LibraryThing Local's Helpers

Save the date: Our own local Amanda Gable will be signing her new book, The Confederate General Rides North, on December 9th at 8:00pm at Tall Tales.This is a coming-of-age novel starting in a hot, lazy Marietta summer as Kat McConnell's mother announces a surprise trip to collect antiques and ... (more)to visit Confederate sites. Kat, though just a young girl, is an ardent Civil War buff, often imagining herself a Confederate General. Her mother though, has a different, darker agenda. This is an exciting and thoughtful book.We're pleased to invite you to come meet and chat with Amanda.-Marlene

Michael Gates Gill, son of legendary New Yorker writer Brendan Gill, and author of How Starbucks Saved My Life presents his follow-up, How to Save Your Own Life: 15 Lessons on Finding Hope in Unexpected Places. If you cannot attend the reading and would like to purchase signed copies ... (more)of How to Save Your Own Life, you may reserve them through our website at http://www.acappellabooks.com/ev_gate...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Bragg (All Over But the Shoutin', Ava's Man) has a wonderful new book, The Most They Ever Had, a powerfully affecting story of a mill community in Alabama and the hardscrabble lives of the people who worked there. Sonny Brewer (The Poet of Tolstoy Park) ... (more)has a terrific new novel, The Widow and the Tree, an Alabama tale of dark deeds based on a true story.

As we've been telling you for a while now, A Cappella turns 20 years old this December 1, and we continue to celebrate with a 20% off sale on EVERY USED BOOK IN THE STORE. Now,we're thrilled to announce that on the first weekend of December, we're going to really celebrate with A WEEKEND OF 20 AUTHORS. ... (more)On December 5 and 6, from 12-5pm, we will present two authors each hour in Opal Gallery talking not just about their own books, but about a favorite book of theirs, by someone else. For instance, Marc Fitten, whose debut novel Valeria's Last Stand has been an international bestseller and has received rave reviews here, will talk about the book that made him want to be a writer, Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer. Bestselling and award-winning author Joshilyn Jackson will share the work of the under-appreciated author Frank Turner Hollon. The outrageous Hollis Gillespie will speak on her admiration for the cool and controlled writing of Joan Didion in Book of Common Prayer. Spelman professor and author Jelani Cobb, whose work has focused on the Civil Rights Era and Hip Hop culture, will read from Pete Hamill's Piecework. It's going to be the most interesting weekend we've had in 20 years. In addition to 20 great authors whom we've gotten to know through the years, we'll be entertained by some of Atlanta's most enduring musical artists, who have also played a role in A Cappella's history: Slim Chance, Mudcat, Caroline Herring and Bill Taft of Hubcap City, to name a few. Read the Access Atlanta article about this event and our anniversary at http://blogs.ajc.com/inside-access/20...

As we've been telling you for a while now, A Cappella turns 20 years old this December 1, and we continue to celebrate with a 20% off sale on EVERY USED BOOK IN THE STORE. Now,we're thrilled to announce that on the first weekend of December, we're going to really celebrate with A WEEKEND OF 20 AUTHORS. ... (more)On December 5 and 6, from 12-5pm, we will present two authors each hour in Opal Gallery talking not just about their own books, but about a favorite book of theirs, by someone else. For instance, Marc Fitten, whose debut novel Valeria's Last Stand has been an international bestseller and has received rave reviews here, will talk about the book that made him want to be a writer, Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer. Bestselling and award-winning author Joshilyn Jackson will share the work of the under-appreciated author Frank Turner Hollon. The outrageous Hollis Gillespie will speak on her admiration for the cool and controlled writing of Joan Didion in Book of Common Prayer. Spelman professor and author Jelani Cobb, whose work has focused on the Civil Rights Era and Hip Hop culture, will read from Pete Hamill's Piecework. It's going to be the most interesting weekend we've had in 20 years. In addition to 20 great authors whom we've gotten to know through the years, we'll be entertained by some of Atlanta's most enduring musical artists, who have also played a role in A Cappella's history: Slim Chance, Mudcat, Caroline Herring and Bill Taft of Hubcap City, to name a few. Read the Access Atlanta article about this event and our anniversary at http://blogs.ajc.com/inside-access/20...

