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A Magazine for the Northwest’s Most Avid Readers A Village Books Publication Vol. 17, Issue 4
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Dear Reader,
When we were young we scoffed at the notion that time would speed up as we aged. Now, in our thirty-first year of Village Books, it seems that the interval between annual events has shrunk to far less than a year. So the fact that this is our Holiday edition of the Chuckanut Reader comes as a bit of a shock to us. That said, much has transpired in the past year. We've hosted dozens of authors, printed hundreds of books on our Espresso Book Machine (including Chuck's book, It Takes a Village Books), helped match readers with thousands of books, and celebrated our 30th Birthday as Whatcom County's Favorite Bookstore. Not bad for a span of time that seems like a couple of months. And now, in spite of our shock, we bring you our 2010 Holiday edition of the Chuckanut Reader, chock full of book previews and reviews—including some exciting news about a "big" NW book, information about upcoming events, a story about two new books from Chuckanut Editions, a selection of non-book items for holiday gift giving, a reminder of our 16th annual Giving Tree, and many more items of interest to avid readers. With a constant barrage of bad economic news and stories of chaos in the book business, we're asked much more often these days about how we're doing. These are very difficult times for independent bookstores (and many other small independent businesses), and we certainly appreciate your concern and support. It's important for all of us to remember that where we buy things makes a huge difference to the quality of life in our community. It makes a difference in how our community looks and feels, in our economic health, and how local non-profits improve the livability of our area. Thank you for what you do to keep our community healthy and livable. We wish you a happy, blessed Holiday season and a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year.
In This Issue... Turn to Village Books for your Holiday Shopping Needs 2 Dear Reader 3 Come In, Get Out, and Enjoy! 4-6 Fiction (book highlights & reviews) 7-10 The Chuckanut Radio Hour Winter Line-up 12-13 Outdoors, Science & Nature (highlights & reviews) 15-17 Travel Books & a Visit from Rick Steves 18 Great Music Recommendations / WWU Connections 19 History, Biogrophies & Memoirs (highlights & reviews) 21-23 Chuckanut Editions Introduces Two New Books 24 More Gift-Giving Ideas 25-27 Literature & Other Fun Stuff! (highlights & reviews) 28 Current Events and More (highlights & reviews) 29 Body & Mind (highlights & reviews) 30 Buy Local Week & Auction / Google Editions e-books 31 Arts, Crafts, Humor (book highlights & reviews) 33 Food/Cooking (book highlights & reviews) 35-36 Poetry & the Chucknut Writers Conference 37 Book Fare has a New Owner 39 Jonathan Franzen - A Love Story & Book Review 40-41 VB Reads... VB book Discussion Groups 42-44 KIDS - Awesome Events 45-46 Books & More for Kids (highlights & reviews) 47-50 Literature Live! Author Events at VB 51-54 Great local restaurants you should check out 55 Free Shipping on Internet Orders Over $40! 56
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Village Books 16th Annual
Giving Tree Books for Local Kids & Families in Need Can you imagine not receiving a book for the holidays? Some kids don't have to use their imaginations. For 15 years we've provided books for thousands of kids who would not otherwise have received them. Last year, because of your generosity, we gave books to more than 2000 kids through a dozen local organizations! And in case you hadn't noticed, it doesn't seem that things have gotten much better for a lot of folks. So, pick an ornament-tag from the GIVING TREE on the store's main floor and match it with a book of your choice. The books you purchase for giving tree recipients will be offered at a 20% discount and will be distributed to kids through community organizations, the week before Christmas.
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What’s on YOUR list for the new year?
Want to get fit? Spark your creativity? Are your finances calling you? Want to follow your heart? Live larger? Join us Saturday, January 8th at Village Books for “Resolutions,” an inspirational day devoted to starting the year off right! From 11-4, on the hour, we'll feature local experts who'll offer timely tips during interactive mini-workshops. Come for one workshop or several. Bring your questions and ideas, and maybe a snack. You'll take away information and inspiration for how to get started and where to go from here. You'll also get 10% off recommended Resolutions-related books, that day only. For more information on this exciting day, visit our website at www.villagebooks. com. Mark your calendar. See you there!
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Looking for a Thanksgiving weekend activity for your family and guests? Start off the holidays in the Historic District. From 5-9pm both evenings, you can enjoy all the shops and galleries with their great selections of gifts. There will be drinks and treats at many shops. Consider enjoying dinner in one of the several restaurants in the historic district, and please stop by Village Books' Readings Gallery to view Cindi Williamson's gorgeous art exhibit, “Wings.”
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The Readings Gallery is a monthly showcase for regional art with an emphasis on making a connection between the visual and print arts. Do you have something you’d like to show? Please send pertinent proposals to jonica@villagebooks.com.
November & December
Wings by Cindi Williamson “Wings” evokes so many ideas, concepts, and images, that words can only constrain and force into simple terms something that surely should set the imagination free. We are so pleased that Cindi Williamson, VB staff member, will be presenting a solo show around the idea of ‘wings.’ Cindi uses found objects, words, and ideas in a truly unique and bold manner. Each mixed-media piece will contain altered books, or pages out of books. (See if you can identify the altered objects in each piece.) Come in and be prepared to fly!
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sfully identify each one, you will win a special Village As an added bonus, those Books prize. players who correctly identi fy tw o titles of each author will be entered to win Villag e Books' extra special, covete d BOOKWORM prize. Forms will be available at the Main Counter starting the day after Thanksgiving. Entries must be returned by noon, December 24th. Winners and prizes will be announced the last week of December. Have fun!
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Whatcom Literacy Council
HONORS
Chuck, Dee and Village Books At their 8th Annual Literacy Breakfast on November 4th, the Whatcom Literacy Council honored Chuck, Dee, and Village Books with their First Friends Award. For more than 20 years Village Books has supported the organization in a number of ways. In addition to the Anniversary Walk/Run for Literacy, which this year raised nearly $3000, the store has participated in every Trivia Bee (and the spelling bee that preceded it), provided tutor space, promoted the organization through its publications, and donated thousands of dollars from Harry Potter events.
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For information, reservations, and to receive a season brochure go to www.jazzproject.org or contact Jud Sherwood at jsherwoodjazzproject@earthlink.net or 650-1066. The Jazz Project is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. All concerts produced by Jud Sherwood, Jazz Project Director.
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At Village Books & Paper Dreams! We’ll be staying open late to help you with your last-minute shopping. Join us for hot cider, hot chocolate, cookies, and great gift tips!
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The Fat Man:
A Tale of North Pole Noir by Ken Harmon
FICTION
November, hardcover, Dutton
Fired from his job as captain of the Coal Patrol, two-foot-three-inch, 1,300-year-old elf Gumdrop Coal is angry. He's one of Santa's original elves, but somewhere along the way things went sour for Gumdrop. Gumdrop wants revenge, so he decides to give a serious wake-up call to parents who can't keep their vile offspring off the Naughty List. But when one parent winds up dead, his eye shot out with a Red Ryder BB gun, Gumdrop Coal must learn who framed him and why.
An Object of Beauty: A Novel
A Great Gift... Exley
by Brock Clarke My oh my I am a sucker for precocious young narrators. Thank goodness these great characters & books just keep on comin'! –Lindsey
by Steve Martin
November, hardcover, Grand Central
Lacey Yeager appears on the New York art scene as a clever and funny young intern at Sotheby's. With her charm, ambition and questionable and sometimes illegal tactics, she moves to success in the labyrinthine and mysterious art world. Her rise to the highest tiers of the city's social life parallels the soaring heights and, at times, the dark lows of the art world and the country from the early 1990s through today.
The Atlas Of Love by Laurie Frankel
available now, hardcover, St. Martin’s Press
The Atlas of Love is a wonderful first novel from Northwest author Laurie Frankel. In it, three graduate students find themselves embarking on the adventures of raising a child together, adding one more member to their circle. Traditional parenting it is not. The story is full of strong determined women whose bond of friendship is cemented by the love that has chosen them and their definitions of family. You'll find yourself both crying and laughing, sometimes on the same page. As Janey (the narrator) says, "You can't eat cake when someone is throwing up in a one-bedroom apartment." –Dave
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Mary Ann in Autumn: A Tales of the City Novel
by Armistead Maupin November, hardcover, Harper
After twenty years, a pair of personal tragedies has driven Mary Ann Singleton back to San Francisco and her oldest friend, Michael “Mouse” Tolliver. Grateful for the temporary refuge the garden cottage offers, Mary Ann licks her wounds and begins to take stock of her mistakes, only to confront fresh terrors when her speckled past comes back to haunt her in an unexpected way.
Rose in a Storm by Jon Katz
available now, hardcover, Villard
Told from the point of view of Rose, a dedicated sheep dog, Jon Katz delivers a powerful window into the mind of an animal. The sheep are in lambing season and Rose and the farmer are struggling to save them as a winter blizzard approaches. When the farmer is injured, Rose is the only one left to protect the animals.
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A Great Gift... Into the Beautiful North: A Novel by Luis Alberto Urrea
The three notorious girlfriends of Tres Camerones, inspired by the movies, declare a mission from God to travel north and recruit their own Siete Magnificos to defend their town from drug dealing bandidos. Their quest is beautifully told with great heart and humor. I wanted the book to go on forever! –Joan
Driving on the Rim by Thomas McGuane November, hardcover, Knopf
The unforgettable voyager of this dark comic journey is I. B. Berl Pickett, M.D. who finds his deliverance in continuing to practice medicine, as well as in the few human connections he has made over the years. The landscape, too, will furnish a hint of a semi-spiritual awakening for the inglorious but sole hero of Thomas McGuane's uproarious and profound exploration of the threads by which we all are hanging.
FICTION The Widower's Tale by Julia Glass
available now, hardcover, Pantheon Books
I loved Glass' first novel, Three Junes, and she has not disappointed me on this novel, her 4th book. Filled with family drama and rapid fire repartee, she takes us into the life of 70-year old Percy Darling, a Dickensesque widower and curmudgeon, who lives in a vintage Boston house with a dance studio, which he leases to a passel full of daycare children. What was he thinking? The conversations are contemporary and delightful as Glass weaves a tale full of twists and surprises, just like real life. As soon as this novel hit the book shelves, it became a bestseller; book groups will enjoy this one. –Cindi
A Great Gift... Freedom
Ann Beattie:
The New Yorker Stories by Ann Beattie
November, hardcover, Scribner
Expertly capturing the cultural landscape of her time, Beattie’s stories are subtle, wry, and unnerving. This new collection is a dazzling introduction to Beattie’s work and a fascinating portrait of three decades of American life. Her stories are, as Margaret Atwood has said, “like a fresh bulletin from the front…that no man’s land known as interpersonal relations.”
by Jonathan Franzen I know this book has been hyped to death, and it's certainly far from perfect. But it's a funny, epic novel in the grand tradition. The central story of Walter and Patty Berglund, the beautiful way Franzen gets inside the twists and turns of a 40-year marriage, elevated this book into a special category for me. –Rem
Luka and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie
November, hardcover, Random House
Rashid Khalifa, the legendary storyteller of Kahani, has fallen into a deep sleep from which no one can wake him. To keep his father from slipping away entirely, Luka must travel to the Magic World and steal the ever-burning Fire of Life. Filled with mischievous wordplay and delving into themes as universal as the power of filial love and the meaning of mortality, this is a book of wonders for all ages.
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Give Yourself
the Gift of
FICTION Heartbroke Bay:
A Great Gift... City of Thieves
by David Benioff Funny, witty, entertaining, heartbreaking, sobering, inspiring. David Benioff has something here. Don't let the blurb on the back cover deceive you; this book is about so much more than hunting for eggs. –Tiffany
A Novel of Alaska by Lynn D'Urso
November, paperback, Berkeley
In 1898, Alaska is an untamed wilderness with an unforgiving climate at the tail end of a worldwide depression when thousands of destitute people are drawn north by rumors of the easy wealth of the Gold Rush.Hannah Nelson, a beautiful young Englishwoman, is one of the late arrivals. After following her husband to a glacier-wracked fjord in the company of three equally desperate men, she discovers that gold is only one of the desires that can consume a person's soul.
The Blofeld Trilogy by Ian Fleming
available now, paperback, Penguin
Considered by fans to be the most emotionally intense of Ian Fleming's thrillers, these three novels feature 007's true nemesis: the relentless, nefarious Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Featuring all the action and intrigue of the Bond franchise with an extra dose of personal vendetta, this trilogy is a must for every fan of the greatest secret agent in history.
A Great Gift... Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers
This is the most beautifully written book and a joy to read. The author is a gifted and lyrical writer, and the subject of happiness and kindness, of generosity of spirit, is of such compelling interest. –Jonica
Come in and browse the tables of staff paperback favorites– great gifts ideas for the holidays!
Annabel
by Kathleen Winter January, paperpack, Grove Press
Set in a small village in northern Labrador, a family must deal with an issue far beyond their insular experience. Written with great awareness and respect, this is writing that I found myself rereading just to savor it a second time. –Jim
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MYSTERY
The Huckleberry Murders: A Sheriff Bo Tully Mystery by Patrick F. McManus
A Great Gift...
November, hardcover, Simon & Schuster
When an elderly rancher disappears from Blight County, rumors of murder spread fast. But until Sheriff Bo Tully finds the body, he can't be sure foul play was involved. Accusations fly, checks are cashed, and when four bodies are discovered in a huckleberry patch, Tully has his hands full in this latest romp through the wilds of Idaho.
