Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Chananel 6's 207 finally posted Donna's pre-Christmas children's segment linked here for your viewing pleasure!

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Book Signing with Jennifer McMahon

Join us on Thursday, June 25th at 3pm

Dismantled
by Jennifer McMahon

"A failed marriage. A long-buried secret. A lonely
child's imaginary friend. From these simple ingredients,
Jennifer McMahon has constructed a fun, twisty
thriller.
Expect Dismantled to earn comparisons to
The Secret History
."
- Stewart O'Nan, author of Songs for the Missing


About the Author
Jennifer McMahon writes full time and lives in Barre, Vermont with her partner, Drea and their daughter, Zella. Dismantled is her third novel, following Island of Lost Girls and Promise Not to Tell.



Thursday, March 19, 2009

Donna's Favorites's







Pictured here are a few of the books I spoke about while doing a recent "207" on wsch6 TV.
The 2 books I'm probably the most excited about are Backyard Homesteading by Carleen Madigan and Gardening When it Counts by Steve Solomon. Both are very comprehensive and through, with lots of very useful info. They are easy to follow and process and Backyard Homestead is full of great illustrations. Gardening when it Counts is so complete I can't imagine that you'd need any other book on vegetable growing, at least to get you started .. let's face it though if your like me, collecting gardening books can take on a life of it's own.

THE LAST " 207 " SEGMENT THAT BOOKS ETC CONTRIBUTED TOO

Listed below is the full list of titles on sustainability/gardening that appeared on the table during the '207" segment I did that aired Friday, March 14th.

The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest - Carol W. Costenbader

Root Cellaring - Mike & Nancy Bubel

Build Your Own Underground Root Cellar- Phyllis Hobson

Easy Composters You Can Build - Nick Noyes

Growing Herbs In Containers - Sal Gilbertie & Maggie Oster

The Homebrewer’s Garden - Joe & Dennis Fisher

Organic Crops in Pots - Deborah Schneebeli-Morrell

In Defense of Food - Michael Pollan

Preserving Summer’s Bounty - A Rodale Garden Book

Community Gardening - Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Putting Food By - Janet Greene, Ruth Hertzberg, & Beatrice Vaughan

The Omnivore’s Dilemma - Michael Pollan

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Barbara Kingsolver

Complete Guide to Home Canning and Preserving - U.S. Department of Agriculture

The Renewable Energy Handbook - William H. Kemp

How to Grow More Vegetables - John Jeavons

The Complete Compost Gardening Guide - Barbara Pleasant & Deborah L. Martin

Living Green - Greg Horn

Preserving Food Without Freezing or Canning - The Gardeners & Farmers of Terre Vivante

Sharing the Harvest - Elizabeth Henderson

The Backyard Homestead - Carleen Madigan

Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn - Fritz Haeg

Grow It. Eat It. - Linda Larson

Don’t Throw It, Grow It! - Deborah Peterson & Millicent Selsam

Food Not Lawns - H.C. Flores

Gardening When It Counts - Steve Solomon

Fresh Food From Small Spaces - R.J. Ruppenthal

On Guerrilla Gardening - Richard Reynolds

Grow Organic - DK Publishing

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Books Etc was lucky enough to be part of a celebration to honor Maine's own Melissa Sweet on Saturday-March 14th . Melissa recently was awarded a Caldecott Honor, the book world's highest honor for book illustration, for the book, River of Words-The Story of Williams Carlos Williams, written by Jen Bryant and illustrated by Melissa Sweet. The text, part brief biography of his childhood and later career as a doctor interspersed with the constant stream of poems he wrote about everyday objects, weaves it's way around the lush and jewel-like illustrations that are full to bursting from this fabulous book.
Well over a hundred people stopped by to congratulate Melissa, try their hand at a collage, buy a book or eat some of the fabulous cupcakes provided for the guests.
Kirsten Cappy of Curious City planned and organized this wonderful event and brought it all off with her usual panache.
We still have a few signed copies of this amazing book, which is selling briskly.
If you would like one set aside call soon.

Pictures From the Melissa Sweet Party and Images From the Book