Authors We Welcomed in 2006
It was a very good year for authors who came calling, both to the store and the wonderful venues in Chicago. Each visiting author, in his or her own way, reminded us why we love books and reading—and all of them made a point of expressing their support for independent bookstores.
It was fitting that MIKE LEONARD’s official launch for The Ride of Our Liveswas at The Book Stall. Since its publication in April, we’ve sold more than 800 copies!
Two members of the 2006 “New York Times # 1 Bestseller Club”: NORA EPHRON reached the top of the nonfiction chart this fall with I Feel Bad About My Neck. ANNA QUINDLEN hit the fiction pinnacle with Rise and Shine.
Chicago Congressman RAHM EMANUEL and BRUCE REED spoke about their book, The Plan: Big Ideas for America at a downtown event.
We were delighted to host the distinguished author KAREN ARMSTRONG who spoke at the Winnetka Congregational Church about The Great Transformation.
LISA SEE spoke about the much-loved Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.
A November treat was provided by ED HEMINGWAY and MARK BAILEY, whose new book is Hemingway and Bailey’s Guide to Bartending. Chris Kennedy and his wife Sheila hosted the party for Hemingway and Bailey, the husband of Chris’s sister Rory.
DA CHEN turned the autograph page of his novel Brothers into works of art—and he played his flute, too.
DORO KENNEDY BUSH signed her memoir My Father, My President in October. She’s pictured here with Roberta and her sister-in-law Trish Koch.
Two-time Man Booker Prize-winner PETER CAREY came all the way from Australia to sign Theft: A Love Story.
Book Stall friend ESMÉ RAJI CODELL author of Vive la Paris, joined Book Stall Children’s Department head Liz Moore for the annual Teacher In-Service in September.
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Robert Alexander Rasputin’s Daughter ($23.95) |
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Sen. Barbara Boxer – A Time to Run ($24.95)
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Geraldine Brooks – March ($24.95 hardcover; $14 paperback); also Year of Wonders ($14)
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Robert Crais – The Two Minute Rule ($24.95); in paperback: Demolition Angel ($6.99);
The Forgotten Man, Hostage, L.A. Requiem, The Last Detective, and Sunset Express ($7.99 each) |
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Boman Desai – Trio ($17.50)
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David Ellis – In the Company of Liars ($24.95)
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W.E.B. Griffin – The Hostage ($26.95)
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Dara Horn – The World to Come ($24.95)
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N.M. Kelby – Whale Season ($23)
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Nicole Mazzarella – This Heavy Silence ($21.95)
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Salman Rushdie – Shalimar the Clown ($25.95)
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Lisa See – Snow Flower and the Secret Fan($21.95)
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Vinita Hampton Wright – Dwelling Places($23.95)
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Dave Barry – Dave Barry’s Money Secrets($24.95)
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L. Paul Bremer – My Year in Iraq($27) |
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Torie Clark – Lipstick on a Pig ($26) |
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Elizabeth Gilbert – Eat, Pray, Love ($24.95)
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Jack Hamann – On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of World War II($24.95) |
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Jonna Doolittle Hoppes – Calculated Risk: The Extraordinary Life of Jimmy Doolittle, Aviation Pioneer and World War II Hero ($24.95) |
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Haynes Johnson – The Age of Anxiety ($26) |
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Robert Kurzon – Shadow Divers($26.95) |
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Marti Olsen Laney – The Hidden Gifts of the Introverted Child ($14.95) |
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Jonathan B. Parshall, Anthony Tully – Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway ($35) |
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Liz Perle – Money, a Memoir ($23) |
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Robert MacNeil – Do You Speak American?($13) |
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Jane Bryant Quinn – Smart and Simple Financial Strategies($26) |
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Richard Reeves – President Reagan: The Triumph of the Imagination($30) |
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Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet Oz – You, the Owner’s Manual ($24.95) |
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Gail Sheehy – Sex and the Seasoned Woman($25.95) |
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Garry Wills – What Jesus Meant ($24.95)
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Simon Winchester – A Crack in the Edge of the World ($27.95) |
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Jacky Pluton – The Fairway Gourmet($36.95) |
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Carlos and Debbie Nieto – Carlos’ Contemporary French Cuisine($34.95) |
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