One Step Behind by Henning Mankell
By this time, everyone knows that there are quite a few good mysteries and thrillers coming out of Sweden. It's not as widely known that Mankell writes some of the best. In One Step Behind, he reprises his most popular character, Inspector Kurt Wallander, to tackle the most baffling crime that the town of Ystad has ever seen. The result is guaranteed to keep you up all night. –Sam
The Sherlockian by Graham Moore
December, hardcover, Twelve
Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane
November, hardcover, Harper
Amanda McCready was four years old when investigators Kenzie and Gennaro found the missing girl. Sixteen years later Amanda has blossomed into a striking, clever young woman—and hasn't been seen in weeks. Kenzie and Gennaro revisit the case and are led into a world of identity thieves, meth dealers, a mentally unstable crime boss and his demented wife, a priceless, thousand-year-old cross, and a happily homicidal Russian gangster.
SCI-FI
In 1893, the world's most famous literary detective, Sherlock Holmes, was “murdered” by the very man that created him, Arthur Conan Doyle. All of London was in a mournful state, citizens wore black armbands that signified Holmes' death and many passionate readers called Doyle an assassin. In 1901, when Doyle resurrected Holmes nobody understood Doyle's change of heart to bring him back. After his death one of his literary journals went missing for decades and has never been found-––or has it? It is now up to Harold White, a Sherlock Holmes enthusiast and Baker Street Irregular to solve the case of the missing diary and discover who murdered the man claiming to have it in his possession. This is an excellent novel for any person who has read the Sherlock Holmes stories or anyone who is interested in a great mystery. –Alex
Jonica Recommends...
All Clear
by Connie Willis available now, hardcover, Spectra
In Blackout, Connie Willis sent three Oxford historians to World War II. Now the situation has grown even more dire. Discrepancies in the historical record indicate that one of them has altered the past, changing the outcome of the war. Back in 2060 Oxford, the historians' supervisor, Mr. Dunworthy, and seventeen-year-old Colin Templer, are frantically trying to figure out how to bring them back.
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Award-Winning Science Fiction The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Hugo Award 2010 (tie) Nebula Award 2010, Locus Award 2010 John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2010
The City & The City by China Mieville
Hugo Award 2010 (tie) Arthur C. Clarke Award 2010 Locus Award 2010
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FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS
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The
Chuckanut Radio Hour is (Doubly) On the Air The Chuckanut Radio Hour, which will celebrate its fourth anniversary in January and has been regularly broadcast on KMRE 102.3 FM, has recently made the leap to KVOS TV as well. In August KVOS began taping our shows for replay, four times in the following month. Each of the shows will first air on a Saturday at 4 pm, then the next day and the following Saturday and Sunday at 4 AM (yes, AM—unless you're an insomniac, you might want to set your recorder for these airings).
The dates shows will air on KVOS, listed by guest author(s) and musician(s), are: Timothy Egan and Dana Lyons — Saturday, November 20; Sunday, November 21; Saturday, November 27; and Sunday, November 28. Ann Rule and The Honeybees — Saturday, December 18; Sunday, December 19; Christmas Day, December 12; and Sunday, December 26. Nancy Pearl and The Whatcom Sound Jazz Singers — Saturday, January 22; Sunday, January 23; Saturday, January 29; and Sunday, January 30.
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You won't want to miss the taping of the April Chuckanut Radio Hour featuring international bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith. Join us as he introduces The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party––the twelfth installment in the beloved No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. We're still working out event details but mark your calendars and keep an eye on Villagebooks.com for more info––or better yet, sign up for our email updates and we'll let you know when tickets go on sale! Ticket Proceeds will benefit the Botswana Orphan Program 12
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Store Hours Thanksgiving through January 1st: Mon-Sat 10am-8:30pm • Sun 10am-7pm
The
Chuckanut Radio Hour
The Chuckanut Radio Hour is a radio variety show that began in January, 2007, and is regularly broadcast on KMRE-LP 102.3 FM & KVOS TV. Each Chuckanut Radio Hour features a guest author and includes guest musicians, performance poet Kevin Murphy, Cascadia Weekly columnist Alan Rhodes, an episode of "The Bellingham Bean" serial radio comedy, and some groaner jokes by hosts Chuck and Dee Robinson and announcer Rich Donnelly. You're invited ––join us!
Monday, NOVEMBER 29th, 6:30pm
ANN RULE in the Crystal Ballroom of the Leopold 1224 Cornwall Ave., Downtown Bellingham
–In the Still of the Night:
The Strange Death of Ronda Reynolds and Her Mother's Unceasing Quest for the Truth
From true crime legend Ann Rule comes this riveting story of a young woman whose untimely death was ignored and covered up, and her determined mother's eleven-year crusade to clear her daughter's name. Ronda's mother, Barb Thompson, will join Ann on the show. With live music by the Honeybees. -Receive one free ticket with each pre-event in-store purchase of In the Still of the Night
Tickets for all Shows - $5.00 Event Tickets are available at Village Books &
Tuesday, JANUARY 11th, 6:30pm
SEATTLE 7 WRITERS in the Crystal Ballroom of the Leopold
1224 Cornwall Ave., Downtown Bellingham
January's featured guests are members of the Seattle 7 Writers,
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A special THANKS to our CRH co-sponsor, the Leopold Retirement Residence
Garth Stein, Jennie Shortridge, Bahrti Kirchner, Erica Bauermeister, Kit Bakke, and Carol Cassella. They are a collective of Pacific Northwest authors creating connections between writers, readers, librarians and booksellers to foster and support a passion for the written word. There will also be live music by Nick Drummond, formerly of The Senate, as well as poetry, skits, essays and lots of fun. Tickets proceeds will benefit Whatcom Literacy Council.
Saturday, FEBRUARY 19th, 6:30pm
JONATHAN EVISON –West of Here
in the Crystal Ballroom of the Leopold 1224 Cornwall Ave., Downtown Bellingham
Set in the mythical town of Port Bonita on Washington State's Pacific coast, West of Here is an exciting novel about the opportunists who settled this town circa 1890 and how their deeds forever altered the lives of their descendants in 2006. An exposition on how something said or done in one generation echoes through the years that follow, West of Here is a work of fiction that turns history into myth and myth into a nation’s shared experience. With live music by the Prozac Mountain Boys. Read Chuck's review of West of Here on page 41. -Receive one free ticket with each pre-event in-store purchase of West of Here
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Providing Whatcom County with special Places for our future readers. WLT protection project - Stimpson Family Nature Reserve
Nov 25-27 Thanksgiving Family Getaway Environmental Learning Center Let us cook, clean up and take you outside in the North Cascades this Thanksgiving!
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OUTDOORS
Hiking Washington’s History
50 Places to Hike Before You Die:
by Judy Bentley
Outdoor Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations
available now, paperback, University of Washington Press
by Chris Santella
Hiking Washington's History reveals the stories embedded in Washington's landscape. This trail guide narrates forty historic trails, ranging from short day hikes to three or four-day backpacking trips over mountain passes. Savor the vicarious experience of a hike from a cozy chair on a rainy winter day, or put your boots on and hit the trail when the sun shines.
available now, hardcover, Stewart Tabori & Chang
This is the perfect gift for the hiker in the family, especially during these cold armchair months. Santella takes us from grueling multiweek adventures like the Lunana Snowman Trek in Bhutan to more casual strolls like going from bistro to bistro along Italy's Amalfi Coast. With comments from expert trekkers and insider tips on how to get off the beaten path, Santella brings each of these 50 hikes to vivid life.
Mountaineering The Freedom of the Hills 50th Anniversary Edition 1960-2010 by The Mountaineers Press
available now, hardcover and paperback, The Mountaineers
Freedom of the Hills Deck
&
52 Playing Cards Featuring Mountaineering Tips available now, card deck, The Mountaineers
Since its publication in 1960, Freedom, as the book is known, has endured as the classic mountaineering text. A team of 40 experts has completely revised this anniversary edition, including a significant new chapter on conditioning. From choosing equipment to basic rappelling techniques to planning an expedition, this is a great gift for the novice or experienced climber in the family. Or for a great stocking stuffer, try the Freedom of the Hills Deck. Each of these 52 playing cards features facts, figures, tips, and techniques taken from the mountaineering bible.
A Householder's Guide to the Universe:
A Calendar of Basics for the Home, Garden, Kitchen, and Beyond by Harriet Fasenfest
available now, paperback, Tin House
Presented in monthly installments and organized seasonally, this is a great year-round guide to progressive homemaking, urban farming, and thriving in the new millennium. Fasenfest's bold and savvy style entertains and engages, as she offers practical how-to's of householding along with insight on how the practice of same might just save the world. –Nan
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HOME & GARDEN A Great Gift... Edible Heirlooms: Heritage Vegetables for the Maritime Garden by Bill Thorness
Written expressly for the West Coast gardener, this book offers a wealth of information for successfully growing flavorful vegetables that are not easily found in grocery stores. Fascinating and inspiring reading for the novice and experienced gardener alike. –Donna
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SCIENCE The End of Discovery:
Are We Approaching the Boundaries of the Knowable? by Russell Stannard
Seeing Further:
The Story of Science, Discovery, & the Genius of the Royal Society edited by Bill Bryson
available now, hardcover, William Morrow
The history of the Royal Society is brought to life by a who's-who of science writers, including Richard Dawkins, Margaret Atwood, Neal Stephenson, Henry Petroski, Ian Stewart, and many others. Some stories are odd, some are familiar, most are illustrated, and all are touched by the hand of Bryson. Perfect gift for the powdered-wig set. –Andrew
November, hardcover, Oxford
Stannard argues that eventually— perhaps in a few decades, perhaps in a few centuries—fundamental science will reach the limit of what it can explain. As a scientist, Stannard remains hopeful that several of the questions addressed will one day be answered. But other puzzles will remain for all time. Although he assures us that there will always be a use for knowledge, fundamental science itself—the making of fresh discoveries as to how the world works—must ultimately grind to a halt.
The Planet in a Pebble:
A Journey Into Earth’s Deep History by Jan Zalasiewicz
November, hardcover, Oxford
Poseidon's Steed:
The Story of Seahorses, from Myth to Reality by Helen Scales
November, paperback, Gotham
Marine biologist Scales trails the seahorse through secluded waters across the globe in a sweeping history of man's centuries-old fascination with the animal. Seen immortalized in the decorative arts in tribal folklore, literature, ancient myth, and even on the pages of the earliest medical texts, Poseidon's Steed eloquently uncovers the intriguing history of this exotic fish.
This is the story of a single pebble, whose history carries us into abyssal depths of time, and across the farthest reaches of space. Jan Zalasiewicz offers readers a stimulating tour that begins with the Universe's dramatic birth in the unimaginable violence of the Big Bang and explores the construction of the Solar System and the origins of our own planet. The pebble may be small and ordinary, but it is also an eloquent part of our Earth's extraordinary, never-ending story.
The Grand Design
by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow available now, hardcover, Bantam
Stephen Hawking, world renowned cosmologist and author of the bestseller A Brief History of Time delves into the age old question, how are we here? Hawking uses quantum theory to explain that the cosmos does not have one single history nor one single existence, but rather that every possible history of the universe exists simultaneously. In the book Hawking also discusses M-Theory, an explanation of the laws governing the multiverse. This is a great recommendation for anyone who has ever read any of Hawking's books or someone who is just starting to read Hawking. –Alex
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The Secret World of Slugs and Snails: Life in the Very Slow Lane
by David George Gordon November, paperback, Sasquatch
David George Gordon, author of the classic The Field Guide to the Slug, is back with another look at the slow and magical world of these gentle species. With playful chapter titles like "Look Ma, No Operculum", Gordon reveals many little-known facts. For instance, many snails and slugs are hermaphroditic, born with both male and female reproductive systems. If necessary, they can reproduce on their own––and often do!
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NATURE
The Quiet World:
Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdom, 1879-1960
A Great Gift...
by Douglas Brinkley
The Backyard Birdsong Guide: Western North America: A Guide to Listening
January, hardcover, Harper
Based on extensive new archival re s e a rc h, B rink l ey sh owc as e s how a band of determined environmentalists—including Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas; naturalist Margaret Murie; wolf lover Lois Crisler; and the Walt Disney Corporation—defeated the drill-baby-drill crowd of the 1950s to found the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
At Village Books! AMY GULICK Friday, December 3rd, 7pm
with Slide Show!
by Donald Kroodsma
Even if the birds don't sing outside your window, you can listen to them everyday by simply pushing the button on this field guide book of birds. Isn't that tweet? –Cindi
Salmon in the Trees:
Life in Alaska's Tongass Rain Forest
photography by Amy Gulick, illustrations by Ray Troll available now, hardcover, Braided River
Through photos, essays, and a field audio CD (including bears, whales, and eagles!), this gorgeous book showcases the stunning beauty of one of the world's rarest ecosystems. Listen to the chorus of sea, land, and air as you lose yourself in Amy Gulick's striking photography and peruse essays from Carl Safina, Ray Troll, and other notables. With the Alaska Ferry leaving from Fairhaven, real-life access to this natural gem starts at our back door. Begin your journey now with this unique volume. -Nan
Green Living
A Great Gift... The Better World Shopping Guide: Every Dollar Makes a Difference by Ellis Jones
Denialism:
How Irrational Thinking Harms the Planet and Threatens Our Lives
A quick and easy guide that the average person wanting to make a positive difference in the world can use. It's the perfect $10 gift! –Carol
by Michael Specter
November, paperback, Penguin
At at time when our planet is in dire peril, Americans mistrust science more than ever. Specter eloquently shows how, in a world where protesters march against childhood vaccines and Africans starve to death rather than import genetically modified grains, we must reconnect with the rational thinking that has underpinned the advance of civilization since the eighteenth century. What emerges is a manifesto that brilliantly captures one of the pivotal clashes of our era.
