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This week at Story & Song...
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"Return from Exile"
Author Talk
with Marie Laure
Thursday, August 31, 3:30 pm
Join us for a program about women, faith, and timeless connections that shape and give meaning to our lives. St. Augustine author Marie Laure spoke of "Bending Time" during her presentation at the 650th anniversary of the revelation of Anchoress Julian of Norwich this summer in Europe.
The event will open with a short performance by Munsell McPhillips, Nora Wittman and Brenda Kayne ("Sonofarious") featuring 14th century-inspired music, then Marie Laure will be in conversation with Donna about how Julian's solitude during the Plague inspired her book Return from Exile, written during the pandemic.
Tea and scone reception to follow.
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"Tea & Tales"
with Ron Kurtz
Friday, September 1, 3 pm
Join us for afternoon tea and select sandwiches with readings by Ron Kurtz. This month, Ron will be reading selections from The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones.
Our Bistro will be preparing:
Apple-Onion Galette with White Cheddar
Sage, Apple, & Blue Cheese on Crostini
Savory Stuffed Apple
Apple Walnut Spice Cake
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Apple & Cardamom Scones
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Tap! Tap! Tap!
Dance! Dance! Dance!
by Herve Tullet
Chronicle Books
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StoryTime
with Ms. Suzy
Saturday, 10:30 am
Our Special Guest Storyteller, Ms. Suzy (Suzy Dodge) from the Amelia Island Dance Fesitval, takes us for a very special dance: your hand becoming the dancer and the book the dance floor. Starting with a gentle glide, growing in complexity and animation, finally building to a crescendo of color, action, and movement--here's a book perfect for kids bursting with energy.
Follow your feet to the StoryTime rug!
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"Cookin' in the Courtyard"
Labor Day Picnic Special
Monday, September 4, 11 am - 2 pm
Join us for a Labor Day celebration with a classic American cookout! Our Bistro will be preparing:
Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, & Veggie Burgers
with all the fixings
Choice of potato salad or chips
Elderberry Hibiscus Iced Tea
$15 plus tax
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Save the dates
for these upcoming events
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Complimentary,
no reservation required.
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"Blue Sky Gone"
Author Talk with Jennifer Farmer
Friday, September 8, 3 pm
Audrey Moretti always knew she wanted to be a police officer, but she never expected it would take her on the most harrowing venture of her life -- the search for her sister on September 11th, 2001. Grief makes way for hope, in this deeply moving story of love, loss, strength, and courage. Jennifer Farmer, a former police officer herself, will take you on an emotional and powerful journey before, during, and after 9/11.
Wine & cheese reception to follow.
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"Evening of Story & Song"
with Sean McCarthy
Saturday, September 9, 5 pm
Sunday, September 10, 2 pm
Local musician Sean McCarthy swaps stories with Mike Geiger and Woody Mullis, songwriters and hitmakers with local roots. Sean combines country, bluegrass, and tropical with coastal lyrical themes, in a style he describes as “Coastal Country”.
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"Lord Honey"
Culinary Arts Luncheon
with Chef Jason Smith
Tuesday, September 12, 12:30 pm
Known for his dazzling fashion, quick quips in the kitchen, and delicious Southern cooking, Food Network TV celebrity Jason Smith brings it right back to his granny’s kitchen in Kentucky in this cookbook. Our Bistro will be preparing recipes from Jason's book, including:
Uptown Pea Salad
Warm Kale and Butternut Squash Salad
Glazed Turkey Cutlets
Southern Baked Mac & Cheese
Orange Slice Blondies
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"Madam Fromage's
Adventures in Cheese"
Cookbook Release Event
Friday, September 22, 3 pm
The world of cheese is fascinating and the enjoyment of cheese continues to grow. Join us to celebrate Tenaya Darlington's new cookbook with beautiful cheese boards, delightful wine, and a conversation with our Chef Rachel Tyler about choosing, tasting, pairing and sharing cheese. Perfect inspiration for easy entertaining!
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Complimentary,
no reservation required.
