Location: Peabody, MA 01960, United StatesLocal venues210 Andover Street, Peabody, MA 01960 78 Lynn Street, Peabody, MA 01960 603 Lowell Street, Peabody, MA 01960 82 Main Street, Peabody, MA 01960 15 Sylvan Street, Danvers, MA 01923 161 Elliott Street, Danvers, MA 01923 370 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970 337 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970 252 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970 Superior Courthouse, 56 Federal Street, Sale,, MA 01970 215 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970 240 South Main Street, Middleton, MA 01949 45 Lafayette St., Salem, MA 01970 161 Essex Street, Salem, Mass 01970 131 Essex St., Salem, MA 01970 214 Derby Street, Salem, MA 01970 352 Lafayette Street, Salem, MA 01970 1 Ferncroft Rd., Danvers, MA 01923 18 Summer Street, Lynnfield, MA 01940 450 Paradise Road, Swampscott, MA 01907 32 Essex Street, Beverly, MA 01915 23 Essex Street, Beverly, MA 01915 444A Broadway, Saugus, MA 01906 5 North Common Street, Lynn, MA 01902 61 Burrill Street, Swampscott, MA 01907 300 Broad Street, Lynn, MA 01902 1 South Main Street, Middleton, MA 01949 295 Central Street, Saugus, MA 01906 132 Dodge St., Beverly, MA 01915 235 Pleasant Street, Marblehead, MA 01945 107 Pleasant St., Marblehead, MA 01945 345 Main Street, Wakefield, MA 01880 108 Washington St., Marblehead, MA 01945 239 North Ave., Wakefield, MA 01880 376 Hale Street, Beverly, MA 01915 162 R Main St., Wenham, MA 01984 147 Park Street, North Reading, MA 01864 14 Union Street, South Hamilton, MA 01982 575 Main Street, Reading, MA 01867 69 West Emerson Street, Melrose, MA 02176 64 Middlesex Avenue, Reading, MA 01867-2550 1 South Common Street, Topsfield, MA 01983 141 Oliver Street, Malden, MA 02148 311 Main Street, Stoneham, MA 02180 24 Vine Street, Beverly, MA 01915 15 Pleasant Street, Nahant, MA 01908 431 Main Street, Stoneham, MA 02180 40 West St., Beverly Farms, MA 01915 255 Grapevine Road, Wenham, MA 01984 36 Salem Street, Malden, MA 02148 | Local events Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed Join Porter Square Books at the first Parish Church in Harvard Square, for an evening with Khaled Hosseini in conversation with WBUR’s Robin Young. Hosseini will discuss his new book And the Mountains Echoed. Hosseini will sign books after the event. This is a ticketed event. Tickets can be acquired by purchasing a copy of And the Mountains Echoed. You will receive two tickets with each purchase. If you are ordering online, please write “tickets” in the comments field. Books can be picked up in the store on or after the official release date of May 21 or at the event that night. Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. His father was a diplomat in the Afghan Foreign Ministry and his mother taught Farsi and history at a high school in Kabul. In 1976, the Foreign Ministry relocated the Hosseini family to Paris. They were ready to return to Kabul in 1980, but by then their homeland had witnessed a bloody communist coup and the invasion of the Soviet Army. The Hosseinis sought and were granted political asylum in the United States, and in September 1980 moved to San Jose, California. Hosseini graduated from high school in 1984 and enrolled at Santa Clara University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 1988. The following year he entered the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, where he earned a medical degree in 1993. He completed his residency at Cedars-Sinai medical center in Los Angeles and was a practicing internist between 1996 and 2004. In March 2001, while practicing medicine, Hosseini began writing his first novel, The Kite Runner. Published by Riverhead Books in 2003, that debut went on to become an international bestseller and beloved classic, sold in at least seventy countries and spending more than a hundred weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. In May 2007, his second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, remaining in that spot for fifteen weeks and nearly an entire year on the bestseller list. Together, the two books have sold more than 10 million copies in the United States and more than 38 million copies worldwide. Hosseini's much-awaited third novel, And the Mountains Echoed, will be published on May 21, 2013. In 2006, Hosseini was named a Goodwill Envoy to UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency. Inspired by a trip he made to Afghanistan with the UNHCR, he later established The Khaled Hosseini Foundation , a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, which provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan. He lives in Northern California. Robin Young is the host of Here & Now on WBUR. She is a Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker who has also reported for NBC, CBS and ABC television, and for several years was substitute host and correspondent for The Today Show. Robin has received several Emmy Awards for her television work, as well as cable’s Ace Award, the Religious Public Relations Council’s Wilbur Award and the National Conference of Christians and Jews Gold Award. She has also received radio’s regional Edward R. Murrow Award.
