Saturday, September 3 -
Friends of the Library Benefit with George R.R. Martin
Bookworks is pleased to support the Albuquerque Friends of the Library's fall
benefit event with the author of A Song and Ice and Fire series (recently made
into the hugely popular Game of Thrones television series on HBO), George R.R.
Martin. Bookworks will be selling books at the event. Tickets are available at
www.kimotickets.com.
Tuesday, September 6 at 7 p.m. - Slim Randles,
A Cowboy's Guide to Growing Up Right (Rio
Grande Books, $8.95)
Growing up right is never easy, even if all the stars line up and
you win the parent lottery. If you don't, it's even tougher. Since a cowboy is
the pinnacle of human evolution (just ask one) he has certain values and
responsibilities and attitudes to pass along to help others, even if they are
in the city, and regardless of age or gender.
Told with the frank humor of the range and mountains by a master
storyteller whose column is read by nearly two million people each week, this
book gives unique advice straight from the shoulder for those who would aspire
to have a great life. Looking for work? Work for free. Do the right thing, even when no one's
looking. Courtesy makes the homeliest of us beautiful. And lots
more...Remember: the saddest thing is not that someone dies, but that some
people never quite live.
Thursday, September 8 at 7
p.m. - Mike Dooley, Residential Landscape Design for the Horticulturally
Hopeless (Dog Ear Publishing, $14.95)
This book is perfect for the landscaping novice who wants to design a beautiful
outdoor space. No confusing discussions about design concepts, case studies or
graphic techniques. No photos of "high end" landscapes that you could
never afford. Full of specific step-by-step instructions on how to draw a
beautiful, but simple, landscape plan. Written for the average homeowner on a
budget, but also very helpful for the advanced gardener. The book features:
· Simple tools you'll need to draw the design
· Controlling budget
· Simplified measuring and layout
· Customizable sample plans or create your own design from scratch
· Use "cut outs" to arrange your hardscape items like patios, storage
and hot tubs
· The easy way to get a list of plants that do well in your specific area
· Plant placement is simplified using a unique design method similar to
"paint by the numbers"
Saturday, September 10 at 10:30 a.m.
Dogs and the People Who Love Them
On September 10th at 10:30 a.m. we will be celebrating dogs and the joy they bring
to their people. One book we will feature is If a Dog Could Blog (AuthorHouse, $12.49)
by Princess Lola LeDeaux, aka KILLER. (with help from her mom). Her mom
is Lisa Breeden Garcia, who will join us for a book signing and talk. The
blog dispatches from Princess Lola make you think you know this dog,
or really want her in your family! We will also have local
veterinarian Jeff Livingstone and his wife, Susan Herman Livingstone. They have
created together a book entitled, The
One and Only Zachary Oscar (Cygnet Press, $17.95). As human pet
companions know, having a wonderful animal in your life is a bittersweet thing
when the animal dies. The Livingstones have written and illustrated a
lovely book can help ease the pain when a beloved animal dies.
Saturday, September 10 at 3 p.m. - Steven Arntson, The Wikkeling
(Running Press Kids, $17.95)
In the enormous city of the Addition, all children are SAFE,
SECURE, and SUPERVISED, and are watched by cameras even while they sleep.
Henrietta is unlikable at her competitive school until she meets Gary and Rose.
They all share something in common: headaches with an unknown cause. Then, late
one night, Henrietta makes a startling discovery when she finds a wounded cat
in the attic above her bedroom. Soon after, a series of strange occurrences
follow, including the appearance of a threatening creature with long, waxy
fingers, who calls itself the Wikkeling. With the help of an ancient Bestiary,
will Henrietta and her friends solve these mysteries before the Wikkeling
finally catches them?
This book is charming, frightening, mystical, magical and wondrous. Fans of the
Maze Runner or Hunger Games trilogies will love it.
Sunday, September 11 at 3 p.m. - Sharon
Snyder and Toni Michnovicz Gibson, Los Alamos and the Pajarito Plateau (Arcadia Publishing, $21.99)
The story
of Los Alamos and the Pajarito Plateau begins
with explosive eruptions. An ancient volcano in northern New Mexico created the mountainous region
known as the Jemez, and with time, erosion sculpted narrow mesas and canyons.
