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We do not sell, rent, or lease our subscription lists to third parties, and we will not provide your personal information to any third party individual, government agency, or company at any time unless compelled to do so by law.ContinueDWIGHT GARNER with guest host Doug Stanton - THU, JAN 14 – 7PM From Dwight Garner, the New York Times book critic, comes a rollicking, irreverent, amazingly alive selection of unforgettable moments from forty years of wide and deep reading. Garner's Quotations is like no commonplace book you'll ever read. If you've ever wondered what's really going on in the world of letters today, this book will make you sit up and take notice. Unputdownable! Click images below to select events you'd like to attend and/or items you would like to purchase. Click item again to unselect. Dwight Garner |Garner - Free Virtual EventGarner Donation - $10 | Add Suggested Donation - $ 10.00Garner Book |Add Hardcover Book - $ 22.26Includes Tax. Supporting our local Horizon Books store.Garner Book Shipping Options *Pickup at Horizon Books - $ 0.00Regular Shipping - 7-14 Days - $ 4.00Did you mean to register for this event? If not, and you just want to purchase an item, great. If you want to register, please click "Free Virtual Event" above.Total Donations and Purchases$ 0.00Alan Lightman with guest host Kalyanee Mam - THU, Jan 21 - 7PM Alan Lightman is an American physicist, writer, and social entrepreneur who is known for exploring the intersection of science, philosophy, religion, and spirituality.Lightman is the author of the international bestseller Einstein's Dreams, translated into more than 30 languages and adapted into dozens of independent theatrical and musical productions. His most recent book, Three Flames, is a vivid story of one family's yearning for freedom in Cambodia and of a young girl's courage to face down her father's traditional beliefs. Click images below to select events you'd like to attend and/or items you would like to purchase. Click item again to unselect. Total Donations and Purchases$ 0.00Alan Lightman |Lightman - Free Virtual EventLightman Donation - $10 |Add Suggested Donation - $ 10.00Lightman Morsels Bundle |Add Morsels + Book Bundle - $ 30.00Alan Delightman: chocolate cake, cream cheese filling, chocolate and vanilla frosting, pecans. Local pickup at Morsels store only.Lightman Book | Add Paperback Book - $ 14.84Includes Tax. Supporting our local Horizon Books store.Lightman Book Shipping Options *Pickup at Horizon Books - $ 0.00Regular Shipping - 7-14 Days - $ 4.00Did you mean to register for this event? If not, and you just want to purchase an item, great. If you want to register, please click "Free Virtual Event" above.Previous EventContinue to Next EventMartha Teichner with guest host Cynthia Canty - THU, Feb 4 – 7PM Traverse City native Martha Teichner, a correspondent for “CBS Sunday Morning,” brings her heartwarming book, When Harry Met Minnie- a boy meets girl dog story- but so much more.In this rich and touching narrative, Teichner considers the ways our stories are shaped by the people we meet, and the profound love we can find by opening our hearts to unexpected encounters. This is a ticketed event. Your ticket includes a book purchase. Book publish date is February 2nd. Click images below to select events you'd like to attend and/or items you would like to purchase. Click item again to unselect. Total Donations and Purchases$ 0.00Teichner Virtual Attendance With Book |Attend Virtual Event With Book Purchase $23.32Includes Tax. Supporting our local Horizon Bookstore.Teichner Virtual Attendance With Bundle |Attend Virtual Event With Book & Morsels Bundle $40.00Martha Spikener: yellow cake with whiskey buttercream frosting. Local pickup at Morsels store only.Teichner Donation - $10 | Add Suggested Donation - $ 10.00Please note that this book will not be available until February 2nd, 2020 and will ship shortly after that.Teichner Book Shipping Options *Pickup at Horizon Books - $ 0.00Regular Shipping - 7-14 Days - $ 4.00Previous EventContinue to Next EventDiane Rehm with guest host Cyntha Canty - THU, Feb 25 – 7PM In her book, When My Time Comes, Diane Rehm addresses one of the toughest subjects for families to talk about - death. Rehm gives voice to a broad range of people who are personally linked to the realities of medical aid in dying.Rehm hosted The Diane Rehm Show, distributed by NPR, from 1979 to 2016 when it had a weekly listening audience of 