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April 20th, 2010
12:35 pm - New Store Hours
Attention, Shoppers! We've changed our store hours. The new hours are:
Monday through Saturday
10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Sunday: CLOSED
Since you're here, feast your squinties on this gem:
Rusty felt the sweat that had come to live on his spine trickle down like a small bug. He was free of the gang. He'd split with them once and for all.
Now he was no longer Prez of the Cougars. He'd be able to walk past the corner and not have the bluecoat stare at him like he was hot or something.
The streets were silent. It was too quiet. He came around the corner, and there they were, waiting.
Because: "NOBODY BUGS OUT ON THE COUGARS!"
Rumble. Harlan Ellison. NY: Pyramid Books, 1958. Paperback original, 1st. VG. Signed. $200.
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February 6th, 2010
09:43 am - Crossover Time!
The latest Sherlock Holmes movie has got people talking about the Great Detective and his faithful Watson. But personally I think the movie was lacking a little something. Action? No, no, it had enough of that. Evil villain? Check. Mysterious woman? Check. Oh, I know what was missing!
Tarzan! Of course!
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Someone could make a movie out of this book and make a BILLION DOLLARS!!
Either that or it would go straight to DVD and show on SyFy every other late night Thursday for the rest of eternity.
I haven't read the book -- are you serious? But the back cover gives an adequate synopsis:
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Yeah, you might feel like a monkey after reading this book.
The front cover blurb poses a small mystery. If Philip Jose Farmer is the "true" author of Venus on the Half Shell, who is the fake author? What is Venus on the Half Shell?
The mystery solved:
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You're welcome!
Peerless Peer: $30; Venus on the Half Shell: $20.
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December 31st, 2009
03:44 pm - Happy New Year!
Everybody sings "Auld Lang Syne" on New Year's Eve, right? Or rather, everybody sings the first verse and the chorus. Well, if you plan to sing the song, here's the whole entire words to the poem written (or copied down, or collected) by Robert Burns in 1788. Impress your friends!
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne!
Chorus.-For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne.
We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
And surely ye'll be your pint stowp!
And surely I'll be mine!
And we'll tak a cup o'kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.
For auld, &c.
We twa hae run about the braes,
And pou'd the gowans fine;
But we've wander'd mony a weary fit,
Sin' auld lang syne.
For auld, &c.
We twa hae paidl'd in the burn,
Frae morning sun till dine;
But seas between us braid hae roar'd
Sin' auld lang syne.
For auld, &c.
And there's a hand, my trusty fere!
And gie's a hand o' thine!
And we'll tak a right gude-willie waught,
For auld lang syne.
For auld, &c.
That might be a tongue-twister (not to mention a head-scratcher), so here's a half-modernized "translated" version:
(from Wikipedia)
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and days of old lang syne?
CHORUS:
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
And surely you’ll buy your pint cup!
and surely I’ll buy mine!
And we'll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
CHORUS
We two have run about the slopes,
and picked the daisies fine;
But we’ve wandered many a weary foot,
since auld lang syne.
CHORUS
We two have paddled in the stream,
from morning sun till dine;
But seas between us broad have roared
since auld lang syne.
CHORUS
And there’s a hand my trusty friend!
And give us a hand o’ thine!
And we’ll take a right good-will draught,
for auld lang syne.
CHORUS
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October 28th, 2009
12:47 pm - NaNoWriMo is Baaaack! November Weekly Write-Ins
NationalNovelWritingMonth is a month-long challenge to write a wild, messy, eye-gougingly crummy but salvageable first draft of a novel. Participants begin writing November 1 and by midnight, November 30 they have a 175-page, or 50,000-word novel. No, really. One thousand, six hundred and sixty-seven words a day, that's not too many!
Berkshire Books co-owner Cheryl will be participating again -- for the fourth fifth year in a row.
But wait! There's more!
There's Write-Ins!
We'll be having regular NaNoWriMo write-ins at
Berkshire Books Every Sunday afternoon in November
11:00 - 6:00
(Drop in any time, or do a seven-hour keyboard-pounding marathon)
That's right here at Berkshire Books
3480 Clayton Road, Concord
Call (925) 685-9999 if you have questions
(Yes, we have a place to plug in your laptop. No, we don't have WiFi)
Refreshments will be on hand
For more information on this crazy program, go to nanowrimo.org
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July 23rd, 2009
04:38 pm - Reminder - Book Signing for Concord Naval Weapon Station History
Just a reminder that John Keibel will be at Berkshire Books this Saturday, July 25 to sign copies of the book and talk about his research on the history of the Naval Weapons Station.. The talk begins at 2:00 p.m.
Behind the Barbed Wire:
History of the Naval Weapons Station Concord
By John A. Keibel
$28.95
Using government facts and figures, first-hand accounts and oral history, author John Keibel takes the reader "behind the barbed wire" to explore the history of the former naval base, from its beginning in 1942 through its roles during five wars to its closure in 2005. Illustrated with photographs and 15 maps.
For more information about the book, including sample pages and photographs, visit John's website Behind the Barbed Wire.
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