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Local Talent Books & Music, Inc.

For anyone with a song in their heart or a story to tell.
Margie's Memos November 2, 2009

Fall for some great books!

Virginia authors have been extrordinarily busy this Fall. Check out the fabulous selected titles below for October releases.
 
 

Author News
  • Movie rights have been purchased for Maggie Stiefvater's young adult fiction novel, Shiver. Can't wait to see it on the silver screen! Way to go Maggie!
  • Linda Dini Jenkins' Up at the Villa: Travels With My Husband wins finalists award in the Travel Essays category in the National Best Book Awards 2009. Read the Examiner.com article for details.
  • Poet and writer team of Heather Davis and husband, Jose Padua have started a blog about life in the Shenandoah Valley, having moved from the fast-paced life of Alexandria, VA. Be sure to check out their blog at http://shenandoahbreakdown.wordpress.com.
 

Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie by Maggie Stiefvater
 
James Morgan has an almost unearthly gift for music. And it has attracted Nuala, a soul-snatching faerie muse who fosters and then feeds on the creative energies of exceptional humans until they die. James has plenty of reasons to fear the faeries, but as he and Nuala collaborate on an achingly beautiful musical composition, James finds his feelings towards Nuala deepening.
 
Retail price: $9.95
Member price: $8.45
 
Cancer for Christmas: Making the Most of a Daunting Gift by Casey Quinlan
 

In Cancer for Christmas: Making the Most of a Daunting Gift, Casey shares the questions she asked her doctors, what she did with the answers, and how she navigated surgery, chemo, and radiation treatment with determination, ferocity, and a large dose of humor.

Our price: $12.95
Member price: $11.00


Live Like Your Nail Color Even If You Have Naked Nails: Discovering Sanity, Confidence, and Fun at the Tips of Your Fingers or Toes! by Mary Foley
 
Are your nails mild, wild, or naked? Find out what your nails reveal about you in Mary Foley’s Live Like Your Nail Color, Even if You have Naked Nails! Replace feelings of feelings of stress, unworthiness, fear, frustration with sanity, confidence, and fun – all while doing your nails!
 
Retail price: $14.95
Member price: $12.70
 
 
The Naked Portfolio Manager: Why Rules Trump Reason on Wall Street by Robert J. Fischer
 
Traditionally, investment portfolios are managed by people with years of experience who graduated from the best schools. Now there is a small but growing number of managers who reject the traditional ''you-wouldn't-understand'' approach. Instead, they are completely open and transparent about the process they apply to make investment decisions.
 
Retail price: $21.95
Member price: $18.65

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The Scarpetta Factor (A Kay Scarpetta Mystery) by Patricia Cornwell
 

It is the week before Christmas. A tanking economy has prompted Dr. Kay Scarpetta – despite her busy schedule and her continuing work as the senior forensic analyst for CNN – to offer her services pro bono to New York City’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. In no time at all, her increased visibility seems to precipitate a string of unexpected and unsettling events.

 
Retail price: $27.95
Member price: $23.75
 
True Blue by David Baldacci
 

A high-profile murder in the nation's capital collides with the dark side of national security in True Blue. "Mace" Perry, a firebrand D.C. cop, lost everything after she was kidnapped, framed and jailed. Now she's free and working with lawyer Roy Kingman to investigate the Washington homicide.

 
Our price: $27.99
Member price: $23.80
 
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