Books & Co http://www.booksandco.com/ en Copyright 2012 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:00:00 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss MEG CABOT FRIDAY, JULY 13; 7 PM @ The Greene
MEG CABOT will introduce, Size 12 and Ready to Rock, her new Heather Wells mystery.

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/meg_cabot_1.html http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/meg_cabot_1.html Calendar Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:00:00 +0000 SHEILA KOHLER THURSDAY, JULY 12; 7 PM @ The Greene
SHEILA KOHLER will introduce The Bay of Foxes, which features a young, attractive Ethiopian refugee who is befriended by a famous French author who changes his life from squalor to extravagance. But that change is not without consequences

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/sheila_kohler.html http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/sheila_kohler.html Calendar Thu, 12 Jul 2012 07:00:00 +0000 ALEXANDRA FULLER WEDNESDAY, JULY 11; 7 PM @ The Greene
ALEXANDRA FULLER, author of Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, will discuss the softcover edition of her memoir, Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness, which begins with her early years in Africa.

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/alexandra_fuller.html http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/alexandra_fuller.html Calendar Wed, 11 Jul 2012 07:00:00 +0000 TUESDAY, JULY 10; 7 PM @ The Greene
ROBERT GOOLRICK, author of the bestseller A Reliable Wife, will introduce his new absorbing novel, Heading Out to Wonderful.

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/post_50.html http://www.booksandco.com/post_50.html Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:00:00 +0000 JAMES ROLLINS MONDAY, JULY 9; 7 PM @ The Greene
JAMES ROLLINS will introduce Blood Line, a Sigma Force thriller filled with his trademark elements –cutting edge science, history, and nail-biting suspense—that have propelled him to the top of bestseller lists nationwide.

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/james_rollins.html http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/james_rollins.html Calendar Mon, 09 Jul 2012 07:00:00 +0000 KRISTINA MCBRIDE FRIDAY, JUNE 29; 7 PM @ The Greene
KRISTINA MCBRIDE, author of The Tension of Opposites, will introduce her absorbing new young adult novel, One Moment. It asks many questions: What happens when you discover a friendship is built on secrets and lies? How do you know whom to trust? Can you erase memories? Kirkus Reviews says One Moment is “Good, solid drama about the power of secrets to test the bounds of friendships, with just enough tension to satisfy teen readers.” EGMONT USA
KRISTINA MCBRIDE is a former Centerville High School English teacher. She lives in the Dayton area with her husband and two young children.

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/kristina_mcbride_2.html http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/kristina_mcbride_2.html Calendar Fri, 29 Jun 2012 07:00:00 +0000 SAPPHIRE THURSDAY, JUNE 28; 7 PM @ The Greene
SAPPHIRE, author of Push, (which was adapted for the award winning film, Precious) will introduce the softcover edition of The Kid. It takes us into the interior life of Abdul Jones, the son of Precious, the heroine in Push. He has not had an easy life. It’s a story of his survival after her mother’s death when he is just nine years old, and the trauma he experiences at the hands of people he meets in his life. We follow him from a dirt farm in Mississippi to Harlem as he struggles toward adulthood. PENGUIN

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/sapphire.html http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/sapphire.html Calendar Tue, 26 Jun 2012 07:00:00 +0000 ONE DAY SALE FOR CLUB MEMBERS SATURDAY, JUNE 23; 9 AM TO 11 PM @ The Greene
One Day Sale for our Discount Club Members! Everything (except gift cards) is reduced at least 20% today. It’s a good time to join the Club, if you’re not already a member.

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/one_day_sale_for_club_members.html http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/one_day_sale_for_club_members.html Calendar Sat, 23 Jun 2012 09:00:00 +0000 LINDA CASTILLO FRIDAY, JUNE 22; 7 PM @ The Greene
LINDA CASTILLO will bring us Gone Missing, her latest mystery set in Amish country. It opens with Rumspringa, the time when Amish teens are allowed to experience life without the community rules. It’s a time of personal discovery and growth before committing to the church. But when a young teen disappears without a trace, the carefree fun comes to an abrupt and sinister end and fear spreads through the community.

