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The Robber Bridegroom- inspired by and loosely based on the Grimm fairy tale- is a Southern folk tale set in Mississippi. Legendary figures of Mississippi’s past – flatboatman Mike Fink and the dreaded Harp brothers – mingle with characters from Eudora Welty’s own imagination in an exuberant fantasy set along the Natchez Trace. Berry-stained bandit of the woods Jamie Lockhart steals Rosamond, the beautiful daughter of pioneer planter Clement Musgrove, to set in motion this frontier fairy tale. “For all her wild, rich fancy, Welty writes prose that is as disciplined as it is beautiful” (New Yorker) Eudora Alice Welty was an award-winning American author who wrote short stories and novels about the American South. Her book The Optimist’s Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 and she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among numerous awards. She was the first living author to have her works published by the Library of America. |
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Katie Yamasaki is the author/illustrator of Fish for Jimmy: Inspired By One Family’s Experience in a Japanese American Internment Camp, as well as the illustrator of Honda: The Boy Who Dreamed of Cars. She works as a muralist and teaching artist at Ballet Tech, the New York City Public School for Dance. She began teaching there in 2000 and continues to be inspired by the energetic creativity of her 4th-8th grade students. She lives in Brooklyn, NY. Fish for Jimmy: Inspired By One Family’s Experience in a Japanese American Internment Camp tells the story of two boys in a Japanese-American family, who have their lives changed when Japan bombs Pearl Harbor and the United States goes to war. With their family forced to leave their home and go to an internment camp, Jimmy loses his appetite. Older brother Taro takes matters into his own hands and, night after night, sneaks out of the camp, and catches fresh fish for Jimmy to help make him strong again. This affecting tale of courage and love is an adaptation of the author’s true family story. Honda: The Boy Who Dreamed of Cars follows the life of Soichiro Honda, born in 1906, from his beginnings as a boy working in his father’s smith shop to his international success as a manufacturer. Yamasaki helps to keep the tone light with dynamic painted acrylic illustrations that depict her subject set amid flying car parts and streams of tiny automobiles and motorcycles. The first stand-alone biography for young readers of this Japanese blacksmith’s son, who fell in love with cars the instant he first laid eyes on one in 1914. Katie Yamasaki’s recent talk at TEDX Brooklyn: Katie Yamasaki mural at the Boggs Educational Center, Detroit:
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Don’t miss this chance to meet Elmore Leonard, a master of crime novels such as Get Shorty, Killshot and Freaky Deaky. Leonard’s novels and short stories have been made into 20 feature films, nine TV movies and three series, including the current FX show Justified, starring Timothy Olyphant as one of Leonard’s signature characters, U.S. marshal Raylan Givens. The 86-yearold author, who lives in Bloomfield Township, recently won the 2012 National Book Foundation Award for his Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Mr. Leonard will be joined by his son Peter, who is also an author. The two will discuss novels, screenplays and TV scripts they’ve written and will sign copies of their books at the end of the program. Peter Leonard is the author of Quiver, Trust Me, All He Saw Was the Girl, Voices From the Dead, and his most recent release Back From the Dead. “Elmore Leonard’s son proves himself a chip off the old block – again…. Don’t pick the book up if you have any intention of putting it down before you’ve got to the end.” |
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Author Todd Hasak-Lowy will be at the Ferndale Public Library on Saturday, May 4th at 2 pm. Todd is the the author of the YA novel 33 Minutes. The Book Beat will have books available for sale at the event.
Sam Lewis is going to get his butt kicked in exactly thirty-three minutes. He knows this because yesterday his ex-best friend Morgan Sturtz told him, “I am totally going to kick your butt tomorrow at recess.” All that’s standing between Sam and this unfortunate butt-kicking is the last few minutes of social studies and his lunch period. But how did Sam and Morgan end up here? How do best friends become EX-best friends? And will Morgan act on his threat? Hilarious and heartfelt, 33 Minutes shows how even the best of friendships aren’t always forever.
