Linda Tringali - Peaceful Planet Kids Music event, Saturday, March 26th!

Florey's Books welcomes Linda Tringali as she presents a Peaceful Planet Kids Concert.

***Saturday, March 26th, 11:00am***

Linda Tringali is a folksinger, songwriter and early childhood educator who lives in Pacifica. Linda draws experience from her years of teaching children in the Bay Area, performing and producing two albums in the 80's as Tringali/Roth and her work with Bristow Educational Productions performing throughout California and Nevada. Linda's third album "The Place of Our Dreams" is now here. Come have fun with Linda and her environmental music sing-a-long. You may find yourself singing with the animals under the Moon by the Green Lagoon, clicking with the crickets on castanets, dancing with an octopus in the deep blue sea or singing about a dinosaur! Fun songs for young children learning about a loving, sharing, peaceful, planet. 

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For more information, and sample songs visit her site:

http://lindatringali.com/
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We hope to see you!

***Saturday, March 26th, 11:00am***


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"Cancer on my Mind" book event, Saturday, March 19th!

Florey's Books welcomes local author Walter Kornichuk to read and discuss his book "Cancer on my Mind".

***Saturday, March 19th, 2-4pm***

About the book:

"Cancer on my Mind, by Walter Kornichuk, is atypical among non-fiction brain tumor survivor books because it is narrated by a talking tumor that I battle for my survival. Applying a cancer patient versus brain tumor (man against himself) approach to surviving a brain tumor enabled me to learn about my enemy, apply a “never give up attitude” to try to defeat it, and provide insight into what a cancer patient deals with mentally and physically. The book is unique and worthwhile because the tumor dialogue is outrageously funny, bringing humor to a life-and-death struggle that has touched the lives of many Americans."

About the author:

In 2000, Walter Kornichuk was diagnosed with a brain tumor and given a 40 percent chance to survive five years. He is happy to celebrate his tenth year of cancer-free living. He has been a volunteer for the National Brain Tumor Society-Patient and Caregiver Support Network since 2006. Walter is a Lead Transportation Security Officer for a private aviation security company at San Francisco International Airport.

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For more information, please visit his sites:
http://canceronmymind.blogspot.com

http://canceronmymind.com/Cancer_On_My_Mind/Home.html

And be sure watch his music video and trailer for the book:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_7rrZQKMQg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F0uDCWfPr4

We hope to see you!

***Saturday, March 19th, 2-4pm***
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Follow up Video:

VIDEO: Florey's Books Wins Small Business Renovation Contest

Out of 21 remodels, Florey's' was the best

See the video and photos:

http://pacifica.patch.com/articles/floreys-books-wins-small-business-renovation-contest#video-4711214

"Wise Talk for Familes" event, Saturday, February 19th.

Florey's Books welcomes Heather Criswell, creator of the game "Wise Talk for Families".

***Saturday, February 19th, 2-4pm***

About Wise Talk:

"Imagine feeling connected...

Your child knows how much you love him!
Wise Talk connects you wisdom with words, so your child can know who you really are, what matters to you, and how much you love him.

She knows you'll always be there for her!
Because you lead a busy life, you need a daily Wise Talk routine that connects your family in a matter of minutes.

You know you're doing a great job!
With your favorite little person and the Wise Talk book of engaging questions by your side, you are the parent you want to be."

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Ms. Criswell will demonstrate and discuss the game. We hope to see you!

For more information please visit the site:
http://wiseinside.com/home

***Saturday, February 19th, 2-4pm***

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Friday Night Poetry at Florey's in February

Each Friday during February, Florey's Books will host a featured poet. They will read some of their work, and then a discussion period will follow. All events are open to the public and free of charge.

***Events start at 7:30pm each Friday during February***

***February 4th:

Giancarlo Campagna, who curates a quarterly reading series at My Corner Café in San Francisco, is a poet and actor and recent member of the Revolutionary Poets Brigade. His works can be found in Street Sheet, El Tecolote, The Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, and various other Bay Area publications. A former long-time Pacifica resident who currently lives in San Francisco, Campagna has taught creative writing and poetry to both primary grade students and college students. As an actor, Campagna lists his role as Daniel Berrigan, SJ, in the play, "The Trial of the Catonsville Nine" as transformative. He additionally highlights his journey as a member of a human rights delegation to document the condition of Lomas del Poleo, a small community on the outskirts of Ciudad de Juarez, Mexico — as one of his life's pivotal moments.

***February 11th:

Sister Patricia Ryan said that like all poets, she writes from within her unique life-world, the context from within which her poetic voice and consciousness emerge — it is not the usual combination of influences. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, with family roots in the Pacific Northwest and a deep love for her Irish heritage — her poetry evokes, re-presents, closely observes and reflects on these particular bioregions and these are the landscapes the reader meets in her poems. Also a violinist, the chemistry major with an English minor has been a Roman Catholic Sister of Mercy for more than fifty years. As such she taught math, science, religion, and fine arts appreciation in secondary schools for many years.

***February 18th:

Pacifican Jim McGarry has been teaching high school religious studies for the past 30 years. Currently at Mercy High School in San Francisco, he specializes in Holocaust Studies and Environmental Justice programs. With poet Giancarlo Campagna, he organizes a series at Mercy, "Readings for Peace in Palestine and Israel." Jim has read poems previously at San Francisco's Bird & Beckett and in the Friday night series, "Poetry and Pizza" at Escape from New York, also in San Francisco.

***February 25th:

A 26-year resident of Pacifica, poet Paul Totah has taught English at St. Ignatius College Preparatory for 25 years and now serves as the school's director of communications. His poetry has appeared in Isotope, in The Vineyard, in the Pacifica Tribune and in Genesis V magazine. He is the author of "Spiritus Magis: 150 Years of St. Ignatius College Preparatory." Additionally he co-wrote, with Patricia F. Carpenter, "The San Francisco Fair: Treasure Island 1939-1940." Along with fellow Pacifican Jim McGarry, Totah is the co-founder of the Nature/Nexus program at SI and he also serves on the Good Shepherd Parish Council.

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Come join us!
***Every Friday night during February, 7:30pm***
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Florey's Wins Renovation Project! Reception Tonight!

