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REBECCA SKLOOT - Science & THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:11:58 -0500

Start: Mon, 03/22/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Mon, 03/22/2010 - 7:30pm

Science reporter Rebecca Skloot brings to light the story a poor tobacco farmer whose cells, taken without her knowledge, became one of the most important tools in medicine. Intimate in feeling, astonishing in scope, and impossible to put down, THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

LIONEL SHRIVER - With SO MUCH FOR THAT

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:38:52 -0400

Start: Tue, 03/23/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Tue, 03/23/2010 - 7:30pm

Lionel Shriver returns with her new novel, SO MUCH FOR THAT. This is the newest work from the author of WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN and THE POST-BIRTHDAY WORLD. Book clubs, take note - her works give you much to discuss.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

LEE SMITH - With New Short Stories

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:10:34 -0400

Start: Wed, 03/24/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Wed, 03/24/2010 - 7:30pm

Lee Smith returns with MRS. DARCY AND THE BLUE-EYED STRANGER, her new collection of new and
selected stories. It's always a fabulous night when Lee visits.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

JAMES CRISP - With HOW DID DAVY (Crockett) DIE & WHY DO WE CARE SO MUCH?

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:32:58 -0500

Start: Thu, 03/25/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Thu, 03/25/2010 - 7:30pm

It's a great night for history buffs. NC State history professor and author James E. Crisp brings us HOW DID DAVY DIE AND WHY DO WE CARE SO MUCH? The author of SLEUTHING THE ALAMO brings us new insight into this Texas hero.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

HARLAN COBEN - Thriller Master With CAUGHT

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:22:58 -0500

Start: Fri, 03/26/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Fri, 03/26/2010 - 7:30pm

The Edgar Award-winning and best-selling author Harlan Coben brings us his new CAUGHT. Get ready for more roller coaster chills in this explosive new stand-alone thriller. SIGNING LINE TICKET EVENT - receive a ticket for the signing line with the purchase of CAUGHT. Click here for information on ticketed events.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

DARREN FARRELL - Saturday Storytime With DOUG-DENNIS & THE FLYAWAY FIB

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:44:55 -0500

Start: Sat, 03/27/2010 - 11:00am

End: Sat, 03/27/2010 - 11:00am

Come in for a special Saturday morning Storytime! Darren Farrell presents DOUG-DENNIS AND THE FLYAWAY FIB.
What happens when you fib? Two friends find out the consequences in this hilarious picture book. For ages 4 and up.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

TOFU - Triangle Origami Folders United

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:11:19 -0500

Start: Sat, 03/27/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Sat, 03/27/2010 - 7:00pm

TOFU meets to practice the art of origami. New members welcome.

ALLEN PAUL - Hidden History in KATYN: STALIN'S MASSACRE

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:52:21 -0500

Start: Tue, 03/30/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Tue, 03/30/2010 - 7:30pm

Attention, history buffs! Allen Paul brings us KATYN: STALIN'S MASSACRE AND THE TRIUMPH OF TRUTH. It's one of the
least-known tragedies of the 20th century: Stalin's annihilation of
15,000
Polish officers and massive deportations of Poles to Siberia. Paul's story is told through
the lives of three Polish families.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

KATHLEEN GRISSOM - With THE KITCHEN HOUSE

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:36:49 -0500

Start: Wed, 03/31/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Wed, 03/31/2010 - 7:30pm

Kathleen Grissom brings us her debut novel, THE KITCHEN HOUSE. Working as an indentured servant
alongside slaves on a tobacco plantation, Lavinia, a 7-year-old Irish orphan,
finds her light skin and situation placing her between two very different worlds
that test her loyalties.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

RANDI DAVENPORT - With THE BOY WHO LOVED TORNADOES

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:35:24 -0500

Start: Tue, 04/06/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Tue, 04/06/2010 - 7:30pm

Randi Davenport presents THE BOY WHO LOVED TORNADOES, a beautifully written and profoundly moving true story of the effects of mental illness on a family.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

DANA SACHS - With THE LIFE WE WERE GIVEN

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:24:55 -0500

Start: Wed, 04/07/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Wed, 04/07/2010 - 7:30pm

Dana Sachs brings us THE LIFE WE WERE GIVEN: OPERATION BABYLIFT, INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION,
AND THE CHILDREN OF THE WAR IN VIETNAM. With sensitivity and
balance, Sachs presents multiple perspectives on the human cost of war,
international adoption and aid efforts, and U.S. involvement in
Vietnam.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

AMANDA LAMB - True Crime In Raleigh

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:07:54 -0500

Start: Thu, 04/08/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Thu, 04/08/2010 - 7:30pm

Amanda Lamb, WRAL investigative reporter, returns with a new book of true crime in Raleigh. EVIL NEXT DOOR: The Untold Stories Of A Killer Undone By DNA details the true story about the 2002 rape and murder of Stephanie Bennett in North
Raleigh.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

JEFFERSON BASS - With A New BODY FARM Novel

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:37:45 -0500

Start: Fri, 04/09/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Fri, 04/09/2010 - 7:30pm

Join us when Jefferson Bass brings us the newest Body Farm novel, THE BONE THIEF. Jefferson Bass is the writing team of Dr. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson.
Dr. Bass, a world-renowned forensic anthropologist, founded the University of Tennessee's Anthropology Research Facility — the Body Farm — a quarter century ago. Jon Jefferson is a veteran journalist and writer and producer of two highly rated National Geographic documentaries about the Body Farm.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

