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 Lake Forest Book Store      Holiday Newsletter  2011

Upcoming Events

“Foodie” Book Group
Discusses
Maman’s Homesick Pie
Tuesday January 31
Froggy’s French Cafe
6:30 p.m.
Dinner  $39.00
Join us as we enjoy a meal and discuss Donia Bijan’s new book, Maman’s Homesick Pie (Algonquin  $19.95). Through the prism of food, award-winning chef Donia Bijan unwinds her own story, finding that at the heart of it all is her mother, whose love and support enabled Bijan to realize her dreams. 
From the Persian world of her youth to the American life she embraced as a teenager to her years at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris (studying under the infamous Madame Brassart) to apprenticeships in France 's three-star kitchens and finally back to San Francisco, where she opened her own celebrated bistro, Bijan evokes a vibrant kaleidoscope of cultures and cuisines. She shares thirty inspired recipes from her childhood. 
An exhilarating, heartfelt memoir, Maman 's Homesick Pie is also a reminder of the women who encourage us to shine.
This is a book discussion, the author is not present.  The book and dinner make a great gift for the “foodies” in your life.To reserve please call 847-234-4420.

Sports

100 Yards of Glory: The Greatest Moments in NFL History
Houghton Mifflin  $35.00
By Joe Garner and Bob Costas
From the creators of the bestselling And the Crowd Goes Wild, a thrilling collection of the NFL's greatest moments, officially endorsed by the NFL. Includes an original ten-part documentary on DVD.

Fifty More Places to Fly Fish Before You Die
By Chris Santella
Stewart Tabori and Chang  $24.95
Santella profiles fifty first-class fly-fishing destinations around the world, as shared by top fishing-expedition leaders and journalists. Gorgeous photography showcases the beauty of these destinations.

NFL’s Top 100
By James Buckley
Thunder Bay Press  $29.95
A must-have collector's item for every football fan, The NFL's Top 100 is the definitive collection of football's finest.

Wayne Gretzky’s Ghosts and Other Tales From a Lifetime in Hockey
By Roy MacGregor
Random House Canada  $25.99
The gift book of the year for hockey fans, Canadian writer, Roy MacGregor has been called "the best hockey writer in Canada" and we finally have a collection of his very best hockey writing, revised and updated.

West by West: My Charmed Tormented Life
By Jerry West and Jonathan Coleman
Little Brown  $27.99
He is one of basketball's towering figures: "Mr. Clutch." Now, for the first time, the legendary West tells his story--from his tough childhood in West Virginia, to his unbelievable college success at West Virginia University, his 40-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, and his relationships with NBA legends.

Gift Ideas

Awkward Family Pet Photos
By Mike Bender
Three Rivers Press  $15.00

The Louvre: All the Paintings
by Erich Lessing and Vincent Pomarede
Black Dog & Leventhal  $75.00 slipcased

Pilgrimage
By Annie Lebovitz
Random House  $50.00

A Victorian Flower Dictionary:
The Language of Flowers Companion
By Mandy Kirby
Introduction by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
Ballantine  $22.00


Fiction

The Cat’s Table
By Michael Ondaatje
Knopf  $26.00
Ondaatje, winner of the Booker Prize and one of the finest literary writers of our time, brings us a beautiful and compelling story about  a boy coming of age. Young Michael’s voyage aboard the Oronsay from Sri Lanka to London is a journey from childhood to the adult world and from a homeland to a new country.

The Dovekeepers
By Alice Hoffman
Scribner  $27.99
Over five years in the writing, The Dovekeepers is Hoffman’s most ambitious and mesmerizing novel, a tour de force of imagination and research, set in ancient Israel. A small band of Jews were besieged for months by armies of Romans in the Judean desert – only two women and five children survived. Perfect for fans of The Red Tent!

The Drop
By Michael Connelly
Little, Brown  $27.99
Homicide detective Harry Bosch returns, investigating two politically charged cases – one involving the death of the son of his longtime nemesis, LA Councilman Irvin Irving and one that could compromise all the new Regional Crime Lab’s DNA cases currently in court.

