@ Book House

The Capital Region’s premier independent children’s book store will graciously host the release of the second book in the series: “Parmesan Pig Saw What Was Needed.”

Celebrate the new school year and stop by with young ones in your circles. Grab a copy and have it personally signed by the author. Both book 1 and book 2 will be readily available.

ADDITIONALLY - Half of all proceeds will be donated to the JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation), to support young type-1 diabetic children.

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Chasing Rome is available for preorder today! Call to reserve your copy!

 From John Gray, bestselling author of Manchester Christmas and Chasing Manhattan, comes the third novel in a heartwarming trilogy full of charm, romance, and mystery.

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The inspiring biography of Ghanaian artist El Anatsui whose handmade sculptures, created from discarded bottle tops, have received international acclaim and been showcased around the world.

If you touch something, you leave a charge on it and anybody else touching it connects with you, in a way. -- El Anatsui

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There are only three things in the universe that stars can't manipulate: life, death, and love. This, of course, doesn't stop anyone from wishing for these things. These are the wishes that stars will dread hearing their whole existence. So when Calista is pulled from the sky with a wish for true love, her world shatters. Without her alpha star to guide her and her smaller stars to encourage her, Calista feels lost and hopeless when faced with the impossible task set before her.

An aging ex-hippy on...panhandlers and monks, Elvis and suicide bombers, actors and rain, music and love, Buddhists and basketball, Trumpism and Daoism, art and war, our future reversed, patriotism and consumerism, growing up in the 50s. opinions, opinions, when you're my age you have lots of them.

The Jane Austen Society of North America is dedicated to the enjoyment and appreciation of Jane Austen and her writing. JASNA is a nonprofit organization, staffed by volunteers, whose mission is to foster among the widest number of readers the study, appreciation, and understanding of Jane Austen’s works, her life, and her genius.  We have over 5,000 members of all ages and from diverse walks of life. Although most live in the United States or Canada, we also have members in more than a dozen other countries.

A veteran environmental lobbyist reveals the behind-the-scenes struggles to address threats to the future of New York's Adirondack Park.

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