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Fri, Apr 30
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Barn Beach Reserve
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Building Sustainable Community: Thomas Linzey author of Be The Change: How to Get What You Want in Your Community (Presentation) |
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Sat, May 1
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Bookstore
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Thomas Linzey, co-author of Be The Change: how to get what you want in your community (Book-signing) |
 Be The Change is a revolutionary handbook that shows everyday citizens how to stand up and take control of their local governments. Thomas Linzey and the cutting-edge methodology of his Democracy School described in Be The Change will teach you how to achieve true self-governance and help provide ecosystems with the inalienable right to exist and flourish.
Click here to learn more...
Buy a SIGNED copy of Be The Change: How to Get What You Want in Your Community - $12.99
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Thu, May 6
3:00 - 5:00 PM
Bookstore
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Jamie Ford, author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (Book-signing) |
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Thu, May 6
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Leavenworth Library
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A History of a Love Story, Fortune Cookies and Tea with author Jamie Ford (Presentation) |
 An unforgettable romance about the power of forgiveness, New York Times best-selling Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet is the story of innocent love across racial and societal barriers. Set during one of the most conflicted and volatile times in American history, this is an extraordinary story of commitment and enduring hope.
Click here to learn more...
Buy a SIGNED copy of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet - $15.00
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Sat, May 8
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Bookstore
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Celebrate Wild Comfort with award-winning nature essayist K.D. Moore (Book-signing) |
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 Kathleen Dean Moore is a Thoreau for our time. An award-winning author, environmental philosopher, teacher and speaker, Moore's essays explore cultural and spiritual connections to wild, remote, ancient places, and call for a new worldview deeply rooted in the natural world. Wild Comfort, Moore's best-selling latest release, is a profound meditation on the healing power of nature. As she journeys alone, grieving a loss, through ancient forests, wild rivers, remote deserts, and windswept islands, Moore finds the solace that comes from connection to the natural world, and from that astonishingly intimate connection arise hope and courage, healing and gratitude.
Click here to learn more...
Buy a SIGNED copy of Wild Comfort - $15.95
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Thu, May 20
7:00 - 9:00 PM
Wenatchee Library
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Nancy Pearl talks books at the Wenatchee Public Library (Presentation) |
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 Do you have book lust, like Nancy Pearl? This former librarian, bookseller, and Executive Director of the Washington Center for the Book, is so pleased to answer the question, "What should I read next?" that she has written three books and a book journal on the subject.
Click here to learn more...
Buy a SIGNED copy of Book Lust - $16.95
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Fri, May 21
7:00 - 8:00 PM
Leavenworth Library
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GINA OCHSNER, author of The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight, Leavenworth Library (Presentation) |
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Sat, May 22
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Bookstore
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GINA OCHSNER, author of The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight, joins A Book For All Seasons' two-author book buzz. (Book Buzz) |
 The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight is a bewitching novel of post-Soviet lives. It moves between the magical, the comical and the transcendent to portray a people who rely on dreams to defy the coming of dereliction and decay. Tanya tries to persuade American benefactors to revitalize her very dusty provincial museum, where fake exhibits have been lovingly crafted from cardboard, wire and glue. Meanwhile, in the courtyard of Tanya's apartment complex, a corpse refuses to decompose, taking flight, and dispensing more advice than anyone desires. "A heartbreaking comic masterpiece that already has a place in the literature of protest," says The Guardian.
Click here to learn more...
Buy a SIGNED copy of The Russian Dreambook of Color - $23.00
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Sat, May 22
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Bookstore
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Two author book buzz at A Book For All Seasons (Book Buzz) |
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The prize-winning fiction of Gina Ochsner is bewitching, deft, and remarkable. Her debut novel will take you straight to the heart of vivid characters, and absurd, yet heart-breakingly real, dilemmas. The strong women and compelling men in The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight are a people who rely on dreams to defy dereliction and decay.
Click here to learn more...
Buy a SIGNED copy of The Russian Dreambook of Color - $23.00
  In sixty years walking the Costa Rican rain forest, Wolf Guindon fell in love with the land and was instrumental in establishing the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve. "Great dreams, great deeds, great stories. I couldn't put this book down," says Dennis Lee, Poet Laureate of Toronto.