The first residents were Native Americans. One of their many pueblos was called
Tsirege, or the "bird place," from which the name Pajarito
originates, meaning "little bird" in Spanish. Homesteaders arrived in
the 1880s, but the area was sparsely settled. In 1917, former Rough Rider Ashley
Pond started the exclusive Los Alamos Ranch School
in the isolated setting, but in 1942 the US government took an interest in
that isolation. They abruptly closed the school, and Los
Alamos became a secret military post. There, under J. Robert Oppenheimer's
leadership, the atomic bomb was created. Postwar housing shortages, Cold War
threats, and disastrous fires have challenged Los Alamos,
yet it has endured as a place of unique history and natural beauty.
Tuesday, September 13 at 7
p.m. - Judith Chazin-Bennahum, Rene Blum and the Ballets Russes: In Search of a
Lost Life (Oxford University Press, $29.95)
The biography of a fascinating cultural hero, René Blum and the Ballets Russes
uncovers the events in the life of the enigmatic and brilliant writer and
producer who perished in the Holocaust. Brother of Léon Blum, the first
socialist prime minister of France, René Blum was a passionate and prominent littérateur.
He was the editor of the chic literary journal Gil Blas where he met such celebrated figures as Claude
Debussy, Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, André Gide, and Paul Valéry. As
author Judith Chazin-Bennahum's research illustrates, Blum actually arranged
for the publication of Proust's Swann's
Way. But Blum's accomplishments and legacy do not end there: after
enlisting in World War I, he won the Croix de Guerre and became a national
hero. And Blum resurrected the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo after Diaghilev's
death. Tragically, he was arrested in 1941 during a roundup of Jewish
intellectuals and ultimately sent to Auschwitz.
Based on a treasure trove of previously undiscovered letters and documents,
this thoroughly researched narrative not only tells the poignant story of
Blum's life but also illustrates Blum's central role in the development of
dance in the United States.
Indeed, Blum's efforts to save his ballet company eventually helped to bring
many of the world's greatest dancers and choreographers--among them Fokine,
Balanchine, and Nijinska--to American ballet stages, shaping the path of dance
in the United States for years to come.
Judith Chazin-Bennahum is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Dance at the University of New Mexico. She was Principal Soloist
with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet Company under Antony Tudor, and then was
invited by George Balanchine to join the New York City Ballet on its first trip
to Russia.
She also danced under the tutelage of Martha Graham and Robert Joffrey.
Thursday, September 15 at 7 p.m. - Mary
Jo McConahay, Maya Roads: One Woman's Journey Among the People of the
Rainforest (Chicago Review Press, $16.95)
In Maya Roads, McConahay draws upon her three
decades of traveling and living in Central America's remote landscapes to
create a fascinating chronicle of the people, politics, archaeology, and
species of the Central American rainforest, the cradle of Maya civilization.
Captivated by the magnificence and mystery of the jungle, the author brings to
life the intense beauty, the fantastic locales, the ancient ruins, and the
horrific violence. She witnesses archaeological discoveries, the transformation
of the Lacandon people, the Zapatista indigenous uprising in Mexico,
increased drug trafficking, and assists in the uncovering of a war crime. Over
the decades, McConahay has witnessed great changes in the region, and this is a
unique tale of a woman's adventure and the adaptation and resolve of a
people.
Friday, September 16 at 7 p.m. -
Special live music event with Danny Clayburn
Danny
Clayburn, a native New Mexican and solo acoustic slide guitarist, lends a
contemporary new voice to the acoustic blues genre. He uses a unique style and
the neck of an old wine bottle to play his original instrumentals. He also has
a passion for bringing fresh interpretations to old and largely forgotten
music. Danny and his resonator guitar named Ester can be found occasionally
sharing his music in coffee shops and cafes around Albuquerque, New Mexico.
He will play live at Bookworks on September 16 at 7 p.m.
Saturday, September 17 at 3 p.m. -
WildEarth Guardians, The Rio Grande:
An Eagle's View (WildEarth Guardians, $75 includes donation to WildEarth Guardians)
The Rio Grande: An Eagle's View is a large format
book with spectacular aerial photography that chronicles one of the world's
most significant rivers, underscoring its exquisite beauty and importance in
the United States.
Photographer Adriel Heisey has captured the
spirit of the river in his awe-inspiring aerial images of the Rio Grande from
its headwaters in the San Juan Mountains of southern Colorado, through New
Mexico and as it straddles and defines the Texas-Mexico border, culminating with
its outpouring into the Gulf of Mexico. The aerial narrative flows from the
river's source to its mouth.
