The Joy of Books 

David Sedaris

Lenny Bruce

Isaac Asimov

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King https://bookshop.org/p/books/on-writing-a-memoir-of-the-craft-stephen-king/15212476?gclid=Cj0KCQjwusunBhCYARIsAFBsUP-MUHVsqFKi8S2AzpNq8z-DMTCARj7DM0gdUNq-m8xg9SXdc1NJn3caAqtXEALw_wcB

Carl Sandburg Home https://www.nps.gov/carl/index.htm

Sassafras on Sutton https://www.sassafrasonsutton.com/

Sassafras on Main https://www.sassafrasonmain.com/

Black Mountain Holly Jolly https://www.exploreblackmountain.com/events/holly-jolly/

Black Mountain Sourwood Festival https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=black+mountain+sourwood+festival&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Black Mountain Deck the Trees https://www.svcmblackmountain.org/deckthetrees.html

Sassafras Harry Potter Day https://allevents.in/black mountain/harry-potter-day-celebration/200024844228824

M. Judson Booksellers https://mjudsonbooks.com/

Park Road Books https://www.parkroadbooks.com/

Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah Maas https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-court-of-thorns-and-roses-sarah-j-maas/7173214?gclid=Cj0KCQjwusunBhCYARIsAFBsUP8bjNoop53JxcfOiw3J0A_vOA3Fr6iQEqG91WZM43tsCCxbit0MNRwaAqvoEALw_wcB

Rudolph Girls Books https://rudolphgirls.com/

Birdie’s Café https://birdiescoffee.com/

Malaprop’s Bookstore https://www.malaprops.com/

Downtown Books& News https://www.dbnbooks.com/

Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar https://batteryparkbookexchange.com/

Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar menu  https://batteryparkbookexchange.com/food-menu/

Bagatelle Books https://www.bagatellebooks.com/

Fire Storm Books https://firestorm.coop/

Pack Memorial Library https://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/library/branch-locations/pack-memorial.aspx

Pack Memorial Library Bookends Used Bookstore https://friendsofpacklibrary.org/blog/

Seed Library https://www.asheville.com/news/2023/03/free-seed-libraries-bloom-at-buncombe-county-public-libraries-2/

The Secret Country by Pamela Dean https://blog.mugglenet.com/2013/01/book-review-the-secret-country-by-pamela-dean/

Bee happy: Wit & Wisdom for a Happy Life by Maryjo Koch https://bookshop.org/p/books/bee-happy-wit-wisdom-for-a-happy-life-maryjo-koch/7873366

The Otter’s Tale by Simon Cooper https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-otters-tale-simon-cooper/7688024

Clear Pictures: First Loves, First Guides by Reynolds Price https://bookshop.org/p/books/clear-pictures-first-loves-first-guides-reynolds-price/10560425

Larry Brown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Brown_(author)

Roberto Bolano https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Bola%C3%B1o

Northtown Books https://www.northtownbooks.com/

Decomposition Books https://decomposition.com/

Bicycling With Butterflies; My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration by Sara Dykman

The Overstory by Richard Powers

The Man Who Planted Trees: A Story of Lost Groves, the Science of Trees, and a Plan to Save the Planet by Jim Robbins

The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humbolt’s New World by Andrea Wulf

President Garfield: Radical to Unifier by C.W. Goodyear

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Wall Street Journal article on heat tourists https://www.wsj.com/articles/bucket-list-death-valley-heat-tourist-a65be14a

Death Valley in ’49: The Autobiography of a Pioneer by William L. Manly

Bright Side Bookshop https://www.brightsidebookshop.com/

Cracked: The Future of Dams in a Hot, Chaotic World by Steven Hawley

Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott

Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse https://www.collectedworksbookstore.com/

Travel Bug https://bookshop.org/shop/TravelBug

The West Virginia Pepperoni Roll by Candace Nelson

Kilmarnock, Virginia, Lancaster Library, Dee’s Attic Bookstore https://www.lancasterlibrary.org/dee-s-attic-bookstore 

Flying Cloud Booksellers https://www.flyingcloudbooks.com/

The Cupboard Maker Books https://www.cupboardmaker.com/

The National Book Festival https://www.loc.gov/events/2023-national-book-festival/about-this-event/

