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Greetings! October continues a very busy event season at Quail Ridge Books. We have a stellar lineup of authors with fiction, current events, history and biography, science fiction, poetry, cooking, and children's literature. Several of our events offer reserved seating with pre-purchase of the author's book (see details for each event below).

If you can't attend an event and would like a signed book, contact us by calling 919-828-1588 or email to orders@quailridgebooks.com. Order online 24/7 at QuailRidgeBooks.com. Purchasing from this independent bookstore directly benefits our local economy. We offer free Media Mail shipping for online purchases of $50 for books shipped within the lower 48 states. Free giftwrapping always.

Contact me with your questions or for more information. Thank you very much for your continued support!

René Martin, Events Coordinator
rene@quailridgebooks.com

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OCTOBER EVENTS


author photo and book cover LUCIE GREENE, Silicon States: The Power and Politics of Big Tech and What It Means for Our Future
In conversation with Kosta Grammatis
Monday, October 1, 7:00
PM

Greene, a respected futurist and think-tank leader looks at the power players of Silicon Valley like Google, Apple, and Facebook, and says that before we hand over our future to Big Tech, we should examine the benefits and the potential problems of the world they might build. She will be in conversation with Kosta Grammatis, former SpaceX engineer and co-founder of the bionic eye "Eyeborg Project", named one of Time Magazine's Best Inventions.
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author photo and book cover DIANE CHAMBERLAIN, The Dream Daughter
Reserved Seating Event
Tuesday, October 2, 7:00
PM

One of our favorite local authors, Diane Chamberlain is a nationally bestselling novelist, and she's back with a genre-spanning new work that pushes the boundaries of faith and science, exploring a mother's quest to save her unborn child and reunite her family. Raleigh author Elaine Neil Orr (Swimming Between Worlds) will introduce Diane. Click here for information about attending this event.
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author photo and book cover BRIDGING THE DIVIDE BOOK CLUB
Discussing former New Orlean's mayor Mitch Landrieu's book In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History
Wednesday, October 3, 7:00
PM

Leading the discussion will be Rupert Nacoste, NCSU Professor of Psychology and author of Taking On Diversity: How We Can Move From Anxiety to Respect. The club's goal is to foster dialog and better understanding between people with different political viewpoints and to provide a space for civil discourse on controversial or divisive topics. As with all of our in-store book clubs, participants receive a 21% discount on the discussion book; just let us know at the counter when you purchase it.
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author photo and book cover JODI PICOULT, A Spark of Light
In conversation with John Grisham
Ticketed Event at Meredith College Jones Auditorium
Thursday, October 4, 7:00
PM

Jodi Picoult and John Grisham will discuss her provocative new novel which follows one day in the lives of those who are involved when a gunman enters a women's reproductive health clinic and begins shooting, taking everyone inside hostage. Visit our website for tickets and full details. Co-sponsored by Meredith Friends of the Library. (John Grisham will not be signing books at this event.)
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author photo and book cover ALLY CONDIE, The Darkdeep
Friday, October 5, 7:00
PM

This first book in a new, darkly suspenseful series for ages 8+ by bestselling authors Ally Condie and Brendan Reichs is told in alternating points of view of two of the four characters involved. Nico, Tyler, Ella, and Opal discover a hidden island where an ancient thing has awakened, drawing them deeper into the unknown. Join us for some slime-making fun!
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author photo and book cover The Justice Theater Project:
A discussion of male-dominated Silicon Valley

Saturday, October 6, 11:00
AM

Raleigh's Justice Theater Project and Quail Ridge Books team up to discuss Brotopia by Emily Chang, an extraordinary new book that looks at the male-dominated history of Silicon Valley. The discussion will be led by Justice's resident dramaturg Sara Thompson. The theater chose the book to go along with its edgy new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House being performed October 12–28, a part of the S/HE IS: Becoming Whole season of plays.
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author photo and book cover Sundry Poets:
BARBARA KENYON, BILL GRIFFIN, and VALERIE MACON

Sunday, October 7, 2:00
PM

We welcome three North Carolina-based poets reading from their works. Former Hillsborough Poet Laureate Barbara Kenyon brings us Well, It Happened, a collection of poems unified with art and photography. Family doctor and geriatrician in Elkin, N.C., Bill Griffin serves on the Board of the NC Poetry Society as Treasurer, and will read from Crossing the River, his first full-length collection. Valerie Macon has won the Gilbert Chapel Distinguished Student Poet award, and The Shape of Today is her fourth book of poetry. Poet Jo Taylor will moderate.
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author photo and book cover RICHARD MUNSON, Tesla: Inventor of the Modern
Tuesday, October 9, 7:00
PM