Location: Street: First Parish Church, Harvard Square Additional: 1446 Massachusetts Ave City: Cambridge, Province: Massachusetts Postal Code: 02138 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more) Khaled Hosseini
Ralph Waldo Emerson, edited by Ronald A. Bosco and Joel Myerson, with notes by Glen M. Johnson
, Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson, edited by Ronald A. Bosco and Joel Myerson, with notes by Glen M. Johnson
, Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reception celebrating the final volume of Emerson’s Collected Works, sponsored by the Ralph Waldo Emerson Memorial Association, Harvard University Press, and the Houghton Library (added from Harvard University Press) Bill Sargent discusses his timely book Beach Wars Friday May 24th at 7pm author Bill Sargent will speak about his new book Beach Wars, 10,000 years of Conflict and Change on a Barrier Beach, at Jabberwocky Bookshop, at the Tannery, 50 Water St, Newburyport. Naturalist William Sargent outlines the history of New England's barrier beaches, chronicling the pirates, Indians, rumrunners and farmers who have used beaches like Plum Island to hunt, fish, mooncuss and cut salt marsh hay. Their stories reflect the history of the United States, and how we have come to redefine how we want to protect and live with our land and oceans Considering all the current problems on Plum Island, William Sargent's book is book is timely and important and sure to be controversial.
This event is free and open to all. For more information please visit www.jabberwockybookshop.com or call 978.465.9359.
Location: Street: 50 Water Street Additional: Tannery Mill Bldg 1 City: Newburyport, Province: Massachusetts Postal Code: 01950 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Dragon's Maze Game Day Registration: Noon Start Time: 1PM Entry Fee: $5 Format: Standard The following sets will be Standard legal: Innistrad, Dark Ascension, Avacyn Restored, Magic 2013, Return to Ravnica, Gatecrash, and Dragon's Maze. Prize: All participants receive an exclusive Trostani's Summoner full-art promo card (while supplies last). The Top 8 players each receive an exclusive Melek, Izzet Paragon full-art foil promo card. The cards are awarded to the Top 8 players even if the tournament cuts only to the Top 4. In addition, the first-place winner of Dragon's Maze Game Day will receive an exclusive Playmat.
Location: Street: 4 Pleasant St Additional: Downstairs Arena City: Cambridge, Province: Massachusetts Postal Code: 02139 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Vintage NYSE Qualifier Tournament Unsanctioned Vintage NYSE Qualifier limit 10 Proxy with entry with option to buy up to 5 more. Registration begins: 11 am Time: noon - 6 pm Entry Fee: $30 Prize: Prize support will scale with attendance, so bring your friends.