This beautiful hardcover large format book
showcases 185 of Heisey's aerial photographs. Robert Redford wrote the
foreword. The afterward is by Senator Tom Udall and Steve McDowell wrote the
main narrative which is a journey through time and both an elegy to the
greatness the river has sustained and a passionate plea to restore the river's
vitality.
Sunday, September 18 at 3
p.m. - An Introduction to E-Books, E-Readers, and E-Publishing
E-books
are the next big thing in the book world! E-reader prices continue to drop,
just about every smartphone comes with an e-reader app, and more and more books
are being converted to e-books (or published as e-books) each year. Bookworks
now sells Google e-books (millions are available) from our own website! But how
do you pick an e-reader? How do you buy e-books from Bookworks? And, if you're
a writer, how do you self-publish your own e-book?
This presentation will de-mystify e-books, explain the distinctions between
different brands of e-readers, and demonstrate e-book buying on the Bookworks
website. We will also have guest speakers who have electronically published
their own books talk about the process and how to get started in e-publishing.
Don't miss this exciting introduction to the world of e-books!
Tuesday, September 20 at 7 p.m. - Al
Stotts, Pont Marie (iUniverse, $23.95)
"Metempsychosis"
refers to the passing of the soul at death into another body, either human or animal.
At its most basic, it refers to reincarnation, but the theory of past lives can
have overwhelming consequences- especially when memories of these past lives
seep into the life we currently live. Just ask a modern day, middle-aged New Mexico gentleman
whose dreams threaten his reality.
According to his
dreams, this unassuming man was once a printer in seventeenth century Paris and
then a United States
senator. Prior to both of these lives, he was an Anasazi sun priest in the
eleventh century. At first, it was easy to ignore his dreams. However, thanks
to their persistence, this man must come to terms with the ramifications of his
past lives and how they may affect the life he currently struggles to lead.
Set above the
backdrop of an ancient bridge in Paris,
Pont Marie is the narrative of places, people, and things once forgotten but
enlivened in one man's mind. How can he thrive in his current life when the
past permeates his present? How can he hold together relationships, when
ancient relationships still haunt? Will his quest for closure leave him
cleansed or perhaps insane?
Wednesday, September 21 at 7 p.m.
-Shelby Tisdale, Joyce Begay Foss, and Marian Rodee; The Spider Woman's Gift (Museum of New Mexico Press, $24.95)
Between the red canyon
walls of Canyon de Chelly in Arizona,
in the heart of the Navajo Nation, stands an eight-hundred-foot sandstone rock
formation known as Spider Rock. According to Dine oral history, this sacred
place is where Spider Woman, or Na ashe'ii'tasdzaa, makes her home. For
centuries, her gift of weaving has provided the Dine with a constant means of
sustenance. Dine textile and basketry weavings in Santa Fe's
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture collections
created between the 1850s and the 1890s allow us to explore the oral history of
Spider Woman and the early history of the Dine during this time. This book presents
two viewpoints on Dine weaving. One is the perspective of Dine weaver and
museum educator, Joyce Begay-Foss and the other viewpoint is from well-known
Dine textile scholar and anthropologist, Marian Rodee. Starting with early
baskets, there is visual evidence of Spider Woman's influence, for it was this
early knowledge of hand weaving and dyes that transferred into early textile
weaving after the Dine acquired wool. The Dine textiles dating from 1840 to
188o were primarily made for Native use, as well as for intertribal trade. They
include one-piece dresses, mantas, two-piece dresses, women's shoulder
blankets, and ponchos. Designs range from simple bands and stripes to intricate
interlocking serape patterns. Of particular interest are fine examples of
highly recognised chief blankets, as well as the crowning achievement of
classic-period serapes showing the finest designs and materials. This title is
published in association with the New Mexico Museum of Indian Arts &
Culture.
Thursday, September 22 at 7 p.m. -Larry
J. Littlefield and Pearl M. Burns, Wildflowers of the Sandia and Manzano Mountains (Sandia Plant Books, $24)
This superbly illustrated book includes 201
wildflowers and flowering shrubs in the Sandia and Manzano Mountains
illustrated by more than 700 color photographs. All species included are
accompanied by nontechnical descriptions based on easily discernable, visual
characters. Photographs of each species include flowers and other organs
showing various stages of plant development. Traditional uses of the plants by
primarily southwestern Native American tribes are included. Also included are
an extensive glossary and list of literature references, a brief geological
history and descriptions of the Mountains, their different Life Zones and
ecosystems, and how they relate to elevation and microclimates. This book is
intended for wildflower enthusiasts, hikers and others who want to learn more
about wildflowers and flowering shrubs in the region.
