Saturday April 14th Author Event

Jeff Noonan Autographing The Long Escape

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Montana Author Event

Montana author Shonna Larkey will be signing copies of her children's book, "A HuckleBeary Tale", Saturday, March 31, from 11-1

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Montana author Matt Pavelich will be signing his book “Other Shoe” on Saturday, March 24th from 1-3.

Also new arrivals upstairs: Spoonerboards-great riding on grass or snow Perplexus Epic—more difficult than the original—a real puzzle challenge Jack & Lily soft leather shoes—perfect first shoes for baby Plush animals especially adorable bunnies Cute spring purses & animal totes for the Little Miss Also—Don’t forget to get your Hunger Games book & movie info upstairs in the young adult section of the store.

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Author Event

Saturday, February 25th,1:00-3:00pm Helena author,Rick Newby, autographing Matter + Spirit: Stephen De Staebler Also we will be hosting the Lewis and Clark Society showcasing some of their cats available for adoption.

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Books showcasing our local talent from members of our vibrant literary arts community in Helena. Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy, $25.95 hardcover. Award-winning writer Maile Meloy's return to short stories explores complex lives in an austere landscape with the clear-sightedness that first endeared her to readers.  Meloy's first return to short stories since her critically acclaimed debut, "Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It" is an extraordinary new work from one of the most promising writers of the last decade.  Eleven unforgettable new stories demonstrate the emotional power and the clean, assured style that have earned Meloy praise from critics and devotion from readers. Propelled by a terrific instinct for storytelling, and concerned with the convolutions of modern love and the importance of place, this collection is about the battlefields-and fields of victory-that exist in seemingly harmless spaces, in kitchens and living rooms and cars. Set mostly in the American West, the stories feature small-town lawyers, ranchers, doctors, parents, and children, and explore the moral quandaries of love, family, and friendship. A ranch hand falls for a recent law school graduate who appears unexpectedly- and reluctantly-in his remote Montana town. A young father opens his door to find his dead grandmother standing on the front step. Two women weigh love and betrayal during an early snow. Throughout the book, Meloy examines the tensions between having and wanting, as her characters try to keep hold of opposing forces in their lives: innocence and experience, risk and stability, fidelity and desire. Knowing, sly, and bittersweet, "Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It" confirms Maile Meloy's singular literary talent. Her lean, controlled prose, full of insight and unexpected poignancy, is the perfect complement to her powerfully moving storytelling.  The book was selected as one of the 10 best books of 2009 by both the New York Times and the L.A. Times.  Meloy is also the author of Half in Love, Family Daughter and Liars and Saints.     The Pacific:  Hell Was an Ocean Away, by Helena author, Hugh Ambrose, $26.95 hardcover. In this companion to the HBO miniseries--executive produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Gary Goetzman--Ambrose reveals the intertwined odysseys of four U.S. Marines and a U.S. Navy carrier pilot during World War II.     Double Take:  A Memoir, by Helena author, Kevin Michael Connolly, $19.99 hardcover. Our best-selling book of 2009!  “All my life I've been an object of curiosity, the subject of a stare.” So begins Connolly's account of his life as someone born without legs. This is his story of his journeys around the world and his discovery of what it truly means to be human.  Paperback version coming in June!     Liz Claiborne:  The Legend, The Woman by Art Ortenberg, $24.95 hardcover. Ortenberg does not so much celebrate Liz Claiborne the designer and entrepreneur as he does Claiborne the woman. This work tells the story of that self and the good she did for others.     When Rain Falls - Helena illustrator, Connie Bergum, has a new picture book out from Peachtree Publishers. When Rain Falls by Melissa Stewart is a non-fiction, colorful look at the amazing ways animals behave and interact with their environment on a rainy day. Connie’s watercolors are  beautiful portraits of both the animals and their habitats.  $16.95 We have only highlighted a few of the Montana Book Company favorites. Please contact us for more information or wonderful suggestions. We at the Montana Book Company are always happy to go the extra mile to research your questions.