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Buy a SIGNED copy of Walking with Wolf - $25.00
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Fri, Jun 4
7:00 - 8:00 PM
Leavenworth Library
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TGIF: Let Small Changes Pay Off Big - learn how with author Shiela Roberts (Presentation) |
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Sat, Jun 5
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Bookstore
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Sheila Roberts joins other NW authors in a Five-author book-buzz! (Book Buzz) |
 Small Changes Can Make A World Of Difference
Meet author Sheila Roberts, and you may be the lucky winner of a nice bit of change - $50 in Sheila's piggy bank! Favorite NW author Sheila is back, like spring, with heart-warming and life-affirming messages. Sheila is here to help women change their financial futures and attitudes toward money - and have a good time in the process! Sheila's latest book, "Small Change," is about three women who run into money problems. With determination and mutual support, they vow to get financially fit - together! Along the way they learn that small changes can make a world of difference . . . and that some things in life, like good friends, are truly priceless. With money tips, recipes, and a great story, Sheila Roberts walks the average woman through today's rocky financial landscape.
Click here to learn more...
Buy a SIGNED copy of Small Change - $13.99
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Sat, Jun 5
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Bookstore
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For a book-buzz, as for life, just show up - you may be the one to win Sheila's $50 piggybank! Fiction to memoir, finance to cowgirling - five NW authors differ in topic, but share a message of hope. (Book Buzz) |
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A book buzz is fun! Lots of authors, lots of ideas in the air, and prizes - including one very heavy piggy bank!
Sheila Roberts specializes in hope and humor. Her latest book helps women navigate the tricky shoals of finance. You may be the lucky winner of Sheila's $50-filled piggybank!
Click here to learn more...
Buy a SIGNED copy of Small Change - $13.99
  Paul Hansen, a decorated veteran and devoted churchman and father, shares the story of his troubled youth, and the man-to-boy mentoring that saved him in Turnaround Summer.
Click here to learn more...
Buy a SIGNED copy of Turnaround Summer - $14.95
  Mary E. Trimble, a Spur Award finalist, writes young-adult coming-of-age and adult romance with contemporary western settings.
Click here to learn more...
Buy a SIGNED copy of Tenderfoot - $13.50
  Drawing on her grandmother's life, Heidi M. Thomas brings to life the bold, determined women of America's disappeared west.
Click here to learn more...
Buy a SIGNED copy of Cowgirl Dreams - $12.95
  In God Is With You, Little One, Author Alysia Stauffer unites her preschool/daycare experience, her experience as a mother, and her love of God in this kid-friendly celebration of God's love.
Click here to learn more...
Buy a SIGNED copy of God is with You, Little One - $9.99
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Fri, Jun 18
7:00 - 8:00 PM
Leavenworth Library
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TGIF with suspense master Kevin O'Brien (Presentation) |
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Sat, Jun 19
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Bookstore
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New York Times best-selling master of suspense Kevin O'Brien releases his tenth thriller, Vicious, May 2010. (Book-signing) |
 No motive - No mercy - No escape. No young mother was safe...
from the deranged killer the police called Mama's Boy, because he abducted young mothers and murdered them right in front of their sons. Then the killings suddenly stopped. Now, years later, at a weekend resort, a beautiful young widow finds that the more questions she asks, the more she puts herself and her young son into danger. She doesn't discover-until perhaps too late-the most vicious revelation of all...Mama's Boy is back.
Click here to learn more...
Buy a SIGNED copy of Vicious - $7.99
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Fri, Jun 25
7:00 - 8:00 PM
Leavenworth Library
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TGIF at the library with Diane Hammond (Presentation) |
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Sat, Jun 26
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Bookstore
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Diane Hammond signs her new book Seeing Stars (Book-signing) |
 "Enjoy that naiveté, honey, because when it wears off you're going to want to start drinking," an experienced Hollywood Mom tells a newcomer mother in Seeing Stars, the story of four young actors. As talent managers, agents, coaches, directors and teachers nurture—and feed on—youthful ambitions, stars will be made, hearts will be broken, children will grow up, some dreams will be realized and some will die.
