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Kona Stories
Your Local Independent Booksellers
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Playing for Change
The 1st annual PLAYING FOR CHANGE DAY on September 17, 2011, is a global day of action where musicians of all varieties perform on stages, cafés, city squares, and street corners worldwide to raise money to bring music into the lives of young people. Activities all day at the Keauhou Courtyard.
This is a FREE Event. If you donate, you get a special thank you from the participating merchants of Keauhou Shopping Center. Learn more at Playingforchange.
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Inventory
Kona Stories will be closed for inventory from Monday. September 19 and will re-open on Saturday, September 24 at 10am. We're sorry for any inconvenience, but unfortunately, it must be done.
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The Inheritance Cycle
The final book in Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Cycle, Inheritance will be released November 8th. Pre-order with us by October 18th and receive a 20% discount. Come in or call 324-0350.
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Quick Links....
808-324-0350
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Aloha!
Come to the Keauhou Shopping Center Courtyard tomorrow (Saturday) for "Playing for Change". See box on the left for details. Artists and activities beginning at Noon; live music from 3 to 8pm. It's fun for a good cause! |
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Find the Typo!
We had a great response to "Find Joy's Typo" last week. Although, I'm told it was way too easy. The winner last week was Bonnie Jones. I thought I'd try it again this week. Find the Typo in this e-mail and win.
 The first person to e-mail me with this week's typo will win an Advance Reader's Copy of The Art of Fielding (Read a review of this excellent new book in the New York Times). I'm not promising that there is a mistake because I'm still going to try to find and eliminate them, but, if past performance is any indicator, there's one lurking somewhere in this e-mail. |
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Book Groups and more.
Just the Facts: our non-fiction book group. This month we're reading Hellhound on his Trail: The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt in American History by Hampton Sides. This book about the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the hunt for his killer has been described like this: "Viscerally dramatic ... spellbinding ... Both Dr. King and Ray come to life in these remarkable pages. " --"The New York Times". "Impossible-to-put-down . . . a masterful work of narrative nonfiction, no one does it better than Hampton Sides." --"Associated Press". "Gripping, exciting, and engrossing . . . hits us with the shuddering intensity of a high-speed collision." --"The Times of London". I thoroughly enjoyed one of Sides' previous books, Blood and Thunder. I'm up to page 148 in Hellhound and have learned quite a lot about King and the civil rights movement in America. Come join us for a lively discussion.
Event Info: Tuesday, September 27th
6pm
Our Lesbian group:
We'll be doing inventory and will have to skip this group for September. Sorry; we really would rather be watching a movie with you! Our next book will be Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde. From the author's vivid childhood memories in Harlem to her coming of age in the late 1950s, Lorde brings into play her craft of lush description and characterization.
Event Info:
Tuesday, October 18th
6:30pm
Second Tuesday: our fiction book group.
Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok is the topic for the next meeting of this group. A fresh, exciting Chinese-American voice makes a dazzling fiction debut with this novel about an immigrant girl forced to choose between two worlds and two cultures.
Event Info:
Tuesday, October 11th
6:30pm
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 The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings was one book about which everyone in the "Second Tuesday" book group was in agreement: we all thought it was dreadful! However, it sounds like the movie based on the book is receiving very different reactions. Read a review of the movie which debuted at the Toronto Film Festival at Salon.com. Your local independent booksellers,
Brenda and Joy (Owners)
Noble and Shadow (Cats)
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Kona Stories | 78-6831 Alii Drive Suite #142 | Kailua-Kona | HI | 96740
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