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Op deze derde dinsdag van september, Prinsjesdag 2011, gaan Geert Mak en James Kennedy (Hoogleraar Nederlandse geschiedenis) onder leiding van Huub Oosterhuis in gesprek over de ziel van Nederland na de ontzuiling. Wat is er veranderd in Nederland na het verdwijnen van de religieuze zuilen die zo kenmerkend ... (more)en bepalend waren voor de ontwikkeling van de Nederlandse samenleving? Zijn er sinds die tijd nieuwe bezielde verbanden ontstaan waar gewetensvorming plaatsvindt, waar mensen elkaar ontmoeten en kaders aanreiken waarbinnen een begrip als beschaving duiding krijgt? Cabaretier Hans Sibbel (Lebbis) sluit op geheel eigen wijze de avond af met een optreden waarin hij zijn visie geeft op het thema van de avond, al dan niet geïnspireerd door het gesprek tussen Mak en Kennedy.

(REGISTRATION: Required as attendance is limited.) Ready for some hilarious and nonsensical reading? Then stop by the Chicago Public Library Edgewater Branch to pick up a copy of The Order of the Odd-Fish read it and come back to the library to discuss the book with other teens and this zany Chicago ... (more)author.

SYNOPSIS: Jo Larouche has lived her 13 years in the California desert with her Aunt Lily, ever since she was dropped on Lily's doorstep with a note. At Lily;s annual Christmas costume party, a variety of strange events take place that lead Jo and Lily out of California forever-and into the mysterious, ... (more)strange, fantastical world of Eldritch City. There, Jo learns the scandalous truth about who she is, and she and Lily join the Order of Odd-Fish, a collection of knights who research useless information.

James Kennedy, author of the young adult book "Order of Odd-Fish," will be at the Book Stall signing.

Don't miss this month's Local Author Night, now a Book Cellar institution! Tonight's readers include: James Kennedy, author of the young adult novel The Order of Odd-Fish, Laura Benedict, author of the tense mystery Calling Mr. Lonely Hearts, Bryan W. Alaspa, author of the terrifying mystery Rig, Joe ... (more)Kilgore, author of the modern cautionary tale The Blunder, and Travis Thrasher, author of the spine-tingling novel, Isolation. Should be a terrifyingly good time!

BOOK SYNOPSIS: Jo LaRouche HAS lived her 13 years in the California desert with her Aunt Lily, ever since she was dropped on Lily’s doorstep with this note: This is Jo. Please take care of her. But beware. This is a dangerous baby. At Lily’s annual Christmas costume party, a variety of strange events ... (more)take place that lead Jo and Lily out of California forever and into the mysterious, strange, fantastical world of Eldritch City. There, Jo learns the scandalous truth about who she is, and she and Lily join the Order of Odd-Fish, a collection of knights who research useless information.

BOOK SYNOPSIS: Jo LaRouche HAS lived her 13 years in the California desert with her Aunt Lily, ever since she was dropped on Lily’s doorstep with this note: This is Jo. Please take care of her. But beware. This is a dangerous baby. At Lily’s annual Christmas costume party, a variety of strange events ... (more)take place that lead Jo and Lily out of California forever—and into the mysterious, strange, fantastical world of Eldritch City. There, Jo learns the scandalous truth about who she is, and she and Lily join the Order of Odd-Fish, a collection of knights who research useless information. Glamorous cockroach butlers, pointless quests, obsolete weapons, and bizarre festivals fill their days, but two villains are controlling their fate. Jo is inching closer and closer to the day when her destiny is fulfilled, and no one in Eldritch City will ever be the same.