Florey's Books has been named the winner of Wells Fargo's small business storefront renovation contest. The bookstore, located at 2120 Palmetto Drive, now has brand new outside and inside signage, furniture, decorations and a dedicated sitting section for children to read. The improvements were made possible by Wells Fargo's storefront renovation project aimed to help local small businesses succeed.

A reception to honor Florey's Bookstore along with two other small businesses that were named runner ups will be held on Wednesday, January 26 at the bookstore from 6 to 8 p.m.

The renovation team was led by volunteers at Philanthropy by Design and George Sun, an instructor at the College of San Mateo. Sun's architectural students worked on the renovation as a class project to gain practical experience. The team had a budget of $3,000 to renovate three small local businesses including Rosa Marina Beauty Salon in San Francisco and InsMall Financial and Insurance Service in Daly City.

"Wells Fargo is proud to hold this innovative contest that mobilizes the community to work together and help our local small businesses," said Wendy Haller, Wells Fargo's Mission Coastal regional president.

Edwin Ng and Eric Young, District Managers from Wells Fargo's Mission Coastal Market served as judges. Ng added, "Through this effort, we're all doing a part in helping our local small businesses succeed."

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Toni Mirosevich "The Takeaway Bin" book event! More...

Florey's Books invites you to meet local poet Toni Mirosevich as she discusses her new poetry collection: "The Takeaway Bin".


***Saturday, January 22nd, 2-4pm***


About the book:

Oblique Strategies is a card game invented in 1975, by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt. “Over one hundred worthwhile dilemmas” are printed on a pack of cards and offer a set of possibilities to apply “when a dilemma occurs in a working situation.” The Takeaway Bin borrows from that concept, presenting poems that reply to various daily dilemmas, specific or obscure.


The Takeaway Bin arises out of an ultramodern language aftermath: the fragments and shards of language we are currently left with in an age of verbal foreshortening, where Photoshop has imploded the failsafe idea that “seeing is believing,” and Wikipedia has shifted the idea of fact
into the realm of a constantly updating consortium. This melee of reference points is the Takeaway Bin's fuel, and the profound plasticity of modern reality is the engine Mirosevich
harnesses. --->LJ Moore, SF Examiner


About the author:

Toni Mirosevich is the author of a book of nonfiction stories, Pink Harvest, three collections of poetry, My Oblique Strategies, Queer Street, and The Rooms We Make Our Own. She is a Professor of Creative Writing at San Francisco State University, and former Associate Director of the Poetry Center and American Poetry Archives. She lives with her wife, Shotsy Faust, in Pacifica, California.

For more information, see her website: www.tonimirosevich.com

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Come join us!
*** Saturday, January 22nd, 2-4 pm***
Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650)355-8811
open 10am to 6pm every day!

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Florey's would also like to invite you to the January meeting of the Pacifica Poetry Forum.

***Thursday, January 20th, 7:30pm***

Come read, discuss, share, and enjoy local poets. Open to the public.

We hope to see you there!

Florey's end of year schedule.

Florey's Books will be *CLOSED* December 25th and 26th, as well as January 1st.

As usual, all other days, we will be open our normal hours: 10am to 6pm every day.


Thank you for your patronage during 2010, and have a wonderful 2011.



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Florey's Book Co. Holiday Hours!

---December 1st through December 24th, Florey's Books will be open ***10am to 8pm every day***. So get your holiday orders in, and your last minute shopping as well.---


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TWO Book Events for November!

Florey's Books invites you to the first of two book events scheduled for November. Read the full entry for information on both events. Be sure to look for articles about the authors in the Pacifica Tribune.

First, meet local author Grace Baumgarten as she discusses her experiences detailed in her new book: "The Victory Within".


***Saturday, November 6th, 2-4pm***


About the book:

One day, I entered my name in the Google search box, and I found all the court documents about the case that I had filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights of 1964 against the Board of Equalization and the labor union SEIU. Because I wanted to be remembered in this world and in this life as a tenacious fighter rather than a defeated complainer, even if I did it apprehensively, I became a pro se vs. the CA Attorney General and four of his deputies at the court hearings and trials that went all the way up to the US Supreme Court.

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men and women do nothing," so a wise person once said. I acted and did my moral duty and obligation to protect and defend the State and US Constitution, even though at times my will, intellect, and emotions would not let me do it. I had to try—even if I had to die trying—than not try at all.

I had to fight for my rights and the rights of others, protect those who could not protect themselves, and defend those who are weaker than me. I would rather be hated or loved than to be forgotten by those people who I fought for with everything I had. I wrote this book about my life, so you will know that there is no victory without a fight, and there is not a crown without a cross.

About the author:

Grace Baumgarten is a Filipina who came to America to persue her dreams. She worked for the Board of Equalization and was a member of the SEIU for 17 years until she was terminated. Against all odds, she fought against them as a pro-se litigant in the federal courts.


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For more information, visit her Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Victory-Within/117230771662268
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Come join us!
***Saturday, November 6th, 2-4pm***
Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650)355-8811


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For the second book event in November, we welcome author Claudia Hoag McGarry as she discusses her new novel: "My Scorpio Soul".


***SUNDAY, November 14th, 2-4pm***


About the book:

Stalker (n) Someone who keeps following or contacting someone else... in an annoying or frightening way; someone who prowls or sneaks about, usually with unlawful intentions.

(Collins Dictionary)

Meet Tempest McTierney, devoted wife, teacher, and mother who is living her idyllic life by the coast of the Mexican Gulf. That is, until things begin to happen that lead to her idyll being swept away. When her husband, a doctor, is framed for a patient's death at a Galveston hospital, someone begins to take an inordinate interest in the family.

As Tempest tries to cope with the daily torment this obsessed perpetrator inflicts, little by little, her thoughts turn to revenge and her life spirals out of control. Told in a journalistic fashion with personal memories woven into the daily dread she awakes to. Slowly, we reach the inevitable climax, and we, like Tempest, realize there is
only one way out…

About the author:

Claudia Hoag McGarry is a New Orleans native but presently lives in California and teaches writing. She has three adult children. Her husband is a musician and college professor. She has written ten feature length screenplays, three of which are “biopic.”

My Scorpio Soul is her first novel.

