Category: #books
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Max’s War: The Story of a Ritchie Boy
The Book Stall (811 Elm Street in Winnetka) on Thursday, April 18 at 6:30 pm is presenting a program with author Libby Fischer Hellman featuring her new book, Max’s War: The Story of a Ritchie Boy. This suspenseful coming-of-age war story is Libby Hellmann’s tribute to her late father-in-law who was active with the OSS and interrogated dozens of German POWs. To register for this…
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Poisoned Passover: Book 2 Torah Mystery Series
he Book Stall (811 Elm Street in Winnetka) is delighted to host mystery author Susan Van Dusen on Wednesday, April 17 at 6:30 pm for an in-store discussion featuring her new book, Poisoned Passover, the second book in the Torah Mystery Series. With no experience except watching TV detective shows, Julia Donnelly, the wife of the mayor, and her Torah group leader, Rabbi Avrum…
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I Cheerfully Refuse: Author Discussion & Book Signing
The Book Stall (811 Elm Street in Winnetka) is thrilled to welcome award-winning author Leif Enger to the store on Sunday, April 7 at 2:00 pm for a discussion featuring his new book, I Cheerfully Refuse (Grove Atlantic). A career defining tour-de-force from the New York Times bestselling author of Peace Like a River, Enger’s latest novel is set in a not-too-distant America and epitomizes the “musical, sometimes magical…
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The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook: Discussion and Book Signing
The Book Stall (811 Elm Street in Winnetka) is thrilled to host historian Hampton Sides on Monday, April 15 at 6:30 pm for a discussion featuring his new book, The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook. (Doubleday). From the New York Times bestselling author, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age…
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John Schu: Author Discussion & Book Signing in Conversation with Heidi Stevens
The Book Stall (811 Elm Street in Winnetka) proudly welcomes to the store author John Schu on Thursday, April 4 at 6:30 pm for a powerful discussion of his new book, Louder Than Hunger. (Candlewick Press). Based on his own experience of these conditions, Mr. Schu presents a vivid and immersive look at a teenage boy’s experience of anorexia, OCD, and depression. As a…
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NYTimes: 22 of the Funniest Novels Since ‘Catch-22’
22 of the Funniest Novels Since ‘Catch-22’ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/books/funny-novels-humor.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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Koshersoul: The Faith and Food Journey of an African American Jew by Michael W. Twitty
“most importantly, Twitty reminds us that you don’t have to be Black or Jewish to love koshersoul.” Both a cookbook and a memoir, Koshersoul (Amistad) explores the food traditions of both Black and Jewish cultures and how for Black Jewish people, the two combine, becoming a distinctive foodway of its own. “When I first started…
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Women Who Murder by Mitzi Szereto
“For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.” —Rudyard Kipling, from the poem “The Female of the Species.” “Why is that we’re always so shocked when women commit violent crimes, in particular, the crime of murder? Perhaps we’re more accustomed to seeing men as the aggressors when it comes to murder,…
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Reese’s Book Club Pick: “First Lie Wins”
“This is Ashley Elston’s debut adult novel and it’s a real page turner, so good you hate to turn the last page.” “My mind splits, showing two different paths; This is definitely a crossroads moment,” recalls Lucca Marino alias Wendy Wallace alias Mia Blanchard and a whole long list of other names. “Taking the job…
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The Busy Body by Kemper Donovan
“I tell other people’s stories for a living. “You can call me a ghostwriter, though usually I just say I ‘freelance’ which is vague and boring enough to put an end to strangers’ polite inquiries . . . That’s a lie . . . About my supposed friends. I have lots of acquaintances, colleagues, and…
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