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A Great Gift... New Treehouses of the World by Pete Nelson
Watching someone open this book is like watching them become children, remembering the days when climbing a tree and dreaming of ways to stay there forever were their only full-time concern. What a gift to give! ––Andrew
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TRAVEL
Frommer's Washington State, 7th Edition by Karl Samson
available now, paperback, Wiley
Frommer's Washington State takes you to the best of the Northwest, from hiking and trekking Olympic National Park, to wind-surfing the Hood River, kayaking and boating the San Juan Islands, and sipping your way through Eastern Washington Wine Country. Frommer's Washington includes detailed color maps, dining choices for every taste and budget, suggested itineraries, and multiple self-guided driving tours.
A Great Gift... The Most Beautiful Villages & Towns of the Pacific Northwest By Joan Tapper
You'll recognize many of these sights in this gorgeous new book (published by Thames & Hudson in September 2010). It's another reminder of the beauty and bounty right here in our own backyard. My guess is, you will be tempted to take a three-day weekend to explore. Soon. –Dave
A Great Gift... Book Lust To Go by Nancy Pearl The subtitle says it all—"Recommended Reading For Travelers, Vagabonds, And Dreamers." A new favorite reference for this travel junkie. –Chuck
RICK STEVES
Includes Slide Show!
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6th, 2-4:30pm at Bellingham High School
Through the Back Door Celebrating European Travel on a Budget Join travel expert Rick Steves—acclaimed for his bestselling guidebook series, and public TV and radio shows—as he shares the latest in smart European travel. Freshly back from lots of travels, Rick Steves explains the practical, money-saving ins and outs of independent travel. Hear Rick’s tips on getting the most out of every mile, minute, and euro on your next trip. For 30 years, Rick and his guides have been researching the best destinations––emphasizing authentic experience and value for your money. Rick won the 2010 Lowell Thomas Travel Book Award (by the Society of American Travel Writers) for his book Travel as a Political Act. He packs the house every year so grab your tickets now and prepare to have a great time!
Admission: $5 - Tickets available at Village Books or on-line at brownpapertickets.com Proceeds to benefit Whatcom Peace and Justice Center 18
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Local Flavors
MUSIC
Some of your favorite local musicians found here
GREAT
Dana Lyons humorous lyrical adventure At Night They Howl at the Moon
GIFTS!
Lydia McCauley beautiful voice, beautiful piano The Moon of Wintertime
Refresh Your Holidays Putumayo
the Walrus rockin' good time the Walrus Uncovered
holiday music from around the world A Family Christmas
Soothing Sounds Dean Evenson & Soundings Ensemble healing sounds by local musicians Meditation Moods
WWU
C NNECTIONS A Brown Bag Speaker Series
Village Books and the Western Washington University Libraries are pleased to present WWU Connections, a brown bag speaker series highlighting the expertise of WWU faculty and staff. Join us at Village Books for engaging presentations and discussion. Tuesday, December 7, 12pm (note - this event is on the FIRST Tuesday of December) PAUL PIPER, WWU Librarian, "Wikipedia: Pure Evil or Beatific Savior" Wikipedia has become a true presence on the internet that's praised by some and cursed by others. The presentation will explore some of the concepts and features that underlie Wikipedia. Come join the discussion.
In the new year, the series will move to the second Tuesday of the month: Tuesday, January 11, Tuesday, February 8, & Tuesday, March 8. SAVE THE DATES and keep an eye on VillageBooks.com for details! Co-presented by Village Books & The Western Washington University Libraries 360-671-2626 • 800-392-BOOK • www.villagebooks.com
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“The menu... keeps so closely abreast of the garden that it’s hard to imagine one that’s more local or seasonal.” Gourmet Magazine
Come to the Willows and Find Out What the Buzz is About!
Our New Chef, Blaine Wetzel & New Year’s Eve
Blaine has settled in and amazes us daily! His dishes are seasonally inspired with ingredients fresh from our own Nettles Farm, foraged in nearby fields, caught in local waters, and bought from local purveyors. Find out what eating from your landscape is all about. Wine Events, Dec. 26-30, Join us for wine and appetizers by the fire, 3 to 7pm. Come in and find out what we’re tasting! Celebrate New Year’s Eve at the Willows! It will be here before you know it. Make your reservations early.
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HISTORY The Envoy:
The Epic Rescue of the Last Jews of Europe in the Desperate Closing Months of World War II
Rabble!
A People's History of War and Rebellion in Colonial North America
by Alex Kershaw
by Daniel Garcia
November, hardcover, Da Capo
December 1944. Adolph Eichmann has sent over half a million Hungarians to the gas chambers in Auschwitz, and now all that prevents him from liquidating the Budapest Jewish ghetto, Europe's last, is an unarmed Swedish diplomatic envoy named Raoul Wallenberg. Alex Kershaw tells the stirring story of how one man made the greatest difference in the face of unspeakable evil, saving more than 100,000 Jewish men, women, and children from extermination.
Band of Brothers:
E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen Ambrose
available now, paperback, Simon & Schuster
Band of Brothers tells the remarkable story of the experiences of Easy Company of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment during World War II. The book takes you from their training to the night before D-Day where they are dropped into France, to the liberation of Holland, and finally to the capturing of Hitler's Eagle's Nest. This is an excellent book for anyone who enjoys learning about World War II or a reader looking for a great true adventure. –Alex
Race for the South Pole:
The Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen by Roland Huntford
November, hardcover, Continuum
In 1910 Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen set sail for Antarctica. 2010 marks the centenary of the last great race of terrestrial discovery. Scott's unedited diaries run alongside those of both Amundsen and Olav Bjaaland. What emerges is a whole new understanding of what really happened and the definitive account of the race for the South Pole.
360-671-2626 • 800-392-BOOK • www.villagebooks.com
November, hardcover, The New Press
Here is a new installment in The New Press People's History Series, conceived and edited by the late Howard Zinn, that attempts to explore American military history from the "bottom up." Rabble resonates with the voices and actions of the rebellious of colonial times -- a rich and fascinating cast that includes Weetamoo, Francisco Menendez, Simon Girty, and many others. Spanning the years from 1492 to 1776, this book shows how the experience of warfare was as much shaped by Native American and African military strategies as it was by European generals.
A Great Gift... Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory by Ben Macintyre
An amazing true story of British espionage during World War II, using a dead man who washed up on the shores of Spain to convince the Germans that the Allies were going to attack in Southern Europe and changing the course of the war. This is a great read for any historian or WWII buff. –Alex
Atlantic:
Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories by Simon Winchester
November, hardcover, Harper
Until a thousand years ago, no humans ventured into the Atlantic or imagined traversing its vast infinity. Atlantic is a biography of this immense space, of a sea which has defined and determined so much about the lives of the millions who live beside or near its tens of thousands of miles of coast.
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Famous Lives Padre Pio:
Miracles and Politics in a Secular Age
by Sergio Luzzatto, translated by Frederika Randall November, hardcover, Metropolitan Books
Padre Pio is one of the world's most beloved holy figures, more popular in Italy than the Virgin Mary and even Jesus. His miraculous feats included the ability to fly and to be present in two places at once; an apparition of Padre Pio in midair prevented Allied war planes from dropping bombs on his hometown. Neither a worshipful hagiography nor a character assassination, Padre Pio is the first objective biography of this fascinating figure and explores what it really means to be a saint in our time.
H Wi and ne Pic Se ke l e cti d on s
Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
November, hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Cheers!
Her palace shimmered with gold but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. A canny strategist, a bold commander, and a captivating lover, Cleopatra was the wealthiest ruler of her time and one of the most powerful women in history. In a riveting narrative, Schiff captures both an epic power struggle and the operatic life of an exceptionally seductive woman, whose death ushered in a new world order, a generation before the birth of Christ.
Hero:
The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia by Michael Korda
December, hardcover, Harper
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This is the story of an epic life on a grand scale, a revealing, indepth, and gripping biography of the extraordinary, mysterious, and dynamic Englishman whose daring exploits and romantic profile— including his sun-burnished blonde good looks and flowing white robes—made him an object of intense fascination, known the world over as “Lawrence of Arabia.”
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Memoirs & Biographies Learning to Die in Miami:
ADVENTURE!
Confessions of a Refugee Boy by Carlos Eire
November, hardcover, Free Press
Uprooted by the Cuban Revolution, eleven-year-old Carlos and his older brother Tony touch down in the sundappled Miami of 1962—a place where his old Cuban self must die to make way for a new, American self. Carlos lives for a time in a Dickensian foster home, struggles to learn English, and confronts the age-old immigrant’s plight: surrounded by the bounty of this rich land, yet unable to partake.
The Hard Way Around: The Passages of Joshua Slocum by Geoffrey Wolff
available now, hardcover, Knopf
At 16 with only a third-grade education, Joshua Slocum escaped a Dickensian childhood in Nova Scotia with a life at sea. A decade later he was commander of his own ship, but his crowning glory came in 1895 when he set sail—by himself—in the small sloop Spray and became the first man to circumnavigate the globe solo. A decade later, he set off alone once more—and was lost at sea.
Just Kids
by Patti Smith available now, paperback, Ecco
Whether or not you’re a fan of Patti Smith or Robert Mapplethorpe doesn’t matter. This memoir of two artists struggling to survive in late 60’s New York is so compelling, I found it hard to put down. Recognizing in each other the same creative spirit and kindred heart, they each provide the comfort and muse necessary to propel the other’s work into public awareness. –Jim
Must You Go?
My Life With Harold Pinter by Antonia Fraser
November, hardcover, Nan A. Talese
Their affair scandalised society and left two broken families in its wake. Antonia Fraser, based on her recollections and on the diaries she has kept since October 1968, recounts the life she shared with Harold Pinter, the internationally renowned dramatist. It is a love story and a marvelously insightful account of their thirty-three years together.
Life
by Keith Richards with James Fox available now, hardcover, Little Brown & Co
Keith Richards created the songs that roused the world. And he lived the original rock and roll life. Now with his trademark disarming honesty, Keith Richards brings us the story of a life we have longed to know more of—listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records, learning guitar and forming a band with Mick Jagger and Brian Jones, the Rolling Stone's first fame and the notorious drug busts that led to his enduring image as an outlaw folk hero.
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A Great Gift... Bob Dylan in America by Sean Wilentz
Here is a fully researched and detailed account of Dylan’s performing life written by an historian. The pages come alive with insights and revelations that only a writer with this perspective could provide. –Jim
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Chuckanut Editions Releases Two Books
Village Books' imprint, Chuckanut Editions, will publish two books that will be great gifts for the holiday season. One is a republication of a book you may remember—The Great Bellingham Fish Book. The other is a brand new book from Cascadia Weekly columnist and Chuckanut Radio Hour regular Alan Rhodes, Returning to the Branch.
The Great Bellingham Fish Book by the Bellingham Branch of AAUW In 1983 the Bellingham branch of the American Association of University Women published a book that became very popular, but had a relatively short life. The Great Bellingham Fish Book was a rare combination of history, folklore, and cookbook, with some great illustrations. The first printing of the book sold out and the volume was reprinted in 1985. It wasn't long before that printing was exhausted and for twenty-five years it didn't see the light of day. The book is once more available in its original form, with only a short foreword and new introduction added. It even has its great original cover design of salmon can labels. For cooking, learning about the area's fishing industry, or reading about local history, it's hard to beat The Great Bellingham Fish Book.
Returning to the Branch: Selected Writings by Alan Rhodes
Anyone who has every read one of Alan Rhodes' columns or seen him deliver one of his essays on the Chuckanut Radio Hour knows this guy can be really funny and a bit serious at the same time. Whether he's examining the issue of growth, comparing Hamsters (Bellingham residents, not furry mammals) to Whatcomites, or exhorting the importance of free speech, he can make nearly anyone laugh—often at ourselves. This book of writings is gathered from newspaper columns Alan wrote for local publications, saunters he described in Whatcom Watch, and presentations he made on the Chuckanut Radio Hour. For each he has added a short explanation of the context and his reason for writing it, and in some cases information about subsequent events related to the piece. The introduction alone, which explains the book's title, is worth the price of admission.
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BOOK SIGNING with PHOTOGRAPHER
MARK TURNER On the Main Floor of Village Books
Saturday, December 11th, 1pm-3pm
th Year! 5 2 r u O g n ti Celebra
A LOT OF FLOWERS Garden, Gift & Floral
A Great Gift For Under $10 While doing some holiday shopping, purchase Mark Turner's photo book Bellingham Impressions and have him sign it at the store. The book includes 98 photos from around Bellingham and Whatcom County in an 80-page softcover format.
Another Great Gift... Whatcom Places II: A Celebration in Words & Photographs edited by Bob Keller
In either paperback or hardcover, this gorgeous homage to our amazingly picturesque home is, like Bellingham Impressions, a slam-dunk gift choice. –Kelly
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GIFTS for
Book Lovers Between Village Books and our sister store, Paper Dreams, we have lots of gifts on hand that we know book lovers will also love!