Anche quest’anno la casa editrice Scrittura & Scritture partecipa alla fiera della piccola e medita editoria Più libri più liberi ( Roma, Eur - Palazzo dei Congressi, 5-8 dicembre) Lo staff e le editrici, Eliana e Chantal Corrado, vi aspettano presso lo stand L06 - piano terra per presentarvi le ... (more)ultime novità in catologo e riservare uno speciale omaggio a tutti coloro che acquisteranno un libro

You know her as Pat Conroy's daughter, but your children remember her from the Decatur Book Festival as the book lady with the cute pictures. Melissa Conroy, author and illustrator of Poppy's Pants, will join us for an extra Terrific Thursday storytime. And like always, we'll have milk and cookies.

Tickets £10 (£5 for Times+ members). Mulled wine and mince pies will follow.

Tickets £5, including wine

Tickets £5, including wine

Fuller's presents Philip Hoare, author of "Leviathan: Or the Whale". Along with a screening of the accompanying documentary, "The Hunt for Moby Dick".

Kids ages 8 - 14 can join us for a fast paced card game. Be the last to spell "Frozen" and you win! (We'll meet in front of the youth services water fountain.)

Kids ages 6 - 9 will delight in writing and designing their own Pop-up book. You bring your ideas, we'll provide a pop-up book kit for you to write in and decorate.

Join us for fun group games during winter break. This program is for kids ages 5 - 9!

This tea party is for moms or grandmas and their favorite girl aged 5 - 9. We'll have stories, games, and crafts based on the Fancy Nancy books. Dress up in your most glamorous outfit. This program is limited to 12 children and 12 adults so sign up early!

A New Year's Eve Party for children ages 6 - 10. We'll be counting down to noon instead of midnight, so get ready to celebrate!

This Parent & Me event features learning to decorate holiday cupcakes.

This book discussion will focus on Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculee Ilibagiza.

Learn how to decorate cupcakes with Fran Hargadon. Space is limited, so sign up early!

Peggy Garvin will bring fresh greens, decorations, and a pot to help you create a sensational outdoor pot for the holidays. You bring garden pruners. Cost is $10 per person. Refreshments will be served.

Peggy Garvin will bring fresh greens and decorations to help you create a holiday centerpiece. You bring garden pruners and a container about 8" in diameter and 3" deep. Cost is $10 per person. Refreshments will be served.

All local businesses and thier employees are eligible for a 25% discount on all merchandise. This will be a two day event, Dec. 2nd & 3rd.

Join facilitator Janet Loewe for a discussion of THE BOOK THIEF by Markus Zusak. Adults

Join facilitator Bridget Conlogue for a discussion of EMMA by Jane Austen. Adults

Read Kazuo Ishuguro's REMAINS OF THE DAY and view the corresponding film. (Copies of the book are available at the desk.) Following it, our facilitators Sue Curtin and Pete Chapla will lead a discussion comparing the book and the film. Adults

Bring your current project to work while you socialize with other knitters. This is not a class; beginning knitting skills required. Registration not required. Adults

Bring your current project to work while you socialize with other knitters. This is not a class; beginning knitting skills required. Registration not required. Adults

The group will engage in a brief reading of the text that will provide the basis of the discussion, which is guided by Barry Phillips. The theme for this series is The Government and Our Role. Adults

The group will engage in a brief reading of the text that will provide the basis of the discussion, which is guided by Barry Phillips. The theme for this series is The Government and Our Role. Adults

Facilitators provide an educational series and support group for teens affected by substance abuse and their families. Co-sponsored by the Clear Brook Foundation. Ages 18 and under and families