"The combination of an experienced plant
scientist with the eye of an artist and the person known for her vast knowledge
of New Mexico
wildflowers, Larry Littlefield and Pearl Burns have produced an authoritative
and beautiful guide to the flora of the Sandias and Manzanos. If the plants
could speak they would say "This
is how we want you to know us". A
must-have for all who truly love the Mountains". -Robert Julyan, New Mexico
natural historian and author
Saturday, September 24 at 10:30 a.m. -
Kids' Event to Celebrate Fall!
Fall is in the air! Come join Bookworks for a special celebration of the change
of seasons, as summer comes to an end and autumn arrives. We will celebrate
autumn in a delightful, stylish manner! Two local illustrators will talk about
their artwork and lead children and families in a small autumn themed art
project. We will serve apple cider, apple slices, and pumpkin pie to help
draw folks into a fallish, harvestish, artful mood.
Saturday, September 24 at 3
p.m. - Margaret Coel, The Perfect Suspect (A Catherine McLeod Mystery) (Berkley Hardcover,
$25.95)
Catherine McLeod is back! When David Mathews, candidate for Colorado governor, is
found murdered in his mansion, all signs point to his wife, Sydney, the perfect
suspect. But Catherine has been covering the candidate's campaign and she has
stumbled across rumors that suggest David Mathews is not the charismatic man he
seems to be and that he has been living a double life. Then an anonymous caller
tells Catherine that she saw the killer leave the mansion after she had heard
three shots fired. The killer is none other than Detective Ryan Beckman, on the
fast-track with the Denver
police department and above suspicion. Detective Beckman is in charge of the
investigation into the murder.
Catherine realizes it was probably a crank call, something
about the desperation and terror in the voice convinces her the woman is
telling the truth. The plot moves from Denver's wealthy, privileged enclaves to
the the city's gritty, crime-ridden ghettos as Catherine races a hardened and
sophisticated murderer to find the only witness who can bring the killer to
justice, certain that if Detective Beckman, with the resources of the police
department, wins the race, the caller will be dead. As the hunt goes on,
Catherine realizes that the killer is hunting her, and before she can save the
witness, she must first save herself.
Sunday, September 25 at 3
p.m. - Susan Gardner, Drawing the Line (Red Mountain
Press, $24.95)
DRAWING THE LINE is the story of personal adventure and
redemption, tracing a life lived continually on the edge between chaos and
harmony, tragedy and joy. Beyond her recounting of extraordinary places and
events, Susan Gardner gives us a perceptive, generational voice. She recalls
pivotal decades of societal change and touches on basic themes of human
experience that are universal and timeless. Spanning six decades and various
countries of East Asia, Europe and Mexico, it tells of a precocious
child driven to excel and to escape a turbulent, combative home life. We
experience the struggles and accomplishments of a uniquely gifted woman as she
overcomes official strictures and domestic discord to become an accomplished
artist. Ultimately, we see her break free of old patterns and constraints to
live the joyous complexity of personal fulfillment and the promise of a new
beginning.
Sunday, September 25 at
5:30 p.m. - Gerald Elias, Death and the Maiden: A Daniel Jacobus Mystery
(Minotaur Books, $24.99)
As the New Magini String Quartet prepares for
a performance of Schubert's masterpiece, "Death and the
Maiden," which it hopes will resuscitate its faltering
career, someone starts picking off members of the string quartet a la
Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. Dogged by internal
dissension and by a potentially devastating lawsuit from its fired second
violinist, the famed New Magini String Quartet is on the brink of professional
and personal collapse. The quartet pins its hopes on a multi-media
Carnegie Hall performance of Franz Schubert's masterpiece, "Death and the
Maiden," to resurrect its faltering fortunes. But as the fateful
downbeat approaches, a la Agatha Christie, one by one the quartet's musicians
mysteriously vanish, including second violinist, Yumi Shinagawa, former student
of renowned blind pedagogue and amateur sleuth, Daniel Jacobus.It is left up to
the begrudging Jacobus, with his old friend, Nathaniel Williams, and a new
member of the detective team, Trotsky the bulldog, to unravel the deadly
puzzle. As usual, it ends up more than Jacobus bargained for.
