Book Signing: Robert Leleux “The Living End”
The Living End is a tribute to an unforgettable woman, and a testimony to the way a disease can awaken an urgent desire for love and forgiveness. Told with sparkling wit and warmth, The Living [read more]
Literature
Book Signing: Junot Diaz “This Is How You Lose Her”
Pulitzer Prize-winner Junot Díaz’s first book, Drown, established him as a major new writer with “the dispassionate eye of a journalist and the tongue of a poet” (Newsweek). His first novel, The Brief Wondrous Life [read more]
Author Event: Nate Berkus “The Things That Matter”
Decorater/Designer Nate Berkus joins us for a discussion of his book The Things That Matter. His book shares stories from his life, introduces us to people who influenced him and opens up about the remarkable [read more]
Book Signing: Cliff Graubart “The Curious Vision of Sammy Levitt and Other Stories”
Tickets available either online or in person at A Cappella Books, 208 Haralson Ave NE (at the corner of Dekalb Ave) in Inman Park. Individual tickets: $28 (includes a signed copy of The Curious Vision [read more]
Book Signing: George Singleton “Stray Decorum”
My dog Tapeworm Johnson needed legitimate veterinary attention. It had been two years since she received annual shots. I read somewhere that an older dog can overdose on all these vaccinations, and I have found—I [read more]
Author Event: E.L. James “Fifty Shades Trilogy”
Now available as a three-volume paperback boxed set, E L James’s New York Times #1 bestselling trilogy has been hailed by Entertainment Weekly as being “in a class by itself.” Beginning with the GoodReads Choice [read more]
Book Signing: Daphene Jones “Our Southern Breeze”
As the fraternal twin of Deborah (Short) Hall (from Same Kind of Different as Me), I knew her like no one else could. And the inspiring story I share in Our Southern Breeze is like [read more]
Author Event: T.I. Harris “Trouble & Triumph”
Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist, music producer, and actor T.I. and his bestselling celebrity collaborator, David Ritz, continue the explosive story of Power and Beauty that began in the street-lit epic Power & Beauty. When his [read more]
Author Event: Brent Weeks “The Blinding Knife”
Meet New York Times bestselling author Brent Weeks who will discuss and sign his second book from the ‘Lightbringer’ series. The first book launched in August 2010 with The Black Prism. Gavin Guile is dying. [read more]
Author Event: Lara Parker “Dark Shadows: The Salem Branch”
Dark Shadows’s popular characters, Barnabas Collins and Angelique, were eternally bound by love and hate. Meet actress Lara Parker, Angelique herself, for a discussion and signing. Dark Shadows continues with the full measure of spellbinding [read more]
Author Event: Shirley Sherrod “Courage to Hope: How I Stood Up to the Politics of Fear”
Sherrod sets the record straight on her forced resignation from the Department of Agriculture in 2010 for alleged reverse racist comments she made at an NAACP event. Reading and signing. In the summer of 2010, [read more]
Author Event: Michael Cartwright “Believable Hope: Five Essential Elements to Beat Any Addiction”
In Believable Hope, Michael Cartwright shares his personal struggles, his recovery process, and the approach that has caused dramatic transformation with clients ranging from those living on the street to celebrities and everyone in-between. Join [read more]
Author Event: Michael Ennis “The Malice of Fortune”
Michael Ennis, author of The Duchess of Milan and Byzantium, joins us to discuss and sign his latest historical thriller The Malice of Fortune. Leonardo da Vinci and Niccola Machiavelli team with a courtesan to [read more]
Author Event: Kathy Reichs “Bones Are Forever”
Kathy Reichs, #1 New York Times bestselling author and producer of the FOX televison hit Bones, is at her brilliant best in a riveting novel featuring forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan—a story of infanticide, murder, and [read more]
Author Event: Laura Russell “The Gluten-Free Asian Kitchen”
For the estimated three million Americans suffering from Celiac disease, wheat allergies, and severe gluten sensitivities, Asian food is usually off-limits because its signature ingredients—noodles, soy sauce, and oyster sauce—typically contain wheat. In the Gluten-Free [read more]
Author Event: Andrew Porter “In Between Days”
From a commanding new voice in fiction comes a novel as perceptive as it is generous: a portrait of an American family trying to cope in our world today, a story of choices and doubts [read more]
Author Event: Kristen Iversen “Full Body Burden”
In the wake of the 2011 Fukushima meltdown, as well as nuclear disasters in recent years at nuclear power plants and weapons sites such as Chernobyl in the Ukraine, the Mayak facility in Russia, Rocky [read more]
Author Event: William Gibson “Distrust That Particular Flavor”
Though best known for his fiction, William Gibson is as much in demand for his cutting-edge observations on the world we live in now. Originally printed in publications as varied as Wired, the New York [read more]
Author Event: Adam Johnson “The Orphan Master’s Son”
When I arrived at Pyongyang’s Sunan Airport a few years ago, my head was still spinning from a landing on a runway lined with cattle, electric fences and the fuselages of other jets whose landings [read more]
Author Event: Carl Rollyson “Hollywood Enigma: Dana Andrews”
A biography of the great noir actor who perfected the male mask of steely impassivity Dana Andrews (1909-1992) worked with distinguished directors such as John Ford, Lewis Milestone, Otto Preminger, Fritz Lang, William Wyler, William [read more]
