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A Cappella Books

A Cappella Books has been in-town Atlanta's only full-service general bookstore, buying and selling new, used, rare and out-of-print titles since 1989. Located in Atlanta's bohemian neighborhood, Little 5 Points, A Cappella Books is widely known for an unparalleled selection of Beat literature, progressive political and counterculture books, and, as the name suggests, books about music. At A Cappella Books, we don't think of our customers as mass culture consumers. And we don't think of our books merely as merchandise. We like to think of the books as permanent literature, books you will find just as enjoyable, interesting and important years from now as you do today. A Cappella regularly present authors who reflect our unique character.break

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  • Guitar and Pen: Songwriting as Storytelling

    Sat, May 31, 2008
    Nashville music publisher Robert Hicks and Justin Stelter talk about the new book they edited, *A Guitar and a Pen*. The book presents, for the first time, the literary work of some of the best storytellers in the world: the songwriters who cut and polish tales down to sparkling three-minute gems. A blend of fiction and nonfiction, humor, and poignancy, these tales range from Kris Kristofferson's charming tale of how an explicit natural rock formation causes chaos in a small farming town, to the true story of bluegrass founder Bill Monroe's first visit to the White House, as told by Hazel Smith. Other contributors include Hal Ketchum, Janis Ian, Mark D. Sanders, Tom T. Hall, and Marshall Chapman.
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  • Carbon-Free Home

    Sat, Jul 26, 2008
    Stephen and Rebekah Hren discuss their book, *The Carbon-Free Home: 36 Remodeling Projects to Help Kick the Fossil-Fuel Habit*.
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  • Paul Verhaeghen: Omega Minor

    Mon, Dec 17, 2007
    Paul Verhaeghen's discusses his book, *Omega Minor*, which has already been a bestseller in Europe and has won a number of prestigious literary awards there. His English translation has been published in the US, while he teaches psychology at Georgia Tech. Having been compared to such masters as Gunter Grass and Thomas Pynchon, the Flemish author's work is also described by National Book Award winner Richard Powers as taking on "the whole 20th century in a single novel."
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  • Bedroom Secrets of Master Chefs

    Sat, May 12, 2007
    Irvine Welsh, Scottish author of *Trainspotting* reads from his latest novel, *The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs*. Co-sponsored by The Chattahoochee Review.
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  • Sin in the Second City: Chicago's Everleigh Club Brothel

    Thu, Aug 2, 2007
    Karen Abbott tells the tale of the Everleigh Club brothel that operated from 1900 to 1911 on Chicago's Near South Side. The madams, Ada and Minna Everleigh, were sisters whose shifting identities had them as traveling actors, Edgar Alan Poe's relatives, Kentucky debutantes fleeing violent husbands, and daughters of a once-wealthy Virginia lawyer crushed by the Civil War. Abbott tells the tale of how the custom of drinking champagne out of a slipper may have started at the Everleigh Club.
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    Anya Kamenetz: DIY U: The Coming Transformation of Higher Education

    Mon, May 17, 2010
    Anya Kamenetz discusses her new book, *DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education*. The price of college tuition has increased more than any other major good or service for the last twenty years. Nine out of ten American high school seniors aspire to go to college, yet the United States has fallen from world leader to only the tenth most educated nation. Almost half of college students don't graduate; those who do have unprecedented levels of federal and private student loan debt, which constitutes a credit bubble similar to the mortgage crisis. The system particularly fails the first-generation, the low-income, and students of color who predominate in coming generations. What we need to know is changing more quickly than ever, and a rising tide of information threatens to swamp knowledge and wisdom. America cannot regain its economic and cultural leadership with an increasingly ignorant population. Our choice is clear: Radically change the way higher education is delivered, or resign ourselves to never having enough of it.
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    Composed by Rosanne Cash

    Fri, Aug 20, 2010
    Rosanne Cash, daughter of music legend Johnny Cash, shares some stories and plays a couple of songs. She performs on a custom-made Martin D-41 guitar donated by America's oldest brewery, Yuengling. The guitar was auctioned after the lecture, with proceeds going to the Decatur Book Festival's literacy efforts.
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    Excerpt of Anya Kamenetz: DIY U: The Coming Transformation of Higher Education

    Mon, May 17, 2010
    Anya Kamenetz discusses her new book, *DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education*. The price of college tuition has increased more than any other major good or service for the last twenty years. Nine out of ten American high school seniors aspire to go to college, yet the United States has fallen from world leader to only the tenth most educated nation. Almost half of college students don't graduate; those who do have unprecedented levels of federal and private student loan debt, which constitutes a credit bubble similar to the mortgage crisis. The system particularly fails the first-generation, the low-income, and students of color who predominate in coming generations. What we need to know is changing more quickly than ever, and a rising tide of information threatens to swamp knowledge and wisdom. America cannot regain its economic and cultural leadership with an increasingly ignorant population. Our choice is clear: Radically change the way higher education is delivered, or resign ourselves to never having enough of it.
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    Ken Follett: Fall of Giants

    Wed, Sep 29, 2010
    Best-selling author Ken Follett discusses his new epic novel "Fall of Giants" with WABE’s Valerie Jackson at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library. Valerie interviews Follett before a live audience for her program “Between the Lines.” Attempting to tell the tale of the 20th century is the literary equivalent of surmounting Everest. Most authors likely wouldn't even make it out of base camp. But Ken Follett is a breed apart. Since publishing his first work more than three decades ago, the British novelist has exhibited a sweeping vision that has helped him become one of the world's most popular storytellers, with more than 100 million copies of his books, including 1989's The Pillars of the Earth and its 2007 sequel, World Without End, sold around the globe over the years.
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  • The Last Hero: A Life of Henry "Hank" Aaron

    Wed, Jun 16, 2010
    In the thirty-four years since his retirement, Henry (Hank) Aaron's reputation has only grown in magnitude: he broke existing records (RBIs, total bases, extra-base hits) and set new ones (hitting at least thirty home runs per season fifteen times, becoming the first player in history to hammer five hundred home runs and three thousand hits). But his influence extends beyond statistics, and at long last here is the first definitive biography of one of baseball's immortal figures. Based on meticulous research and interviews with former teammates, family, two former presidents, and Aaron himself, *The Last Hero* chronicles Aaron's childhood in segregated Alabama, his brief stardom in the Negro Leagues, his complicated relationship with celebrity, and his historic rivalry with Willie Mays all culminating in the defining event of his life: his shattering of Babe Ruth's all-time home-run record. Bryant also examines Aaron's more complex second act: his quest to become an important voice beyond the ball field when his playing days had ended, his rediscovery by a public disillusioned with today's tainted heroes, and his disappointment that his career home-run record was finally broken by Barry Bonds during the steroid era, baseball's greatest scandal. Bryant reveals how Aaron navigated the upheavals of his time fighting against racism while at the same time benefiting from racial progress and how he achieved his goal of continuing Jackie Robinson's mission to obtain full equality for African-Americans, both in baseball and society, while he lived uncomfortably in the public spotlight. Eloquently written, detailed and penetrating, this is a revelatory portrait of a complicated, private man who through sports became an enduring American icon.
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