The Killer is Dying
By James Sallis
Walker & Co.  $24.00
In this dark novel of suspense, Sallis masterfully weaves together the lives of three lost souls – Christian, a gun for hire with a terminal illness; Jimmie, an abandoned teenager whose dreams inexplicably tap into the contract killer’s consciousness; and Sayles, a burned-out detective.

Plugged
By Eoin Colfer
Overlook  $24.95
Colfer, author of the wildly popular Artemis Fowl series for children, makes his adult crime fiction debut with this tale of Daniel McEvoy, a doorman at a low-rent casino in New Jersey who once served in the Irish Army. Somehow Daniel gets himself into various dangerous and hilarious situations involving good and bad cops, crooked lawyers, barrels of steroids, and assorted mayhem. Great for fans of Carl Hiaasen.

The Sisters
By Nancy Jensen
St. Martin’s Press  $24.99
First-time novelist Jensen traces the lives of two sisters separated in their youth by a tragic misunderstanding. Encompassing the lives of women in the 20th century, this powerful and touching novel is perfect for fans of The Help.

V is for Vengeance
By Sue Grafton
Putnam  $27.95
Grafton’s 22nd Kinsey Milhone mystery focuses on a spiderweb of dangerous relationships – a woman with a murky past who may have been murdered; a spoiled kid with a gambling problem; an unfaithful husband; a dirty cop; a sinister gangster; a lonely widower – and at the center of the web, a powerful businessman with dealings outside the law.

When She Woke
By Hilary Jordan
Algonquin  $24.95
Jordan, author of Mudbound, has written an entirely different kind of novel. When She Woke is a retelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, set in a dystopian future. After Hannah Payne is accused of murder, she awakens to find her skin tinted red. This chilling, fast-paced novel is perfect for teens who are ready to move beyond young adult fiction.

Non Fiction

Blue Nights
By Joan Didion
Knopf  $25.00
From one of our most powerful writers, a candid and moving memoir about losing a daughter. Richly textured with memories of her own childhood, married life with her husband, John Gregory Dunne, and daughter, Quintana Roo, this new work by Joan Didion examines her thoughts, fears, and doubts regarding having children, illness, and aging.

Civilization: The West and the Rest
By Niall Ferguson
Penguin  $35.00
How did the West overtake its Eastern rivals during the past 500 years? And have the days of Western pre-dominance passed? Renowned historian Ferguson argues that, beginning in the 15th century, the West developed six powerful new concepts – competition, science, the rule of law, consumerism, modern medicine, and the work ethic. These were the “killer appplications” that made the ascent of the West possible – and that the rest of the world has now “downloaded”.

The Will to Climb: Obsession and Commitment and the Quest to Climb Annapurna – the World’s Deadliest Peak
By Ed Viesturs with David Roberts
Crown  $26.00
The bestselling author of No Shortcuts to the Top and K2 chronicles his three attempts to climb the world’s tenth-highest and statistically deadliest peak, Annapurna in the Himalayas while exploring the dramatic and tragic history of others who have made or attempted the ascent, and what these exploits teach us about facing life’s greatest challenges.

The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
By Stephen Greenblatt
W.W. Norton  $26.00
Celebrated literary historian, Greenblatt has crafted a riveting tale of the great cultural “swerve” known as the Renaissance. Nearly 600 years ago, a book hunter discovered the last surviving manuscript of an ancient Roman philosophical epic, On the Nature of Things, by Lucretius – a radical text that fueled the Renaissance and has inspired artists, thinkers, and writers ever since.

Cooking
The Best One-Dish Suppers: A Best Recipe Classic
By Cooks Illustrated Magazine
America’s Test Kitchen  $35.00
With an appealing mix of family favorites and meals elegant enough for entertaining, The Best One-Dish Suppers will help cooks get dinner on the table without breaking a sweat.

Martha’s Entertaining: A Year of Celebrations
By Martha Stewart
Clarkson Potter  $75.00
In this exquisite and very personal book, Stewart welcomes readers into her world, where she entertains in the expressive and beautiful style that she has made so famous. Whether a simple blueberry breakfast on a Sunday morning in Maine or a more lavish holiday dinner at Bedford, each of the gatherings is equally memorable.