*The library has ten copies of the book to give out to kids reading at a 5th-8th grade level. The first ten kids that make down to the library to collect one of the ten copies are asked to commit to reading the book, attend the author visit and come up with a couple of questions to ask the author. Are you in? If so, stop by the Children’s Desk. While supplies last!* No registration required “Funny, fast-paced, and quite poignant, 33 Minutes beautifully captures one of the greatest heartbreaks of middle school: the end of a friendship.” –R.J. Palacio, New York Times bestselling author of Wonder “Todd Hasak-Lowy writes for kids and hits the mark . . . The weighty matters of losing a friend and learning how to define oneself without the stability of a longtime pal are front and center in 33 Minutes, but the book also has moments of whimsy.” — Chicago Tribune “A realistic picture of early teen life . . . though the details are specific–and funny–the sad situation is not unusual.” –Kirkus Review
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A searing and entertaining manifesto on the ills of the criminal justice system from two of America’s most prominent defense attorneys. “From the rise of the Internet and the 24-hour news cycle to the television ratings bonanza of the O.J. Simpson trial, a perfect storm of media coverage has given the public an unprecedented look inside the courtroom, kicking off popular courtroom shows and TV legal commentary that further illuminate how the criminal justice system operates. Or has it? In Mistrial, Mark Geragos and Pat Harris debunk the myths of judges as Solomon-like figures, jurors as impartial arbiters of the truth, and prosecutors as super-ethical heroes. Mistrial draws the curtain on the court’s ugly realities—from stealth jurors who secretly swing for a conviction, to cops who regularly lie on the witness stand, to defense attorneys terrified of going to trial. Ultimately, the authors question whether a justice system model drawn up two centuries ago before blogs and television is still viable today. In the aftermath of recent high-profile cases, the flaws in America’s justice system are more glaring than ever. Geragos and Harris are legal experts and prominent criminal defense attorneys who have worked on everything from celebrity media-circuses—having represented clients like Michael Jackson, Winona Ryder, Scott Peterson, Chris Brown, Susan MacDougal, and Gary Condit—to equally compelling cases defending individuals desperate to avoid the spotlight. Shining unprecedented light on what really goes on in the courtroom, Mistrial is an enjoyable, fun look at a system that rarely lets you see behind the scenes.”- publisher description “Mistrial is three books in one: a memoir of celebrity lawyers, a primer on how to handle high-profile cases and a diagnosis of the ills of the criminal-justice system…. A win: engaging, enlightening and entertaining.” Mark Geragos is the head of Geragos & Geragos, a Los Angeles-based law firm that focuses on both criminal and civil trial work. In his 30-plus year career, he has tried approximately 300 cases and has served as a regular legal analyst on CNN, Fox, and ABC shows. He lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife and two children. Pat Harris is a leading criminal defense attorney and is a partner at Geragos & Geragos. He is a regular contributor on legal issues for shows on Fox and CNN, is the co-author of Susan McDougal’s New York Times bestselling memoir The Woman Who Wouldn’t Talk, and speaks regularly at law schools across the country. He lives in Studio City, California with his wife. |
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Cult hero Ian Svenonius at Book Beat, Wednesday, May 15!We are proud to welcome musician, author and cult hero Ian Svenonius to Book Beat on Wednesday, May 15 from 7:00-8:00pm to sign and discuss his latest tome, Supernatural Strategies for Making a Rock ‘n’ Roll Group. This event is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event. Please call Book Beat (248) 968-1190 for any further information. For more info click here. Elmore and Peter Leonard at W. Bloomfield Library, Wed. May 15!Book Beat will be selling books for legendary author Elmore Leonard and his son Peter Leonard at the West Bloomfield Library (in the MAIN Library Meeting Room) on Wednesday, May 15 from 7:00-8:30pm. This event is free and open to the public. If you cannot attend this event and would like to reserve signed copies of any of the titles, please call Book Beat (248) 968-1190. Where is Bookstore Day?Perhaps bookstores could take a page from the playbook of record stores. Could publishers and bookstores combine a strategy to create a parallel day of international book mania ? What would a bookstore day look like? READ MORE HERE May Reading Group SelectionBook Beat’s May Reading Group Selection is Eudora Welty’s novella The Robber Bridegroom. The Reading Group will meet on Wednesday, June 5 at 7pm in The Goldfish Teahouse (117 W 4th St #101 in downtown Royal Oak). All are welcome! Book’s will be discounted 15% at Book Beat. |
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