Click here to learn more...
Buy a SIGNED copy of Seeing Stars - $13.99
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ABFAS April 2010 Top 10 Best-Sellers...
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 Mother's Day Sunday, May 9, 2010
Along with the balsams blooms Mother's Day, a time for celebration and thanks. A time to make Mom banana pancakes with a chocolate syrup smile and maraschino cherry eyes - or something even more tasteful!
Click here to see two of our favorite Mother's Day picture books...
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 Children's Book Week May 10-16: Every Child a Reader
It all began with the idea that children's books can change lives. In 1913, Franklin Matthiews, the librarian of the Boy Scouts of America, began touring the country to promote children's books. His dream of a national Children's Book Week was realized in 1919. Now Children's Book Week is celebrated in schools, libraries, bookstores, clubs, homes — any place where there are children and books. As Frederic Melcher declared: "A great nation is a reading nation."
Click here to learn more about Children's Book week.
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Helping Children Discover a Bigger World through Books"
When you stop by A Book For All Seasons during Children's Week, ask for our SPECIAL 15% CHILDREN'S WEEK DISCOUNT on any of the following titles:
 Mama, Is It Summer Yet? by Nikki McClure - $17.95
(click here to read a review)
 Any title in the Fablehaven series, including just-released book five:
Fablehaven: Keys to the Demon Prison by Brandon Muil - $21.99
(visit Fablehaven.com)
 The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch.- $7.95
Click here to read a review of The Highest Tide and of Jim Lynch's latest novel, Border Songs.
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Across the Equator From Percy Jackson
Percy Jackson and his creator Rick Riordan are HOT!
The movie of the first in the series, The Lightning Thief, is HOT!
And there's not much HOTTER than the source of the Nile!
Click here to learn about Rick's new adventure/mythology series, this time steeped in the mythologic lore of ancient Egypt.
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ABFAS - Another Year Older and Still Fit and Fabulous!
Thank you all, dear friends, who joined us for our 18th Anniversary Party!
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Levi Miller and brother, winner of the Book Buzz drawing, show off the books purchased with his $25 gift certificate.
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There were smiles all around as lucky winners cashed in their prizes. It was a wonderful party, with three great authors, a book-buzz, prizes, refreshments, and you - the many friends in our book community who have supported us all these years. With thanks for your years of support, ABFAS donated 10% of Saturday's proceeds back to the community, splitting the gift between Osborn Elementary and Community Cupboard.
This was a special year for ABFAS. Pat was a fabulous Leavenworth Royal Lady, and loved every minute of it. She has passed on the crown now, and looks forward to catching her breath after an action-packed year. Kate and Tristan were our stars this year, everyone delighting in Tristan's first year and first steps ... only to be crowned by an announcement - Tristan is no longer Pat's youngest grandchild! Congratulations Stephen, Donica, and little one-to-be!
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Emma Hox and Graham Hutchins 'book-buzz' with a book fan.
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We said farewell and congratulations to Jennifer this year, now pursuing her midwifery dream, and we welcomed Andy and Mei, joining us all the way from New York City. Yes, you might do a double-take when you see Andy behind the counter - another brother who looks a lot, but not quite, like Stephen. It was a happy year for Lilly-Anne and Dave, who returned from Thailand with smiles and tattoos; for Theresa, about to graduate from the Barbara Brennan School of Healing after four intensive years of study; for Jackie, who published her first story; and for Amy, growing her thriving summer kid's book camp - (yes, there is still time to sign up!)
Thank you, each and every one of you, for this celebration and opportunity to give back to the community. Community is why we're here.
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What's New? What's Hot Off The Press? What's Just Been Released in 2010?
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Fiction
Now Available in paperback — Hotel On the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford $15.00
An unforgettable romance, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet expresses the power of forgiveness and the power of the human heart. Set during one of the most conflicted and volatile times in American history, this is an extraordinary story of commitment and enduring hope.
