Leah Eskin at Glencoe Public Library

LEAH ESKIN

       Wednesday, April 23

                     7:30 pm, Glencoe Public Library, 320 Park Ave. in Glencoe

Meet Chicago Tribune food writer Leah Eskin, author of the paper's "Home on the Range" column, and hear her talk about her book Slices of Life: A Food Writer Cooks Through Many a Conundrum. It includes more than 200 recipes from her Sunday column and includes a generous helping of life stories that have happened along the way.

 

Open to the public. No reservations necessary.

They're here.... 2014 calendars!

We turned the page on a new month this week, bringing us ever closer to a new year. If you're already jotting down dates beyond New Year's Eve, consider browsing our large and varied selection of 2014 calendars. We have daily, weekly, and monthly ones to fit any theme or favorite subject.

 

Check out the always-popular Ansel Adams calendars (weekly and monthly), the National Audubon Society's weekly Audubon Engagement Calendar, a variety of calendars featuring New Yorker cartoons, and a huge choice of Workman  "Page-a-Day" calendars.     Drop by to see them all! 

                                                                                                     

Autographed books make great gifts

We have a wonderful assortment of autographed books by authors who've recently visited the Book Stall.

Seeking some winter quiet?  Consider an autographed copy of: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (both hardcover and paperback).

See the full selection here. Our list is updated weekly, and of course, we can take phone orders and send an autographed book as a gift for the sweethearts on your Valentine's Day list.

December 2 is our Annual Holiday Sale

Don't miss it... December 2, 2012

10 am – 5 pm at The Book Stall

Annual Holiday Sale

20% off Everything in the Store

Our Fabulous Recommendations: Books for Holiday Giving

 

Give the gift of books!
Explore our list, check it twice, and stop in or order online 

for all your gift giving this year!

Click here to download the full four-page list

Great holiday gift: December 12

Dec 12 2011 7:00 pm

Join us as we welcome Neal Samors and Eric Bronsky with Bob Dauber to present ... 

Chicago's Classic Restaurants: Past, Present and Future

This book explores Chicago's great restaurants from pre-1900 until the present. It’s a fascinating story of the road Chicago has traveled to achieve its world-class culinary status.  A wonderful book to browse through and give as a gift for food-savvy friends and family. A loving tribute to Chicago's bygone days.

Annual Holiday Sale December 3 and 4, 2011

The Book Stall’s
Annual Holiday Sale
20% Off Everything in the Store

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, DEC. 3 AND 4, 2011
9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Saturday

 
10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Extended Sunday hours

The Book Stall’s Annual Holiday Sale

20% Off Everything in the Store

Join us for our big Annual Holiday Sale! 
Get your shopping done early! 
Come in to share good books and good spirits.  

 

Nov. 10, 6:30 pm -- SIMON WINCHESTER at The Book Stall (This is a change of venue)

Join us for this special event, and settle in for winter with this fascinating book.  Buy one for an early holiday present too...

Simon Winchester, the New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa speaks about his biography of an ocean, Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms,and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories. The Atlantic Ocean has been central to the ambitions of explorers, scientists, and warriors. Blending history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence, science and exposition, Winchester tells the breathtaking saga of the magnificent Atlantic Ocean, setting it against the backdrop of mankind's intellectual evolution.

Thursday, November 10

6:30 pm at The Book Stall

Holiday Book Selections

Click to view our spectacular Holiday insert to find that treasure for the someone on your list. We are excited about the special titles we have all chosen. 
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Nov. 12 Star Wars Storm Troopers in our store !

Real Live Star Wars Storm Troopers!
In The Book Stall!
Saturday, November 12, from 2 to 4 p.m.! 

Yes I know these are a lot of exclamation points, but it’s not often that we get to host “Star Wars in Your Stocking” and give kids the chance to meet and be photographed with the dudes in white plastic armor! Stop by, win prizes, meet Storm Troopers, and stock up on the many, many Star Wars titles we’ll be featuring. 

May the Force be with you.

Our holiday helper for children's gifts

As the holidays are approaching, here's a reminder of how our Children's Book Club works. 

Members of the Children’s Department staff can meet with you in person, by phone, (847-446-8880) or via email, at childrens@thebookstall.com.

We’ll talk over a child's interests, reading habits, and enthusiasms, and after we've talked, every month or every other month, depending on your wishes, we'll send out a gift-wrapped book, a title tailored to that child's individual tastes and reading history, and include a personal note from you. 

It works to keep you in touch with a far-off grandchild, maintain a friendship with a family friend, or give your own children a steady supply of reading material, hand-selected by our professional and knowledgeable staff. We send Children’s Book Club packages out across the entire country and also carefully choose books for children right here in the northern suburbs of Chicago. 

Signing up for The Children’s Book Club is a great gift for a newborn, but also serves as a wonderful means of conveying love, attention, and literature to kids on into their teen years. Stop in our give us a call at 847-446-8880 and see how easy it is to start a gift tradition children will remember forever.

Holiday Book Buying

Who buys books for the holidays?  Y-O-U

An IndieBound study of American book buyers shows...

• 62 million Americans are "disproportionately buying books." 

• Among the U.S. population age 18 or older, avid readers (those who spend five or more hours a week reading) comprise 28 percent of the population. 

• 63 percent -- or approximately 39 million -- are female. 

• And, avid readers buying 10 or more books a year.

 
(posted by Helen)

December 2nd: A Delightful Guest !!

Come to the store for a very special guest on Thursday, December 2 at 7 p.m. 

Who is it?

Al Roker

Meet Al Roker, author of The Midnight Show Murders.

Roker, the beloved NBC Today show personality, is on his way to The Book Stall to sign his latest mystery novel featuring professional chef turned amateur sleuth Billy Blessing.  The book, the sequel to Roker’s debut mystery The Morning Show Murders, is funny, suspenseful, and full of insider info. 

This is Roker’s only Chicago-area appearance! You won't want to miss it. 

(posted by Helen)