Harry Potter's Wizards Ball--July 20th (Click here to buy the book)

You've been eagerly awaiting this book, predicting what will happen next in Harry Potter's world and on July 21st all will be revealed! But, this is a very special book and we think it requires a party! If you pre-pay for your copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at M&E, you'll receive a golden ticket to the Wizards Ball. We'll have games, a costume contest, a real magician and much, much more. Partying down with a bunch of wizards while you wait for your copy of the book? What could be better than that?!

You can even purchase your copy from our website!

Dave Eggers and McSweeney's

Dave Eggers edited- McLean and Eakin approved- The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 and Wholphin DVDs are eclectic, eccentric and erratically educational.

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Here are some things you'll find in The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006:
--Best American Fake Headlines, from the Onion
--Best American Answers to the question "What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?"
--Best American First Sentences of Novels of 2005
--The Iraqui Constitution, from the Washington Post
--Excerpts from Kurt Vonnegut, Haruki Murakami, David Rakoff, David Foster Wallace, and lots more!
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Here are some delightful things you'll find in the three Wholpin DVDs:
--The Best of all Sitcoms fromTurkey
--Spike Jonze's Lost Al Gore documentary
--Squids Being Born (Easily the most alien things things you've ever seen on this planet.)
--Unveiled in Yemen: The Bravest 13 yr. old Girl in the World.

13th Annual Short Story Contest is coming up!

The deadline for Short Story submissions is Friday, Feb. 2nd. This year's challenge is to include your favorite title in the first sentence of your story. Ex: The dog's fur and eyes were so black you'd think he had an inkheart. (Bad example: I was sitting at McLean and Eakin reading my favorite book, Inkheart, when...")
For more details, go to mcleanandeakin.com and click on Short Story PDF's.