Byrd’s Books will be at the Farmer’s Market!
Great news! Byrd's Books will once again be a part of Bethel's Community Market for the summer of 2013. Starting Thursday, June 13th, the Market will take place on the lawn of the Municipal Center from 4pm to 7pm every Thursday. We will sell cookbooks, gardening books, kids titles and holding special author events and have plans with Olive Oil of the World to do some combined events! Make sure you stop by our tent when you visit the Community … [Read More...]
Byrd’s Books will be at the Farmer’s Market!
Great news! Byrd's Books will once again be a part of Bethel's Community Market for the summer of 2013. Starting Thursday, June 13th, the Market will take place on the lawn of the Municipal Center from 4pm to 7pm every Thursday. We will sell cookbooks, gardening books, kids titles and holding special author events and have plans with Olive Oil of the World to do some combined events! Make sure you stop by our tent when you visit the Community … [Read More...]
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
By Neil Gaiman A major new work from "a writer to make readers rejoice" (Minneapolis Star Tribune)--a moving story of memory, magic, and survival Sussex, England. A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when he was seven, he encountered a most remarkable girl, Lettie Hempstock, and her mother and grandmother. He … [Read More...]
Pope Francis: The Pope From the End of the Earth
Tom's wonderful book has arrived at Byrd's Books and we could not be more pleased. About the book: On March 13, 2013, the world waited in hushed anticipation, eyes fixed on a small chimney atop the Sistine Chapel. Just after 7 p.m. Rome time, a billow of white smoke erupted and Catholics the world over rejoiced. Habemus Papam! We have a pope! An hour later, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the humble Cardinal from Argentina emerged onto the … [Read More...]
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And the Mountains Echoed
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