Essential Pepin: More Than 700 Favorites From My Life in Food
By Jacques Pepin
Houghton Mifflin  $40.00
For the first time ever, the legendary chef collects and updates the best recipes from his six-decade career. With a searchable DVD demonstrating every technique a cook will ever need. In his more than sixty years as a chef, Jacques Pepin has earned a reputation as a champion of simplicity. His recipes are classics. They find the shortest, surest route to flavor, avoiding complicated techniques.

My Family Table: A Passionate Plea for Home Cooking
By John Besh
Andrews McMeel  $35.00
John Besh shares his favorite recipes that he cooks with his family every day. Filled with mouthwatering photographs of each recipe as well as showing John in his kitchen with his wife and four sons, My Family Table captures the spontaneity, intimacy, and fun of home-cooking and will inspire the nation back to the family table.

Poulet: More Than 50 Remarkable Meals that Exalt the Honest Chicken
By Cree Lafavour
Chronicle  $27.50
Poulet is more than just a cookbook dedicated to chicken: it is an ode to this worldwide favorite. More than 150 thoughtful recipes cover the globe to breathe new life into the well-loved chicken supper.

Ruhlman’s Twenty
By Mark Ruhlman
Chronicle  $40.00
Twenty distills Ruhlman's decades of cooking, writing, and working with the world's greatest chefs into 20 essential ideas from ingredients to processes to attitude that are guaranteed to make every cook more accomplished.

Design
The Birding Life: A Passion for Birds at Home and Afield
By Laurence Sheehan
Clarkson Potter   $50.00
Through evocative writing and two hundred gorgeous color photographs, the authors capture the beauty, intrigue, and fun of birding--at home, in the country, in the city, and out in the field--with a special focus on the nostalgic memorabilia that signals devotion to birds of all kinds.

Design Sponge at Home
By Grace Bonney
Artisan $35.00
The long-awaited home decor bible by the beloved design blogger.  With over 700 color photos, illustrations and projects that are customizable, relatable, and affordable, this is the democratizing design book everyone has been waiting for.

Katie Ridder Rooms
By Heather Smith MacIsaac
Vendome  $50.00
Katie Ridder's extraordinary palette, her playful mix of antiques and modern pieces, and her eye for unusual decorative accents have established her as a leading figure in the world of interior design.  

The Way Home: Reflections on American Beauty
By Jeffrey Bilhuber
Rizzoli  $60.00
Jeffrey Bilhuber, the decorator of choice for the creative elite-including fashion editors, designers, and musicians-presents his most recent projects, all of which exemplify the hallmarks of his inimitable style: flash-points of inspiration from the past that embrace tradition while being rooted in the way we live today.

Gardens

Color in the Garden
By Val Bourne
Merrell  $29.95
This new book provides inspiration and practical advice for gardeners wishing to improve their plantings, both in appearance and in use. Val Bourne shows how varied and vibrant plantings can enhance the look of beds and borders, and how - with a little planning - they can be beautiful features for much longer than one season.

Wildflower Wonders: The 50 Best Wildflower Sites in the World
By Bob Gibbons
Princeton University Press  $27.95
A book unlike any other, Wildflower Wonders is a visual feast for travelers and armchair naturalists alike. This book showcases the most spectacular wild flowerings on the planet.
 

Holiday Books
Chanukah Lights
By Michael J. Rosen, Paper art by Robert Sabuda
Candlewick   $34.99
Open this beautiful gift book and follow the Festival of Lights through place and time — from Herod’s temple to a shtetl in Russia; from a refugee ship bound for the New World to an Israeli kibbutz. Sure to be a treasured family heirloom, this stunning collaboration showcases the spirit and resilience of a people in search of home.
(All ages)

The Christmas Wedding
By James Patterson
Little Brown $25.99
Since her husband died three years ago, Gaby's four children have drifted apart, each consumed by the turbulence of their own lives. They haven't celebrated Christmas together since their father's death, but when Gaby announces that she's getting married--and that the groom will remain a secret until the wedding day--she may finally be able to bring them home for the holidays.
(Adult)

