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This session is perfect for kids up to six years old. Call of fiction’s greatest mysteries.B ut you must hurry - the game is already afoot. This month’s title is blogger from Bakerella. signs we’ve learned. You’ll go home with great ideas to help you “talk” about 474-2331 for more details about this storytime session, free demo classes at the school or for information about the Veil of Lies by Jeri Westerson. com, Angie Dudley has colors with your baby or toddler before they can talk! turned cake pops into an international sensation! Cute little ACMS Early Childhood program. cakes on a stick, from decorated balls to more ambitious shapes Wednesday 7 *7 PM such as baby chicks, ice cream cones, and even snowmen. These adorable creations are the perfect alternative to cake at any party Rewritten History Book Club Wednesday 7 *10:30 AM You are cordially invited to join Merrilee and Sharee the first Wednesday of every month or get-together. Now Angie makes it easy and fun to recreate these Wednesday 21 *10:30 AM to explore and discuss works of historical fiction. This month’s book is Eye of the Needle amazing treats right at home with clear step-by-step instructions Gingerbread Storytime! The Night Before Christmas Storytime by Ken Follett. and photos of more than 40 featured projects, as well as clever This morning, we’ll have a very special storytime that involves everyone’s favorite edible Although there are a few days left until Christmas Eve, this will be the last storytime tips for presentation, decorating, dipping, coloring and melting chocolate, and much more. Angie will be here at house ingredient: GINGERBREAD! We’ll be reading the hilarious book Gingerbread before the big holiday! Join us for one of the most classic stories of all time – The Night BookPeople offering tips and advice, and will be signing Cake Pops and her brand new Cake Pops Kit! Pirates and doing a gingerbread themed activity! This morning at 10:30 AM. Before Christmas. We’ll be doing a very Christmas-y craft to go along with the reading too. All this morning at 10:30 AM. Sunday 11 *2 PM Required Reading Revisited Book Club Remember those books you were required to read in school? Required Reading Revisited is a Saturday 24 - chance to take a second (or first) look at some of the books you were made to read in school. Saturday 3 *11:30 AM Meeting the second Sunday of every month at 2 PM, this month’s title is Light in August by Thursday 8 *6 PM William Faulkner. The Nutcracker Storytime Christmas with Young Guitarists No Storytime! Wrap Your Gifts! The holiday season is upon us and everything seems a bit sparkly and more magical. Sunday 11 *5 PM One thing that always makes this time of year seem even more luminous and lovely is From the Behrens Guitar Studio the annual production of ‘The Nutcracker’ ballet. This morning we’ll be reading Susan Students from the Behrens Guitar Studio Suzuki program will be playing FYA Book Club Jeffers’ version of The Nutcracker. Come see our wonderful decorations and listen to Christmas songs starting at 6 PM. Get into the Holiday spirit with these Are you tired of feeling ashamed every time you creep into the Young Adult section of BookPeople? some magical stories! talented young guitarists. Tuesday 27 *10:30 AM Well, the Forever Young Adult Book Club is here to offer you relief! We’re a group of adults (technically) Let It Snow! Storytime who meet at 5 PM on the second Sunday of every month. This month’s book is Miss Peregrine’s Home Oh, to be sledding down hills on trashcan lids and ending up laughing in some for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, so leave your shame at the door, grab a cocktail, and join us! snowy bank – every kid’s wish. We might not get a real snowy blizzard this year, Normally, the FYA Book Club meets at The Highball. For a festive change of pace, we are having a holiday shindig at a but we’ll have a storytime all about this lovely, cold, wintery mush. We’ll read book club member’s home. Please email [email protected] for address information. Saturday 3 *4 PM Saturday 10 *11:30 AM Toot & Puddle Let It Snow along with other tales unique as snowflakes. Plus, Texas Poetry Calendar MADELINE Storytime! we’ll be making our very own snowflakes that you can take home & have for the Monday 19 *7 PM Join us this afternoon as we host a wonderful round of readings from some of the premiere Join us this morning for a very special and Madeline inspired storytime! We’ll not only read whole year! This morning at 10:30 AM! poets in Texas, all of whom have had their work selected to be published in the 2012 Texas a handful of Madeline books, BUT Madeline will be here to meet and for you to take pictures Ludicrous Speed Book Club From speculative fiction, deep space adventures, and alternate histories to epic fantasy realms, all Poetry Calendar. The poets include Shuhb Schiesser, Barbara Gregg, Laura Peña, Christa with! So wear your berets and come meet Madeline! This morning at 11:30 AM. who can admit their dorkdom are welcome. Join Joel and Tommy the third Monday of every month at Pandey, Ralph Hausser, Neil Meili, Gary Rosin, Jo Virgil, Carie