Drawing on letters, technical notebooks, and other primary sources, Munson pieces together the magnificently bizarre personal life and mental habits of the enigmatic Nikola Tesla. Munson recognizes the inventor's brilliant practical achievements, but also his prophetic visions, showing how he lived outside of his time, ushering in a future that others could not yet see. "A lucid, expertly researched biography...[A] sympathetic, insightful portrait."—Kirkus (starred review)
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author photo and book cover TENA CLARK, Southern Discomfort: A Memoir
Wednesday, October 10, 7:00
PM

Tena Clark is CEO/Chief Creative Officer of DMI Music. As a songwriter and producer she has worked with some of the biggest stars in music, including Aretha Franklin, Patti LaBelle, and Natalie Cole. Clark was born in 1953 in a tiny Mississippi town, where the legacy of slavery and racial injustice permeated every aspect of life. Her childhood looked like a fairytale, but behind closed doors her life was chaotic, and she understood from an early age that she didn't want to be a beauty queen—she wanted to marry one. Like The Glass Castle and The Help, this profoundly moving memoir is about the times, people and places that shape who we are.
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author photo and book cover JAMES MUSTICH
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List

Thursday, October 11, 7:00
PM

"If you're a reader this is a book you will keep handy and pick up when you have a few minutes to spare and then end up missing appointments, skipping meals, not hearing your phone....No surprise that Mustich is a bookseller: 1,000 Books is like the best of bookstores where discovery lies on every page."—Sarah
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author photo and book cover MICHAEL J. GERHARDT
Impeachment: What Everyone Needs to Know

Friday, October 12, 7:00
PM

Written in an accessible question-and-answer format, this book offers a comprehensive explanation of the impeachment process and examines the scope of impeachable offenses. Gerhardt is a professor of constitutional law at UNC Chapel Hill and a scholar-in-residence at the National Constitution Center. As a legal expert, and the only joint witness in the impeachment of President Clinton, he also explores a question that has been asked–will Donald Trump be impeached?
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Made4Me logo Introducing Made 4 Me
Saturday, October 13, 11:00
AM

The local organization Made 4 Me, Making Abilities Possible builds custom adaptive furniture for people with special needs, and is the new recipient of our bag conservation program. We always ask our customers if they want a bag for their purchases. Now, each time you bring your own bag, or just decline one, we'll donate a nickel to Made 4 Me! The founders of the organization will visit and talk about their work, and will have examples for us to see. Find out more at Made4Me.org.
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author photo and book cover ALBERT EARLE GURGANUS, Kurt Eisner: A Modern Life
Sunday, October 14, 2:00
PM

At the end of the First World War, German Jewish journalist, theater critic, and political activist Kurt Eisner led a nonviolent revolution in Munich that deposed the monarchy and established the Bavarian Republic. Eisner was shot by a protofascist aristocrat, plunging Bavaria into political chaos from which Adolf Hitler would emerge. Gurganus brings us this first comprehensive biography of Eisner written for an English-language audience.
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author photo and book cover JAMES SCOTT
Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila

Monday, October 15, 7:00
PM

Driven from the Philippines at the beginning of World War II, General Douglas MacArthur famously vowed to return. This is the untold story of the liberation of Manila, which resulted in its catastrophic destruction and a rampage by Japanese forces that brutalized the civilian population. From extensive new research including war-crimes testimony and survivor interviews, James Scott will recount for us one of the most heartbreaking chapters of Pacific War history. He is a 2016 Pulitzer Prize finalist and the author of Target Tokyo.
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author photo and book cover THERESE ANNE FOWLER
A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts

Reserved Seating Event
Tuesday, October 16, 7:00
PM

The bestselling author of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald now brings us a riveting novel of Alva Smith, the woman who became Alva Vanderbilt and eventually led not only New York's Gilded Age high society, but also the women's suffrage movement. Click here for information about attending this event.
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author photo and book cover CRESSIDA COWELL, The Wizards of Once: Twice Magic
Thursday, October 18, 7:00
PM

