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Phone: 517-694-3205 • 800-336-3137Micksterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05099231225262696806noreply@blogger.comBlogger321125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256676550599702448.post-20524113443129905932016-04-01T09:25:00.000-04:002016-04-01T09:25:11.493-04:00Closing Announcement<div class="MsoNormal">
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my new <i>Animal Planet </i>show, <i>Great Lakes Alien Lawman</i>, and do we
have some fun in store for you this week. My team went in search of the
mermaid Tallulah, a legend which is recounted in Denise Brennan-Nelson's book, <b><span style="color: #990000;"><i>Tallulah:
Mermaid of the Great Lakes</i></span></b> (9781585369096) 16.99. We outfitted our
ship, <i>The S.S. Minnow</i>, with state of the art technology including sonar,
deep sea diving equipment, and of course, the indispensable new edition of
Roger Lelievre's book, <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Know Your Ships 2016</span></i> </b>(9781891849213) 18.95.
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I was reading my new copy of William Rapai's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Lake Invaders: Invasive
Species and the Battle for the Future of the Great Lakes</span></i> </b>(9780814341247)
27.99, when we heard a few weird sonar blips in Lake Superior. Holy cow,
this could be a monster-sized sea lamprey, which would explain why several
divers have recently gone missing. We'll be right back after these
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that the sonar had malfunctioned and what we were really seeing was merely a
long underwater moraine on the lake floor. Ha, ha!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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chugging through some rough seas on Lake Michigan. I was reading the
ironically titled new Harlan Coben book, <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Fool Me Once</span></i> </b>(9780525955092)
28.00, when suddenly it was flung from my hands by the shock of a large object
striking the side of the <i>S.S. Minnow</i>. There was also the sickening
sound of shattered wood, which was followed quickly by the gush of water
streaming into the hold. I picked myself up from the deck and looked
aft. Creasing the water like a torpedo, I gazed upon the largest albino
sturgeon I have ever seen. I was agape. It was circling back around
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quixotic conclusion of <i>Great Lakes Alien Lawman!</i> <b> </b><i> </i><b> <i> </i></b> <b> </b></span></div>
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are unfamiliar with the finely-crafted pop tunes of Andy Partridge and his
former band XTC. If so, it is your loss. I have been waiting weeks
for his new book about songwriting, <b><span style="color: #990000;">Complicated Game: Inside the Songs of
XTC</span> </b></span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">(<i>9781908279781)
19.95 from Jawbone Press. If you can, buy five or six of their albums,
listen to them 15 to 20 times each, and then, you'll understand my passion for
this band . . .<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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upon us, and I can't wait to dig into Grandma Mary's succulent ham this
Sunday. The crew at Partners would like to wish everyone a safe and Happy
Easter!</span></i><o:p></o:p></div>
Micksterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05099231225262696806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256676550599702448.post-85471888872440613932016-03-21T09:05:00.000-04:002016-03-21T09:05:42.009-04:00Ye Olde Partners Page<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-autospace: none;">
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RUNAROUND . . . </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Once Harper Lee passed away, it was only a matter of
time until the publisher shenanigans would begin in earnest. For many years, Grand
Central had licensed the mass market edition of <b><span style="color: #990000;"><i>To Kill A Mockingbird</i></span> </b>(9780446310789)
7.99 from Harper Collins. On Monday, we learned that the license will not
be renewed, so there will be no mass market edition available. Much like Ray
Bradbury's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Fahrenheit 451</span></i></b> (9781451673319) 15.99, as soon as the author
dies, the major corporation who holds the copyright will remove the consumer
friendly mass market and saddle readers with the tradepaper edition, which in
many cases is much more expensive. In Mr. Bradbury's case, ironically,
the author prevented the mass market edition from being removed by the
publisher while he was still alive. So today, after a round of negative
publicity, Harper Collins has announced that it will only be charging $8.99 for
<b><i><span style="color: #990000;">To Kill A Mockingbird</span></i> </b>(9780060935467) 14.99 in the tradepaper edition to
direct school accounts for a limited time. How limited? The publisher is
saying that like any sales promotion they 'will evaluate it on a ongoing
basis.' Or in other words, they will wait until no one is paying attention and
then jack the price back up again . . .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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. </i></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">With the popularity of comic books, er, graphic novels, I guess
it was just a matter of time until the Baby Boomers resurrected their childhood
love of coloring books, too. From Hachette, we have received their
version of the </span><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><span style="color: #990000;">Colored Pencils Set</span></i> </b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">(9780735346994) 13.99. It has
24 colored pencils in a nice box. We have also received a couple of new,
inexpensive coloring books from Rebecca Jones; </span><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><span style="color: #990000;">The Coloring Book of Cards
and Envelopes: Flowers and Butterflies </span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">(9780763692445) 10.99 and </span><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><span style="color: #990000;">The
Coloring Book of Cards and Envelopes: Nature</span></i> </b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">(9780763692452) 10.99.
As a bonus, you can color the cards as well as the envelopes. I guess I
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. </i></b>Finally, Bob Mehr has told the real story behind one of the
most underrated bands of all time (and that is not hyperbole) in his new book, <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Trouble
Boys</span></i> </b>(9780306818790) 27.50. My friend Dennis turned me on to The
Replacements many moons ago and they have become one of my favourites.
Over the years, I have heard second hand about their legendary drinking
habits. For example, one of my friends saw them perform live twice; she
said the first concert was one of the best shows she'd ever seen, but they were
so drunk the second time she saw them that she wanted her money back. I
always thought they should have been bigger than they were, but between their
alcoholism and their total lack of business acumen -- which is shown in this
book with warts and all -- they really never had a chance. Long Live The
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and see the Tigers, everybody!" Baseball season is right around the
corner and what better way to celebrate than purchasing a copy of William
Anderson's <b><span style="color: #990000;">The Detroit Tigers: A Pictorial Celebration of the Greatest
Players and Moments, 5th Edition </span></b>(9780814341575) 39.99. With their
acquisitions and if everyone stays healthy, it looks like the Tigers can make
one more run at the World Series this upcoming season. Also, at this price, it
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Stoner Bill:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Hey Dudes
and Dudettes! Welcome to <i>Book Stalkers</i>! Boy, do we have a treat in
store for you. Today's guest is Tony McCracken, AKA The Book Whisperer and he
has flown all the way from Homer, Alaska. Duuuuuude!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Book Whisperer: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Thanks, Bill.
It's a privilege to be here. The long flight from Alaska gave me an opportunity
to finish Jane Mayer's latest book, <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Dark Money</span></i> </b>(9780385535595)
29.95. Scary stuff . . .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Double D: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hey, Tony. So
let me get this straight -- you can hold any book in your hands and tell me
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Book Whisperer: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Oh, I can do
more than that. I can tell you the author, a brief synopsis of the plot, and
sometimes, and I can't even stress this enough, sometimes I can tell if the
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Well, the good Doctor and I have taken the liberty of removing the book
jackets on some of the new releases, and we're going to put your ability to the
test. (He tosses him a Star Wars bandana.) Here's your blindfold.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a book.) Hmmm, I believe this is <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Locally Laid</span></i> </b>(9781594634222)
26.00 by Lucie Amundsen . . .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Stoner Bill: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Heh, heh!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Book Whisperer: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Sorry,
Bill. It's not what you think. On a night out with her husband, he
confessed that he wanted to quit his office job and start an egg farm in
Duluth. They bought 2,000 chickens and now they have a thriving business.
Next!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Book Whisperer: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">This one is
definitely a Clive Cussler title. Maybe Gangsta . . . no, wait . .
