MAY 24 / THU / 7:30 pm
7:30 presentation by Harold Kwalwasser on his book Renewal: Remaking America’s Schools for the Twenty-First Century, followed by a reception with refreshments.
Teachers & administrators will receive discounts on books, surprise gifts, and tons of gratitude!
with author Justin A. Frank, M.D.
MAY 18 / FRI / 7:30 pm
Justin Frank, M.D., a practicing psychoanalyst and the author of the New York Times bestseller Bush on the Couch – brings a new patient into his office, and the results of his sessions are not only fascinating, but they provide valuable insights that will help readers in their frustrating pursuit of the President Obama’s character.
with author Marc Aronson
MAY 19 / SAT / 7:30 pm
In this unsparing exploration of one of the most powerful Americans of the twentieth century, accomplished historian Marc Aronson unmasks the man behind the Bureau—J. Edgar Hoover—his tangled family history and personal relationships; his own need for secrecy, deceit, and control; and the broad trends in American society that shaped his world.
with author Harold Kwalwasser
MAY 24 / THU / 7:30 pm
Renewal offers a clear picture of how to move away from the mass-production style of education that most schools offered throughout the twentieth century to a new, more innovative, and flexible model that can meet this country’s promise of truly educating every child and preparing each of them for the challenges ahead.
with author Jon Gertner
MAY 31 / THU / 7:30 pm
Bell Laboratories, which thrived from the 1920s to the 1980s, was the most innovative and productive institution of the twentieth century. It was a citadel of science and scholarship as well as a hotbed of creative thinking. It was, in effect, a factory of ideas whose workings have remained largely hidden until now.
with illustrator Rick Parker
JUNE 1 / FRI / 7:30 pm
The hit science fiction novel series gets the Papercutz Slices parody treatment, right before the release of the big-budget film adaptation! All three books from “The Hunger Games” trilogy get sliced up by parody team Rick Parker and Stefan Petrucha, who refuse to pull any punches in this comedic romp.
with author Harvey Araton
JUNE 2 / SAT / 2:00 pm
At turns tender, at turns laugh-out-loud funny, and teeming with unforgettable baseball yarns that span more than fifty years, Driving Mr. Yogi is a universal story about the importance of wisdom being passed from one generation to the next, as well as a reminder that time is what we make of it and compassion never gets old.
with author Mary Amato
JUNE 3 / SUN / 4:00 pm
First Slurpy is fishnapped, then other things from Mrs. Blackwell’s room start to disappear. Odder still, whoever is committing these crimes leaves a note written in poetry. Edgar has it all covered in his “crime investigation notebook”–but so does Patrick Chen, who has copied Edgar and is trying to solve the case first.
with author Julie Burstein
JUNE 5 / TUE / 7:30 pm
In Spark, Julie Burstein traces the roots of some of the twenty-first century’s most influential and creative artists and thinkers. Burstein pulls back the curtain to reveal the sources of these artists’ inspiration and the processes that bring their work into being.
with author Jonathan Bloom
JUNE 9 / SAT / 7:30 pm
A work of “non-non-fiction” ostensibly written by a British journalist in the 1950’s, Hell Is Above Us tells the thrilling tale of two men – enemies to the last – who raced each other to the summit of the true king of mountains: An active volcano called Fumu.
with Jim Anan
JUNE 10 / SUNDAY / 1:00 pm
In a land filled with pageantry, sorcery and adventure, one young boy finds himself immersed in the ultimate battle of good versus evil. As the malevolent wizard Balfazore begins his quest for power, fourteen year old Roland De Forrest is pressed into service as a knight. But not just any knight; he is the heir to the legendary Blue Knight.
with author Buzz Bissinger
JUNE 14 / THU / 7:30 pm
Buzz Bissinger’s son Zach has spent his life attending special schools. He’ll never drive a car, or kiss a girl, or live by himself. He is a savant, challenged by serious intellectual deficits but also blessed with rare talents: an astonishing memory, a dazzling knack for navigation, and a reflexive honesty that can make him both socially awkward and surprisingly wise.
with author Alidis Vicente
JUNE 16 / SAT / 11:00 am
Sebastian tells his young cousin a story about a native frog, the coquí, and an iguana. The coquí was frightened on a moonless evening and ceased his nightly chant. The iguana, relying on the coquí s singing to lull him to sleep, shows the coquí that there is light even in the darkest situations.
with author Lisa Winkler
JUNE 21 / THU / 7:30 pm
Miles J. Dean, a Newark, NJ schoolteacher, rode his horse from New York to California to celebrate the contributions African Americans made in the settling of the United States. Dean’s story demonstrates that an ordinary person can accomplish the extraordinary.
with author Richard Muti
JUNE 23 / SAT / 7:30 pm
The Charmer embraces the hunt to bring Susan Reeve’s killer to justice and then the chase of a lifetime by one family determined to give their slain daughter a voice, decades after she was silenced. The Charmer is Richard Muti’s third book after 19 years as a successful trial proscecutor.
with author Martha Peterson
JUNE 24 / SUN / 2:00 pm
Unlearn the psychic and physical responses to stress that cause discomfort–in less than 15 minutes a day! These easy movements will relax and release chronically tight muscles, resulting in a more efficient, coordinated, and pain-free body. This gentle workout can be done anywhere, anytime, at any age.
with author Cathi Hanauer
JUNE 28 / THU / 7:30 pm
Gone is an outstanding novel about change and about redefining, in middle age, everything from one’s marriage to one’s career to one’s role as a best friend, parent, and spouse. It is a novel about passion and forgiveness and knowing when to let something go and when to fight to hold on to it, about learning to say goodbye—but, if you’re lucky, not forever.