No Hobbies - October 23, 2009

Blog Bargains

If you want to purchase a book featured on the blog or newsletter, email us and you will get a 20% discount! For our out-of-town friends, we can send you more a detailed description and pictures. If you like what you see, we will ship it to you. Remember, the blog features are update about every ten to 14 days. They sell quickly, so be sure to check it out regularly. (New releases are not included.)

Coming Up

Sunday, October 25^th, Author signing 3:00 – 4:30 and reading at 3:30

Spies Can’t Have Friends by Dr., Elisabeth Scheidker-Scull.

Elisabeth Scheidker-Scull spent her teenage years in Communist East Germany. In 1954, she crossed over to West-Berlin where she found employment as bilingual secretary. Three years later, she immigrated to the United States. She holds a Ph.D. degree in German Literature and lives with her husband in the Texas Hill Country. This is her first novel.

November 5^th, 7:00 – 9:00, Wine and Cheese Night,

What a great way to spend an evening: wine, cheese and books. Bring a friend or meet another book fan. Children will have books, puzzles and drawing available to keep them busy while you browse. Make it a night out!

Saturday, November 21^st, Author signing, 2:00 – 4:00

Seminole Bill, A Black Cowboy, 1860 is the eight book by Bert M. Wall. Bert came to Wimberley in 1948 when his family purchased a small place on the Blanco River on the Flite Acres road near the Little Arkansas Bridge. (love this area) His first published work was The Devil's Backbone (1985).  Since then he has published several books of Texas Hill Country ghost stories. One-fourth of Bert’s royalties go to the Central Texas Medical Clinic in San Marcos for designated charities.

www.bertmwall-author.com

Friday, November 27^th, Author signing 4:00 – 7:00,

Empty Bottle Moments by Clive Berkman, a native of Johannesburg, South Africa, grew up with a love of good food as he watched his mother teach cooking classes in their home. He was trained as a chef at Cassio College in London and became chef, manager, and part owner of one of the finest restaurants in Houston. The restaurant is one of only three in Texas to win Wine Spectator magazine’s Grand Award, and has achieved many other accolades, including the DiRoNa Award and Travel and Holiday magazine’s Dining Award. He has also owned and operated Créme de la Créme Catering and a special events company, True Concessions.

www.cookingwithclive.com

To Be Announced- Author signing and reading

The Texas Pistoleers by Ron Williamson tells the story of King Fisher and Ben Thompson in vivid detail and relates the historically accurate account of their deaths in an ambush in a San Antonio saloon in 1884. G.R. Williamson lives in Kerrville, Texas with his wife, J.A., and trusty Chihuahua, “Shooter”. This is Ron’s first book. His second book, The Frontier Gambler, is set for release next year.

www.oldtimetexas.com

New Arrivals

Divine Comedy by Dante, illust. Leonard Baskin, 3 vol., first ed., 1969

Horseman, Pass By by Larry McMurtry, 1990

John O. Meusebach, A German Colonizer in Texas by Irene Marschall King, signed by author, 1967

Texas Under Many Flags by Wharton, first ed., 5 vol., 1930

Yankee in German America: The Hill Country by Vera Flach, signed second printing, 1974

Alluring San Antonio Through the Eyes of an Artist by Lillie May Hagner, signed first ed., 1940

The Damned Engineers by Janice Holt Giles, first ed., 1970