. <b><span style="color: #990000;"><i>The Gangster</i></span> </b>(9780399175954) 29.00. Detective Isaac Bell,
in early 20th century New York City, is trying to take down an Italian crime
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him or you hate him, everyone has an opinion about presidential candidate
Donald Trump. George Beahm has assembled an unauthorized collection of
Trump quotes in his new title, <b><span style="color: #990000;">Trump Talk</span> </b>(9781440595592) 12.99. Now you
can get his bold insight straight from the horse's mouth . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Estleman is back with a new collection of short stories called <b><span style="color: #990000;">Desperate
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in more desperate straits than Detroit, but just barely . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Dudettes! It was Oscar week and you know what Double D and me were up to
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yeah. I thought Tracy Morgan was HI-larious in the movie skits from the <b><span style="color: #990000;"><i>Danish
Girl </i></span></b>(9780143108399) 16.00 by David Ebershoff and as the black astronaut
from Andy Weir's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">The Martian</span></i> </b>(9781101903582) 15.00.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the laugh out loud moments. What I found interesting is that Alicia
Vikander, the Best Supporting Actress Award winner will be starring in <b><span style="color: #990000;"><i>The
Light Between Oceans</i></span> </b>(9781501106484) 16.00 by M.L. Stedman with her
boyfriend Michael Fassbender, who was nominated for Best Actor for his role in
Walter Isaacson's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Steve Jobs</span></i> </b>(9781501127625) 20.00.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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money to watch Fassbender read his grocery list. However, I was not that
outraged by the lack of diversity in the Oscar nominations. I was more
cheesed off because Rocky didn't win the Best Supporting Actor . . .</span></div>
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uneasily) No, Dude, Rocky is played by Sly Stallone. And
actually, there was movie news today that may overshadow the Oscars
entirely. Stephen King's <i>The Dark Tower</i> series is in
pre-production. It has been announced that Idris Elba will play Roland
and Matthew McConaughey will play his mystical nemesis, The Man in Black.
There will be so much coolness with both of them on screen that I don't think
any celluloid can safely contain them. I mean, look at McConaughey in
that new <i>Lincoln</i> commercial where he's talking to his dogs. The
man is so cool that he's a &%$#$ Doctor Doolittle! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Balboa. He was played by Rocky Balboa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I have read the
board book, <b><span style="color: #990000;">A is for Activist</span></b> (9781609805395) 9.99 by Innosanto Nagara<b>
</b>to my daughter countless times, so you can imagine how tickled I am to see
that he has written and illustrated a new board book, <b><span style="color: #990000;">Counting on
Community</span> </b>(9781609806323) 8.99. It's never too early to learn about
the importance of community in our lives . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mark Hyman, the
author who wrote the bestselling diet book,<b> <span style="color: #990000;">The Blood Sugar Solution</span> </b>(9780316127363)
17.00</span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">,
<i>has a new diet book called <b><span style="color: #990000;">Eat Fat, Get Thin </span></b></i>(<i>9780316338837)
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well. It's time to get ready for summer. Well, alright, alright
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">"I love the
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recall me from the <i>Ancient Aliens</i> episode: <i>Ancient Aliens &
Global Warming</i>. I've hunkered down in the bunker with the rest of the
folks at the Partners Weather Center, and we are preparing for this year's
version of . . . SNOWMAGEDDON! Round up the kids and bury the fine
china, we are bracing for a snowfall that could be anywhere from 6 inches to 10
FEET OF SNOW! (The 6 inches number is much more likely.) It's harrowing
times like these that make us reassess our priorities and wish we could harken
back to a warmer, simpler day.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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week, sadly, two legendary authors were laid to rest. Harper Lee, the
author of probably the most impactful book on race relations in America, <b>To Kill
a Mockingbird </b>(9780446310789) 8.99 and Umberto Eco, author of <b>The
Name of the Rose </b>(9780544176560) 15.95 and specialist in semiotics, are
both headed to that giant library in the sky. Both writers will be sorely
missed by their fans and the book industry alike.<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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HELL BROKE LOOSE </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">(9781451635119)
27.00 is the new memoir by NBC Middle East correspondent, Richard Engel.
For over two decades he has been under fire, blown out of hotel beds,
kidnapped, and forced at gunpoint to rearrange his sock drawer. Ha,
ha! Sounds like a typical Friday night for me. Ha, ha! And,
of course, who can forget the ferocious attack by a pack of red pandas that he
barely survived? His book is doing well, but the endangered firefoxes not
so much. IT'S A RED PANDAPOCALYPSE!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Barton's <b>The Widow </b>(9781101990261) 26.00 is comparing her debut novel to
<b>Girl on the Train </b>(9781594633669) 26.95 by Paula Hawkins and Gillian
Flynn's <b>Gone Girl </b>(9780307588371) 15.00. Unfortunately, the reviews
I've been reading have said it's not like either of those titles; but this is
what publishers do. <i>"That's not how this works. That's not
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BERN! I think most political observers were expecting Bernie Sanders to
have conceded to Ms. Clinton by this point. He hasn't. In fact,
depending on the polls you follow, it looks like Bernie might even be winning,
so I decided to read up on this senator from Vermont. However, I
didn't want to be overwhelmed with detail; I found the perfect book. It's
a graphic novel called <b>Bernie </b>(9781609806989) 16.95 by Ted Rall. I
like this guy . . .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the SNOWPOCALYPSE. I haven't seen this much snow since my 2006 Himalayan
expedition to find the YETI! Ha, ha!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">So why should
Gwyneth Paltrow have all the fun? Kate Hudson has written her own book on
healthy living and it's called <b>Pretty Happy<u> </u></b> (</span></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;">9780062434234</span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">)
26.99. This is a quick how-to, so you can immediately get to work on
looking just as gorgeous as Kate Hudson. Also, <b>Cravings </b>(9781101903919)
by Chrissy Teigen has picked up, too . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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one of the Columbine killers, Sue Kebold, has written a new title, <b>A
Mother's Reckoning </b>(9781101902752) 28.00. I've heard from other
stores that this is not a ghost-written book, and she appears to be a talented
writer. As a parent, I cannot imagine what she has gone through over the
years . . .</span></i><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hi, I'm Gavin MacLeod. You may
remember me as the fun loving Captain Merrill Stubing from the The Love
Boat. I'm here to tell you about the upcoming new 10th editions of <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">The
Michigan Divorce Book with Children</span></i> </b>(9781933272573) 34.95 and<b> <i><span style="color: #990000;">The
Michigan Divorce Book without Children</span></i> </b>(9781933272580) 28.95 by Alan
Bloomfield with Michael Maran are both at the bindery and will be available at
Partners in late February or early March. In the meantime, if you get
requests for these titles, tell those crazy kids to give it one more try, and
if not, we will have the new editions available soon. And then hopefully,
for everyone, there will be plenty of smooth sailing ahead . . .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hollywood Power Couple DeVon Franklin and Meagan Good's new title, <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">The Wait</span></i> </b>(9781501105296)
24.00. Back in the 70s, when I was captain of the Love Boat, promiscuous
sex on a sea cruise was as common as owning a Pet Rock. Those days are
over. In their new book, DeVon and Meagan explain how they decided to
strengthen their relationship by abstaining from sex until after they were
married. They have been married for four years now and they couldn't be
happier. Who says premarital celibacy can't be fun?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Martinez, the prosecuting attorney in the Jodi Arias' trial has written a new
book that covers the behind the scenes action in both trials. The title
is <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Conviction: The Untold Story of Putting Jodi Arias Behind Bars</span></i> </b>(9780062444288)
26.99. Ms. Arias, you may recall, allegedly stabbed her ex-boyfriend to
death and the initial trial ended in a hung jury. Mr. Martinez had also
asked for the death penalty, but instead, she was sentenced to life in
prison. She was convicted of murder in the retrial. It almost
sounds like the plot to any number of CSI-like crime shows. Love can be
tough. Captain Stubing signing off. <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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16.00 has been airing at the cinema, and there has been quite the uptick in
sales. We have a few copies left from the batch yesterday, but we should
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had just returned to Napoli from our philanthropic visit to the campus of my
alma mater, Dartmouth College, when we stumbled upon your package at the front
gate of my palatial estate. (Actually, Chip stumbled over it. I, of
course, was on my hover round.) The unofficial mascot of Dartmouth, Keggy
the Keg, had been stolen once again, so I had </span>contributed<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> the money to make a
new costume. Keggy the Keg Mark III will be a cyborg with artificial
intelligence comparable to most college students, and he will cost almost as
much as a student's tuition to construct.<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></div>
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first book Chip plucked from your box was Elena Ferrante's <b><span style="color: #990000;">My Brilliant
Friend</span></b> (9781609450786) 17.00.<b> </b></span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <i>I could almost see the
gears in your brain whirling as you connected my current place of residence
with this title. If I had a nickel for every time someone recommended her
book to me, I would be a millionaire. Oh wait, I already am! </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">(9780345541406) 28.95 by Jonathan Kellerman. As you well know, Chip
is more the action / suspense maven than I. However, you may not be aware
that I played the maracas on the Alan Parsons Project song 'Breakdown.'
