake vomit, fake ice cream; tips on how to pull the perfect prank; profiles of famous pranks and pranksters; even a prank woven right into the book spot the fake entries in the Prankster Hall of Fame.
Yes, you're right, it's the perfect gift for a ten year old. Especially if it's not your ten year old.
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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 have a display so you can see how they work and we can get you one fairly quickly too! We also have chargers and covers so you can be outfitted nicely.
We are happy to show them off to you.
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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.
 March 28 Life of Pi by Yann Martel There may be a movie viewing involved too!
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