0It's time, once again, for our Annual Winter Clearance Sale!
Store wide savings can be enjoyed for the entire month of February!
Save 30% off Books!
Save 40% off Everything Else!
As always, gallery and consignment items must be excluded.
Discounts apply to in-store merchandise only, special order items are not eligible.
Looking forward to seeing you here!
by Susan Bryner on May 3rd, 2012
The artists of the Back Room Gallery at Books and beyond invite you to another season of Second Fridays. This year will kick off with a reception on Friday, May 11th from 5 - 7 pm. Meet the artists and enjoy the conversation of good friends with wine and appetizers. The nineteen local artists of the Back Room Gallery at Books & Beyond feature rotating shows of the finest art in the region. Media represented include watercolor, pastels, acrylic, photography, pottery, sculpture and fiber art. Each season the Artists host receptions, artists-in-action events and station docents in the gallery.
The featured artist on May 11th is Debbie Norton. Norton's pine needle basketry has been a favorite of Back Room art patrons since first introduced. About her work Norton states, "Basketry is who I am. It is the marrow in my bones. It connects me to the Earth and its elements. It's a spiritual event. From the gathering, constructing, sharing, and teaching, it is what I do and who I am."
by Susan Bryner on May 3rd, 2012
Merchants and businesses in Old Town Chester are bringing a new series of Wine Walks to Old Town this summer. Kicking off the 2012 season will be a walk on Friday, June 22nd from 4 - 7 pm. Additional walks will be held on July 13, August 17 and September 8. Tickets are $10.
Take a walk along the sidewalks of Chester's historic Old Town and enjoy the quaint simplicity of a rural, mountain shopping district. You'll find shopping, food, entertainment, art and lodging in a safe, fun, friendly area.
by Susan Bryner on February 29th, 2012
The On-Line Library of Liberty is a program of Liberty Fund, Inc. a private, educational foundation established to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. It was founded in 1960. The Foundation develops, supervises, and finances its own educational activities to foster thought and encourage discourse on enduring intellectual issues pertaining to liberty. This is done through the implementation of different programs: Each year, Liberty Fund conducts over 150 conferences throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America, and Europe. Liberty Fund publishes about 10 - often classic - books each year. There is an online catalog where these books can be ordered.Liberty Fund has produced video and audio tapes including The Intellectual Portrait Series of videotapes and DVDs which records conversations with some of the most significant thinkers of our time. These programs focus on the place individual liberty has in an intellectual heritage evident from ancient times and continuing through our own times. The programs are intended to enrich understanding and appreciation of the complex nature of a society of free and responsible individuals and to contribute to its preservation.
by Susan Bryner on February 27th, 2012
In his newest book, Flourish:A Visonary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-Being, Martin Seligman, a pioneer of Positive Psychology (a paradigm shift in the focus of research and application of psychology) makes the case for well-being as an appropriate and necessary goal of education. Click here for an overview of Positive Education. Flourish can be purchased at Books & Beyond and at our on-line store.I think the tenents of positive psychology are the best approaches I have read to date for the sustainable goals and directions our communities need for education, health and public policy!
Flourish is a must read for 2012. Soon to be in paperback.
by Dawn Gray on February 18th, 2012
Stay Local and get your e-books too!
Browse and purchase trade and textbook titles on our online store with Blio. Once your transaction is complete, your Blio e-book will be available the next time you access your Blio e-reader or upon downloading your Blio e-reader for the first time. Click here for more details.
Go to our online Store Now!
by Dawn Gray on February 18th, 2012
Books & Beyond now offers a FREE Blio E-Reader download and e-books on our on-line store.What is Blio?
Blio is a feature-rich eReading application that allows you to go beyond the written word. Experience books through the eyes of the author, with crystal clear sound and images that come alive in brilliant color.
Why Blio?
In Blio, you get everything you expect from a next generation eReading application, from classic reads to books that read to you. That's more than forward thinking. That's possible. In Blio.
EXPERIENCE content in full color, in the original layout and as the author intended.
INTERACT with your pages; take notes, highlight, cut, copy, paste and print.
WATCH videos, slide shows and animations.
LISTEN to your favorite book – with professionally recorded audio.
Click Here to Download Blio Today.
Supported Platforms: Windows, Android, and iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod)
iPhone, iPad and iPod users, Click here for more details.
Android users, Click here for more details.
Supported Formats: XPS, ePub
System Requirements:
Microsoft Windows XP (Service Pack 3+) – For 32 and 64-Bit versions
XP users - Windows Media Player 10 required to view Tour video Microsoft Windows Vista (Service Pack 2+) – For 32 and 64-Bit versions
Microsoft Windows 7 – For 32 and 64-Bit versions
Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP 1
Pentium (or compatible) 1 GHz or faster processor
Minimum 1 GB of RAM
250 MB of free Hard Disk Space
A Direct X 9+ compatible graphics card with a minimum of 128 MB of graphics memory
Audio output if you wish to have the book read to you
Internet connection to search for and download books and use web resources
by Dawn Gray on February 7th, 2012
In the tradition of Bertrand Russell's Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris's bestseller, The End of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate caseagainst religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos. With eloquent clarity, Hitchens frames the argument for a more secular life based on science and reason, in which hell is replaced by the Hubble Telescope's awesome view of the universe, and Moses and the burning bush give way to the beauty and symmetry of the double helix.