Interesting story, I had stopped by Abbey Road to visit the members of
Pink Floyd while they were recording 'Wish You Were Here.' In the
adjacent studio, I ran into Alan's band mate Eric Woolfson who asked if I would
sit in on the 'I Robot' sessions since he knew I was a world-</span>renown<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> maracas
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</span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #990000;">The Choice </span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">(9781455588992) 15.99 from your box, we both tittered.
I know there is a new cinematic feature based on this book, but I assumed it
was an attempt at humor on your part. Well played. Of course, we
then argued whether it was Ryan Gosling or Ryan Reynolds who had their big
break in the movie based on Sparks' </span><b style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #990000;">The Notebook</span> </b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">(9781455582877)
8.00. (I was right -- it was Gosling.) I have met both of these
young lads, mind you not at the same time, and they do have an uncanny
resemblance to each other. Chip called them </span>doppelgangers<span style="font-size: 12pt;">.</span></span></i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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copy of <b><span style="color: #990000;">Quotations from Chairman Trump </span></b>(9780795348211) 14.99. It
was nice to relive those days of mirth once again. I'm sure I've already
regaled you with all my Donald interactions over the years, so I will not
repeat them here. As always, thanks for the gift package; I imagine it
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heard the news by now: Harry Potter is back! Well, sort of.
The eighth book in the series will be the script from the stage play, <b><span style="color: #990000;">Harry
Potter & The Cursed Child</span> </b>(9781338099133) 29.99. It will release
at 12:01 a.m. on July 31st. It's 19 years later. Harry is a father
of three and he's working a dead-end job at the Ministry of Magic. Father
and son band together to stop evil from the unlikeliest of places. Most
likely we will have to sell it in case quantities to prevent early exposure,
but a store in New York will sell a copy to the New York Times about three days
before it's released. There will be much hand wringing and gnashing of
teeth at Scholastic, but ultimately, nothing will happen. Yea!</span></i><o:p></o:p></div>
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to my new show, <i>In Search of Ancient Aliens X-Files</i>, and yes, I know the
title is redundant, but we have to circumvent those pesky copyright laws.
We really wanted to capitalize, legally, on the return of Fox Mulder and Scully
to network television and this is the best we could do. We will air after
the new Discovery Channel show <i>Oregon Patriot</i> although I suspect that
show may be cancelled soon. Ha, ha!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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good friend, Jerry Apps, who has a new book out, <b><span style="color: #990000;"><i>Limping Through Life</i></span> </b>(9780870205804)
22.95.<b> </b>Growing up on a farm in Wisconsin, Jerry contracted polio
as a child, and it presented many challenges throughout his life. I also
injured my leg in a freak Quidditch accident many years ago. If you
aren't familiar with Quidditch, you can read about it in<span style="color: #990000;"> </span><b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Quidditch Through
the Ages</span><span style="color: #660000;"> </span></i></b>(9780545850582) 9.99 by Kennilworthy Whisp. We will
commiserate over our bum legs. And then, since Jerry is an expert on farm
silos, we will discuss the viability of aliens using the Pyramids at Giza for
grain storage. Ha, ha! We'll be right back after these messages . .
. <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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</i></span>(9780738218694) 21.99,<b> </b>visit us. First, we will discuss the topic
of their book: Organization! Then we will tackle the incongruities in
time travel induced by this title. For example, if I took their book into
the future, would its new title actually be <i>Organize Today Tomorrow</i>?
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you haven't figured it out by now, we have the <b><span style="color: #990000;">Studio Series Colored Pencil
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. </i></b>I know it's January, but there are some books selling that are
not diet related. For example, we have Alexandra Bracken's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Passenger </span></i></b>(9781484715772)
17.99 and as Liam Neeson once said, "Release the Bracken!" This
is a young adult title about a concert violinist who is kidnapped and put
aboard a time traveling ship with a hunky captain. It soon becomes
obvious that the violinist, Etta Spencer, is a descendant of a chrononautic
family and she must maintain their quest to find the missing astrolabe.
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the Harry Potter franchise continues to issue more and more related product.
The latest addition is a second coloring book: <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Harry Potter Magical
Creatures Coloring Book</span></i> </b>(9781338030006) 17.99. We are still selling
coloring books hand over fist with no end in sight. I ask you, "When
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So as disappointed as I was with the first episode of <i>The Shannara
Chronicles</i>, I decided to give MTV and Terry Brooks one more try and watch
the second episode of the series, which is based on <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">The Elfstones of
Shannara</span></i> </b>(9781101886052) 7.99. I fell soundly asleep about halfway
through it. Before I dozed off, I turned to my wife and said
sarcastically, "You know, none of these guys could act their way out of a
wet paperbag, but they sure look good with their shirts off with their washboard
abs." She replied, "Actresses are chosen like that all the
time. Strictly by appearance." It was an 'Oh, snap!'
moment. And then ten points were awarded to House Aubreypuff . . . <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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song King Tut, the poor repair job on the broken beard on King Tut's death
mask, and Clive Cussler's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">The Pharaoh's Secret</span></i> </b>(9780399174117) 28.95,
but I have neither the time nor the space.) <b><i><u><o:p></o:p></u></i></b></span></div>
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difficult to sell a $75 coffee table book this time of year, but if you are in
the Chicago area, you might want to make an exception for Mike MacDonald and
his new title, <b><span style="color: #990000;">My Journey into the Wilds of Chicago </span></b>(9780996311908)
75.00. Mike's attention to detail and the vibrant colors of his
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like rock 'n' roll photography, Janet Macoska shares 40 years of her photos in <b><span style="color: #990000;">All
Access Cleveland</span> </b>(9780936760384) 25.95. As Ian Hunter once said,
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saddened to learn of the passing of one of our national treasures, Abe
Vigoda. Goodnight, Funnyman. </span></i></div>
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lost his child-like dreams,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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There's that moment in your life when you have an epiphany and you realize
you've grown old. For some, it's when you become acutely aware that you
are beginning to attend more funerals than weddings. For me, in the past
few weeks, I have become conscious that the rock 'n' roll musicians I grew up
with are starting to die in droves. There was Lemmy and Bowie last week,
and this week I learned that Dale 'Buffin' Griffin, the drummer from Mott the
Hoople, passed away. [The band name comes from the Willard Manus novel, <b>Mott
the Hoople </b>(9780735103788) 9.99.] "While the other kids were
rocking around the clock, I was listening to the Mott the Hoople
rock." When I was younger my rock 'n' roll idols were overdosing or
dying in tragic helicopter crashes, now they are dying from diseases like
Alzheimers or cancer. It's sad. Also, I learned that one of the
guys in the Eagles is no longer with us. As The Dude once said,
"Man, I've had a rough night and I hate the f***ing Eagles!" <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I often semi-jokingly say that there are only three poets that actualy
sell: Billy Collins, Mary Oliver, and Seamus Heaney. And Seamus
Heaney is dead. However, with the success of Jim Harrison's new
collection, <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Dead Man's Float</span></i> </b>(9781556594458) 23.00, I may have to
re-evaluate my smug little comment. We have already sold out of his title once,
and it just came back in today. And it is still selling . . .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Pope Francis seems to be a fairly active writer. He has a new book, <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">The
Name of God is Mercy</span></i> </b>(9780399588631) 26.00, and it has already hit most of
the bestseller lists. It's too bad that he can't go on a book tour and
sign his books, or even just make an appearance on <i>Good Morning America </i>to
promote this title. Hmmm, I wonder how exactly he would sign his
books. Would he just write 'The Pope' or something more elaborate?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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For some reason, Scholastic thought it was a good idea to bring out a
children's book about one of George Washington's slaves, and it portrayed
slavery in a very positive light. It's called <b>A Birthday Cake for
George Washington</b> (9780545538237) 17.95 by Ranin Ganeshram. The story
concerns the President's chef Hercules and his daughter, who are both slaves,
baking a birthday cake for their owner. In real life, Hercules would
later escape from Mount Vernon and flee North, so it would appear he was not
very enamored with being a slave. Scholastic has since done the right
thing and pulled this title from the shelves, so I imagine that we will not see
it nominated for any of the <i>ALSC Book & Media Awards</i> for 2017 . .
