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Kensington Celebrates the International Day of the Book Festival Sunday April 21st 2013 * Howard Avenue, Old Town Kensington * 11am-4pm

 
READINGS
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Steve Piacente
11:30 to 11:45 | Location: Readings Tent near Armory Ave
Author of:
Bella
Publisher: CreatSpace, Fiction
Isabel Moss knew she might lose her husband when he went off to war. When the call came, she was almost ready. What stopped her cold was the second call.
Bootlicker
Publisher: 9 to 1 Press, Fiction
In the prequel to Bella an unholy union exists between a racist US Senator and the candidate poised to become South Carolina's first black congressman since the Civil War.
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James J. Patterson
11:45 to 12:00 | Location: Readings Tent near Armory Ave
Author of:
Bermuda Shorts
Publisher: Santa Fe Writer's Project, Non-Fiction
In clothing, Bermuda Shorts are a kind of casual formal wear – and in this collection of essays, Bermuda Shorts is the perfect metaphor for James J. Patterson’s fundamentally serious but playful literary style. Patterson writes like the love child of Henry Miller and Mary Karr, with all the contradictions that implies. Patterson grew up with a foot planted in each of two worlds — one in Washington DC, the Capital of the Empire as he calls it, where the wheels of power spin, and one in rural Ontario, where his Canadian mother insisted the family spend their summers. It is those two worlds that blend in this collection, in reflections both serious and playful, on what it means to be a man, an artist, an iconoclast, a patriot, a lover, as the 20th century rolls over into the 21st.

Dale Sorenson
12:00 to 12:15 | Location: Readings Tent near Armory Ave
The talk will be on The Basics of Collecting & Care of Used and Rare Books. What to do, how to do, and what not to do when forming a book collection; the pleasures and pitfalls of collecting books.

Dr. Sorenson founded Waverly Auctions in 1978 and served as its President until 2004 when he sold the business to Quinn’s Auctions. Under their ownership, he served as Director of Waverly Auctions until 2009, and now provides expert consultation to Waverly in the cataloging of rare books, maps and atlases, fine prints, autographs and manuscripts. Having passed a Core Course in Valuation Studies Featuring USPAP (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice), he is now actively engaged in formal appraisals in the above areas of his extensive experience.
daleasorenson.com

Mitchell Yockelson
12:15 to 12:30 | Location: Readings Tent near Armory Ave
Author of:
Borrowed Soldiers: Americans Under British Command, 1918
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, Non-Fiction
A comprehensive narrative of the first time American and British soldiers fought together as a coalition force - on the battlefields of Belgium and France during World War I
borrowedsoldiers.com

Bill Cooke
12:30 to 12:45 | Location: Readings Tent near Armory Ave
Author of:
Justice At Salem: Reexamining The Witch Trials
Publisher: Undertaker Press, Non-Fiction
A historical reexamination of the Salem witch trials.
Witch Trials, Legends, and Lore of Maryland
Publisher: Undertaker Press, Non-Fiction
A look at the witches of Maryland from the 17th century to the 20th.
justiceatsalem.com | www.undertakerpress.com |Twitter | Facebook

Dorothy M. Pugh
12:45 to 1:00 | Location: Readings Tent near Armory Ave
Co-Author of:
In Search of Maryland Ghosts: Montgomery County
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Non-Fiction
Explore haunted places of Montgomery County, Maryland, and its surrounding area through 53 ghostly stories including photos. Where possible, the authors have tied the stories into local history, all thoroughly researched.
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W. Joseph Campbell
1:00 to 1:15 | Location: Readings Tent near Armory Ave
Author of:
Getting It Wrong
Publisher: University of California Press, Non-Fiction
Getting It Wrong addresses and debunks 10 media-driven myths, which are stories about and/or by the media that are widely believed but which, on inspection, prove to be apocryphal.
The Year That Defined American Journalism
Publisher: Routledge, Non-Fiction
The Year That Defined American Journalism tells the story of a remarkable and pivotal year when the contours of modern American journalism were shaped.
www.wjosephcampbell.com | www.mediadrivenmyths.com | Twitter

Brett Abrams
1:15 to 1:30| Location: Readings Tent near Armory Ave
Author of:
The Bullets, the Wizards, and Washington, DC, Basketball
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Non-Fiction
The US's national capital has a rich professional basketball tradition. This serves as a bio for the city's teams from the mid 1920's to today. It also documents and analyzes the movement of the sport from a regional to an international game.
Capital Sporting Grounds:
A History of Stadiums and Ballpark Construction in Washington DC

Publisher: McFarland, Non-Fiction
While many decried the $600 million spent on Nationals Park, politics and stadium construction are nothing new to Washington DC. Land swaps and closed door deals have long been a part of the story.
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Roser Caminals
1:30 to 1:45 | Location: Readings Tent near Armory Ave
Author of:
The Street of the Three Beds
Publishers: University Press of the South (paperback), BarcelonaEbooks (digital), Fiction
In the backstreets of late nineteenth-century Barcelona, where nothing is what it seems, a prosperous heir's carefree life is turned upside down when his working-class mistress disappears
La Petita Mort
Publisher: Random House Mondadori, Fiction
Fictionalized account of a triple murder committed in Barcelona in the late nineteenth century. It was a notorious case that received much publicity at the time.
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Bill Heath
1:45 to 2:00 | Location: Readings Tent near Armory Ave
Author of:
Devil Dancer
Publisher: Somondoco Press, Fiction
In 1972 prize stallion Devil Dancer is shot and detective Wendell Clay undergoes a three-day ordeal investigation the world of the Kentucky Bluegrass region.
Blacksnake’s Path: The True Adventure of William Wells
Publisher: Heritage Books, Fiction
Based on a true story, this historical novel traces the life of William Wells (Blacksnake) from his captivity by the Miami to his life as first a scout and then an Indian Agen

