| February Super
Staff Pick |
20% Off During the Month of February
Abhorsen Chronicles,
by Garth Nix
(Harper, $14.99)
All three novels in Nix's bestselling Abhorsen trilogy are now collected in a single volume that includes a bonus novella about the world of Abhorsen.
Every month, we pick a title that we believe is deserving of extra attention. Each title is available for 20% off at the store, via email or phone.
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February's Question
Name the award-winning author of the beloved book Marley and Me, the tale of the "world's worst dog who brought out the best in his family."
All correct answers will be included in a drawing at the end of the month for a $15.00 gift certificate.
To enter, come in or email your answer to us at
info@antigonebooks.
comPlease include your name and phone number. Good luck!
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| Issue: # 23 |
February, 2009 |
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| Upcoming Events |
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Thursday, February 12, 7 PM: Meet Abby Seixas, author of
 Finding the Deep River Within: A Woman's Guide to Recovering Balance and Meaning in Everyday Life (Wiley, $14.95). Do you often feel that the headlong rush of your everyday existence is keeping you from experiencing the depth of your own life? Abby Seixas offers women a new approach to reclaiming their lives from the tyranny of their to-do lists and to finding what she calls "the Deep River within".....[more]
Friday, February 13, 7 PM: Other Voices Women's  Reading Series. This month's featured readers are Jane Levin and Connie Spittler. Jane's poems have appeared in over two dozen publications, including the forthcoming anthologies Drash: Northwest Mosaic and Best Lesbian Poetry 2008. Connie wrote and produced the Wise Women Video Series, selected for Harvard's Library on the History of Women in America.....[more]
The reading will be followed by an open mic. Please arrive 15 minutes early if you'd like to sign up to read.
Friday, February 20, 7 PM: Meet Laura Fitzgerald, author  of One True Theory of Love (NAL, $14.00). From the nationally bestselling author of Veil of Roses comes a new novel, set in Tucson, about giving love a second chance. Since being betrayed in love, Meg has had a hard time putting into practice her Hokey-Pokey Theory of Life, which demands that you put your whole self in. These days, Meg and her nine-year-old son Henry are taking on the world just the two of them. One day they meet a wonderful man over a game of chess in a coffee shop, and Meg must decide whether it's time to take a leap of faith and put her whole self in. |
| Book Groups |
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Democracy & Dissent Book Group
Sunday Feb. 1, 2PM: In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom , by Qanta Ahmed (Sourcebooks, $14.99).....[more]
Living Your Best Life Book Group
Sunday Feb. 8, noon: The Best of Friends: Two Women, Two Continents, and One Enduring Friendship, by Sara James & Ginger Mauney (HarperCollins, $14.95).....[more]
Second Sunday Book Group
Sunday Feb 8, 2PM: A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini (Penguin, $16.00).....[more]
Mystery Book Group Sunday Feb. 22, 12:30PM: Funeral Music, by Morag Joss (Bantam, $6.99).....[more]
Buddhist Book Group
Sunday Feb. 22, 2PM:
What Makes You Not a Buddhist, by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse (Shambhala, $14.00).....[more]
All Book Group books are 10% off the month before they're discussed.
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