Juettner, Nathan Brown, 7 PM. This month we will be discussing Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. Kelsey Erin Shipman, Margie McCreless Roe, Sarah Webb, Lyman Grant, Diane McGurren, Wednesday 28 *10:30 AM Jill Wiggins, Stan Crawford, Robin Allen, Jeannie Gambill, Claire Camargo, Mary Margaret Winter Catalog Storytime! Carlisle, Ken Fontenot, Katherine Oldmixon, and will be co-hosted by Scott Wiggerman Every year we create a wonderful catalog that contains all of the books we think that Tuesday 20 *7 PM and Cindy Huyser. you’ll love. BookKids is especially selective when it comes to picking out the best – and Tuesday 13 *10:30 AM this year is no exception! We’ll be reading Mouse & Lion along with other catalog picks! Nightmare Factory Book Club Heartsong Music Demonstration And don’t forget to come to BookPeople on January 1 for our Customer Appreciation H.P. Lovecraft said, “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear. And the oldest and Join us this morning for a mellifluous storytime with our friends from Heartsong Day! Everything in the store is 20% off! strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” Come join our crypt-keepers, Joe and Steven, Music. They’ll be here to lead us in a music lesson intended for little ones aged 0 every third Tuesday of the month as we help you navigate the bloody byways and diabolic Sunday 4 *4 PM to 5. Heartsong Music’s mission is to teach music techniques to children from the depths of your fears with our horrific book club, the Nightmare Factory. This month’s book is earliest age so as to coax children’s inherent musical ability as well as encourage their World War Z by Max Brooks. PRESENTS History of Mystery Class: cognitive development. This morning at 10:30 AM. Saturday 31 *11:30 AM Brett Halliday’s Murder is My Business 3, 2, 1… HAPPY NEW YEAR! Wednesday 21 *7 PM Our free class that looks at the history of crime fiction discusses one of the most popular Goodbye 2011, helloooooooo 2012! Please join us this morning for some celebratory authors and characters you may have never heard of. Described as “a mix of hard boiled Stranger Than Fiction Book Club stories all about things that are ‘new’. We will read the wonderful book, A House in the Reading fiction to escape reality is a great way to unwind, but exploring reality can sometimes be private eye, screwball comedy, and fair-play detective,” Brett Halliday’s Mike Shayne series Woods, plus some other ‘new’ stories and start the year off right, the BookKids way! even more rewarding. Meet Cindy and Merrilee the third Wednesday of every month where we’ll spanned over four decades with books, radio, film, and TV series as well. We’ll be reading Wednesday 14 *10:30 AM Don’t miss this super special storytime on the last day of the 2011! Today at 11:30 AM. read books about fascinating people, places, and things. This month’s book is The Other Wes and discussing what many consider the best of Halliday’s books, Murder Is My Business Moore by Wes Moore. (10% off to those who attend). Come at 4 PM for a viewing of the Mike Shayne-inspired Ms. Staci Storytime! Ms. Staci is back in the store this morning to read some of her favorite stories and to sing some of action comedy Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang written and directed by Shane Black and starring your favorite songs. Kids, don’t forget your dancing shoes and jingle bells this morning! This morning Robert Downey, Jr., then join us for our discussion at 6 PM. Wednesday 28 *7 PM at 10:30 AM. Hard Word Book Club Tough stories with hard hombres and dangerous dames, where survival trumps virtue, no Sunday 4 *7 PM Sunday, January 1 *11AM-11PM matter what side of the law you are on; this is what you’ll find in the Hard WordB ook Club. Scott Customer Appreciation Day! and Joe will guide you along the last Wednesday of every month at 7 PM. This month’s book is Saturday 17 *11:30 AM Nineteen Seventy-Four by David Peace. We’ll be watching the filmRed Riding: In the Year of Our Ernest Hemingway Concert To thank you for supporting you local, independent bookstore, everything in the store Lord 1974 after the discussion, so come for a fun evening! Presented by PKWproductions Hansel & Gretel Puppet Show! is 20% off* for Customer Appreciation Day! The perfect time to use the gift cards Three-time Pulitzer Prize nominee P. Kellach Waddle and C ome this morning to hear the classic tale full of trickery & sweets & a very you received over the holidays. Thank you for being our customers and continuing the musicians of PKWproductions return to BookPeople with hungry witch – Hansel & Gretel! Our hilarious puppeteers will have you all to keep BookPeople a part of your community. *Excludes camp registration, internet Thursday 29 *5:30 PM their first presentation of the year in the KP Wproductions “A laughing and cheering in no time! Get there early to ensure a good seat! orders, gift card purchases, and cafe purchases. Happy Hour Book Club at The Highball This morning at 11:30 AM. Synthesis of Music and Literature” series. This concert will What’s better than talking about a book with a group of friends? Talking about a book with a feature new music written by Waddle inspired by works of group of friends during Happy Hour at The HighBall! Come hang out with Mandy and Joel the Ernest Hemingway. Before each new musical work, Waddle will also give short lectures and commentary on the three last Thursday of every month at 5:30 PM where we’ll discuss books over cocktails. This month’s novels which inspired this presentation’s music: A Farewell To Arms, The Sun Also Rises, and For Whom The Bell Tolls. book is Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris. New and Noteworthy