2.5 million. She now hosts a weekly podcast for NPR, On My Mind. Click images below to select events you'd like to attend and/or items you would like to purchase. Click item again to unselect. Total Donations and Purchases$ 0.00Diane Rehm |Rehm - Free Virtual EventRehm Donation - $10 |Add Suggested Donation - $ 10.00Rehm Morsels Bundle |Add Morsels + Book Bundle - $ 30.00Diane Strawberries & Crehm: yellow cake with cream cheese frosting and fresh strawberries. Local pickup at Morsels store only.Rehm Book |Add Paperback Book - $ 13.78Includes Tax. Supporting our local Horizon Books store.Please note that this book will not be available in paperback until February 16th, 2021 and will ship shortly after that.Rehm Book Shipping Options *Pickup at Horizon Books - $ 0.00Regular Shipping - 7-14 Days - $ 4.00Did you mean to register for this event? If not, and you just want to purchase an item, great. If you want to register, please click "Free Virtual Event" above.Previous EventContinue to Next EventIMBOLO MBUE with guest host Rochelle Riley - FRI, Mar 19 – 7PM Imnbolo Mbue's new book, How Beautiful We Were is a sweeping, wrenching story about the collision of a small African village and an American oil company. Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, it tells of a people living in fear amid enviromental degradation. The country's government exists to serve its own interests, so the people of Kosawa decide to fight back. Their struggle will last for decades and come at a steep price.Mbue is a native of Limbe, Cameroon, and has been a resident of the United States for over a decade. Her debut novel, Behold the Dreamers, was a New York Times bestseller, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, and a ALA Notable Book. Click images below to select events you'd like to attend and/or items you would like to purchase. Click item again to unselect. Total Donations and Purchases$ 0.00Imbolo Mbue |Mbue - Free Virtual EventMbue Donation - $10 |Add Suggested Donation - $ 10.00Mbue Morsels Bundle |Morsels + Book Bundle - $ 40.00Imrolo Mbue: brownie with milk chocolate frosting and caramel sauce. Local pickup at Morsels store only.Mbue Book |Add Hardcover Book - $ 23.32Includes Tax. Supporting our local Horizon Books store.Please note that this book will not be available until March 9th, 2021 and will ship shortly after that.Mbue Shipping Options *Pickup at Horizon Books - $ 0.00Regular Shipping - 7-14 Days - $ 4.00Did you mean to register for this event? If not, and you just want to purchase an item, great. If you want to register, please click "Free Virtual Event" above.Previous EventContinue to Next EventKARLA CORNEJO VILLAVICENCIO - THU, APR 8 – 7PM Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, one of the first undocumented students to graduate from Harvard, brings to light remarkable stories of hope and resilience in her searing debut, The Undocumented Americans. Through these stories we come to understand what it truly means to be a stray. An expendable. A hero. An American.She has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, Glamour, The New Republic, Elle, Vogue, and The New Inquiry, among others. Click images below to select events you'd like to attend and/or items you would like to purchase. Click item again to unselect. Total Donations and Purchases$ 0.00Karla Cornejo Villavicencio |Villavicencio - Free Virtual EventVillavicencio Donation - $10 |Add Suggested Donation - $ 10.00Villavicencio Morsels Bundle |Add Morsels + Book Bundle - $ 40.00Karlatte Villavicencio: shortbread with espresso frosting and ground espresso. Local pickup at Morsels store only.Villavicencio Book |Add Hardcover Book - $ 22.26Includes Tax. Supporting our local Horizon Books store.Villavicencio Shipping Options *Pickup at Horizon Books - $ 0.00Regular Shipping - 7-14 Days - $ 4.00Did you mean to register for this event? If not, and you just want to purchase an item, great. If you want to register, please click "Free Virtual Event" above.Previous EventContinue to Next EventCHRIS BOHJALIAN - THU, APR 22 – 7PM Chris Bohjalian is on a roll and shows no sign of slowing down. His new historical thriller, Hour of the Witch is set on the eve of the Salem witch trials, telling the twisting story of a young Puritan wife, Mary Deerfield. She had petitioned for divorce from her abusive husband - only to end up on trial for witchcraft.Bohjalian is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 21 books. His work has been translated into 35 languages and