We've added some new gift items to Village Books that we think will be fun for book lovers! We keep searching for the "perfect" book holder, and we've found the best one we've had in thirty years! Check out the Book Seat! Bucky Balls will provide hours of entertainment! See what you can create with eighty tiny magnetic balls! (not for children) You'll also find the gifts you expect from Village Books. A bevy of book lights, a plethora of puzzles, bountiful bookmarks, magnitudes of magnetic poetry, including more Little Boxes of Words (perfect for stocking stuffers!). And the Bananagram tree is growing! Journals, calendars, Melissa & Doug toys, CDs, magnifiers and Republic of Tea round out our selection of gifts. Between Village Books and our sister store, Paper Dreams, we've got your gift-giving covered!
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LITERATURE My Reading Life by Pat Conroy
November, hardcover, Nan A. Talese
Pat Conroy, the beloved American storyteller, is a voracious reader. But reading for him is not simply a pleasure or a source of inspiration for his own writing. Reading has saved his sanity and, perhaps, his life. He includes wonderful anecdotes from his school days, moving accounts of how reading pulled him through dark times, and even lists of books that particularly influenced him at various stages of his life.
A Truth Universally Acknowledged:
33 Great Writers on Why We Read Jane Austen by Susannah Carson
November, paperback, Random House
In essays culled from the last one hundred years of criticism juxtaposed with new pieces by some of today's most popular writers, Jane Austen's writing is examined and discussed, from her witty dialogue to the arc and sweep of her story lines. A great holiday gift for Jane Austen lovers.
Have Some Fun! A Great Gift... The Book of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks: A Celebration of Creative Punctuation by Bethany Keeley I think this "book" will be a great "gift" for the holidays. It's really "fun" and a good "laugh" for the whole "family"! –Laura
A Great Gift... A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
by David Foster Wallace This collection of essays is totally accessible and utterly enjoyable. Great for a little taste of wit and insight. –Sarah
Performing Arts Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead:
The Writers and Artists Who Made the National Lampoon Insanely Great by Rick Meyerowitz
available now, hardcover, Abrams
From its first issue in April, 1970, the National Lampoon blazed like a comet across the comedy sky. Former Lampoon illustrator Meyerowitz has selected the funniest material from the magazine and sought out survivors from the first electrifying decade to gather their most outrageous stories. The result is a mind-boggling tour through the early days of an institution whose alumni left their fingerprints all over popular culture.
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A Great Gift... Rise Up Singing by Peter Blood & Annie Patterson
I know this isn't new. It's the best-selling songbook of all time. But maybe someone you know doesn't have it yet. Or needs the "Songleader's Edition," with larger type for middle-aged eyes. This is a favorite gift for new parents who want to sing all the old songs to the baby and can't remember all the words. –Terri
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Current Events
Deadly Spin:
An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans by Wendell Potter
November, hardcover, Bloomsbury
Former senior VP of CIGNA Wendell Potter gave scorching testimony before the Senate panel on health care reform explaining how health insurers make promises they have no intention of keeping, flout regulations designed to protect consumers, and skew political debate with multibillion-dollar PR campaigns. Potter shows how relentless PR assaults play an insidious role in our political process anywhere that corporate profits are at stake—from climate change to defense policy—and tells us why—and how—we must fight back.
The Master Switch: The Rise & Fall of Information Empires by Tim Wu November, hardcover, Knopf
Part industrial exposé, part meditation on what freedom requires in the information age, The Master Switch is a stirring illumination of a drama that has played out over decades in the shadows of our national life and now culminates with terrifying implications for our future. " A must-read for all Americans who want to remain the ones deciding what they can read, watch, and listen to.” —Arianna Huffington
Unusual & Interesting Keep the Change:
A Clueless Tipper's Quest to Become the Guru of the Gratuity by Steve Dublanica
November, hardcover, Harper
Steve Dublanica dives into this unexplored world, in a comical yet serious attempt to turn himself into the Grand Master of Tipping. Dublanica travels the country to meet strippers and shoe-shine men, restroom attendants and wedding planners, skycaps and mechanics, all in an effort to overcome his own sweaty palms when faced with that perennial question: should I tip, and if so how much?
People Who Deserve It:
Socially Responsible Reasons to Punch Someone in the Face by Casey Rand and Tim Gordon November, paperback, Perigree
Everyone fantasizes about the jerks they encounter on a daily basis getting their comeuppance; this book reassures readers that they are not alone in thinking mean thoughts about people—most of whom they don't know. This book will resonate with readers who want to explore their antisocial tendencies without getting arrested.
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The Rogue's Handbook: A Concise Guide to Conduct for the Aspiring Gentleman Rogue by Jeff Metzger
November, paperback, Sourcebooks
He is the mysterious gentleman that other men admire and women swoon over, that every little boy wants to grow up to be. He is Mr. Darcy, Rhett Butler, Chuck Bass, and the Most Interesting Man in the World. And now, you can know all his secrets. A hilarious, hip and edgy guide for the rogue that women love and men want to be.
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Inspiration Glad No Matter What: Transforming Loss and Change Into Gift and Opportunity
Best Things in Life: A Guide to What Really Matters
by SARK
by Thomas Hurka
available now, paperback, New World Library
December, hardcover, Oxford
How do we balance self-interest and serving others? While religion, literature, popular psychology, and everyday wisdom all grapple with these questions, philosophy more than anything else uses the tools of reason to make important distinctions, cut away irrelevancies, and distill these issues down to their essentials. This delightfully accessible book offers timely guidance on answering the most important question any of us will ever ask: How do we live a good life?
True to form, with wit and whimsy, wisdom and witnessing, SARK is back, this time with a focus on journeying through grief and loss. Her practice of “practical gladness” is just one of the many transformative take-aways that make this color-filled, wonder-full book a terrific resource and a buoying read. –Nan
Psychology Four-Word Self-Help: Simple Wisdom for Complex Lives
The Mind's Eye
available now, hardcover, Skirt!
Oliver Sacks explores some very strange paradoxes: people who can see perfectly well but not recognize their own children, blind people who become hyper-visual, or who navigate by tongue vision. Along the way, he considers more fundamental questions including, why is it that, although writing is only 5000 years old, humans have a universal, seemingly innate, potential for reading?
by Patti Digh
Featuring cool art and pithy advice, this pocket-sized companion cuts through to life’s underlying simplicity…without being simplistic. With nuggets of wisdom on topics like wellness and stress, activism and generosity, this book goes beyond typical self-help titles. It’ll make you smile. It’ll make you think. It’ll remind you what’s important. Great gift! -Nan
Health Knockout:
Interviews with Doctors Who Are Curing Cancer and How to Prevent Getting it in the First Place by Suzanne Somers
available now, paperback, Three Rivers Press
Suzanne Somers interviews doctors who are successfully using the most innovative cancer treatments that build up the body rather than tear it down. Somers herself has stared cancer in the face and now shares her personal choices and outlines an array of options from doctors across the country. Now in paperback!
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by Oliver Sacks
available now, hardcover, Knopf
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Buy Local Week
And Online Auction Here's your chance to find that perfect gift/experience for a person on your list (or yourself ) in the 3rd annual Buy Local First Auction. It begins November 22 and runs for two weeks, coinciding with the 8th Annual Buy Local Week, November 29th through December 5th. Look over the expansive list of items at www.sconnect.org. This year, during Buy Local Week, Sustainable Connections is specifically asking the community to make a 10% shift in their holiday purchasing from chains to locally, independently owned businesses in Whatcom County. Many studies have found that when money is spent with local, independently owned stores that more of that money stays local, re-circulating in our community resulting in greater economic activity and creating new jobs.
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Google Editions to Launch "Soon"
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s our friends at Eagle Harbor Books like to say, "...the 'e' in e-book and e-reader does not stand for EEEEK!" In other words those of us at Village Books neither vilify nor fear e-books. You might be surprised to learn that Chuck and Dee, in addition to the stacks of printed books they read, also read e-books. The difficulty for us, and you our customers, has been that e-books have not been easily available from Village Books. You can currently get a limited number of e-books through our website—with a relatively "clunky" download interface. The selection is limited because many publishers have not made agreements with the digital warehouse that delivers e-books through our site. However, as you may have read in the papers or online, Google Editions has already signed an agreement with the American Booksellers Association to provide e-books through our member websites...when Google launches, which they say will be before the end of the year. We will have nearly every e-book available in the e-pub format, which is "device-agnostic," meaning you can read it on nearly any computer or e-reader; Kindle does not currently support the e-pub format. We know many folks are planning to buy e-readers soon or will give them as gifts this holiday season. If you're among them, we encourage you to buy one that will accept e-pub format (that's most readers — iPad, iPhone, Sony Reader, KOBO, NOOK, etc.). When Google Editions launches, it should be just as easy as going to our website, downloading the e-books to your computer (or directly to the device if it connects to an internet web browser), and syncing it to your e-reader. Village Books doesn't currently sell e-readers, and likely won't now that you'll be able to read our e-books on most every e-reader and computer. We know e-books are a big transition for many, and many of us will never give up printed books. However, we've always been in the business of selling stories and ideas— not paper and cardboard. Happy reading...in whatever form that may take. 360-671-2626 • 800-392-BOOK • www.villagebooks.com
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Sock Yarn One-Skein Wonders: 101 Patterns That Go Way Beyond Socks
CRAFTS
edited by Judith Durant November, paperback, Storey
What to do with those orphaned skeins in your "stash"? The latest in Storey's enormously popular One-Skein Wonders series tackles the magic of sock yarn. Veteran knitter Judith Durant has chosen not simply inventive sock patterns, but also more than five dozen inspired patterns for other items that can be created from a single skein of sock yarn. These include baby clothes, mittens, scarves, hats, jewelry, bags... even a dog sweater and a lamp shade! Contributed by yarn shops and designers throughout North America, this book will take your sock yarn well beyond stockinged feet to a delightful world of possibility.
A Great Gift... Wee Wonderfuls: 24 Dolls to Sew & Love by Hillary Lang
Wee Wonderfuls is a perfect book for making toys for the little ones in your life, but even grown-ups will enjoy the whimsical felt and fabric critters. Written and designed by Hillary Lang, this book not only has great gifts you can make, but it is a lovely gift in and of itself. -–Christina
ART AT VILLAGE BOOKS! Includes Slide Show!
Kallie George
Thursday, January 20th, 7pm
Mr. M: The Exploring Dreamer by Kallie George, art by Soizick Meister available now, hardcover, Simply Read
Haunting, spare, yet somehow whimsical, this slim volume evokes curiosity as we journey with Mr. M through layered coastal landscapes that sometimes surprise. Concise playful verse by Kallie George complement the art. In the end, despite the darkness of place, French-born, Vancouver-transplanted artist Soizick Meister reminds us that happy endings are possible. –Nan
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Stitch'n Bitch Superstar Knitting by Debbie Stoller
November, paperback, Workman
Debbie Stoller, the gifted, edgy author who introduced knitting to a new generation now shows her readers how to do more—lots more. A full array of advanced knitting techniques are here, such as lace, double knitting, and getting creative with stripes and complicated colorwork. Plus how to knit cables and embellish with crochet, embroidery, and beading. The icing on the cake is 41 cool, funky, and fabulous patterns, all photographed in full color.
Simple Times:
Crafts for Poor People by Amy Sedaris
November, hardcover, Grand Central
According to Amy Sedaris, it's often said that ugly people craft and attractive people have sex. Now she sets the record straight. Demonstrating that crafting is one of life's more pleasurable and constructive leisure activities, Sedaris shows that anyone with a couple of hours to kill and access to pipe cleaners can join the elite society of crafters. Readers will discover how to make popular crafts such as crab-claw roach clips, tinfoil balls, crepe-paper moccasins, and much, much more!
HUMOR A Great Gift... Awkward Family Photos
by Mike Bender and Doug Chernack Because no one's family is really that normal. Some less so than others, as proven by this book. Let the holiday shutterbugging begin! –Jess
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EATDRINK DRINK EAT COOK COOK READ READ Northwest Essentials:
Keys to Good Cooking:
Cooking with Ingredients That Define a Region's Cuisine (2nd ed.)
A Guide to Making the Best of Foods and Recipes by Harold McGee
by Greg Atkinson
November, hardcover, Penguin
This is a concise and authoritative guide designed to help home cooks navigate the ever-expanding universe of ingredients, recipes, food safety, and appliances, and arrive at the promised land of a satisfying dish. Keys to Good Cooking distills the modern scientific understanding of cooking and translates it into immediately useful information.
How to Cook the Perfect Day by Nikki McClure
December, paperback, Sasquatch
Olympia papercut artist and local favorite Nikki McClure is back with this delightful cookbook. Starting off her day with a recipe for peaches and waffles, the journey continues on to a picnic rendevous, an afternoon tea, and a midnight snack. Packed with delicious recipes along the way, like potluck curry and scrumptious apple pie, McClure's intricate artwork graces every page.
Michael Chiarello’s Bottega by Michael Chiarello
available now, hardcover, Chronicle
Chiarello returns to the kitchen with a cookbook inspired by the soulful Southern Italian-style menu at his new Napa Valley restaurant, Bottega. More than 120 photographs and 100 amazing recipes—designed for the home cook to have as much easy joy cooking as eating—convey the Bottega experience.