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Location: Street: 4 Pleasant St Additional: City: Cambridge, Province: Massachusetts Postal Code: 02139 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more) Daphne Kalotay will be promoting Sight Reading Linda Chorney, Who the F&*% is Linda Chorney Linda Chorney performed her original music for 30 years, waiting for her big break. At the tender age of 51, Chorney recorded the album of her dreams, Emotional Jukebox, earning her a Grammy nomination. She made history as the first completely independent singer-songwriter without a manager, publicist or record label to achieve recognition in this category. The industry, however, was not pleased that an outsider had slipped past the gatekeepers. They tried to undermine her nomination and destroy her career, from accusations of cheating to actual death threats. They were the Bill Buckners and Chorney was the ball that got through their legs. And, in the end, the industry figured out a way to get a bigger glove. From the elation to the agony of her hilarious, unbridled, unbelievable underdog journey, this is your backstage pass to the inside story of the Grammy’s. Fasten your seatbelts for a wild right with Linda, as she sings, drops f-bombs, her drawers, the occasional mother’s little helpers, and eventually lands on the Red Carpet. And get a taste of what the indie artist’s life is like--the kind of artist who does it all for the love of making music. Linda Chorney’s latest album Emotional Jukebox was nominated for a Best Americana Album Grammy Award. Highlights in her career thus far have been breaking the Top 40 Adult Contemporary Charts, and singing for Nelson Mandela, in front of a crowd of 250,000 humans. And of course playing in Sports bars where no one is listening. Who the F&*% is Linda Chorney is her first book.
Location: Street: Porter Square Shopping Center Additional: 25 White Street City: Cambridge, Province: Massachusetts Postal Code: 02140 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more) Nugget & Fang by Tammi Sauer Nugget and Fang by Tammi Sauer, Michael Slack (Illustrator) Storytime Join us in our NOOK Department when we read Nugget & Fang in the big screen TV! (added from Barnes & Noble)  Kat Von D will be promoting Go Big or Go Home The Unwinding Meet journalist George Packer as he reads from his new book The Unwinding. (added from Macmillan) Daphne Kalotay will be promoting Sight Reading Marvin Kalb, The Road to War: Presidential Commitments Honored and Betrayed Not since Pearl Harbor has an American president gone to Congress to request a declaration of war. Yet since then, one president after another, from Truman to Obama, has ordered American troops into wars all over the world. From Korea to Vietnam, Panama to Grenada, Lebanon to Bosnia, Afghanistan to Iraq—why have presidents sidestepped declarations of war? Marvin Kalb, former chief diplomatic correspondent for CBS and NBC News, explores this key question in The Road to War—his thirteenth book about the presidency and U.S. foreign policy. Instead of a declaration of war, presidents have justified their war-making powers by citing “commitments,” private and public, made by former presidents. Many of these commitments have been honored, but some betrayed. Surprisingly, given the tight U.S.-Israeli relationship, Israeli leaders feel that at times they have been betrayed by American presidents. In The Road to War, Kalb asks: Is it time for a negotiated defense treaty between the United States and Israel as a way of substituting for a string of secret presidential commitments? As Kalb explains in The Road to War, the word of a president can morph into a national commitment. It can become the functional equivalent of a declaration of war. Therefore, whenever a president “commits”the United States to a policy or course of action with, or increasingly without, congressional approval, watch out—the White House may be setting the nation on a road toward war. Marvin Kalb focuses on the impact of media on public policy and politics. He is also an expert in national security, with a focus on U.S. relations with Russia, Europe and the Middle East. His most recent previous book is Haunting Legacy: Vietnam and the American Presidency from Ford to Obama.
Location: Street: Porter Square Shopping Center Additional: 25 White Street City: Cambridge, Province: Massachusetts Postal Code: 02140 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more) Tom Clavin will be promoting The DiMaggios C.B. Bernard, "Chasing Alaska" (Andover) Alaska looms as a mythical, savage place, part nature preserve, part theme park, too vast to understand fully. Which is why C.B. Bernard lashed his canoe to his truck and traded the comforts of the Lower 48 for a remote island and a career as a reporter. It turned out that a distant relation had made the same trek northwest a century earlier. Captain Joe Bernard spent decades in Alaska, amassing the largest single collection of Native artifacts ever gathered, giving his name to landmarks and even a now-extinct species of wolf. C.B. chased the legacy of this explorer and hunter up the family tree, tracking his correspondence, locating artifacts donated to museums, and finding his journals at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks. Using these journals as guides, C.B. threw himself into the state once known as Seward’s Folly, boating to remote islands, hiking distant forests, hunting and fishing the pristine landscape. He began to form a landscape view of the place that had lured him and "Uncle Joe," both men anchored beneath the Northern Lights in freezing, far-flung waters, separated only by time. Here, in crisp, crystalline prose, is his moving portrait of the Last Frontier, then and now.
