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Home: A Memoir of My Early Years by Julie Andrews chronicles the early life and career of the stage and cinema star. Publisher $26.95 Schwartz $18.86
Sepulchre by Kate Mosse is about a tarot deck that links two women living over a century apart. $25.95
Winter Study (Anna Pigeon Mysteries) by Nevada Barr is the 14th mystery thriller to feature National Park Service ranger Anna Pigeon. $24.95
Searching for Paradise in Parker, PA by Kris Radish takes place during a summer in which a troubled couple seperates. $22.00
Radish will read from Searching for Paradise in Parker, PA on April 22 at our Mequon Shop.
New in paperback
For One More Day by Mitch Albom $12.00
Live on WHAD Radio
Listen to Schwartz Marketing Director Nancy Quinn discuss the joys of reading, new spring books and more Friday, April 4th on Wisconsin Public Radio's At Issue with Ben Merens on WHAD 90.7 FM at 5 p.m.
Smart Talk Women's Lecture Series: Valerie Plame Wilson
 Smart Talk Women's Lecture Series Presents Valerie Plame Wilson
Monday, April 14 . Uihlein Hall . 7:30 p.m.  While serving her country as a clandestine operations officer involved in counter-proliferation issues, Valerie Plame Wilson kept her occupation and her identity secret from all but a very few close family members. When her covert status was revealed by Senior White House and State Department officials to several national journalists, one of whom published her name, it set off a firestorm that is still raging today. In Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House, Valerie Plame discusses how the leak ended her career and the effect it has had on the public trust of its leadership. Her story is sure to have you hanging on her every word. Visit the Marcus Center website for more information and to order your tickets!
 Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops is pleased to support The Milwaukee Public Library's Spring Literary Luncheon, featuring a visit from author Louise Erdrich.
In January of 1994, Milwaukee Public Library and Harry W. Schwartz welcomed an exciting new voice in Native American literature-Louise Erdrich. She presented a reading of her newest novel The Bingo Palace. At that time, an author of only three novels, she had already won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Love Medicine.
Louise Erdrich returns on Monday, May 19 at Noon when she will read from her newest book The Plague of Doves at the annual Spring Literary Luncheon to be held at the Wisconsin Club, 900 W. Wisconsin Avenue.
 Book signing and raffle begin at 11 a.m. Lunch and program is Noon to 1:30 p.m. Each reservation includes an autographed hardcover copy of The Plague of Doves (or a Schwartz Bookshops gift card of equal value.) Friends member places are $60, individuals $70. For more information call 414-286-8720. Deadline for reservations is May 12.
Since that first visit in 1994, Erdrich has written 10 more novels including, most recently, The Painted Drum and The Master Butchers Singing Club. She has also written books of poetry, as well as children's literature and non-fiction.
Born to a Chippewa mother and a German-American father, Erdrich uses many of her novels to explore Native American themes, with major characters reflecting both sides of her heritage.
In The Plague of Doves, Erdrich spans several generations from 1911 to the 1970s as she gradually untangles the truth behind the slaughter of a farming family and the subsequent hanging of three innocent Native Americans. Throughout the years, descendents of both the lynching party and the family intermarry. Evelina, the story's narrator, comes of age hearing the stories of her town's bloody history and unknowingly becomes involved with two descendants of the lynch mob.
As quoted in the starred review of Doves in Publishers Weekly, "Erdrich plays individual narratives off one another, dropping apparently insignificant clues that build to head-slapping revelations as fates intertwine and the person responsible for the 1911 killing is identified."
Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops will be at the luncheon with additional copies of The Plague of Doves and Ms. Erdrich's other books.
Literary Luncheon with Louise Erdrich at a glance:
Monday, May 19 . Noon . The Wisconsin Club, 900 W. Wisconsin Ave.
$60 for Friends members, $70 non-members includes admission and signed hardcover of The Plague of Doves
Call (414) 286-8720 to reserve your place. Reservation deadline is May 12
Alverno Debates Series
Attend the latest in Alverno College's ongoing series, Alverno Debates, on Thursday, April 12 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. when the topic will be American Woman: You've come a long way?
The panelists for the evening are
Karole Armitage, choreographer and artistic director of Armitage Gone! Dance
Ellen Bravo, former Director of 9-to-5, National Association of Working Women, Author and Educator
Deborah Blanks, CEO, Social Development Commission of Milwaukee
Elizabeth Minnich, Philosopher, Educator, Senior Fellow at American Association for Colleges and Universities-Office of Diversity, Equity & Global Initiatives
The debate will be facilitated by
Barbara Lawton, Wisconsin Lt. Governor
Zohreh Emami, Associate VP for Academic Affairs/Professor of Economics, Alverno College
The debate, (presented in collaboration with the Alverno Presents dance performance of Karole Armitage on April 12), will be held at Alverno College in the Teaching, Learning and Technology Center, 3400 S. 43rd St. For more information please email zorhreh.emami@alverno.edu.
