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Mon -Fri 10-6
Sat 10-5
Sun 10-3
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PARTY WITH US THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
GRAND-REOPENING AT
ORINDA BOOKS!
10% Discount
all day on all
full-priced books & CDs, lucky dips, goody bags & cup cakes!
Celebrate new owners, Maria & Danny Roden,
as well as
Orinda Books founder and owner for its
first 38
years,
Janet Boreta!
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COMING
EVENTS
Wednesday, Sept. 10 3 PM
The Second Wednesday Book Group will read and discuss The Lord of the Flies by William Golding. They meet monthly at Orinda Books and welcome new members.
Monday, Sept. 15 7:30 PM UC Berkeley Professors and nationally-known authors Stephen Hinshaw and Richard Scheffler will discuss findings from their critically-acclaimed book The ADHD Explosion: Myths, Medication, Money and Today's Push for Performance in The Garden Room at the Orinda Library
Tuesday, Sept. 16 3 PM
The World Affairs Book Group will read and discuss American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America by Colin Woodard. They meet bi-monthly at Orinda Books and welcome new members.
Wednesday, Sept. 17 11:30 AM
Book Club Presentation followed by conversation with Matthew Thomas, author of We Are Not Ourselves. Lunch will be served; reservations necessary.
Thursday Oct. 2 7pm Andrea Pfaulmer and her colleague Hella Tsaconas, will discuss her book
Shopping for the Real You.
Thursday, Oct. 9 7pm, Adam Plantinga, a sergeant with the San Francisco Police Department, and Moraga resident, will discuss some of the amazing things he has learned during his 13 years in the police force. His book 400 Things Cops Know will be on sale at Orinda Books on the night.
Tuesday, Oct. 14 7 PM
Daniel Levitin discusses The Organized Mind. New York Times bestselling author (This is Your Brain on Music) and neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin shifts his keen insights from your brain on music to your brain in a sea of details.
Friday, Oct. 17 10 AM - 5 PM
Gerry Wallace Exhibition and Sale of her Current & Creative Ceramic Art. Orinda's favorite ceramicist will have her usual dazzling display of season treasures.
Saturday, Nov. 1 2 PM
Jessica Barksdale Inclan will discuss and sign copies of her new novel, How to Bake a Man. Packed with charm, sparkling humor, and a genuinely unforgettable cast, this delicious tale of a woman struggling to find her path might just be Jessica Barksdale Incl�n's finest novel to date.
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ARTIST OF THE MONTH
Enjoy Lu Beury's beautiful mixed-media canvases on our
walls in
September!
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CD OF THE WEEK
The Capitol Steps
How to Succeed in Congress Without Really Lying
14.97
The laughs are bipartisan as musical comedy troupe, The Capitol Steps, return to "put the mock in democracy". WIth beginnings in 1981 as a group of Senate staffers performing political song parodies at parties, the Steps have become America's most popular political comedy act. They have taken their fun and irreverent musical revues on the road, recorded over 30 albums, and produced a wildly successful series of radio specials. This brand new CD features satirical "guest appearances" by Vladimir Putin, Pope Francis, Harry Reid, Marco Rubio, Mitch McConnell, Kate Middleton, and many more.
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LET'S CELEBRATE THE SIMPLE
THINGS IN LIFE!
Hi Everyone
Today I dug out my old sewing machine to run up a few cushion covers for the store, desperately trying to get everything ready for our celebration on Saturday - which I haven't even told you about yet! Four hours later and I'm wondering why I didn't just sew them by hand. Ugh! I'm not doing anything complicated - just straight lines, maybe some zips or a couple of button holes, but my thread keeps snapping for no apparent reason. Yes, I've checked the tension, I've rewound the spool, and even dismantled the spool casing to see if there might be some foreign body interfering with the mechanism. I've had to take a break for my sanity... and to write this!
It's not been our week for modern technology.
