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 Holidays, Parties and Books - Oh My!
Hurray for powdery snow, crackling fires, and good books. Hurray for friends, food, parties,
excitement and new ideas!
We'd love your company at our
Christmas Party: Thursday December 3,
6:00 - 9:00 PM at A Book For All Seasons.
A Book For All Seasons looks forward with delight to the new and the old as another year's Christmas party beckons. As you've come to expect, we'll have refreshments, drawings, gifts, the chance to meet fascinating authors and
ALL-DAY 10% off
Holiday Catalog items and all visiting authors' books.
What a line up this year! Five favorite authors, and a whole world of ideas, as Stephanie Kallos, Carol Casella, Kit Bakke, Jennie Shortridge, Erica Bauermeister and Randy Sue Coburn return to A Book For All Seasons.
Join us for a glass of cheer!
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 Nature into Art into Architecture
In a Gorgeous Children's Picture Book
Join illustrator Julie Paschkis at A Book For All Seasons on Sunday, December, 6 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM as she signs Building on Nature: the Life of Antoni Gaudi, the children's picture book that Booklist calls "a simply pure joy to look at."
Born among the jagged mountain peaks and silvery olive trees of Catalonia, and splashed by its sparkling sea, architect Gaudi saw a Great Book of Nature, and read from it all of his life. The shapes and colors of the natural world appear throughout Gaudi's buildings. Leaves climb up walls. Pillars are giant animal feet. A long bench snakes around a playground. Gaudà turned nature into art, and in the process he revolutionized the world of architecture.
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 An Author Who Glows With the Love of Norway
Velkommen! Komme inn til gode boker!
Join us Saturday, December 19, 1:00 - 3:00 PM at A Book For All Seasons, and chat with author Astrid Karlsen Scott about all things Norwegian. Astrid will be sharing and signing her numerous books on Norwegian food, festivities and history.
Born in Oslo, Norway, and food editor for the Sons of Norway magazine, Astrid is an expert on Norway's culture, traditions, folklore and culinary customs. She'll be signing her latest release, Authentic Norwegian Cooking, as well as books on WWII Norwegian history, and Etke Norsk Jul, which explains how to create a traditional Norwegian Christmas the whole family will love.
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Growing Up Psychic
Life Should Be Easy When You Can See the Future, Right?
Professional psychic Suzanne Jauchius will share compelling stories of growing up intuitive at her book signing at A Book For All Seasons, Tuesday, December 29, 2:00 - 4:00 PM, and in a presentation at the Leavenworth Library Tuesday, December 29, 6:30 - 8:00 PM.
Suzanne is a powerful speaker, bringing 30 years of metaphysical research and experience to the mysteries surrounding life. Suzanne's new book, You Know Your Way Home, chronicles the journey of a psychically gifted little girl confounded by a stifling family life. The author's unflinching willingness to expose the most personal details of her life reveals her courage and her conviction that true healing occurs when stories are shared and passed on. You Know Your Way Home is a candid portrayal of the road to recovery and self-fulfillment.
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Six Skilled Workshop Leaders!
From memoir to young-adult, cross-overs to page-turners, published authors share their secrets in:
A Book For All Seasons' 2010 Writers' Workshop Series.
Six highly skilled authors are coming to town to help you resolve your writing dilemmas. Each will address a different aspect of writing. From "Your Amazing Life: How to Create it Using Writing" to "How to Find Your Voice in Memoir," there is something for everyone.
Every workshop includes a full lunch from Kristall's restaurant, and the author's latest book
Pre-pay for three or more workshops and receive 10% OFF!
Get the complete schedule here...
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ABFAS Top 10 November Best-Sellers...
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Game Time is Family Fun Time This Holiday Season!
A Book For All Seasons Has Games For All Ages!
Guesstimation!
A Great Game The Whole Family Can Play Together —
The Party Game Where 'Close Enough' Wins!
Unlike other trivia games, you don't have to know the exact answer - you just have to have the closest guess. It's that easy! The questions will make you laugh, reminisce about your youth, or start counting the hairs on your head. Take a guesstimate- how many hot dogs are eaten in North America every minute?
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For a game that's 2G2BT (too good to be true)
try LOL - the TXT MSG game!
OK old-schoolers, ready to keep your brains nimble?
Here's a game the whole family can play together, where the TXT generation has the edge. U will LOL with your BFF's!
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Name Chase: The Historical Figures Edition
For ages 15 and up.
A great new twist on trivia games, the Historical Figures Name Chase lets you zero in on people's lives, from the surprising to the specific. Combines clues, facts and fun to learn about some of history's most pivotal people. The fewer clues you need to guess the answer, the higher your score.
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Crush: The dice game in a barrel!
Vintage Fun for Everyone!
The saying goes that a good vintage deserves good company to share it with. The same can be said about Crush! - The Dice GameTM. Each round, weigh the risk between banking your points or gambling for more with your special 'vino' dice. If you roll and do not increase your score, you've been "Crushed!"
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Tidings of Comfort and Joy!
 Share the spirit at our Christmas party. All proceeds from our Christmas party gift-wrapping station are a gift to Community Cupboard. We'll wind the ribbons and bedeck the bows, while your donation spreads the joy of the season throughout the Upper Valley. The Community Cupboard is assisting over 200 families this holiday season. Thank you for caring and sharing, and Happy Holidays to one and all!
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What are Leavenworth's Physical Therapists Reading?
Luke Astell, one of the attentive, experienced physical therapists at Mount Stuart Physical Therapy, was excited to tell me about two books. "I really recommend What is the What," Luke said. "I can't believe I knew so little about these major events happening in our world." What is the What is best-selling author Dave Eggers' novelization based on the actual life of Valentino Deng, one of the thousands of Sundanese "Lost Boys." Forced to leave his village at age seven, Deng trekked hundreds of miles by foot, pursued by militias, government bombers, and wild animals, crossing the deserts of three countries. Deng finally reached the United States, where he found freedom, promise, heartache, and new challenges. What is the What is a New York Times notable book, a San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Salon, People, and Time Magazine Best Book of the Year, and a Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. "This was going on every day while I was going about my daily life," Luke said. "It's an amazing story. And a story of hope, at the end."
"I've got to tell you about The Book Thief too," Luke said. "It's perspective is so unique." As The Book Thief's narrator writes, "It's just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery..." In World War II Germany, a foster girl scratches out a meager existence by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist — books. This is an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul. The Book Thief [by Markus Zusak] is a haunting book, Luke says, that will stay with you a long time. "In fact," he concluded, "I'd have to say it's one of my favorite books of all time."
 Physical therapist Nancy Bywater loves coaching Nordic skiing, and running, skiing or cycling our local trails. Nancy recently enjoyed Malcolm Gladwell's Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking. "Gladwell's books are all really interesting," Nancy told me, "because he looks at everything in a new, fresh way." Blink erases the dichotomy between science and intuition, Nancy says - it explains the science behind intuition. Blink encourages you to trust your intuitive sense, showing how intuition involves your brain rapidly processing little details you've picked up without consciously recognizing it. And Blink also helps you not be misled by a first impression, showing how marketing may try to take advantage of your brain's natural and powerful instant decision-making strengths. Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology, the #1 million-copy bestseller Blink reveals that good decision making has less to do with the amount of information we process than with our ability to focus on the key details. "Gladwell really knows and assimilates the latest research, and his ideas and conclusions are so original," Nancy said. Other bestsellers by Malcom Gladwell include The Tipping Point, Outliers, and What the Dog Saw.
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