This event is free and open to the public. Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops will have the panelists' books available for purchase at the debate.
Literacy Services of Wisconsin Book Drive
Every year, Literacy Services of Wisconsin holds a book sale to raise funds that help support their programs and cover the costs of teaching materials and supplies. Because LSW is privately funded and free to all students, every little bit counts towards their goals.
As in previous years, this April we are collecting gently used books to donate to LSW for their annual fall book sale. Just bring your books in to any Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop for our collection boxes, April 1 through 30.
To learn more about Literacy Services of Wisconsin, visit their web site. To volunteer, email info@literacyservices.org .
Here
is a list of the authors coming soon to the Schwartz Bookshops. For a complete list of upcoming author appearances visit
our events page.
 Jeanne
Birdsall
The Penderwicks
on Gardam Street
Friday, April 11 .
7:00 p.m. reading . Mequon
In the sequel to the National Book Award-winning The Penderwicks,
the Penderwick sisters are back home on Gardam Street and ready for
an adventure! But the adventure they get isn't quite what they had
in mind. It's high jinks, big laughs and loads of family warmth when
the girls put the Save-Daddy Plan into action-a plot so brilliant
and bold only the Penderwick girls could have come up with it! For
middle readers
 Jennifer
Chiaverini
The Winding Ways
Quilt
Thursday, April 17 .
7:00 p.m. reading .
Brookfield
Madison author Jennifer Chiaverini's bestselling Elm Creek
Quilts series continues with The Winding Ways Quilt,
in which the arrival of newcomers to the Circle of Quilters illuminates
the power of friendship to navigate life's unexpected pathways.
Jennifer Chiaverini is the author of twelve Elm Creek novels
and two volumes of quilt patterns.
 Gary
Moore
Playing with
the Enemy
Thursday, April 17.
7:00 p.m. talk .
Mequon
Join Gary Moore as he shares the details of his father's exciting
and heart-wrenching life-story. Gene Moore, a depression-era farm
boy in the small town of Sesser, Illinois, was headed for baseball
stardom with the Brooklyn Dodgers when his destiny was interrupted
by Pearl Harbor. After playing ball for the Navy in the Azores and
North Africa, Gene was sent to Louisiana for a top secret mission.
There, his future was irrevocably changed.
April Showers, Milwaukee Poets
Thursday, April 17.
7:00 p.m. reading .
Downer Ave.
Local poets will read from previously published and new works in celebration
of poetry month. Don't miss the star lineup that is Steve Anderson,
BJ Best, Jim Hazard, Peggy Hong, James Liddy and Chuck Stebleton.
Remember to carry an upside down umbrella so you can catch the raining
words and images that are sure to shower upon us that night.
 Jack
O'Connell
The Resurrectionist
Friday, April 18 .
7:00 p.m. reading . Downer
Ave.
Part classic noir thriller, part mind-bending fantasy, Jack O'Connell's
latest is a novel about stories and what they can do to those who
create them. Sweeney's son Danny has been left comatose by an accident.
Hoping for a miracle, Danny is taken to a clinic, where doctors claim
to have "resurrected" patients. But, Sweeney begins to realize
that the real cure may lie in a fantasy comic book world his son had
been drawn into.
 Staff
Pick
Belong
to Me
Marisa de los Santos
"Cornelia
and Teo have no idea what they are getting into when they give up a bustling
city life for a quieter one in the suburbs. From the first doorbell ring,
a whirlwind of events spins their new stress-free existence out of control.
De los Santos, who is also the author of Love Walked In, does
a remarkable job weaving many characters into her story, mixing things
just enough to keep the reader guessing (and hoping) right up to the very
last page."-Morgan Egge, Mequon
$24.95
 Sitting
Practice
Caroline Anderson
It only takes a moment for your life to be changed forever-as the
characters of this darkly comic novel discover. Newlyweds Ross and Iliana
are forced to confront the consequences of a freak car accident that leaves
Iliana paralyzed. As Ross struggles with guilt, Iliana attempts to get
used to life in a wheelchair and an awkward lack of intimacy. Sitting
Practice is a clever and insightful study of love's collision
with harsh reality.
$21.95
 The
Fourth Man
K.O. Dahl
In the middle of the night, Detective Inspector Frank Frolich of the Oslo
Police receives a call. A young guard has been killed in the course of
an attempted break-in. In a turn of events cryptic, erotic and complex,
he finds himself a prime murder suspect and under the watch of his doubting
colleagues.
$22.95
 The
Skull Cage Key
Michael Marriott
Chinese New Year 2042. Armstrong, an upwardly mobile Harlem resident is
out celebrating with his boss/lover when they're assaulted in her
hotel room. She ends up minus her head, and the cops are convinced Armstrong
is to blame. On the lam and in search of the real killer, Armstrong learns
the secrets behind a sinister new designer drug.