Home for the Holidays
By Heather Frederick
Simon and Schuster  $15.99
The girls of the mother-daughter book club are up to a variety of holiday-themed adventures! But unfortunately, nothing goes quite as planned for any of the girls. Between squabbles, injuries, and blizzards, everything seems to be going wrong. Will the girls be able to find their holiday spirit in time for Christmas?  (Ages 9 and up)

The Little Big Book of Christmas
By Lena Tabori
Welcome  $24.95
Timeless and adorable and beautifully designed, The Little Big Book of Christmas is a great big stocky little book--stuffed with stories to read, carols to sing, biblical verse to share, recipes to make and bake, and Christmas history and lore to learn.  (All ages)

The Littlest Evergreen
By Henry Cole
Katherine Tegan  $16.99
When the sound of chain saws in late autumn comes, it stirs fear in the tree that has come to love growing on a wide-open hillside. The “littlest evergreen” is spared thanks to its’ small size. It is  bundled, roots and all, off to the Christmas tree lot where a family brings it home for a holiday celebration and a new life afterward.
(Ages 2 and up)

Perfect Christmas
By Eileen Spinella
Henry Holt  $16.99
Full of silly humor, this cheerful picture book proves that no matter how you celebrate Christmas, it's the spirit of the
holiday that counts the most.  (Ages 3 and up)

Snark the Herald Angels Sing: Sarcasm, Bitterness, and the Holiday Season
By Lawrence Dorfman
Skyhorse  $12.99
Has there ever been a time more suited to tapping into snark? Dorfman offers commentary, jokes, and quotes on bad presents, worse in-laws, horrible children, and much more glorious excess regarding the holidays.
(Adult)

Snow Angel
By Glen Beck
Illustrated by Brandon Dorman
Simon and Schuster  $17.99
Adult version  $21.00
A grandmother tells her grandchildren the story of a young girl whose family went through hard times. Before her father has to leave to find work, he makes a snow angel, telling his little girl that no matter where he is, there will always be an angel looking out for her and her mother, helping the brother and sister realize the true meaning of family. (Ages 3 and up)

The Story of Christmas
By Pamela Dalton
Chronicle  $17.99
Pamela Dalton s exquisite, intricate scissor-cut illustrations wonderfully illuminate The Story of Christmas. Deeply reverent, richly detailed, and teeming with life, Dalton s images follow the story of the Nativity from the appearance of the Angel, to the shepherds who came from the fields, and to the three wise men who followed the star to pay respect for their new king.  (All ages)

Strega Nona’s Gift
By Tomie dePaola
Nancy Paulsen  $17.99
In Strega Nona's village, the holiday season is a time of celebrations - and nothing says celebration like a feast!  Starring two of Tomie dePaola's best-loved characters, this funny story features beautiful art, introduces young readers to Italian holiday traditions, and lands Big Anthony in yet another silly predicament that will delight fans young and old.  (Ages 2 and up)

The Twelve Days of Christmas
By Laurel Long
Dial  $16.99
Set against a lush countryside, each day brings a new gift elegantly rendered. And like in the verses of the song, the previous gifts are repeated in every illustration, culminating in a staggering spread featuring them all. Readers will pore over every page, searching for golden rings, turtledoves, and all the rest, secretly tucked into each stunning painting.  (All ages)


Kid's Books

Picture Books
The Crown on Your Head
By Nancy Tillman
Feiwel & Friends  $16.99
We know our children are special, and now the incomparable Nancy Tillman expresses this universal feeling in the most touching of ways: Every child is born with a crown. The crown is everything that gives us unique value. Our crown will always be with us wherever we go, whatever we do.  (Ages 2 and up)

Every Thing On It
By Shel Silverstein
HarperCollins  $19.99
A new book, with more than one hundred and thirty never-before-seen poems and drawings completed by the cherished American artist and selected by his family from his archives, has recently been released. 