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new book, <b>When Breath Becomes Air</b> (9780812988406) 25.00 is getting a lot
of buzz. There have been comparisons to Atul Gawande's <b>Being Mortal</b>
(9780805095159) 26.00 and Randy Pausch's <b>The Last Lecture </b>(9781401323257)
22.00. It is the true story of a young neurosurgeon who has almost
completed his training and then is diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer.
With the dire circumstances of his own fate hanging in the balance, he decided
to write a book that asks, "Is life worth living?" Unfortunately,
he was unable to complete it, but his wife, Lucy, finished it for him . . .</span></i><o:p></o:p></div>
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. </span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">"But
where were the Spiders?"</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> I have never met David Bowie
unless you want to count the one time I saw him at a Detroit concert on his <i>Serious
Moonlight Tour</i>. I'm sure he doesn't remember me. However, like
very few celebrities in my lifetime, I felt like I did know him. It
seemed like he had been around as long as I could recall. In fact, I
dressed as Aladdin Sane for a Halloween party when I was around 18 or 19.
My friend Donna Fry did a excellent job on the lightning bolt, which appears
to be de rigueur for Facebook profile photos as of late. I played Ziggy
Stardust at maximum volume. From <i>The Man Who Fell to Earth</i> to <i>The
Hunger</i>, I went and saw his movies. I read whatever biographies I
could find on him. [My favourite is Wendy Leigh's <b><span style="color: #990000;"><i>Bowie </i></span></b>(9781476767079)
28.00.] His lyrics spoke to me, but most of all, I knew he was a
voracious reader. And he didn't read crap either. Here's a list of
his Top 100 books: <a href="http://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/01/11/david-bowies-top-100-books">http://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/01/11/david-bowies-top-100-books</a>
. Multi-talented artists like Bowie do not come along very often, and the
world is a worse place when they are gone. And that's all I have to say
about that . . .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Speaking of movies, the Golden Globe winners were announced this past
Sunday. There were several movies that won big that were based on
books. The biggest winner was Michael Punke's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">The Revenant</span></i></b>
(9781250072689) 16.00, who won for best motion picture (drama), best director,
and actor (drama).<b><i> </i></b>Inexplicably, Andy Weir's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">The Martian</span></i>
</b>(9780553418026) 15.00 took top honors for best movie (musical or comedy)
and best actor (musical or comedy). I saw <b>The Martian </b>at the
theatre and it was neither a musical nor a comedy. (Although, the use of
the song <i>Starman</i> by David Bowie in the movie was truly inspired.)
Lastly, it's not a movie, but the TV series based on Terry Brooks' <i>Shannara
Centology </i>debuted on MTV last week. The TV series starts with the
second book, <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">The Elfstones of Shannara</span></i> </b>(9781101886052) 7.99. [I
guess they felt the first book, <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">The Sword of Shannara</span></i> </b>(9780345314253)
7.99 was too much of a Tolkien rip-off.] I watched the first episode the
other day. Visually, it was stunning and you could tell that they spent a
lot of money on it. However, the acting was so bad that it made
Paris Hilton look like an Oscar-winning actress. As Bowser from Sha-na-na
(and not Nintendo) once said, "Get a job, Sha-na-na-na, Sha-na-na-na . .
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<b><i>YOUNG AMERICANS . . . </i></b>The ALSC Book & Media Award
Winners for 2016 were announced on Monday, which was a week earlier than in
previous years. Lindsay Mattick's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Finding Winnie </span></i></b>(9780316324908)
18.00 picked up the Cadecott Award. The big winner was Matt De La Pena's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Last
Stop on Market Street</span></i> </b>(9780399257742) 16.99, which not only won the Newbery
Award, but was also a Caldecott Honor title. You can find the rest of
them here: <a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/2016-alsc-book-media-award-winners">http://www.ala.org/alsc/2016-alsc-book-media-award-winners</a>
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who are Lee Child fans and I know there are a lot of you out there, Jill from
Saturn Booksellers believes that Nicholas Petrie's <b><span style="color: #990000;">The Drifter</span> </b> (9780399174568)
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the gift that keeps giving. Every once in a blue moon, there is actually
some useful information out there. If you ever wondered how long your
fast food condiment packages will last, this site breaks it down for you: <a href="http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/does-taco-bell-hot-sauce-expire-and-everything-else-about-sauce-packets-you-never-thought-to-ask">http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/does-taco-bell-hot-sauce-expire-and-everything-else-about-sauce-packets-you-never-thought-to-ask</a>
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Well, we survived another one. And now the cycle begins anew.
Earlier in the week, the winners for the <i>Michigan Notable Books 2016</i>
were announced. Like last year, we will stock all of the winners.
We're working on acquiring Mark Rosenthal's stunning coffee table book, <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Diego
Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit </span></i></b>(9780300211603) 50.00. Most of this
title highlights Diego Rivera's incredible mural at the <i>Detroit Institute of
Arts</i>, and if you haven't seen it yet -- you really should. The other
beautiful coffee table book on the list is John Gallagher's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Yamasaki in
Detroit</span></i> </b>(9780814341193) 39.99. A world class architect and the man
responsible for the design of the World Trade Center in New York, Minoru
Yamasaki moved to Detroit near the end of WWII and planned the construction of
many famous buildings in the area. Also, my newest Facebook</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 6.5pt; mso-text-raise: 3.5pt; position: relative; top: -3.5pt;">TM</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> friend, Bonnie Jo Campbell won for
her latest short story collection, <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Mothers, Tell Your Daughters</span></i> </b>(9780393248456)
25.95. We still have some of her signed copies in stock. Matt
Norcross, <i>Shelf Awareness</i> superstar, cookie aficionado, and owner of
McLean & Eakin Bookstore had already brought Adam Schuitema's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Haymaker</span></i> </b>(9780875807195)
17.95 to my attention over the summer. This book asks some big questions
about the extent of our personal freedoms and is set in a small Michigan
town. Finally, Angela Flournoy's debut, <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">The Turner House</span></i> </b>(9780544705166)
23.00 was a surprise bestseller. I had dinner with her before the book
was released and she was terrific company. These are just a few of the
winners; you can see the rest here: <a href="http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-54574_39583-372447--,00.html">http://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,2351,7-160-54574_39583-372447--,00.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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And, as promised, this is my rundown on the diet books that are trending
upwards. Surprisingly, Dr. Phil McGraw's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">The 20/20 Diet</span></i> </b>(9781939457318)
26.00 is one of them. Never underestimate the power of television.