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For more information, visit her site:
http://www.claudiahoagmcgarry.com/
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Come join us!
*** SUNDAY, November 14th, 2-4 pm***
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Florey's Books selected for Pacifica Small Business Neighborhood Renovation Program

Pacifica Tribune
Posted: 09/30/2010 06:00:00 AM PDT

Aaron Schlieve and Pacifica's very own Florey's Books has been selected to be the recipient of the Pacifica Small Business Neighborhood Renovation Program. This is the second annual program sponsored by Wells Fargo in partnership with San Mateo County Supervisor Rose Jacobs Gibson, City of Pacifica Economic Development Committee, Job Train, Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center and Philanthropy by Design. The program will provide $3,000 plus professionals and students to redesign storefronts and/or interiors with the goal of helping small businesses increase visibility, marketing, and visual merchandising.

Schlieve will be required to:

Work collaboratively with a design professional and student volunteer.


Participate in a minimum of four marketing and business growth workshops.


Volunteer a minimum of 10 hours with the renovation (e.g., painting, demolition work)


Meet with the design team to discuss design plan, project or necessary changes.


Complete pre- and post- survey that demonstrates the impact the program has on the business.


Encouraged to apply by Mayor Pro-tem MaryAnn Nihart, Schlieve worked with Courtney Conlon, CEO of the Pacifica Chamber of Commerce to complete the application process. "Aaron expressed excitement from the beginning. I just knew this would be perfect for him as a young business person." Conlon said. "He will really make use of this opportunity."

All completed small business renovation projects were reviewed and judged by a panel of senior managers, interior design industry representatives, and community leaders. Sue Vaterlaus from the Pacifica Economic Development Committee participated in the review process. "It was incredibly rigorous and very informative with businesses from Pacifica, Daly City, and unincorporated North Fair Oaks as this year's focus. Florey's scored very high. I am excited to be part of bringing this opportunity to such a deserving young businessperson and a Pacifica iconic business."


Schlieve began his orientation Sept. 16 and Conlon was slated to attend with him. "This is how it should work. Businesses, Pacifica Chamber of Commerce, and the City of Pacifica working together for everyone's benefit" said Nihart.

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TWO Book Events for October!

Florey's Books invites you to the first of two book events scheduled for October. Read the full entry for information on both events.

First, come meet local author Shari Bookstaff as she discusses her experiences and book: "When Life Throws You Lemons...Make Cranberry Juice!"


***Saturday, October 16th, 2-4pm***


About the book and author:
When my kids were learning to walk, I remember walking behind them, ready to catch them if they stumbled backward. I never dreamed that thirteen years later my kids would be walking behind me, ready to catch me if I stumble backward.

I was 42 years old when I was diagnosed with a benign, operable brain tumor in July 2006. Doctors predicted a short hospital stay followed by a speedy recovery. Complications arose, giving me lifelong obstacles that I never could have prepared for.

A divorced mother of two beautiful, talented, wonderful children, I had high hopes for a bright and happy future. I tried online dating, which got me a few cups of coffee, but no real dates. A couple of dating disasters later, my dating karma was beginning to change when my brain tumor was diagnosed.

My life since that fateful day has been focused on regaining basic human functions: breathing, swallowing, walking, etc. I am working again, and trying to be a good mother to my two beautiful, talented, wonderful children.

Putting a positive spin on life's disasters doesn't always work, but looking for, and accepting, positive things in spite of life's disasters works. Instead of making lemonade out of lemons, I add life's sweet sugar and cranberries to my lemons. This makes life much more palatable.

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http://www.wix.com/lemonsandcranberries/lemons
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Come join us!
***Saturday, October 16th, 2-4pm***
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Pacifica, CA 94044
(650)355-8811


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For our second book event in October, Florey's welcomes local author Tygarjas Twyrls Bigstyck as he discusses his new book: ""Passenger: A Divinely Inspired Comedy in 13 Books”.


***Saturday, October 23rd, 2-4pm***

About the book:
After a long day of work it's time to catch the bus home. Tim is immediately a little uneased by the voice of his dead father; he is very much uneased by the words of that voice declaring the destination of this bus is Hell. With no need to rush to arrival at the promised eternity waiting at the end of this ride, Tim will take the scenic route through what his alternative might have been. Introduced to a reality of Heaven a bit different from what he had expected, his questions of what he possibly might have done to warrant Hell are quickly replaced with questions of how much worse Hell could possibly be than the Heaven he finds himself journeying through. Caught between the horror of the certainty of the present, and the uncertainty of how much worse the future might be, Tim finds himself wondering as the wheels roll 'round whether he ever wants to get off the bus he is sure he wishes he had never boarded to begin with.

About the author:
Tygarjas Twyrls Bigstyck was slightly unnerved as to the question of why any greater conscious entity, as the masses tend to claim, would construct a being to feel pain and be privy to the inevitability of the cessation of its existence. After a great deal of independent study as a young adult the answer to this question became clear; transmutation of energy. With a desire to understand further what the greatest potential was for a "transmuter of energy," Tygarjas studied English and Religious Studies at Tulane University where he completed his BA in both.

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For more information, visit his site:
http://www.bigstyckbooks.com/
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Come join us!
*** Saturday, October 23rd, 2-4 pm***
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Visit Florey's Books During Fog Fest!

Feel free to come and visit Florey's Books during the 25th annual Fog Fest. We will be open both days, September 25th and 26th. For more information about Fog Fest, be sure to check out the website:

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"Broadmoor Village" author event, Saturday, August 28th!

Florey's Books invites you to meet local author Dave Crimmen as he discusses his new book: "Images of America: Broadmoor Village".


***Saturday, August 28th, 2-4pm***


About the book: Broadmoor Village, the little community that embodies the American ethic of independence, survives despite neighboring annexations, budget crises, and even Mother Nature. This subdivision was built in San Mateo County by the Stoneson Company just after World War II, targeting returning veterans and their families. Established before Henry Doelger made neighboring Westlake, Westmoor, St. Francis, and other communities since annexed by Daly City, Broadmoor has repeatedly chosen to stay unincorporated and independent. This attitude has shaped Broadmoor through the years to assert its autonomous stature while surrounded by larger cities.

About the author: Author Dave Crimmen lived in Broadmoor Village for 30 years, where he graduated from Garden Village and Ben Franklin schools. Dave is a professional musician whose original music has been used in major motion pictures like The Game, starring Michael Douglas, and also in television shows like CBS's Cold Case and FOX's Melrose Place. This collection of images from the Broadmoor Police Department, Broadmoor Property Owner's Association, Westmoor Alumni, and the author's personal archives tell a real-life version of "David vs. Goliath."



