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 Changing Hands presents
SARAH MCLEAN
Soul-Centered
Transform Your Life in 8 Weeks with Meditation
7PM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20
Sarah McLean, founding Director of Deepak Chopra's mind-body health center, presents Soul-Centered. McLean shares a secular, mainstream view of meditation and applies it as a tool for personal transformation. More »
PRE-ORDER TODAY! Buy now or order at 480.730.0205
CAN'T MAKE IT? If you'd like a signed book from any of our author events, please call us at 480.730.0205 to pre-pay and we'll have one or more copies signed and reserved for you or shipped almost anywhere!
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NOW THROUGH AUGUST 31
SUMMER READING PROGRAM
KIDS CAN WIN A $50 GIFT CERTIFICATE!
"Carpe Librum! Seize the book!" That's our motto this summer at Changing Hands Bookstore.
In that spirit, we're proud to announce a brand-new summer reading program for young readers going into grades K-8!
HOW TO GET STARTED: Come in to Changing Hands to pick up a summer reading bookmark for your grade level. You'll use it to track which books you've read — three from our recommended list for your grade level and three of your own chosing — and then turn it back into us before August 31 for your reward. More » | | 
 Changing Hands presents
NEIL GIULIANO
THE CAMPAIGN WITHIN:
A MAYOR'S PRIVATE JOURNEY TO PUBLIC LEADERSHIP
7PM MONDAY, JUNE 18
The former four-term mayor of Tempe (and the first openly gay mayor of a large U.S. city) Neil Giuliano visits with his memoir The Campaign Within: A Mayor's Private Journey to Public Leadership (hardcover, $24.95). More »
 PRE-ORDER TODAY! Buy now or order at 480.730.0205 to secure your seat and place in the signing line.
CAN'T MAKE IT? If you'd like a signed book from any of our author events, please call us at 480.730.0205 to pre-pay and we'll have one or more copies signed and reserved for you or shipped almost anywhere!
OFFSITE | Changing Hands and Dobson High present
 JODI PICOULT AND SAMANTHA VAN LEER
BETWEEN THE LINES
7PM WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27
Dobson High School Auditorium
1501 W Guadalupe Rd
Mesa, AZ 85202 (Google map)
Doors open at 6:30pm
#1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult and her teenage daughter Samantha van Leer present Between the Lines, their first-ever novel for teens. More »
 PRE-ORDER TODAY! Buy now or order at 480.730.0205 to secure your seat and place in the signing line.
EVENT TICKETS are free with the purchase of one copy of Between the Lines at Changing Hands and good for two seats at Dobson High School Auditorium.
CAN'T MAKE IT? If you'd like a signed book from any of our author events, please call us at 480.730.0205 to pre-pay and we'll have one or more copies signed and reserved for you or shipped almost anywhere!
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THURSDAY, JUNE 14
7pm | SARAH MCLEAN | SOUL-CENTERED | Sarah McLean, founding Director of Deepak Chopra's mind-body health center, presents Soul-Centered: Transform Your Life in 8 Weeks with Meditation. More »
FRIDAY, JUNE 15
Noon | LITERARY LUNCH | ELEANOR BROWN | THE WEIRD SISTERS | Enjoy a lunch of sandwiches and salads from Wildflower Bread Company while Eleanor Brown presents her New York Times bestselling novel The Weird Sisters. More »
7pm | ALYSON MEAD | SEARCHING FOR SASSY | Professional psychic Alyson Mead shares her memoir Searching for Sassy: An L.A. Phone Psychic's Tales of Life, Lust, and Love. More »
SATURDAY, JUNE 16
10am | FAMILY EVENT | PHOENIX ZOO ANIMAL TAILS | Animal specialists from the Phoenix Zoo read George and the Dragonfly by Andy Blackford and discuss how to care for our pet friends!
5:30-8:30pm | INSIGHTS TAROT READINGS | Tarot reader James R. Betz offers advice on life, relationships, and career choices. Cost: $20 for 15 minutes. Registration and pre-payment: 480.730.0205. More info: 602.840.2222.
7pm | MAT DRY | THIS IS AFRICA: TRUE TALES OF A SAFARI GUIDE | Join African safari guide Mat Dry for a "viritual safari" and discussion of his new book This is Africa: True Tales of a Safari Guide. More »
SUNDAY, JUNE 17 | FATHER'S DAY
10:30am-Noon | SOCRATES CAFÉ | A philosophical discussion group based on the book Socrates Café by Christopher Phillips. More info: dish@cox.net.
3-5:45pm | SPANISH CONVERSATION | Beginner, 3-4:15pm. Intermediate, 4:30-5:45pm. More info: martha@languagesynergy.com.
MONDAY, JUNE 18
7pm | NEIL GIULIANO | THE CAMPAIGN WITHIN | The former four-term mayor of Tempe (and the first openly gay mayor of a large U.S. city) Neil Giuliano visits with his memoir The Campaign Within: A Mayor's Private Journey to Public Leadership. More »
7-8:30pm | CLUB ITALIANO | Advanced study of Italian language and culture. More info: carlastro@fastq.com.