C. B. Bernard has worked as a newspaper editor, magazine journalist, and advertising copywriter. Winner of several Alaska Press Club awards, he has written extensively for Alaskan Southeaster, Pacific Fishing, Professional Mariner, and Gray's Sporting Journal magazines. Newsweek columnist Eleanor Clift judged his column about life in Alaska as best in the state. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
Location: Andover Bookstore Street: 89 R Main Street City: Andover, Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Daphne Kalotay will be promoting Sight Reading Thursday, May 30th at 7 pm - Daphne Kalotay, "Sight Reading" Please join us at the Bookshop on Thursday, May 30th at 7 pm, as we welcome back Daphne Kalotay, dicussing her latest novel, Sight Reading. Daphne Kalotay is the author of the award-winning novel Russian Winter and the fiction collection Calamity and Other Stories. The recipient of numerous fellowships, she has taught at Boston University, Skidmore College, Middlebury College and Grub Street. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Location: Street: 65 Main Street City: Concord, Province: Massachusetts Postal Code: 01742-2503 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more) Launch Reading of ZINSKY THE OBSCURE. Also appearing: L. Annette Binder, author of RISE. C.B. Bernard will speak about his new book Chasing Alaska Alaska looms as a mythical, savage place, part nature preserve, part theme park. Which is why C. B. Bernard lashed his canoe to the roof of his truck and headed northwest. When a distant cousin revealed that a common relation had made the same trek a century earlier, Bernard began chasing the legacy of this legendary hunter and explorer up the family tree, discovering hundreds of pages of journals that wound up in a closet at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks. Using these journals, Bernard threw himself at Alaska, boating to remote islands, hiking distant forests, hunting and fishing the landscape, and forming a moving portrait, then and now, of the last frontier.
C. B. Bernard has worked as a newspaper editor, magazine journalist, and advertising copywriter. Winner of several Alaska Press Club awards, he has written extensively for Alaskan Southeaster, Pacific Fishing, Professional Mariner, and Gray's Sporting Journal magazines. Newsweek columnist Eleanor Clift judged his column about life in Alaska as best in the state. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
Location: Street: 50 Water Street Additional: Tannery Mill Bldg 1 City: Newburyport, Province: Massachusetts Postal Code: 01950 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Warmachine Steamroller Time: 11am Registration, Noon Start Time Entry Fee: Entry fee is $15, $10 for 'Ard Boyz members Rules: 35 Baseline, full format details are available at Privateer Press- Steamroller Tournaments Prizes: Store credit based upon attendance Ever wonder what an army of all choir priests could do on a battlefield? Ever look down at the table and think, "Man, I shoulda brought more Kossites"? What about that time when you needed like, 3 more corrupters? Well, here's your chance to live out those dreams.
In this tournament, you are invited to bring your worst 35 pt list, in terms of synergy, match ups, and damage output. Make the worst list you can, following normal force organization rules, and bring it to the tournament. Once there, you switch lists with your opponent each round and try to beat your own list with what ever cripple army you were handed.
There are some guide lines in construction though. 1) You cannot take models that are impossible to field. Example; no taking 10 incubi in a list of only beasts. 2) If you take models that can make more models, like Goreshade or Afflictors, you must bring an appropiate number of extra models. 3) Hordes lists must include enough beasts with a combined fury total that equals or excedes their warlocks fury stat. Example; pMadrak must have at least one Fury 5 beast to fill his Fury total of 5, or 2 Fury 3 beasts. And 4) Lists must be the full 35 plus Warcaster/Warlock points; no short-changing your opponent.
