What is one to do? Fiance is Gone and Future Mother-In-Law is a Notorious Criminal!

What do you do when your fiance disappears and you find out your future mother-in-law is a notorious criminal?

Find out in Jude Deveraux's new novel Scarlet Nights.

Engaged to the charming and seductive Greg Anders, Sara Shaw is happily anticipating her wedding in Edilean, Virginia. The date has been set, the flowers ordered, even her heirloom dress is ready. But just three weeks before the wedding, Greg gets a telephone call during the night and leaves without explanation. Two days later, a man climbs up through a trapdoor in the floor of Sara's apartment, claiming that he is the brother of her best friend and that he's moving in. While Mike Newland is indeed telling the truth about his identity, his reason for being there reaches far deeper. He's an undercover detective, and his assignment is to use Sara to track down a woman who is one of the most notorious criminals in the United States--and also happens to be the mother of the man Sara plans to marry. 

Mike thinks the job will be easy--if he can figure out how to make a "good" girl like Sara trust him, that is. But Mike has no idea what this mission has in store for him. He's worked hard to keep private his connections to Edilean, which date back to his grandmother's time there in 1941. But as Mike and Sara get to know each other, he can't help but share secrets about himself that he's told no one else. And in return, Sara opens up to Mike about things she could never reveal to Greg. As the pair work together to solve two mysteries, their growing love begins to heal each of them in ways they never could have imagined.

Are you familiar with author Nevada Barr?

Nevada Barr is the award-winning author of thirteen previous Anna Pigeon mysteries, including the New York Times bestsellers Hard Truth and High Country. She lives in New Orleans. 

Her latest novel Burn is released today.

As she recovers from the trauma of the past couple of months, National Park Service Ranger Anna Pigeon visits an old friend in New Orleans. She's not in town long when she crosses paths with a creepy guy who apparently attempts to put a curse on her, and she begins to slowly find traces of very dark doings in the heart of post-Katrina New Orleans

Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?

Brown Bear now comes in an interactive board book with 10 sliders that reveal hidden animals.  What's your favorite animal?  Bet you'll find it in here.  As each page is turned a new animal and new color is revealed.

Eric Carle is the creator of more than seventy picture books for young readers. 

Eric Carle was born in New York, USA. However, when he was just six, he moved with his parents to Germany. In 1952, after graduating from the prestigious Akademie der Bildenden KUnste in Stuttgart, he fulfilled his dream of returning to New York. 

Eric Carle has received many distinguished awards and honours for his work, including, in 2003, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for his lifetime contribution to children's literature and illustration. 

In 2002, fifty years after Carle's return to the United States, The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art was opened in Amherst, Massachusetts. Here visitors of all ages can enjoy, in addition to Eric Carle's work, original artwork by other distinguished children's book illustrators from around the world.

New Burry T-Shirts

 WE ARE NOT A CHAIN. . . .

WE ARE A LINK IN OUR COMMUNITY!

We're now selling some pretty snazzy Burry Bookstore t-shirts in a variety of colors - White, Sapphire Blue, Hot Pink, Kiwi, Violet, Navy Blue, Forest Green, Light Pink, Sky Blue.  Sizes from Youth Small to Adult Extra Large.  Check them out and tell us what you think!

14.00 - white t-shirts     16.00 - color t-shirts      

Join our Super Shopper Club and save 10% on our new t-shirts!

Thrilling Thursdays Finishes Up at Burry Bookstore

We just had our last Thrilling Thursdays session at Burry Bookstore for the summer.  Thanks to all the children, moms and dads who came and visited with Mrs. Kit.  We had a lot of fun celebrating Independence Day, learning about pirates, "visiting" the zoo, sharing fairy tales, enjoying a magic show, and exploring the ocean. 

Very Disappointed to Have to Cancel Denise Hildreth Event

Had to cancel our author luncheon with Denise Hildreth that was scheduled for tomorrow due to very poor response and low registration.  For publishers to continue sending authors to us we need a good response from our customers!  

Next luncheon - August 19th - Batt Humphreys

Register today!

It's That Time of Year

This sweet picture book starring an irresistible dog named Rocket and his teacher, a little yellow bird, is perfect for back-to-school! Follow along as Rocket masters the alphabet, sounds out words, and finally . . . learns to read all on his own.

With a story that makes reading fun--and will even help listeners learn to read--this book is ideal for kindergarten classrooms and story hour or as a gift for that beginning reader. Fresh, charming art by Tad Hills, the "New York Times" bestselling author/illustrator of "Duck & Goose, " will make this a favorite.

New Harry Turtledove Novel

In 1938, two men held history in their hands. One was Adolf Hitler. The other was British prime minister Neville Chamberlain, who, determined to avoid war at any cost, came to be known as "the great appeaser." But Harry Turtledove, the unrivaled master of alternate history, has launched a gripping saga that springboards from a different fateful act: What if Chamberlain had stood up to Hitler? What would the Nazis' next move have been? And how would the war--which Hitler had always regretted waiting eleven months to start--have unfolded and changed our world?

Here, Turtledove takes us across a panorama of conflict fueled by ideology and demagoguery. Nations are pitted against nations, alliances are forged between old enemies, ordinary men and women are hurled into extraordinary life-and-death situations. In Japanese-controlled Singapore, an American marine falls in love with a Russian dance hall hostess, while around him are heard the first explosions of Chinese guerilla resistance. On the frontlines of war-ravaged rural France, a weary soldier perfects the art of using an enormous anti-tank gun as a sniper's tool--while from Germany a killer is sent to hunt him down. And in the icy North Atlantic, a U-boat bearing an experimental device wreaks havoc on British shipping, setting the stage for a Nazi ground invasion of Denmark.