The Hypnotist 1000 Places to See The Third Reich Beyond Religion: Lars Kepler Before You Die Roberto Bolaño Ethics for a Whole World The next great Swedish thriller/New York Times Patricia Schultz On vacation with his girlfriend, the German H. H. Dalai Lama Ten years ago, His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote bestseller has arrived! Detective Inspector Joona The world’s bestselling travel book is back in a war games champion Udo Berger returns to a Ethics for a New Millennium, a bestselling book Linna’s investigation of a gruesome triple homicide more informative, more experiential, more budget- small town on the Costa Brava where he spent about ethics based on universal rather than religious has turned up just one witness: a young boy with friendly full-color edition. Every entry from the the summers of his childhood. Soon they meet principles. In his newest book, the Dalai Lama 100 knife wounds who has been shocked into a original edition has been readdressed and made another vacationing couple who introduce them to moves further in this direction, outlining what state of silence. When Linna employs a hypnotist fuller, with more suggestions for places to stay, the darker side of life in a resort town. Written in he calls the “third way”: a system of secular ethics to get the boy talking, he sets off a series of truly restaurants to visit, festivals to check out. And 1989 and found among Bolaño’s papers after his that still gives tolerant respect to religion. Anyone terrifying events. One Salon reviewer referred to throughout, the book is more budget-conscious, death, The Third Reich is a stunning exploration of interested in spiritual fulfillment will be captivated this book as “Methadone for readers suffering from recommending not only the Ritz, but also memory and violence. Reading this visceral novel, and inspired by the Dalai Lama’s vision of global Stieg Larsson withdrawal.” You know who you are. moderately priced gems that don’t compromise on we see a world-class writer coming into his own— understanding and respect. atmosphere or charm. The world is calling. Time and exploring for the first time the themes that to answer. would define his masterpiecesThe Savage Detectives and 2666.
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Jackson, and her relationship with Eddie Fisher. as any Cleopatra biography to date. practical advice, including what he listens for in Under all of the witticisms, this book is actually a good prayer. Copies of this ultimate celebrity Fisher’s most tender and touching memoir to date. Drama: M y Family Table autobiography signed by David Javerbaum are An Actor’s Education available at BookPeople now while supplies last. Extra Virginity: John Besh The Sublime and Scandalous World of Olive Oil John Lithgow Renowned chef and James Beard award-winner In this riveting personal history, John Lithgow Tom Meuller Arguably: John Besh invites us into his home and shows Essays By Christopher Hitchens shares a backstage view of the life and career that us how we can put good, fresh, healthy food on Historically, olive oil has been used as food, The Sherlockian took place before he became a nationally known the table for our families every day. 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His world of corruption behind this product so valued Eric Weiner But he also chronicles the harrowing moments our relationship with the natural world, Stewart Abruptly, in 1901, Conan Doyle resurrected him. topics cover principles of reason; political hypocrisy; for its purity. Extra Virginity is a delicious read After a health scare temporarily lands him in the of his past, reflecting on mistakes large and small Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: has tracked down over one hundred of our worst Though the writer kept detailed diaries of his work, and his perceptions of other famous thinkers about olive oil and America’s lax food protections, hospital, Eric Weiner can’t stop thinking about a and the love of a father who set him on the road A Modest Bestiary entomological foes. 