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04.15: Courtney Maum
2015-03-18 19:04:47| Powells Books Events Calendar
In this reverse love story set in Paris and London, a failed monogamist attempts to woo his wife back and to answer the question: Is it really possible to fall back in love with your spouse? Skillfully balancing biting wit with a deep emotional undercurrent, Courtney Maum's I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You (Touchstone) creates the perfect picture of an imperfect family — and a heartfelt exploration of marriage, love, and fidelity.
04.15: Caffeinated: How Our Daily Habit Helps, Hurts, and Hooks Us
2014-03-18 00:36:15| Powells Books Events Calendar
Murray Carpenter's Caffeinated (Hudson Street) reveals the little-known truth about America's most popular drug: an addictive, largely unregulated substance found in coffee, energy drinks, teas, colas, chocolate, and even pain relievers. In Caffeinated, we learn why caffeine has such a powerful effect on everything from boosting our mood to improving our athletic performance, as well as how — and why — brands such as Coca-Cola have ducked regulatory efforts for decades.
04.15: Pride and Prejudice and Kitties
2013-03-15 00:36:44| Powells Books Events Calendar
What if Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice was told from a cat's point of view? On the heels of smash hits like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and I Can Has Cheezburger, this hilarious mash-up by children's author Pamela Jane and photographer Deborah Guyol spins a fresh, quirky take on two of the things we just can't get enough of: classic cats and classic Jane. Pride and Prejudice and Kitties (Skyhorse) juxtaposes wacky photos of cats with the wicked humor of Jane Austen, and it's just in time for the 200-year anniversary of the publication of the original Pride and Prejudice. Soulful Mr. Darcy gazes at Elizabeth Bennet in fascination, hysterical Mrs. Bennet yowls that no one understands her, somnolent Mr. Hurst passes out on the sofa after dinner, arrogant Lady Catherine hisses at Elizabeth. Photographer Deborah Guyol will join us to share from the book's feline perspective.
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04.15: Rachel Kushner
2013-03-15 00:36:44| Powells Books Events Calendar
Rachel Kushner's first novel, Telex from Cuba, was nominated for a National Book Award and reviewed on the cover of the New York Times Book Review. Her second novel, even more ambitious and brilliant, is the riveting story of a young artist and the worlds she encounters in New York and Rome in the mid-1970s — by turns underground, elite, and dangerous. The Flamethrowers (Scribner) is an intensely engaging exploration of the mystique of the feminine, the fake, the terrorist. At its center is Kushner's brilliantly realized protagonist, a young woman on the verge. Thrilling and fearless, this is a major American novel from a writer of spectacular talent and imagination.
04.15: Rayya Elias
2013-03-15 00:36:44| Powells Books Events Calendar
When she was seven, Rayya Elias and her family fled the political conflict in their native Syria, settling in Detroit. Bullied in school and caught between the world of her traditional family and her tough American classmates, she rebelled early. Elias moved to New York City to become a musician and kept herself afloat with an uncommon talent for cutting hair. At the height of the punk movement, life on the Lower East Side was full of adventure, creative inspiration, and temptation. Eventually, Elias's passionate affairs with lovers of both sexes went awry, her (more than) occasional drug use turned to addiction, and she found herself living on the streets — between her visits to jail. Harley Loco: A Memoir of Hard Living, Hair, and Post-Punk, from the Middle East to the Lower East Side (Viking), Elias's debut memoir, charts four decades of a life lived in the moment, a path from harrowing loss and darkness to a place of peace and redemption.
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