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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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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.

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Events

« October 2009 »
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
			1 TOWN MEETING - Remembering Updike Start: 7:00 pm	2 RICHARD & WILLIAM JACKSON - Ghost Stories Of The Triangle Start: 7:30 pm	3 USED BOOK SALE—Our Annual BOOKS FOR KIDS Benefit Start: 9:00 am End: 5:00 pm TISHA DUNCAN—A Picture Book Story Time Start: 10:00 am	4 SUE MONK KIDD & ANN KIDD TAYLOR—With A Dual Memoir Start: 3:00 pm
5 ANGIE SAGE—SEPTIMUS HEAP Continues Start: 5:00 pm	6 BRIGID PASULKA - With A Literary Passport To Poland Start: 7:30 pm	7 MARK VAN NAME—New Science Fiction Adventure Start: 7:30 pm	8 SARAH VOWELL—Social Comment With WORDY SHIPMATES Start: 7:30 pm	9 Wanted: Gently Used Children's Books For Soldiers' Families Start: 9:00 am TERRENCE HOLT—With IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS Start: 7:30 pm	10 KENDRA THOMAS - With The Fantasy Novel RAVENHEART Start: 11:00 am	11 OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION - Time To Party! Start: 9:00 am MIKE FARRELL—M.A.S.H. Star With Tale Of Activism Start: 7:00 pm
12 NANCY KRULIK - With A New KATIE KAZOO Start: 4:00 pm J. MARK SCEARCE - Composer Previews His New CD Start: 7:30 pm End: 8:30 pm	13 RON RASH—Brilliant Southern Gothic With SERENA Start: 7:30 pm	14 ROXANA ROBINSON—With COST Start: 7:30 pm	15 IAIN LEVISON—With HOW TO ROB AN ARMORED CAR Start: 7:30 pm	16 LARRY TISE - With The Secrets Of The Wright Brothers Start: 7:30 pm	17 HENRY HUTTON - With Raleigh Write 2 Publish Start: 6:30 pm End: 9:00 pm	18 GRAVEYARD BOOK Halloween Party (And Book Club) Start: 3:00 pm End: 4:30 pm
19 THE CHALLENGE OF LITERARY ADAPTATION—From Book To Play Start: 7:30 pm	20 LAURA ELLIOTT & JOHN BEMIS — A Double YA Author Night Start: 7:00 pm	21 JUDITH MILLER—EVENT CANCELED! Start: 7:30 pm End: 8:30 pm	22 HOLLY GODDARD JONES—With GIRL TROUBLE Start: 7:30 pm	23 ED SOUTHERN - With PARLOUS ANGELS Start: 7:30 pm End: 9:00 pm	24	25 KATE DICAMILLO - In A WEBCAST At Cameron Village Library Start: 4:00 pm End: 4:45 pm
26 PATRICIA HARMAN - Medicine In The Heartland Start: 7:30 pm	27	28 LUCAS, KIRSCHNER, BOWERS—Inside The 2009 NCAA Championship Start: 7:30 pm	29 BILL FLETCHER - With The State Of American Labor Start: 7:30 pm	30 NC Literary Review Release Celebration With RED CLAY RAMBLERS & MORE! Start: 7:30 pm	31

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