three times been made into movies. Click images below to select events you'd like to attend and/or items you would like to purchase. Click item again to unselect. Total Donations and Purchases$ 0.00Christopher Bohjalian |Bohjalian - Free Virtual EventBohjalian Donation - $10 |Add Suggested Donation - $ 10.00Bohjalian Morsels Bundle |Add Morsels + Book Bundle - $ 40.00French Chris Bohjalian: yellow almond cake dipped in espresso, pastry cream filling and ganache. Local pickup at Morsels store only.Bohjalian Book |Add Hardcover Book - $ 24.38Includes Tax. Supporting our local Horizon Books store.Please note that this book will not be available until April 20th, 2021 and will ship shortly after that.Bohjalian Shipping Options *Pickup at Horizon Books - $ 0.00Regular Shipping - 7-14 Days - $ 4.00Did you mean to register for this event? If not, and you just want to purchase an item, great. If you want to register, please click "Free Virtual Event" above.Previous EventContinue to Next EventROCHELLE RILEY with guest host Leonard Pitts - THU, MAY 13 – 7PM Every famous person was once a child who, in some cases, overcame great obstacles to achieve success. That’s the enduring lesson of That They Lived, which features the biographies and photographs of famous African Americans. Written for young readers, this is a book that will also charm and inspire grownups.Rochelle Riley spent nearly 25 years as an award-winning Detroit Free Press columnist before leaving to serve as Director of Arts and Culture for the City of Detroit. She is author of four other books, including The Burden:African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery Click images below to select events you'd like to attend and/or items you would like to purchase. Click item again to unselect. Total Donations and Purchases$ 0.00Rochelle Riley |Riley - Free Virtual EventRiley Donation - $10 |Add Suggested Donation - $ 10.00Riley Morsels Bundle |Add Morsels + Book Bundle - $ 30.00Rochelle Ryeley: honey rye cake with peaches and honey peach frosting. Local pickup at Morsels store only.Riley Book |Add Paperback Book - $ 14.84Includes Tax. Supporting our local Horizon Books store.Please note that this book will not be available until February 2nd, 2021 and will ship shortly after that.Riley Shipping Options *Pickup at Horizon Books - $ 0.00Regular Shipping - 7-14 Days - $ 4.00Did you mean to register for this event? If not, and you just want to purchase an item, great. If you want to register, please click "Free Virtual Event" above.Previous EventContinue to Next EventMARY DORIA RUSSELL with guest host Kendra Carr - WED, MAY 26 – 7PM In The Women of the Copper Country, we meet Annie Clements, who leads a strike against the largest copper mining company in the world. A young woman, Annie has spent her whole life in the mining town of Calumet, Michigan, where men risk their lives for meager salaries while their wives clean houses of the elite. When Annie - in July of 1913 - decides to stand up for the entire town of Calumet, she touches off a violent reaction that feels relevant to today.Widely praised for her meticulous research and fine prose, Russell is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Sparrow, Children of God, A Thread of Grace, Dreamers of the Day, Doc, and Epitaph. Dr. Russell holds a PhD in biological anthropology and lives in Lyndhurst, Ohio. Click images below to select events you'd like to attend and/or items you would like to purchase. Click item again to unselect. Total Donations and Purchases$ 0.00Mary Doria Russell |Russell - Free Virtual EventRussell Donation - $10 |Add Suggested Donation - $ 10.00Russell Morsels Bundle |Add Morsels + Book Bundle - $ 30.00Strawberry Doria Russell: yellow cake with strawberry frosting. Local pickup at Morsels store only.Russell Book |Add Paperback Book - $ 14.84Includes Tax. Supporting our local Horizon Books store.Russel Shipping Options *Pickup at Horizon Books - $ 0.00Regular Shipping - 7-14 Days - $ 4.00Did you mean to register for this event? If not, and you just want to purchase an item, great. 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From Dwight Garner, the New York Times book critic, comes a rollicking, irreverent, amazingly alive selection of unforgettable moments from forty years of wide and deep reading. Garner's Quotations is like no commonplace book you'll ever read. If you've ever wondered what's really going on in the world of letters today, this book will make you sit up and take notice. Unputdownable!
