The young man who murders the author’s sister-in-law and her two teenage nephews hides in the garage of an affluent neighborhood. He waits until they are asleep. In the night\, he bludgeons and stabs them to death\, and flees. The perpetrator is the boy across the street\, a family friend\, 19 years old. Lost in grief\, Judith falls into the welcoming arms of Zen. Five years later\, through her newfound practice of daily mindfulness and meditation\, she spontaneously forgives the killer. But before she can go to him and say\, “I forgive you\,” he hangs himself to death in his prison cell. Years later\, she calls his mother. The two women cry together. Here is the intimate\, revealing story of Judith’s life\, and her love affair with Zen. Ironically\, after being ordained by Thich Nhat Hanh\, whose teachings abound in this book\, she goes on to lead mindfulness practice in a medium-security prison where some of the young men know the murderer.
Here is the intimate\, revealing story of Judith’s life\, and her love affair with Zen. After being ordained by Thich Nhat Hanh\, whose teachings abound in this book\, she goes on to lead mindfulness practice in a medium-security prison where some of the young men know the murderer. Then Charles hangs himself. The killer’s suicide does not relieve the family’s grief. Toy believes it is a kind of moral regression for society to continue to legalize murder for murder. “There is no such thing as closure\, only a call to love.”
This is the gripping tale of one woman walking through fire. It is an inner story of adventure\, loss\, torment…and in the end\, forgiveness and an awakening to deep peace. This is a true tale of transformation.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130526T003025Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120803T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120803T000000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/amor-towles-rules-civility URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/amor-towles-rules-civility SUMMARY:Amor Towles - Rules of Civility DESCRIPTION:The #1 NY Times bestseller and one of Park Road Books bestsellers of 2011\, Amor Towles\, will be celebrating the paperback release of his novel Rules of Civility. This event\, in conjunction with the Queens' Unversity Friends of the Library and DVA Charlotte will take place in the Young Dining Hall on the Queens' University campus.
Set in New York City in 1938\, Rules of Civility tells the story of a watershed year in the life of an uncompromising twenty-five-year- old named Katey Kontent. Armed with little more than a formidable intellect\, a bracing wit\, and her own brand of cool nerve\, Katey embarks on a journey from a Wall Street secretarial pool through the upper echelons of New York society in search of a brighter future.
The story opens on New Year's Eve in a Greenwich Village jazz bar\, where Katey and her boardinghouse roommate Eve happen to meet Tinker Grey\, a handsome banker with royal blue eyes and a ready smile. This chance encounter and its startling consequences cast Katey off her current course\, but end up providing her unexpected access to the rarified offices of Conde Nast and a glittering new social circle. Befriended in turn by a shy\, principled multimillionaire\, an Upper East Side ne'er-do-well\, and a single-minded widow who is ahead of her times\, Katey has the chance to experience first hand the poise secured by wealth and station\, but also the aspirations\, envy\, disloyalty\, and desires that reside just below the surface. Even as she waits for circumstances to bring Tinker back into her orbit\, she will learn how individual choices become the means by which life crystallizes loss.
Elegant and captivating\, Rules of Civility turns a Jamesian eye on how spur of the moment decisions define life for decades to come. A love letter to a great American city at the end of the Depression\, readers will quickly fall under its spell of crisp writing\, sparkling atmosphere and breathtaking revelations\, as Towles evokes the ghosts of Fitzgerald\, Capote\, and McCarthy.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130526T003025Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120805T190000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120805T190000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/joe-crawford-when-chickens-come-home-roost URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/joe-crawford-when-chickens-come-home-roost SUMMARY:Joe Crawford - When the Chickens Come Home to Roost DESCRIPTION:Feathers fly when a New York City "\;Crowing Hen"\; moves south to Georgia- "\;Poultry Capital of the World"\;. Dottie Snodgrasss is Irish and she's Catholic. She is married to a Jewish Dentist. When they settle into North Georgia\, she feels like she has landed on another planet. With few friends\, she copes with a flood of insidious biases and social changes of the 1960's South- urban professional versus rural farmers\, local yocals versus "\;people off from here"\;. Add to the mix her own conflicts\, that of being a faithful mother with a philandering husband\, and you have both reason and recipe for murder. Dottie becomes a sleuth to prove her innocense. She teaches the locals a thing or two about stewardship of the good earth and southern civility.
