November 2, 2007
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| | November Independence Card Special
| | | | | Come browse our large selection of biographies and get... 10% off all biographies PLUS stamps If you don't already have an Icard, you can still get one for your holiday shopping. For the rest of the year, I-cards are 1/2 price - just $5.00. If you're not familiar with our card program, ask any store staff member. | | | | ^ back to Table of Contents | |
| Our LARGE CD Sale Continues
| | | | | As customers take home those great bargains, we're replenishing the stock on the CD sale rack. Sale CDs are 25% off. If you purchase 2 or more, we raise the discount to 35%. There is a lot of great music here, so please stop in. | | | | ^ back to Table of Contents | |
| Five Good Books
| | | | The Daring Book for Girls
You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty
The Quiet Girl: A Novel
Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure
The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Birth
| | The Daring Book for Girls Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz
Move over, guys; the girls' retort to The Dangerous Book for Boys is here! The Daring Book for Girls is the manual for everything that girls need to know. Whether it's female heroes in history, secret note-passing skills, science projects, friendship bracelets, double dutch, cat's cradle, the perfect cartwheel, or the eternal mystery of what boys are thinking, this book has the answers. Hardcover, $24.95
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, ISBN-13: 9780061472572
| | | | | | You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty Michael F. Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D.
The body is a fascinating machine, and Drs. Roizen and Oz have created a fun and illuminating way to teach us how it works. In YOU: The Owner's Manual they taught basic physiology, and in YOU: On a Diet, they explained how bodies lose weight and stay fit. Now, in YOU: Staying Young, the doctors discuss what happens as your body ages. As with their previous books, they've conducted tireless research and introduce crucial information in an unforgettable way. The book is full of wonderful illustrations in the same playful style as the previous books. Hardcover, $26.00
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, ISBN-13: 9780743292566
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Peter Hoeg, translated by Nadia Christensen
Hoeg built his bestselling mystery, Smilla's Sense of Snow, around the science of ice. In this new intellectual thriller, he focuses on the nature of sound, and in particular the music of Bach. Kasper Krone, a world-famous clown and passionate Bach fan, is asked by a secret government agency to help them locate a young girl who shares his peculiar psychic abilities. This blend of science and mystery will appeal to Hoeg's many fans and other readers with a taste for the literary offbeat. Hardcover, $26.00
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; ISBN-13: 9780374263690
| | | | | | Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure Michael Chabon
Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, sprang from a passion for the larger-than-life heroes of classic comic books. Now, he summons the spirit of legendary adventures in a new novel brimming with action, humor, suspense, and a cast of colorful characters worthy of Scheherazade’s tales. Gentlemen of the Road is a whiz-bang adventure tale that distills the best qualities of Dumas, Indiana Jones, and every buddy-cop movie you've ever seen.
Hardcover, $21.95
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group; ISBN-13: 9780345501745
| | | | | | The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus's Birth Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan
Two of today's top Jesus scholars join forces to show how history has biased our reading of the nativity story as it appears in the gospels of Matthew and Luke. As they did for Easter in their previous book, The Last Week, here they explore the beginning of the life of Christ and reveal the truth of what the gospels actually say. They successfully show that the Christmas story, read in its original context, is far richer and more challenging than people imagine. Hardcover, $22.95
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers; ISBN-13: 9780061430701
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| Music
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Soundtrack $19.95
The soundtrack for this impressionistic 2007 Bob Dylan biopic rounded up rockers and folksingers of all stripes to reinterpret and re-create portions of Dylan's immense catalog. Included are bands like Calexico, My Morning Jacket, Iron & Wine, Jeff Tweedy and many more on these 34 tracks.
| The Best of Andrea Bocelli - Vivere Andrea Bocelli $18.95
Genre: Classical
The worldwide opera crossover celebrity releases an album of favorates. Here's your chance to get the Sarah Brightman duet "Time to Say Goodbye," the Olympics theme "Because We Believe," and the Celine Dion duet "The Prayer." Vivere also offers four new numbers, including a revamped version of the title track featuring the popular Italian singer, Laura Pausini.
| Diabolic Inventions and Seduction for Solo Guitar: Music of Astor Piazzolla Al DiMeola $16.95
Genre: Jazz
The masterful jazz guitarist performs the music of an early inspiration - Argentine tango composer Astor Piazzolla, who is best known for trailblazing the nuevo tango style. In this authentic solo guitar work DiMeola, one of the world's most technically gifted guitarists, proves he is also one of the most versatile.
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Youssou N'Dour $18.95
Genre: World
Time magazine placed Senegalese afro-pop vocalist Youssou in its list of the most influential people in the world. Pop audiences know him from his collaborations with Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, Tracy Chapman, and Dido, and Music Week calls him "one of Africa's greatest voices." Guests include Neneh Cherry and several Malian musicians.
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Sophie Milman $17.95
Genre: Jazz
Milman's classic jazz voice was showcased recently on NPR's Weekend Edition. Canada is her home now, but she was born in Russia and raised in Israel. This debut release reveals a gifted young vocalist who swings with a surprising degree of maturity. Make Someone Happy contains many jazz standards and some surprising choices, including a moving interpretation of the Israeli song "Eli Eli."
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| Special Events
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Monday, November 12, 7pm, Grass Roots
Ann Vileisis, Kitchen Literacy: How We Lost Knowledge of Where Food Comes from and Why We Need to Get It Back
Ann Vileisis is a writer and historian. In Kitchen Literacy, she discusses how a greater understanding of the origins of the food we eat can lead us to healthier and more sustainable choices. You can read an interview with Ann at kitchenliteracy.org/interview.html
Saturday, November 17, 7pm, Grass Roots
Local authors read their work
Charles Goodrich ( Heavy Mulching), Eleanor Berry ( Green November) and Gary Lark ( Men at the Gates). Charles and Gary have had their poems read by Garrison Keillor on his show.
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| On Our Nightstands - What We're Reading
| | | | | - Jack - Kitchen Literacy by Ann Vileisis
Hardcover 26.95 - Tiffany - The Godmother by Carrie Adams
Hardcover $24.95 - Deborah - 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
Hardcover $24.95 - Melody - The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials Series #2) by Phillip Pullman
Paperback $11.95
- Anna - The Temple Bombing by Melissa Fay Greene
Paperback $15.95 - Michael - Home Recording for Musicians by Craig Anderson
Hardcover $24.95
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| Looking Ahead
| | | | | These titles are due out next week:
- Sage-ing While Age-ing
Shirley MacLaine $26.00 - Angela and the Baby Jesus
Frank McCourt (Author of Angela's Ashes) $14.95 - Borat: Touristic Guidings to Minor Nation of U.S. and A. and Touristic Guidings to Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Borat Sagdiyev $24.95 - Boom!: Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today
Tom Brokaw $27.95
New in paperback next week:
- The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Barack Obama $14.95 - Love Over Scotland
Alexander McCall Smith $13.95
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