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Thursday, July 24 at 7:30 pm - Author Appearance - Daniel Silva
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New York Times bestselling spy author Daniel Silva will present his new Russia-based novel Moscow Rules. Often called the new John LeCarré, internationally acclaimed author Daniel Silva is known for works including The Messenger, The Mark of the Assassin, and The Kill Artist. He once again displays his rare talent for seamlessly intertwining provocative current events and exciting espionage in this thriller set in the new Moscow. It is a searing, cautionary tale about the new threats rising to the East.
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Saturday, July 26 at 7 pm - Author Appearance - Ann Hood
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Acclaimed writer Ann Hood chronicles her struggle through all-consuming grief after the sudden death of her daughter in her new book Comfort. One day, Ann Hood’s five-year-old daughter was bopping to the Beatles, and in a two-day blink of an eye, she was gone, the victim of a virulent form of strep throat. Comfort, Hood’s heartbreaking memoir of this time, documents the grief that consumed entire years of her life. Ann Hood is the author of nine books, including the novel The Knitting Circle.
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Tuesday, July 29 at 7 pm - Author Appearance - Linda Greenlaw
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Bestselling author Linda Greenlaw will present her new maritime mystery, Fisherman’s Bend, the second in her Jane Bunker mystery series. With her bestsellers The Hungry Ocean, All Fishermen are Liars, The Lobster Chronicles, and her first novel, Slipknot, Linda Greenlaw has become one of the country’s favorite authors. Fisherman’s Bend is a thrilling tale of coastal Maine in which Jane Bunker crosses paths with heroin dealers and rival lobstering in her quest to solve the mystery of a missing fisherman. Greenlaw lives in Isle au Haut, Maine, where she captains a lobster boat.
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Wednesday, July 30 at 7 pm - Author Appearance - Andre Dubus III
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Bestselling author Andre Dubus III, whose novel The House of Sand and Fog became an Academy Award-nominated motion picture, will present his new novel, The Garden of Last Days. Andre Dubus gained media attention when The House of Sand and Fog became an Oprah Book Club selection. His new novel, the Florida-based The Garden of Last Days, is set in September 2001, just before the world changed. This psychologically tense page-turner brings to life vividly drawn characters including a jihadist and a stripper, whose lives collide with unimaginable results.
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Thursday, July 31 at 7 pm - Author Appearance - Greg Barrett
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Veteran journalist Greg Barrett will discuss his new book about the remarkable Rev. Joseph H. Maier, The Gospel of Father Joe. Known as “the Father Teresa of Bangkok,” Father Joe defied the Thai government and religious tradition to build schools for the poor in the worst slums of Bangkok. Today, his aptly named Mercy Centre includes 30 preschools with 4,200 needy children, AIDS hospices, orphanages, safe houses, medical clinics, sports leagues, and more. Author Greg Barrett is a twenty-year veteran of local, national and foreign journalism.
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A Sneak Peek !!!
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Mark Your Calendars!!!
August 1 - Friday @ 7 pm - Brunonia Barry presents The Lace Reader
August 1 - Friday @ 9 pm - Breaking Dawn Party
August 2 - Saturday @ 7 pm - Nicholas Daniloff presents Of Spies and Spokesmen
August 5 - Tuesday @ 3 pm - Cecilia Galante presents Hershey Herself
August 6 - Wednesday @ 7 pm - Lily Koppel presents Red Leather Diary
August 7 - Thursday @ 7 pm - Tracie Hotchner presents The Cat Bible and The Dog Bible
August 8 - Friday @ 7 pm - Jonathan Mahler presents The Challenge: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the Fight Over Presidential Power
August 13 - Wednesday @ 7 pm - Attorney Michael Grygiel with Reporter's Privilege Discussion
August 14 - Thursday at 7 pm- Tom Fels presents Farm Friends
August 15 - Friday @ 7 pm - Richard Smith presents The Revolutionary War in Bennington County
August 16 - Saturday @ 7 pm - Sheila Weller presents Girls Like Us
August 20 - Wednesday @ 7 pm - Margaret Bartley presents Grisha
August 21 - Thursday @ 7 pm - Mark Weston presents Prophets and Princes
August 22 - Friday @ 7 pm -
Joseph Persico presents Franklin and Lucy
August 23 - Saturday at 2 pm - Phoebe Stone presents Deep Down Popular
August 23 - Saturday at 7 pm - Tim Weiner presents Legacy of Ashes
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