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Ethan Watters
Thursday, Feb 11 at 7pm

Free reading and book signing

You’ve heard him on NPR, You’ve read him in the New York Times. Now come meet Chico native Ethan Watters, author of the book that is grabbing headlines and stirring debate. Do we export our mental illnesses when we export our treatments? “Crazy Like Us is a blistering and truly original work of reporting and analysis, uncovering America’s role in homogenizing how the world defines wellness and healing.” (Po Bronson, author of NurtureShock)



A big thank you to the authors, illustrators, musicians and poets who have appeared at Lyon Books:
2009 Poetry 99 by Chico Poets

This book of poetry includes the winning and honorably mentioned poems in the Chico News & Review/Lyon Books Poetry 99 contest for 2009.


The Joy of Keeping Chickens: The Ultimate Guide to Raising Poultry for Fun or Profit by Jennifer Megyesi

Guess what we have in our backyard? Chickens! Okay, they're still chicks. But we're on our way. If you'd like to join us in chicken ownership, I highly recommend The Joy of Keeping Chickens. It will tell you everything you need to know and has lots of beautiful color photographs that illustrate how enjoyable it can be to keep chickens. This book shows you how to raise chickens humanely and healthfully and in a way that will bring joy, nutritious food, and (possibly) profit to your family. I especially like the little anecdotes about life on their family farm. -- Heather


Larry's Kidney by Daniel Asa Rose

Would you do anything for your immediate family? What about your cousin? What if you haven't spoken to your cousin in years? What if your cousin ratted you out to the FBI? Larry's Kidney  is the true story of Daniel Rose's adventures when he says YES! to all these questions to help his ailing, estranged cousin Larry jump the queue and seek a black-market replacement organ in China. Daniel, born into a wealthy Jewish family, and his cousin, less-advantaged and beset by serial misfortune, arrive in Beijing as it is being aggressively polished for the Olympics. The Chinese are friendly, but it's all facade-there are government spies everywhere, and openly asking for a kidney is a very bad idea. Readers who like humorous travel writing will find a gem in this rewarding tale of family bonding and finding inspiration in foreign places. -- Aaron


Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness by Lisa M. Hamilton

"Agriculture doesn't really need people anymore—at least not like it used to." Author Lisa Hamilton provokes the reader only to show the lie with portraits of three farmers/ranchers who still farm as if the land needed them. Hamilton writes vividly—we can almost feel the texture of a farmer's calloused hand-and passes on their hard-earned lessons about tending lives: the lives of plants and animals, the lives of those who produce and those who consume, and the lives of communities who think, feel and behave according to the rhythms of the crop. Reading Deeply Rooted is as satisfying as a lazy afternoon spent listening to a great storyteller. You pass the time not knowing where all this is leading, but finish up glad for the time you've spent with some extraordinary individuals. And then, if you take the advice so generously offered, you dust yourself off and get to work. -- Anne


Of Mule and Man by Mike Farrell

Farrell is best known for his role as B.J. Hunnicutt on M*A*S*H, but off the screen, he has been a political activist, working with several human rights and peace organizations. In May 2008, he set out on a book tour for his autobiography in which he chronicled in dispatches to the Huffington Post. Those dispatches are gathered together here, along with additional information and resources. Farrell's politics are loud and clear in these vignettes as he frequently refers to the events happening in the late spring and summer of 2008, acquiring ammunition by listening to right-wing talk radio along the long stretches of highway between bookstores and public library readings. The descriptions of the landscapes and cities are evocative, but the flow of the story is frequently disrupted with his tendency to name-drop. The book will likely be appreciated by fans and like-minded activists, but others may be turned off by Farrell's polemics. -- Anna Creech, Univ. of Richmond, VA


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