UPDATE: Well, we breezed through the first 350 copies in three days. We've got another shipment on the way, but they're moving fast! Be sure to reserve your copy right away!
Our very own Eowyn Ivey is getting international attention for her new novel, "The Snow Child." She's been interviewed on BBC and NPR. The Christian Science Monitor counts her book as #1 on their list of six new books to read in 2012.
The Snow Child is on sale in Europe now. In fact, it was on the Norwegian bestseller list for quite some time. The US edition doesn't come out until February 1st, 2012.
Eowyn will have her book release party at The Colony Inn right here in Downtown Palmer.
$24.99
ISBN-13: 9780316175678
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Reagan Arthur Books, 2/2012
Alaska, 1920: a
brutal place to homestead, and especially tough for recent arrivals
Jack and Mabel. Childless, they are drifting apart--he breaking under
the weight of the work of the farm; she crumbling from loneliness and
despair. In a moment of levity during the season's first snowfall, they
build a child out of snow. The next morning the snow child is
gone--but they glimpse a young, blonde-haired girl running through the
trees. This little girl, who calls herself Faina, seems to be a child of
the woods. She hunts with a red fox at her side, skims lightly across
the snow, and somehow survives alone in the Alaskan wilderness. As Jack
and Mabel struggle to understand this child who could have stepped from
the pages of a fairy tale, they come to love her as their own daughter.
But in this beautiful, violent place things are rarely as they appear,
and what they eventually learn about Faina will transform all of them.
About the Author
Eowyn LeMay Ivey was raised in Alaska and continues to live there
with her husband and two daughters. She received her BA in journalism
and minor in creative writing through the honors program at Western
Washington University, studied creative nonfiction at the University of
Alaska Anchorage graduate program, and worked for nearly 10 years as an
award-winning reporter at the Frontiersman newspaper. This is her first
novel.
Praise for The Snow Child…
"If Willa Cather and Gabriel Garcia Marquez had collaborated on a
book, THE SNOW CHILD would be it. It is a remarkable accomplishment -- a
combination of the most delicate, ethereal, fairytale magic and the
harsh realities of homesteading in the Alaskan wilderness in 1918.
Stunningly conceived, beautifully told, this story has the intricate
fragility of a snowflake and the natural honesty of the dirt beneath
your feet, the unnerving reality of a dream in the night. It fascinates,
it touches the heart. It gallops along even as it takes time to pause
at the wonder of life and the world in which we live. And it will stir
you up and stay with you for a long, long time."Robert Goolrick, New York Times bestselling author of A Reliable Wife Keith Donohue, New York Times bestselling author of The Stolen Child Sena Jeter Naslund, New York Times bestselling author of Ahab's Wife Robert Morgan, author of Gap Creek Melanie Benjamin, author of Alice I Have Been Andromeda Romano-Lax, author of The Spanish Bow Ali Shaw, author of The Girl with Glass Feet
Submitted by fireside@goodbo... on Tue, 11/01/2011 - 1:00pm
Start: 12/03/2011 10:00 am
We'll be celebrating our 10th Year Anniversary all day Saturday! Stop by for door prizes, Fireside Books memories, and special guests!
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Zoey is home where she belongs,
safe with her Guardian Warrior, Stark, by her side--and preparing to
face off against Neferet. Kalona has released his hold on Rep haim, and,
through Nyx's gift of a human form, he and Stevie Rae are finally able
to be together--if Rephaim can truly walk the path of the Goddess and
stay free of his father's shadow. But is Zoey really safe? Does she
truly know those who are closest to her? And will love win when it is
tested by the very soul of Darkness?
In 2007, Paulo Coelho was named the "United Nations Messanger of Peace." Now the author of such thought-provoking novels as "The Alchemist," and "The Pilgramage" is out with a new novel: Aleph.
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9780307700186
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Knopf, 9/2011
In his most personal novel to date, internationally best-selling
author Paulo Coelho returns with a remarkable journey of self-discovery.
Like the main character in his much-beloved
The Alchemist, Paulo
is facing a grave crisis of faith. As he seeks a path of spiritual
renewal and growth, he decides to begin again: to travel, to experiment,
to reconnect with people and the landscapes around him.