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"Jawsome Sharks"
Book Release Party
with Joelle Crahay
Saturday, September 23, 2 pm
Find out fun facts and tips for sharks tooth hunting on Amelia Island as we unveil a new book written by Joelle Crahay and published by Story & Song Press in partnership with Keep Nassau Beautiful. Come see some awesome sharks teeth and snack on a shark cookie!
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"The Girls Who Fought Crime"
with Major Gen. Mari K. Eder
Tuesday, September 26, 3 pm
Join us in a disscusion with renowned author, speaker, and retired U.S. Army Major General Mari K. Eder, about a trailblazer who courageously dedicated her life to public service. The Girls Who Fight Crime is an inspiring feminist tale of a woman who dedicated her entire life to the New York Police Department, upending the patriarchy and the status quo for women working in public service.
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Complimentary,
no reservation required.
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Complimentary,
no reservation required.
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"Ink & Valor:
Celebrating Military Voices"
Author Talk with Amelia Island Writers
Tuesday, September 26, 4 pm
All are welcome to listen to local veterans John Pulsinelli,
Luis Diaz, and Ralph DeFalco talk about what inspired them
to write their stories.
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Weekly Chilled Soup Subscriptions | | |
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How it works:
♦ Each week we'll feature a bowl of soup inspired by some of our favorite cookbooks.
♦ Select which weeks you'd like to participate and pre-pay (in-store or online)
♦ $16 for 24 oz. of soup (enough to feed two)
♦ Pick-up any time after 11 am Monday (best enjoyed the same day)
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September 4 - Cucumber & Spinach Soup
Fresh herbs and spices elevate this creamy veggie soup, highlighting the faint sweetness of cucumber and the heartiness of fresh spinach.
September 11 - Ginger Peach Soup with Cashew Cream
This decadent fruit soup blends ripe peaches and grated ginger with notes of citrus and mint.
September 18 - Tomato Soup with Cantaloupe
Refreshing and tart, this chilled tomato soup contains sweet melon balls for a tasty textural treat.
September 25 - Orange and Chipotle Butternut Squash Bisque
Smoky chipotle, sweet orange, and salty pepitas add layers of flavor to this creamy, cold bisque.
Remember that a soup subscription makes a caring gift.
Click here to order upcoming soups.
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Weekly Chilled Soup
Chilled Avocado Soup
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~Serving Brunch & Lunch until 2 pm daily~
~Coffee, Wines, Craft Beers & Fresh Baked Goods All Day~
Care Packages
We're here to help when you need a little something for someone home-bound.
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Panini Special
Local Oyster Mushrooms, Spinach, and Whipped Gorgonzola on Sourdough
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Our partnership with Bookshop.org enables you to purchase any of the books featured in this newsletter by clicking on the jacket image. Books will be shipped to you directly from our warehouse, or you may also pick up at the store by placing your order here.
THANK YOU for making the choice to support community-focused organizations like ours!
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New Releases in Hardcover
(on sale Tuesday)
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Interstellar
by Avi Loeb
Does intelligent life beyond Earth exist? The longest serving Chair of Harvard's Astronomy Department, Avi Loeb, has not only convinced millions that the answer is yes in his last book, Extraterrestrial, but now explains why becoming an interstellar species is imperative for humanity's survival by detailing a game plan for how we can settle among the stars. Combining cutting edge science, physics, and philosophy, Interstellar revolutionizes the approach to our search for extraterrestrial life and our preparation for its discovery. In this eye-opening, necessary look at our future, Loeb artfully and expertly raises some of the most important questions facing us as humans, and proves, once again, that scientific curiosity is the key to our survival.
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The Deadline
by Jill Lepore
Few, if any, historians have brought such insight, wisdom, and empathy to public discourse as Jill Lepore. The astonishing essays collected in The Deadline offer a prismatic portrait of Americans' techno-utopianism, frantic fractiousness, and unprecedented--but armed--aimlessness. From lockdowns and race commissions to Bratz dolls and bicycles, to the losses that haunt Lepore's life, these essays again and again cross what she calls the deadline, the "river of time that divides the quick from the dead." Echoing Gore Vidal's United States in its massive intellectual erudition, The Deadline, with its remarkable juxtaposition of the political and the personal, challenges the very nature of the essay--and of history--itself.
