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

Richard Ford
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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

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

Elizabeth Edwards

The late Elizabeth Edwards touched many hearts when her warmth, elegance, and intelligence received national attention while her husband, John, ran for North Carolina senator and later for Vice President. He pursued the Democratic nomination for President in 2008.

Her subsequent battles with cancer and family matters caused many to reach out and share their stories with her. RESILIENCE was her testament to how she and others survive tough times.

She passed away in December 2010.

Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities (Hardcover)

By Elizabeth Edwards

$9.98

ISBN-13: 9780767931366
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Crown Archetype, 5/2009

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While on the campaign trail, Elizabeth met many others who have had to contend with serious adversity in their lives, and in RESILIENCE, she draws on their experiences as well as her own, crafting an unsentimental and ultimately inspirational meditation on the gifts we can find among life's biggest challenges.

Saving Graces: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers (Paperback)

By Elizabeth Edwards

$14.95

ISBN-13: 9780767925389
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Broadway, 9/2007

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She charmed America with her smart, likable, down-to-earth personality as she campaigned for her husband, then vice-presidential candidate John Edwards. She inspired millions as she valiantly fought advanced breast cancer after being diagnosed only days before the 2004 election. She touched hundreds of similarly grieving families when her own son, Wade, died tragically at age sixteen in 1996. Now she shares her experiences in SAVING GRACES, an incandescent memoir of Edwards' trials, tragedies, and triumphs, and of how various communities celebrated her joys and lent her steady strength and quiet hope in darker times.