If You Give a Dog a Donut
By Laura Numeroff
llustrated by Felicia Bond
HarperCollins  $16.99
If you give a dog a donut, he’ll ask for some apple juice to go with it. When you give him the juice, he’ll drink it all up. Then, before you can say “Woof” . . . Dog is off on a backyard adventure!
(Ages 2 and up)

King Hugo’s Huge Ego
By Chris Van Dusen
Candlewick  $16.99
Hugo is a tiny king with a very large ego.  When he mistreats a villager (who also happens to be a sorceress) a spell is cast that causes his head to swell when he boasts! This is a hilarious book: sometimes fairy tale, sometimes cautionary tale, and always laugh out loud funny.
(Ages 3 and up)

Over and Under the Snow
By Kate Messner
Illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal
Chronicle  $16.99
Over the snow, the world is hushed and white. But under the snow exists a secret kingdom of squirrels and snow hares, bears and bullfrogs, and many other animals that live through the winter safe and warm, awake and busy, under the snow. Discover the wonder and activity that lie beneath winter’s snowy landscape.  (Ages 2 and up)

Zoozical
By Judy Sierra
llustrated by Marc Brown
Knopf  $17.99
In this follow up to Wild About Books, zoo animals perform a song-and-dance extravaganza. Young readers and listeners will be amazed and delighted at how the animals chase the winter doldrums by getting along as friends, pooling their talents, and pushing themselves to new heights.  (Ages 2 and up)

Chapter Books

The Apothecary
By Maile Meloy
Penguin  $16.99
Janie meets a mysterious apothecary and his son, Benjamin Burrows. When Benjamin's father is kidnapped, Janie and Benjamin
must uncover the secrets of the apothecary's sacred book, the Pharmacopoeia, in order to find him, all while keeping it out of the hands of their enemies.  (Ages 10 and up)

Brotherband Chronicles: The Outcasts
By John Flanagan
Philomel  $18.99
From the author of the Ranger's Apprentice, John Flanagan creates a new cast of characters to populate his world of Skandians and Araluen. Full of seafaring adventures and epic battles, the book is sure to thrill readers.  (Ages 10 and up)

Crossed
By Ally Condie
Dutton   $17.99
The hotly awaited second book in the dystopian Matched trilogy! In search of a future that may not exist and faced with the decision of who to share it with, Cassia journeys to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky - taken by the Society to his certain death - only to find that he has escaped, leaving a series of clues in his wake.  (Ages 12 and up)

Inheritance
By Christopher Paolini
Knopf   $27.99
In the much anticipated conclusion to the Inheritance Cycle series, we now find Eragon and his dragon, Saphira have the fate of an entire civilization on their shoulders.
Eragon must finally confront the evil king Galbatorix to free Alagaesia from his rule once and for all.
(Ages 10 and up)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid 6: Cabin Fever
By Jeff Kinney
Abrams/Amulet   $13.95
School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect. But he’s innocent!  When a surprise blizzard hits, the Heffley family is trapped. Greg knows that when the snow melts he’s going to have to face the music, but could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside with your family for the holidays?  (Ages 8 and up)

The Scorpio Races
By Maggie Steifvater
Scholastic Press  $17.99
It happens every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold of their water horses long enough to make it to the finish line. We are taken to the breaking point, where both love and life meet their greatest obstacles, and only the strong of heart can survive.  (Ages 12 and up)

Wildwood
By Colin Meloy
HarperCollins  $17.99
Prue’s life is ordinary. At least until her brother is abducted and taken to the Impassable Wilderness, a dense, tangled forest on the edge of Portland. No one’s ever gone in – or at least returned to tell of it. Wildwood is a spellbinding tale full of wonder, danger, and magic that juxtaposes the thrill of a secret world and modern city life.

Holiday hours

Monday - Wednesday       9:30 to 5:30
Thursday                      9:30 to 7:00
Friday                     9:30 TO 5:30
Saturday                           9:30 TO 5:00
Sunday               1:00 TO 4:00

Saturday December 24      9:30 TO 3:00

Closed December 25 AND 26

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