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Amiable Adult Readers Discussing Books Almost Always Read by Kids (Aardbaark)

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:03:58 -0400

Start: September 9, 2010 - 6:00pm

End: September 9, 2010 - 7:00pm

Amiable Adult Readers Discussing Books Almost Always Read by Kids (Aardbaark) will discuss The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages. In this award-winning debut novel, 11-year-old Dewey Kerrigan is traveling west on a train to live with her scientist father, but no one will tell her exactly where he is. It is 1943 and her destination is New Mexico, where scientists are working on the Manhattan Project.

Sherlock Holmes Book Club

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:06:18 -0400

Start: September 11, 2010 - 10:00am

End: September 11, 2010 - 11:00am

The Sherlock Holmes Book Club will discuss "The Speckled Band", a short story from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. All Sherlockians, old or new to the canon, are welcomed. And if you don't know the difference between the canon and a pastiche, don't worry, just an enjoyment of the game is all that's needed.

New book discussion group Books and Bagels

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:06:34 -0400

Start: September 12, 2010 - 11:00am

End: September 12, 2010 - 12:00pm

The new book discussion group Books and Bagels will discuss Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas. During World War II, a family finds life turned upside-down when the government opens a Japanese internment camp in their small town. Part thriller, part historical novel, this novel is a riveting exploration of the darkest--as well as the best--parts of the human heart. Please sign up at the sales desk or by phone, 402-392-2877.

Nancy Rips will sign High Holiday Stories

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:08:48 -0400

Start: September 12, 2010 - 1:00pm

End: September 12, 2010 - 2:00pm

The High Holidays are the most important festivals of the Jewish year, and all Jews have their own memories of these special days. It’s a time to remember, a time to be with families, and a time to tell stories about past generations. And you don’t need to be Jewish to appreciate this, because the 21st century is a much smaller world, with many different faiths coming together. High Holiday Stories is filled with 101 heartfelt holiday remembrances, from famous people, and some only known in their own circle of family and friends. They recount varied Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur experiences, from observing the holiday in the Colorado Rockies to Army bases in Iraq, even online. The stories come from people of all ages, all professions, from New York to California, New Zealand to England.

ANNUAL BOOK CLUB OPEN HOUSE.

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:10:35 -0400

Start: September 16, 2010 - 9:00am

End: September 16, 2010 - 8:00pm

Discover great new books for your book club during The Bookworm's ANNUAL BOOK CLUB OPEN HOUSE. Representatives from publishing houses will join Diana and The Bookworm staff in sharing great new suggestions for book clubs. Tom Leigh from Macmillan and Jon Mooney from Penguin Putnam will give presentations at 6:30 p.m. Registered book club members will receive 20% off purchases. Please save the date on your calendar and contact Diana Abbott for more information, 402-392-2877.

As the Worm Turns Book Discussion Group

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:14:13 -0400

Start: September 16, 2010 - 6:30pm

End: September 16, 2010 - 8:00pm

The As the Worm Turns Book Discussion Group will discuss Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré (Scribner, $16). A modern masterpiece in which le Carré expertly creates a total vision of a secret world, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy begins George Smiley's chess match of wills and wits with Karla, his Soviet counterpart. It is now beyond doubt that a mole, implanted decades ago by Moscow Centre, has burrowed his way into the highest echelons of British Intelligence. His treachery has already blown some of its most vital operations and its best networks. It is clear that the double agent is one of its own. George Smiley is assigned to identify him. And once identified, the traitor must be destroyed. Lee Myers will facilitate the discussion. Space is limited, so please call to reserve your place.

Laura Daniel will sign Web of Truths

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:46:52 -0400

Start: September 18, 2010 - 1:00pm

End: September 18, 2010 - 2:00pm

Laura Daniel will sign Web of Truths (Xlibris, $13.95). In Web of Truths, Daniel has woven a plot of secrets held, and secrets revealed, with all of their conflicts and consequences. As the story opens with a tragic shooting and suicide at the local school, conflicts emerge within the Shugate family. When Ethan Shugate learns that his boy, Toby, proves not to be a victim of the shooting, after a case of mistaken identity, he resolves to turn his life around, realizing how fragile life can be.

David Herlihy will sign The Lost Cyclist

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:49:34 -0400

Start: September 22, 2010 - 6:00pm

End: September 22, 2010 - 6:00pm

David Herlihy will sign The Lost Cyclist: The Epic Tale of an American Adventurer and His Mysterious Disappearance. Frank Lenz dreamed of cycling around the world. In the spring of 1892 he set out west to cover twenty thousand miles over three continents as a correspondent for Outing magazine. Two years later, after having survived countless near disasters and unimaginable hardships, he disappeared in eastern Turkey. Herlihy's gripping narrative captures the soaring joys and constant dangers accompanying the bicycle adventurer in the days before paved roads and automobiles. This untold story culminates with efforts to bring Lenz's accused murderers to justice, even as troubled Turkey teetered on the edge of collapse.

Teacher Weekend

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:14:13 -0400

Start: September 23, 2010 - 3:30pm

End: September 25, 2010 - 6:00pm

It’s Teacher Weekend. Beginning Thursday, September 23 at 3:30 p.m. through Saturday, September 25 at 6 p.m. We will have lots of free ‘stuff’ for teachers, counselors and librarians. Your teacher discount will apply to anything in the store and we will have a drawing for some special door prizes. Stop by and see us.

Greg Hall will sign Traffic Control

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:51:31 -0400

Start: September 25, 2010 - 1:00pm

End: September 25, 2010 - 2:00pm

Greg Hall will sign Traffic Control (Mokuhina, $7.99). A fatal accident destroys former rock star Carl Patterson's quest to turn his life around and make peace with his estranged daughter. His search for answers uncovers a secret worth killing for, putting him on a collision course with a man that does whatever it takes to win

World War II History Book Discussion Group

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:51:07 -0400

Start: September 27, 2010 - 2:00pm

End: September 27, 2010 - 3:00pm

The World War II History Book Discussion Group will select books for discussion in future meetings.

Mary Helen Stefaniak will sign The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:53:25 -0400

Start: September 30, 2010 - 7:00pm

End: September 30, 2010 - 8:00pm

Gladys Cailiff is eleven years old in 1938 when a new, well-traveled young schoolteacher turns a small Georgia town upside down. Miss Grace Spivey believes in field trips, Arabian costumes, and reading aloud from her ten-volume set of The Thousand Nights and a Night. The real trouble begins when she decides to revive the annual town festival as an exotic Baghdad bazaar, transforming the lives of everyone around her. Populated by unforgettable characters--including three impressive camels--The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia rides a magic carpet from a segregated schoolroom in Georgia to the banks of the Tigris (and back again) in an entrancing feat of storytelling.

Sandra Brannan will sign In the Belly of Jonah

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:56:03 -0400

Start: October 2, 2010 - 1:00pm

End: October 2, 2010 - 2:00pm

Liv Bergen becomes involved in the investigation of the murder of Jill Brannigan, a summer intern at the limestone mine Liv manages near Fort Collins, Colorado, a breathtaking setting that unwittingly becomes an accessory to crime. In doing so, she inadvertently puts her friends, her family, and herself at risk of being swallowed in the belly of a madman bloated with perverse appetites for women, surrealistic art, and renown.