For more information, see the Facebook page for the book:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=369538989846


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*** Saturday, August 28th, 2-4 pm***
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"Flick Nation" author event, Saturday, July 31st!

Florey's Books invites you to meet local author Dennis Willis as he discusses his new book: "Flick Nation: 2010 Movie Yearbook, 2nd Edition "


***Saturday, July 31st, 2-4 pm***



Flick Nation is film critic Dennis Willis' latest compendium of over 650 capsule movie reviews -- including Avatar, Alice in Wonderland, Clash of the Titans, Shutter Island, Iron Man 2, Shrek Forever After, Robin Hood, Sex and the City 2, Splice and dozens of direct-to-DVD titles not covered in other books.

Willis also provides entertainment industry analysis, with subjects ranging from the explosion of 3D movies, Oscar's hits and misses, Hollywood's obsession with rebooting franchises, and Blu-ray's identity crisis.

The 2ND EDITION is the most current movie book available with coverage of the 2010 summer movie season. Flick Nation is an indispensable viewing guide with attitude!



For more information about Dennis and his book, check out his websites:

http://flicknation.ning.com/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Flick-Nation/122239341197?ref=ts


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*** Saturday, July 31st, 2-4 pm***
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"I Should Have Given Them Water" book event, Sunday, July 18th!

Florey's Books invites you to meet local poet Eileen Malone as she signs and reads from her new book "I Should Have Given Them Water".


***Sunday, July 18th, 2-4 pm***



About the book: 'I Should Have Given Them Water' is a challenging new collection of poetry by poet Eileen Malone. With an unflinching generosity of lush imagery, Malone turns nouns into verbs and verbs into nouns with carefully honed incongruity. She navigates the abstract, messy, expressionistic and humanistic, while maintaining tough, straight forward intensity. These poems are packed with powerful, penetrating struggles by a well-seasoned Feminist (mental health activist), feminine (wife, mother, daughter) poet with an amazing capability for risking, loving, and suspecting her world, all at the same time.

About the author: Eileen Malone lives in Broadmoor Village. Over five hundred of her poems have been published in literary journals and anthologies, many earning awards and citations and recently two nominated for Pushcart prizes. Her book on Writer’s Groups was published by Wiley and her award winning chapbook Letters with Taloned Claws was published by Poet’s Corner Press. She founded and directs the Soul-Making Literary Competition; is a voting member for the Northern California Book Reviewers Association; a branch officer for the National League of American Pen Women; an activist for the National Alliance on Mental Illness; and serves on the Advisory Committee for Caminar (support services for people with disabilities). She also hosts/produces a television interview show on creativity, now streaming on the internet.

Come join us!
***Sunday, July 18th, 2-4pm***
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"Wyndano's Cloak" book event, Saturday, June 26th!

Florey's Books invites you to meet award-winning author A.R. Silverberry as he introduces his new book "Wyndano's Cloak".


***Saturday, June 26th, 2-4pm***

Discover the Magic of Wyndano’s Cloak!

Jen has settled into a peaceful life when a terrifying event awakens old fears of being homeless and alone, of a danger horrible enough to destroy her family and shatter her world forever.

She is certain that Naryfel, a shadowy figure from her past, has returned and is concentrating the full force of her hate on Jen’s family. But how will she strike? A knife in the dark? An attack from her legions? Or with the dark arts and twisted creatures she commands with sinister cunning.

Wyndano’s Cloak may be Jen’s only hope. If she can only trust that she has what it takes to use it . . .

A tale of madness, friendship, and courage, Wyndano’s Cloak reveals the transformative power of love and forgiveness, and the terrible consequences of denying who you really are.



Read an excerpt and learn about the author here: http://www.arsilverberry.com/

Also look out for an article in the June 23rd Pacifica Tribune www.mercurynews.com/pacifica

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***Saturday, June 26th, 2-4pm***
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Get Your Summer Reading Books at Florey's!

Florey's Books has the summer required reading books for local schools in stock. We also have plenty of other great books to read during summer. If you need your summer reading books, stop by, email, or call and we can put a copy aside for you to pick up at your convenience. Thank you, and have a good summer!

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"Pacifica: Then and Now" book event Sunday, April 25th!

Florey's Books invites you to meet Pacifica authors Kathleen Manning and Jerry Crow as they discuss their new book "Pacifica: Then and Now".


***Sunday, April 25th, 2-4pm***


About the book:

Pacifica and its coast, once envisioned as a string of resorts, casinos, and vacation cottages in place of artichoke fields, was overlooked after the failure of the Ocean Shore Railroad in 1920. Demand for reasonably priced housing revived the boom, and Pacifica was incorporated in 1957. Authors Kathleen Manning and Jerry Crow of the Pacifica Historical Society contrast vintage and modern views of this city to illustrate the progression from farms to cottages to a suburb surrounded by open space and a modern metropolis.

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Read more about it here: http://www.mercurynews.com/search/ci_14876997
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Come join us!
***Sunday, April 25th, 2-4pm***
Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650)355-8811
http://www.myspace.com/floreysbooks
http://www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pacifica-CA/Floreys-Book-Co/141885967885

"Jesus Goes to Hollywood" author event Saturday, April 3rd!

Florey's Books invites you to meet Northern California author William Bramley as he discusses his book "Jesus Goes to Hollywood: The Alternative Theories About Christ".


***Saturday, April 3rd, 2pm***


Everything you never wanted to know about Christ, or were afraid to ask. Join "The Gods of Eden" author William Bramley as he surveys all of the major alternative theories about Christ, as he provides you with the primary evidence in support of each theory, along with some of the arguments against them. It will be up to you, the reader, to decide what is true.

Did Jesus survive the crucifixion and preach afterwards? What were his connections to strange mystery religions? How did hallucinogens affect Christianity? Who, or what, were the angels that were said to be in contact with Christ? Were angels misinterpreted extraterrestrials? Where did Jesus go during his "missing" years? Did Jesus sail to other places, such as England, Asia and North America? Did he have children? If so, how many? Or was he gay? What did he look like? Was Jesus black? Or was he white with red hair? Does the New Testament reveal his true teachings, or did he say something very different? Was Jesus really a saint? Was he perhaps even a madman? Even a myth? Did he exist at all?