NAN CHASE - Edible Gardening With EAT YOUR YARD

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:33:37 -0500

Start: Sat, 04/10/2010 - 11:00am

End: Sat, 04/10/2010 - 11:00am

You always knew it was good to eat your veggies. Now Nan Chase widens your options with EAT YOUR YARD! EDIBLE TREES, SHRUBS, VINES, HERBS, AND FLOWERS FOR
YOUR LANDSCAPE.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

CARTER, MAKUCK, & OWENS - A TRIO OF NC POETS

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:31:39 -0500

Start: Sun, 04/11/2010 - 3:00pm

End: Sun, 04/11/2010 - 3:00pm

It's another great Sunday afternoon poetry program! Three NC poets share their works with us. Nancy Carter reads from NEAR THE END OF THE RAINY SEASON, Peter Makuck brings us LONG
LENS, and Scott Owens reads from PATERNITY.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

BOOK CLUB BASH - Books, Fun, Food!

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:44:56 -0500

Start: Mon, 04/12/2010 - 7:00pm

End: Mon, 04/12/2010 - 7:00pm

You don't have to be in a book club to
come to our spring Bash. But if you are in one, you'll want to be here
tonight. Get suggestions from our staff on great books to discuss. Wine
& cheese, giveaways, and guaranteed fun. Come early—Bash always
draws a crowd.

JONATHAN BALCOMBE - With SECOND NATURE: THE INNER LIVES OF ANIMALS

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:21:26 -0500

Start: Tue, 04/13/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Tue, 04/13/2010 - 7:30pm

Attention animal lovers: here is an evening not to be missed. Jonathan Balcombe brings us his SECOND NATURE: THE INNER LIVES OF ANIMALS. Balcombe, an animal behaviorist, draws on the latest research, observational studies and
personal anecdotes to reveal the full gamut of animal experience.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

BOOK CLUB BASH - Morning Edition

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:45:40 -0500

Start: Wed, 04/14/2010 - 10:00am

End: Wed, 04/14/2010 - 10:00am

JIM DODSON - Golf & More In A SON OF THE GAME

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:42:55 -0500

Start: Wed, 04/14/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Wed, 04/14/2010 - 7:30pm

Jim Dodson brings us golf and a bit more in A SON OF THE GAME: A STORY OF GOLF, GOING HOME AND SHARING LIFE'S LESSONS, now in paperback. Golf writer and journalist Dodson weaves together both these journeys, wrapped in a story of homecoming and the love of an ancient game.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

BLAND SIMPSON - Red Clay Rambler With THE INNER ISLANDS

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:32:22 -0500

Start: Thu, 04/15/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Thu, 04/15/2010 - 7:30pm

The tax forms are in. Now come and relax. Bland Simpson, one of the Red Clay Ramblers, brings us his THE INNER ISLANDS: A CAROLINIAN'S SOUND COUNTRY CHRONICLE. This "witty, informed, energetic" guide to natural and human history of the region is
new in paperback. Bland Simpson will also perform music from the area.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

ANN ROSS - With The New MISS JULIA

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:50:38 -0400

Start: Fri, 04/16/2010 - 7:30pm

End: Fri, 04/16/2010 - 7:30pm

We're delighted to welcome back Ann Ross, with her newest entry in the MISS JULIA series: MISS JULIA RENEWS HER VOWS. Come in early to grab a seat and catch up with this beloved character from a North Carolina author.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

ROB JACKSON - Special Science Saturday Program For Kids

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:39:13 -0500

Start: Sat, 04/17/2010 - 2:00pm

End: Sat, 04/17/2010 - 2:00pm

Come for a special Science Saturday program with Dr. Rob Jackson! His day job is Nicholas Chair of Global Environmental Change and a professor in the Biology department at Duke University. But our Children's department knows him through his wild, funny, and often nature-related poetry. He'll share his poetry from his new WEEKEND MISCHIEF and his full-of-animal-facts ANIMAL MISCHIEF, and tell a bit about that 'day job'! For ages 5-10.

KIM WRIGHT - LOVE IN MID AIR With Raleigh Write 2 Publish

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:57:42 -0500

Start: Sat, 04/17/2010 - 6:30pm

End: Sat, 04/17/2010 - 6:30pm

Kim Wright presents LOVE IN MID AIR, an honest look at modern-day marriage. This is an intelligent, sexy, absorbing novel. It is sponsored by Raleigh Write 2 Publish, as their monthly meeting.

Can’t make it? To request a signed or personalized copy, call 828-1588 or 1-800-672-6789 or contact orders@quailridgebooks.com (at least 48 hours in advance for email) to check availability.

SOCIETY OF CHILDREN'S BOOK WRITERS & ILLUSTRATORS - Schmooze

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:34:37 -0500

Start: Sun, 04/18/2010 - 3:00pm

End: Sun, 04/18/2010 - 3:00pm

The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators invites budding authors and illustrators of children's books to their annual "Schmooze". Middle
grade author John Claude Bemis (THE NINE POUND HAMMER) will share how he comes up with creative ideas,
and will present hands-on activities for writers to stimulate creative thinking.
Anyone interested in writing for children and teens is encouraged to
attend.