Chief of Police Kate Burkholder knows that to solve the case, she will have to call upon everything she has to give, not only as a cop, but as a woman whose own Amish roots run deep. MINOTAUR

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/linda_castillo_2.html http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/linda_castillo_2.html Calendar Fri, 22 Jun 2012 07:00:00 +0000 FRANCINE DU PLESSIX GRAY MONDAY, JUNE 18; 7 PM @ The Greene
FRANCINE DU PLESSIX GRAY will discuss her new book, The Queen’s Lover. Few figures intrigue the public’s imagination as much as Marie Antoinette, even centuries after her death. This book gives us a new perspective by revealing in lustrous detail the life-long friendship and romance between Marie Antoinette and the dashing Swedish aristocrat Axel von Fersen. Even as Fersen is forced to be away from her by either duty or propriety, their affection for each other remained a constant throughout their lives. Du Plessix Gray presents an astonishing and deeply moving revisionist portrait of Marie Antoinette and places the reader squarely in the midst of the turbulent times of the French Revolution. PENGUIN PRESS

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/francine_du_plessix_gray.html http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/francine_du_plessix_gray.html Calendar Mon, 18 Jun 2012 07:00:00 +0000 LAUREN KATE THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 7 PM @ The Greene

Young adult author LAUREN KATE will introduce, Rapture, the astonishing conclusion to her Fallen series. To stop Lucifer from erasing the past, Luce and Daniel must find the place where the angels fell to earth. Together they face an epic battle that will end with lifeless bodies...and angel dust. But now Luce knows that she was meant to be with someone other than Daniel. The curse they’ve borne has always and only been about her—and the love she cast aside. The choice she makes now is the only one that truly matters. DELACORTE BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/lauren_kate.html http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/lauren_kate.html Calendar Thu, 14 Jun 2012 07:00:00 +0000 REBECCA MAKKAI WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13; 7 PM @ The Greene

REBECCA MAKKAI will introduce the softcover edition of her popular novel, The Borrower. It centers around a 26-year-old librarian, Lucy, and one of her favorite patrons, Ian, a ten-year-old boy who often takes refuge from his overbearing parents at the library. When his parents sign him up for “anti-gay” classes, Ian decides to run away. Lucy allows herself to be hijacked by him and they go on a wild cross-country adventure. The farther they get, the more Lucy must decide whether she’s doing Ian more harm than good by taking him away from his family. Ultimately, she devises an ingenious (and literary) plan. The book has allusions to children’s literature classics sprinkled throughout. It is basically a novel about acceptance and a serious love of reading. PENGUIN

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/rebecca_makkai.html http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/rebecca_makkai.html Calendar Wed, 13 Jun 2012 07:00:00 +0000 JUNIE B. JONES STUPID SMELLY BUS SATURDAY, JUNE 9; 11 AM @ The Greene
JUNIE B. JONES IS COMING!
Please show your books&co receipt for any Junie B. Jones books to get a line number.
Line numbers will be given out beginning at 10 am.
We will host the “JUNIE B. JONES STUPID SMELLY BUS TOUR” --a national tour, sponsored by Random House Children’s Books, that is bringing JUNIE B live and in-person, across the country to meet her fans. She will ride in the Stupid Smelly Bus to 15 cities for fun-filled events. Fans will enjoy Junie B.’s hilarious antics through live, theatrical performances based on the bestselling June B. Jones series. The event will also include cool Junie B. giveaways and an official “book stamping.” She will stamp any new books you buy at books&co that day and one brought from home.

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/junie_b_jones_stupid_smelly_bu_1.html http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/junie_b_jones_stupid_smelly_bu_1.html Calendar Sat, 09 Jun 2012 11:00:00 +0000 JOHN SCALZI THURSDAY, JUNE 7; 7 PM @ The Greene

JOHN SCALZI will introduce his new novel, Red Shirts, which may very well be the science fiction comedy of the year. It features Ensign Andrew Dahl, who is a redshirt, but he doesn’t know it. He reports to his post on the Universal Union’s flagship Intrepid and is confused and concerned when his coworkers disappear every time a senior officer shows up looking for ensigns for an away team. Often those ensigns end up dead. Dahl and a few of his fellow ensigns decide that it’s about time they figure out what exactly is happening on board the Intrepid.

With the laws of space travel, time, and physics thrown out the window, Scalzi gives readers a thoroughly laugh-out-loud novel. With roots going back to Douglas Adams and beyond, this subgenre is on the rise again, and John Scalzi is leading the charge. TOR

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/john_scalzi_2.html http://www.booksandco.com/calendar/john_scalzi_2.html Calendar Thu, 07 Jun 2012 07:00:00 +0000 DAYTIME KNITTERS THURSDAY, MAY 31; 11 AM @ The Greene
DAYTIME KNITTERS knit and discuss knitting books and magazines.

]]> http://www.booksandco.com/book_club/daytime_knitters_176.html http://www.booksandco.com/book_club/daytime_knitters_176.html Book Club Thu, 31 May 2012 20:51:37 +0000