Jesus Christ continues to spark the public imagination through books and movies that present many different views of him. Jesus Goes to Hollywood fills in the gaps with a fascinating summary of the most popular and enduring theories about Christ along with the author's own interpretations.

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A word from the author: I wrote Jesus Goes to Hollywood because religion is a force for both good and bad that is having an enormous impact on our world right now. Humanity needs to grow up spiritually, and to do that, we need to gain a better understanding of who our religious founders really were, what they actually taught, and why. The consequences of ignorance have become too severe. I hope that Jesus Goes to Hollywood helps in the search for answers.

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Come join us!
***Saturday, April 3rd, 2pm***
Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650)355-8811
http://www.myspace.com/floreysbooks
http://www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pacifica-CA/Floreys-Book-Co/141885967885

"Dealing With Difficult People" author event Sat. February 6th!

Florey's Books invites you to meet local author Cheryl Joseph as she discusses her book "Dealing With Difficult People - It's a Zoo Out There"

***Saturday, February 6th, 2-4pm***

Ever feel like you have been attacked by a lion, poisoned by a viper, or confronted by a mule when you haven't even left home turf? If so, "Dealing With Difficult People: It's a Zoo Out There" is the book for you! Let's face it: whether it is your boss; teacher; spouse; coworker; parent; or best friend, people can sometimes be beastly. Written by a sociologist with many years in the corporate world, as a university professor, and a lover of animals, this book explores effective communication techniques by tenderly and humorously comparing stereotypic behavior of various animals to that of challenging people. Brimming with insight, this book also contains many attractive and colorful photographs of the animals it discusses, making it as enjoyable and fun to read as it is useful in any social situation where difficult people lurk.


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Look for an interview in the Feb. 3rd Pacifica Tribune!
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Come join us!
***Saturday, February 6th, 2-4pm***
Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650)355-8811
http://www.myspace.com/floreysbooks
http://www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pacifica-CA/Floreys-Book-Co/141885967885

"Shadow of the Imago" author event, Saturday, January 23rd!

Florey's Books invites you to meet local author Gustav Tjgaard as he discusses his new book "Shadow of the Imago".

***Saturday, January 23rd, 2-4pm***

-About the book:
This book is a memoir of Simon, of an adolescent year in the Arcadian San Juan Archipelago of Puget Sound, a northwestern version of the Greek Aegean. Simon, a pubescent Odysseus, matured in this islanded environment of boats, fishermen, sailors and yachtsmen, all drawn to his father’s boatyard by their common love of the sea. Soon into the story Simon begins to appreciate the attributes of Zoë, a blond nymphet of Swedish extraction. Together they learn something of sailing and something of life. Yes, even in the primordial 1930s some teenagers were tempted by Eve’s apple, and yes, Zoë and Simon savored a bit of that pome. The carnal appetite of Simon’s father brought their fledgling love to a catastrophic denouement. The relationship deteriorated into a circumstance that resulted in Simon being exiled as a ship’s boy aboard a lumber schooner engaged in the China trade.

-About the author:
Born on Decatur Island of the San Juan Archipelago of the State of Washington. Served as a sailor, in trade with the Orient, on the last and largest Windjammer (Vigilant) to sail commercially. Was a para-trooper in Europe during WW II. After the war, he took a degree in mining at the University of Alaska's School of Mines. He later lived and worked with the Tlingets in Alaska.

For more on the book and author, see his website:

http://www.publishedauthors.net/shadowoftheimago/index.html

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Look for an interview in the Jan. 20th Pacifica Tribune!
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Come join us!
***Saturday, January 23rd, 2-4pm***
Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650)355-8811
http://www.myspace.com/floreysbooks
http://www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pacifica-CA/Floreys-Book-Co/141885967885

"Energy Free: Homes for a Small Planet" book event, January 9th!

Florey's invites you to meet Pacifica author Ann Edminster as she discusses her new book "Energy Free:
Homes for a Small Planet".

***Saturday, January 9th, 2-4 pm***

-About the book:
Energy Free is designed to equip building professionals and homeowners alike with a toolkit for creating homes that use no more energy than they produce—this means homes that are free from the vagaries of energy-price fluctuations and that help to free society of the high political and environmental costs of fossil fuels.

Individuals and institutions have been working toward "zero-energy" homes for decades. This volume is the first record of those collective efforts, distilling their experience into a practical and comprehensive how-to guide. The author includes resource information and step-by-step guidance on how to make decisions that will yield an energy-free residential project, whether a single-family home or multifamily building, new or existing, in an urban or a rural setting. The unique needs and opportunities of each context are addressed.

Visit the book website: http://www.chelseagreen.com/index/bookstore/item/energy_free/

-About the author:
Ann Edminster, M.Arch., LEED AP, is a recognized national expert on green home design and construction. She is a principal author of the LEED for Homes Rating System and consults to builders, homeowners, developers, supply chain clients, design firms, utilities, investors, and public agencies. She sits on the advisory boards of several private companies.

Visit her Green Design site: http://www.designavenues.net/index.html

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Look for an interview with her in the Pacifica Tribune this week!
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Come join us!
***Saturday, January 9th, 2-4pm***
Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650)355-8811
http://www.myspace.com/floreysbooks
http://www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pacifica-CA/Floreys-Book-Co/141885967885

"Your Dog is in the Bar" book event, Holiday Hours.

---December 1st through December 24th, Florey's Books will be open 10am to 8pm every day. So get your holiday orders in, and your last minute shopping as well.---



Florey's invites you meet Pacifica author Celia Day as she discusses her book "Your Dog Is In The Bar"


***Saturday, December 5th, 2-4 pm***

About the book: Affectionate, warm, and funny, Your Dog Is in the Bar by new author Celia Rensch Day is for folks who want to remember the good old days when neighbors helped mend fences and everyone pitched in when the old store needed a fresh coat of paint and a new roof. This novel-memoir takes a dry-humored, straightforward, journalistic, yet slapstick approach to what life is like, not on the fringe of the big city, but in the thick of it all in a small town. It’s a fresh look at down home, hometown life and the characters that keep it kicking. In Ramona, South Dakota there is seventy-nine-year-old Maude the Mowing Queen and Ira, who is known as Mr. Cat Man, and Russell, the local gravedigger, water meter reader, town maintenance guy, and all around Mr. Fix It. The author has known Ramona her whole life and when she returns with her husband to live there after a thirty-five year hiatus, she learns that the folks she finds there are exactly what she’s been missing.