by Dawn Gray on February 7th, 2012
Fed up with her sons, whose slovenly ways are putting a crimp in her lifestyle, Millie Truman enlists the aid of the other members of the Red Hat Society to start a Bachelor's Survival Class to help the dependent men in their lives learn how to take care of themselves, and perhaps to find love with her handsome, recently divorced neighbor, Charles.
by Dawn Gray on January 29th, 2012
by Dawn Gray on November 18th, 2011
Please join us for Santa's 2nd Annual Booksigning! Bring your favorite book from home or buy a new one here and the Big Guy will autograph it for you! Take pictures with Santa, hand deliver your Christmas list and enjoy cookies (Santa's favorite!). All complimentary!Santa will be at Books & Beyond from 5-6 pm, Friday December 9, 2011.
by Dawn Gray on September 30th, 2011
Please join us here at Books & Beyond for another Writing Workshop with award winning writer Margaret Elysia Garcia!Classes will be held every Saturday in October, starting this weekend.
Class Schedule:
10 am - 12 pm
October 1
October 8
October 15
October 22
October 29
Please contact Margaret to register and for more details.
margaretelysiagarcia@yahoo.com
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Susan & Dawn
by Dawn Gray on August 15th, 2011
Download our new Android app and take B & B with you where ever you go! Check our calendar, order books online or follow us on Facebook! Now connected to the Chester / Lake almanor Chamber of Commerce so app is fed with latest news and events about the community. IPhone App coming soon!
by Susan Bryner on April 29th, 2011
Books & Beyond has added an on-line purchase option for our customers. Partnering with our largest distrubuter, Baker and Taylor, we can now offer you 1000's more book, CD, DVD and music titles, all shipped to your home. And soon to come - E-BOOKS!
Now you can shop with us, even when you're not with us!
by Dawn Gray on February 25th, 2011
4 Saturdays in May & June
May 14th, 21st
June 4th, 11th
10 am -Noon
We all have our stories. Have you ever wanted to tell one of yours? Have you ever wanted to write down that family story for the grandkids? Have a story to tell about when you grew up? Have a story that you're dying to tell that happened around here? Want to write but not sure what to write about? Come to the Memoir Writing Workshop at Books & Beyond.
Award Winning Writer Margaret Elysia Garcia takes you through the beginnings of memoir writing. Margaret's memoir work has been published in online and print journals, most notably in The Sun magazine. She's also currently working on a book length one of her own. She will take you through the process from focusing on what aspect of your life to write about, writing from images and events, and take you through to a finished story or on the road to a longer work. Each workshop will consist of a writing exercise, some sharing and critique and suggestions for further reading and development. It promises to be fun!
Topics Covered: Writing from Images, Developing the Story with dramatic elements, a Writer in the Family, Publication and Self-Publication, and more!
Single sessions are $35.
All four sessions for $100.
Contact Margaret @ 530 375-7840 or margaretelysiagarcia@yahoo.com
May 14th, 21st
June 4th, 11th
10 am -Noon
We all have our stories. Have you ever wanted to tell one of yours? Have you ever wanted to write down that family story for the grandkids? Have a story to tell about when you grew up? Have a story that you're dying to tell that happened around here? Want to write but not sure what to write about? Come to the Memoir Writing Workshop at Books & Beyond.
Award Winning Writer Margaret Elysia Garcia takes you through the beginnings of memoir writing. Margaret's memoir work has been published in online and print journals, most notably in The Sun magazine. She's also currently working on a book length one of her own. She will take you through the process from focusing on what aspect of your life to write about, writing from images and events, and take you through to a finished story or on the road to a longer work. Each workshop will consist of a writing exercise, some sharing and critique and suggestions for further reading and development. It promises to be fun!
Topics Covered: Writing from Images, Developing the Story with dramatic elements, a Writer in the Family, Publication and Self-Publication, and more!
Single sessions are $35.
All four sessions for $100.
Contact Margaret @ 530 375-7840 or margaretelysiagarcia@yahoo.com
by Dawn Gray on February 2nd, 2011
Customers get 40% off storewide through February! Come shop till you drop and help us make room for our new Spring merchandise!
by Dawn Gray on February 2nd, 2011
B & B Booksellers is expanding and re-inventing! Join us at our big coming out party on St. Patricks Day. Check our calendar of events for more information!
by Dawn Gray on February 2nd, 2011
When a resident at the Durant Home for Assisted Living is found poisoned, Sheriff Longmire finds her death proving as dramatic as her life, which was marked by connections to the coal-bed methane industry, a relationship with Longmire's predecessor, and an abusive husband. By the author of The Cold Dish.
by Dawn Gray on December 23rd, 2010
Every two years, a tight-knit group of Southern women, friends since college, come together for a reunion to renew their relationships with one another, each of them having an incredible story to tell about the course their lives have taken.
by Dawn Gray on December 23rd, 2010
After Christmas, we'll be changing back to our Winter Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday 10a to 5p.
Which means.... if you're like this kid, and need to return your literary gifts....Poo! At least until Tuesday.
Tuesday - Saturday 10a to 5p.
Which means.... if you're like this kid, and need to return your literary gifts....Poo! At least until Tuesday.
by Dawn Gray on December 6th, 2010
Check out this month's CD selection! There's a remaster of McCartney's Band on the Run, and new music from Elton John and Annie Lennox! Watch a teaser for Annie's CD below.
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