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Story Time with Chips the Mini Horse Wed.
May 6th 3pm. (Free)

Chips the mini horse will be at Unicorn Books and Gifts
(yes, in the store) for Story Time. We will read some new and classic children's books and spend time with our favorite little friend.

Chips is part of the Pony Playtime team at Hearts and Hooves Therapy, a 501c3 non profit organization that brings therapy horses to those who can benefit most.

Unicorn Books and Gifts will donate part of our profits for the day to this wonderful organization. Donations can also be made to Hearts and Hooves.

Author Talk and Book Signing George O’Brien On Pluto
Saturday, May 9th 3pm.

Winner of the Beverly Hills International Book Award for “On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s” Greg O’Brien was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease (EOAD) in 2009 at the age of 59. He was also caregiver for his mother who passed away with Alzheimer’s.

Acting on long-term memory and skill, coupled with well-developed journalistic grit, Greg decided to tackle his disease and imminent decline by writing frankly about this journey, which he likens to a trip out to Pluto “where no one can see you or hear what is said.”

Meet the Author: Cathy Scott Murder of a Mafia Daughter Saturday, May 30th 3pm.
The Story Behind The Arrest of Robert Durst for the Murder of Susan Berman.

Susan Berman grew up in Las Vegas luxury as the daughter of Davie Berman, casino mogul and notorious Mafia leader. After her father died she learned about his mob connections. Susan, a writer, then dedicated her life to learning and writing about Vegas and its underworld chiefs. Her life took a bizarre turn in l982 when Kathie Durst—the wife of her good friend Robert Durst, mysteriously disappeared. Durst has never been charged with his wife's disappearance, but now he's accused of killing Susan Berman.

The book is about the Mob-Style execution of Berman, her crime boss father, and
the deadly secret she took to her grave.

Cathy Scott, a Los Angeles Times bestselling author, is a crime writer who has written 11 books, mostly about fact-based crimes. She lives in Ramona with her three small dogs.

Meet the Author Laura Diamond Shelter Us
Saturday, June 13th 3pm

Lawyer-turned-stay-at-home mom Sarah Shaw is struggling to keep it together for her two young sons and law professor husband. Since the death of their infant daughter, her husband has been buried
in his career, her friendships have withered, and
Sarah remains lost in a private world of grief. Then
one day walking in L.A., Sarah’s heart catches at the
sight of a young homeless woman pushing a baby in
a stroller―and saving them becomes her obsessive mission.

Shelter Us speaks to the quiet joys and anxieties of parenthood and illuminates a place all parents know: that shadowy space between unconditional love and fear of unbearable loss.

Laura Nicole Diamond is an author and civil rights lawyer. Her debut novel, Shelter Us, will be published June 2015 by She Writes Press.

Book Launch - Joyce Strand The Judge’s Story
Saturday, June 27th 3pm Author Remarks 3:30

A Superior Court Judge with a passion for social justice as well as the law strives to discover the truth behind the mystery of a robbery-murder
in the small California town of Ventura in 1939. When the Judge hears testimony against a 14-year-old teenager, he realizes that the boy
participated in a robbery-murder. However, the accused did not actually pull the trigger. But unless the boy identifies his partner, the Judge must sentence him as a murderer, which would result in prolonged jail time.

In the backdrop of escalating war in Europe, the financial scarcities of the Great Depression, and the Judge’s caseload, their attempts to find justice for the accused boy and unmask the killer lure the Judge and his friends into sordid criminal activities.

Joyce T. Strand served as head of corporate communications at several biotech and high-tech companies in Silicon Valley for more than twenty-five years.Strand currently lives in Ramona where she is exploring the benefits of wine in the Ramona/San Diego area.