February Books and Events
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Greetings!
It's February already?!
Sorry to get this out a little late- the time flies!
Thank you for your support of independent bookselling,
Alice
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Writing Workshop Sunday Feb. 9th at 3:30
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This is a very casual, all-skills-level prompt-writing workshop that is a lot of fun for all. Monthly on Sunday afternoons at 3:30, the group gathers to write from a choice of provided prompts, shares their work and their feedback. $15.00 pp.
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Upcoming Book Groups - open to all
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Thurs. Feb. 13th at 7:30
Longitude
is the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest and of Harrison's forty-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometer.Full of heroism and chicanery, it is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation, and clockmaking, and opens a new window on our world.
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Thurs. Feb. 20th at 7:30
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction
#1 New York Times Bestseller,
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize
A New York Times Notable Book and a Washington Post, Time, Oprah Magazine, Newsweek, Chicago Tribune, and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
"The best novel ever written about trees, and really just one of the best novels, period." —Ann Patchett
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Sunday March 1st 4:00pm
(a family-friendly discussion of children's books)
Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson, haunted by his secret knowledge of his mother’s infidelity, is traveling by single-engine plane to visit his father for the first time since the divorce. When the plane crashes, killing the pilot, the sole survivor is Brian. He is alone in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but his clothing, a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother had given him as a present.
(ages 10-14)
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NEW BOOKS
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NEW for kids in hardcover & paper
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Books to Pre-Order
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Read a Love Poem Night February 14th
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Come to Byrd’s Books for Read a Love Poem Night! We will gather
Friday February 14th at 7:00pm
to read poetry that celebrates love: love of another, love of the Earth, love of a pet…any love.
Pick a poem or two by ANY poet that you would like to share and we will read them out loud. If only a few show up, we will each read 2-3 poems. We love poetry. Light refreshments- Valentine tea (Simpson & Vail) and cookies.
Read more...
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Nan Rossiter Signing Saturday Feb. 22nd at 1pm
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Jim Motavalli brings
Real Dirt
to Byrd's Books February 26th at 7:00pm
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The #1
New York Times
bestselling author of
The Devil in the White City
and
Dead Wake
delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz
On Winston Churchill’s first day as prime minister, Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. Poland and Czechoslovakia had already fallen, and the Dunkirk evacuation was just two weeks away. For the next twelve months, Hitler would wage a relentless bombing campaign, killing 45,000 Britons. It was up to Churchill to hold his country together and persuade President Franklin Roosevelt that Britain was a worthy ally—and willing to fight to the end.
In
The Splendid and the Vile
, Erik Larson shows, in cinematic detail, how Churchill taught the British people “the art of being fearless.” It is a story of political brinkmanship, but it’s also an intimate domestic drama, set against the backdrop of Churchill’s prime-ministerial country home, his wartime retreat, and, of course, 10 Downing Street. Drawing on diaries, original archival documents, and once-secret intelligence reports—some released only recently—Larson provides a new lens on London’s darkest year through the day-to-day experience of Churchill and his family.
The Splendid and the Vile
takes readers out of today’s political dysfunction and back to a time of true leadership, when, in the face of unrelenting horror, Churchill’s eloquence, courage, and perseverance bound a country, and a family, together.
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HOURS:
Tuesday - Saturday 10-6 | Sunday 12 - 4 | Closed Monday
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Our monthly coupon for our email customers only
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