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 Read the Weather with atmospheric scientist Cliff Mass
Join U.W. scientist Cliff Mass at Barn Beach Reserve
Friday, July 31, 7:00 - 9:00 PM for a presentation de-mystifying the weather. You can also engage Cliff in informal conversation at his book signing Saturday Aug 1, 1:00 - 3:00 PM at A Book For All Seasons.
University of Washington atmospheric scientist and popular radio commentator Cliff Mass will unravel the intricacies of Northwest weather for us, from the mundane to the mystifying. The Pacific Northwest experiences the most varied and fascinating weather in the United States, including world-record winter snows, the strongest non-tropical storms in the nation, and shifts from desert to rain forest in a matter of miles. Cliff Mass' best-selling book The Weather of the Pacific Northwest is the first comprehensive and authoritative guide to Northwest weather that is directed to the general reader - helpful to boaters, hikers, and skiers and also valuable to expert meteorologists.
Buy a SIGNED Copy of The Weather of the Pacific Northwest - $29.95
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Our READERKIDZ SUMMER SERIES CONTINUES
Because actually (Shh! Not too loud!) books are fun!
Join us for youth writing workshops, exciting kids' literary activities, the opportunity for kids to read to a specially-trained dog, and more! Parents and teachers will want to come too!
Put Wenatchee-Wednesday and Leavenworth-Locals-Thursday on your summer calendar.
It's all fun, fabulous, and FREE!
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TGIF! rocks on all summer long.
 Q: Where are the cool people in Leavenworth on Friday night?
A: At the LIBRARY, of course - meeting an acclaimed author!
Q: What if I can't make it Friday night?
A: Take advantage of Second Chance Saturday, when our authors sign books at A Book For All Seasons and love to converse with thoughtful readers - no purchase necessary!
Please Note Gregg Olsen's event has been rescheduled to
Friday Aug 21st and Saturday Aug 22nd.
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Wildlife Adventures For All Seasons
Across the Northwest - Or In Your Own Backyard!
 Whatever the season and no matter the weather, from winter whale watching to autumn seabirding, The Northwest Nature Guide: Where to Go and What to See Month by Month in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia offers more than 150 best bets for wildlife adventures throughout the Northwest - including in your own backyard! With contagious enthusiasm and irrepressible humor, James Luther Davis shares insider tips and helpful maps to guarantee readers know where to see nature at its peak every month of the year.
 Catch James Davis' enthusiasm, humor and stunning photography
Friday August 14, 7:00 - 9:00 PM at Barn Beach Reserve.
If you miss James on Friday, come trade stories with him Saturday Aug 15 1:00 - 3:00 PM at A Book For All Seasons. James loves to meet people and tell nature stories. No purchase necessary!
Buy a SIGNED Copy of The Northwest Nature Guide - $24.95
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Get Ready to Hit The Trails With Craig Romano
 Join Photographer and Outdoor Writer Craig Romano Friday, Aug 28, 7:00 - 9:00 PM at Barn Beach Reserve.
Or chat with Craig one-on-one at his book-signing at A Book For All Seasons, Saturday, Aug 29, 11:00 AM - noon.
 Craig Romano's newly released, current, accurate, well-researched and comprehensive Day Hiking Central Cascades is a must for the new-comer, and full of delights for the old-timer as well. An excellent overview of Leavenworth-area trails, published by the Mountaineers and part of their 1% for trails program, this guide is compact, clear, and informative. It has a map, elevation profile, and photograph of every hike, as well as quick-reference icons for kid suitability, dogs, wildflowers, and more. Suggestions for hike extensions and off-trail exploration abound.
Buy a SIGNED Copy of Day Hiking Central Cascades - $18.95
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Cascade Kids!
It's time to bring your summer reading maps back to the bookstore!
 Because I know you don't want to miss Kenn Nesbitt's Poetry Party:
Fabulous and Free Kid's-Lit Games and Festivities
on Sunday, Aug 30, 12:30 - 3:00 PM.
Don't miss this super end-of-the-year party, perfect for kids who love words! Kenn's party will feature free refreshments, a FREE BOOK for every kid, wacky word games, and fun galore!
In addition to Sunday's Poetry Party, Kenn will offer a book-signing at A Book For All Seasons on Saturday, Aug 29, 1:00 - 3:00 PM.