From an American woman trapped in Germany who receives safe passage from Hitler himself to a Jewish family steeped in German culture and facing the hatred rising around them, from Japanese soldiers on the remote edge of Siberia to American volunteers in Spain, West and East is the story of a world held hostage by tyrants--Stalin, Hitler, Sanjuro--each holding on to power through lies and terror even in the face of treacherous plots from within.
As armies clash, and as the brave, foolish, and true believers choose sides, new weapons are added to already deadly arsenals and new strategies are plotted to break a growing stalemate. But one question looms over the conflict from West to East: What will it take to bring America into this war?

Silhouette Artist Clay Rice will be in Hartsville on Monday, August 9th

Watch this video of Clay Rice

        On Monday, August 9, 2010
Burry Bookstore is hosting Silhouette Artist Clay Rice
from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm by appointment only.
Please call 843-332-2511
to schedule an appointment. Clay Rice will be offering Silhouette packages as well as packages including Silhouettes along with his book The Lonely Shadow.

Clay Rice was born into the art of silhouette cutting. Clay's Grandfather, Carew Rice, instilled an appreciation of his art into Clay at an early age. At 46, Clay has been cutting silhouettes professionally for more than twenty five years. "I never thought of my work as competing with my Grandfather's," says Clay. "I think of it as a continuation of the family art". Clay's art has been the subject of many one man shows, most recently through the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition in Charleston, SC.

Denise Hildreth - International Speaker and Novelist - Next Thursday

On Thursday, July 29, 2010 Burry Bookstore and Black Creek Arts Council 

are co-hosting an author luncheon from 12:00 noon until 2:00 pm

 Novelist and International Speaker Denise Hildreth will be speaking,
reading, and signing copies of Hurricanes in Paradise. 

Tickets are $30 and include a copy of the book,
lunch catered by Bizzell's Food and Spirits, and the opportunity to hear Denise speak, read, and have her personalize your book. 

The luncheon will be held in the Gallery at Black Creek, 116 West College Avenue.

 Register online at this link

http://www.denisehildreth.com/

Hartsville Native Dan Easterling Signing copies of The Paralegal on Friday

On Friday, July 23, 2010
Burry Bookstore is hosting an Author Meet and Greet
from 4:00 until 5:30 pm Hartsville Native Dan Easterling
will be signing copies of his new novel
The Paralegal
This event is FREE and open to the public

Paula Cooper, a paralegal from Georgetown, SC, gets in way over her head while working for a crooked attorney, J. Thomas Denby, who has a way of winning most all of his cases. She is asked by her boss to participate in a plot to blackmail a federal judge for a huge bonus. Reluctantly Paula, the single mother of two teenage daughters, attends Judge Parks' annual Christmas party in Charleston, SC where she is to entice him to his bedroom for an embrace. A private investigator hidden outside waits to capture a photo, but before she can complete her mission things go terribly wrong.

The love of her boyfriend, Jim Roberts, an antique dealer she had met at the Isle of Palms the previous summer, is tested because of what Paula has done. She is confronted with the possibility of losing this special man, and faces charges with jail time. Jim has challenges of his own learning of Paula's secret life.

The FBI investigative team of John Dibbs and Albert Mendez are assigned to the case discovering that there are many possible suspects in a double murder and blackmail plot. The twists and turns are many as they attempt to capture the assailant in a shootout within the picturesque city of Charleston.

Daniel describes his novel in the three paragraphs above, but says that it's more than a suspense novel. According to Daniel, it has a little bit of everything, from the history of Charleston and St. Michael's Episcopal Church, to a providential love, which is evident throughout the book as his main character, Paula Cooper, seeks redemption from a bad decision. A statement about the pollution of our environment is also evident as a sub-theme.

Daniel Stephen Easterling, known in Hartsville as Danny while growing up, was born at Byerly Hospital on October 28, 1951. He attended school locally in Hartsville and played basketball, lettering six years for Hartsville Jr. High and Senior High. He is the youngest of four siblings and raised by a widow, Erma M. Easterling, whose late husband, H. C. Easterling worked at Sonoco Products Company as a precision millwright until he passed away of cancer in March of 1955 when Daniel was three and a half. Mrs. Easterling also passed away four years ago.

Upon high school graduation in May of 1969, Daniel attended the University of South Carolina from 1969-1972. For personal reasons Daniel withdrew as a junior to travel and live in different parts of the United States, i.e. Missouri, California, and Texas. Daniel also did missions work at an orphanage in Central America. He attended the University of Texas at Tyler in 1978-1979 while managing a restaurant, and then transferred to Howard Payne University, a private college in Brownwood, Texas. He graduated with honors in 1983 with a Bachelor of Arts where he majored in Psychology with a minor in Political Science. He was twice named to Who's Who of America. Daniel returned to South Carolina in 1983 to live and work in Hartsville in the eighties. In 1991 Daniel moved to Columbia where he currently lives and works in sales. Daniel is divorced and has two grown children. His hobbies are travel, exercise, guitar, harmonica, and tennis. Daniel's second novel is due to be released in late 2010.

Eric Carle - Brown Bear is now in early reader edition

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? and Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? beginning readers: These beloved children's stories are now available in beginning reader format. With the important pre-reading concepts of rhyme, rhythm, and repetition, these picture books have long been used as beginning readers. Now, with a 6" x 9" trim and a classic beginning reader layout, children will have a more "grown up" version to read by themselves. Complete with an introduction by master educator Laura Robb, and with fun reading activities added, these new versions of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? and Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? are certain to appeal to a new age group and find an even wider audience.