Join us in welcoming Nobel Laureate Jody Williams to Burlington! Jody Williams, who received the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for her
work to ban landmines, is founding chair of the Nobel Women's
Initiative, launched in January 2006. Her new memoir is entitled My Name is Jody Williams: A Vermont Girl's Winding Path to the Nobel Peace Prize.
About the book: From her modest beginnings to becoming the tenth woman--and third American woman--to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Jody Williams takes the reader through the ups and downs of her tumultuous and remarkable life. In a voice that is at once candid, straightforward, and intimate, Williams describes...
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Join us for an event with Linda M. Maloney, a
priest of the Episcopal diocese of Vermont and the Anglican diocese of
Montreal. She
has been a professor of U.S. history and of the New Testament, and will speak about her recently re-issued book, The Captain from Connecticut.
You're invited to the kick-off event for Riding My Guitar: The Rick Norcross Story! Join Stephen and Rick for a most entertaining
evening during which Stephen will talk about the book, and Rick will
sing some of his famous (infamous?!) original folk songs. Don't miss
this event celebrating Rick's 50th anniversary as a professional
musician.
Phoenix Books is excited to announce our Tree of Knowledge Summer Reading Program for all of our young customers! Sign-up begins on June 20th, but feel free to join throughout the summer.
Kids entering 4th-8th grade in the fall are invited to play Bookstore Bingo this summer! Read books to achieve "BINGO:"
Over the last several years, keeping backyard chickens has become a national phenomenon. And as flocks migrate from rural homesteads to suburban and urban locales, a question arises – how can a person house one’s birds in a safe, sanitary, and aesthetically pleasing way, so as not to tick off the neighbors? Phoenix Books is proud to present Reinventing the Chicken Coop, a presentation by Matt Wolpe on building contemporary, well-designed chicken shelters for the urban and suburban enthusiast.