"\;When The Chickens Come Home To Roost"\; is guaranteed to ruffle your feathers. You'll be cackling about this book long after the chickens have been hatched and counted.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130526T003025Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120811T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120811T000000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/kay-hooper-haven URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/kay-hooper-haven SUMMARY:Kay Hooper - Haven DESCRIPTION:New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper returns with a breathtaking new thriller of a young woman’s homecoming—to a town of menacing whispers\, bad dreams\, and dangerous secrets…
Emma Rayburn was born and raised in Baron Hollow\, North Carolina\, and it was a quiet life. Then came the accident…and the nightmares—each filled with unshakable visions of darkness\, blind panic\, and desperate women chased toward inevitable death. With no reports of local women missing or found dead\, Emma has written it off to troubled imaginings—night after dreaded night. Until her sister arrives.
Jessie Rayburn\, psychic investigator for a firm called Haven\, has been estranged from Emma for years. Unresolved issues from Jessie’s past have not only kept them apart but have been clouding Jessie’s unique abilities. A return to her hometown to face a dark and violent incident from years gone by is her chance to regain them. But reconciliation with the past comes with a price. Few people in Baron Hollow are welcoming Jessie back. No one dares to breathe a word. And in this conspiracy of silence\, Emma’s nightmares are becoming more vivid than ever.
Even with the help of Noah Bishop\, head of the FBI Special Crimes Unit and co-founder of Haven\, Jessie and Emma soon find themselves outnumbered by the secrets buried in Baron Hollow—and outrunning an evil that has been festering for years\, one that’s targeting Jessie and Emma one last time.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130526T003025Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120818T163000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120818T163000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/interactive-fundanoodle-event URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/interactive-fundanoodle-event SUMMARY:Interactive Fundanoodle Event DESCRIPTION:Laney Myers and Michelle Yoder from the Fundanoodle team with be here for an interactive demonstration of their Fundanoodle products. Developed by pediatric occupational therapists. Fundanoodle's handwriting tablets and multi-activity kits help kids ages 3 to 6 develop foundational skills.
Created with the belief that learning these skills should be educational and fun\, Fundanoodle's 15 modules help kids have fun while helping fine and gross motor coordination\, enhancing eye-hand coordination\, encouraging touch and visual exploration\, and promoting problem-solving\, discovery\, and self-esteem.
Fundanoodle products range from writing tablets to multi-activity kits\, all designed to make learning a fun and interactive experience. Organized in developmentally appropriate progression\, Fundanoodle activities encourage kids to focus on and complete increasingly complex tasks. Fundanoodle is also a great way for parents and kids to engage in meaningful learning experiences together.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20130526T003025Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120822T000000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120822T000000Z UID:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/chris-van-dyk-awaken-0 URL;VALUE=URI:http://www.parkroadbooks.com/event/chris-van-dyk-awaken-0 SUMMARY:Chris Van Dyk - Awaken DESCRIPTION:Chris stood\, transfixed. The moon had hidden behind a cloud for a moment\, so the light was very poor\, and he didn't have the presence of mind to reach for his flashlight. At last the cloud moved on\, and in the moonlight Chris could clearly see what was coming toward him.
Between him and the road were four Cads.
The sleepy town of Hollowstone will never be the same again.
Chris and Daniel make a discovery one quiet night that will forever alter the pace of the once forgotten haven. While out walking\, discussing their upcoming school graduation\, they are attacked and must flee for their safety.
Narrowly escaping the first attack\, the boys put their heads together to figure out all the questions they have in their heads. What was that? Where did it come from? Are there more?
As the terrifying truth unfolds\, it is clear that the town has been firmly planted on a bed of secrets and lies. The authorities are of no help in defeating the super-natural creatures\, so the boys and their friends must rely on training in martial arts\, super-sleuthing skills\, and courage to face the fear of the unknown.
Will the boys be able to save the town of Hollowstone before the Cads feed on everyone? Will the truth come out in time for the town to Awaken?
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