JJ Smith's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">The 10 Day Green Smoothie Cleanse</span></i> </b>(9781501100109) 15.99; if
it tastes like crap, it must be good for you. And lastly, the
provocatively entitled <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">How Not to Die</span></i> </b>(9781250066114) 27.99 by Michael
Greger & Gene Stone presents a diet that will extend your life and help
prevent disease. Good luck on those resolutions . . .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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about over and baseball is months away, so that means it's all about hockey
right now. We have a new book about the greatest hockey team ever and
it's called <b><span style="color: #990000;">Red Wing Nation: Detroit's Greatest Players</span> </b>(9781629371283)
14.95. From Stevie Y to Ted Lindsay, all the greats are here . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 36.0pt;">Ye Olde Partners
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;">*A Collection of
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">"When I work,
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But I'm not trying to manipulate reality. This is just what I see and
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The 2015 holiday season is over. It was an odd one. There were no
last minute Oprah recommendations that everyone absolutely had to have, much to
the chagrin of Mitch Albom and <span style="color: #990000;"><i><b>The</b> </i></span><b><span style="color: #990000;"><i>Magic Strings of Frankie Presto</i></span> </b>(9780062294418)
25.99. Actually, most of the biggest sellers seemed to be titles that
have been out for a bit like Anthony Doerr's <b><span style="color: #990000;"><i>All the Light We Cannot See</i></span> </b>(9781476746586)
27.00, Helen Macdonald's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">H is for Hawk</span></i> </b>(9780802123411) 26.00, and David
McCullough's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">The Wright Brothers</span></i> </b>(9781476728742) 30.00. To no
one's great shock, nobody cared about the latest incarnation of Meyer's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Twilight</span></i>
</b>(9780316268394) 21.99, and, in fact, I believe you can stick a sharpened
stake in the heart of that franchise. <i>"It's dead, Jim."</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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other Meyer -- Marissa Meyer and her Lunar Chronicles, especially the first one
in the series, <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Cinder </span></i></b>(9781250007209) 9.99. As for other hot teen
titles, there wasn't much. We did well with the two Disney Descendants'
titles: <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Mal's Spell Book</span></i></b> (9781484726389) 11.99 and <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Mal's Diary</span></i> </b>(9781484726853)
9.99. Also, Becca Fitzpatrick's <i>Hush, Hush Saga</i> experienced a
surprise rebirth with both <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Hush, Hush</span></i> </b>(9781416989424) 11.99 and <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Finale</span></i>
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fantasy, or as those literary types like to call it, speculative fiction or
magic realism, it was a weak holiday season. If only George R.R. Martin
had found the time to complete the sixth book in the <i>Song of Ice and
Fire</i> series <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">The Winds of Winter</span></i></b>, we would be laughing all the way to
the bank, but instead, we were sold his prequel <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">A Knight of the Seven
Kingdoms</span></i></b> (9780345533487) 30.00. To most of us, it was fairly obvious
early on that this wasn't what his fans wanted.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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authors did well. For example, we're still waiting on the reprint for
Nicholas Sparks' <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">See Me</span></i> </b>(9781455520619) 27.00, and a reprint on Joel
Osteen's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">The Power of I Am</span></i> </b>(9780892969968) 26.00. (Yes, Joel has
become a holiday fixture on the bestseller lists.) But, of course, the
big winners this year were the coloring books with Ms. Basford leading the
way. We did receive two new coloring books yesterday: <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Posh Adult
Coloring Books: Happy Doodles for Fun & Relaxation</span></i> </b>(9781449475581)
12.99 and <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Paisley Designs for Fun & Relaxation</span></i> </b>(9781449474201)
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New Year's Eve this year. One of those teams is the Michigan State
Spartans, and we will have a new book about the Spartans that will cover the
2015 season in mid-February. It's called <b><span style="color: #990000;">Green Machine</span> </b>(9781597256261)
34.95. The Lansing State Journal and the Detroit Free Press have joined
forces to put together this beautiful coffee table book. It will be
non-returnable, but at a 40% discount. Go Green! Go White!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Micksterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05099231225262696806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256676550599702448.post-51147856670386246182015-12-17T12:37:00.000-05:002015-12-17T12:37:12.024-05:00HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-autospace: none;">
<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 36.0pt;">Ye Olde Partners
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;">*A Collection of
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">"Sometimes
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here. Actually, in this timeline, President Trump has banned any
references to Star Wars. So no Star Wars for you! Nobody is quite
sure why, but the general feeling is just because he can. Hey, it could
be worse. You should see the alternate universe where Carly Fiorina was
elected President. I didn't even know you could outsource government jobs
to China. Ha, ha!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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time for jibber jabber, and book sales in every timeline is very similar, so
here's a run down on titles we've just received (and some of these titles are
in the stash, so you may have to call to check quantities):<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">1) <b><span style="color: #990000;"><i>H is for Hawk</i></span> </b>(9780802123411)
26.00 by Helen Macdonald. <i>The feel good hit of the summer is back and
selling briskly.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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(9780374202392) 26.00 by Lucia Berlin. <i>Short story writer
extraordinaire. I will be purchasing one for myself.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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35.00 by Mary Beard. <b> </b><i>I grabbed this one as soon as it hit the
docks here. Now everybody wants it. I don't feel so cool
anymore. Kinda like John Mayer . . .<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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Sorceror's Stone Illustrated</b> </span></i>(9780545790352) 39.99 by J.K. Rowling. <i>What
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14.95 by Philip K. Dick. <i>The Amazon TV series is very, very loosely
based on the PKD Hugo Award-winning novel. So loosely based that it was
virtually unwatchable to me. However, I watched the first episode of the
SyFy channel's adapation of Arthur C. Clarke's <b><span style="color: #990000;">Childhood's End</span> </b>(9781101967034)
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30.00 by David McCullough. <i>He is the Mack Daddy of American
historians. Earlier today I was picturing Mr. McCullough and Antony
Beevor, author of <b><span style="color: #990000;">Ardennes 1944</span> </b>(9780670025312) 35.00 at one of their
many historian soirees, perhaps the Pritzker Prize Award ceremony and the two
of them are having cocktails near the entrance. And who should walk
in? Erik Larson, author of <b><span style="color: #990000;">Dead Wake </span></b>(9780307408860) 28.00.
I can envision them turning their backs on him and whispering to one another,
"Who invited HIM? He's not a real historian." Ha, ha!</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Detroit-centric <b><span style="color: #990000;">How to Live in Detroit Without Being a Jackass</span> </b>(9780996836708)
19.99 by Aaron Foley. The sudden burst in sales for the Stonehouse book
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">"A
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left fork on the road by <i>The House on Pooh Corner</i>. Our ursine
friend heard the <i>Wind in the Willows</i> as he arrived at the place <i>Where
the Sidewalk Ends </i>. . .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Yo! Yo! Born in Brooklyn to Russian immigrants, Jewish rapper,
legendary litigator, and Conscience of America, Ruth Bader Ginsburg has a
surprise hit on her hands with Carmon and Knizhnik's biography, <b><span style="color: #990000;"><i>Notorious
RBG</i></span> </b>(9780062415837) 19.99. Justice wears a crown, my friends, and her
name is R-Bader. Fortunately, I can now tell you that their book is back
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Senator Tim Cullen's new book, <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Ringside Seat: The 70s to Scott Walker</span></i></b>
(9781942586104) 18.95, has arrived. The cover shows a boxing ring, hence
the title. My first inclination when I heard the title was to associate
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apologize for the interruption, but I'm madder than a wet hen right now.
I was ready to launch my new Weather Channel Show,<i> Treasure Hunters</i>,
next week and, once again, James Patterson has stolen my thunder. Mr.
Patterson's third title in his series, <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Treasure Hunters: Secret of the
Forbidden City</span></i> </b>(9780316284806) 14.99 released recently and has been selling
well. I've been there in multiple time lines; it's not that secret.
