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KIDS STORYTIME will feature stories about Franklin the Turtle and a related activity.

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/kids_storytime_101.html http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/kids_storytime_101.html Calendar Sat, 31 May 2008 18:43:26 +0000 TEEN BOOK CLUB The Boyfiend List by E. Lockhart:: Ruby's boyfriend of six months, Jackson, has dumped her in favor of her best friend, Kim. Ruby's resulting panic attacks land her in the office of a shrink, Dr. Z.

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/book_club/teen_book_club_5.html http://www.booksandco.com/book_club/teen_book_club_5.html Book Club Sat, 31 May 2008 18:30:25 +0000 BOOKS&CO CLUB Riding Lessons by Sarah Gruen:: The Olympic dreams of teenaged equestrian Annemarie Zimmer end when her beloved horse, Harry, injures her and destroys himself in a jumping accident. In the agonizing aftermath, she gives up riding and horses entirely. Two decades later, she returns to her family's horse farm a divorcee, with her troubled teenaged daughter, Eve, in tow.

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/book_club/booksco_club_11.html http://www.booksandco.com/book_club/booksco_club_11.html Book Club Thu, 29 May 2008 18:28:07 +0000 AFRICAN AMERICAN CLUB Native Son by Richard Wright:: Bigger Thomas is a young black man in 1940s Chicago who accidentally kills the daughter of his wealthy white employer.

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/book_club/african_american_club.html http://www.booksandco.com/book_club/african_american_club.html Book Club Thu, 29 May 2008 18:26:32 +0000 FAITHPOINT Embrace Me by Lisa Samson:: When a "lizard woman," a self-mutilating preacher, a tattoed monk, and a sleazy lobbyist find themselves in the same North Carolina town one winter, their lives are edging precariously close to disaster . . . and improbably close to grace.

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/book_club/faithpoint_7.html http://www.booksandco.com/book_club/faithpoint_7.html Book Club Tue, 27 May 2008 18:24:47 +0000 BOOKS&CO LITERARY CLUB A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith:: Francie Nolan, avid reader, penny-candy connoisseur, and adroit observer of human nature, has much to ponder in colorful, turn-of-the-century Brooklyn.

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/book_club/booksco_literary_club_7.html http://www.booksandco.com/book_club/booksco_literary_club_7.html Book Club Mon, 26 May 2008 18:23:10 +0000 No live music today SUNDAY, 4-6 PM @ T&C

No live music today.

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/no_live_music_today_2.html http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/no_live_music_today_2.html Calendar Sun, 25 May 2008 18:42:49 +0000 Farrah Gray This event has been CANCELLED

SATURDAY,4-5 PM @ The Greene

Young millionaire, FARRAH GRAY, author of Get Real, Get Rich: Conquer the 7 Lies Blocking You from Success, will discuss his secrets to success. His is a high-profile entrepreneurial success story that has been featured in thousands of print, magazine, radio, and television outlets, including 20/20, Good Morning America, NBC, FOX, CBS, CNBC, NPR, and The Wall Street Journal. Now at age twenty-two he shares the secrets that made him a millionaire at the age of fourteen, explaining the truth behind myths which will “empower readers to blaze their own paths, set their own agendas, and make their own millions.” DUTTON

Farrah Gray will be the guest speaker at a luncheon on May 24 sponsored by the Greater Dayton African American Chamber of Commerce. For luncheon and ticket information, please call 937-222-8406 or 937-520-4480.

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KIDS STORYTIME will feature patriotic stories and a related craft.

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/kids_storytime_100.html http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/kids_storytime_100.html Calendar Sat, 24 May 2008 18:40:43 +0000 Emily Giffin THURSDAY, 7-8 PM @ The Greene

EMILY GIFFIN, author of Something Borrowed, Something Blue and Baby Proof, will introduce her newest novel, Love The One You’re With, an emotionally-charged novel about a chance encounter that forces one woman to question her decisions, her marriage, and herself. It’s a story about why we choose to love the ones we love, and why we just can’t forget the ones who aren’t right for us. ST. MARTIN’S PRESS


Emily is a rising star of women’s fiction and specializes in exploring complicated, nuanced relationships. She brings both humor and heart to her novels and has an uncanny ability to tap into the things women are really thinking and feeling. She lives in Atlanta with her husband and three young children.

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/emily_giffin.html http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/emily_giffin.html Calendar Thu, 22 May 2008 18:39:19 +0000 MYSTERY AWARD WINNER Dating Dead Men by Harley Kozak:: Poor Wollie Shelley. She's desperately trying to make sure her card store, Wollie's Welcome, will stay in business. It figures her schizophrenic brother, P. B., would call while the store inspector was visiting and claim he's witnessed a murder. Wollie drives to the hospital where P. B. is, and sure enough, she stumbles across a dead body.

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/book_club/mystery_award_winner.html http://www.booksandco.com/book_club/mystery_award_winner.html Book Club Wed, 21 May 2008 18:20:32 +0000 Don Bruns TUESDAY, 7 PM @ T&C

DON BRUNS will introduce his newest mystery, St. Barts Breakdown, the fourth in his series featuring rock and roll journalist Mick Sever. Mick is assigned to interview music legend Danny Murtz. While Murtz has walls lined with gold and platinum records, he has a closet full of skeletons. It seems that a number of his romantic conquests have vanished into thin air. He decides it’s time to lay low for awhile and he goes to St. Barts, only to begin receiving anonymous threats implicating him in a number of crimes. His mind begins to unravel and he suspects everyone of trying to bring him down, including Mick Sever. If you like sun, sand, and a psychopath in your mysteries, this one’s for you. OCEANVIEW PUBLISHING


Don Bruns has also written Stuff to Die For, Jamaica Blue, Barbados Heat and South Beach Shakedown. He is an award-winning novelist, songwriter, musician, and advertising executive.

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/don_bruns_1.html http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/don_bruns_1.html Calendar Tue, 20 May 2008 18:37:43 +0000 OHIO VALLEY WRITERS Discussion of each other’s work.

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/book_club/ohio_valley_writers_19.html http://www.booksandco.com/book_club/ohio_valley_writers_19.html Book Club Mon, 19 May 2008 18:19:38 +0000 Eric Loy SUNDAY, 4-6 PM @ T&C

Professional guitarist, ERIC LOY, will entertain with a varied musical program on a variety of guitars.

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KIDS STORYTIME will feature stories about Disney characters and a related activity

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