This will be a 3-4 round event, depending on attendance. Entry fee is $15, $10 for 'Ard Boyz members. Registration starts at 11 and dice roll no later than 12. Hope to see you guys and your terrible armies there!
Location: Street: 4 Pleasant St Additional: Downstairs Arena City: Cambridge, Province: Massachusetts Postal Code: 02139 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more) Book Signing: "Crossing the Line" Derek Sanderson Derek Sanderson, author of Crossing the Line, will be signing copies of his book at The Paper Store of Chelmsford on June 1 at 11:00 AM.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the Facebook event page. (added from Independent Publishers Group) Book Signing: "For Cardinals Fans Only" Rich Wolfe Rich Wolfe, author of For Cardinals Fans Only, will be signing copies of his book at The Paper Store of Chelmsford in Chelmsford, Massachusetts on June 1 at 1:00 PM.
This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please see the Facebook page. (added from Independent Publishers Group) Grand Prix Providence Practice Event Registration: Noon Start: 1pm Event Fee: $60/team ($20/player). This is a three player team sealed event - the same format as day 1 of GP Providence! Teams get 12 packs to collectively build three decks per full format rules available at magicthegathering.com. The top two teams will get at least 3 packs per player (9 per team) to let them practice the draft format if desired, other prizes based on attendance.
We will have a "looking for team" list in store; if players want to try to find a pickup team, they should arrive as close to noon as possible.
Location: Street: 4 Pleasant St Additional: City: Cambridge, Province: Massachusetts Postal Code: 02139 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)Star Wars X-Wing Tournament Start Time: 1PM Entry Fee: FREE! New Players Welcome! Take control of powerful Rebel X-wings and nimble Imperial TIE fighters, facing them against each other in fast-paced space combat. Featuring stunningly detailed and painted miniatures. Select your crew, plan your maneuvers, and complete your mission!
This is the start of X-Wing Season 1 Organized Play – learn the game, hone your skills, and save the galaxy and ummm -- have some fun!
Location: Street: 4 Pleasant St Additional: City: Cambridge, Province: Massachusetts Postal Code: 02139 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more) Sunday, June 2nd at 3 pm - Meg Donohue, "All the Summer Girls" and Nichole Bernier, "The Unfinished Work Of Elizabeth D." Please join us at the Bookshop on Sunday, June 2nd at 3pm, as we welcome Meg Donohue, reading from and signing her latest novel, All the Summer Girls, and Nicole Bernier, reading from and signing the paperback edition of The unfinished work of Elizabeth D.Meg Donohue is the author of the bestselling novel How to Eat a Cupcake, which was translated into Dutch, German, Italian, and Polish. She has an MFA from Columbia University and a BA from Dartmouth College. Born and raised in Philadelphia, she now lives San Francisco with her husband, two young daughters, and Cole, her endearing Taiwanese rescue pup.
Nichole Bernier is the author of The Unfinished Work of Elizabeth D, a novel inspired by a family friend's healing following the September 11th attacks.
Nichole has written for magazines including Elle, Self, Health, Men’s Journal, Child and Yankee, as well as Boston Magazine, where she was a senior editor. A 14-year contributing editor to Conde Nast Traveler magazine, she was previously on staff as a features writer, golf and ski editor and television spokesperson, until she met her future husband on a blind date, and gave up New York and her rent-controlled apartment for Boston. She is one of the founders of the literary blog Beyond the Margins, and a recipient of the literary journalism award from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
She is at work on her second novel, and lives outside of Boston with her husband, five children, and any number of rescue animals.
Location: Street: 65 Main Street City: Concord, Province: Massachusetts Postal Code: 01742-2503 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more) |
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