Click images below to select events you'd like to attend and/or items you would like to purchase. Click item again to unselect.
Alan Lightman is an American physicist, writer, and social entrepreneur who is known for exploring the intersection of science, philosophy, religion, and spirituality.
Lightman is the author of the international bestseller Einstein's Dreams, translated into more than 30 languages and adapted into dozens of independent theatrical and musical productions. His most recent book, Three Flames, is a vivid story of one family's yearning for freedom in Cambodia and of a young girl's courage to face down her father's traditional beliefs.
Traverse City native Martha Teichner, a correspondent for “CBS Sunday Morning,” brings her heartwarming book, When Harry Met Minnie- a boy meets girl dog story- but so much more.
In this rich and touching narrative, Teichner considers the ways our stories are shaped by the people we meet, and the profound love we can find by opening our hearts to unexpected encounters. This is a ticketed event. Your ticket includes a book purchase. Book publish date is February 2nd.
In her book, When My Time Comes, Diane Rehm addresses one of the toughest subjects for families to talk about - death. Rehm gives voice to a broad range of people who are personally linked to the realities of medical aid in dying.
Rehm hosted The Diane Rehm Show, distributed by NPR, from 1979 to 2016 when it had a weekly listening audience of 2.5 million. She now hosts a weekly podcast for NPR, On My Mind.
Imnbolo Mbue's new book, How Beautiful We Were is a sweeping, wrenching story about the collision of a small African village and an American oil company. Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, it tells of a people living in fear amid enviromental degradation. The country's government exists to serve its own interests, so the people of Kosawa decide to fight back. Their struggle will last for decades and come at a steep price.
Mbue is a native of Limbe, Cameroon, and has been a resident of the United States for over a decade. Her debut novel, Behold the Dreamers, was a New York Times bestseller, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, and a ALA Notable Book.
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, one of the first undocumented students to graduate from Harvard, brings to light remarkable stories of hope and resilience in her searing debut, The Undocumented Americans. Through these stories we come to understand what it truly means to be a stray. An expendable. A hero. An American.
She has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, Glamour, The New Republic, Elle, Vogue, and The New Inquiry, among others.
Chris Bohjalian is on a roll and shows no sign of slowing down. His new historical thriller, Hour of the Witch is set on the eve of the Salem witch trials, telling the twisting story of a young Puritan wife, Mary Deerfield. She had petitioned for divorce from her abusive husband - only to end up on trial for witchcraft.
Bohjalian is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 21 books. His work has been translated into 35 languages and three times been made into movies.
Every famous person was once a child who, in some cases, overcame great obstacles to achieve success. That’s the enduring lesson of That They Lived, which features the biographies and photographs of famous African Americans. Written for young readers, this is a book that will also charm and inspire grownups.
Rochelle Riley spent nearly 25 years as an award-winning Detroit Free Press columnist before leaving to serve as Director of Arts and Culture for the City of Detroit. She is author of four other books, including The Burden:African Americans and the Enduring Impact of Slavery
In The Women of the Copper Country, we meet Annie Clements, who leads a strike against the largest copper mining company in the world. A young woman, Annie has spent her whole life in the mining town of Calumet, Michigan, where men risk their lives for meager salaries while their wives clean houses of the elite. When Annie - in July of 1913 - decides to stand up for the entire town of Calumet, she touches off a violent reaction that feels relevant to today.
Widely praised for her meticulous research and fine prose, Russell is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Sparrow, Children of God, A Thread of Grace, Dreamers of the Day, Doc, and Epitaph. Dr. Russell holds a PhD in biological anthropology and lives in Lyndhurst, Ohio.