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available now,paperback,Sasquatch Books
Greg Atkinson’s cooking embodies the essence of Pacific Northwest cuisine with its elegance, simplicity, and accessibility. He has served as a chef, a writer, and a champion to the environment, has won awards for his work, and is a regular on KUOW’s The Beat. Now that everyone realizes the importance of eating locally and in season, Greg's classic book has been reissued––this time filled with beautiful photographs of the fruits, seafood, mushrooms, lentils, and hazelnuts of the region. This is a book to make your mouth water AND it's a book to cook from—the recipes are simple. This brilliant chef is also a talented writer who lures the reader into each chapter with personal stories and reminiscences.
Two Events with... CHEF GREG ATKINSON Monday, December 6th
5:30pm - Tickets $40 A fund-raiser for Food Bank Farm Before Greg Atkinson's public event at Village Books, join him for appetizers prepared from his book and served with wine at the home of Chuck & Dee Robinson, above Village Books. The cost is $40 per person, which includes a copy of the book and a $10 donation to Food Bank Farm. Catered by Chef Charles Claassen of the Book Fare Café. Limited to 40 people.
7pm - Event in the VB Readings Gallery - Free and Open to the Public
A Great Gift... The Essential New York Times Cookbook by Amanda Hesser
A classic that got even better---witty, hip and inspirational. I love this cookbook! –Robert
Building Community One Book at a Time
AT VILLAGE BOOKS! Lane Morgan Wednesday, December 8th, 7pm
Heart of the Artichoke and Other Kitchen Journeys
Winter Harvest Cookbook:
How to Select and Prepare Fresh Seasonal Produce All Winter Long––20th Anniversary Edition
by David Tanis
November, hardcover, Artisan
Nobody embodies the present-day mantra "Eat real food in season" more than David Tanis, the chef for a quarter-century at the groundbreaking Chez Panisse in Berkeley. This soulful book runs the gamut from private treats for one, to 20 menus for four to six (divided seasonally), to festive menus for holiday feasts. As Alice Waters says: "Incomparable menus, each a little masterpiece."
by Lane Morgan
November, paperback, New Society
It's one thing to talk about eating local, but what happens when the ground is frozen and the tomatoes are done? Lane Morgan provides the answers with over 200 simple, mouth-watering recipes, and since she calls Bellingham her home, these recipes couldn't get any more local. This updated and revised edition includes a greatly expanded array of vegetarian and vegan dishes.
A Great Gift... The Best Simple Recipes: More Than 200 Flavorful, Foolproof Recipes That Cook in 30 Minutes or Less published by America's Test Kitchen
Once again, the folks from America's Test Kitchen and Cooks Illustrated have delivered a winner! Since acquiring this cookbook, my husband and I have alternated testing recipes and haven't found one yet that is less than wonderful. The recipes are truly simple, but the end product doesn't reflect this at all. Wonderfully inventive with beautiful photos, and full of excellent tips in the kitchen, this book is sure to be received happily by anyone on your list. –Claire
AT VILLAGE BOOKS! Shauna & Danny Ahern Thursday, January 27th, 7pm
Gluten-Free Girl and the Chef:
A Love Story with 100 Tempting Recipes by Shauna James Ahern & Daniel Ahern available now, hardcover, Wiley
As fans of their popular blog know, Gluten-Free Girl and Chef are great storytellers and amazing cooks. Their highly readable book presents 100 chef-tested recipes, appealing photos, and an invitation to slow down, create delicious food, and share it with those you love. Not just for folks on a gluten-free diet, the book offers terrific inspiration for eaters of all persuasions. –Nan
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Far Flung and Well Fed:
The Food Writing of R.W. Apple Jr. by R. W. Apple Jr.
December, paperback, Griffin
R .W. A p p l e w a s c el ebrat e d f or his political writing at the New York Times, but whenever possible he went in search of the world's most wonderful food. This is the best of Apple's food writing, moving from America to England, through Europe and then into Asia and Australia to recount extraordinary meals, littleknown facts, and the provenance of some of the world's most excellent foods.
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POETRY The Poets Laureate Anthology
Best New Poets 2010:
available now, hardcover, Norton
edited by Claudia Emerson; Jeb Livingood, series editor
50 Poems from Emerging Writers
edited by Elizabeth Hun Schmidt The first of its kind, this beautiful volume showcases selected poems from all of the U.S. Poets Laureate since the post was created in 1937. Vivid introductions provide literary and historical context for the poets and their work, while the poems themselves are classics (with a few surprises thrown in). This is THE gift for the poetry lover on your list! –Nan
November, paperback, University of Virginia Press
Best New Poets has established itself as a crucial venue for rising poets and a valuable resource for poetry lovers. This annual anthology is made up exclusively of work by writers who have not yet published a full-length book. The work of the fifty writers represented here provides the best perspective available on the continuing vitality of poetry as it’s being practiced today.
Chuckanut Writers Conference
Faculty: Susan Colleen Browne Gloria Burgess Nancy Lou Canyon Samuel Green Dawn Groves Alex Kuo Nina Laden Laurel Leigh Priscilla Long Jim Lynch Friday and Saturday Brenda Miller Scott Provence June 24 and 25, 2011 Tom Robbins Whatcom Community College Glenn Rockowitz Jeremy Voigt Bellingham, Washington and more!
Inspiration into Action
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Store Hours Thanksgiving through January 1st: Mon-Sat 10am-8:30pm • Sun 10am-7pm
Now in its third year, Whatcom Reads is excited to bring Jim Lynch and his books, Border Songs and The Highest Tide to county readers. The intent of the program, which previously featured Sherman Alexie and Tobias Wolff, is to encourage all county residents to read the same book and create a county-wide conversation around the book. The main book is Border Songs, chosen in part for its setting in and around Blaine. The Highest Tide was chosen as an adjunct book because of its suitability for young adults. Many activities will take place around the county (listed on WhatcomReads.org) before Jim Lynch returns in February. He will visit a number of schools and libraries and on Thursday, February 24, will give two public presentations at Whatcom Community College's Syre Center—one at 1:30 in the afternoon and another at 7:30pm. In addition to reading the book and encouraging others to do so (including your book group, if you belong to one) you may contribute financially to the program through the website. If you belong to a book group, the group might consider sponsoring a Book Club Kit for one of Jim Lynch's books, through Bellingham Public Library. Kits cost $125 and include ten books and guide materials.
Village Books will donate 10% of all sales of Jim Lynch's books from November through February to Whatcom Reads. JIM LYNCH - Two FREE Public Presentations February 24th: one at 1:30pm and another at 7:30pm at Whatcom Community College's Syre Center
You can now follow Village Books on Twitter. Each day we “tweet” about book events, new books, and book-related topics. We are @VillageBksBham.
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Book Fare Café Has New Owner We're pleased to welcome Charles Claassen as the new owner and manager of Book Fare Café on the mezzanine level of our store. Former owner of Sprout Catering and head chef at North Cascades Institute's Environmental Learning Center, Charles will bring his passion for Northwest food to the menu, offering a diverse selection of light fare, soups, salads, panini, and cold sandwiches. The café will also provide scratch-baked goods and offer a variety of retail food and beverage items, such as single origin chocolate bars, locally roasted coffee beans, and select wines. The cold deli case also includes a selection of artisanal cured meats and k Fare regionally produced cheeses, available by the pound. Boeaot, k& drin rary! Charles focuses on relationships with local organic te be li farms, fishers, and food artisans and the value they contribute to our community. KS OO EB LAG VIL Phone
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A Bookseller's Love Story by Jonathan Evison
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or thirteen years I've been stocking the shelves at The Book Cathedral, and it is my love story. You will probably not remember me by my name, but call me Ishmael. Or Tom Jones, or Tom Sawyer, or Elmer Gantry, or McTeague, or The Idiot, if you like. You may not remember me for my wispy hair, or brick-shaped loafers, nor for the wealth of cat hair clinging to the seat of my faded dockers. I distinguish myself by my love of books, and by never using the search function––I've no need of it. Ask me who's between Allende and Sherwood Anderson, and I shall tell you without pause, Martin Amis, between Sarte and Schulberg, Saunders, and at the end of the line, you'll find Zusak, unless of course we're out, in which case you'll find Zafon. Blindfold me and spin me around in circles, then set me straight and run my fingers down the spines, and I'll tell you when we get to Proust, or the shorter novels of Melville. Ask me where to find Silas Wegg and I shall point you to Dickens. Ask me where is Oskar and I'll tell you he's banging his tin drum between Golding and Graves. And if it's Sancho Panza you're after, you'll find him chasing windmills with Quixote just to the left of Chaucer. Ask me All About Lulu. Ask me For Whom the Bell Tolls. Ask me where A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, or What Makes Sammy Run, and I shall tell you without hesitation, that the answer to the universe is 42. Or that it's never too late to have a happy childhood. Or that A Good Man is Hard to Find. Or that The Heart is a Lonely Hunter. Or that You Can't Go Home Again. I will show you the beating heart of Ragtime, drag you kicking through Hard Times, In Our Time, to Places I've Done Time. Through The Age of Innocence, The Age of Reason, to The Winter of Our Discontent. You'll meet The Sleeping Father, The Time Traveler's Wife, The Bigamist's Daughter, and Wittgenstein's Mistress. I'll lead you to the Shining City, beneath The Sheltering Sky, past Lions and Shadows, to The Dark Side of Guy de Maupassant––and if it pleases you, to the very Heart of Darkness itself. I will tell you The History of Love, The Brief History of the Dead. I will tell you The Secret Life of Bees. I'll tell you A Tale of Two Cities that will make All the Pretty Horses whiny and All the King's Men weep. I will explain The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, How the Dead Dream, and The Way of the Pilgrim, I will talk Of Mice and Men, Of Time and the River, of Leaves of Grass, until finally, at the end of night, when The Moon is Down, the sun will also rise, and everything will be illuminated. Jonathan Evison will be our guest author on the Chuckanut Radio Hour on February 19th. Read more about that event on page 13 and read a review of his latest book, West of Here, on the next page.
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West of Here
by Jonathan Evison
February, hardcover, Algonquin Books
Every once in a while a really "big" Northwest book is published. Annie Dillard's book The Living is one. Tim Egan's The Good Rain is another. And of course Ivan Doig's memoir This House of Sky is in that circle. The publication of Jonathan Evision's new book, West of Here, in February will mark another milestone in the publication of "big" Northwest books. By "big" books we don't necessarily mean those of many pages, though Evison's new tome runs to nearly 500. We mean books of broad scope that evoke a landscape and a time in the Northwest. We mean books of great writing. We mean books that are hard to put down. We mean books that will stand the test of time. West of Here qualifies on all counts. Praise from booksellers and authors who have read advance reading copies has rolled in from across the country. Jim Lynch, author of Border Songs and this year's Whatcom Reads guest, had this to say: "Jonathan Evison writes with a big playful heart. West of Here is a creative bonanza of a novel about the dreamers who settled this lush corner of the country and the people who wake up here today. Its characters and story lines are separated by more than a century yet bound by geography, a dam, and a shared humanity that spills across these pages." We're thrilled to be able to welcome Jonathan Evison as our guest on the Chuckanut Radio Hour on February 19—four days after the book's publication. Don't miss this one. Evison is as charming in person as he is on paper. –Chuck
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VB Reads... Business Book Group in Transition
December will mark the last session of the Business Book Group, led by Janet Ott. In its place, Village Books has become a co-sponsor, with the Small Business Development Center, Hot 100Business, NW Business Development and the Bellingham Public Library, of the Hot100BizBook Club. Every two months the group will meet on the second Wednesday, from 10 am until Noon, in the Fairhaven Library’s Fireside Room. The two groups will overlap in December. Below you’ll find the selections for the last meeting of the VB Reads group and the first two for the Hot100BizBook Club.
VB Reads Business Book Group FINAL MEETING AT VILLAGE BOOKS Wednesday, December 1st, 5pm –The Four Conversations: Daily Communication That Gets Results by Jeffrey & Laurie Ford Most conversations to get things done at work are of one of four types––initiative conversations, conversations for understanding, performance conversations, or conversations for closure––but they are often done poorly or misused. This book shows managers and employees how to use the right conversation at the right time, plan and start each conversation well, and finish each conversation effectively.
Hot100BizBook Club AT FAIRHAVEN LIBRARY Wednesday, December 8th, 10am –Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Other Don’t by Jim Collins Other magazines and newspapers are reporting shrinking readership
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This book addresses a single question: Can a good company become a great company, and if so, how? Based on a five year research project comparing teams that made a leap to those that did not, Good to Great shows that greatness is not primarily a function of circumstance; but largely a matter of conscious choice and discipline.
Wednesday, February 9th, 10am –Best Practices of High Performance Entrepreneurs by Russell S. Allred, Cory Hansey, & Roger Allred Outperform, outcompete, and outlast your competition. "Best Practices of High Performance Entrepreneurs is the best blueprint, best road map, and best advice for entrepreneurs that I’ve read." –Jay Conrad Levinson, author of Guerrilla Marketing. Over 15 million sold; now in 43 languages.
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Engaged Citizens Book Group
Join Mary Dumas for a thought-provoking lunch hour discussing books that ask us to consider how we, as community members, can more skillfully contribute to the creation of a civilly engaged community. 3rd Wednesdays of the month at noon
December 15th, noon –Hamlet’s Blackberry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age by William Powers
A crisp, passionately argued polemic that challenges the sacred dogma of the digital age––the more we connect through technology, the happier we are––and offers a new, practical philosophy for life in a world of screens.