Author Event: Elizabeth Gregory “Ready: Why Women Are Embracing the New Later Motherhood”
Over the past three decades, skyrocketing numbers of women have chosen to start their families in their late thirties and early forties. In 2005, ten times as many women had their first child between the [read more]
Author Event: Andrew Porter “In Between Days”
From a commanding new voice in fiction comes a novel as perceptive as it is generous: a portrait of an American family trying to cope in our world today, a story of choices and doubts [read more]
Author Event: Shannon Hale “Palace of Stone”
Coming down from the mountain to a new life in the city is a thrill to Miri. She and her princess academy friends have been brought to Asland to help the future princess Britta prepare [read more]
Author Event: Deni Y. Béchard “Cures for Hunger”
At once an extraordinary family story and a highly unconventional portrait of the artist as a young man, this singular, deeply affecting memoir, is about Bechard’s quest to uncover his father’s past as a bank [read more]
Author Event: Jessica Shirvington “Entice”
The hotly anticipated follow-up to “Embrace” ramps up the captivating combination of angel mythology, forbidden romance, and intense action. Every day Violet Eden wonders whether she made the right choice. She still doesn’t fully understand [read more]
Author Event: James Dashner “Infinity Ring Book 1: A Mutiny in Time”
Scholastic’s next multi-platform mega-event begins here! History is broken, and three kids must travel back in time to set it right! When best friends Dak Smyth and Sera Froste stumble upon the secret of time [read more]
Author Event: Adam McOmber “The White Forest”
In this hauntingly original debut novel about a young woman whose peculiar abilities help her infiltrate a mysterious secret society, Adam McOmber uses fantastical twists and dark turns to create a fast-paced, unforgettable story. Young [read more]
Author Event: Andrea Cremer “Rift”
Chronicling the rise of the Keepers, this is the stunning prequel to Andrea Cremer’s internationally bestselling Nightshade trilogy! Sixteen-year-old Ember Morrow is promised to a group called Conatus after one of their healers saves her [read more]
Author Event: Emily St. John Mandel “The Lola Quartet”
Gavin Sasaki is a promising young journalist in New York City, until he’s fired in disgrace following a series of unforgivable lapses in his work. It’s early 2009, and the world has gone dark very [read more]
Author Event: Terry Brooks “Wards of Faerie”
Seven years after the conclusion of the High Druid of Shannara trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks at last revisits one of the most popular eras in the legendary epic fantasy series that [read more]
Author Event: Dav Pilkey “Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers”
Hold on to your underpants! Please come meet popular children’s author Dav Pilkey. His Captain Underpants series is a crack-up kids love. New is Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers, the ninth [read more]
Author Event: Tess Gerritsen “Last to Die”
We are pleased to present Tess Gerritsen, a master of medical suspense and bestselling author. Her books are also known for inspiring TV’s Rizzoli & Isles. New is Last to Die. Please come spend your [read more]
Author Event: Michael Perry “Visiting Tom”
How great to welcome back Michael Perry! The acclaimed author returns with Visiting Tom: A Highway and the Road to Roughneck Grace. It’s the tale of Tom Hartwig, an old-timer best known locally for building [read more]
Author Event: “Shadow Show” with Sam Weller and Mort Castle
In honor and celebration of Ray Bradbury, the contributing authors of the new book “Shadow Show” join us at our beloved book store for a magical evening of readings, signings, schmoozings and storytelling that no [read more]
Author Event: Matthew Gavin Frank “Pot Farm”
Nothing heals the mind and a marriage quite like medical marijuana. Or at least that’s what Frank considers in his book Pot Farm, a memoir about a the time spent caring for a terminally-ill parent [read more]
Author Event: Jeffrey Brown “Darth Vader and Son”
There’s a reason this book has been flying off our shelves the past few months. This quirky illustrated book takes a look at what life would have been like if Vader had been an active [read more]
Author Event: Barbara Royal “The Royal Treatment: A Natural Approach to Wildly Healthy Pets”
Pet owners throughout the Chicago-area will go wild for the unconventional wisdom and practices of veterinarian Barbara Royal, the woman responsible for the health and happiness of Oprah’s beloved pooches. Royal combines contemporary western medicine [read more]
Author Event: Carmen Bugan “Burying the Typewriter”
Come join us for Carmen Bugan’s presentation of her debut memoir Burying the Typewriter. Romanian born Bugan writes with warmth and intelligence of growing up during the dramatic Ceausecu regime in a family of political [read more]
Author Event: Doug Foster “After Mandela”
Doug Foster, a leading authority on South African politics and associate professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, presents his poignant exposé on the politics of South Africa after the presidency Nelson Mandela, After [read more]
Author Event: Rabbi Brant Rosen “Wrestling in the Daylight”
In 2006 Rabbi Brant Rosen, who serves a Jewish Reconstructionist congregation in Evanston, Illinois, launched a blog called Shalom Rav, in which he explored a broad range of social-justice issues. The focus of his writing-and [read more]