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Carpe Librum Booksellers
5113A Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN 37919
Tel: 865.588.8080
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FANCY NANCY Tea Time Celebration :: Reserve Your Seat Today
Join CARPE LIBRUM at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 12th to celebrate the publication of FANCY NANCY'S SPLENDIFEROUS CHRISTMAS with a TEA PARTY for kids. There will be a reading from the new book and fun crafts, too. Please call 588-8080 to reserve your seat today.

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AUTUMN at Carpe Librum ::::: STORE HOURS: MONDAY - SATURDAY 10:00 AM TO 7:00 PM // OPEN SUNDAYS in NOVEMBER & DECEMBER NOON TO 5:00 PM // CLOSED THANKSGIVING DAY

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Carpe Librum encourages local reading groups to meet at the bookstore and purchase club titles here. We also offer a discount on book club titles to members of the groups that meet in the store. Contact us to reserve a monthly meeting time for your group.

The Boat The Boat
by Le, Nam
Adazzling, emotionally riveting tour de force: the seven stories in The Boat" "take us across ethnic, cultural, and linguistic barriers as we enter the hearts and minds of characters from all over the world.
In the opening story, a young writer attempts to adapt his father's chaotic childhood in Vietnam into a trendy "ethnic story," with surprising results. "Cartagena" gives us a visceral glimpse of the life of a fourteen-year-old hit man living in Medellin, Colombia, whose next target is his best friend. Moving from Hiroshima to New York City, from Iran to Australia, Nam Le crafts an extraordinary debut that takes us to the heart of what it means to be human.
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Join us for music, author signings, book clubs, children's events and much more.

Title of Event: Author! Author!
When: Saturday, November 21, 2009 4:00 PM
Location: Carpe Librum Booksellers
Description: Please join us for a book signing with Patricia Harman, author of "Blue Cotton Gown: A Midwife's Memoir."


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NOVEMBER reading.
Chronic City
by Lethem, Jonathan
The acclaimed author of "Motherless Brooklyn" and "The Fortress of Solitude" returns with this gorgeous, searing portrayal of Manhattanites wrapped in their own delusions, desires, and lies.
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Shakespeare's Kitchen
by Segal, Lore
"This book of short stories reads like a novel. Ilka Weisz is a new professor at a university think-tank, a New Yorker loosed in Connecticut. Told through a series of memorable parties, breakfasts, picnics, and dinners, Ilka finds friendship and love among her new colleagues. You will find people you know in this book, and may even recognize yourself at the party." --Elaine R. Cremaldi, Square Books, Oxford, MS
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