Long boarded-up, an old hotel that was once the gateway to Seattle's Japantown is opened, revealing an incredible discovery: the belongings of Japanese families, left when they were rounded up and sent to internment camps during World War II. As the hotel's new owner opens and displays a Japanese parasol, Chinese-American Henry remembers a young Japanese-American girl from his youth. Henry and Keiko had forged a bond of friendship and innocent love transcending the prejudices of their Old World ancestors. Now, forty years later, Henry explores the hotel's basement for her family's belongings and a long-lost object whose value he cannot even begin to measure. Henry's search will take him on a journey to revisit the sacrifices he has made for family, for love, and for country.
New York Times bestselling Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet received IndieBound NEXT List Selection and the American Booksellers Association # 1 Book Club Pick and has been translated into 21 languages.
Buy Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford - $15.00
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Fiction
The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight
By Gina Ochsner $25.00
The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight is a bewitching novel of post-Soviet lives. It moves between the magical, the comical and the transcendent to portray a people who rely on dreams to defy the coming of dereliction and decay.
In her very dusty provincial museum of fake exhibits lovingly crafted from cardboard, wire and glue, Tanya dreams of Russian art and wonders when Yuri will stop fishing long enough to notice how she adores him. Then her boss gives her the vast responsibility of cultivating potential benefactors from America, and persuading them to give their money to the very needy All-Russian All-Cosmopolitan City Museum. Before long, Tanya has involuntarily enlisted all her neighbors in the scheme.
Meanwhile the corpse in the courtyard refuses to decompose. Its spirit takes flight around the apartments, dispensing more advice than anyone desires - goading the men and annoying the women, in a block where too many mothers and fathers are missing and too many memories lie stagnant on old battlefields.
'A heartbreaking comic masterpiece that already has a place in the literature of protest.' - The Guardian
Buy The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight by Gina Ochsner - $25.00
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Non-fiction
 The Winner's Brain: 8 Strategies Great Minds Use to Achieve Success by Dr. Jeffrey Brown $25.00
Two Harvard brain experts use cutting-edge neuroscience to identify the secrets of those who succeed no matter what—and demonstrate how little it has to do with IQ or upbringing. Through simple practices, the authors explain how to unlock the brain's hidden potential. Ever wonder why some people seem blessed with success? In fact, everyone is capable of winning in life—you just need to develop the right brain for it.
In The Winner's Brain, Drs. Jeffrey Brown and Mark J. Fenske demonstrate simple everyday practices to unlock the brain's hidden potential, using:
- Balance: Make emotions work in your favor
- Bounce: Create a failure-resistant brain
- Opportunity Radar: Spot hot prospects previously hidden by problems
- Focus Laser: Lock into what's important
- Effort Accelerator: Cultivate the drive to win
Along the way, meet dozens of interesting people who possess win factors, and glean fascinating information (like why you should never take a test while wearing red). Compulsively readable, The Winner's Brain will not only give you an edge, but will also motivate you to pursue your biggest dreams.
"An informative read for those who want to better understand their own gray matter." — ForeWord This Week
"The Winner's Brain is packed with fascinating stories of actions that can contribute to higher performance. Brown and Fenske translate the latest neuroscience research into practical tools for athletes, activists, or the average person." — Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School Professor and author of Confidence and SuperCorp
"Whatever your goal: laser focus, mindful motivation, or seamless adaptability, The Winner's Brain offers accessible, thought-provoking, immediately-applicable strategies for success." — Frances Cole Jones, author of How to Wow and The Wow Factor
Buy The Winner's Brain: 8 Strategies Great Minds Use to Achieve Success by Jeffrey Brown - $25.00
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Non-fiction
 101 Exercises for the Soul: Simple Practices for a Healthy Body, Mind & Spirit By Bernie Siegel $13.95
Dr. Bernie S. Siegel offers 101 simple exercises for the soul, for healing yourself and transforming your life. With his trademark humor and insight, he becomes your "workout coach," giving you this wonderful series of short and easy-to-apply exercises to help you achieve your potential and live a more peaceful, loving, and fulfilling life.