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chef, and she has had the privilege of working with Jacques Pepin. She
said he was adorable. So when I saw Jacques Pepin's </span><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><span style="color: #990000;">Heart & Soul
in the Kitchen </span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">(9780544301986) 35.00 pop in here, I knew I had the perfect
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unofficial poet laureate is Joyce Benvenuto. And we are happy to announce
that Thunder Bay Press has released her second book, <b><span style="color: #990000;">Poem Journey: More
Poems & Prose from along Old Grand River</span> </b>(9781933272566) 17.95.
No matter the journey, one would be hard pressed to find anyone who would make
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35.00 has been embraced by a populist audience. Not since Edward Gibbon's
<i><b>The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire</b> </i>has there been a
bestseller of this magnitude on Roman history. (I am, of course,
excluding John Julius Norwich's three volume set on the history of the
Byzantine Empire.) And I should know. My maternal great-grandfather
Henry Charles Howard, 13th Duke of Norfolk was a close confidante to Edward
Gibbon, and rumor has it that he assisted with much of his research. You
may also recall the Duke of Norfolk married Lady Charlotte Sophia
Leveson-Gower, the eldest daughter of the 1st Duke of Sutherland in the
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dudettes! It's only mere weeks until the release of the new Star Wars
film, <i>The Force Awakens</i>. There's a ton of new product out there,
but I'm really digging on Bray and Horton's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Star Wars: Absolutely Everything
You Need to Know: Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens</span></i> </b>(9781465437853)
19.99. Double D wouldn't agree, he's a <i>Babylon 5</i> guy. Also,
and it doesn't come out until next Tuesday, but I love me some Dean Koontz, and
I just finished his new one <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Ashley Bell</span></i> </b>(9780345545961) 29.99.
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eh? In the hope that it will minimize Bill's dumb questions, I am
purchasing Randall Munroe's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Thing Explainer</span></i> </b>(9780544668256) 24.95 as a
Christmas present for him. Personally, the title I want to read is John
Irving's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Avenue of Mysteries </span></i></b>(9781451664164) 28.00. I have seen
him repeatedly compared to Charles Dickens over the course of the past few
weeks. He is no more Charles Dickens than Nicholas Sparks is Ernest
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Traven Jr. here. I have been exploring the environs of Minnesota in
anticpation of my new H2 show, <i>My America</i>, in which I visit different
localities with a local celebrity. For this show, I was joined by the legendary
Bob Dylan in Minneapolis. He brought a recent title to my
attention: <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Everybody's Heard About the Bird: The True Story of
1960s Rock n Roll in Minnesota</span></i> </b>(9780816693191) 29.95 by Rick
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PAST . . . </i></b> From the <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">New Comprehensive A-Z Crossword
Dictionary</span></i> </b>(9780380724253) 7.99 to <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">The Official Scrabble Players
Dictionar</span></i>y </b>(9780877798224) 8.50, there are books that we sell every holiday
season. One of the grand traditional bestsellers for Christmas comes from
Chris Van Allsburg, who was at <i>Schuler Books & Music</i> this past
Sunday to sign his new 30th anniversary edition of <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">The Polar Express</span></i> </b>(9780544580145)
19.99. It has all the bells and whistles. As for non-children's
titles, Laura Ingalls Wilder's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Pioneer Girl</span></i> </b>(9780984504176) 39.95
may have another spurt of sales since very few customers could find it last
year. Also, Harper Lee's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Go Set a Watchman</span></i> </b>(9780062409850) 27.00
hasn't been through a holiday season yet, but we should see another spark of
interest for that one, too. <i>"These are the shadows of things that have
been. That they are what they are, do not blame me!"<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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PRESENT . . . </i></b>The 2015 National Book Award winners were announced
last week. Fortune smiled on Adam Johnson, who won the fiction prize for <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Fortune
Smiles: Stories</span></i> </b>(9780812997477) 27.00 (Pun intended.) Author
Ta-Nehisi Coates added yet another trophy to his fireplace mantel with his
non-fiction winner, <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Between the World and Me</span></i> </b>(9780812993547)
24.00. The Young People's Literature winner was Neal Shusterman for <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Challenger
Deep</span></i> </b>(9780061134111) 17.99. Finally, there was also a winner in the
poetry category. <i>"Are there no prisons? Are there no
workhouses?"</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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YET TO COME . . . </i></b>It looks like we're already chasing a few Harry
Potter titles for this upcoming Christmas, including: The Illustrated <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Harry
Potter & The Sorceror's Stone</span></i> </b>(9780545790352) 39.99, <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Fantastic
Beasts & Where to Find Them</span></i> </b>(9780545850568) 9.99, and <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">The Harry
Potter Coloring Book</span></i> </b>(9781338029994) 15.99. The non-Harry
Potter blockbusters for the season will be brought to you courtesy of the
99th Sappy Book Brigade, which includes Mitch Albom's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">The Magic Strings of
Frankie Presto</span></i> </b>(9780062294418) 25.99 and Nicholas Sparks' <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">See Me</span></i> </b>(9781455520619)
27.00. <i>"Assure me that I may yet change these shadows you have
shown me, by an altered life!"<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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of Charlevoix</span> </span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">(9780980102499)
21.95 back in stock. This title truly has to be seen to be believed . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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mark the 180th birthday of Mark Twain, author of <b><span style="color: #990000;">The Autobiography of Mark
Twain V1</span></b> (9780520267190) 34.95. Congrats, Sam, you don't look a day
over 120 . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">"Use the
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characters that never go out of style: Sherlock Holmes is one of
them. With the new season of Sherlock from the BBC due out shortly after
Christmas, we are reminded that this devious detective has become the archetype
for both real and imaginary sleuths. This week we received <b><span style="color: #990000;"><i>The
Sherlock Holmes Book</i></span> </b>(9781465438492) 25.00, which breaks down Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle's Sherlockian mysteries case by case. Shortly, we will have
Mike Collins' <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Sherlock: The Mind Palace Coloring Book Adventure </span></i></b>(9780062458377)
14.99, which is based on the BBC show, in stock.<b> </b>If you can't wait
to color Mr. Holmes, we still have copies of Mel Elliot's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Colour Me
Good: Benedict Cumberbatch</span></i> </b>(9780992777753) 13.00 available. <i>"Everyone
and their mum loves him!" </i>(By the way, we still have a few of
Peter Pauper Press' <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Colored Pencil Sets</span></i> </b>(9781441314512) 14.99 in the
stash.) Also, two of the most talented actors in my lifetime, Ian McKellan
and Laura Linney are starring in the latest addition to the Sherlockian
cinematic oeuvre, <i>Mr. Holmes</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this Potter kid has been around for awhile now, so they are going to have to
mine one of the early guidebooks for material for the upcoming movie
prequel. The title in question is called </span><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i>Fantastic Beasts & Where
to Find Them</i></span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (9780545850568) 9.99 by Newt Scamander. (Shhhh!
Don't tell anyone, but we do have some copies in the stash.)
Coincidentally, I saw a Quidditch game on-line yesterday. It reminded me
of beer pong from my misspent youth. In fact, if I were ever reduced to
playing Quidditch, those cups better be full of beer. At least it would
give me the opportunity to drink myself into a stupor to assuage my embarrassment.
And as for the prequel movie, I think Edgar Allan Poe said it best:</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">"While I
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customer ask yesterday, "I know I'm going to say this wrong, but do you
have <i>Ar-dee-nas 1944</i> by Antony Beevor in stock."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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slickers, "Come, Watson, come! The game is afoot!"</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">We've had a run
on the children's title <b><span style="color: #990000;">Baba Yaga's Assistant</span></b> (9780763669614) 16.99,
which is nice. But what really caught my eye was the author's name:
Marika McCoola. Now if that isn't the best author name that I've seen, I
don't know what is . . .<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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a former Detroiter, I would like to apologize for Ben Carson. Just
because you're a brain surgeon, it doesn't make you a rocket scientist.