TUESDAY, JUNE 19
7pm | ALAN M. EHRLICH | PLUNKET IN WONDERLAND | Former Orion and Paramount Pictures script reader Alan M. Ehlrich presents his independently published debut novel Plunket in Wonderland: A Hollywood Tale. More »
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20
7pm | KATIE WORKMAN | THE MOM 100 COOKBOOK | Huffington Post food writer Katie Workman, founding editor-in-chief of Cookstr.com, presents The Mom 100 Cookbook: 100 Recipes Every Mom Needs in Her Back Pocket. More »
THURSDAY, JUNE 21
7pm | CONNIE ROBINSON | 48 WOMEN | Women's Funding Network board member Connie Robinson presents 48 Women: Arizona's Most Intriguing Women, an official Arizona Centennial Legacy Project. More »
FRIDAY, JUNE 22
6:30pm | MOVIE SCREENING | VEGUCATED | Changing Hands and Vegan Arizona present a free screening of the feature-length guerilla-style documentary Vegucated. More »
SATURDAY, JUNE 23
2pm | FAMILY EVENT | JUANITA HAVILL | CALL THE HORSE LUCKY AND GROW | Children's book author Juanita Havill introduces two of her picturebook characters who make the world a better place in Call the Horse Lucky and Grow: A Novel in Verse. More »
5:30-8:30pm | TAROT READINGS | Mystic Journeyz with Suzie Coggins. "Your Angels are Waiting." Cost: $20 for 15 minutes. Registration and pre-payment: 480.730.0205. More info: mysticjourneys.com.
7pm | JUSTIN HALPERN | I SUCK AT GIRLS | Justin Halpern, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Sh*t My Dad Says, visits with his hilarious new book I Suck at Girls. It's the Arizona Republic's current "Republic Recommends" selection, which means it's 25% off all month! More »
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 Cinder by Marissa Meyer
Hardcover, $17.99 » | Ebook, $9.99 »
Meyer's debut novel may be inspired by Cinderella, and it may involve a prince and a ball, but that's about where the similarity ends. Cinder, our cyborg heroine, is a mechanic in post-World War IV New Beijing. Technology may have advanced enough to give her artificial limbs and a robot for a best friend, but it can't cure the victims of a deadly pandemic sweeping the globe, nor can it save the world from the Moon Queen's tyrannical ambitions. Drawing themes from the classic fairytale, Blade Runner-esque cyberpunk, and Sailor Moon (yes, really), Cinder is a satisfying entry to the YA sci-fi genre, and a promising start to a quartet of novels. —Jennie
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Storytelling Night: Who We Want to Be
7:30PM THURSDAY, JUNE 21
Blue Hound Kitchen and Cocktails
Hotel Palomar at CityScape | 2 E. Jefferson St, Phoenix 85004 (map)
Admission: $10, $5 for students. Purchase here »
Tonight's theme is "Who We Want to Be"—stories of living up to the people we think we want to be, and stories of letting go of the people we used to be. The Arizona Storytellers Project celebrates the moments that define us, or who we think we want to be—whether that's superhero at age six, a rockstar at thirteen, the president at seventeen, or even just a better person at any age. And here, also, are the stories of relinquishing personality traits, goals, and fashion choices as we outgrow them; the moments where we decide to become something new at age 21, something different at age 35, or something unexpected at age 64. More » | | 
 RECYCLED SEA GLASS NECKLACE
The repurposed glass rings on this necklace were cut from a reclaimed Jack Daniels and Coca Cola bottle. The clear and aqua glass pieces have been tumbled creating a beautiful sea glass finish that glows. The two smaller (1.25") coke rings go through the larger (3") uniquely shaped Jack Daniels bottle creating a unique lariat pendant. $37 each; silver chain measures 18-20".
 DRAGON KITE
Want to train your dragon? Do it in style with this fabulous Night Flyer Dragon kite. And this is no ordinary kite! With its unique, three-dimensional features, kite flying has never been more fun! Hint for room-decorators: even if it's not windy kite-flying season, this kite looks just as good (if not better) when you hang it on the wall. $49.95 each; measures 6 ft wide. Recommended for ages 8+. | |  
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| |  | Heading Out to Wonderful by Robert Goolrick | $24.95 hardcover | An attractive and enigmatic stranger recently home from the war in Europe wanders into a small town in Virginia with two suitcases. This much-anticipated follow-up to A Reliable Wife is an exciting, erotically charged, and altogether unforgettable story of love gone terribly wrong. Buy now: print »
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter | $25.99 hardcover, $12.99 ebook | The acclaimed, award-winning author of the national bestseller The Financial Lives of the Poets returns with his funniest and most romantic novel yet: the story of an almost-love affair that begins on the Italian coast in 1962 and is rekindled in Hollywood 50 years later. Buy now: print » or ebook »
America, You Sexy Bitch: A Love Letter To Freedom by Michael Ian Black and Meghan McCain | $26 hardcover | Conservative author Meghan McCain, the daughter of a Senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, and acerbic liberal comedian Michael Ian Black, son of a lesbian former Social Security employee, hit the road together to find the soul of a divided America. Buy now: print »
Rapture (Fallen #4) by Lauren Kate | $17.99 hardcover, $10.99 ebook | In Rapture, the highly anticipated fourth and final novel in the Fallen series, Luce and Daniel are together... but for how long? Can history be rewritten? Or are some punishments eternal? Buy now: print » or ebook » | | 
We host a variety of book clubs for readers of all interests. See our in-store display at the front of the store or click here for more information. | | 
 We've reduced select hardcover and paperback books to just $2 and moved them into special Red Star $2 Sale cases in the community room at the back of the store. Have a look next time you're in! | | | |