As a surgeon, Dr. Bernie Siegel helped patients turn the life-threatening into the life-transforming. As a bestselling author, his warmth and humor, years of medical experience, and profound understanding of our emotional and spiritual needs have combined to inspire millions. Here, Siegel is a coach, prescribing daily practices on everything from motivation, humor, and fear to nature, pets, and creativity. Just as exercise is important to the body, he writes, the soul needs regular workouts. Like a personal trainer, he motivates readers to regularly practice simple activities that create core resilience, well-being, and joy. An ideal gift for friends and loved ones, 101 Exercises for the Soul shows how anyone can infuse their life with love and well-being.
As Bernie writes in the introduction, "Before you know it, you will begin to notice how your life has taken on more meaning and how much better you feel...The Force is with you. Believe me."
Buy 101 Exercises for the Soul: Simple Practices for a Healthy Body, Mind & Spirit by Bernie Siegel - $13.95
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Non-fiction
 A Twisted Faith: A Minister's Obsession and the Murder That Destroyed a Church by Gregg Olsen $25.99
From one of the foremost names in true crime, New York Times best-selling author Gregg Olsen, comes the gripping true story of a minister who murdered his wife and seduced four of his female congregants. In 1997, a Bainbridge Island house went up in flames, and the charred remains of the minister's wife were discovered inside. But her lungs didn't contain smoke. Was she dead before the fire began? Philandering minister Nick Hacheney was convicted of murder five years to the day after his wife died.
"A disturbing portrait of a community undone by its appealing young pastor... After this tragic accident, [the death of his wife and loss of his home in a fire], Hacheney sought comfort from the community — particularly the women. Soon he was involved in affairs with five women, one of them the murdered woman's mother, telling each that the sex was part of God's plan...an unsettling story of a man who committed murder and then used his charm and his power as a man of God to exploit his congregants and satisfy his sexual obsession" — Publishers Weekly
Buy A Twisted Faith: A Minister's Obsession and the Murder That Destroyed a Church by Gregg Olsen - $25.99
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Non-fiction
 When That Rough God Goes Riding: Listening to Van Morrison By Greil Marcus $22.95
From renowned music critic Greil Marcus comes this revelatory exploration of Van Morrison: what makes him one of the most unique musical artists of our time and what distinguishes his most transcendent moments. Van Morrison remains a singer who can be compared to no other in the history of modern popular music. The wild swings in his music, mirroring the swings in his success, make Van Morrison one of the most perplexing and mysterious figures in popular modern music.
Through the extraordinary and unclassifiable moments in his long career, beginning in 1965 and continuing in full force to this day, Marcus reveals a singer on a quest to reach extreme musical thresholds; moments not enclosed by the will or the intention of the performer, but which somehow emerge at the limits of the musician and his song.
"Morrison's volatile idiosyncrasy and diverse oeuvre make his career difficult to appraise, but Marcus convinces us of its singular importance" — Booklist.
Buy When That Rough God Goes Riding: Listening to Van Morrison by Greil Marcus - $22.95
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Non-fiction
 Eclipse of the Sunnis: Power, Exile, and Upheaval in the Middle East by Deborah Amos $25.00
An award-winning NPR correspondent illuminates the flipside of the Shia revival—the dislocation and destabilization of the Sunni Muslims—and its impact on the Middle East. Displaced by the conflict in Iraq, hundreds of thousands of Sunni Muslims have spread across the Middle East, unbalancing that sensitive region with one of the great migrations of modern times.
Through history, one of the most volatile dangers has been the displaced population, angered by their inability to return to their homeland. Now, the pattern has been repeated. A new population of exiles, as large as the Palestinians, has been created. This particular displacement stirs up the historic conflict between Sunni and Shia. More significant even than the creation of colonial nation states a century ago, the alienation of the Sunni middle class has the capacity to cause resounding resentments across the region for generations to come.
"While the U.S. military 'surge' began to suppress violence in Iraq in 2007, a surge of another kind with more catastrophic consequences was already in full swing. Millions of Iraqis, mostly Sunnis, fled the country, creating a refugee crisis that has only recently been acknowledged as such by the U.S. government. Veteran reporter Amos traces the exodus and the effects …Amos's breathtaking work implicates not only shortsighted American policy but the age-old schism between Sunni and Shia and the cagey maneuverings of such meddling neighbors as Syria. The weight and complexity of the Iraqi problem is on full display, with shreds of hope pushing through the layers like scrub in the desert." — Publishers Weekly
Buy Eclipse of the Sunnis: Power, Exile, and Upheaval in the Middle East by Deborah Amos - $25.00
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Young Adult
 Red Pyramid: Book one of the Kane Chronicles By Rick Riordan $17.99
Rick Riordan has a new kid's adventure series coming out May 2010? My son and I are all over it.
