 MICHAEL GROSS : 2/9, 7:30pm, BAL HARBOUR SHOPS
Author of 740 Park and the leading chronicler of the American rich begins the first independent, unauthorized look at the nation’s greatest museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. more» |
 JEFF LINDSAY: 2/9, 8pm @ GABLES
Bestselling author of the Dexter novels, the basis of the hit Showtime series, returns with Dexter By Design (Doubleday, $25). more» |
 LAUREN CONRAD; 2/10, 7PM, Gables
Meet this New York Times bestselling author and star of MTV’s The Hills, as she sign copies of her newest L.A. Candy novel – Sweet Little Lies (HarperCollins, $17.99). TICKETS REQUIRED. You will receive one free ticket to enter the booksigning line with the purchase of Sweet Little Lies at a Books & Books store. Sweet Little Lies and the accompanying ticket go ON SALE Tuesday, Feb. 2. You cannot enter the line without a ticket. more» |
 JOHN DUFRESNE: 2/12, 8pm @ GABLES
Is Life Like This? (Norton, $26.95) is a smart, practical, hard-nosed guide for the person who has always wanted to write a novel. more» |
 CHRIS BOHJALIAN: 2/24, 8pm @ GABLES
Secrets of Eden (Shaye Areheart, $25) is both a haunting literary thriller and a deeply evocative testament to the inner complexities that mark all of our lives. more» |
 ANGELLA M. NAZARIAN: 2/25, 7:30pm @ BHS
Books & Books celebrates the opening of its new space at Bal Harbour Shops with a look at her world travels and experiences in Life as a Visitor: Essays, Verses and Growth in Iran (Assouline, $45), following the country’s violent political upheaval in 1979. more» |
Who loves YA, baby?
February is packed full with your favorite authors of teen fiction:
  HEATHER BREWER: 2/14, 6PM, GABLES
Wear your blood-red best for a Vampire Valentine’s Day Bash in honor of the fourth book in her bestselling The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series, Eleventh Grade Burns (Dutton, $16.99)  .
So You Want to Introduce Heather Brewer? Click here to find out about our contest.
Know of a teen band that wants to play at the Vampire Valentine’s Day Bash? E-mail us at yathenaeum@yahoo.com with sample audio clip if you're interested.
 KRISTIN HARMEL: 2/15, 6PM, GABLES
After her father’s death, Lacey tries the proverbial turning lemons into lemonade. But she finds out lemonade is a bitter drink in After (Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers, $16.99) .
 ALLY CARTER: 2/17, 7PM, BAL HARBOUR SHOPS
Author of the bestselling Gallagher Girls series brings us her brand new sassy, sticky-fingered series – Heist Society (Hyperion Books, $16.99) .
 LISA McMANN: 2/26, 6PM, GABLES
The bestselling paranormal teen series comes to its conclusion with Gone (Simon Pulse, $16.99) , the third and final book in the Wake series .
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Featured This Week in our Assouline Boutique Corners:
Art Game Book ($34.95) The games people play go far beyond the Super Bowl with David Rosenberg’s original book. With games, puzzles, quotations and commentaries on art and artists, the Art Game Book is an all-new way of exploring every aspect of 20th-century art in the United States and Europe: painting, sculpture, architecture, design, video, installation, photography. The Art Game Book offers even more: In addition to presenting the principal artistic movements, abundant illustrations, numerous games and a glossary, this book includes an appendix with an international guide to museums, websites, fairs and events devoted to modern art the world over. More than 300 artworks illustrate this unique and interactive introduction to modern art history.
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Books & Books Grand Cayman’s International Visiting Author Series is generously sponsored by Ogier, one of the world’s leading providers of offshore legal and fiduciary services. Sunshine Suites Resorts also sponsors the author visits.
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Scott Turow:
Winner of FIU’s
Lawrence Sanders
Award in Fiction
 The acclaimed author of the bestselling legal thriller Presumed Innocent earned the first Lawrence A. Sanders Prize, awarded by the Creative Writing Program at Florida International University. "From the outset, critics have pointed to Scott Turow's work as proof that one can engage a broad audience while maintaining the highest of literary standards," says Les Standiford, Director of the FIU Creative Writing Program.
Click here to browse Turow’s other noted books.
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| ART EXHIBIT AT BOOKS & BOOKS MIAMI BEACH
Drawings by
South African artist
JUDITH MASON
On view December 2, 2009 through March 31, 2010.
For more info, visit: www.judithmason.com
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