January 19th, noon –Class Matters by correspondents of the New York Times
A team of New York Times reporters spent more than a year exploring the ways in which class––defined as a combination of income, education, wealth, and occupation––influences destiny in a society that likes to think of itself as a land of unbounded opportunity.
February 16th, noon –The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine
Brizendine established the first clinic in the country to study and treat women's brain functions. This revolutionary book combines two decades of her work and the latest information from the scientific community to provide a truly comprehensive look at the way women's minds work.
VB Reads...General Lit
Discuss books from a variety of genres with Cindi at 7pm the 1st Monday of each month. This group is open to anyone and everyone who enjoys reading and discussing books.
December 6th, 7pm –City of Thieves by David Benioff
During the Nazis' brutal siege of Leningrad, Lev Beniov is arrested for looting and thrown into the same cell as a handsome deserter named Kolya. Instead of being executed, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at saving their own lives by complying with an outrageous directive: secure a dozen eggs for a powerful Soviet colonel to use in his daughter's wedding cake. In a city cut off from all supplies and suffering unbelievable deprivation, Lev and Kolya embark on a hunt through the dire lawlessness of Leningrad and behind enemy lines to find the impossible.
January 3rd, 7pm –Sweeping Up Glass by Carolyn Wall Destined to be a classic, Sweeping Up Glass is a tough and tender novel of love, race, and justice, and a ferocious, unflinching look at the power of family. Olivia Harker Cross owns a strip of mountain in Pope County, Kentucky, a land where whites and blacks eke out a living in separate, tattered kingdoms and where silver-faced wolves howl in the night. But someone is killing the wolves of Big Foley Mountain and Olivia is beginning to realize how much of her own bitter history she's never understood.
February 7th, 7pm –Border Songs by Jim Lynch Set in the previously sleepy hinterlands straddling Washington state and British Columbia, Border Songs is the story of Brandon Vanderkool, six foot eight, frequently tongue-tied, severely dyslexic, and romantically inept. Passionate about bird-watching, Brandon has a hard time mustering enthusiasm for his new job as a Border Patrol agent guarding thirty miles of largely invisible boundary. Join us and all of Whatcom County for this 2011 Whatcom Reads selection. Read more on pg. 37.
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Feminist Book Group
Open to anyone who wants to discuss and explore feminism in a fun, empowering environment. NOTE*** We will begin meeting on the LAST SATURDAY of every month at 2pm in the new year.
Sunday, November 28th, 2pm –Brown Girl, Brownstones by Paule Marshall Set in Brooklyn during the Depression and World War II, this prize-winning 1959 novel chronicles the efforts of Barbadian immigrants to surmount poverty and racism, and to make their home in a new country.
Sunday, December 26th, 2pm –Enlightened Sexism: The Seductive Message that Feminism's Work Is Done by Susan J. Douglas From the author of Where the Girls Are, a sharp and irreverent critique of how women are portrayed in today’s popular culture.
Saturday, January 29th, 2pm –The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barberry In this enthralling international bestseller, two girls live inconspicuous lives in the center of an elegant Paris apartment building. It is only when a stranger moves into their building--and sees through the girls' disguises––that Paloma and Rene discover their kindred spirits.
Saturday, February 26th, 2pm –The Lady and the Panda by Vicki Croke Here is the astonishing true story of Ruth Harkness, the Manhattan bohemian socialite who, against all but impossible odds, trekked to Tibet in 1936 to capture the most mysterious animal of the day: a bear that had for countless centuries lived in secret in the labyrinth of lonely cold mountains.
VB Reads... Lesbian Book Group
Join Gabrielle for discussions of literary books by & about lesbians. Meetings are the 1st Sunday of every month at 2pm.
December 5th, 2pm –The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
The New York Times bestseller and Booker Prize contender that "delivers...a ghost story that creeps up your spine." –Seattle Times. "The best book I read this year." –Stephen King
January 9th, 2pm –Mean Little Deaf Queer: A Memoir by Terry Galloway With disarming candor, Terry Galloway writes about her mental breakdowns, her queer identity, and living in a silent, quirky world populated by unforgettable characters. What could have been a bitter litany of complaint is instead an unexpectedly hilarious and affecting take on life.
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Afternoon Book Chat
Come discuss contemporary literature with Sittrea the second Wednesday of each month at 1pm. Open to all!
December 8th, 1pm –The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
In her first novel in nine years, New York Times bestselling author Kingsolver tells the story of Harrison William Shepherd, an unforgettable protagonist whose search for identity takes readers to the heart of the 20th century’s most tumultuous events.
January 12th, 1pm –Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa
2010 Nobel Prize Winner In Literature. Reality merges with fantasy in this hilarious comic novel about the world of radio soap operas and the pitfalls of forbidden passion by the bestselling author of The Storyteller. **We will also be selecting three new books for future reading. Join us!
February 9th, 1pm –Border Songs by Jim Lynch
From the acclaimed author of The Highest Tide comes a story that is at once comic, tender, and momentous– –a riveting portrait of a distinctive community, an inventive love story, and fiction of the highest order. Join us and the rest of Whatcom County in reading this book and welcoming Jim Lynch as the 2011 Whatcom Reads guest author on February 11th. See WhatcomReads.org for more info.
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Store Hours Thanksgiving through January 1st: Mon-Sat 10am-8:30pm • Sun 10am-7pm
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WWU Saturday, March 5th
children's literature alternative conference
WWU’s Children’s Literature Conference, now in its eigth year, is an event where teachers and librarians, readers and writers gather to celebrate and learn about children’s literature. Conference participants are afforded a unique opportunity to listen to, meet, and interact with the featured speakers. Village Books will again be on hand with the authors’ books, which may be purchased for autographing. Each year the conference features gifted writers and this year is no exception. The 2011 Speakers will be: KIRBY LARSON - Newbery Honor author for Hattie Big Sky and author of Two Bobbies: A True Story of Katrina, Friendship and Survival CHRIS RASCHKA - Caldecott Medal winner for The Hello, Goodbye Window and Caldecott Honor for Yo? Yes!
• Location: Western Washington University • Time: 8am: doors open for book sales, autographing, and registration 9am-12:30pm - Conference • Registration: Early bird registration (before Feb. 11th): $40 -after that, $50 • Clock Hours: 3 clock hours available. Registration available at the conference. For more information contact Sylvia Tag (Sylvia.Tag@wwu.edu)
Complete conference information is available online on the Children’s Literature Conference website (www.wwuclc.com). A link to the registration form (including online registration) will be available in early January. In the meantime, save the date and pass along this information to interested authors, illustrators, teachers, and librarians.
Village Books is a Proud Sponsor of
THE WUTCRAKER
by Bellingham Children's Theatre
December 16th - 19th at Bellingham High School
Bellingham Children's Theatre has scooped up local dignitaries to stage a hilarious musical parody just in time for the holidays. If you've grown tired of the standard Nutcracker, this show is for you! It's a fun-filled 47member cast which includes youth from every school in Bellingham, local radio hosts, former mayors, and a whole gang of other local celebrities who have gathered together for the love of performance, and in celebration of doing something wacky and wonderful for the holidays. Local playwright, director, and founder of BCT, Drue Robinson invites everyone to journey with Clara into the disenchanted forst to find The Lonely Cheese and break the spell to defeat the Rat King. Sword-fighting, goofy lyrics, and hilariously bad dancing makes this production something you'll not want to miss! Tickets are now available at brownpapertickets.com 360-671-2626 • 800-392-BOOK • www.villagebooks.com
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BONNY BECKER –A Bedtime for Bear
Bonny Becker is the author of 12 children's books including the New York Times best-selling A Visitor for Bear, winner of the E.B. White Read-Aloud Award. In her latest Mouse and Bear book, grumpy loner Bear has reluctantly invited the ever-cheerful Mouse for Bear's first ever sleep-over. There's only one problem. Bear needs quiet, absolute quiet at bedtime. And, well, Mouse is not exactly as quiet as a... well, you know.
Saturday, December 11th, 11am
MOLLY COXE
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Kids Event with Craft Activity!
–Benjamin and Bumper to the Rescue Bring the kids and join bestselling children’s book author Molly Coxe for story time and a fun “Make-a-Mouse” crafting event. Create your own Benjamin-inspired hero from a baby sock, some pipe cleaners, fabric scraps, and markers (all supplied). Molly Coxe is an award-winning children’s author, whose previous early-readers (Big Egg, Cat Traps, Hot Dog) have sold more than a million copies. Her awards include a “Children’s Choice” award from the International Reading Association. Molly lives in the San Juan Islands of Washington State with her husband, two cats and many mice (stuffed, not real—unfortunately for the cats).
All Ages Event! Bring the Kids! Saturday, January 22, 2pm
KIRBY LARSON
–The Fences Between Us (Dear America Series) Newbery Honor author and Washington resident Kirby Larson brings us the first new Dear America diary in years, set in the Pacific Northwest, taking readers through the attack on Pearl Harbor, the start of World War II, and the Japanese internment camps.
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Saturday, February 5th, 2pm Non-author
CRAFT/ACTIVITY EVENT
for Sandra Boynton's book ONE SHOE BLUES Knock your winter socks off and come join Christina for an afternoon of fun activities to celebrate Sandra Boynton's book One Shoe Blues, featuring B.B. King. We'll listen to the CD, play Boynton Bingo, and make our own sock puppets. Bring your own sock to make a character. The author will NOT attend this event.
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KIDS & TEACHERS
Parents • Librarians • Grandparents The Gift
by Carol Ann Duffy, illustrated by Rob Ryan available now, hardcover, Barefoot Books
The exceptional talents of Carol Ann Duffy and papercut artist Rob Ryan combine to present the story of a girl's journey through life and the desires that shape it. The Gift portrays the cycle of life in a subtle, accessible way while exploring themes of birth, death, love and the importance of family and friends. The Gift speaks to everyone who wonders about the mysteries that lie at the heart of the human experience. For adults and children alike.
Snowbots
written by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by David Barneda, available now, hardcover, Knopf
How do the robot children of Clackentown spend snow days? They have supersonic snowball fights, make robot angels with wing nuts moving up and down, take hot oil baths to thaw out the joints, and receive eskimo kisses on metal noses at bedtime. An imaginative romp celebrating the joy of snow!
Wherever You Are My Love Will Find You by Nancy Tillman
available now, hardcover, Feiwel and Friends
From the creator of the heart-warming classic, On The Night You Were Born, comes a vivid, magical reminder that love transcends and endures…no matter the distance or experience. Perfect for all ages with its creative verse and whimsical illustrations, this treasure is sure to become a classic too. A wonderful gift! –Nan
360-671-2626 • 800-392-BOOK • www.villagebooks.com
PICTURE BOOKS Llama Llama Holiday Drama written and illustrated by Anna Dewdney
available now, hardcover, Viking
I love all of the Llama Llama books so I was overjoyed to learn that there is a new title to celebrate the Christmas spirit. Little Llama hates waiting and it seems he’s spending all of his time waiting for Mama to do all of her holiday errands. Some gentle hints remind him that it’s being together that counts to make your holiday wonderful. –Sarah
Of Thee I Sing: A Letter To My Daughters by Barack Obama, illustrated by Loren Long November, hardcover, Knopf
In this tender, beautiful letter to his daughters, President Barack Obama has written a moving tribute to thirteen groundbreaking Americans and the ideals that have shaped our nation. From the artistry of Georgia O'Keeffe, to the courage of Jackie Robinson, to the patriotism of George Washington, President Obama sees the traits of these heroes within his own children, and within all of America’s children.
A Great Gift... It's a Book
written and illustrated by Lane Smith I know...what's Dee doing choosing a children's picture book for her holiday pick? This is the most delightful illustration for young and old about the joy of reading a "real" book. –Dee
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More Great Stuff for the Little Ones A Great Gift... Art & Max
by David Weisner This mixed-media picture book about art and friendship explodes with energy and creativity, as two friends work through a miscommunication and in the process each becomes more himself. Weisner, a three-time Caldecott Medalist, shines again! –Nan
Spork
by Kyo Maclear, illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault available now, hardcover, Kidscan Books
Spork, offspring of a spoon and a fork, feels alone in the cutlery drawer. Sometimes he’s too pointy. Sometimes he’s too round. One day, he’s able to find a very helpful place during mealtime. With gentle illustrations and a subtle moral, this is a sweet tale about being yourself, and being proud of it too! –Sarah
Indestructable Books for Babies My 10 month-old daughter LOVES books––especially how they taste. Eeek! Because of this, I was elated to discover a series of books for little ones called "Indestuctables." Aptly named, they're chew-proof, tear-proof, washable, and nontoxic. Really! These bright and colorful picture books truly are baby-proof. And what a great variety to choose from. Some books like Plip-Plop Pond! and Mama and Baby! are thematic while others are classic tales with a twist: Humpty Dumpty falls off the Great Wall of China (with a happy ending), Mary and her little lamb hail from an African village, & Hey Diddle Diddle features a hip cat with his musician friends in New Orleans. There are no words in the books which allows room for your imaginations to run wild. For under $5 each, these books make FANTASTIC gifts for expectant and new parents. –Kelly
Ponyella
by Laura Numeroff & Nate Evans illustrated by Lynn Munsinger January, hardcover, Hyperion
This is the Cinderella story told with a twist––with ponies as the protagonists. Yes, it is a little girl's dream come true; ponies, princesses, and lots of pink. I shared a copy of it with my 3 and 5 year-old nieces and they love, love, LOVE it! They ask for it to be read again and again and then they reenact the story with their own toy horses. As an added bonus, it's actually a fun story where the good guy (pony) wins. Available in January. –Kelly
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A Great Gift... Beautiful Oops
by Barney Salzberg This is a delightful popup-book for children and adults alike. Creative in both content and design, Beautiful Oops reminds us that there is potential for a masterpiece behind every so called "mistake." –DeeDee
Building Community One Book at a Time
New Installments in your
Favorite Series! Magic Tree House #44: Ghost Tale for Christmas Time by Mary Pope Osborne
available now, hardcover, Random House
Diary of a Wimpy Kid #5: The Ugly Truth
Ranger’s Apprentice #9: Halt’s Peril
available now, hardcover, Amulet Books
available now, hardcover, Penguin
by Jeff Kinney
by John Flanagan
Warriors: Omen of the Stars #3: Night Whispers by Erin Hunter
available now, hardcover, HarperCollins
Middle Readers The 39 Clues:
The Black Book of Buried Secrets
available now, hardcover, Scholastic
With an introduction by Rick Riordan, The 39 Clues: The Black Book of Buried Secrets reveals the shocking truth about history's most notorious family. In full color, this title lays bare each hidden fact, concealed strategy, top agent, lost founder, secret base and hushed-up scandal of the Clue hunt. Also included are family dossiers and histories of current agents.