Why do people compare Rick Riordan's kid's books to Harry Potter? Maybe because Rick creates that same magical combination of bigger-than-life characters, laugh-out-loud humor, edge-of-your-seat suspense, and relevance to the important issues young adults face. Reluctant readers, book-worms, girls, and boys — every kid I've met yet has given Rick's first series, Percy Jackson, rave reviews.
In Red Pyramid, ancient Egyptian forces are unleashed, sending siblings Sadie and Carter on a dangerous journey across the globe. Since their mother's death, Sadie and Carter have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane.
One night, Dr. Kane brings the siblings together for a "research experiment" at the British Museum, where he hopes to set things right for his family. Instead, he unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes him to oblivion and forces the children to flee for their lives. Soon, Sadie and Carter discover that the gods of Egypt are waking, and the worst of them has his sights on the Kanes. To stop him, the siblings embark on a dangerous journey across the globe — a quest that brings them ever closer to the truth about their family, and their links to a secret order that has existed since the time of the pharaohs.
"Swap Egyptian mythology for Percy Jackson's Greek gods...an ancient history lesson seamlessly unfurled in a rip-roaring adventure...another funny yarn with kids in the lead and animal sidekicks that nearly steal the show." — Publishers Weekly
Buy Red Pyramid: Book one of the Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan - $17.99
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Early Grades and Picture Books
Mama, Is It Summer Yet? by Nikki McClure $17.95
Following the success of New York Times best-selling All in a Day, Nikki McClure once again uses her unique paper cutouts to showcase wonderful images of nature and the joys of family and the outdoors, creating a book that is both timeless and fresh: Mama, Is It Summer Yet?
A little boy who can't wait for summer keeps asking his mama, Is it summer yet? Mama says, Not yet, little one, then points to the signs that spring is turning to summer—the softening of the earth, the nest-building of squirrels, the singing of birds—and encourages her son to savor the beauty of spring. Young children see the passage of time through the seasonal changes to the world around them in this charming book, illustrated with Nikki McClure's extraordinary cut-paper art.
"As in her previous book, Cynthia Rylant's All in a Day, McClure's cut-paper scenes do more than just support the story; they form its heart...The substantial yet delicate lines...possess a visual rhythm, creating forms that repeat or echo (a ball of twine recalls a tree branch, swallows' heavily stylized tails mimic ripples in a pond)...idyllic scenes unfold as summer approaches: mother and son gather sticks for a shelter...craft a wind sock, and put on rubber boots and go canoeing....McClure's deceptively simple work carries unexpected visual force and real pleasure. Ages 4-up." — Publishers Weekly
Buy Mama, Is It Summer Yet? by Nikki McClure - $17.95
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Early Grades and Picture Books
 Mommy Is a Soft, Warm Kiss By Rhonda Gowle Greene $14.99
The seasons change, but through them all, Mommy is a soft, warm kiss. In this lovely book, a girl expresses her love for her mother through child-hearted metaphor. Whether making sand castles during summer, sewing Halloween costumes in the fall, or splashing in puddles on a rainy spring day, the fun never stops. The bond between mother and daughter is captured in lovely, rhyming text with rich, colorful illustrations—and with a special greeting card inside, kids can show their mommies just how much they love spending time together. The perfect book for Mother's Day.
"A towheaded girl uses metaphors to express what her mother is to her. On the beach, she's 'a buried treasure' ... on Thanksgiving, 'Mommy is a yummy smell / of pumpkin pie, so sweet' ...Smith's sunny acrylic and watercolor illustrations are sweetly affectionate" — Publishers Weekly
Buy Mommy Is a Soft, Warm Kiss by Rhonda Gowle Greene - $14.99
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