Location: Richmond, Virginia, United States

About the Author: Patrick Evans-Hylton is an award-winning food journalist based in Hampton Roads. Trained as a chef at Johnson & Wales University, Evans-Hylton has covered food and foodways through print, radio and television since 1995; he is senior editor for food and wine at Hampton Roads Magazine, the region's city and lifestyle publication, as well as executive editor for Virginia Wine Lover, the state's only wine and food magazine. He serves on the advisory board for Culinary Institute of Virginia, the Sensible Seafood Program at the Virginia Aquarium, the Old Beach Farmers Market, C-CAP (Careers through Culinary Arts Program, a program to guide at-risk high school youth into culinary careers) and March of Dime Signature Chef Auction. Evans-Hylton is active in the local food movement, feeding the hungry and mentoring culinary students. He is author of two food history books and two cookbooks, and has developed a spice blend with the flavors of the Chesapeake Bay. About the Book: These 145 delectable recipes celebrate the authentic flavors of Virginia, from oysters and blue crabs to wine, peanuts, heirloom tomatoes and sweet potatoes, Smithfield ham, and much more. Try Hanover Tomato Gazpacho, Ramp and Mushroom Strata, Crab Norfolk, Virginia Sea Scallops with Shallots and Walnuts, Twice-Baked Sweet Potatoes with Cranberries and Hazelnuts, Oysters Bingo, Chili-Rubbed Pork Loin Roast with Wine Country Salsa, Indian Butter Chicken, Cherry Shrub Cocktail, Black Cake, Scuppernong Granita, Peanut Butter Silk Pie, Monticello Apple Cake, and Bourbon Slush. The recipes are organized by region --Hampton Roads and the Chesapeake Bay area, Richmond and Southern Virginia, Central Virginia and Wine Country, the Capital Region and Northern Virginia, and the Shenandoah Valley and Western Virginia -- making the book a great resource for tourists as well as Virginia natives.

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Dr. Eben Alexander with his New York Times bestseller, Proof of Heaven We are beyond thrilled to start Reveille's summer book review series with this recount of one man's journey into the after-life. On Wednesday, June 26, Dr. Eben Alexander will be at Reveille to share his New York Times Bestseller List book, Proof of Heaven. Refreshments will be served in the welcome center at 10:30 am, and the book review will begin at 11:00 am in the chapel. Child care is available.

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Peter Zeranski was born in Europe to Polish parents. He is a retired marketing executive and small business consultant. His family's love for Polish cuisine and traditions is showcased in The Art of Polish Cooking (Pelican Publishing, 1968), the iconic cookbook written by his mother, Alina.

Laura Zeranski learned to cook Polish dishes from her mother-in-law as she took over preparing Sunday dinners and special holiday meals. After four decades of perfecting traditional Polish recipes, she has become an expert in adapting the cuisine to modern home kitchens. A retired health care records professional, Laura has consulted with clients throughout the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia. The couple, who also love ballroom dancing, resides in Alexandria, Virginia.

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Elaine Neil Orr grew up in Nigeria. She is professor of English at North Carolina State University and on the faculty of the Spalding University low-residency MFA program. Her other books are "Subject to Negotiation: Reading Feminist Criticism and American Women's Fictions" and "Gods of Noonday: A White Girl's African Life", a memoir.

This is her second visit to Fountain and we are happy to welcome her back!

About the book:

When Emma Davis reads the words of Isaiah 6: 8 in her college dorm room, she understands her true calling: to become a missionary. It is a leap of faith that sweeps her away to Africa in an odyssey of personal discovery, tremendous hardship, and profound transformation.

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I am so proud to be bringing this speaker to you. Please join us for this community event! -Kelly Justice, owner, Fountain

A native Virginian and graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, John Hunter is an award-winning gifted teacher and educational consultant who has dedicated his life to helping children realize their full potential. Employing his background as a musician composer and filmmaker during a three-decade career as a teacher, Hunter has combined his gifted teaching and artistic talents to develop unique teaching programs using multimedia software programs in creative writing and film courses.

