It's MAY! Join us for special Sunday events:
* For little ones Corduroy the Bear is having a Birthday Party Sunday, May 4, 10 am - noon. Bring your cuddly friend.
* Join us for the LFP Farmers Market Opening Day Mother's Day, May 11, 11 - 4.
* Author Chris Bohjalian will read Sunday, May 18 at 5:30. Come to a 4:30 reception by reservation (see below).
* Simon Winchester will read at a special 1 pm event Wednesday, May 14.
Read on for many more events this month. |
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Year of the Boat : Small Craft Advisories from a Builder's Garage (Sasquatch)
While some do-it-yourselfers build boats in bottles, Larry Cheek created a craft in his garage. Learn a bit about sailboats and a lot about overcoming challenges to meet a goal |
| Jane Kotapish
Friday, May 2 at 6:30 pm |
 Salvage (MacAdam/ Cage)
In her debut novel, Jane Kotapish explores the collision point of memory, family, and forgiveness. The heroine of Salvage seeks renewal in her Virginia home town after witnessing a violent urban incident, and learns how to face life's complications. |
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How to Raise Your Parents: A Teen Girl's Survival Guide (Chronicle)
It's really ok to get along with your parents- recent teen Sarah Burningham shares tips from both sides of the curfew. We suggest you both attend (but you don't have to sit together.) |
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Rosetta Key (HarperCollins)
He survived murderous thieves and the sands of Egypt in Napoleon's Pyramids, and the excitement continues as Northwest author William Dietrich's hero, Ethan Gage, is hurled into the Holy Land in pursuit of an ancient Egyptian scroll.
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Annie Barrows
Wednesday, May 7 at 9:30 am |
Ivy and Bean Take Care of the Babysitter (Chronicle)
(Teachers, call to reserve space for field trips.)
Fun ensues as the girls try to prove that Bean's sister is the worst babysitter ever. |
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Careless in Red (HarperCollins)
Another favorite Washington author returns to Third Place, and we welcome Elizabeth George with her eagerly awaited sequel to With No One As Witness, featuring Scotland Yard's Thomas Lynley. |
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Food 2.0 : Secrets From the Chef Who Fed Google (DK)
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The Ungarnished Truth : A Cooking Content Memoir (Berkeley)
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Saturday, May 10 at 6:30pm |
Feeding the Whole Family: Recipes for Babies, Young Children, and Their Parents: Cooking with Whole Foods (Sasquatch)
In this revised third edition of her bestselling cookbook, Bastyr University teacher and nutritionist Cynthia Lair offers 150 simple and delicious whole-food recipes for the family - including babies and the lunch-box set.
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Mrs. Perfect
(5 Spot)
Following Flirting With 40 and Odd Mom Out, local author Jane Porter once again gets beneath the surface of the SUV-driving, suburban alpha-mom to the real issues of self awareness and true friendship. |
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The Man Who Loved China : The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom (HarperCollins)
The author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa returns with the story of the growth of China and the eccentric Cambridge scientist who almost single-handedly revealed its history. In 1937, Joseph Needham fell in love with a Chinese student, beginning a lifetime fascination with her country and creation of the 17- volume Science and Civilisation in China.
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Fool's Paradise (Simon & Schuster)
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jim Sheeler tells the stories of Iraq and Afghanistan military casualties and those they left behind. It is also the story of Major Steve Beck, assigned to "casualty notification," and his efforts to heal the wounds of grief. |
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 China's Great Train: Beijing's Drive West and the Campaign to Remake Tibet (Henry Holt)
"I can't think of any story that better captures the exhilaration and the agony of our pell-mell globalization," wrote author Bill McKibben of this look at the consequences of China's railroad into Tibet.. |
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Jay Inslee
Saturday, May 17 at 6:30pm |
 Apollo's Fire : Igniting America's Clean-Energy Economy (Island Press)
Washington State Congressman Jay Inslee and founder of the think-tank Apollo Alliance Bracken Hendricks argue for a clean-energy future, to stop global warming and gain energy independence. "It's a must read for every American who wants to save the p***t," journalist Helen Thomas wrote.
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Chris Bohjalian
Sunday, May 18 at 5:30pm |
Skeletons at the Feast (RH)
(Meet the author at a complimentary 4:30 reception at Third Place, by reservation. Phone206-366-3333)
Based on a true-life WW II diary, Chris Bohjalian's 12th novel brings together a Jewish refugee, a Scottish POW, and a Prussian aristocrat as all are swept west through Germany ahead of the Russian army.
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Jen Lancaster
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 Such a Pretty Fat : One Narcissist's Quest to Discover If Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, or Why Pie Is Not the Answer (Penguin)
From the author of Bright Lights, Big Ass and Bitter is the New Black comes her latest memoir. "Jen Lancaster is like David Sedaris with pearls and a super-cute handbag," wrote Jennifer Coburn, author of The Queen Gene.
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Wednesday, May 21 at 10 am |
 The Calder Game (Scholastic)
(Teachers, call to reserve space for field trips.)
