EVENTS
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Shannon Clay | We Go Where They Go: The Story of Anti-Racist Action
@ Beaverdale Books
We Go Where They Go: the Story of Anti-Racist Action re-captures the story of a massive forgotten youth movement that set the stage for today's anti-fascist organizing in North America.
Special Event
Beaverdale Fall Festival
@ Beaverdale Books
With over three decades of tradition coursing through our festival and a neighborhood that has been around for over 100...
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Neil Hamilton | The River Knows: How Water and Land Will Shape Our Future
@ Izaak Walton League – 4343 George Flagg Parkway
A natural sequel to Hamilton’s popular book The Land Remains comes The River Knows which examines our relationship with water by considering its role in our culture, society, and political economy.
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William Kent Krueger | The River We Remember
@ Central Library – 1000 Grand Avenue
William Kent Krueger writes the New York Times bestselling Cork O’Connor mystery series, which is set in the great north woods of Minnesota. His latest book, The River We Remember, will be released September 5, 2023.
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B John Burns III | The New Rules: An Old Man Held Hostage by a Radical Right Iowa Legislature and Governor
@ Beaverdale Books
The New Rules is a memoir of a 38-year career as a practicing criminal defense attorney and legal writer. For sixteen months, John Burns finds himself caught in the crossfire between the highly conservative Republican Legislature and governor on one side and, on the other, a Supreme Court struggling to remain the last independent check on the unfettered power of the other two branches. John’s story seems to be a small one, but it opens a window to the way politics are played in Iowa in 2022 and 2023.
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J. A. Jance | Blessing of the Lost Girls
@ Franklin Event Center – 4801 Franklin Avenue Room 148
New York Times bestselling author J. A. Jance returns to her Southwestern roots and unites popular characters from her Joanna Brady Mysteries and Walker Family thrillers in a gripping mystery centered on a serial killer who targets notoriously overlooked victims: young Indigenous women.
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Tom Montgomery Fate | The Long Way Home
@ Beaverdale Books
A travel memoir that ventures from his smalltown upbringing to vastly different cultures around the globe, Tom Montgomery Fate comes to define “home” not as a physical location, but as a way of belonging.
Author Carol Roh Spaulding in Conversation with Rekha Basu
Carol Roh Spaulding | Waiting for Mr. Kim and Other Stories
@ Beaverdale Books
Retired Des Moines Register opinion columnist Rekha Basu will talk with Carol Roh Spaulding about her Korean American background and the family roots that inspired this collection of stories.
This collection of linked stories follows four generations of the Songs, a Korean American family, beginning in 1924 just prior to the Immigration Act and extending to near the end of the century. With these stories, Carol Roh Spaulding charts shifting definitions of “Americanness” across time through the arc of a family narrative that centers on the life experiences of Gracie Song.
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Monsignor Frank Bognanno | Three Minutes with God: Reflections to Inspire, Encourage, and Motivate
@ Beaverdale Books
Three Minutes with God features hundreds of inspiring reflections and prayers that will remind you to rejoice and praise God! Each day’s entry includes a scripture passage, a thoughtful reflection, and a brief prayer to revive your spirit.
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David Pepper | Saving Democracy: A User’s Manual for Every American
@ Beaverdale Books
Saving Democracy is the companion book to Pepper's earlier book, Laboratories of Autocracy. It details how we all can and must play a role in saving democracy at this fraught time. It explains how all levels of the pro-democracy side, from national political leaders to grassroots activists to everyday Americans, must switch to offense. It explains how to stay on offense and win on offense. Immediately, and everywhere.
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Sharelle Byars Moranville | Forget-Me-Not Blue
@ Beaverdale Books
Moranville’s captivating and vulnerable prose explores the ways in which addiction’s ripple effects pass through generations and how familial bonds can remain unbreakable through the most difficult circumstances. Expertly grappling with difficult topics at an age-appropriate level, this novel is a sensitive, nuanced exploration of children’s enduring resilience and optimism.
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Clark Eide | A Monk’s Way
@ Beaverdale Books
An attack from a most unexpected source intensely complicates matters. Left unchecked, it threatens to bring down the whole community and once again, Jean Moreau must be up to the task.
As this suspenseful story unfolds, it also becomes evident how this man of spirit continues to think outside the box, in encountering his humanity and all of its challenges. He invites the reader to look at life’s problems and the spiritual life in new ways…his ideas about life, love, and traditional religion will often surprise…but they offer the reader pathways to awareness, the key to happiness.