Speaking of Detroit, I have the winner for the best title of the year: <b><span style="color: #990000;">How
to Live in Detroit Without Being a Jackass</span></b> (9780996836708) 19.99 by Aaron
Foley. It is humorous, but it is full of actual practical advice.
Come to Detroit! It is the Land of Milk and Honey!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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Micksterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05099231225262696806noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256676550599702448.post-35735376760605892182015-11-12T08:41:00.003-05:002015-11-12T08:41:52.467-05:00Channel 13 Community Access TV Presents: BOOK STALKERS<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; text-autospace: none;">
<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 36.0pt;">Ye Olde Partners
Page</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;">*A Collection of
Antiquarian Curios & Relics*<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">"And he
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The love he
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">And sometimes is
seen a strange spot in the sky<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">(Camera pans
Double D's basement. Stoner Bill and Double D are seated behind a large
newscaster's console in giant hedgehog costumes.)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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begins. Today marks the 5,101 day of the War on Christmas</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 6.5pt; mso-text-raise: 3.5pt; position: relative; top: -3.5pt;">TM</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">. And it doesn't look like there
will be a truce any time soon. "Fox News was our last, best hope for
peace. A self contained, echo chamber five blocks long, located in New
York. A place of misdirection and fabricated lies for millions of
Americans and non-aliens. A shining beacon in Manhattan . . . all
alone in the night. It was the dawn of the Second Age of Mankind -- the
year the War on Christmas</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 6.5pt; mso-text-raise: 3.5pt; position: relative; top: -3.5pt;">TM</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> came upon
us all. This is the story of the last of the Fox News stations. The
year is 2015. The name of the place is Fox News 47."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Stoner Bill: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Dude, that was .
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Double D:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> That was
for you baby. Also, the national stock for frankincense and myrrh are at
historically low levels. Coincidence? I think not.
Fortunately, the foot soldiers over at Fox News are fighting the good
fight. Former Fox staple Glenn Beck has retold the St. Nick story in his
own imitable way in <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">The Immortal Nicholas</span></i> </b>(9781476798844) 26.99.
Personally, I'll stick with the stop-action Rankin & Bass cartoon.
(Stoner Bill laughs.) <i>Fox & Friends</i> host and pretend historian
Brian Kilmeade is re-writing the history books with his latest title, <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Thomas
Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates</span></i> </b>(9781591848066) 27.95. And what
would the Christmas season be like without another 'Killing' book from Bill
O'Reilly? This year we have his new one, <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Killing Reagan</span></i></b>
(9781627792417) 30.00, which is confusing since President Reagan wasn't
killed. But Mr. O'Reilly isn't one to let the truth get in the way of a
good story. I guess his next book will be <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Killing Bush Sr. </span></i></b>Until
then, we will have to settle for a real historian's take on the first Bush
administration, <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert
Walker Bush</span></i> </b>(9781400067657) 35.00 by Jon Meacham. The first Bush
seemed like a fairly reasonable man, and I suspect he would find this whole War
on Christmas</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 6.5pt; mso-text-raise: 3.5pt; position: relative; top: -3.5pt;">TM </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">screed rather
silly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Imagine if James Patterson's <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Merry Christmas, Alex Cross</span></i> </b>(9781455544943)
15.99<b> </b>was actually titled <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Happy Holidays, Alex Cross</span></i></b>. I
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26.00. We've already gone through about half of our stock. As per
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geeks, and I consider myself one also, Mary Beard's <b><span style="color: #990000;">SPQR: A History of
Ancient Rome</span> </b>(9780871404237) 35.00 looks like the real deal. It's
next on the docket after I finish William T. Vollman's <b><span style="color: #990000;">Europe Central</span> </b>(9780143036593)
18.00</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">,
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">"All that
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> As a first lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion
of the Royal Munster Fusiliers, I dutifully blew my whistle five minutes after
the bombardment was finished. I waved my right arm, and I and my men
clambered out of our trenches and into No Man's Land. I peered down at
the muck and mire, and I saw books placed like stepping stones ahead of
me. I leapt from book cover to book cover to avoid sinking into the
ooze. I heard German machine guns begin to cough and spit out their
bullets. The first book was Stephen King's short story collection<b><span style="color: #990000;"><i> The Bazaar
of Bad Dreams</i></span> </b>(9781501111679) 30.00. As it began to sink into the
slime, I bounded onto the next title, Patricia Cornwell's latest Kay Scarpetta
mystery, <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Depraved Heart</span></i> </b>(9780062325402) 28.99. Men began to fall
all around me. I ducked and hopped onto another book cover. It was
Elizabeth George's<i><span style="color: #990000;"> <b>Banquet of Consequences </b></span></i>(9780525954330) 28.95.
Suddenly, there was the scream of a shell, an explosion, and everything
went black . . .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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recognized this place; it was a hallway outside the House of Lords. Sir
Ffrench and Sir Eton Hogg were seated on a velvet Chesterfield. They were
arguing about Ted Koppel's new book,<i><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></i><b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Lights Out</span></i> </b>(9780553419962)
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and strangely, both of my friends were becoming pixelated, as well as the sofa
they were perched on. The dots grew larger and larger until they were
swallowed by the blackness yet again...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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courtroom. It dawned on me that this young lady was the woman on the
cover of Stacy Schiff's book on the Salem Witch Trial, <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">The Witches</span></i> </b>(9780316200608)
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> She pointed at me, "And thy
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Up! There is no one who knows his beer and breweries better than Kevin
Revolinski. I am proud to announce that we have received Kevin's 3rd
edition of <b><span style="color: #990000;">Wisconsin's Best Beer Guide</span> </b>(9781933272559) 16.95. It
is an updated companion to his other titles: <b><span style="color: #990000;">Michigan's Best Beer Guide </span></b>(9781933272382)
16.95 and <b><span style="color: #990000;">Minnesota's Best Beer Guide</span> </b>(9781933272535) 16.95. These
are perfect gifts for the alcohol aficionado on your holiday wishlist.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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young Spartan fan on your list, I would recommend the <b><span style="color: #990000;">Go Spartans Activity
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 36.0pt;">Ye Olde Partners
Page</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;">*A Collection of
Antiquarian Curios & Relics*<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">"There are
two things I cannot live without: music and books. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Caffeine isn't
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Above The Line:
Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season </span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">by Urban Meyer
(9781101980705) 27.95<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">(Sung to the
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It's not in the
way you recruited me<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It's not in the
way that we play on the field<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It's all about the
way you score when you do<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The way you do
it<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Above the line,
Scoring isn't always on time <u><o:p></o:p></u></span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Smoke Gets in
Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory </span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">by Caitlin
Doughty (9780393351903) 15.95<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">(Sung to the
tune of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by The Platters)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">So I charred
them, and I raspily coughed<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">To think you
would go up above<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">And yet today, I
watch the ashes float away<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I am without my
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Smoke gets in
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</span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">by
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">(Sung to the
tune of Goodbye, Stranger by Supertramp)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Goodbye stranger
it's been nice<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hope you find a
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Tried to see
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Hope your dreams
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Lost Ocean </span></i></b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">by Johanna
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">(Sung to the
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Now I'm coloring
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">She is only
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It will be a coloring
books Christmas and all the major coloring book pop culture icons have new ones
in stock:<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">George R.R.
Martins's <b>The Official A Game of Thrones Coloring Book </b>(9781101965764)
16.95<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Diana Gabaldon's
<b>The Official Outlander Coloring Book</b> (9780399177538) 16.95<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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that Marty McFly went back to the future, and here we are. Some of the
movie's predictions have come true. As I was watching the Cubs playoff
game last night, a couple of thoughts went through my head: Firstly, I
haven't seen a whiter crowd since presidential candidate Mitt Romney's
concession speech, and if they go to the World Series then <i>Back to the
Future</i> was right. However, after last night's results, it's not
looking good for the Cubbies, but you might want to have a few copies of Brad
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and Bob Gale, but can you imagine what <i>Back to the Future</i> would have
been like if Terry Gilliam had directed it? It would have been awesomer!
