Rick Schubart will be presenting Abraham Lincoln: from Springfield, Illinois to Exeter, New Hampshire and Beyond at the Exeter Historical Society to kick off the Lincoln in Exeter events.

Schubart is the Bates-Russell Distinguished Faculty Professor at Phillips Exeter. In 2008, Rick was named a founding trustee of the New Hampshire Supreme Court Society and Governor John Lynch appointed Rick to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission through 2010.

Mike Pride, author of the updated edition of Elwin Page's Abraham Lincoln in New Hampshire, and PEA professor Rick Schubart will discuss Abraham Lincoln's historic visit to Exeter in 1860. They will be speaking at the Exeter Public Library, and their talk will be followed by a book signing with Mike Pride.

Help us welcome home Joe Hill for the last (and best!) event of his author tour for HORNS!

Joe is the author of the best-selling novel Heart Shaped Box and the short story collection 20th Century Ghosts. The Washington Post calls him 'a major player in 21st-century fantastic fiction.'

His latest endeavor promises to be as good as the first two. After a late night drinking, Ig Perrish wakes up to discover a pair of horns have grown on his forehead. With the horns comes a terrifying and fantastic gift-- instantly he is privy to everyone's deepest and darkest secrets. He soon finds that everyone believes that, despite a lack of evidence, Ig did kill his high school sweetheart, except his brother, a famous TV talk show host. It's a supernatural thriller that will have you flipping pages to the very end.

Join us for a reading by this amazing writer in his hometown bookstore!

If you're not able to make it to the event, but still want a signed copy of Horns, call us at (603) 778-9731 or email us at waterstreet.books@myfairpoint.net and we'll set you up!

New Hampshire is celebrating Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird in March 2010 as part of the Big Read program. We'll be taking part by hosting a discussion of the book led by our very own Liz Whaley. Liz was an English teacher at Oyster River High School for many years, and now, besides being the most loyally followed bookseller at Water Street Bookstore, is the leader of our once monthly book group.

You can check out all of the programs being offered for the Big Read in New Hampshire at http://bigreadnh.org.

Anyone and everyone is welcome to join us. Read the book and come add your two cents!

This book is the result of a program developed by Eileen Palazzo to help girls and young women overcome eating disorders. The program, called Free, is a combination of weight loss and nutrition, but more than that, it is a method to change one's relationship with food.

Palazzolo has been running her "Free" program for several years out of Southern NH where she is also a fitness and gymnastics instructor. It was shortly after recovering from an eating disorder and years of unhealthy self-image on her own that she realized she could help others to overcome society's view of perfection as well. "I am not a nutritionist, psychologist, physician or physiologist," she states, "I am an ordinary person who through many trials and tribulations has found peace with my physical self."

Excerpt:
"The concept of losing body fat, and therefore weight, is a simple mathematical equation. Consume less calories than you burn. This is the only sound solution to the physiological task of weight loss. The psychological task of weight loss is another story indeed."

Bring your questions and join us for this fascinating and important event.