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When literary researcher Harold has placed Hitchens on their short list of “the animal-themed tales is now available in paperback. from Nepal to Israel to Las Vegas, studying your roses, Wicked Bugs delves into the extraordinary White is inducted into the preeminent Sherlock greatest living conversationalists in English.” Where else could you read about a kitten attending everything from worshippers of the Kabbalah to powers of six- and eight-legged creatures. Signed Holmes enthusiast society, The Baker Street prison-mandated AA meetings, or a squirrel and Raelians, followers of the world’s largest UFO- copies available while supplies last. Irregulars, he takes up the search. chipmunk who happen to be star-crossed lovers? based religion. A thoughtful and humorous inquiry These stories are infused with Sedaris’s winning into religious faith and our search for the divine. combination of humor and poignancy—easy for any creature to enjoy. Also, the book includes original illustrations by Ian Falconer, the artist behind the Olivia children’s book series. Record Collecting for Girls: The Angel Esmeralda: Unleashing Your Inner Music Nerd, One Album SEAL Target Geronimo Nine Stories The Lake of Dreams at a Time Chuck Pfarrer Don DeLillo Courtney E. Smith On May 2, 2011, at 1:03 AM in Pakistan, a Kim Edwards Finally, Don DeLillo’s first collection of stories, Here’s a great book for music lovers, from a satellite uplink was sent from the town of This new novel from the bestselling author of The written between 1979 and 2011, has been unique, female perspective. Acknowledging the Abbottabad to the situation room of the White Memory Keeper’s Daughter follows Lucy Jarrett published. 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Some exemplify his jazz-infused early she should never date a boy who listens to The and deadly accuracy carried out by the most elite her father’s mysterious death. Fans of Edwards’s style, and others portray the spare tone of his later Smiths. Hustle on over to get a signed copy from fighting force in the world—the U.S. Navy’s previous work will also enjoy this book about family work. For any modern literature buff, this is a must- BookPeople while supplies last! SEAL Team Six. history and personal growth. have collection.
Top Ten Books in MysteryPeople New For Kids The mystery bookstore inside BookPeople. Stuck How to Save a Life This was such a great year in crime fiction that I debated long and hard about what to include on the list. In the Oliver Jeffers Sara Zarr end, I decided to cheat and just include more than ten. Floyd’s kite has gotten stuck in a tree. Perhaps his Sara Zarr is one of our favorite writers. Where shoe will knock it out. Now Floyd’s kite and shoe Sara’s writing shines is in the development of – Scott Montgomery, MysteryPeople’s Crime Fiction Coordinator are stuck in a tree. Perhaps his other shoe will characters, large and small, who are flawed and knock them out. Now Floyd’s kite and two shoes messy and complex...and totally fascinating. Her are stuck in a tree. What else can he throw to get latest novel, about two teen girls sorting through 1. The End Of Everything by Megan Abbott - A thirteen year-old girl searches them out? the emotional fallout of loss, pregnancy, and the for her missing friend in eighties suburbia and gets some truly grown-up lessons. meaning of family, may just be her best yet. Megan combines the structure of a mystery with the point of view of a young adult novel to look at the dark and uncomfortable complexities of emotions and how we can be ruled by them. 2. Crimes In Southern Indiana by Frank Bill - A great collection of visceral stories that all take place in a decaying area where the South meets the Midwest. No matter how wild and violent these tales get, Bill grounds them with believable characters who have been living on the edge and are now pushed off.
3. Hurt Machine by Reed Farrel Coleman - After being diagnosed with cancer, Treasury of Greek Mythology: poignant PI Moe Prager looks into the murder of an EMT who refused aid to Classic Stories of Gods,Goddesses, Heroes & someone. Moe’s search ends up being a moving reflection on time, regret, and the Monsters The Future of Us way we spend our lives, as well as the impact we have on others. Donna Jo Napoli, illustrated by The Scorpio Races Maggie Stiefvater By Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler Christina Balit When you picture your life 15 years from now, 4. Hell Is Empty by Craig Johnson - This book split Craig’s fans, and I’m in the Some race to win. Others race to survive. It Beloved author Donna Jo Napoli has penned what do you imagine? If you were given the chance camp that thinks this is one of his best. It’s a thrilling action-adventure with some happens at the start of every November: the a stunning introduction to the world of Greek to peek into that future, would you take it? What Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their of his best set pieces. There is the usual humor and humanity, along with a look at mythology that shines with emotional depth and if you didn’t like what you saw? For Emma and water horses long enough to make it to the finish spirituality that gives more insight into series character Sheriff Walt Longmire. fascinating detail. It doesn’t hurt that the book is Tom, these turn out to be real questions when they line. Some riders live. Others die. The only thing simply gorgeous as well. This treasury would make accidentally get a glimpse of their future selves. And that’s certain, however, is that readers are in for an a welcome addition to any young reader’s library. now they must navigate a confusing an uncertain 5. 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