Facilitators provide an educational series and support group for teens affected by substance abuse and their families. Co-sponsored by the Clear Brook Foundation. Ages 18 and under and families

Facilitators provide an educational series and support group for teens affected by substance abuse and their families. Co-sponsored by the Clear Brook Foundation. Ages 18 and under and families

Facilitators provide an educational series and support group for teens affected by substance abuse and their families. Co-sponsored by the Clear Brook Foundation. Ages 18 and under and families

Facilitators provide an educational series and support group for teens affected by substance abuse and their families. Co-sponsored by the Clear Brook Foundation. Ages 18 and under and families

Join Sharon McArdle for a beginner Painting on Canvas class. Participants will create a seasonal project. Materials fee of $7.50 due to instructor at time of class. Adults

Moderador: Jose Luis Garcia Herrera.

El llibre que es presenta és la nova incursió de l'entitat Altres Andalusos en l'anàlisi crítica de la qüestió nacional.

L'acte, que comptarà amb la presència de l'autora, anirà a càrrec d'Ester Tusquets.

Amb la participació de: FrancescMarc Àlvaro, Artur Mas, Carles Campuzano i l’autor.

Acompanyaran l’autora: Jordi Mata i MariaLluïsa Pazos.

IV Premio Internacional de Poesía Màrius Sampere. Presenta: Jordi Boladeras.

Il·lustracions d'Isaac Bosch. Acompanyarà els autors: David Nel·lo, Escriptor

Presenta: José Antonio Arcediano

Presentat per Eduard Sanahuja.

Cal tenir carnet de biblioteques i inscriure's a la biblioteca.

USA Multi-City tour for promotion of Shades of Grey. Reading/Q&A/Signing.

USA Multi-City tour for promotion of Shades of Grey. Reading/Q&A/Signing.

USA Multi-City tour for promotion of Shades of Grey. Reading/Q&A/Signing.

USA Multi-City tour for promotion of Shades of Grey. Reading/Q&A/Signing.

USA Multi-City tour for promotion of Shades of Grey. Reading/Q&A/Signing.

USA Multi-City tour for promotion of Shades of Grey. Reading/Q&A/Signing.

Jasper Fforde is coming to Partners & Crime to sign his new NEW book, SHADES OF GREY.

Join us on Thursday as Allentown resident Ben Miller shares his lifetime love for Cape May in The First Resort: Fun, Sun, Fire and War in Cape May, America's Original Seaside Town. Based on years of research, the book covers all aspects of Cape May history, from its founding in 1609 to today through ... (more)maps, vintage newspaper articles and postcards, and more than 500 pictures.

Girldrive: Criss-Crossing America, Redefining Feminism What do young women care about? What are their worries, hopes, and ambitions? Have they heard about feminism, and do they relate to it? These are some of the questions Chicago journalist Nona Willis Aronowitz and photographer Emma ... (more)Bee Bernstein set out to answer in a cross-country road trip that became a regional chronicle of the struggles, concerns, successes, and insights of women grappling to find, define, and fight for gender equity. The result is a smart, thoughtful, and uncensored portrayal of a cross-section of women whose opinions and feelings on feminism are as diverse as their backgrounds and areas of interest.

Carmen Tafolla and Laura Tafolla have edited the papers of their ancestor Santiago Tafolla for this fascinating bit of history.

Meet Local author Kia Abdullah. Child's play is a tale of twisted sexuality and tortured morality. Child's Play places a telescope into the darkest recesses of the human mind and invites its readers to take a look.

Dan talks about his new book The Secret History of Georgian London: How the Wages of Sin Shaped the Capital. Georgian London evokes imagesof elegant buildings and fine art., but it was also a city where prostitution was rife, houses of ill repute widespread and many tens of thousands of people dependent ... (more)on the wages of sin.

John Harvey is an award winning crime writer whose most famous creations are Charlie Resnick and Frank Elder. He has over 100 published books to his credit, the most recent being Far Cry and a collection of stories and Jazz related poems called minor key.

