Everyone’s Books is proud to present a talk and book signing of Invasive Plant Medicine: The Ecological Benefits and Healing Abilities of Invasives by local author Timothy Lee Scott.  Timothy will be here on Friday, September 3, 2010, which also happens to be the Gallery Walk here in town as well.

Cheers

Clea

Here’s the list, if you would like to read and judge for yourself who should win.

We have the following available in store:

Parrot & Olivier in America – Peter Carey.  HC $26.95  The tale of two men, one Frenchman, one Englishman, and their adventures in 19th Century America.

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet – David Mitchell.  HC $26  Longlisted for this year’s Man-Booker prize. You can hear an interview with the author on Fresh Air.

The Slap – Christos Tsiolkas.  PB $15  In an Australian suburb, a man slaps an unruly 3 year old, an action which reverberates throughout the neighborhood.  This novel has been described as being the dark side of Neighbors, Australia’s feel-good happy soap opera.

February - Lisa Moore. PB $14.95 One woman’s  attempt to break out of 25 years of mourning for the husband who died on an oil rig in Newfoundland, while also trying to  help her son with a major life decision.

The rest of the list includes:

Trespass - Rose Tremain. HC $24.95 Available October.

Skippy Dies – Paul Murray.  HC $28.  Available September.

C – Tom McCarthy.  HC $25.95 Available mid-September.

The Long Song – Andrea Levy. HC $24 Available now.

The Finkler Question - Howard Jacobson. UK only.

In a Strange Room – Damon Galgut.  Not available.

Betrayal - Helen Dunmore.  UK only.

Room - Emma Donoghue.  HC $24.99 Available mid-September.

Let us know if you would like to order any of these for you (UK titles excepted) .

Cheers

Clea

Safe & Green and Everyone’s Books will be presenting a talk and booksigning with Stephanie Cooke, author of IN MORTAL HANDS: A CAUTIONARY HISTORY OF THE NUCLEAR AGE. HC $27 , PB $20, avail. 9/16/10

Stephanie Cooke has been writing and speaking on the nuclear industry since the 1980′s, contributing to many different publications over the years, including Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, and will focus her talk on the history and future of nuclear power, while making the many connections with nuclear weapons.

If you didn’t make it to Tyche Hendrick’s talk about the US-Mexico borderlands you missed a treat!  Absolutely fascinating discussion.  If you get the chance to hear her speak, don’t miss it.

Having said that, you can read her conclusions in The Wind Doesn’t Need a Passport or listen to her discussion with two other authors at KQED’s Forum program. (also downloadable, but there’s no transcript, unfortunately)

Again, thank you, Tyche!

Clea

Tyche Hendricks, author of The Wind Doesn’t Need a Passport: Stories from the US-Mexico Borderlands, will be here Thursday, July 29 from 5-7pm to read from and discuss her book.

If you don’t have time to read the book before she’s in-store, check out the discussion here on KQED’s radio program, Forum. (download or streamed)

Dede Cummings, photographer, book designer, and author of Living With Crohn’s and Colitis , will be here Friday, June 25th  from 6pm to 7pm to read from and sign copies of her book.

In other news,  Michael Perry stopped in to sign two copies of his book, Coop: A Family, A Farm, and the Pursuit of One Good Egg (the hardcover had a slightly different title), now available in paperback for $14.99. He’s also signed his latest autobiographical Truck: A Love Story, also in paperback for $13.99

We’d  like to thank Cheryl Wilfong for coming to read from and speak about her book, The Meditative Gardener on Friday.

Cheers

Clea

Ask and ye shall receive – I have literally just been handed Circus Smirkus tickets for the July 14th and 15th shows!

Admission:

2pm Matinee:
kids (2-12, under 2 free) $15
adults $20

7PM shows:
$20

There is a $1.50 surcharge for credit card sales ($2 per ticket on the CS website), so we highly recommend buying tickets by cash or check.  Group rates are available. You can buy tickets at the door, but we almost always sell out here at the store 2-3 days before, so don’t delay!

The location is the same as last year, by the high school and Fort Dummer state park, but we have paper directions as well.

Cheers

Clea

Now available in store for $14.95, Tinkers is the story of one man’s memoir as he lays dying.  I read the last two pages, which were wonderfully written – I hope to do a review withing the next two weeks or so.

Tinkers by Paul Harding

Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Cheers

Clea

We haven’t done one of these in a long time, and I thought it would be interesting to review our best sellers for the past 6 months.  Further Tens will be listed in the appropriate categories in the Forums.  But, on with the show!

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

10: The Help – Kathryn Stockett.  HC $24.95 A wonderful first novel about one family’s hired help in 1960′s Mississippi.  Highly recommended. Available in paperback January 2011.

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

9: The Lightning Thief – Rick Riordan. PB $7.99 The first book in the Percy Jackson series, spawning a hit (if not very good) film.  He’s begun a new series, The Kane Chronicles, of which the first book, Red Pyramid, is now available in hardcover for $17.99.

Let the Great World Spin by Colm McCann

8: Let The Great World Spin – Colum McCann. $15 A novel in story form by the great Irish writer.

Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

7: Girl With The Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson. PB $7.99, Trade $15 (slightly larger print), Audiobook $35. Probably the most well known Swedish thriller of the past few years, a book that really does live up to the hype.  Be warned, in the movie, while holding quite close to the plot of the novel, the brutality is just as hard to watch as it is to read about.

6: Favor Johnson: A Christmas Story – Willem Lange. HC $16.99   A beautifully written and illustrated Christmas story suitable for all ages.  And it takes place in Vermont!

Cutting for Stone - Abraham Verghese

5: Cutting For Stone – Adam Verghese PB $15.95 A beloved novel about the Biblical journey of two brothers in Addis Ababa.

Stones Into Schools by Greg Mortenson

4: Stones Into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books, Not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan -  Greg Mortenson HC $26.95 The followup to the wonderful Three Cups of Tea PB $16

Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout

3: Olive Kitteridge – Elizabeth Strout PB $14.  Another novel in story form, winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson

2: Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission To Promote Peace…One School At a Time - Greg Mortenson.  PB $16 Utterly inspiring, if not the best written, biographical tale of how the author fell into building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Food Rules: An Eater's Manifest by Michael Pollan

1: Food Rules: An Eater’s Manifesto - Michael Pollan. PB $11 Don’t have time to read Omnivore’s Dilemma?  Food Rules is the concise version.

Well, those are the top 10 – have you read any of them?  Have you read all of them?  Give us your thoughts in the comments, and keep an eye on the forums for the rest of the Tens!

Cheers

Clea

Barbara Kingsolver has just won the Orange Prize for Fiction [by women] for her novel, The Lacuna:

The novel takes place in 1930′s Mexico through 1950′s America and is narrated by Harrison William Shepherd, who just happens to work for Diego Rivera and his wife, Frieda Kahlo, and their houseguest, Leon Trotsky.  Hijinks ensue, resulting in a hearing in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee.

The Lacuna is currently available in hard cover for $26.99 and as an audiobook for $44.99.  It will be available in paperback at the end of August (this date may change now that the book has won a prize).

Cheers

Clea