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New Releases in Paperback
(on sale Tuesday)
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The Coworker
by Freida McFadden
Dawn Schiff is strange. At least, everyone thinks so at Vixed, the nutritional supplement company where Dawn works as an accountant. She never says the right thing. She has no friends. And she is always at her desk at precisely 8:45 a.m. So when Dawn doesn't show up to the office one morning, her coworker Natalie Farrell--beautiful, popular, top sales rep five years running--is surprised. Then she receives an unsettling, anonymous phone call that changes everything... It turns out Dawn wasn't just an awkward outsider--she was being targeted by someone close. And now Natalie is irrevocably tied to Dawn as she finds herself caught in a twisted game of cat and mouse that leaves her wondering: who's the real victim?
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The Old Place
by Bobby Finger
Billington, Texas, is a place where nothing changes. Well, almost nothing. For the first time in nearly four decades, Mary Alice Roth is not getting ready for the first day of school at Billington High. A few months into her retirement--or, district mandated exile as she calls it--Mary Alice does not know how to fill her days. At least there's Ellie, who stops by each morning for coffee. When Mary Alice's sister arrives on her doorstep with a staggering piece of news, it jeopardizes the careful shell she's built around her life. The whole of her friendship with Ellie is put at risk, the fabric of a place as steadfast as Billington is questioned, and the unflappable, knotty fixture that is Mary Alice Roth might have to change after all.
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Zach's Sci-Fi / Fantasy Picks of the Week
(on sale Tuesday)
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Assistant to the Villain
by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Once Upon a Time meets The Office in Hannah Maehrer's laugh-out-loud viral TikTok series turned novel, about the sunshine assistant to an Evil Villain...and their unexpected romance. With ailing family to support, Evie Sage's employment status isn't just important, it's vital. So when a mishap with Rennedawn's most infamous Villain results in a job offer--naturally, she says yes. But just when she's getting used to severed heads suspended from the ceiling and the odd squish of an errant eyeball beneath her heel, Evie suspects this dungeon has a huge rat...and not just the literal kind. Now Evie must not only resist drooling over her boss but also figure out exactly who is sabotaging his work...and ensure he makes them pay. After all, a good job is hard to find.
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Babel
by R. F. Kuang
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he'll enroll in Oxford University's prestigious Royal Institute of Translation--also known as Babel. Babel is the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic.
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Just for Kids - & Kids at Heart
(on sale Tuesday)
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From New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds comes the sequel to Stuntboy, in the Meantime! Portico Reeves is the greatest superhero a lot of people have never heard of. He likes it that way--then no one can get in the way of him from keeping other other people safe. Super safe. He's Stuntboy. He's got the moves. And the saves. Except. There's been one major fail. He couldn't save his parents from becoming divorced.
Ages: 7 - 12
Stuntboy 2:
In-Between Time
Jason Reynolds
Atheneum Books
$14.99
Reserve for in-store pick-up or to mail
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Now in paperback, the tenth book in the New York Times bestselling Spy School series. Ben Ripley's longtime nemesis, Murray Hill, has put a price on Ben's head and accused him of being at the center of a conspiracy on the internet. Ben must find Murray before his machinations catch up to Ben -- but with so much at stake, even some of Ben's most trusted friends might not be at the top of their game, leaving Ben to be tested like never before.
Ages: 8 - 12
Spy School: Project X
by Stuart Gibbs
Simon & Schuster
$8.99
Reserve for in-store pick-up or to mail
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When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears overnight in small town Martinville, Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves, never suspecting that his life is about to change. Evan and his best friend Rafe quickly discover a link between one of the old books and a long-ago event that none of the grown-ups want to talk about. The two boys start asking questions whose answers will transform not only their own futures, but the town itself.
Ages: 8 - 12
The Lost Library
by Rebecca Stead
Feiwel & Friends
$17.99
Reserve for in-store pick-up or to mail
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at Story & Song?
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Monday - Saturday 10 to 5
Sunday 11 to 3
Bistro serving food until 2 pm every day.
Take-out available. Call (904)601-2118.
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