Buy a SIGNED Copy of My Hippo Has the Hiccups - $17.99
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War Refugee Boyhood in Bavaria
 Join Harry Kapeikis Saturday September 5, 1:00 - 3:00 PM at A Book For All Seasons. Harry will be signing books and telling stories from his amazing life - no purchase necessary.
 Who would you become if at nine years old, you and your family took flight before an advancing army, and you found yourself in a world of hunger, homelessness, air-raids, Displaced Persons' Camp, and presumed guilty, were forced to prove your innocence? Harry Kapeikis' memoir, Exile from Latvia, sweeps readers into the life of a child looking for answers in a senseless world. At the end of the day, what triumphs for Harry, and what shines through his delightful memoir, is rejoicing and a hopeful spirit.
Buy a SIGNED Copy of Exile from Latvia - $18.99
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ABFAS Top 10 July Best-Sellers...
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 Do We Have Dominos!
Dominoes, an American classic! They're also called bones, cards, tiles, tickets, stones, or spinners. Smack the bone down while you're setting, leading, downing, or posing. But don't forget to leave two sleepers in the boneyard! Go for a lockdown, then count your pips. Hold on to your spinners for Mexican Train or Muggins.
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 Enjoy Apples to Apples in our Apple Capitol Valley
Apples to Apples: the game of delicious, hilarious comparisons! Gets kids laughing, interacting, and thinking outside the box.
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 Start Your Day With A Smile!
Laughter is the best medicine ...
and starting the day with laughter plus coffee? Unbeatable!
Enjoy your favorite beverage in a classic ceramic mug featuring a humorous cartoon from the New Yorker Magazine. A super gift! Prepare to laugh!
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 Dish up the Dominoes on Local's Thursday
Hurray for Local's Thursday, the best day to be downtown!
A great place to beat the heat on Thursday afternoon is in the shade of our gorgeous oak. Join friends and neighbors for
Dominoes on the Deck
every Thursday afternoon in August
on the deck behind A Book For All Seasons
We'll provide the dominoes — you bring your pals.
Get your team's skills honed so you're ready for the Stupendous Domino Tournament Play-off Championship the last Thursday of August.
Come Smack the bone down, and don't forget to leave two sleepers in the boneyard!
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Where Am I?
  The heat's easing off for the day, music is playing, kids are running barefoot in the grass, I smell artisan pizza baking, and a vendor is holding out just-picked organic fruit for me to sample - hey, I must be at the Leavenworth Thursday Farmer's Market! 4:00 - 8:00 PM every Thursday; what a wonderful, relaxing wind-down to Local's Thursday.
Never been to Thursday market? Wander by to meet friends, have a cold Italian soda, and wiggle your toes in the grass.
Loving the new market and wondering how you can support it? Become a member, fund the infrastructure, and elect the board. Staff the info booth for an hour. Or sport the T-shirt, available at the market or at A Book For All Seasons (all T-shirt proceeds support the market).
 The Leavenworth Community Farmers Market t-shirts are designed by Gibbs Graphics, and printed locally by Piestrup Bros. The environmentally friendly men's regular tees are made from unbleached natural cotton printed in color for a suggested donation of $20. The women's organic fitted tees are also on natural, unbleached cotton, printed in color for a suggested donation of $24. All proceeds benefit the Leavenworth Community Farmers Market. Men's tees are available in S, M, L, XL, XXL. Women's tees are available in S, M, L.
Buy men's tee size S - Donation $20
Buy men's tee size M - Donation $20
Buy men's tee size L - Donation $20
Buy men's tee size XL - Donation $20
Buy men's tee size XXL - Donation $20
Buy women's tee size S - Donation $24
Buy women's tee size M - Donation $24
Buy women's tee size L - Donation $24
Learn more at www.leavenworthfarmersmarket.org.
Thought downtown was just for the tourists? No way, Jose! It's your town, make it yours! See you Thursday.
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Royal Ambassador Wins Friends For Leavenworth
Leavenworth Autumn Leaf is working hard for you. Nothing else has quite the impact of the personal touch these ambassadors bring, shaking hands and greeting new friends all across the Northwest.
We must be doing something right, to have won the Governor's Award (best non-commercial float, Olympia), the Sweepstakes Award (best festival float, Portland), the President's Award (2nd place, Spokane), and many more 2009 awards on proud display at the bookstore.
"I have been traveling the Pacific Northwest waving up a storm along parade routes from British Columbia to Portland and most recently at SeaFair's Torchlight Parade, reports Royal Lady Pat. "No matter where we go, the crowd goes wild for Leavenworth. And the whole Autumn Leaf Association team work so hard to make this happen — they're fabulous."