Following Chasing Vermeer and The Wright 3, Petra and Tommy fly to England to rescue their friend Calder, who has disappeared along with a strange sculpture. |
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Rick Bragg
Wednesday, May 21 at 7 pm |
The Prince of Frogtown (Knopf)
In this final volume of the American saga that began with All Over but the Shoutin' and continued with Ava's Man, Rick Bragg closes his circle of family stories with a tale about fathers and sons inspired by his own relationship with his 10-year-old stepson.
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Shaila Catherine
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Focused & Fearless : A Meditator's Guide to States of Deep Joy, Calm, and Clarity (Wisdom Publications)
Novices and seasoned practitioners can learn jhana, an ancient meditative tradition, with Shaila Catherine's guide. |
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Bob Spitz
Thursday, May 22 at 7pm |
Saucier's Apprentice : One Long Strange Trip Through the Great Cooking Schools of Europe (W. W. Norton)
Combining an outrageous travelogue with gastronomic lore and cooking tips, Bob Spitz's odyssey recounts the transformation of a professional writer into a world-class cook .
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Doug Thompson
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Whales : Touching the Mystery (NewSage Press)
Doug Thompson has been passionate about the majestic gray whale for 30 years, and in his book and DVD he shares his stories and chronicles the humans who have helped end whale hunting.
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Dan Nelson
Wednesday, May 28 at 7pm |
Day Hiking in Mt. Rainier : National Parks Trails (Mountaineers)
Dan Nelson describes the entrances, trails and their features, best views, camping options, and how to include the kids and the dog on a trek to iconic Mount Rainier.
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Lou Ureneck
Friday, May 30 at 6:30pm |
Backcast: Fatherhood, Fly-fishing, and a River Journey Through the Heart of Alaska (St. Martins)
Divorced dad Lou Ureneck took his teenage son on an Alaskan fishing trip, and his memoir is part adventure story and part commentary on the reconciliation with life's unexpected turns. |
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Wendy Walker
Saturday, May 31 at 6:30pm |
Four Wives (St. Martins)
The lives of four suburban wives and mothers who seem to "have it all" intertwine and collide in this debut novel of suburban angst among outrageous wealth. | |
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| Lake Forest Park Farmers Market opens
Sunday, May 11
Mother's Day! |
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11 am - 4 pm
Sunday, May 11, 18, 25
It's the Fourth Farmers Market season! Start your weekly tradition, now through October, for Fresh Sundays - flowers, vegetables, fruits and more, all from Northwest producers, in the lower parking lot next to LFP City Hall. From fresh to spicy -come upstairs to the Commons from the Market to hear Cajun music by Folklife Festival favorites File Gumbo at 2 pm. Learn a few dance steps and get in the mood for this year's Folklife at the Seattle Center, May 23-26. |
| Start a Third Place Savings Account! |
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Keep all of your Third Place Books receipts all year long, bring them in during our birthday month, November 2008, and we will give you 10% back in the form of a Third Place gift card.
Teachers, encourage your students and parents to turn in their receipts to you and earn 10% back for your classroom! |
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Top Ten Bookmarks! |
Our booksellers have each picked their Top Ten all-time favorite titles. Need a good read? We have 300 for you an 30 Third Place Top 10 bookmarks.
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| 1984
by George Orwell
Chosen by Mark
A paranoia-inducing trip into a parallel past or present, or perhaps the day after tomorrow, in which the all seeing, all-knowing State strictly controls the citizenry through fear and propaganda. We follow the life of Winston Smith, a worker at the Ministry of truth, as he begins a clandestine love affair and further articulates his highly illegal thoughts on the nature of the world he lives in and the government he lived under. Orwell is a master of literary atmosphere and, each time I read this book, his words induce a creeping, walls-closing-in-on-you sensation that is difficult to shake even after putting the book down. The world depicted in '1984' always looms in the horizon, its speed of approach or recession varying from year to year. How close are we today?
by Wallace Stegner
chosen by Cheryl
On so many levels this 1971 Pulitzer prize winner is a novel to embrace: for its lessons of acclimation and courage; for the family sage and the history of the West as it was molded to Eastern ways; and, above all, for Wallace Stegner's impeccably composed prose.
-Cheryl |
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Loving Frank
Whidbey Island author Nancy Horan lived on the Illinois street where this novel begins -- at the home commissioned by Mameh Chaney and her husband, and designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Mameh and Frank's notorious life-long love was fodder for scandal, and the author presents a scrupulously researched novel full of history, sociology, and poignant details of Frank and Mameh's lives.
Join us one week EARLY (because of Memorial Day) to discuss Loving Frank.
In June, be ready to suggest YOUR nominee when we discuss The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them.
All are welcome to join the discussion. |
| Good Knits
Book Club
Free Knitting Lessons at 6:30pm! |
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Things I Learned From Knitting
By Stephanie Pearl McPhee
The Yarn Harlot herself offers life lessons! Gather to talk about her advice and continue to work on our projects. If you're new, don't worry; we'll weave you into our friendly group in no time.
Join us in the Friends of Third Place meeting room. In June we'll discuss Julie and Romeo Get Lucky by Jeanne Ray (postponed form an earlier date.)
Join us at 6:30 for a knitting lesson, or at 7 to work on projects for donating to a good cause. |
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