Grace Lin https://gracelin.com/

Red Emma’s https://redemmas.org/

Washington Street Books & Music https://www.washingtonstreetbooksandmusic.com/

Peabody Heights Brewery https://www.peabodyheightsbrewery.com/

The Book Thing https://bookthing.org/

Bistro 91 https://bistro91finksburg.com/

Carroll County Public Library Calendar of Events https://ccpl.librarymarket.com/

Rudolph Girls Books https://rudolphgirls.com/

A Likely Story Bookstore https://www.sykesvillebooks.com/

The Last Word https://thelastwordbookstore.com/

Birdie’s Café http://birdiescoffee.com/

Patti Callahan https://www.patticallahanhenry.com/

Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan

The Secret Life of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan

Friends & Fiction podcast https://friendsandfiction.com/podcasts/

Biblion Used Books & Rare Finds http://www.biblionbooks.com/

Red Emma’s https://redemmas.org/

It Rained Warm Bread: Moishe Moskowitz’s Story of Hope by Gloria Moskowitz-Sweet and Anita Smith

U.S. Women’s National Team https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/07/26/uswnt-players-reading-sophia-smith/

Wolfpack by Abby Wambach

Make Trouble by John Waters

Make Your Bed by Admiral William H. McRaven

Westminster, Maryland storm https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=556156680&rlz=1C1EODB_enUS511US574&sxsrf=AB5stBi21DWUdX_PvT5VDowRAO4VYCvz_Q:1691807156126&q=westminster+md+storm+damage&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=2ahUKEwitwcbkiNaAAxXUMmIAHW7WC2QQ0pQJegQIDBAB&biw=1517&bih=723

Rudolph Girls Books Visit their website here

The Last Word Bookstore https://thelastwordbookstore.com/

Mt. Airy, Maryland First Fridays https://www.mountairymd.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=6267

Waynesboro, Pennsylvania Wizarding Festival https://www.mainstreetwaynesboro.org/waynesboro-wizarding-festival

Wee Scott Book Shoppe https://www.weescotbookshoppe.com/

Carroll County Day for Book Lovers https://supportccpl.carr.org/np/clients/carr/event.jsp?event=594&#:~:text=Description,of%20new%20and%20upcoming%20releases.

National Day for Book Lovers https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-book-lovers-day-august-9/

A Shadow in Moscow by Katherine Reay https://katherinereay.com/books/a-shadow-in-moscow/

The Fly Birds https://purplefiddle.com/bands/the-fly-birds/

Prom Mom by Laura Lippman

Mrs. Nash’s Ashes by Sarah Adler

Library of Congress National Book Festival https://www.loc.gov/events/2023-national-book-festival/schedule/

Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard

River of Doubt by Candice Millard

River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard

Garfield by Allan Peskin

From Hayes to McKinley: National Party Politics, 1877-1896 by H. Wayne Morgan

Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 by Eric Foner

Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years by Carl Sandburg

Nathaniel Philbrick https://www.nathanielphilbrick.com/

David McCullough https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McCullough

Doris Kearns Goodwin https://doriskearnsgoodwin.com/

Walter Isaacson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Isaacson

James Gleick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Gleick

Bryant Park https://bryantpark.org/

Wall Street Journal review https://www.wsj.com/articles/president-garfield-review-a-brief-consequential-term-3d0b1d21

Washington Examiner review https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/a-better-look-at-james-garfield

NY Sun review https://www.nysun.com/article/the-shakespearean-president

Patti Callahan Henry https://www.patticallahanhenry.com/

The Reader’s Café https://abigailgmaitland.wixsite.com/thereaderscafepa

Episode #14 Virginia is for…Booklovers https://www.twosides2thestory.com/podcast/virginia-is-forbook-lovers

Goodbye Yellow House by Janine Summers Miller 

The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho

The Big Tree by Brain Selznick

The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Kaleidoscope by Brian Selznick

Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick

Mrs. Nash’s Ashes by Sarah Adler

Kilmarnock, Virginia 

Kilmarnock Antique Gallery https://virginia-antiques.com/

Lancaster Community Library http://www.lancasterlibrary.org/

Dee’s Attic Bookstore http://www.lancasterlibrary.org/dee-s-attic-bookstore

The Book People https://www.bookpeoplerichmond.com/

Hello Bookstore https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19242256/