Pat's whole family pitches in! In this photo from SeaFair's Torchlight Parade, Pat is joined by grand-daughter Francesca, visiting from New York this summer. Francesca chicken-danced for two miles beside our float in SeaFair, and proudly carried SeaFair's 2009 Workmanship Award back to
Leavenworth.
Your talents are needed too! Please consider joining or supporting the Autumn Leaf team. It takes a village to care for a village.
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What are Leavenworth's Doctors Reading?
 "I like to alternate reading fiction and nonfiction," says Dr. Geoff Richardson. Geoff's current read is Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin. "Goodwin eloquently portrays Lincoln and his rise to the presidency in a captivating way," say Geoff. "Unlike a dry historical text, she is able to bring the reader to a more personal level with the 16th president. I have much more admiration for Lincoln now and wonder how he would respond to issues currently faced by President Obama's administration."  The New York Times says Pulitzer Prize -winning "Goodwin's narrative abilities ... are on full display here, and she does an enthralling job." "Splendid, beautifully written," says the L.A. Times. "Endlessly absorbing ... lovingly rendered and masterfully fashioned," says the Wall Street Journal.
Buy Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin - $21.00
 Dr. Maury Hafermann just finished Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner. "Stegner is such a good writer," says Maury. "He really depicts how delicate and complex a thing a relationship is. This book has so much to say about life and friendships. It's a powerful, exquisitely written book." Published in 1987, Crossing to Safety is considered one of the great American novels of the twentieth century.  Tracing the lives, loves, and aspirations of two couples who move between Vermont and Wisconsin, it is a work of quiet majesty, deep compassion, and powerful insight into the alchemy of friendship and marriage.
Buy Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner - $14.95
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Ease the End-of-Summer Transition
Portable, colorful, kid-friendly, Homework Helpers are a great way to amuse kids on a long road trip, and a great way to ease back into academics. Homework Helpers are pre-K to grade 3 kid-sized booklets of mazes, word searches, phonics, reading, arithmetic, and more.
They're just a small part of A Book For All Seasons' wide selection of pre-K to grade 6 scholastic materials.
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Treasure Hunt
You'll find something new and different almost every day in our used book section.
Just arrived on the shelf this week are:
 Off the Grid: Modern Homes + Alternative Energy by Lori Ryker. Architects, builders and dreamers will love the photographs, floor plans and technology discussions in this revolutionary and responsible book illustrating how alternative energy can interplay beautifully with modern design, regardless of where you live or how much money you make.
Buy Off the Grid: Modern Homes + Alternative Energy hardback (used) by Lori Ryker - $10.99
 Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life by Winifred Gallagher. The acclaimed behavioral science author makes the radical and compelling argument that much of the quality of your life depends not on fame or fortune, beauty or brains - or on what happens to you - but on what you choose to pay attention to. Rapt shows you how to cultivate your ability to be completely engrossed and fully alive.
Buy Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life hardback (used) by Winifred Gallagher - $10.99
 House of Cards: A tale of hubris and wretched excess on Wall Street by William D. Cohan. A chronicle of swashbuckling corporate culture, with masterfully crystal-clear explanations of seemingly arcane subjects like credit default swaps, House of Cards is a chilling cautionary tale about greed, arrogance, and stupidity in the financial world, and the consequences for all of us.
Buy House of Cards hardback (used) by William D. Cohan - $14.99
 Gentlemen and Players by Joanne Harris (best-selling author of Chocolat). Called "a dark, intense chiller" by the Seattle Times, this is the tale of a classics teacher at a tradition-bound boys' school who becomes increasingly enmeshed with a formidable, bitter opponent whose master strategy has been meticulously planned down to its final, deadly move.
Buy Gentlemen and Players paperback (used) by Joanne Harris - $6.99
 Little Pilgrim by Ko Un. From Korea's most revered author, and loosely following one of Buddhism's deepest and most challenging scriptures, Little Pilgrim is a passionate and lively spiritual adventure tale in the tradition of Lord of the Rings, taking its readers on a fantastical journey of enlightenment.
Buy Little Pilgrim paperback (used) by Ko Un - $7.99
Why pay for new? Treat your pocketbook and the planet kindly and enjoy our gently used books. Used books arrive and depart almost daily, so browse our used shelves early and often.
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