On Monday we spent about half an hour wondering why the register receipt printer wouldn't work, finally giving in and ringing our expert in Berkeley only to find out it just needed a new roll of paper!
On Tuesday we arrived at the store to find no phones, internet or inventory computers working. Two hours later, with the help of two AT&T men we discovered a fuse switch had tripped. After power was restored we had the computers up and running, but the phones just wanted to hiss and roar instead of giving a dialling tone. The men performed some bypass surgery on the wiring to enable us to use one line but that now means if you ring when we are on the phone it won't switch to our other line and you'll probably get the engaged tone. We are hoping to sort this out soon.
Thank goodness books don't rely on anything electrical or mechanical or magical. So let's just celebrate that fact this Saturday, September 6th when the Chamber of Commerce cut the ribbon at 12 noon and we officially invite you into the new look Orinda Books. We're giving a 10% discount off all full-priced books and CDs all day, there'll be lucky dips, goody bags and cup cakes! What could be simpler?!
Hope you can make it.
best wishes,
Maria, and all the (very patient) staff at Orinda Books.
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NEW THIS WEEK
The Bone Clocks
David Mitchell
Random House $30
The author of Cloud Atlas takes his readers on a time-warping trip, from the punk era through 2043-and as only Mitchell can, each stop on this time-space continuum bubbles with superb dialogue and memorable comic characters. As the New York Times said "Very few [writers] excite the reader about both the visceral world and the visionary one as Mitchell does". Buy Now
 Personal: A Jack
Reacher Novel
Lee Child
Delacorte $28
Our favorite retired military cop is pulled back into service, this time by the State Department and the CIA. Each new Lee Child thriller makes new fans for the author.
Buy Now
 Fives and Twenty-fives
Michael Pitre
Bloomsbury $27
This is a heart-stopping debut novel about war and its aftermath by an Iraq War veteran--and an essential examination of the United States' role in the world. It is incredibly timely reading as Washington reconsiders its positions in war-torn Iraq and Syria. Buy Now
Somewhere Safe with Somebody
Good: The New Mitford Novel
Jan Karon
 Putnam $27.95
Good news for Mitford fans! Hundreds of readers will applaud the chance to spend time, once more, in the often comic and utterly human presence of Jan Karon's characters, never more bighearted and engaging. Buy Now
NEW IN PAPERBACK
 The Garden of Letters
Alyson Richman
Berkley $16
The many Lamorindans who loved The Lost Wife will welcome Alyson Richman's newest. Set against the rich backdrop of World War II Italy, Garden of Letters captures the hope, suspense, and romance of an uncertain era, in an epic intertwining story of first love, great tragedy, and spectacular bravery. Buy Now
I Shall Be Near to You
Erin Lindsay McCabe
Broadway $14
Erin McCabe, a graduate of the St. Mary's MFA program, charmed us at Orinda Books when she introduced the hardcover edition of this fine novel about a strong-willed young woman who disguises herself as a man I order to fight beside him in the Civil War.Buy Now
FOR OUR YOUNGER READERS
 The Bear's Sea Escape
Benjamin Chaud
Chronicle Books $17.99
With the action packed artwork that youngsters love, this new episode in the adventures of Little Bear and Papa Bear will delight 3-to-5 year olds. Each page is full of seek-and-find activities-a Gallic version of "Where's Waldo?" Buy Now!
 Frank Einstein & the
Antimatter Motor
Jon Scieszka with
illustrations
by Brian Biggs
Amulet $13.95
Scieszka ( The Stinky Cheese Man) can make science very funny and does so in this brand-new series as he creates a unique world of adventure and science fiction utilizing real science. (Ages 7-12) Buy Now!
 Percy Jackson's Greek Gods
Rick Riordan
Disney Press $24.99
Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon and star of Riordan's bestselling series, explains how the world was created, then offers his personal take on a who's who of ancients. (Ages 8-13) Buy Now!
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