Imagine Christopher Lloyd in <i>12 Monkeys</i>! Well, the next best
thing for me was Mr. Gilliam writing a pre-posthumus memoir called <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Gilliamesque</span></i>
</b>(9780062380746) 40.00. Not only does he cover all the crazy Monty
Python stuff, but it's chockfull of his art work and fun facts about his films,
from <i>Time Bandits</i> to <i>Zero Theorem</i>. Hmmm, I guess in a sense
he has already covered all of that territory. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a crystal ball to predict that Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino's
program may be a little suspect. Escort Katina Powell alleges in her new
title, </span><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><span style="color: #990000;">Breaking Cardinal Rules</span></i> </b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">(9781939550286) 17.95 that she and others
had sexual encounters and activities with basketball recruits in the men's
dormitory at Louisville. (FYI: The Cardinals is the name of the
mascot at the University of Louisville.) Yesterday, she was interviewed
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predicted the impact retired football players have on our society. Former
NY Giants lineman Michael Strahan is not only a fixture on TV, but he has
written a self-help book called <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Wake Up Happy</span></i></b> (9781476775685)
26.99. Also, former Raven linebacker and acquitted murder suspect Ray
Lewis has co-written his memoir,<i><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></i><b><i><span style="color: #990000;">I Feel Like Going On</span></i> </b>(9781501112355)
26.99. (Not to be confused with the Bad Company song of nearly the same
title.) In his book, Mr. Lewis adds details that were not released during
his murder trial. Apparently, he was so expensively dressed (His attire
and jewelry were valued at over a quarter of a million dollars.) that he would
have been foolish to kill anyone. It was a rare example of the 'I am too
well-dressed to kill' defense. Seems legit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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travelling DeLorean, I would have gone back in time to the American Revolution
and hung out with the Marquis de Lafayette. I guess I'll just have to
settle for Sarah Vowell's </span><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><span style="color: #990000;">Lafayette in the Somewhat United States</span></i> </b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">(9781594631740)
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of authors visit us over the past few weeks. Up and coming fantasy writer
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Magician's Lie </span></b>(9781402298684) 23.99. Lily Tuck, National Book Award winner
and mother of actress Jessica Tuck stopped in Monday and signed her
autobiographical fiction book, <b><span style="color: #990000;">The Double Life of Liliane</span> </b>(9780802124029)
26.00. And lastly, Thrillmeister John Katzenbach put his 'John Hancock'
on his next bestseller, <b><span style="color: #990000;">The Dead Student</span> </b>(9780802123374) 26.00. As
per usual, first come, first served.</span></i><o:p></o:p></div>
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war universe. War all the time. That is its nature. There may
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preparing for his local cable access show, <i>Book Stalkers</i>. Feeling
a little under the weather, he had downed a cocktail of decongestant pills and
aspirin with a shot of whiskey. He had been staring at the gold foiled
wallpaper directly behind his computer monitor for quite some time. In a
three foot by three foot section at eye level, he noticed striations of
glittering light begin to coalesce into a slowly swirling vortex. Then
there seemed to be a tear in the fabric of time and space itself, and through
this rent he could see and hear a neighboring parallel universe. A
well-coiffed Doctor Delay in a very expensive suit was seated on a TV set with
a large studio audience in attendance. Stoner Bill was nowhere to be
seen. David Baldacci was seated directly across from him and was
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> "So I'm in this restaurant
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meal. The other woman gets up, walks up to our table, and asks me,
"Are you that famous mystery writer?" And I reply, "Well,
as a matter of fact, I am." She turns around and yells across the
room, "I told you! It's John Grisham!" I nearly fall out
of my chair and correct her, "No, I'm David Baldacci." She
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laughed and said, "That was David Baldacci, folks! Make sure you buy
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haven't heard of next week's guest, yet, but Garth Risk Halberg's debut novel </span><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><span style="color: #990000;">City
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guests on next week's show will be YouTube sensations Dan and Phil, who have
written<i><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></i></span><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><span style="color: #990000;">The Amazing Book Is Not on Fire </span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">(9781101939840) 18.99. I'm
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his hazy reflection in the gold foil wallpaper behind his desk. Stoner
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the Man Booker Prize was announced today and the unanimous choice was Marlon
James' <b><span style="color: #990000;">A Brief History of Seven Killings</span> </b>(9781594633942) 17.00.
The central figure is reggae musician Bob Marley. We should have more
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Deborah Biancotti in last week to sign our copies of their new young
adult title,<span style="color: #990000;"> <b>Zeroes</b> </span>(9781481443364) 19.99. To no one's great
surprise, the movie rights have already been sold. As usual, it's first
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AMERICAN CHEESE . . . </i></b>Both Bantam and most of the Free World have
been waiting for George R.R. Martin's latest installment in <i>The Game of
Thrones </i>series, <b><i>The Winds of Winter</i></b>,<b> </b>but alas, it looks like
it won't be released anytime soon. So with the holiday season right
around the corner, what's a publisher to do? Well, obviously, you
repackage some of his old material, slap a snappy cover on it, and you call it <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">A
Knight of the Seven Kingdoms</span></i></b> (9780345533487) 30.00. The three
novellas in this book take place about a hundred years before the events
depicted in his <i>Song of Ice and Fire </i>series and the HBO TV show, and
they are also available as 'graphic novels.' Also, to cash in on the
coloring book craze, <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">The Official A Game of Thrones Coloring Book</span></i></b>
(9781101965764) 16.95 will release on October 27. You might want to have
a few extra red pencils handy before you start . . . <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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RYE . . .</i></b> In Nicholas Sparks news: It is very likely that
Mr. Sparks will be snubbed by the Nobel Prize committee yet again.
However, it's not only doom and gloom for him; he has a new release this week
called <b><i><span style="color: #990000;">See Me</span></i> </b>(9781455520619) 27.00 . . . <i>'Feel me, touch me, heal
me, listening to you, I get the music, gazing at you, I get the heat, following
you, I climb the mountains, I get excitement at your feet . . .'</i>, and he
has also signed a deal for a new TV show with the CW. The main character
is a romance writer who has divorced his wife of 25 years. Now he has to
learn how to be single all over again and learn how to date. Oh, and the
author is seen as an expert on love. I just don't know how Mr. Sparks
comes up with these original ideas . . .<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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VEGETABLE SANDWICH . . . </i></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">I hate to say it but steampunk is going
mainstream. First of all, Jim Butcher is starting a new steampunk series
called </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Cinder Spires</i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">. The initial book in this series is </span><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><span style="color: #990000;">The
Aeronaut's Windlass</span></i> </b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">(9780451466808) 27.95, and I'm sure, like </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
Dresden Files,</i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> there will be many more to come. Also, the string of
Zombie Halloween parties at Schulers Books has come to an end this year, and it
is being replaced by a Steampunk Tea Party featuring Gail Carringer, the author
of </span><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><span style="color: #990000;">Prudence: The Custard Protocol</span></i> </b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">(9780316212243) 20.00, on October
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Cranor have written </span><b style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><span style="color: #990000;">Welcome to Night Vale</span></i></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (9780062351425) 19.99, which
ties into their wildly popular podcast. It's not out until October 20,
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Wil Haygood stopped in today and signed copies of his new title, <b><span style="color: #990000;">Showdown:
Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination that Changed America</span></b>
(9780307957191) 32.50. With the state of race relations in our country,
his trials and tribulations are still relevant. As usual, it's first
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<i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Also, we are
distributing Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette's new book, <b><span style="color: #990000;">Big Lessons
from a Small Town</span> </b>(9781933926599) 17.95. <b> </b>It has a folksy rural
cover that will appeal to his base. Bill is also out pounding the pavement with
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