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Plans are being rushed to host the 2009 Annual Public Libraries’ Booksale. The sale has moved to a new location on the edge of Garner, NC and is open two additional days for ease of shopping. The sale offers 300,000 books at bargain prices. Only cash and checks are acceptable for payment. Customers ... (more)are encouraged to bring hand trucks and/or push carts.

Diesel, A Bookstore in Brentwood is very excited to welcome Mark Weiss to the shop to discuss and sign the anthology of poetry he edited, The Whole Island: Six Decades of Cuban Poetry.
Cuba's cultural influence throughout the Western Hemisphere, and especially in the United States, has been disproportionally ... (more)large for so small a country. This landmark volume is the first comprehensive overview of poetry written over the past sixty years. Presented in a beautiful Spanish-English en face edition, The Whole Island makes available the astonishing achievement of a wide range of Cuban poets, including such well-known figures as Nicolás Guillén, José Lezama Lima, and Nancy Morejón, but also poets widely read in Spanish who remain almost unknown to the English-speaking world - among them Fina García Marruz, José Kozer, Raúl Hernández Novás, and Ángel Escobar-and poets born since the Revolution, like Rogelio Saunders, Omar Pérez, Alessandra Molina, and Javier Marimón. The translations, almost all of them new, convey the intensity and beauty of the accompanying Spanish originals. With their work deeply rooted in Cuban culture, many of these poets - both on and off the island - have been at the center of the political and social changes of this tempestuous period. The poems offered here constitute an essential source for understanding the literature and culture of Cuba, its diaspora, and the Caribbean at large, and provide an unparalleled perspective on what it means to be Cuban.

Join PlayMakers resident designers McKay Coble and Jan Chambers as they talk about creating the theatrical worlds of Nicholas Nickleby. This is unprecedented access to the creative process.

Plans are being rushed to host the 2009 Annual Public Libraries’ Booksale. The sale has moved to a new location on the edge of Garner, NC and is open two additional days for ease of shopping. The sale offers 300,000 books at bargain prices. Only cash and checks are acceptable for payment. Customers ... (more)are encouraged to bring hand trucks and/or push carts.

Plans are being rushed to host the 2009 Annual Public Libraries’ Booksale. The sale has moved to a new location on the edge of Garner, NC and is open two additional days for ease of shopping. The sale offers 300,000 books at bargain prices. Only cash and checks are acceptable for payment. Customers ... (more)are encouraged to bring hand trucks and/or push carts.

Plans are being rushed to host the 2009 Annual Public Libraries’ Booksale. The sale has moved to a new location on the edge of Garner, NC and is open two additional days for ease of shopping. The sale offers 300,000 books at bargain prices. Only cash and checks are acceptable for payment. Customers ... (more)are encouraged to bring hand trucks and/or push carts.

Plans are being rushed to host the 2009 Annual Public Libraries’ Booksale. The sale has moved to a new location on the edge of Garner, NC and is open two additional days for ease of shopping. The sale offers 300,000 books at bargain prices. Only cash and checks are acceptable for payment. Customers ... (more)are encouraged to bring hand trucks and/or push carts.

Plans are being rushed to host the 2009 Annual Public Libraries’ Booksale. The sale has moved to a new location on the edge of Garner, NC and is open two additional days for ease of shopping. The sale offers 300,000 books at bargain prices. Only cash and checks are acceptable for payment. Customers ... (more)are encouraged to bring hand trucks and/or push carts.

Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is pleased to present David Swanson as he discusses and signs his new book, Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union.
Swanson holds a master's degree in philosophy from the University of Virginia. He has worked as a newspaper reporter and ... (more)as a communications director, with jobs including press secretary for Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign, media coordinator for the International Labor Communications Association, and three years as communications coordinator for ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.

Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland is pleased to present David Swanson as he discusses and signs his new book, Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union.
Swanson holds a master's degree in philosophy from the University of Virginia. He has worked as a newspaper reporter and ... (more)as a communications director, with jobs including press secretary for Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign, media coordinator for the International Labor Communications Association, and three years as communications coordinator for ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.

Some Assembly Required! A night of readings and dangerous spontaneous storytelling with critically acclaimed novelist Jeff VanderMeer, noted podcaster Mur Lafferty, and special guest Natania Barron, creator of the Aldersgate Cycle. Buy VanderMeer’s novel Finch and get a free copy of rock band Murder ... (more)by Death’s soundtrack for the book (while supplies last). Afterwards, join Jeff, Mur, and Natania at the bar across the street for a less spontaneous libation. Note: First 25 people to buy Finch get a free copy of the Murder by Death CD.

Back by popular demand! Harpist Winifred Garrett conducts young harp students in this holiday concert. These young musicians play with skill and poise that will delight and impress you.