About the Author: Celia Rensch Day is the youngest of nine children. Over the years, she has been an Avon lady, a nurse’s aide, a cook in a state hospital, and a store clerk, not to mention a stint debarking trees to make telephone poles and fence posts. She later became the first woman for Bison State Telephone Co. in South Dakota to do telephone installation and repair. For the past twenty-three years, Celia has also done volunteer sewing for numerous charities. An avid traveler, proud mother and grandmother, she and her husband lived in California for thirty years before returning to her hometown. Your Dog Is in the Bar is her first book.

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Come join us!
***Saturday, December 5th, 2-4pm***
Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650)355-8811
http://www.myspace.com/floreysbooks
http://www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pacifica-CA/Floreys-Book-Co/141885967885

Big Book November! - Three Events!

Florey's Books invites you to three separate events during November. First off:

***Thursday, November 12th at 7pm***
***This event is taking place at the Sharp Park Library. 104 Hilton Way, Pacifica.***

Sara Zarr, young adult author and Terra Nova graduate, will talk about her new book "Once Was Lost". Her first novel, "Story of a Girl" takes place in Pacifica! Florey's will be selling copies of her books and a book signing will follow her talk.

Visit her web site: http://www.sarazarr.com/
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***Saturday, November 14th, 2-4pm***
At Florey's Book Co.

Local author June Ahern will discuss her novel "The Skye in June". It is a coming of age story about the MacDonald family and their youngest child, June, who has an uniqueness that attracts unusual people: she's fey prophesies an old gypsy.

The story unfolds in Glasgow Scotland with Cathy, the mother, riding in the back of a taxi on her way to the hospital to deliver yet another bairn (child.) Cathy defies her husband, Jimmy, by naming their newborn daughter June rather than after a saint, as was their Catholic tradition. Jimmy is furious saying the name is a pagan one. The decision sets the MacDonald's on a course that will ultimately threaten the family's very foundation...

Ms. Ahern will offer a free mini psychic reading with the purchase of the book.

Visit her website: http://www.juneahern.com/
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Finally, we welcome Derek McCulloch and Jimmie Robinson. The author and artist of childrens book "T.Runt!".

***Sunday, November 15th, 2-4pm***



T.Runt! is a dinosaur's story of growing up. Vegrandis was the runt of the litter and was always picked on by the larger tyrannosaurs...but everything changes once Vegrandis discovers he isn't the smallest animal - let alone dinosaur - in the world!


Visit the T.Runt Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/T-Runt/105303034694>
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***Sara Zarr "Once Was Lost" Thurs Nov. 12th, 7pm at Sharp Park Library***
***June Ahern "The Skye in June" Saturday Nov. 14th, 2-4pm at Florey's***
***D.McCulloch & J.Robinson "T.Runt!" Sunday Nov. 15th 2-4pm at Florey's***

We hope to see you!

Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650)355-8811
open 10am to 6pm every day!

http://www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com/
http://www.myspace.com/floreysbooks
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pacifica-CA/Floreys-Book-Co/141885967885

"Flick Nation" author event Saturday, October 24th!

Florey's Books invites you to meet local author Dennis Willis as he discusses his new book: "Flick Nation: 2010 Movie Yearbook"

***Saturday, October 24th, 2-4pm***

Dennis Willis presents Flick Nation: 2010 Movie Yearbook, his compendium of over 500 current movie reviews and dozens of direct-to-DVD titles not covered in other books. Willis also writes about Oscar’s hits and misses, the surprisingly positive effects from online piracy, Hollywood’s obsession with rebooting franchises, and Blu-ray’s identity crisis.

For more information about Dennis and his book, check out his websites:

Flick Nation

Flick Nation Facebook

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Also be on the lookout for an article in Pacifica Tribune .
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Come join us!
*** Saturday, October 24th, 2-4 pm***
Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650)355-8811
open 10am to 6pm every day!

Florey's MySpace
Florey's Blog
Florey's Facebook

"Sea Sonnets" book event Saturday, October 17th!

Florey's Books invites you to meet local poet and author David Hirzel.

***Saturday, October 17th, 4-6 pm***

He will read from and discuss his new poetry chapbook "Sea Sonnets". The book is a collection of poems, all sonnets, about ships and the sea, and the mysteries of celestial navigation.

David Hirzel was born in Philadelphia, raised in West Virginia, and landed in northern California by way of Florida. He is the author of "Sailor on Ice: Tom Crean's Antarctic Adventures with Scott and Shackleton", and the podcast audiodrama "Sailor on Ice". His poems have been published in numerous literary journals since 1985.

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Look for an article in the Pacifica Tribune .
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Come join us!
*** Saturday, October 17th, 4-6 pm***
Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650)355-8811
open 10am to 6pm every day!

www.myspace.com/floreysbooks
www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pacifica-CA/Floreys-Book-Co/141885967885

Come visit Florey's during Fog Fest 2009!

Come by and visit Florey's Books during the 2009 Pacific Coast Fog Fest. We will be open 10am to 6pm BOTH days!

"Love Each Day" author event Saturday, August 22nd!

Florey's Books invites you to meet El Granada-based author Gail Bernice Howard as she discusses her new book "Love Each Day".


***Saturday, August 22nd, 2-4pm***

About the book: Are We Happy Yet?

We are used to psychologists, psychiatrists, and other "experts" offering advice about how to be happy and how to live a fulfilling life. Even though the books by these experts can be helpful, sometimes the best way to learn about life is from true stories. Although Love Each Day doesn't specifically tell people how to live a wonderful life, the authentic true stories nevertheless offer timeless lessons about enjoying life. The tapestry of true stories in our lives will always be invaluable. From these stories we not only learn how people from different walks of life live, but also what is important to these individuals. Ultimately, this book inspires readers to spend time treasuring what really matters.

About the author: Gail Bernice Holland

Gail is an author and award-winning journalist who has worked on newspapers and magazines in Britain and the United States.

