Come help us kick-off our first meeting in style! Join us for a discussion of Temple Grandin's book\, Animals Make Us Human. As a special treat we will have certified Therapy Dogs here in the store to share their insights and love. Don't miss out on the opportunity to help establish our newest book club and take part in some great discussion about great non-fiction.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T043152Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100921T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100921T013000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/traps-and-trenchcoats-book-club URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/traps-and-trenchcoats-book-club SUMMARY:Traps and Trenchcoats Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us to discuss Aurther C. Clark award winner\, China Mieville’s\, newest book\, The City and the City. When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel it looks to be a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlú. To investigate\, Borlú must travel from the decaying Beszel to its equal\, rival\, and intimate neighbor\, the vibrant city of Ul Qoma. But this is a border crossing like no other\, a journey as psychic as it is physical\, a seeing of the unseen. With Ul Qoman detective Qussim Dhatt\, Borlú is enmeshed in a sordid underworld of nationalists intent on destroying their neighboring city\, and unificationists who dream of dissolving the two into one. As the detectives uncover the dead woman’s secrets\, they begin to suspect a truth that could cost them more than their lives.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T043152Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20100925T180000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101001T180000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/banned-book-week URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/banned-book-week SUMMARY:Banned Book Week DESCRIPTION:Banned Book Week is here! Stop in the store this September to find out how you can join us in celebration.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T043152Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101002T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101003T010000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/apple-festival URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/apple-festival SUMMARY:Apple Festival DESCRIPTION:Old Firehouse Books will be joining Fossil Creek Nursery in celebrating Applefest 2010. Come down to the Nursery and join the fun on Saturday as we revel in all things apple. There will be hayrides\, haystack scrambles\, pumpkin bowling\, face painting and more! 10 tickets for $1 for games and hayrides\; all proceeds will go to the Fort Collins Cat Rescue. You can also enjoy samples of many of the varieties of apples that grow well in Colorado - vote for your favorite and maybe even buy some apples.
For more information visit www.fossilcreeknursery.com
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T043152Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101003T010000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101003T023000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/laura-resau-release-party URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/laura-resau-release-party SUMMARY:Laura Resau Release Party DESCRIPTION:Join us as we help acclaimed Colorado author Laura Resau celebrate the release of her new novel\, The Ruby Notebook\, which goes on sale September 14th. Resau is the author of several popular young adult books\, including The Indigo Notebook\, and Red Glass\, for which she won the Colorado Book Award. In her latest book sixteen year-old Zeeta travels to France where she is forced to confront her feeling on love while simultaneously having a once in a lifetime adventure\: a search for a legendary spring said to grant immortality.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T043152Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101003T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101003T203000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/open-book-club-2 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/open-book-club-2 SUMMARY:Open Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us as we discuss John Shors' novel The Wishing Trees. Follow Ian\, a recent widower\, as one year after the death of his wife\, Kate\, he finds a letter that contains her final wish - a plea for him to take their daughter\, Mattie\, on a trip across Asia. Eager to honor the woman they loved\, Ian and Mattie embark on an epic journey that retraces the early days of Ian's relationship with Kate. Along the way\, Ian and Mattie leave paper "\;wishes"\; in ancient trees as symbols of their connection to Kate and their dreams for the future. And as they celebrate what Kate meant to them they begin to find their way back to each other\, discovering that healing is possible and love endures.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T043152Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101003T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101003T200000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/john-shors-library URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/john-shors-library SUMMARY:John Shors at the Library DESCRIPTION:Join us in welcoming John Shors\, author of The Wishing Trees. As a special tie-in to our Open Book Club\, John Shors will giving a reading and book signing at the Main Branch of the Poudre River Public Library District. John Shors is an award winning author and The Wishing Trees is his fourth novel.
The Wishing Trees follows Ian\, a recent widower\, as one year after the death of his wife\, Kate\, he finds a letter that contains her final wish - a plea for him to take their daughter\, Mattie\, on a trip across Asia. Eager to honor the woman they loved\, Ian and Mattie embark on an epic journey that retraces the early days of Ian's relationship with Kate. Along the way\, Ian and Mattie leave paper "\;wishes"\; in ancient trees as symbols of their connection to Kate and their dreams for the future. And as they celebrate what Kate meant to them they begin to find their way back to each other\, discovering that healing is possible and love endures.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T043152Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101012T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101012T013000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/untitled-book-club-2 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/untitled-book-club-2 SUMMARY:Untitled Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us we discuss what many consider Aldous Huxley’s most important book\, The Island. In his final novel Huxley transports us to the remote island of Pala where an ideal society has flourished for 120 years. Inevitably\, Pala attracts the envy and enmity of the surrounding world. A conspiracy is underway to take over Pala\, and events are set in motion when a newspaperman named Faranby is shipwrecked there. What Faranby doesn't expect is how his time with the people of Pala will revolutionize all his values and give him hope.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T043152Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101015T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101015T013000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/strange-worlds-book-club-2 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/strange-worlds-book-club-2 SUMMARY:Strange Worlds Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us as we explore Paolo Bacigalupi’s award winning book\, The Windup Girl. Emiko is the titular character\, a strange and beautiful creature. One of the New People\, Emiko is not human\; instead\, she is an engineered being\, creche-grown and programmed. Regarded as soulless beings by some\, devils by others\, New People are slaves\, soldiers\, and toys of the rich in a chilling near future. The oil age has passed\, and the side effects of bio-engineered plagues run rampant across the globe. What happens when calories become currency? What happens when bio-terrorism becomes a tool for corporate profits? Paolo Bacigalupi dares to address these poignant questions in The Windup Girl.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T043152Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101016T163000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101016T180000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/natasha-wing-childrens-event URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/natasha-wing-childrens-event SUMMARY:Natasha Wing Children's Event DESCRIPTION:Bring the kids down on Saturday the 16th to meet bestselling author Natasha Wing\, creator of the popular Night Before series. Wing is a Fort Collins author and has penned more than twenty charming children’s books. She will be visiting with us\, and signing copies of her new book\, How to Raise a Dinosaur. Be sure to come down for a fun morning with a great author.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T043152Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101017T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101017T203000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/non-traditional-non-fiction-book-club URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/non-traditional-non-fiction-book-club SUMMARY:Non-Traditional Non-Fiction Book Club DESCRIPTION:Join us as we discuss Rhoda Janzen’s memoir\, Mennonite in a Little Black Dress. Written with wry humor and huge personality - and tackling faith\, love\, family\, and aging - Mennonite in a Little Black Dress is an immensely moving memoir of healing\, certain to touch anyone who has ever had to look homeward in order to move ahead.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120527T043152Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101019T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20101019T013000Z UID:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/traps-and-trenchcoats-book-club-0 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.oldfirehousebooks.com/event/traps-and-trenchcoats-book-club-0 SUMMARY:Traps and Trenchcoats Book Club DESCRIPTION:Come unravel the classic mystery of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s\, A Study in Scarlet. Doyle presents two equally perplexing mysteries for Holmes to solve\: one a murder in the shadowy outskirts of London\, in a locked room where the haunting word Rache is written upon the wall\, the other a kidnapping set in the American West. Quickly picking up the “scarlet thread of murder running through the colorless skein of life\,” Holmes does not fail at finding the truth - and making literary history.
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