Paperback
$15.00
Schwartz
Select: Nonfiction
Armageddon
in Retrospect
Kurt Vonnegut
Collecting twelve new and unpublished writings on war and peace, Armageddon
in Retrospect is imbued with Vonnegut's trademark rueful humor.
The pieces include a visceral recollection of the destruction of Dresden
during World War II, a short story about Army privates fantasizing about
their first meal after returning home, and Vonnegut's original artwork.
The collection says as much about the times in which we live as it does
about the genius of the writer.
$24.95
 The
Echoing Green
The Untold Story of Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca and the Shot Heard Round the World
Joshua Prager
When Bobby Thomson hit his legendary home run to win the 1951 pennant,
he capped off one of the most remarkable comebacks in baseball history.
He also benefited from unscrupulous behavior; as Joshua Prager reveals
for the first time, the Giants were stealing their opponents pitching
signs. In The Echoing Green, Prager recreates this extraordinary
season, revealing how a single moment profoundly affected the lives of
Thomson and Ralph Branca, the pitcher he defeated.
Paperback
$15.95
 Maya
Angelou: A Glorious Celebration
Maria Ann Gillespie, Rosa Johnson Butler, and Richard A. Long
Foreword by Oprah Winfrey
In photographs, text and ephemera, Maya Angelou chronicles
the writer's childhood in Stamps, Arkansas; her brief-but-illustrious
career on the New York stage; her appointment as Northern Coordinator
for the Southern Christian Leadership Council; and more. Angelou fans
will get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the down-home regal diva who
revels in cooking for guests that include Toni Morrison and Quincy Jones.
$30.00
 Tintin
and the Secret of Literature
Tom McCarthy
Is Tintin literature? asks Tom McCarthy in this study of one
of the greatest comics of the 20th century. He promptly embarks on an
adventure in deconstruction and discovery-bringing on board such
writers and philosophes as Balzac, Bataille, and Derrida-aimed
at determining Tintin's cultural status.
Paperback
$15.95
 The
Ten-Cent Plague
The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America
David Hajdu
When we picture the 1950s, we hear the sound of early rock and roll.
The Ten-Cent Plague shows how-years before music-comics
brought on a clash between children and their parents, between prewar
and postwar standards. David Hajdu, author of Positively 4th Street,
tells the story of the rise and fall of comic books from their popularity
among children to the public bonfires and laws created to suppress them.
$26.00
 The
10 Best of Everything
Nathaniel Lande and Andrew Lande
This deluxe, entertaining guide showcases the experience and savoir-faire
of such luminaries as Prince Charles on architecture, Arnold Palmer on
favorite golf courses, and Luciano Pavarotti on opera houses. Scores of
experts name the 10 best islands, poshest pubs and polo clubs, best things
to do on Sunday afternoons in the world's best cities, and a treasure
trove of musts for the high-end traveler or anyone who aspires to be.
$19.95
 A
Treasury of Foolishly Forgotten Americans
Michael Farquhar
From the mother of Mother's Day to Paul Revere's rival rider,
the Mayflower murderer to "America's Sherlock Holmes."
Michael Farquhar uncovers figures that are more than just historical
runners-up-they're the spies, explorers, patriots, and martyrs
without whom history as we know it would be very different indeed.
Paperback
$15.00
Steering by Starlight
How to Live Your Right Life No Matter What
Martha Beck
Renowned life coach Martha Beck describes the step-by-step process she
uses with her private clients to help them find their way back to their
"homing instincts"-their true destinies. Bringing together
cutting-edge research in psychiatry, neurology, and related fields in
an original way, Beck provides new methods for solving the problems that
beset ordinary people.
$24.95
 From
Harvey River
A Memoir of My Mother and Her People
Lorna Goodison
In the tradition of Michael Ondaatje's Running in the Family
and Alexandra Fuller's Don't Let's Go to the Dogs
Tonight comes poet Lorna Goodison's memoir of her family's
trials and tribulations in Jamaica. For Goodison's mother Doris,
Harvey River is the place she always called home. It was where she was
one of the "fabulous Harvey girls;" a place rich with the
comfort of her parents' house. It is also where she will return
to in dreams when her fortunes change years later when she and her husband
encounter the harsh realities of urban living with their nine children
in Kingston, Jamaica.
$24.95
Great Books at Bargain Prices
This is a sampling of the terrific deals we have on good books. Stop in to
any of our shops to pick up any of these titles or browse our bargain section.
 
 
The Kindness of Strangers
Katrina Kittle
Publisher $14.95
SCHWARTZ: $8.99
The New Kings of Nonfiction
Edited by Ira Glass
Illustrated by Susan Lubner
Publisher $15.00
SCHWARTZ: $7.99
Pee-Ew! Is That You, Bertie?
David Roberts
Publisher $14.95
SCHWARTZ: $6.99
Dimity Duck
Jane Yolan and illustrated by Sebastien Braun
Publisher $15.99
SCHWARTZ: $4.99
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