As a staff writer and interior designer for Home magazine in London, England, Holland furnished a four-bedroom house for the Ideal Home Exhibition visited by Princess Alexandra, a member of the British Royal Family. After immigrating to the United States, Holland was a feature writer for the San Francisco Examiner newspaper, editor of Connections magazine published by the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and a staff copywriter for the stores Joseph Magnin and Gump's, California. She has also worked in the movie industry and written radio commentaries.
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Be sure to check out her site for more information:
http://www.authorgbr.com/index.html
Also see this story about her from a recent Half Moon Bay Review:
http://www.hmbreview.com/articles/2009/08/13/community/doc4a81ddb1924c5233851889.txt
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Look for an article in the Pacifica Tribune on the 19th as well!

Come join us!
*** Saturday, August 22nd, 2-4 pm***
Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650)355-8811
open 10am to 6pm every day!
www.myspace.com/floreysbooks
www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com

Meet the author of "The Garden of the Poets" Thursday, August 13th

Florey's Books and the "Chit Chat Readers' Group" invite you to an evening with local author, Rauf Naquishbendi, for a discussion of his book, "The Garden of the Poets".

***Thursday, August 13th, 7-8:30 pm***

The first part of the book celebrates the Kurdish culture, as lived by Rauf and his extended family in his Iraqi hometown of Halabja, which was once called the garden of the poets. At an all-too-young age, Rauf witnesses horrors of man's inhumanity against man as Halabja is caught in the middle of this war-torn area near the Iranian border during the Kurdish Revolution (starting in 1961) and continuing through the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988). The book culminates in gripping first-hand accounts of the bombing of his village by Saddam Hussein's regime in 1988 using chemical weapons and nerve gas which killed more than 5,000 civilians within minutes.

There is also Rauf's brave, and often humorous, adventure emigrating to New York City, and his heartbreak reading about the attack on Halabja after he had moved to the Bay Area. He did not know the fate of his parents and other family members until two years after the bombing.

This is an important work; a story that needed to be told. At the time of the bombing attacks, the American government looked the other way, and even misdirected blame to Iran.

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Come join us!
***Thursday, August 13th, 7-8:30 pm***
Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650)355-8811
open 10am to 6pm every day!
www.myspace.com/floreysbooks
www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com

"Calm Ease Smile Breathe" author event Saturday, August 8th!

Florey's invites you to come and meet Pescadero-based artist Logan Payne as she discusses her work on the illuminated meditation "Calm Ease Smile Breathe".



***Saturday, August 8th. 2-4pm***



About the book: This illuminated meditation highlights a key mindfulness practice for cultivating serenity in the here and now. Presented in a beautiful and uniquely usable way the gift set includes a travel size altar with a guided meditation; a CD with Thich Nhat Hanh's step-by-step instruction; and a booklet with biographical information about the author and artist as well as background on mindfulness practice.

Calm Ease Smile Breathe helps you create your own sacred space wherever you need it most. The results can lead to letting go of our worries and experiencing more deeply the life around us and our own aliveness in the present moment.

Logan Payne created the background art from her "Patina Series" of oils on paper, and the illustrations are brush and ink.


About the artist: Logan Payne was born in California and grew up traveling overseas,coming into contact with the culture, art and religion of the Near,
Middle, and Far East. She studied paintng in Greece, printmaking
in Italy, and lived in Manhattan, working at a gallery for emerging
artists. Returning to California, she settled on a coastal farm to
pursue painting, graphic design, and illustration.

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Come join us!
*** Saturday, August 8th, 2-4 pm***
Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650)355-8811
open 10am to 6pm every day!
www.myspace.com/floreysbooks
www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com

"A Selfish Life?" book event, Saturday June 27th!

Come and meet Healdsburg-based author Marisol Schowengerdt as she discusses her new book "A Selfish Life?" at Florey's Books.

***Saturday, June 27th. 2-4 pm***

About the book: When Kevin and Modra settle in Healdsburg and discover
a peaceful, selfish life, their lifelong dreams and aspirations
wane and leave them in conflict with society and those
they love most.
Modra, frustrated with the common assumption that something
is wrong with her decides she is tired of explaining to strangers that
she has been trying to become pregnant but has been diagnosed with
unexplained infertility. Saddened by the diagnosis, yet privately relieved,
she and her husband are forced to reckon with their conscience before
ultimately striking the deal that will determine if they are to accept
nature and remain childless or choose science (invitro) to force the hand
of nature and give them a child.
As they struggle to honor each other’s beliefs, their friends
and family around them must fight their own moral battles.
Secrets surface and lives are reshaped by the blunting
circumstances they are forced to confront...
It’s not about judgment... It’s about circumstance.

About the author: Marisol lives in the California Wine Country
with her husband and their little Kenya who
was adopted from the Healdsburg Animal
Shelter.
She enjoys traveling extensively and spending
her spare time surrounded by her supportive
and fun loving friends and family.
“The Idea for the book came about as my husband and I
faced a similar diagnosis as the characters Kevin and Modra.
We debated and discussed our situation and options with
our friends and family who happened to be very supportive.
To our surprise, the most interesting opinions came from
strangers we met through the years while traveling abroad...
we would never see each other again and so, we shared our
stories.
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For more information, please visit her site: www.aselfishlife.com
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Come join us!
***Saturday, June 27th. 2pm-4pm***
Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650)355-8811
open 10am to 6pm every day!
www.myspace.com/floreysbooks
www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com

"FIJI My Journey to the South Pacific" event, Saturday May 16th!

Join local author Dorothy J. Ram as she discusses her new book "Fiji, My Journey to the South Pacific".

*** Saturday, May 16th. 2-4pm ***

About the book: Imagine if you stepped out of your comfortable world on a farm in Southern Ohio and stepped onto a small Island in the middle of the South Pacific, a different culture, a different language, a different world. I had walked out of the future into the past

About the author: Dorothy Williams was born to Harold Williams of Ohio and Evelyn Rogers of Indiana in August of 1935. Dorothy is one of seven children. She met her husband, Claudius Ram (Richard) in 1953 while in her senior year at Huntington High School and married three months later.

They lived in the U.S. from 1953 to 1960, until Claudius was called home to Fiji to help in the family logging business. With two toddlers, Deborah age 4 and Richard at 18 months, they journeyed to a small village off the Coral Coast called Navutulevu. This is where her extraordinary story of life in Fiji begins.

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Come join us!
***Saturday, May 16th. 2pm-4pm***
Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650)355-8811
open 10am to 6pm every day!
www.myspace.com/floreysbooks
www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com

'The Garden of the Poets' author event, Saturday, April 25th!

