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Mysterious Galaxy Author Events are always a source of information and entertainment. If you can't attend in person, contact us to reserve a signed copy of the latest book. Author Events are free and open to the public -- we do request that attending customers purchase the author's new book at MG in order to participate in the author signing. For book group and other non-author events, Click Here!Title of Event: Jan Burke signs The Messenger
When: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 7:00 PM
Location: Mysterious Galaxy
Description: Join us on Tuesday, January 6, at 7:00 PM, as best-selling mystery and suspense author Jan Burke turns to the paranormal in The Messenger. Jan's inspiration for a character who is granted an unnaturally extended life, in exchange for his responsibility conveying messages from the dying to their loved ones, came from her work with the Crime Lab Project. Tyler Hawthorne has been carrying out his duty since he received a memento mori ring and immortality on the fields of Waterloo, while on the verge of death. Now, in the 21st century, an old nemesis threatens him and the woman he has come to care for -- who has ghosts of her own. (See Maryelizabeth's review below.)
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AKA Raves, Reviews and Recommendations
Follow the links for what we're reading. There are theme pages and there are staff pages. Each page will have an introduction of sorts. Stop by often as we update regularly.
And we also offer a fun assortment of non-book items to enhance your reading experience. Enjoy.
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The Warded Man
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Brett, Peter V.
Demons rise from the Core every night to feast on any flesh foolish enough to not be hiding behind the only magic strong enough to defeat them – wards. For reasons long forgotten, these symbols, drawn on any worked surface, stop the demons cold in their tracks. Into this world are born three rather extraordinary people. Each will grow and excel in whatever they endeavor to do, each will suffer greatly, and each will play an important part in delivering the people from the evil that consumes them.
The Warded Man is the debut novel for Peter Brett and the first in a reported Demon Trilogy (though the author is on record campaigning for more). Not since Patrick Rothfuss’ The Name of the Wind have I been this pleased with a debut. The Warded Man is character-driven fantasy at its page-turning best. The three main protagonists are fully-realized people – both magnificent and flawed. Watch them grow up in a world designed to beat them down. Can’t wait to see what happens next.
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Hot titles!
What our customers bought and read last month, and what they're looking forward to reading soon!
A great place to discover some of your favorite authors' new books, or authors new to you!
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The Flaxen Femme Fatale
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Zakour, John
The last freelance P.I. on earth, Zach Johnson has been hired to track down a young beauty who happens to be a deadly secret weapon for the World Council. Figuring girls just want to have fun, he follows Natasha to various vacation destinations, but she eludes him, leaving a trail of destruction in her wake.
Zach, however, isn't surprised to discover that things aren't what they seem, and to save the world, he's going to have to find a way to team up with the woman he's supposed to destroy... |
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We consistently update our inventory of signed first editions. Quantities are limited, so act fast. Some books might have $1 added to cover shipping to and from the author. Books in our New Sections will be repeated in our Genre Sections. Please specify SIGNED in the Ordering and Shipping Reminder box at the bottom of the Billing & Payment page at checkout.
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The Knights of the Cornerstone
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Blaylock, James P.
An exquisite novel of fantasy from a "true one-of-a-kind original" (Neil Gaiman).
Calvin Bryson has hidden himself away from the world, losing himself in his work and his collection of rare and quirky books. He never meant to let so much time go by without visiting his aunt and uncle in the tiny town of New Cyprus, California. When he gets there, he'll discover the town's strange secrets and a mysterious group dedicated to preserving and protecting holy relics -- a modernday incarnation of the legendary Knights Templar... |
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Unique and provocative selections from a great diversity of voices...all personally recommended by the independent booksellers of America.
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2666
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Bolano, Roberto,
Wimmer, Natasha
2666 is the culmination of Roberto Bolano's expansive brilliance, as traces of such previous works as The Savage Detectives have been perfected and fused together seemlessly as part of a larger whole. This is a daring book that takes major risks throughout, and its overall impact is impossible to ignore or ever forget.--Nathan Halter, The Doylestown Bookshop (Doylestown, PA) |
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Informative titles on the importance of building and strengthening a vibrant local economy.
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
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Kingsolver, Barbara,
Kingsolver, Camille
“Tracing the food year,
Kingsolver—with her characteristic candor,
poetry, and grace—brings us meditations on
asparagus, turkeys, tomatoes, and mulch as she
and her family try to eat locally as much as they
can. This is a distinct hybrid of The Omnivore’s
Dilemma, Under the Tuscan Sun, and Walden.”
—Matt Plies, Annie Bloom’s Books, Portland, OR |
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The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge
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Vinge, Vernor
Since his first published story, "Apartness," appeared in 1965, Vernor Vinge has forged a unique and awe-inspiring career in science fiction as his work has grown and matured. He is now one of the most celebrated science fiction writers in the field, having won the field's top award, the Hugo, for each of his last two novels.Now, for the first time, this illustrious author gathers all his short fiction into a single volume. This collection is truly the definitive Vinge, capturing his visionary ideas at their very best. It also contains a never-before-published novella, one that represents precisely what this collection encapsulates--bold, unique, challenging science fictional ideas brought to vivid life with compelling storytelling.Including such major pieces as "The Ungoverned" and "The Blabber," this sumptuous volume will satisfy any reader who loves the sense of wonder, and the excitement of great SF. |
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