Tuesday, September 27 at 7
p.m. - Joseph Sanchez and Bruce Erickson, From Mexico City
to Santa Fe: A Historical Guide (LPD Press,
$18.95)El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro is
the earliest Euro-American trade route in the United States. Tying Spain's colonial capitol at Mexico
City to its northern frontier in distant New Mexico, the route spans three centuries,
two countries, and 1,600 miles. El Camino Real was blazed atop a network of
footpaths that connected Mexico's
ancient cultures with the equally ancient cultures of the interior West. El
Camino Real began in Mexico City.
As the "Royal Road
of the Interior Lands," the frontier wagon road brought Spanish colonists
into today's New Mexico.
Once travelers crossed the arid lands above Ciudad Chihuahua,
they followed the wide Rio Grande Valley north into New Mexico. This book is a reference guide
for the rich heritage evident in the many place names that align with El Camino
Real de Tierra Adentro, or Royal
Road. To that end, this book, both a travel guide
and a place name sourcebook, is aimed at recounting the history of the Camino
Real and its significance to our national story as well as the associated
histories of Spain and Mexico.
Wednesday, September 28 at
7 p.m. - Jim Kristofic, Navajos Wear Nikes (University of New Mexico Press,
$26.95)
Kristofic, now a high-school teacher in Pennsylvania, shares
his story of being transported at age seven from Pittsburgh to Ganado, Arizona,
on the Navajo Indian Reservation by his mother, a nurse who had long nurtured
her "Indian Dream." Jimmy is the only bilagaana, or white person, in
his class, and he struggles with racial teasing from day one. By the third
grade, he's learning to escape the daily taunting by helping his "Navajo
enemies" with their schoolwork. Jimmy's new world is one of contrasts the
violence and domestic abuse so common on the Rez occurring amidst its natural
wonders, the prejudice he experiences before forming life-long friendships, the
poverty-stricken homes in which food is always shared with a stranger. His
mother marries a Navajo artist, and when Jim is a sophomore, the blended family
moves to a small Utah
town, where once again he feels like the "rootless transplant, the outsider,"
this time in a predominantly Anglo world. Today he teaches tolerance, reminding
his students that Navajos don't usually wear moccasins, but, rather, Nikes like
their own.
Thursday, September 29 at 7 p.m. - Doug
Nelson; Art, Artists and Money (TCI Wealth Advisors, $9.95)
Artists live in a different financial world
than the guy who punches in from nine to five. Your income may fluctuate
significantly. You may just be starting out or firmly established with a loyal
following. Regardless of your circumstances, the artist or creative difference
is too often ignored or pushed aside when it comes to financial planning.
Art, Artists, & Money is about helping you
better understand your financial options as an artist. It also identifies the
one money problem that really matters and that you can control: you.
Doug Nelson, a senior advisor with TCI Wealth Advisors, specializes in helping
clients integrate their lifestyle goals with their wealth plans. Recognized
throughout the industry for his skill as an advisor, Doug has been named
regularly as a top advisor by publications such as Worth, Barron's,
and Bloomberg Magazine.
Doug maintains CPA licenses in California, Nevada, and New Mexico. Prior to
merging his firm, AQN Advisors, Inc., with TCI Wealth Managers in 2007, Doug
co-founded Ashley Quinn CPAs in Incline
Village, Nevada.
Saturday, October 1 at 3
p.m. - Douglas Heller, ALOFT! At the Albuquerque
International Balloon Fiesta (Aloft Publishing, $24.95)Aloft! at the Albuquerque
International Balloon Fiesta is a celebration of Balloon Fiesta's 40 years and
ballooning itself. This photographic Coffee Table book provides a visceral and
visual overview of Balloon Fiesta, as well as insight into the history and
nomenclature of the sport. Young or old, Aloft! preserves all the delightful
memories for those fortunate enough to have attended the event, and serve as a
wonderful gift for those people yet to experience the world s greatest
ballooning extravaganza.
Douglas Heller received his BFA degree in Interior Design with a minor in
Photography from California College of Arts and Crafts in 1972. After working
in the industry for several years, he became a partner in LA Design Studio, an
award-winning commercial interior design firm in Los Angeles. In 1985 he joined the Omni Group
Inc., a national based architectural planning firm as a partner. The company
specialized in long range master planning and architectural programming for
Federal, State, County, and City projects throughout the country. In 1996 he
joined Bobbi Valentine as a partner in Zia Film Distribution, a worldwide
distributor of independent programming.