Author Howard Shrier will be on hand to talk about fiction that thrills. His first novel, Buffalo Jump, introduced Toronto investigator Jonah Geller who is back in the sequel, High Chicago.

Delane's War by Time Coates. A fascinating history, vividly recounted, Delanes War has striking parallels with contemporary events from the embedding of jounalists within army units in Afganistan to the decision to hold a public enquiry into Britain's role in the war in Iraq. It is a testament to a man ... (more)who dared to print the truth in the face of a governments lies.

Charles de Lint will be talking about his books and the popular genres of Urban Fantasy and Mythic Fiction.

For all of you Georgia Bulldog fans, save this date! On one of the days of our book fair, Saturday, December 12, starting at noon, Larry Munson will be in the Barnes & Noble store at the Peach shopping center signing his memoir, From Herschel to a Hob-Nailed Boot: The Life and Times of Larry Munson. ... (more)If you use a Sutton voucher, the school will earn a portion of any purchases that you make in the store that day. For 43 years (1966-2008) Larry Munson was the legendary football radio voice for the University of Georgia Bulldogs. But on September 22, 2008, at the age of 86, Larry announced that it was time to step aside from the one job he loved more than any other in his remarkable career. For decades publishers have been trying to get Larry to write a book about his life. He always declined, saying he had neither the time nor the patience and even asking, "Who would care?" Well, college football fans everywhere care, and today they are celebrating because Larry is finally ready to tell his incredible story.

She will read from her novel and tell how she and Josh Langston, her co-author, managed to successfully collaborate while separated by 4,000 km.

Mary Kay Andrews, signing 2pm -4pm Carmen Deedy, TBA Vicky Schecter, TBA John McCutcheon, TBA

Joseph Gatins grew up in Atlanta in the 50s & 60s, but brings a decidedly international and worldly view to his writing as we move toward 2010. Crafted on a perch in the wildlands of Rabun County, his non-fiction biography, We Were Dancing on a Volcano, takes the reader on a roller coaster of ... (more)a ride through old Atlanta, his father’s harrowing adventures as a German POW during World War II, their post-trauma aftermath and the family’s eventual return to Gate City, including that of a remarkable grandmother who first came to town in 1914. The author is a retired newspaperman (The Richmond Times-Dispatch). Gatins served in Vietnam as a U.S. Army intelligence analyst and was awarded a Bronze Star.

Rick Bragg and Sonny Brewer talk about and sign their new books!

We are collecting books to send to soldiers, Mutiple authors will be signing throughout the day. Special discounts for people buying books for soldiers. www.Booksforheroes2010.com

From 2pm-3:30pm, Jeff Schettler, retired K-9 handler, will be signing his book. Red Dog Rising, ...is a story, in many ways, of your typical tale of a "boy and his dog." The dog in this story is of Jeff Schettler's retired police K-9, Ronin. Jeff and Ronin were manhunters, working together for ... (more)more than a decade. Jeff is a retired police K-9 officer in California and was attached to the FBI's Hostage Rescue Teams' K9 Assistance Program.

Author, graphic novelist, screenwriter and children’s book writer Neil Gaiman will speak at 6 p.m., Monday, Dec. 14, at Presser Hall, Gaines Chapel, with book signing to follow. Free, but ticket required. Tickets for the general public are available only through Agnes Scott College's co-sponsor, The ... (more)Little Shop of Stories [133A East Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030]. For more information, please phone (404) 373-6300 or see their blog: http://bit.ly/8jTZda Gaiman’s work includes the recent film adaptation of his 2003 book, Coraline, which won that year’s Hugo award for best novella. The comic book series, The Sandman is his work as well. His visit to Decatur is part of a contest connected to his recent book, The Graveyard Book, winner of the 2009 Newbury Award for Children’s Literature.