Mathews Memorial Library https://www.mathewslibrary.org/

Episode #27 The Two Sides Father’s Day Episode https://www.twosides2thestory.com/podcast/episode-27-the-two-sides-fathers-day-episode

Carroll County Day for Book Lovers https://supportccpl.carr.org/np/clients/carr/event.jsp?event=594&

A Shadow in Moscow by Katherine Reay

Carroll County Times interview

Two Sides to the Story website

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Independent bookstores offer alternative to Amazon Prime Days https://www.bookweb.org/news/indie-booksellers-celebrate-shopping-local-instead-amazons-prime-day-573019

Buy from your local independent bookstores at Bookshop.org

Charles County Public Library 24-Hour Kiosk https://ccplonline.org/24-hour-kiosk/

Red Emma’s https://redemmas.org/

Create Anyway: The Joys of Pursuing Creativity in the Margins of Motherhood by Ashlee Gadd   https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/61151412

The Fan Brothers http://www.thefanbrothers.com/

The Barnabas Project https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/49155319

It Fell From the Sky https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/54883652

Llama Llama http://www.llamallamabook.com/

A Day for Book Lovers https://supportccpl.carr.org/np/clients/carr/event.jsp?event=594&

Library of Congress National Book Festival https://www.loc.gov/events/2023-national-book-festival/about-this-event/

The Rudolph Girls bus trip to the National Book Festival https://rudolphgirls.com/

Farmer’s Daughter Gift & Garden https://farmersdaughtergardencenter.com/

Episode 29 Book Bargains at The Farmer’s Daughter https://www.twosides2thestory.com/podcast/book-bargains-at-the-farmers-daughter

Episode 28 Two Sides in the Road https://www.twosides2thestory.com/podcast/episode-28-two-sides-roadshow

Cecil County Children’s Book Festival https://www.cecilarts.org/events/childrens-book-festival-2023/#:~:text=The%20Cecil%20County%20Public%20Library's,day%20for%20the%20whole%20family!

Walking With Sam by Andrew McCarthy 

The Book of Maps by Ernest Thompson

Chesapeake Children’s Book Festival https://chesapeakechildrensbookfestival.com

Friends of the Library http://www.tcfl.org/about/friends.html

St. Michael’s Branch Expansion http://www.tcfl.org/stmexpansion/

Episode 27 The Two Sides Father’s Day Show https://www.twosides2thestory.com/podcast/episode-27-the-two-sides-fathers-day-episode

Flying Cloud Booksellers https://www.flyingcloudbooks.com/

Vintage https://www.vintagebooksmd.com/

Eat, Play. Love. Life Lessons From My Dog, illustrated by Emma Block

The Lost and Found Bookshop by Susan Wiggs

James Garfield: From Radical to Unifier by C.W. Goodyear

C.W. Goodyear book event https://ccpl.librarymarket.com/event/president-garfield

Farmer’s Daughter Gift & Garden Center https://farmersdaughtergardencenter.com/

Miss Suzy by Miriam Young and illustrated by Arnold Lobel

Toad and Frog by Arnold Lobel

I Feel the Same way by Lilian Moore 

The Giving Tree, Where the Sidewalk Ends, The Missing Piece, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O by Shel Silverstein

A Pizza the Size of the Sun, Something Big Has Been Here by Jack Prelutsky

Harry and the Lady Next Door by Gene Zion

Las Manzanas del Sr. Peabody by Madonna

The Shining by Stephen King

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Father: Famous Writers Celebrate Between Father and Child by Claudia O’Keefe

Why She Buys: The New Strategy for Reaching the World’s Most Powerful Customers by Bridget Brennan

The Return of Merlin by Deepak Chopra

Arthurian Saga by Mary Stewart

Nothing Gold Can Stay by Ron Rash

Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg by James McPherson

Born Standing Up by Steve Martin

My Remarkable Journey by Larry King

Literacy and Longing in L.A. by Jennifer Kaufman

Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting by Lynn Grabhorn

Diana, Princess of Wales: A Tribute by Tim Graham

Spare by Prince Harry

States of Mind by Brad Herzog

Paradise by Toni Morrison

Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindburgh