tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85539108469170715912024-03-14T11:21:38.622-05:00The Book Stall at Chestnut CourtThe Book Stallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02445195912132117392noreply@blogger.comBlogger605125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553910846917071591.post-30292635896935208952015-11-11T21:13:00.000-06:002015-11-11T21:13:15.747-06:00Isabel Wilkerson<div align="center" style="color: #000090; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">
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<span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><img align="left" border="0" height="111" hspace="5" src="http://www.rainydaybooks.com/sites/rainydaybooks.com/files/files/IsabelWilkerson.jpg" vspace="5" width="186" /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Hear journalist </span><strong style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Isabel Wilkerson, </strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">author of the bestseller </span><a alt="http://shop.thebookstall.com/book/9780679763888" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001_nM1JXqI23ndcPyp1OYgq3WscAFAcSPu1glZ7hjUZ5Jmsp2IYVGF0k6rzxoRTjxxhd1xd03pn5on6TJBHl1Rk-0xe0tZFuiYqoswUsa4avMxcF3OUljR3Z50xnSwrtadxZYQY1tl2pLggXwA9uBT_iMqQq_1ZByg0e6Cuvrcm3WVmV1uUIkbJsJLz6x2XR_xPvqHeutkRYY=&c=_3wxpkY6IB5pKpYtprGhf0-pdZd8hS5Cq-KkGOX2IqUzl-V6elrD_g==&ch=-bvOcgV062hVmsWgED8MPjrQqfqstZsBuRisT0nNuffXGV6vkr4Kaw==" shape="rect" style="color: maroon; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration</a><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">,</span> speak on the subject "Our Racial Moment of Truth" at this <strong>Family Action Network</strong> (FAN) </span><span style="font-size: 12px;">program.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> Ms. Wilkerson's book, winner of </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">the
National Book Critics Circle Award in 2011, is the story of three young
people who set out from the American South during different decades of
the 20th century en route to the North and West in search of what
novelist Richard Wright called "the warmth of other suns." Ms. Wilkerson
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</span>The Book Stallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02445195912132117392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553910846917071591.post-17205367803547639012015-11-11T21:09:00.000-06:002015-11-11T21:10:12.032-06:00Jessica Fechtor<div align="center" style="color: #000090; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">
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It is the amazing story of her recovery from a near-fatal brain
aneurysm and how she drew strength from the restorative power of cooking
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</span>The Book Stallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02445195912132117392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553910846917071591.post-17428458046427448542015-11-11T21:08:00.000-06:002015-11-11T21:08:16.528-06:00Ethan Long<div align="center" style="color: #000090; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Award-winning illustrator and children's book author <strong>Ethan Long</strong> will kick off a week visiting local students and schools with a public program at the <span style="color: black;"><strong>Arlington Heights Memorial Library </strong></span><span style="color: black;">on <strong>Monday, November 16 at 6:30 pm</strong>.Then he'll wrap up the week at the <strong>Skokie Public Library</strong> on <strong>Friday, November 20 at 7 pm</strong>. There, kids will dance the "Croakey" Pokey in honor of Mr. Long's hit book, <a alt="http://shop.thebookstall.com/book/9780823422913" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001_nM1JXqI23ndcPyp1OYgq3WscAFAcSPu1glZ7hjUZ5Jmsp2IYVGF0ofzrmBx36zsws2CNN8rLuyZM_SDmmi-vwUvTrF1mPNNvn_qTRtQgzuGeisyUoXuy87cCSFQYA5rcBhFwtyqniVCl001_aRcEn1SXYfgo9CdUmP515Jo8YQdIim3ks0ihxwvdvTuDgDvRocc4Dg1csc=&c=_3wxpkY6IB5pKpYtprGhf0-pdZd8hS5Cq-KkGOX2IqUzl-V6elrD_g==&ch=-bvOcgV062hVmsWgED8MPjrQqfqstZsBuRisT0nNuffXGV6vkr4Kaw==" shape="rect" style="color: maroon; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">The Croakey Pokey</a><span style="color: maroon;"><em><strong>!</strong></em></span> Both events will feature Mr. Long's newest picture book adventure, <a alt="http://shop.thebookstall.com/book/9780399169076" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001_nM1JXqI23ndcPyp1OYgq3WscAFAcSPu1glZ7hjUZ5Jmsp2IYVGF0ofzrmBx36zsdn4bArUlu0SbLXX43QG6mHEZBw_bSEYiXXYYWZtFF7BoHEaKxWKFZkYAqCUUv5ztaWKWJilT8Y3qSl9kEiAa4qA9S3FsA_d2pH1XAiamjJfzK0-tgza5hHu8lCRb1teJ-pwyz-m1HAg=&c=_3wxpkY6IB5pKpYtprGhf0-pdZd8hS5Cq-KkGOX2IqUzl-V6elrD_g==&ch=-bvOcgV062hVmsWgED8MPjrQqfqstZsBuRisT0nNuffXGV6vkr4Kaw==" shape="rect" style="color: maroon; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">In! Over! And On! (the Farm)</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Click <a alt="http://www.ahml.info/attend/events" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001_nM1JXqI23ndcPyp1OYgq3WscAFAcSPu1glZ7hjUZ5Jmsp2IYVGF0ofzrmBx36zssHM7YW9C2C7IZBogHan4pDs4T-lrWUK34A3SCJVWd2WWBACuSq0Ifi8i0TPScnxXxLZMdmsEEOYOqZIpQeb2gg5BQrF8Q85VJm7a-X9E2Pyv_RAw63ovw4mwpwbMiwdL&c=_3wxpkY6IB5pKpYtprGhf0-pdZd8hS5Cq-KkGOX2IqUzl-V6elrD_g==&ch=-bvOcgV062hVmsWgED8MPjrQqfqstZsBuRisT0nNuffXGV6vkr4Kaw==" shape="rect" style="color: red; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">here</a> for the Arlington Heights Memorial Library calendar and <a alt="https://skokielibrary.info/events/3087/meet-the-author-ethan-long" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001_nM1JXqI23ndcPyp1OYgq3WscAFAcSPu1glZ7hjUZ5Jmsp2IYVGF0ofzrmBx36zsKS8UKTBObhHHTPKaJLT4BkYcnL3mijqd9CgVuKHEB-GpOgapsFTyO3RFj0pZxgdXkpBRPiqPJfRAt5GnBK6Sv5fIFjeneFVNgsSajRwE4lxRkjIpuKCwE8ZoHhvuFCVlYnYvEJ9mcAuK1h-AJU1N51Ffa-2iAhbW-C4ljrkmei4=&c=_3wxpkY6IB5pKpYtprGhf0-pdZd8hS5Cq-KkGOX2IqUzl-V6elrD_g==&ch=-bvOcgV062hVmsWgED8MPjrQqfqstZsBuRisT0nNuffXGV6vkr4Kaw==" shape="rect" style="color: red; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">here</a>
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</span>The Book Stallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02445195912132117392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553910846917071591.post-49839326424007574002015-11-11T21:06:00.000-06:002015-11-11T21:06:35.489-06:00Zach Lehner<div align="center" style="color: #000090; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">
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tricks and techniques to make a story look amazing and fun! Plus, he'll
talk about how he illustrated the awesome graphic novel <a alt="http://shop.thebookstall.com/book/9781620101445" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001_nM1JXqI23ndcPyp1OYgq3WscAFAcSPu1glZ7hjUZ5Jmsp2IYVGF0ofzrmBx36zshKPgmbt8kj0OOC_ed95_NnHRnIIds-CS4z01oCcjjUppo83i8O8k5oNtXK7zcVoCSKBARuY5bYL9EJh5sKp-3SjlUtvbUw6YKdR9VA6Kwar3fxwCl8H-5MdiApEorrVHkwhTmj0i5Kg=&c=_3wxpkY6IB5pKpYtprGhf0-pdZd8hS5Cq-KkGOX2IqUzl-V6elrD_g==&ch=-bvOcgV062hVmsWgED8MPjrQqfqstZsBuRisT0nNuffXGV6vkr4Kaw==" shape="rect" style="color: maroon; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Junior Braves of the Apocalypse Vol. 1: A Brave Is a Brave</a>, about
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ended. Monsters roam the streets and the adults that are left have
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</span>The Book Stallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02445195912132117392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553910846917071591.post-2162125515111023142015-11-11T21:01:00.000-06:002015-11-11T21:01:49.713-06:00Elana Ashley<table bgcolor="#72FFFF" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="BlockMargin" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK42" style="background-color: #72ffff; margin-bottom: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The Family Awareness Network </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">(FAN) presents </span><strong style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Dr. Marsha Linehan </strong><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"> for a talk on the subject <strong>"Balancing Acceptance and Change: Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and </strong></span><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><strong>the Future of Skills Training." </strong>Dr. Linehan is the developer of DBT and founder of the Linehan Institute, which </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">advances
leading-edge behavioral technologies that make compassionate and
effective treatments available to all persons with complex and severe
mental disorders. She is also </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">a
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<span>Dr. Linehan's books, the <a alt="http://shop.thebookstall.com/book/9781462516995" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001_nM1JXqI23ndcPyp1OYgq3WscAFAcSPu1glZ7hjUZ5Jmsp2IYVGF0k6rzxoRTjxxQ1nyfzZM3TL9XnN5TIM3qkHdy3qFAU_gPRmO0OaMO-s8EopimomrXlEPxSgkQMLCc36enMS0CjamcJ81aTGYTCYr0NmpRlgs-8G_AmBUXiaGdeThlRFKeso7BJhXjz5an9z-7iAu52U=&c=_3wxpkY6IB5pKpYtprGhf0-pdZd8hS5Cq-KkGOX2IqUzl-V6elrD_g==&ch=-bvOcgV062hVmsWgED8MPjrQqfqstZsBuRisT0nNuffXGV6vkr4Kaw==" shape="rect" style="color: maroon; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">DBT® Skills Training Manual: Second Edition</a> and <a alt="http://shop.thebookstall.com/book/9781572307810" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001_nM1JXqI23ndcPyp1OYgq3WscAFAcSPu1glZ7hjUZ5Jmsp2IYVGF0k6rzxoRTjxx6WOfn1qLfx2I1bqvOX_EIHZ6btlj2T_T63GUutXsNGxp2fzOxmlZjv9g41yKb_dEpwSQDrkE_j5F3pxdSfehJtb8-Wz0ZLInBoX-supYZMOlSyLkV8kNNZ3hZBESGjCCRWLEbX3yX-Y=&c=_3wxpkY6IB5pKpYtprGhf0-pdZd8hS5Cq-KkGOX2IqUzl-V6elrD_g==&ch=-bvOcgV062hVmsWgED8MPjrQqfqstZsBuRisT0nNuffXGV6vkr4Kaw==" shape="rect" style="color: maroon; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">DBT® Skills Training Handouts and Worksheets: Second Edition</a> can be ordered at the event, by calling The Book Stall at 847 446-8880, or here at the store.</span></div>
</span>The Book Stallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02445195912132117392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553910846917071591.post-48522243026202644862015-11-11T20:56:00.000-06:002015-11-11T20:56:13.909-06:00Mockingjay Movie Mania<span>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <img align="left" border="0" height="122" hspace="5" src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZL_td1j3BQs/maxresdefault.jpg" vspace="5" width="217" /> We're delighted to host a "</span><strong style="font-size: 10pt;">Mockingjay Meetup" </strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">this</span><strong style="font-size: 10pt;"> Saturday, November 14, from 2 - 4 pm,</strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> celebrating the upcoming release of the final movie in the series, </span><a alt="http://www.thehungergames.movie/#/mj2?lang=us-en" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001_nM1JXqI23ndcPyp1OYgq3WscAFAcSPu1glZ7hjUZ5Jmsp2IYVGF0ofzrmBx36zsEM4gpBRMEi0bqV_LExzOXlNdJaBkVpRdoi33EqZqx2iyOE5auN8opAqFVZwtrWw2sCW0IJQlW043ctSJm88EBm1gqWeKLNKVmsLzV_dvIZSdwen1R9Z34doNXIWT1Dr4SFnua1vHoA771PdqiJ80Nw==&c=_3wxpkY6IB5pKpYtprGhf0-pdZd8hS5Cq-KkGOX2IqUzl-V6elrD_g==&ch=-bvOcgV062hVmsWgED8MPjrQqfqstZsBuRisT0nNuffXGV6vkr4Kaw==" shape="rect" style="color: maroon; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2</a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">. We're partnering with Stacey Canova of Page Turners <img align="right" border="0" height="108" hspace="0" src="http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/files/HungerGamesTrilogyStacked.jpg" vspace="0" width="120" /> Blog to give fans of Suzanne Collins' </span><a alt="http://shop.thebookstall.com/book/9780545670319" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001_nM1JXqI23ndcPyp1OYgq3WscAFAcSPu1glZ7hjUZ5Jmsp2IYVGF0ofzrmBx36zsKerpH1PkegdRJCcGj-OdW102bRUlmbW36dwbJdkPYFxXRLqZ1hokQOLMdsv1wNvvGRDcQKX4eMvkTChYctN0SG680Bxs3NVj6OM4FYyIeUSMtWbNq__ok6-YeMxpRLTdjKcs_v29rlM=&c=_3wxpkY6IB5pKpYtprGhf0-pdZd8hS5Cq-KkGOX2IqUzl-V6elrD_g==&ch=-bvOcgV062hVmsWgED8MPjrQqfqstZsBuRisT0nNuffXGV6vkr4Kaw==" shape="rect" style="color: maroon; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">The Hunger Games </a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">books
and the movies a chance to discuss both forms of media (Who did it
best? How would you have adapted the books to film?) as well as win
prizes. We'll have a drawing for </span><strong style="color: maroon; font-size: 10pt;">free passes to an advance screening of the movie</strong><span style="color: maroon; font-size: 10pt;">, </span><span style="color: maroon;"><strong style="font-size: 10pt;">a complete set of <em>Hunger Games</em> books</strong></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">, and lots more. Our thanks to </span><a alt="http://www.pageturnersblog.com" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001_nM1JXqI23ndcPyp1OYgq3WscAFAcSPu1glZ7hjUZ5Jmsp2IYVGF0ofzrmBx36zs5J7Rdh3UEyiSsO-qMtffsShWDVFHOMS9D4LvL9b5Dh3GM84IkB62CeqQrotlZojuCnUpaGCfOLPbtuGW0_3FoDyOtH5LwXKLWzVIxjddx-ekfSF3FVn-7Q==&c=_3wxpkY6IB5pKpYtprGhf0-pdZd8hS5Cq-KkGOX2IqUzl-V6elrD_g==&ch=-bvOcgV062hVmsWgED8MPjrQqfqstZsBuRisT0nNuffXGV6vkr4Kaw==" shape="rect" style="color: maroon; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Page Turners Blog</a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">, </span><a alt="http://www.thehungergames.movie/#/?lang=us-en" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001_nM1JXqI23ndcPyp1OYgq3WscAFAcSPu1glZ7hjUZ5Jmsp2IYVGF0ofzrmBx36zsqG98P6hm2_GeOReLQMRKB4crZ6ujhMtWtlT5bwVAj_YRTPZkOoxG_nnuN8jmbM3JuykESMIOCS4najFrSdWFpBj_8lt0X72_FmprJneg4Eq-8Uy0ox_ZJ23HeLcdVaHRHIcRe9X7D4ne5aMldjrR2Q==&c=_3wxpkY6IB5pKpYtprGhf0-pdZd8hS5Cq-KkGOX2IqUzl-V6elrD_g==&ch=-bvOcgV062hVmsWgED8MPjrQqfqstZsBuRisT0nNuffXGV6vkr4Kaw==" shape="rect" style="color: maroon; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Lionsgate Films</a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">, and </span><a alt="http://www.scholastic.com/thehungergames/" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001_nM1JXqI23ndcPyp1OYgq3WscAFAcSPu1glZ7hjUZ5Jmsp2IYVGF0ofzrmBx36zs8viYg4HM21vf2TpKnEfC_ptvEsszO2pL2y-SVEYKQxhTn8xz-5jC9fHZRLtr06_E4WoIN3OrBp2eONYhx1MQzUFmQXGixGAq9DYB4LeoyZMlt5YGKxa_XUH4k1FE3Y1rFKttJOW0GYU=&c=_3wxpkY6IB5pKpYtprGhf0-pdZd8hS5Cq-KkGOX2IqUzl-V6elrD_g==&ch=-bvOcgV062hVmsWgED8MPjrQqfqstZsBuRisT0nNuffXGV6vkr4Kaw==" shape="rect" style="color: maroon; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Scholastic Books</a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
for contributing to the awesome prize pool and maximizing the fun. This
event is recommended for ages 12 and up, and is free and open to the
public. Click <a alt="http://www.pageturnersblog.com/2015/11/chicago-mockingjay-meet-up.html" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001_nM1JXqI23ndcPyp1OYgq3WscAFAcSPu1glZ7hjUZ5Jmsp2IYVGF0ofzrmBx36zs_gExOcnyy3QNMm13P2kocJVTm7aF6lH6as0ZNWB8ov4eq0HcIXgPCAjfkgPgVWtjbSK0MdqDxHt9I8TRBVJnsALr87_Tz2GwffO7K50aemxhcxpdlxqD4dTHDTKN_eV7IdAzoWrq437OyNg5yMTQIGjvpjWonJCyztcuL5e3MuqwWF9q-bDB7g==&c=_3wxpkY6IB5pKpYtprGhf0-pdZd8hS5Cq-KkGOX2IqUzl-V6elrD_g==&ch=-bvOcgV062hVmsWgED8MPjrQqfqstZsBuRisT0nNuffXGV6vkr4Kaw==" shape="rect" style="color: red; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">here</a> for more information.</span></div>
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The Book Stallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02445195912132117392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553910846917071591.post-88990268671969117332015-10-29T11:37:00.003-05:002015-10-29T11:37:33.794-05:00Amy Sue Nathan<div align="center" style="color: #000090; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black;"><strong style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> <img align="right" border="0" class="cc-image-resize" height="152" hspace="5" src="http://images.booksense.com/images/585/048/9781250048585.jpg" vspace="5" width="102" /></strong></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><img align="left" border="0" height="153" hspace="5" src="http://amysuenathan.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/P1020826-Version-2-1-300x300.jpg" vspace="5" width="153" /> Local author <strong>Amy Sue Nathan</strong> talks about her new novel, <a alt="http://shop.thebookstall.com/book/9781250048585" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001N59AV7Q2xCDK_Iv7vLscTOLirLpA7CQrjQN6nbkobVt0vMXXBdS8ERtzHO1mgEsrfY4aLQXWa9wqBN5N3Z87wZt4AHvympMGEeD6v5Xvs8nnHnWzoRhrSC4M081JEqLLaJ52bXfwgV1F0id-CaK5VZq7PjFms6zgVZFVH0FgqLDdFX4K1xb1JVt9Ixb2PrwnKWIXu6brI-0=&c=qUHd9-eJQeWLzGyJQd2K5OXFGMm60ey8KWVUxCr3xjySkv7CRPTk8w==&ch=i8B31tcq7fe3yg3wOIMfD9TowmoTBGtUAX_GQfBmwXYpAgg4J3lCiQ==" shape="rect" style="color: maroon; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">The Good Neighbor</a>,
the story of a newly single mom who moves back to the Philadelphia home
where she grew up, her 5-year-old son in tow. With the help of friends
and an elderly neighbor, she begins to feel she's stepping up to a new
normal...until a small fib on her blog causes her life to spin out of
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</span>The Book Stallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02445195912132117392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553910846917071591.post-24384229376142982162015-10-29T11:36:00.000-05:002015-10-29T11:38:08.854-05:00Renée Rosen<div align="center" style="color: #000090; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and <a alt="http://shop.thebookstall.com/book/9780451419200" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001N59AV7Q2xCDK_Iv7vLscTOLirLpA7CQrjQN6nbkobVt0vMXXBdS8ERtzHO1mgEsrSc6Wg49n9i6fVVmtQgjUDkFGeiws0TePycBpClARnuOkyfHOy52TX5q3yiHbR9fqVpG3afSGR2U9PZpQa45wMtWzXCy1WyF-86rDoJATmu6gBs55B7iUJxGV9JngjYYkKc08FfAzmc4=&c=qUHd9-eJQeWLzGyJQd2K5OXFGMm60ey8KWVUxCr3xjySkv7CRPTk8w==&ch=i8B31tcq7fe3yg3wOIMfD9TowmoTBGtUAX_GQfBmwXYpAgg4J3lCiQ==" shape="rect" style="color: maroon; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Dollface: A Novel of the Roaring Twenties</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Click <a alt="http://lit.newcity.com/2015/10/26/on-the-beat-renee-rosen-crafts-a-1950s-chicago-journalism-tale-with-white-collar-girl/" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001N59AV7Q2xCDK_Iv7vLscTOLirLpA7CQrjQN6nbkobVt0vMXXBdS8ERtzHO1mgEsrnPhwCZKprRb2Yf9mmWQbtL4DiZXsjS93oqD-a9hDpslX0ITC41vLeVYsPPq8Jez45IJDPEeqrZrWrXBlYLUfMQu8h4rWQCZfm51aTjvQRPq4jKTwLQ3d3glPAWgoPHt8YkiyT6STOARrD6diDxmmvaYW4XzQXrxHJMCfz8VVELOsKHtpvs5lO6Mm_wbfL8JBk9s9sD0mjuhTYUzCb1IvJo7DoRhmErT3PBa91Cb1je0KT3hJ2I27SA==&c=qUHd9-eJQeWLzGyJQd2K5OXFGMm60ey8KWVUxCr3xjySkv7CRPTk8w==&ch=i8B31tcq7fe3yg3wOIMfD9TowmoTBGtUAX_GQfBmwXYpAgg4J3lCiQ==" shape="rect" style="color: red; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">here</a> for an interview with Renée about her new book on the Newcity Lit website. </span></div>
</span>The Book Stallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02445195912132117392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553910846917071591.post-47712641957818055652015-10-29T11:34:00.001-05:002015-10-29T11:42:38.099-05:00Bonnie Jo Campbell<div align="center" style="color: #000090; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">
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Her stories describe strong but flawed women, who are vulnerable,
wise, cruel, and funny as they love, honor, and betray one another
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</span>The Book Stallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02445195912132117392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553910846917071591.post-14676103482856319622015-10-25T15:00:00.000-05:002015-10-25T15:00:00.607-05:00Chris Falcon<table bgcolor="#72FFFF" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="BlockMargin" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK100" style="background-color: #72ffff; margin-bottom: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody>
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to flee Nazi Germany in 1935 for Chicago, where she eventually finds a
new life as a secretary in the Physics Department of the University of
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child. Then tragedy strikes, and Lena is forced to spy on the nuclear
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</span>The Book Stallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02445195912132117392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553910846917071591.post-51008497786634930412015-10-21T18:16:00.002-05:002015-10-21T18:16:24.362-05:00Eula Biss<div align="center" style="color: #000090; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">
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the metaphors and myths surrounding our concept of immunity and its
implications for the individual and the social body.</span>The book was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and one of the <em>New York Times</em> Book Review's Top 10 books of the year 2014 -- an accolade bestowed by numerous other publications. </span></div>
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</span>The Book Stallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02445195912132117392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553910846917071591.post-50349699738691697292015-10-21T18:14:00.000-05:002015-10-21T18:14:45.395-05:00Adam Rubin and Dan Salmieri<div align="center" style="color: #000090; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">
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</span>The Book Stallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02445195912132117392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553910846917071591.post-88740512112003055512015-10-21T18:13:00.000-05:002015-10-21T18:13:11.200-05:00Highlights to come<span></span><br />
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<span style="color: maroon;"><strong>Dr. Andrew Weil</strong></span> at The Union League Club in Chicago on<strong> Thursday, November 5</strong>, for a luncheon and talk about his new book <a alt="http://shop.thebookstall.com/book/9780316329422" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0017mh4IA2AbudrXd7EKMochm6r9_YT-TXIrzFd7e1C9-VvlRrQO7djAveiGRtVLxO2dgyAV5_Zo0QdhmA6PC982pLI5xVXofF_xR8RHIaWQ3JhL574Qj9FJr_yGl-Ys8Kj9Ve7gXXwBTTpkMy-Npwsdq9NMYzzSo5wBgwbaCRGwgN7S0QUGT9_pJZ7jr9BY2Ud7ex2i2oBstQ=&c=m6o2z0MYXV_24JvExMx1QrdR0bIVjN5Ky5hNs7WY1kFaa5hviA-kxQ==&ch=VW_FTkGplPYNsYv6gNvtAwMgZlzd2k7xgU-UTWpUj0qSVxTpfloqrw==" shape="rect" style="color: maroon; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Fast Food, Good Food</a>. (Just out yesterday.)</div>
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<span style="color: maroon;"><strong>Ted Koppel, </strong></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">also<span color="#800000" style="color: maroon;"><b> </b></span></span><span style="color: black;">at</span> The Union League Club, on <strong>Tuesday, November 10</strong>, for a luncheon and talk about his new book <a alt="http://shop.thebookstall.com/book/9780553419962" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0017mh4IA2AbudrXd7EKMochm6r9_YT-TXIrzFd7e1C9-VvlRrQO7djAveiGRtVLxO2Aj42eaUUXJYRmeysO0o0qoTK4G2huPMIOtpe7fn1nbxbfhlFPhP07cAkB0JdW5Ws4wRDR_FgRVTeU8B-94beU2RbofD5Bim1l0T-joTvdgSIz72Pj_qzNfsRGyM7YAG76KWdz8dAswc=&c=m6o2z0MYXV_24JvExMx1QrdR0bIVjN5Ky5hNs7WY1kFaa5hviA-kxQ==&ch=VW_FTkGplPYNsYv6gNvtAwMgZlzd2k7xgU-UTWpUj0qSVxTpfloqrw==" shape="rect" style="color: maroon; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Lights Out: A Cyberattack, a Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath</a>. (The book goes on sale next Tuesday, October 27.)</div>
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The Book Stallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02445195912132117392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553910846917071591.post-23587716070954867502015-10-21T18:11:00.001-05:002015-10-21T18:11:23.405-05:00Renée Rosen<span></span><br />
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during the 1950s. As with her previous presentations, Renée will show
slides and discuss the research behind this highly entertaining book.
Click<a alt="http://reneerosen.com/book/white-collar-girl/" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0017mh4IA2AbudrXd7EKMochm6r9_YT-TXIrzFd7e1C9-VvlRrQO7djAveiGRtVLxO2FFoZJqfwg6uYI1AvGu8Icr6VSIVzju9DLXbNELjuXs-35UiYqWh0mCh90_SbEBJ7ppt6-lKQXQrqHtZ71cMY6oQ1Ww0LCxQaSz5-oxgyxDhuqMZ3KGdpV0Of1SQdtaO17k6u2K-HrPI=&c=m6o2z0MYXV_24JvExMx1QrdR0bIVjN5Ky5hNs7WY1kFaa5hviA-kxQ==&ch=VW_FTkGplPYNsYv6gNvtAwMgZlzd2k7xgU-UTWpUj0qSVxTpfloqrw==" shape="rect" style="color: red; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"> here</a> for her website and more about the book.</div>
The Book Stallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02445195912132117392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553910846917071591.post-74796075400734071682015-10-21T18:09:00.002-05:002015-10-21T18:09:55.770-05:00Bonnie Jo Campbell<span></span><br />
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<span style="color: maroon;"><strong> <img align="left" border="0" height="100" hspace="5" src="http://msupress.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Campbell-head-150x150.jpg" vspace="5" width="100" /> <img align="right" border="0" class="cc-image-resize" height="125" hspace="5" src="http://images.booksense.com/images/456/248/9780393248456.jpg" vspace="5" width="82" /> O</strong></span>n <strong>Monday, November 2, at 7 pm, we will</strong> welcome Michigan writer Bobbie Jo Campbell with her new book of short stories <a alt="http://shop.thebookstall.com/book/9780393248456" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0017mh4IA2AbudrXd7EKMochm6r9_YT-TXIrzFd7e1C9-VvlRrQO7djAveiGRtVLxO2tq96ExGmhw4FFh56Ib7aIHAYxxCwWDvzpVzExlEd9ABX5gdwJIwWB8tvISHPCbtUkPf3chQmR5d05ETChqMaYJtC-it-XTREKWqo2e6BEfsBD__pxTJjdAnb81JkNk0Mjph042bZxWE=&c=m6o2z0MYXV_24JvExMx1QrdR0bIVjN5Ky5hNs7WY1kFaa5hviA-kxQ==&ch=VW_FTkGplPYNsYv6gNvtAwMgZlzd2k7xgU-UTWpUj0qSVxTpfloqrw==" shape="rect" style="color: maroon; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Mothers, Tell Your Daughters</a>. A previous collection, <a alt="http://shop.thebookstall.com/book/9780393339192" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0017mh4IA2AbudrXd7EKMochm6r9_YT-TXIrzFd7e1C9-VvlRrQO7djAveiGRtVLxO2Fi8JYWshEXlTU1z9Jv4qIzSjaSy4O6Q5pyW-NNQCOUi5gDmxITxcCZ6Mieg716M0YtMSTg6yLveWaRXCF3W4im-jAbuNPYyvyZhe0aXmWQLHriAP6chOrxb241Ey76k2uyYbT24-44A=&c=m6o2z0MYXV_24JvExMx1QrdR0bIVjN5Ky5hNs7WY1kFaa5hviA-kxQ==&ch=VW_FTkGplPYNsYv6gNvtAwMgZlzd2k7xgU-UTWpUj0qSVxTpfloqrw==" shape="rect" style="color: maroon; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">American Salvage</a>, was a National Book Award finalist. Her highly acclaimed new book, as described in a M<em>ilwaukee Journal-Sentinel</em> review, "<em>continues
her line of fiction about women scratching and clawing their way
through another day on the outskirts of the American Dream...The
collective message that mothers pass on to daughters in some of this
book's most powerful stories might be summed up simply as 'danger
ahead'."</em> Click <a alt="http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/books/bonnie-jo-campbell-sees-trouble-ahead-in-mothers-tell-your-daughters-b99594925z1-333338241.html" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0017mh4IA2AbudrXd7EKMochm6r9_YT-TXIrzFd7e1C9-VvlRrQO7djAveiGRtVLxO2qWUd2q0L67UbT8OcKtdS2TW1_ObHnaARBt0Utx7viV9m8HS46gmBSbZvtQLICoKoC8RFA4wC7vQJKSUJyupY_vJ2h6iobqTF_Ht1x1cSBcMR36mJRsY3-o8NGzi_ir4fGgJ2FBMDwY6oBneh0keneg7j8JTXBvGApzIFzXZRUZVWrlhwd233oaqKQBee6KFirKDUzAGHP2u9ZPNzZygVoQgM_FvbHRtCF7aaVt96jaFlwj6mQA9KRKky-Mh56f881wyV6in1t-U=&c=m6o2z0MYXV_24JvExMx1QrdR0bIVjN5Ky5hNs7WY1kFaa5hviA-kxQ==&ch=VW_FTkGplPYNsYv6gNvtAwMgZlzd2k7xgU-UTWpUj0qSVxTpfloqrw==" shape="rect" style="color: #ef4644; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">here</a> to read the full review.</div>
The Book Stallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02445195912132117392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553910846917071591.post-59563384277388516112015-10-15T21:29:00.000-05:002015-10-15T12:09:32.441-05:00Dina Elenbogen<div align="center" style="color: #000090; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">
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Jew Ms. Elenbogen explores her 30-year friendship with Ethiopian Jewish
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</span>The Book Stallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02445195912132117392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553910846917071591.post-36826406494210455442015-10-15T12:17:00.000-05:002015-10-15T12:17:25.469-05:00Andrew Solomon<div align="center" style="color: #000090; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">
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</span>The Book Stallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02445195912132117392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553910846917071591.post-50792903313411491172015-10-15T12:12:00.002-05:002015-10-15T12:12:32.587-05:00Dan Ephron<div align="center" style="color: #000090; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">
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<b>7 pm, Highland Park Public Library, 494 Laurel</b></div>
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the tumultuous years leading up to the assassination of Irsaeli Prime
Minister Yitzhak Rabin 20 years ago. Mr. Ephron <span>covered both the rally where Rabin was killed and the subsequent murder trial of his assassin, Yigal Amir. <span>Through the prism of the assassination, Mr. Ephron also brings into focus much about Israel today. </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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</span>The Book Stallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02445195912132117392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553910846917071591.post-16037218517911295082015-10-15T12:11:00.000-05:002015-10-15T12:11:23.022-05:00Jeff Alworth<div align="center" style="color: #000090; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; text-align: center;">
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book is written for passionate beginners, who will love its "if you
like 'X', try 'Y'" feature; for intermediate beer lovers eager to go
deeper; and for true geeks, who will find new information on every
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</span>The Book Stallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02445195912132117392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553910846917071591.post-8842387877917469302015-10-15T12:07:00.000-05:002015-10-15T12:07:07.222-05:00Rainbow Rowell<table bgcolor="#72FFFF" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="BlockMargin" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK44" style="background-color: #72ffff; margin-bottom: 5px; width: 100%px;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt;">Another blockbuster author coming up! We look forward to welcoming <strong>Rainbow Rowell,</strong> the hugely popular author of books for young adults and adults alike. She'll be speaking about and signing <a alt="http://shop.thebookstall.com/book/9781250049551" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001goXOeIj8MekV1vl10emDDH18ziOvg3Q0HGDuzWM2_AQ3I_xWKOhcoEQ9QQLHzWEQqhSPkGK-2BgTmda4shzB6pKTeUDCE1FeFrpogevtDFboV9FYCKLaaz3Cvw0SnGNgGcmU6c5-4I54ldAfhoSvhxiiUO-SqnOo65HAdc-SDK5wi4ZnhrAvSIUDNj9l5HJszC5PNb7ICKA=&c=YrfRkrEQP4GmG1ZrEDSGtjm6QW07H78rR1ZkQTynfLQH4g0IdjguCQ==&ch=LM__tK9a0mgG6i156gMPWDWnnnREnjgjQpSS7WKb840cy-5cVW89og==" shape="rect" style="color: maroon; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Carry On</a>,
her latest YA novel, described as a ghost story, love story, and a
mystery. Says Book Stall children's department chief Robert McDonald: <a alt="http://shop.thebookstall.com/book/9781250049551" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001goXOeIj8MekV1vl10emDDH18ziOvg3Q0HGDuzWM2_AQ3I_xWKOhcoEQ9QQLHzWEQqhSPkGK-2BgTmda4shzB6pKTeUDCE1FeFrpogevtDFboV9FYCKLaaz3Cvw0SnGNgGcmU6c5-4I54ldAfhoSvhxiiUO-SqnOo65HAdc-SDK5wi4ZnhrAvSIUDNj9l5HJszC5PNb7ICKA=&c=YrfRkrEQP4GmG1ZrEDSGtjm6QW07H78rR1ZkQTynfLQH4g0IdjguCQ==&ch=LM__tK9a0mgG6i156gMPWDWnnnREnjgjQpSS7WKb840cy-5cVW89og==" shape="rect" style="color: maroon; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Carry On</a> is a departure for Ms. Rowell, but relates to the characters in her beloved <a alt="http://shop.thebookstall.com/book/9781250030955" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001goXOeIj8MekV1vl10emDDH18ziOvg3Q0HGDuzWM2_AQ3I_xWKOhcoEQ9QQLHzWEQFcdvs9Zx6mqdFFPyLIs3cNpmMWXO18UjR0lGlyltwvvsmf8BWilREHZQphZjfRWHWhO2_rEJI4BDXByXgX5eHGAu9s7O0nJup-CCCWLNT-lc7mPTDmfjch3PGqhGde2x4Zwmzf1fhwY=&c=YrfRkrEQP4GmG1ZrEDSGtjm6QW07H78rR1ZkQTynfLQH4g0IdjguCQ==&ch=LM__tK9a0mgG6i156gMPWDWnnnREnjgjQpSS7WKb840cy-5cVW89og==" shape="rect" style="color: maroon; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Fangirl</a>. Click <a alt="http://www.rainbowrowell.com" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001goXOeIj8MekV1vl10emDDH18ziOvg3Q0HGDuzWM2_AQ3I_xWKOhcoEQ9QQLHzWEQX49oFsb1gejU5lg6nht-DfuI5W6ZSp_TwFcim6ImQoxB5nJX-wpCfu2UWja1VDwCoG2veZODNOWlu91kVIocgyLzJxMg0qvd3MIoUIgGsiIJZo3BPJrUHA==&c=YrfRkrEQP4GmG1ZrEDSGtjm6QW07H78rR1ZkQTynfLQH4g0IdjguCQ==&ch=LM__tK9a0mgG6i156gMPWDWnnnREnjgjQpSS7WKb840cy-5cVW89og==" shape="rect" style="color: maroon; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">here</a> for Ms. Rowell's website.</span></div>
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entry ticket is the purchase of a Rainbow Rowell book (any one) from
The Book Stall. We require a special event bracelet (free with book
purchase) to gain entry to the auditorium. Due to the volume of calls we
are unable take phone orders for this event, but you are welcome to
stop by the store to get your book and entry bracelet. If you are unable
to make it to the store before the event, we will be selling Rainbow's
books (and issuing entry bracelets) on-site. <strong>Doors open at 5:30
pm. We will have plenty of books, and with ample space in the auditorium
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