Dick Ellwood
2:00 to 2:15 | Location: Readings Tent near Armory Ave
Author of:
Cop Stories - The Few, the Proud, the Ugly
Publisher: iUniverse, Non-Fiction
Spanning the turbulent times of the sixties through the decadence of the eighties, Cop Stories reveals what it truly means to protect, serve, and live the life of a tough, dedicated cop.
Charm City's Blue Justice
Publisher: iUniverse, Fiction
In this action-packed, suspenseful thriller, a friendship is on the line as two police officers become embroiled in a murder investigation that could change their lives forever.

Andy Johnson
2:15 to 2:30 | Location: Readings Tent near Armory Ave
Author of:
Incident at Forest Glen
Publisher: CreateSpace, Fiction
Incident at Forest Glen is a haunting mystery that brings history to life. Christmastime, 1921. Four senior girls from the elite Forest Glen National Park Seminary set off after a terrible storm to witness the fury of a devastating flood at the nearby glen. When they spot a dark shape pass by in the raging creek, followed by a small white dress, the possibility they were bystanders to a drowning threatens their harmonious existence.

Ruth Levy Guyer
2:30 to 2:45 | Location: Readings Tent near Armory Ave
Author of:
A Life Interrupted
Publisher: Harvard Bookstore, Cambridge, Non-Fiction
The true story of Marjorie Cornelia Day, a brilliant American girl who, after graduating from Wellesley College, went off to Oxford University in 1925 to study philosophy and psychology but, instead, lapsed into a coma, remained "asleep" for seventeen years, and then suddenly returned to full consciousness and went on to live almost 100 years as a charismatic college professor with a rich personal life.
ruthlevyguyer.net | Facebook

Bill Campbell
2:45 to 3:00 | Location: Readings Tent near Armory Ave
Author of:
Koontown Killing Kaper
Fiction
All the rappers in Koontown are being murdered and everybody says it is vampire crack babies who are doing the killing. But don't worry, ex-supermodel/ex-homicide detective/private eye Genevieve Noire is on the case.
koontown.com | Facebook | Twitter

Debbie Berkelhammer
3:00 to 3:15 | Location: Readings Tent near Armory Ave
Author of:
Point of View on Dying and Living
Publisher: Createspace, Non-Fiction
Exactly six months before my diagnosis, I turned 30 years old. Married and a mother to young boys, I was filled with hopes and dreams, oblivious to the reality that my world, as I knew it, would soon end. In August, 1996 I was diagnosed with a life threatening cervical spinal cord tumor. My doctors told me I would be a quadriplegic within five years. I began radiation treatment to shrink the tumor. Ten months later I was given one to three months to live. I would not see my next birthday. Yet I survived and thrived. I fought for my life with the help of my family and today I see life as an opportunity to love each moment. My illness affected every part of my life-as a mother, a wife, a daughter, a sister, a friend and an individual. These roles made me who I was when my illness struck, and today my illness has defined those roles with greater clarity. Everyone has a story that lives within us. This is my story.
debbieberkelhammer.com | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn

Bob O'Connor
3:15 to 3:30 | Location: Readings Tent near Armory Ave
Author of:
The Perfect Steel Trap Harpers Ferry 1859
Publisher: Infinity Publishing, Fiction
The Perfect Steel Trap Harpers Ferry 1859 is a historical novel surrounding the John Brown raid, trial and execution in Harpers Ferry and Charlestown, Virginia in 1859.
Catesby: Eyewitness to the Civil War
Publisher: Infinity Publishing, Fiction
Learn about the experiences of a real slave who was captured by John Brown during the famous raid at Harpers Ferry in 1859. The book follows Catesby’s life after the raid and his determined quest to become a free black man.
The U.S. Colored Troops at Andersonville Prison
Publisher: Infinity Publishing, Non-Fiction
Untold story of the 105 black POWs in the Georgia prison.
The Virginian Who Might Have Saved Lincoln
Publisher: Infinity Publishing, Fiction
President Lincoln’s trusted friend, former law partner and heavily armed bodyguard, Ward Hill Lamon, is the subject of this historical novel.
A House Divided Against Itself
Publisher: Infinity Publishing, Fiction
“A House Divided Against Itself” follows two brothers, Wesley and William Culp, who faced each other twice, at the battle of Falling Waters, and at the battle of Second Winchester. And then again in Gettysburg on the first day of that battle.
The Life of Abraham Lincoln as President
Publisher: Infinity Publishing, Non-Fiction
The author found this rare book in the Lamon papers at The Huntington Library in California in 2008. As editor, he transcribed the document and has added footnotes to identify the characters and define the 19th century legal terms used by Mr. Lamon, who was an attorney.
boboconnorbooks.com

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