We are thrilled to host the bestselling author of the How to Train Your Dragon series. Stunning artwork and a heartfelt adventure create the perfect combination in this spellbinding sequel to The Wizards of Once, for ages 9+. This is not a reserved seating event, but the after-presentation signing line is ticketed--receive a ticket with QRB purchase of Twice Magic.
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author photo and book cover ABIGAIL DEWITT, News of Our Loved Ones
Friday, October 19, 7:00
PM

What if your family's fate could be traced back to one indelible summer? In her third novel, North Carolinian Abigail DeWitt follows two generations of one French family through France and into America, whose lives are all touched by the tragic events surrounding the D-Day bombings in Normandy. Join DeWitt as she discusses this haunting and intimate examination of love and loss, beauty, and the cost of survival.
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author photo and book cover LISA JOY MITCHELL
Sacred & Delicious: A Modern Ayurvedic Cookbook

Saturday, October 20, 4:00
PM

Mitchell brings us a food memoir, a primer on India's traditional dietary approach to wellness, and a glorious cookbook--with over 100 enticing gluten-free and vegetarian recipes (most with vegan options), and more than 60 full-page photos. This book celebrates the healing power of food and spices, embodying ancient Ayurvedic wisdom while appealing to a modern American palate and dietary needs.
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author photo and book cover LINDA KAY KLEIN
Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free

Saturday, October 20, 6:00
PM

An eye-opening first look at the problematic effects that evangelical Christianity's purity culture has had on young women. In the 1990s, purity rings, purity pledges, and purity balls came with a dangerous message: girls are potential sexual stumbling blocks for boys and men, and any expression of a girl's sexuality could reflect the corruption of her character. From a woman who has been there and back, this is a potent combination of journalism, cultural commentary, and memoir.
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author photo and book cover HAL CROWTHER
Freedom Fighters and Hell Raisers: A Gallery of Memorable Southerners

Sunday, October 21, 2:00
PM

"I don't have any children, so I've decided to claim all the future freedom-fighters and hell-raisers as my kin," wrote journalist Molly Ivins. Ivins is one of the biggest hell-raisers profiled in this collection of essays, but there is plenty of hell-raising and freedom-fighting to go around. Hillsborough's Hal Crowther has known most of the folks he profiles and has lived in their particular landscape for decades; he has some stories to tell, and he does so with a particular appreciation for his subjects' accomplishments, their surroundings, and even, in the case of politicos Jesse Helms and George Wallace, their particular brand of notoriousness.
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author photo and book cover CHARLES BELFOURE, The Fallen Architect
Monday, October 22, 7:00
PM

Belfoure is the award-winning author of The Paris Architect. In this new novel, fingers point at architect Douglas Layton when a theater's balcony collapses, killing over a dozen people. He can't fight a guilty verdict, and when he is released from prison he must rebuild his life. But soon Layton finds himself digging up the past in a way he never anticipated. If the collapse was not an accident...who caused it?
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author photo and book cover JOHN SCALZI, The Consuming Fire
Reserved Seating Event
Wednesday, October 24, 7:00
PM
This sequel to The Collapsing Empire (a Hugo Award Best Novel finalist and 2018 Locus Award winner) continues John Scalzi's Interdepency series. Humanity's interstellar empire is on the verge of collapse when "The Flow" that makes travel between the stars possible begins to disappear, leaving entire star systems stranded. When it goes, human civilization may go with it—unless desperate measures can be taken. Click here for information about attending this event.
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author photo and book cover NATHANIEL PHILBRICK
In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown

Reserved Seating Event
Friday, October 26, 7:00
PM

Join us to dive into the thrilling story of the year that won the Revolutionary War, from Nathaniel Philbrick, the award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and Valiant Ambition. His history of the remarkable events leading up to Yorktown chronicles the brilliant maneuvers of Washington, Lafayette, and Nathanael Greene, and one of the most important naval engagements in history, the Battle of the Chesapeake. Spoiler alert: the American Revolution may have been won by a sea battle masterminded by George Washington, but waged without a single American ship. Click here for information about attending this event.
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author photo and book cover Editors WADE HUDSON and CHERYL WILLIS HUDSON
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices

Panel Discussion With Contributors
Sunday, October 28, 2:00
PM

This new anthology offers a rousing call for children and parents to stand up for their beliefs; it offers positive ways for children to respond to the hateful words and actions surrounding race, gender, immigration, and disability. Kirkus Reviews calls the collection "A love song from children's literature's brightest stars to America's Indigenous children and children of color, encouraging them to be brave and kind." We Rise features original art and prose from diverse creators, including Kelly Starling Lyons, Carole Boston Weatherford, Tameka Fryer Brown, Jeffery Weatherford, and Eleanora E. Tate, who will read their selections and display their art, and sign books afterward. For ages 8 to adult, this is a collection that will inspire people from all backgrounds.
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author photo and book cover MAY-LEE CHAI, Useful Phrases for Immigrants: Stories
In conversation with Elaine Neil Orr
Monday, October 29, 7:00
PM

Within these amazing stories, readers will find a complex blend of traditions spanning China, the Chinese diaspora in America, and the world at large. May-lee Chai reveals her characters' hopes and fears, and our own: a grieving historian seeking solace from an old lover in Beijing; a young girl discovering her immigrant mother's infidelity; workers constructing a shopping mall in central China who make a shocking discovery. Rendered with economy and beauty, Chai's stories are essential reading for an increasingly globalized world. She'll discuss the collection with Raleigh author Elaine Neil Orr.
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Here are just a few of the authors visiting in November: Nell Painter 11/8, Art Chansky 11/9, Ben Fountain 11/14, David Grann 11/15, and Rob Dunn 11/15. Visit our full online Event Calendar here.

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OCTOBER BOOK CLUBS AND GROUPS
All are welcome and no registration is required. Receive a 21% discount when purchasing a book for club. Our online Book Club schedule is here.

MYSTERY, Monday, October 1, 7:00 PM. Discussing mysteries set in Scotland.

BRIDGING THE DIVIDE, Wednesday, October 3, 7:00 PM. In the Shadow of Statues: A White Southerner Confronts History by Mitch Landrieu; the discussion will be led by NCSU Professor Rupert Nacoste, author of Taking on Diversity. The goal of this book club is to foster dialog and better understanding between people with different viewpoints.

NOT FOR MEN ONLY, Monday, October 8, 7:00 PM. Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult.

OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute), Tuesday, October 9, 2:30 PM. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi.

LITERARY HORROR, Thursday, October 11, 7:00 PM. Hell House by Richard Matheson.

WRITERS COFFEEHOUSE, Sunday, October 14, 2:00 PM. Every writer of any kind at any stage in their writing career is welcome to join this discussion and networking group, and there is no set agenda. Not a peer review/critique group.

UNDERSTANDING THE MIDDLE EAST, Monday, October 15, 7:00 PM. Ghost Wars by Steve Coll; finishing the book, discussing chapters 17–end.

SINGLES, Saturday, October 20, 10:00 AM. Secret Daughter by Shilpi Somaya Gowda.

LITERARY PURSUITS, Sunday, October 21, 4:30 PM. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

CONTEMPORARY FICTION, Monday, October 22, 7:00 PM. Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly.

SCI-FI/FANTASY, Thursday, October 25, 7:00 PM. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury. The club's selections include a focus on strong female protagonists and diverse themes such as gender.

TRIANGLE ORIGAMI FOLDERS UNITED (TOFU), Saturday, October 27, 7:00 PM. Open to any skill level.

THE QRB BOOK CLUB, Sunday, October 28, 4:30 PM. The Girl in the Red Coat by Kate Hamer

CLASSICAL MUSIC DISCUSSION group meets monthly in members' homes; email music@quailridgebooks.com for more information.

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FOR KIDS AND YOUNG ADULTS

MZ. LINDA'S TODDLER TIME
Monday mornings at 10:30 AM
Storytime for our littlest readers--babies, toddlers, and preschoolers ages 1.5–4.

UNDER THE TREE STORYTIME
Saturdays at 10:30 AM
For kids a bit older than toddler.

CAROLINA KINDER GERMAN STORYTIME
Saturday, October 6, 10:30 AM
Introduce children ages 4–7 to German language and culture with stories, songs, games and crafts.

THE FREAKIN' AWESOME BOOK CLUB
A book club for young adults with developmental disabilities meets most Sundays at 4:45 PM at QRB or in members' homes. Currently reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling. Contact facilitator Marlyn Wells at marlynwells@gmail.com for more information.

QRB TEEN WRITERS COLLECTIVE
Always meets virtually and usually meets physically at the NC State University Club on the first, third and fifth Wednesdays of the month at 7:00 PM. Suggested entry level is high school freshman+. Contact Cris Crissman at criscrissman@gmail.com for more information.


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