Setting off to Africa, and then to Europe and Asia via the
Trans-Siberian Railway, he initiates a journey to revitalize his energy
and passion. Even so, he never expects to meet Hilal. A gifted young
violinist, she is the woman Paulo loved five hundred years before—and
the woman he betrayed in an act of cowardice so far-reaching that it
prevents him from finding real happiness in this life. Together they
will initiate a mystical voyage through time and space, traveling a path
that teaches love, forgiveness, and the courage to overcome life’s
inevitable challenges. Beautiful and inspiring, Aleph invites us to consider the meaning of our own personal journeys: Are we where we want to be, doing what we want to do?
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780061122415
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: HarperOne, 4/2006
"My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy told the alchemist one night as they looked up at the moonless sky." Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams."
Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. The Alchemist is such a book. With over a million and a half copies sold around the world, The Alchemist has already established itself as a modern classic, universally admired. Paulo Coelho's charming fable, now available in English for the first time, will enchant and inspire an even wider audience of readers for generations to come.
The Alchemist is the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure as extravagant as any ever found. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert to a fateful encounter with the alchemist.
The story of the treasures Santiago finds along the way teaches us, as only a few stories have done, about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the omens strewn along life's path, and, above all, following our dreams.
It's bookreading season. You know -- when the rain falls softly on the deck, muffling the sound of the traffic outside, and the kids are out trying to sponge up what's left of summer vacation. It's time to travel to another world, another time, another home. It's time to sit in your favorite chair with your favorite novel. Here are some of our suggestions!
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780060594671
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: William Morrow Paperbacks, 6/2011
In the 1970s, Larry Ott and Silas "32" Jones were boyhood pals in a small town in rural Mississippi. Their worlds were as different as night and day: Larry was the child of lower-middle-class white parents, and Silas, the son of a poor, black single mother. But then Larry took a girl to a drive-in movie and she was never seen or heard from again. He never confessed . . . and was never charged.
More than twenty years have passed. Larry lives a solitary, shunned existence, never able to rise above the whispers of suspicion. Silas has become the town constable. And now another girl has disappeared, forcing two men who once called each other "friend" to confront a past they've buried for decades.
$35.00
ISBN-13: 9780553801477
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Bantam, 7/2011
n the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance—beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies, and many have set out to find her. As they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind.
$13.99
ISBN-13: 9780316034005
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Reagan Arthur / Back Bay Books, 9/2010
Tim Farnsworth walks. He walks out of meetings and out of bed. He walks in sweltering heat and numbing cold. He will walk without stopping until he falls asleep, wherever he is. This curious affliction has baffled medical experts around the globe--and come perilously close to ruining what should be a happy life. Tim has a loving family, a successful law career, and a beautiful suburban home, all of which he maintains spectacularly well until his feet start moving again.
What drives a man to stay in a marriage, in a job? What forces him away? Is love or conscience enough to overcome the darker, stronger urges of the natural world? THE UNNAMED is a deeply felt, luminous novel about modern life, ancient yearnings, and the power of human understanding.
We first heard about Laurie R. King when Sue Henry came to visit many years ago. When one great mystery writer raves about another, we knew we know to pay attention. At her suggestion, we picked up "The Beekeepers Apprentice" -- the first in Laurie R. King's series of Sherlock Holmes spin-offs -- and now we're addicted to these literary masterpieces.
Priate King is the latest -- just out, and we can't wait to get our fix!
$25.00
ISBN-13: 9780553807981
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Bantam, 9/2011
The latest in the wonderful Mary Russell series is here at last! This
is what Library Journal has to say about the new "Pirate King:" In the
latest volume of Mary Russell’s memoirs (after God of the Hive),
Sherlock Holmes’s young wife is sent to Lisbon by Scotland Yard’s
Inspector Lestrade. Her mission: investigate possible criminal
activities of the Fflytte Film Company and the whereabouts of the
studio’s one-time secretary. Mary’s strong personality and wit, on which
fans of the series have come to rely, serve her well as she makes her
way through the day-to-day frustrations and calamities involved in film
production. She is joined by Holmes as the company and her investigation
wend their way to Morocco. Russell’s encounters with the cast and crew
of Pirate King, along with her dislike of all things Gilbert and
Sullivan, provide humorous conflict, while her crime-solving
collaboration with Holmes, as always, gives readers a taste of their
sharp intellect and clever deductions. VERDICT Recommended for series
fans as well as devotees of historical mysteries.
