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Mysterious Galaxy Author Events are always a source of information and entertainment. If you can't attend in person, contact us to reserve a signed copy of the latest book. Author Events are free and open to the public -- we do request that attending customers purchase the author's new book at MG in order to participate in the author signing. For book group, conventions, etc., Click Here!Title of Event: Celebrate America Unchained
When: Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:00 AM
Location: Mysterious Galaxy
Description: America Unchained ... A Day We Want You to Think About
Sometimes seemingly small acts can make a big impact. Take family spending. You may think you’re just fulfilling your family's wants or needs when you shop or dine out. Think again. The choice of where you spend your money makes a big difference to your community. Spending your money with locally-owned independent businesses puts your money to work directly helping your community’s economy — just one way your community benefits from its home town businesses. Those businesses use goods and services of other locally-owned independent businesses — re-circulating your money about three-and-a-half times longer locally than if you spend it at a chain. This creates greater community health and prosperity.
To celebrate America Unchained: visit Mysterious Galaxy on Saturday, November 21 and receive a gift with purchase. You'll have to come in to see what's in store for you.
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Hot titles!
What our customers bought and read last month, and what they're looking forward to reading soon!
A great place to discover some of your favorite authors' new books, or authors new to you!
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The Wyrm King
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DiTerlizzi, Tony,
Black, Holly
In the final installment of "Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles," Nick and Laurie had thought they solved their giant problems when they drove all the giants into the sea. But now, the Grace kids have come back to tell them they may have more trouble coming their way It turns out the giants control the population of Hydra, a dragon like creature that is creating sinkholes all over Florida. But with the mermaids refusing to return the giants to the shore, the nixie's still missing and the threat of a destroyed Florida drawing closer, the kids have to take matters in their own hands. Will Nick and Laurie be able to stop the destruction they unwittingly caused? Can a new giant hunter help save the day? Can Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide help them out of this or are they on their own? Find out in the final conclusion of the Spiderwick saga |
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AKA Raves, Reviews and Recommendations
Follow the links for what we're reading. There are theme pages and there are staff pages. Each page will have an introduction of sorts. Stop by often as we update regularly.
And we also offer a fun assortment of non-book items to enhance your reading experience. Enjoy.
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Soulless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel
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Carriger, Gail
Do you like urban fantasy? Do you like Regency and Victorian romances? If so, you can look forward to this new series debut starring Alexia Tarabotti! Alexia has no soul and, even worse, is a spinster on the shelf. Why is that? Well, her father is Italian and dead, her skin is darker than acceptable and she has a largish nose, not to mention the soulless condition which is unknown except for a few. Being soulless is the opposite of being supernatural. In Alexia's London, there are vampires, werewolves and ghosts. The story starts with Alexia accidentally killing a vampire who had the bad taste to attack her at a private party. The vampire was not only badly dressed but seemed to have no idea who or what Alexia was. An investigation begins by Lord Maccon, who is in charge of supernatural happenings, and is also the head of the Woolsey pack of werewolves. This book is a lot of fun and, like the author, Lord Akeldama would be my favorite character to have to tea, so flamboyant but so knowledgeable! Look for this one now.
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We consistently update our inventory of signed first editions. Quantities are limited, so act fast. Some books might have $1 added to cover shipping to and from the author. Books in our New Sections will be repeated in our Genre Sections. Please specify SIGNED in the Ordering and Shipping Reminder box at the bottom of the Billing & Payment page at checkout.
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G.I. Bones: A Sergeants Sueno & Bascom Mystery
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Limon, Martin,
Lima3n, Martin
Praise for the Sueno and Bascom series: "Setting the standard for military crime fiction, Limon's compelling stories of murder, greed, and abuse of power are set off by the Korean culture and 1970s atmosphere."--Library Journal, starred review "Altogether engaging."--The Washington Post Book World "Combining the grim routine of a modern police procedural with the cliff-hanging action of a thriller movie."--The Wall Street Journal "It's great to have these two mavericks back."--The New York Times Book Review "Easily the best military mysteries in print today."--Lee Child "Martin Limon does what the best storytellers do: take you away to a brand new world."--Michael Connelly A Korean fortune-teller is being bothered by a dead American soldier who wants his bones found and buried. An underage officer's daughter is missing together with a Latino soldier. Several of the leading Korean gangsters who own the bars in the ville have been killed. Sueno and Bascom of Military Intelligence must go back to the founding of Itaewon, Seoul's red-light district, in order to learn who killed the soldier, who's taking revenge on the gang lords, and where to find the missing girl. Martin Limon is the author of numerous stories about his army police duo as well as five previous novels, Jade Lady Burning (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year), Slicky Boys, Buddha's Money, The Door to Bitterness, and The Wandering Ghost, all available from Soho Crime. He lives near Seattle. |
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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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Strange Angels
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St Crow, Lili,
Saintcrow, Lilith
In a dark world of zombies and vampires, tough yet emotionally fragile Dru Anderson fights to survive in a small Dakota town. Nonstop action and suspense will have fans eager for the second in this new series.--Linda Goodman, Nicola's Books (Ann Arbor, MI) |
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Events of interest besides our fabulous Author Events, including our Ladies, Lunch and Literacy program, and more!
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Nine Dragons
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Connelly, Michael
LAPD Detective Harry Bosch is off the chain in the fastest, fiercest, and highest-stakes case of his life.
Fortune Liquors is a small shop in a tough South L.A. neighborhood, a store Bosch has known for years. The murder of John Li, the store's owner, hits Bosch hard, and he promises Li's family that he'll find the killer.
The world Bosch steps into next is unknown territory. He brings in a detective from the Asian Gang Unit for help with translation--not just of languages but also of the cultural norms and expectations that guided Li's life. He uncovers a link to a Hong Kong triad, a lethal and far-reaching crime ring that follows many immigrants to their new lives in the U.S.
And instantly his world explodes. The one good thing in Bosch's life, the person he holds most dear, is taken from him and Bosch travels to Hong Kong in an all-or-nothing bid to regain what he's lost. In a place known as Nine Dragons, as the city's Hungry Ghosts festival burns around him, Bosch puts aside everything he knows and risks everything he has in a desperate bid to outmatch the triad's ferocity. |
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The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge
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Vinge, Vernor
Since his first published story, "Apartness," appeared in 1965, Vernor Vinge has forged a unique and awe-inspiring career in science fiction as his work has grown and matured. He is now one of the most celebrated science fiction writers in the field, having won the field's top award, the Hugo, for each of his last two novels.
Now, for the first time, this illustrious author gathers all his short fiction into a single volume. This collection is truly the definitive Vinge, capturing his visionary ideas at their very best. It also contains a never-before-published novella, one that represents precisely what this collection encapsulates--bold, unique, challenging science fictional ideas brought to vivid life with compelling storytelling.
Including such major pieces as "The Ungoverned" and "The Blabber," this sumptuous volume will satisfy any reader who loves the sense of wonder, and the excitement of great SF.
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