Steel Magnolias meets The Help in this Southern debut novel full of humor, heart, and feminine wisdom. Twelve-year-old CeeCee Honeycutt has been the caretaker of her psychotic mother, who was once their town’s Vidalia Onion Queen but is now a laughingstock in the community. When her mom ... (more)is hit by a truck and killed, CeeCee is left to fend for herself. Her unknown great-aunt, Tootie Caldwell, takes her under her wing by whisking her away to Savannah – a new world of prosperity and Southern eccentricity; that seems to be run entirely by women. CeeCee meets an eclectic group of women who entertain and enthrall her for an entire summer helping her to move beyond her past. Hoffman’s novel explores the indomitable strengths of female friendship, giving us the story of a young girl who loses one mother and finds many others.

New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray Love, who swore she would never marry again, fell in love with a Brazilian-born man with Australian citizenship and because of an American ruling on immigrants had to decided whether to get married or never live in the U.S. together. Gilbert ... (more)tackled her fears of marriage by delving into the topic through historical research, interviews and personal reflection. Committed to learning all she could about matrimony, compatibility, infatuation, fidelity, family tradition, social expectations and divorce risks, she has written a memoir, which is a celebration of love with all of its complexities and consequences. Talk and signing at Agnes Scott College, Gaines Auditorium.

"An illustrated talk on Whitechapel, Spialfields and beyond." With John Bennett. From Mile End to Whitechapel and on to Spitalfields, John Bennett presents the hidden gems and the well known sites of the core of London's East End.

Meet Manzu Islam. The stories set in London's Banglatown and bangladesh, bring startling fresh insights to the experiences of exile and settlement.

Crandell's new book is a stunner: Fear Came to Town: The Santa Claus, Georgia, Murders. And it's sadly all true. Santa Claus is a real town in Toombs County, GA, near Vidalia. It's a small town where the streets are named for Christmas treats and the holiday spirit lives year-round. At least it ... (more)did until Jerry Scott Heidler, who was raised in the town, brutally slaughtered his foster family in a grisly crime that shattered the community. It's an unforgettable story told by the author who carefully investigated the murders. Crandell is also the author of the novels The Flawless Skin of Ugly People and Hairdos of the Mildly Depressed, and of two enthralling volumes of memoir Pig Boy's Wicked Bird and The All-American Industrial Motel.

Grafton’s twenty-first book about Kinsey Millhone, a private investigator, continues explorations into the dark side of the human soul. In this novel, an unemployed college dropout asks Kinsey to help him reconstruct what he may know about the disappearance of a four-year-old girl twenty-one years ... (more)earlier. He wants Kinsey to help him locate the girl’s body and find the men who killed her. The story moves between the eighties and the sixties, changes points of view, builds multiple subplots and creates memorable characters and forces Kinsey to decide if the client is telling the truth or not.

Ore 9.30 - Apertura dei lavori Massimo Pistacchi Direttore Istituto Centrale per i Beni Sonori ed Audiovisivi Annalisa Bini Direttore Attività Culturali Accademia Nazionale di S. Cecilia di Roma Alfonso Andria Presidente Centro Universitario Europeo per i Beni Culturali di Ravello Ore 10.00 - Introduzione ... (more)Folco Quilici Regista Ore 10.30 - Interventi Roberto Giuliani (Coordinatore) Conservatorio “S. Cecilia” di Roma Stefano Cavaglieri Swiss National Sound Archives, Lugano Werner A. Deutsch Institut für Schallforschung Psychoakustik, Schallarchiv Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna Marco Ligabue MARTLab - Laboratorio e tecnologie per il recupero ed il restauro di musica ed audio, Conservatorio di Firenze Ore 13.00 - Pausa Ore 15.00 - Interventi Stefano Pogelli Audioteca RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana Nicola Bernardini Conservatorio di Padova - Laboratorio Informatica Musicale Nicola Orio Università degli studi di Padova - Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione Luca Cossettini Università degli Studi di Udine - Laboratorio Mirage per la conservazione e il restauro dei documenti sonori Conclusioni