House of Night Fans!
$12.99
ISBN-13: 9781250000231
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: St. Martin's Griffin, 7/2011
The newest from P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast!
Submitted by fireside@goodbo... on Fri, 06/03/2011 - 1:27pm
Start: 06/11/2011 1:00 pm
One of our most popular Alaskan novelists returns to to talk about her newest book, "Two Tickets and a Feather."
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Now you can read the whole Luxe series in paperback !
Pretty girls in pretty dresses, partying until dawn.
Irresistible boys with mischievous smiles and dangerous intentions.
White lies, dark secrets, and scandalous hookups.
This is Manhattan in 1899.
$9.99
ISBN-13: 9780061345685
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: HarperCollins, 10/2008
Beautiful sisters Elizabeth and Diana Holland rule Manhattan's
social scene. Or so it appears. When the girls discover their status
among New York City's elite is far from secure, suddenly everyone--from
the backstabbing socialite Penelope Hayes, to the debonair bachelor
Henry Schoonmaker, to the spiteful maid Lina Broud--threatens
Elizabeth's and Diana's golden future.
With the fate of the
Hollands resting on her shoulders, Elizabeth must choose between family
duty and true love. But when her carriage overturns near the East River,
the girl whose glittering life lit up the city's gossip pages is
swallowed by the rough current. As all of New York grieves, some begin
to wonder whether life at the top proved too much for this ethereal
beauty, or if, perhaps, someone wanted to see Manhattan's most
celebrated daughter disappear...
In a world of luxury and
deception, where appearance matters above everything and breaking the
social code means running the risk of being ostracized forever, five
teenagers lead dangerously scandalous lives. This thrilling trip to the
age of innocence is anything but innocent.
$9.99
ISBN-13: 9780061345715
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Published: HarperCollins, 2/2009
As rumors fly about the untimely demise of New York's brightest star, Elizabeth Holland, all eyes are on those closest to the dearly departed: her sister, Diana, the family's only hope for redemption; Henry Schoonmaker, the flame Elizabeth never extinguished; Penelope Hayes, poised to claim all that her best friend left behind; even Elizabeth's former maid, Lina Broud, who discovers that while money matters and breeding counts, gossip is the new currency. In this delicious sequel to the "New York Times" bestselling "The Luxe," nothing is more dangerous than a scandal . . . or more precious than a secret.
$9.99
ISBN-13: 9780061345746
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Published: HarperCollins, 10/2009
Jealous whispers. Old rivalries. New betrayals.
Two months after Elizabeth Holland's dramatic homecoming, Manhattan eagerly awaits her return to the pinnacle of society. However, when she refuses to rejoin her sister Diana's side, those watching New York's favorite family begin to whisper that all is not as it seems behind the stately doors of No. 17 Gramercy Park.
In this thrilling installment of Anna Godbersen's bestselling Luxe series, Manhattan's most envied residents appear to have everything they desire: Wealth. Beauty. Happiness. But sometimes the most practiced smiles hide the most scandalous secrets. . . .
$9.99
ISBN-13: 9780061626333
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Published: HarperCollins, 7/2010
New beginnings. Shocking revelations. Unexpected endings.
As spring turns into summer, Elizabeth relishes her new role as a young wife, while her sister, Diana, searches for adventure abroad. But when a surprising clue about their father's death comes to light, the Holland girls wonder at what cost a life of splendor comes. In the dramatic conclusion to the "New York Times" bestselling Luxe series, Manhattan's most dazzling socialites chase dreams, cling to promises, and tempt fate. Only one question remains: Will they fade away or will they shine ever brighter?
Craig Medred celebrates the mushers at the back of the pack, who give everything they've got to compete in the world's most grueling sport event. We have lots of copies on hand!
$19.95
ISBN-13: 9780615360430
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Plaid Cabin Publishing, 5/2010
haim, and,
through Nyx's gift of a human form, he and Stevie Rae are finally able
to be together--if Rephaim can truly walk the path of the Goddess and
stay free of his father's shadow. But is Zoey really safe? Does she
truly know those who are closest to her? And will love win when it is
tested by the very soul of Darkness?
House of Night Fans!
