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African American Poetry
Tuesday, June 12, 7:30 p.m.

Richard Ford
Wednesday, June 13, 7:30 p.m.

Alexandra Fuller
Thursday, June 28, 7:30 p.m.

Bob Garner
Thursday, July 12, 7:30 p.m.

Howard Owen
Sunday, August 12, 3:00 p.m.

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Picks for Kids

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Just Ducks!

By Nicola Davies, Salvatore Rubbino

$15.99

Whimsical, expressive watercolors illustrate this story of mallards for age 3-6.

The Scorpio Races

By Maggie Stiefvater

$17.99

Breathtaking novel of teens in deadly horse race on Irish coast. Ages 12+

Water Sings Blue

By Meilo So, Kate Coombs

$16.99

The sea in poetry and dazzling watercolor illustrations for ages 4-8.

Outside Your Window: A First Book of Nature

By Nicola Davies, Mark Hearld

$19.99

Lyrical observations on nature, season by season, with vibrant mixed media illustrations. Beautiful and engaging. Ages 4+

Forget-Me-Nots: Poems to Learn by Heart

By Mary Ann Hoberman, Michael Emberley

$19.99

Rollicking collection of best poems for children, beautifully illustrated by Michael Emberley.

Noteworthy Paperbacks

Solo

By Rana Dasgupta

$14.95

A 100-year-old Bulgarian wonders if he has any wisdom to leave to the world and takes epic armchair journey through a century of violent politics, forbidden music, lost love and failed chemistry, finding his way eventually to an astonishing epiphany of tenderness and enlightenment. Winner of the UK Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 2009.

22 Britannia Road

By Amanda Hodgkinson

$16.00

A WW II tour de force that echoes modern classics like Suite Francaise & The Postmistress.

The Art of Fielding

By Chad Harbach

$14.99

An expansive, warmhearted novel about ambition and its limits, about family and friendship and love, and about commitment--to oneself and to others.

New Books: Week of May 15

Coretta Scott King Awards

CSK - ALA Coretta Scott King Book Awards recognize African American authors and illustrators of outstanding books for children and young adults.

See the 2012 recipients, announced on January 23, 2012.

See the 2011 recipients, announced on January 10, 2011.

See the 2010 recipients, announced on January 18, 2010.

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Nancy's Picks

Butterfly's Child

By Angela Davis-Gardner

$15.00

A beautiful literary sequel to Puccini's opera.

City of Bohane

$25.00

A marvel of language, invention, surprise, laughter, violence & humanity.

Three Weeks in December

By Audrey Schulman

$16.00

A beautiful job of balancing adventure, suspense and self-discovery.

Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories

By Megan Mayhew Bergman

$24.00

Stories as intelligent as they are moving--alive with emotion, wit and insight.

The Great Northern Express: A Writer's Journey Home

By Howard Frank Mosher

$25.00

A wildly funny and deeply personal account of his three-month, 20,000-mile book tour.

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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

By Jonathan Haidt

$28.95

A psychologist enriches political discourse with an understanding of human nature.

Carry the One

By Carol Anshaw

$25.00

A wry, humane novel about a group of friends bound together by a fatal accident. #1 Indie Pick.

The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places

By Bernie Krause

$26.99

This passionate amalgam of science and autobiography argues that in the wild, animals vocalize with a musicianly ear.

An American Spy

By Olen Steinhauer, David Pittu

$25.99

A vivid evocation of the multi-layered world of espionage. The hero fights back when his C.I.A. unit is nearly destroyed.

The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin

By Masha Gessen

$27.95

A scathing new biography depicting Putin as an utterly malevolent figure who doles out Russia's wealth to cronies and orders his opponents murdered.