During his university years, he traveled and studied comparative religions and philosophy throughout Japan, India and China. It was while in India, the cradle of Ghandian thought, Hunter, intrigued by the principles of non-violence, began to think of how his profession might contribute to peace in the world.

Knowing that ignoring violence would not make it go away, how could he teach peace in an often-violent world? Accepting the reality of violence, he would seek to incorporate ways to explore harmony in various situations. This exploration would take form in the framework of a game – something that students would enjoy. Within the game data space, they would be challenged, while enhancing collaborative and communication skills.

In 1978, at the Richmond Community High School, Hunter led the first sessions of his World Peace Game. Over time, in a synchronous unfolding with the growing global focus on increasingly complex social and political conditions, the game has gained new impetus. As Hunter succinctly explains, “The World Peace Game is about learning to live and work comfortably in the unknown.”

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“It’s been more than a decade since the literary world has seen such a portentous debut from a novelist prodigy, equal parts savage and savant, and what else is there to say but All hail the future—this boy king has fifty more years of writing to feed our hungry souls.” —Bob Shacochis

There are times when you should let the writers and critics do the talking: This is one of them. This is an author you won't be able to see in a few years because the lines will be too long. The rumble is extra strong on this one, folks. Meet him now and maybe we can all be extras in the movie! -Kelly Justice, owner, Fountain Bookstore

“Young Kent Wascom went down to the crossroads and there he made his deal. Or maybe he was just born spirited for this kind of work. Either way, I cannot name such a stunning debut as this one. The writing pours from the American gut, the America we have yet to reckon with. It reads as not written, but lived and remembered—and how impossible is that? Whoever may own Kent Wascom’s soul, The Blood of Heaven will forever be ours.” —Robert Olmstead

“Making brilliant use of a little-known chapter in America’s history, Wascom’s gripping debut captures the pioneer spirit, lawlessness, and religious fervor of the Southern frontier. . . . In its depiction of a primitive, savage era and of man’s depravity, as well as its sensitive portrayal of souls “drowned in The Blood of Heaven,” Wascom’s novel is a masterly achievement.” —Publishers Weekly (starred, boxed review)

“When you read as many contemporary novels as I do, it's easy to get jaundiced, because we're awash in hype, and almost nothing ever seems quite as good as it's cracked up to be. So please know that I'm not just giving this young author a pass. I truly can count on the fingers of one hand the number of first novels that have ever excited me this much. Wascom made me think at times of Cormac McCarthy, Charles Frazier and William Gay, but his vision is very much his own, as is his extraordinary voice. He's left himself a hard act to follow. This book is pure gold.” —Steve Yarbrough

Kent Wascom was born in New Orleans in 1986, attended Louisiana State University and received his MFA from Florida State University. He was awarded the 2012 Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Prize for Fiction. The Blood of Heaven is his first novel.

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OK...let's break some records here, book people! Jennifer is trying to meet 100 book club in 30 days. (Yes, she's crazy). You can help!!! (Not with her meds or anything...she is clearly beyond that). You can be part of helping her reach her goal of meeting more book clubs than any author in 30 days. Grab your book club and bring them to this event and I will give you loads of free stuff. I'M NOT KIDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I like her enough to give away half the store to help her reach her goal. (Now I can't find my meds...darn...) -Kelly, owner, Fountain The year of the gadfly (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) was chosen as a 2012 Best Book by Kirkus Reviews and Self Magazine. Her first book, Inheriting The Holy Land (Ballantine, 2005), won Moment Magazine's Non-Fiction Award for Young Writers. Miller's journalism has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post Magazine, the Christian Science Monitor, Fast Company, and the Daily Beast. A native of Washington, DC, she now lives in Brooklyn, NY with all the other writers and teaches writing at Columbia University. Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2012 The year of the gadfly is "A darkly comic romp" and "full of serious questions. You've never been anywhere like the elite prep school that is Mariana Academy." —The Washington Post

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Caley is a professor at VCU's Brandcenter.

Join us for an interactive event featuring a demonstration from a dog trainer that will help you learn how to introduce Fido to new baby.

Plus tips on how to deal with older siblings with "new baby issues".

Please join us!

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