Potato Chip Science:
29 Incredible Experiments by Allen Kurzweil
available now, Workman
Science and snacks together in one package? You bet! This wildly imaginative kit introduces more than 30 experiments using potato chips, potatoes, chip bags, tubes, and lids. In addition, more than a dozen items used in the "snacktivities" are packaged in the bag along with a book outlining these amazing contraptions. A must for the curious kid!
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Heroes of Olympus #1: The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
available now, hardcover, Hyperion
After saving Olympus from the evil Titan lord, Kronos, Percy and friends have rebuilt their beloved Camp HalfBlood, where the next generation of demigods must now prepare for a chilling prophecy of their own. Here, a new group of heroes will inherit a quest. But to survive the journey, they’ll need the help of some familiar demigods.
Harry Potter:
A Pop-Up Book Based on the Film Phenomenon created by Bruce Foster, illustrated by Andrew Williamson November, hardcover, Insight Editions
A stroll down Diagon Alley? A glimpse of Hogwarts from above? This collectible book based on the Harry Potter films features exquisite original artwork by Williamson, concept artist for all eight movies. With dynamic pop-ups animating memorable moments and locations, this work offers a 3-D glimpse into the amazing world of Harry Potter as seen in the films.
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Young Adult Reads A Great Gift...
Matched
by Ally Condie November, hardcover, Dutton
Cassia has looked forward to her Matching for years: the one time in her life where she gets to wear beautiful clothes and travel to the heart of the city to see her future mate. She sees a familiar face, followed by another familiar face. (?!) “They” tell her it’s a rare glitch in the system but what follows shows that it’s anything but a small computer issue. This book creates a world and pulls you right in- a great read! –Sarah
The Scorch Trials (Maze Runner #2) by James Dashner
available now, hardcover, Delacorte
Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end. No more puzzles. And no more running. Thomas was sure that escape meant he and the Gladers would get their lives back. But no one really knew what sort of life they were going back to. Burned by sun flares and baked by a new, brutal climate, the earth is a wasteland. The Gladers are far from finished with running. Instead of freedom, they find themselves faced with another trial. They must cross the Scorch, the most burned-out section of the world, and arrive at a safe haven in two weeks.
A Great Gift... Zombies vs. Unicorns edited by Holly Black
The premise may be a bit silly and lighthearted: a group of celebrated authors facing off in a literary battle to prove which mystical creatures, zombies or unicorns, make a better story. But once you get past the fun cover and light-hearted introduction, a truly remarkable collection of young adult fiction emerges that will certainly hold a coveted place on any young adult's bookshelf. –Leanne
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The Princess and the Hound
by Mette Ivie Harrison This book is a beautiful, fresh fairy tale and impossible to read without becoming truly emotionally invested in the characters. –Rachel
Revolution
by Jennifer Donnelly available now, hardcover, Delacorte
Andi Alpers’s brother has passed away. Everyone in the family is dealing with it in very different ways. When Andi and her father relocate to Paris for some research, Andi discovers a secret diary belonging to a companion of the royal court. The connections between Andi’s predicament and that of the writer of the diary culminate in a satisfying, timetraveling whirlwind of music, history, and science.
I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
available now, hardcover, HarperCollins
“Crivins!” Tiffany Aching is back, this time as the witch of the Chalk, in the latest young adult book by Terry Pratchett. And of course, if Tiffany is around, so are the wonderfully funny Nac Mac Feegele, as well as some of my favorite Discworld characters. Tiffany is a teenager now, and the story allows her to handle some more grown-up situations than we saw in Wee Free Men or Hat full of Sky. She is the witch, and people count on her to do all the difficult unglamorous things they don't care to do themselves, equal parts nurse, teacher, and social worker. Even so, someone out there is stirring up evil against these industrious service workers. Lots of people are there to help (Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, Rob Anybody) but some things a witch has to do for herself. Tiffany is an intelligent, determined, philosophical character. She is also very human and still a teen. This is a perfect book for a fantasy-loving middle or high school girl...just as soon as the adults will part with it long enough for her to read it. –Terri
See pages 42-44 for information on our book groups!
Literature LIVE!
EVENTS
Fri., Nov. 26th & Sat., Nov. 27th, 5-9pm Village Books and Paper Dreams will be open til' 9pm for the Annual Fairhaven Holiday Walk A'bout
VB’s Literary Events Program
Additions & changes to this schedule will occur so check out
www.VillageBooks.com
to stay updated–or even better, let us come to you! Register online for the VB e-vent newsletter!
NOVEMBER Fri., Nov. 19, 7pm Book Launch! GARY MCKINNEY, PHILIP HELDRICH, & SCOTT MACFARLANE –The Storyteller Speaks:
Rare and Different Fictions of the Grateful Dead
Join us for live acoustic Grateful Dead music by Fritz & the Freeloaders, a liquid light show, short readings, and general Grateful-Dead inspired merriment as Bellingham’s Kearney Street Books celebrates the launch of this collection of Grateful Dead-inspired short stories. Anthology authors include Robert Hunter, Ed McClanahan, and Vincent Louis Carrella.
Sat., Nov. 20, 7pm NORA TITONE –My Thoughts Be Bloody:
The Bitter Rivalry Between Edwin and John Wilkes Booth That Led to An American Tragedy
Americans know that John Wilkes Booth, a second-rate actor enraged at the Union victory and the prospect of black citizenship, shot Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865. But who Booth really was and what motivated him is less well known. Historian Nora Titone uncovers this hidden history to advance a new account of what led Booth to commit this highly significant murder.
Sun., Nov. 21, 4pm ROY HOLMAN –Healing Self, Healing Earth:
Awakening Presence, Power, and Passion
Come learn how you can heal your wounds, awaken at the deepest level, and help heal the Earth at the same time. Roy will explain the connection between inner healing and Earth healing, clarify the role of yoga, meditation, and breathwork, and offer tips on how to heal on all levels. Roy Holman runs Holman Health Connections in Everett. He is certified in Yoga, Meditation, Hands-on Energy Healing, and Reflexology, and leads yoga, hiking, and healing retreats.
Thurs., Nov. 25 Happy Thanksgiving! Village Books will be Closed to Celebrate the Holiday
Events take place in the Readings Gallery of Village Books and are FREE unless otherwise noted.
Sat., Nov. 27, 12pm LYDIA MCCAULEY Live Performance on the Main Floor of Village Books One of our region’s best musicians will perform song selections from her album The Moon of Wintertime, which offers a fresh interpretation of very old Holiday music from medieval England and the Appalachian Mountains. Lydia McCauley's passion and the connection she makes with an audience are the winning features of her performance. Her writing is personal and ultimately uplifting, with an intention of providing music to enrich the human spirit. She has released six full-length recordings that are distributed nationally.
Mon. Nov. 29, 7pm Open Mic with Laurel Leigh Village Books invites everyone to enjoy local talents as they share their written words. Not published? No worries. Feel free to share some of your own writing! Sign up at our main counter on the first floor. Laurel Leigh, local writer and teacher will host.
Mon. Nov. 29, 6:30pm
THE CHUCKANUT RADIO HOUR
with guest, ANN RULE, author of -In The Still of The Night: The Strange Death of Ronda Reynolds & Her Mother's Unceasing Quest for the Truth Venue: The Crystal Ballroom of the Leopold, 1224 Cornwall Ave. Tickets: $5.00, available at Village Books or on-line at brownpapertickets.com The Chuckanut Radio Hour is Village Books' monthly radio variety show which is recorded live and features live music, the poetry corner, author interviews, and an episode of "The Bellingham Bean." Co-sponsored by the Leopold Residence. Music by the Honeybees.
Tue., Nov. 30, Noon and 7pm FREE VIDEO SCREENING/Non-author events The Practice of The Wild **Authors Gary Snyder & Jim Harrison WILL NOT attend.** For this video, poet Gary Snyder joined his friend, novelist Jim Harrison, to discuss their ideas of all that is wild, sacred, and intimate in this world. Humorous and friendly, the discussion touches both the personal and the global, redefining our idea of the Beat Generation and challenging future directions of the environmental movement and its association with "Deep Ecology." The Practice of the Wild video is a companion to the new book, The Etiquette of Freedom, and together they offer a rare glimpse of these iconic writers.
Wed., Dec. 1, 7pm Free, all-ages event that’s open to the public! LIVE MUSIC with DANA LYONS Songwriter Dana Lyons is best known for his outrageous comedy hits “Cows With Guns,” “Ride The Lawn,” & “RV,” as well as his beautiful ballads. Great fun show for the whole family! Village Books is pleased to carry Dana's CDs among those of several wonderful local musicians.
There is no charge for most Village Books Literature Live events. Event costs are offset by customer book purchases; in order to maintain our robust program, we urge you to purchase those event books that interest you.
If you can’t make it to an event, just call us to arrange for autographed copies!
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... events continued from the previous page Fri., Dec. 3, 7pm – Includes Slide Show of Amy’s amazing photography! AMY GULICK –Salmon in the Trees: Life in Alaska’s Tongass Rain Forest
Here, in photos and essays, is the remarkable story of the Tongass rain forest, one of the rarest and most beautiful ecosystems on Earth, a place where the global demands of modern life may threaten this great forest’s biological riches. Award-winning nature photographer and writer, Amy Gulick paddled and trekked among the bears, misty islands, and salmon streams to document the intricate connections within the Tongass. Together with essays from noted authors, as well as salmon-spawned illustrations by Alaskan artist Ray Troll, Gulick portrays a hopeful story of a national treasure worth preserving.
Sat., Dec. 4, 11am GIGI CALLAIZAKIS –Working with Your Enneatype Using Essential Oils Dr. Gigi Callaizakis combines two respected healing modalities: the Enneagram and Essential Oils. Each enhances the power of the other to promote healing at emotional, spiritual, and psychological levels. The guidance offered is a valuable resource for individuals working on selfawareness and growth, as well as for therapists and healers in their professional practices. Gigi Callaizakis holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and is a Reiki Master/ Teacher and certified Mediator and Jin Shin Jyutsu practitioner.
Sat., Dec 4, 2pm Multi-media Presentation THOMAS LARSON –The Saddest Music Ever Written:
The Story of Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings
Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings is America’s great secular hymn, an icon for our national soul. Written in 1936, Barber’s elegy was used to memorialize the deaths of Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy, honor the victims of 9/11, and deepen the antiwar film Platoon, 1986’s best picture. Join Thomas Larson for a multimedia presentation of the Adagio’s musical and cultural history in sound, video, image, and text.
One Ticketed Mon., Dec 6th & One FREE TWO EVENTS with CHEF GREG ATKINSON –Northwest Essentials: Cooking with
Ingredients That Define a Region's Cuisine (2nd ed.)
5:30pm – $40 ticketed, fund-raiser for Food Bank Farm Before Greg Atkinson's public event at Village Books, join him for appetizers prepared from his book and served with wine at the home of Chuck & Dee Robinson, above Village Books. The cost is $40 per person, which includes a copy of the book and a $10 donation to Food Bank Farm. Catered by Chef Charles Claassen. Limited to 40 people.
7pm – Free and open to the public Greg Atkinson’s cooking embodies the essence of Pacific Northwest cuisine with its elegance, simplicity, and accessibility. Read more on page 34.
Tues., Dec 7, noon WESTERN CONNECTIONS PAUL PIPER, WWU Librarian Topic: “Wikipedia: Pure Evil or Beatific Savior?” Village Books and the WWU Libraries are plased to present Western Connections, a brown bag speaker series highlighting the expertise of WWU faculty and staff. Join us for this engaging presentation and discussion. Wikipedia has become a true presence on the internet that’s praised by some and cursed by others. The presentation will explore some of the concepts and features that underlie Wikipedia. Come join the discussion. Paul Piper is interested in information and knowledge production, with a particular interest in Wikipedia.