Join local author Rauf Naqishbendi as he discusses his new book 'The Garden of the Poets'.

***Saturday, April 25th. 2-4pm***

About the book: In 1988, Saddam Hussein bombed the town of Halabja with chemical weapons and nerve gas which killed more than 5,000 people within minutes. The bombing was part of his Anfal campaign, genocide against the Kurds.

However, this is not entirely a book about death and destruction. It is a book which celebrates Kurdish culture through stories from the author’s childhood. It gives insight into Saddam’s reign of terror, but also tells the stories of the Kurdish people in Iraq with joy and humor.

This book also includes episodes related to his experiences adapting to a new homeland, America. Such experiences are emblematic of a displaced people. While this book outlines the brutalities and hardships endured by the Kurdish people, it also embodies the simple nobility and joyful humor essential to our communal soul. This record of the Kurdish people captures the imagination, stirs compassion, and helps unravel a complex tapestry of ill-fated political decisions.

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Come join us!
***Saturday, April 25th. 2pm-4pm***
Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650)355-8811
open 10am to 6pm every day!
www.myspace.com/floreysbooks
www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com

"Tales From My Grandmother" author event. Saturday, April 4th!

Author event Saturday, April 4th. 2pm-5pm

Please join us at Florey's Books as we welcome local author Surrey Blackburn. She will be here to talk about her new children's book "Tales From My Grandmother".

About the book: (visit the website!) http://www.talesfrommygrandmother.com/

Charming stories of life on the home front— Through the eyes of a little girl.

By turns poignant, funny, and moving, these delightfully illustrated tales convey both the everydayness and the harsh realities of life at home in England during World War II.

As you read these charming stories, you will experience what it felt like to be a little Bristol girl trying to make sense of a world of air raid shelters, gas masks, rationing, and endless “queues.” Based on memories Surrey Blackburn shared with own grandchildren, “Tales from my Grandmother” gives the children of today a real sense of what life was like for children back then:

Living through air raids
Dealing with gas masks
Songs and games that helped everyone cope
Sharing Ration book coupons
Maintaining family ties

About the author:

Surrey Blackburn, mother of two and grandmother of five, was born in Bristol, England, and now lives in Northern California with her husband, a dog, four cats, and a lovely view of the Pacific Ocean. After years as a teacher, bank manager, foundation director, and now photographer, she returns with these stories to an earlier interest in working with young children.
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Come join us!
***Saturday, April 4th. 2pm-5pm***
Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650)355-8811
open 10am to 6pm every day!
www.myspace.com/floreysbooks
www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com

'The Whiteboard Jungle' event, Saturday, Feb. 21st!

Author event Saturday, February 21st, 1-3pm.

Florey's Books welcomes local author Denise Chase-Kirejcyk. She will be on hand to discuss her new book, "The Whiteboard Jungle".

From the website http://www.whiteboardjungle.org :
"After teaching school for over twelve years, Denise Chase has written a hilarious,insightful and astonishingly candid journal chronicling one of her years as a middle school teacher.

Though comedic, the Whiteboard Jungle has a serious side as well. It gives vivid and often appalling vignettes of students hopelessly preoccupied with themselves and pop culture,officials presiding over a dysfunctional and foundering system, teachers grappling with frustrations and sometimes leaving the profession, and parents deluded into thinking their kids are blameless angels whose poor grades must be the fault of teachers.

But the many rewarding parts of teaching are nicely presented too. We meet earnest students who despite grim home lives are determined to succeed, and unruly students who with some prodding decide to turn their lives around. In the end, we experience the pride in seeing 8th graders "cross the stage" and go on to new life challenges.

The Whiteboard Jungle should be read by teachers, prospective teachers, and perhaps most importantly by parents of students. All will enjoy the humor and come away more knowledgeable of today's educational system."

Also see her recent interview about the book with the Pacifica Tribune!
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Come join us!
*** Saturday, February 21st. 1-3pm ***
Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650)355-8811
open 10am to 6pm every day!
www.myspace.com/floreysbooks
www.floreysbooks.blogspot.com

Join us for a 'Twilight' night at Sanchez library!

Florey's books and the Pacifica Sanchez library invite you to a Twilight Evening. Please join us for a costume contest, games, book discussion, raffle for official Twilight shirts and refreshments.

The event starts at 7:00pm, Friday, January 23rd at the Sanchez Library. The Sanchez library is located at: 1111 Terra Nova Blvd. You can reach them by phone at: (650)359-3397

Florey's will be on hand to sell copies of the Twilight series books. We hope to see you there!
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Remember, Florey's Books is now open 10am-6pm every day! Thank you.


Aaron Schlieve
Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave.
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650)355-8811
http://floreysbooks.blogspot.com/
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Laugh Locally! December 20th Author Event.

Please come by and visit local musician, writer, Television personality, and all around nice guy: Ian Butler! He will be appearing at Florey's Books Saturday, December 20th from 2-4pm to sign his new book 'Semi-Centennial-the Book!' . It is a collection of his humor columns from the Pacifica Tribune , and includes illustrations by Tom Jackson. "A hysterical historical look at Pacifica's 50th year". Ian plans to play some songs and provide illegible signatures! Look for his interview about the book in the Pacifica Tribune this coming week.

We hope to see you! Event details: Saturday, December 20th, 2-4pm.

Florey's Book Co.
2120 Palmetto Ave
Pacifica, CA 94044
(650)355-8811
FloreyBookCo@yahoo.com

'Tales of Beedle the Bard', Holiday shopping hours.

Florey's Book Co. is pleased to announce the arrival of J.K. Rowling's 'Tales of Beedle the Bard'. It is a collection of five children's stories, and is mentioned in the final Harry Potter novel, 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'. The stories are: "The Wizard and the Hopping Pot", "The Fountain of Fair Fortune", "The Warlock's Hairy Heart", "Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump", and "The Tale of the Three Brothers". It is available in hardcover, and is priced $12.99. Net proceeds of sales of the book are to benefit Children's High Level Group. A charity that campaigns to protect and promote children's rights and make life better for vulnerable young people. Feel free to email or call in to have a copy reserved for you.

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I would also like to remind all of our customers about our Holiday shopping hours. During December, we are open 10am to 8pm, every day! (We will be closed December 25th, however.)
We hope to see you soon!