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At 10:00am, November 1, 2006, Common Good Books opened its doors to the world. Although tucked below Nina's Coffee Cafe at the corner of Selby and Western, hundreds of people found our little bookshop looking for a nice, local store to buy a book or two. Now, after more than three years, we are still here.
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All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. Title of Event: Rae Katherine Eighmey -- Abraham Lincoln in New Orleans
When: Thursday, February 11, 2010 7:30 PM Location: Common Good Books Description: In 1831 Abraham Lincoln spent a month in New Orleans and never wrote a word about it. This is the basis for award-winning local author Rae Katherine Eighmey's second novel. Eighmey has immersed herself in historic periods as she has been rediscovering original, historic-period recipes for the past two decades. Her expertise in translating these American classics from the past 175 years into recipes for today’s kitchens has led to four cookbooks. Three of these -- A Prairie Kitchen, Hearts & Homes and Potluck Paradise (published in October 2009 was a finalist in the Minnesota Book Awards) -- are available from Minnesota Historical Society Press and local book stores. Her next book Food Will Win the War, a study of food conservation on the World War I home front containing more than 50 recipes was published by the Press on February 1, 2010.
An award winning writer and cook, Eighmey is an authority on 19th and early 20th century Midwestern cookery. She has worked with historical societies, museums and groups to design menus or recreate dishes for special events, has written articles and given numerous presentations on her research. Eighmey served as one of the project scholars for Key Ingredients, a 12-site, state-wide, Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street exhibit coordinated by the Minnesota Humanities Commission.
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Eclectic, interesting, challenging--our staff picks will intrigue and entertain. For more opinions check out our blog:
http://commongoodbooks.blogspot.com/
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The Help
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Stockett, Kathryn
The book everyone is falling in love with . . . In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. Black maids raise the white children, but no one trusts them not to steal the silver. Black maids clean the toilets, but they have their own out back. Everyone stays within the lines. But, suddenly, three women - Aibileen, Minny, and Skeeter - find themselves tired of the lines. Aibileen is a black maid, raising her seventeenth white child. She is a smart, regal woman, but a bitter seed has been planted in Aibileen's chest after the death of her son. Aibileen's best friend, Minny, is the sassiest woman in Mississippi, and goes through jobs like water. And Skeeter is just back from college, a white woman with a degree but, to her mother's chagrin, no ring on her finger. Too tall and too smart for her own good, she now discovers her beloved maid Constantine has disappeared without a trace. Seemingly as different as can be, these women will come together for a clandestine project that will put all of them at risk. And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, Aibileen, Minny, and Skeeter start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women - black and white, mothers and daughters - view one another. |
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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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The Rose Variations
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Chamberlain, Marisha
Marisha Chamberlain's novel tells the story of classical musician Rose MacGregor, who weaves her way through triumphs and tribulations looking for answers, fulfillment, and the possibility of happiness. We cheer Rose as she composes her way through life in this well-written and engaging novel.--Ann Carlson, Harborwalk Books (Georgetown, SC) |
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