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Tues., Dec. 7, 7pm CHARLES WILKINSON –The People Are Dancing Again: The
History of the Siletz Tribe of Western Oregon
Begun in a resource-rich homeland thousands of years ago, the history of the Siletz is in many ways the history of many Indian tribes: a story of heartache, perseverance, survival, and revival. Today, the tribe is a vibrant, modern community with a deeply held commitment to tradition. Written by one of the nation's most respected experts in tribal law and history, and grounded in extensive research including oral tradition and personal interviews, the book reaches beyond region and tribe to tell a story that will inform the way all of us think about the past.
Wed., Dec.8, 7pm LANE MORGAN –Winter Harvest Cookbook: How to Select and Prepare Fresh Seasonal Produce All Winter Long (Anniversary Edition)
Revised and updated, this 20th anniversary edition of a local classic has more than 200 recipes for fresh winter produce from our gardens, markets, and CSAs, along with vegetable descriptions, growing tips, and menu suggestions from a lifetime of seasonal cooking. Lane Morgan is coauthor of Pacific Northwest, the Beautiful Cookbook, The Territorial Seed Company Cookbook, and The Good Food Guide to Washington and Oregon as well as works on Pacific Northwest history.
Fri., Dec. 10, 7pm SARAHLEE LAWRENCE –River House: A Memoir By age twenty-one, Lawrence had rafted some of the world's most dangerous rivers as an accomplished river guide. But living her dream, riding and cleaning the arteries of the world, led her back to the place that she least expected to end up—her dusty beginnings and her family’s ranch in remote Central Oregon. River House is an exquisite blend of memoir and nature writing. “Tough, smart, and eloquently told, a dead-on beauty.”—William Kittredge
Kids Event with Sat., Dec., 11, 11am Craft Activity! MOLLY COXE –Benjamin and Bumper to the Rescue Bring the kids and join bestselling children’s book author Molly Coxe for story time and a fun “Make-a-Mouse” crafting event. Create your own Benjamin-inspired hero from a baby sock, some pipe cleaners, fabric scraps, and markers (all supplied). Read more about this great author and fun book on page 46.
Mon., Dec. 13, 7pm POETRY JOHN MORGAN –Spear-fishing on the Chatanika Spear-Fishing on the Chatanika features new and selected poems by part-time Bellingham resident, John Morgan, with cover art by Bellingham artist, Jim Orvik. Annie Dillard has written that Morgan’s poems "are strong and full of carefully controlled feeling. They are tender and precise evocations of the moral and sensory life of man.” John Morgan has published three previous books and four chapbooks, and his poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Poetry, The New Republic, The Paris Review, The Kenyon Review, and many other magazines.
Sunday, December 19th, open until 9pm! LATE NIGHT SHOPPING
Come enjoy cookies, hot chocolate, and cider, and let us help you select those last-minute gifts!
Events take place in the Readings Gallery of Village Books and are FREE unless otherwise noted.
See pages 42-44 for information on our book groups!
Literature
Holiday Hours
LIVE!
Friday, Dec. 24th
Christmas Eve - We’re opening & closing early! Open 9am-6pm
Saturday, Dec. 25th
Merry Christmas!
Village Books is Closed Friday, Dec. 31st
New Year’s Eve
SALE!
Opening early at 9am. Closing at 6pm. Saturday, January 1st
Happy New Year!
Open 10am-8:30pm
SALE!
Mon., Dec. 27 OPEN MIC with Laurel Leigh will take a holiday hiatus in December, and will return in January.
Thur., Jan. 6, 7pm FRANK FORENICH –Change Your Body, Change the World:
Reflections on Health and the Human Predicament
Here Forenich introduces “big health,” the idea that individual, social and environmental health are complementary reflections of one another. The book provides a fresh perspective on the human predicament and new ideas for health with meaning. Frank Forencich is an accomplished leader in health education and functional movement. His diverse studies drive his philosophy, vision, and commitment to change the way people live and work. Most recently, he founded the innovative health organization, Exuberant Animal. He has authored three additional books, Play as if Your Life Depends on It, Exuberant Animal, and The Exuberant Animal Play Book.
Sat., Jan. 8, 11-4 RESOLUTIONS What's on your list for the new year? Want to get fit? Spark your creativity? Are your finances calling you? Want to follow your heart? Live larger? Join us at Village Books for “Resolutions,” an inspirational day devoted to starting the year off right! Read more on page 4.
Sun., Jan. 9, 4pm DOUG MERLINO –The Hustle:
One Team and Ten Lives in Black and White
A powerful, provocative examination of race and class in America—told through the experiences of ten boys brought together on an integrated youth basketball team that mixed kids from a prestigious private school with low-income boys from Central Seattle. The boys all became fast friends and went on to win a state title. The Hustle weaves together their ten stories in a breathtaking narrative of their passages through the gauntlet of American reality. Author Doug Merlino was one of the ten players on that team.
Mon., Jan. 10, 7pm BOB GOLDSTEIN –Riding with Reindeer: A Bicycle
Odyssey Through Finland, Lapland, and Arctic Norway
In the summer of 2007, the author Bob Goldstein departs on a self-supported bicycle journey across Finland, Lapland, and Arctic Norway with the goal of pedaling to the Barents Sea. More than
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a travelogue, Riding with Reindeer intersperses an often humorous narrative about the author’s adventures with rich cultural and historical anecdotes, while providing insight into the soul of a region whose honest and resourceful, yet often taciturn citizens are always willing to lend a helping hand to the stranger on the little blue folding bicycle.
Tue., Jan., 11, 6:30pm THE CHUCKANUT RADIO HOUR with Special Guests, THE SEATTLE 7 WRITERS Venue: The Crystal Ballroom of the Leopold, 1224 Cornwall Ave. Tickets: $5.00 available now at Village Books or on-line at brownpapertickets.com. January's featured guests are members of the Seattle 7 Writers, Garth Stein, Jennie Shortridge, Bahrti Kirchner, Erica Bauermeister, Kit Bakke, and Carol Cassella. There will be live music by Nick Drummond, formerly of The Senate; poetry from our resident poet, Kevin Murphy; a comic essay by Alan Rhodes; and another episode of The Bellingham Bean. Ticket proceeds will benefit Whatcom Literacy Council. Co-sponsored by the Leopold Residence
Thur., Jan. 20, 7pm KALLIE GEORGE
Includes Slide Show!
–Mr. M: The Exploring Dreamer Celebrated artist Soizick Meister has been painting the enigmatic Mr. M for many years, and this book weaves a selection of her Mr. M paintings into a narrative as Mr. M searches for his roots. The book was created through an unusual process: the surrealist images by Meister were selected and transformed into a narrative by Kallie George, editor of Simply Read Books and Read Leaf Books. Arcane, evocative words are used to tell the journey of Mr. M, as he searches for something of greater meaning and significance in his life. "A dreamy adult picture book."
Sat., Jan. 22, 2pm Bring the Kids! All Ages Event! KIRBY LARSON –The Fences Between Us (Dear America Series) Newbery Honor author and Washington resident Kirby Larson brings us the first new Dear America diary in years, set in the Pacific Northwest, taking readers through the attack on Pearl Harbor, the start of World War II, and the Japanese internment camps.
Wed., Jan. 26, 7pm KURT TIMMERMEISTER –Growing a Farmer:
How I Learned To Live Off The Land
A bona-fide city dweller, Kurt Timmermeister never intended to run his own dairy farm. When he purchased four brambly acres on Vashon Island, he was looking for an affordable home a ferry ride away from the Seattle restaurants he ran. Growing a Farmer details with honesty the initial stumbles and subsequent realities he had to face in his quest to establish a profitable farm. Personal yet practical, it is an honest testament to the joys and challenges of small farming and an eye-opening look at the food we eat. Timmermeister’s successful business specializes in cheese-producing and hosts weekly local dinners of farm-raised products.
Go to www.VillageBooks.com for up-to-date Lit Live info!
If you can’t make it to an event, just call us to arrange for autographed copies!
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... events continued from the previous page Thur., Jan. 27, 7pm SHAUNA AND DANNY AHERN
–Gluten-Free Girl and Chef:
A Love Story with 100 Tempting Recipes
When Shauna James Ahern was diagnosed with celiac disease in 2005, she set out to discover and delight in the best foods she could find. She chronicled her journey with a popular blog, GlutenFreeGirl.com, and a memoir by the same name soon followed. Then she met Daniel, a talented chef who had spent his career cooking at great restaurants across the country. Soon Daniel was creating spectacular dishes, stunning meals that happened to be entirely gluten-free. Part cookbook, part memoir, the book features gorgeous photographs, guidance on cooking techniques, and 100 chef-tested recipes intended for the home cook. “This is an accomplished collection, with plenty to offer serious home cooks, the gluten-eaters and gluten-free among them.” —Publishers Weekly
Mon., Jan. 31, 7pm Open Mic with Laurel Leigh Village Books invites everyone to enjoy local talents as they share their written words. Not published? No worries. Feel free to share some of your own writing! Sign up at our main counter on the first floor. Laurel Leigh, local writer and teacher will host, will host.
Sat., Feb. 5, 2pm KIDS! Non-author CRAFT/ACTIVITY EVENT for Sandra Boynton's Book –One Shoe Blues Knock your winter socks off and come join Christina for an afternoon of fun activities to celebrate Sandra Boynton's book One Shoe Blues, featuring B.B. King. We'll listen to the CD, play Boynton Bingo, and make our own sock puppets. Bring your own sock to make a character. The author will NOT attend this event.
Sun., Feb. 6, 2-4:30pm Includes Slide Show! RICK STEVES –Europe Through the Back Door Celebrating European Travel on a Budget
at Bellingham High School Tickets $5 Available at Village Books or on-line at brownpapertickets.com Proceeds to benefit Whatcom Peace and Justice Center He's Back! Bellingham's favorite European travel advisor is returning to share his wisdom and answer your travel questions. A ticket to this event + one of Rick's travel guides––a great holiday gift for yourself or a loved one! Read more on page 18.
Wed., Feb. 9, 7pm KATHLEEN DEAN MOORE –Moral Ground:
Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril
Bringing together the testimony of over eighty visionaries, this collection presents a compelling call to honor our individual and collective moral responsibility to the planet. The missing premise of the argument and the much-needed centerpiece in the debate to date has been the need for ethical values, moral guidance, and principled reasons for doing the right thing for the environment. Coeditor Kathleen Dean Moore is an environmental philosopher and essayist who has written numerous books and serves on the board of directors for the Orion Society and the Island Institute.
Fri., Feb. 18, 7pm DAVID VANN
–Caribou Island:
A Novel
Brilliantly drawn and fiercely honest, this is a noir tale of exile and of a misbegotten marriage unraveling under the forces of rage and regret, and set against the backdrop of unforgiving Alaskan wilderness.
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David Vann is a professor at the University of San Francisco. He is a contributor to Esquire, The Atlantic, Men’s Journal, National Geographic Adventure, The Sunday Times (London), and Outside, and the author of Legend of a Suicide,of the bestselling memoir A Mile Down: The True Story of a Disastrous Career at Sea, and Last Day on Earth: A Portrait of the NIU School Shooter, Steve Kazmierczak, winner of the AWP Nonfiction Prize. He is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and Wallace Stegner Fellowship.
Sat., Feb., 19, 6:30pm
THE CHUCKANUT RADIO HOUR
with Special Guest, JONATHAN EVISON, author of West of Here Venue: The Crystal Ballroom of the Leopold, 1224 Cornwall Ave. Tickets: $5.00, available at Village Books or on-line at brownpapertickets.com, or receive one free ticket with pre-event, in-store purchase of West of Here. The Chuckanut Radio Hour is Village Books' monthly radio variety show. Co-sponsored by the Leopold Residence We're excited to welcome Jonathan Evison as our February guest author! Read a review of his book by Chuck as well as a fantastic "Love Story" by Jonathan on pages 40-41.
Wed., Feb 23, 7pm Writing Fun-shop for Adults and Young Adults DAWNE KNOBBE –Runaway Storm Author/editor/freelance writer Dawne Knobbe will conduct a Creative Writing Fun-shop tied in with the great outdoors. Runaway Storm, her fast-paced YA adventure, follows 15-yearold Nate once he decides to solo the Canadian wilderness in his kayak. Dawne grew up in Vancouver, and has spent time adventuring all over the Pacific Northwest. She has a B.A in Creative Writing and an M.A. in Professional Writing, and her work has been published in the Los Angeles Times, and many other periodicals.
Sun., Feb. 27, 4pm DR. RUBIN "HURRICANE" CARTER w/co-author KEN KLONSKY –Eye of the Hurricane: My Path from Darkness to Freedom
Here is the story of Carter's spiritual journey during his 20 years of imprisonment and afterward, detailing the battles he has fought and continues to fight on behalf of the wrongly convicted. Also the author of The Sixteenth Round, which he wrote in 1974 while in prison, Rubin also wrote the screenplay for Hurricane, the Norman Jewison movie. He lives in Toronto, traveling between North America and Europe, speaking on behalf of the wrongfully convicted, the abolition of the Death Penalty and the importance of the writ of Habeas Corpus as well as his spiritual journey and inner transformation.
Mon., Feb 28, 7pm OPEN MIC with Laurel Leigh Village Books invites everyone to enjoy local talents as they share their written words. Not published? No worries. Feel free to share some of your own writing! Sign up at our main counter on the first floor. Laurel Leigh, local writer and teacher will host, will host.
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