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Week of December 15, 2013

1. How to Tie a Scarf by Potter Style

2. Santa Is Coming to Kansas by Robert Dunn

3. The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays by Ree Drummond

4. Things That Matter by Charles Krauthammer

5. The Son by Philipp Meyer

6. A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote

7. Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost

8. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

9. Goat Glands to Ranch Hands by Orin Friesen

10. The Day the Crayons Quit by Oliver Jeffers

The 25 Deals of Christmas!

Deal 18: Save 40% on The Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 2: The Complete and Authoritative Edition.

Mark Twain's complete, uncensored "Autobiography" was an instant bestseller when the first volume was published in 2010, on the centennial of the author's death, as he requested. Published to rave reviews, the "Autobiography" was hailed as the capstone of Twain's career. It captures his authentic and unsuppressed voice, speaking clearly from the grave and brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions.

Volume 2 delves deeper into Mark Twain's life, uncovering the many roles he played in his private and public worlds. Filled with his characteristic blend of humor and ire, the narrative ranges effortlessly across the contemporary scene. He shares his views on writing and speaking, his preoccupation with money, and his contempt for the politics and politicians of his day. Affectionate and scathing by turns, his intractable curiosity and candor are everywhere on view.

(Offer good on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at Watermark Books & Cafe, while supplies last.)

Book of the Week - Save 30%!

Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist (Hardcover)

By Bill McKibben

$26.00

ISBN-13: 9780805092844
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Times Books, 9/2013

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The Watermark Book of the Week is Oil & Honey.

Bestselling author and environmental activist Bill McKibben recounts the personal and global story of the fight to build and preserve a sustainable planet

Bill McKibben is not a person you'd expect to find handcuffed and behind bars, but that's where he found himself in the summer of 2011 after leading the largest civil disobedience in thirty years, protesting the Keystone XL pipeline in front of the White House.

With the Arctic melting, the Midwest in drought, and Irene scouring the Atlantic, McKibben recognized that action was needed if solutions were to be found. Some of those would come at the local level, where McKibben joins forces with a Vermont beekeeper raising his hives as part of the growing trend toward local food. Other solutions would come from a much larger fight against the fossil-fuel industry as a whole.

Oil and Honey is McKibben’s account of these two necessary and mutually reinforcing sides of the global climate fight—from the center of the maelstrom and from the growing hive of small-scale local answers. With empathy and passion he makes the case for a renewed commitment on both levels, telling the story of raising one year’s honey crop and building a social movement that’s still cresting.

Shop in online or in the store, Oil & Honey is 30% off.