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ONE DAY
by Gene Weingarten
Weingarten, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, has created a wholly unique work that captures a slice of America. The premise is deceptively easy: pick one day at random and chronicle a handful of events that occurred on that date. December 28, 1986 was selected. Weingarten takes the reader, from 12:01 am to midnight, through events as varied as a heart transplant, a missing girl case, a wedding, a fire, a death from AIDS, a Grateful Dead concert--to name a few. Weingarten digs deeply into each story; conducting hundreds of interviews over five years creating this book. The result is a captivating look at the human spirit and all of its strengths and weakness. Every single reader will discover something different in this unique and wonderful work.
-Laura Skinner
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HALF BAKED HARVEST SUPER SIMPLE
by Tieghan Gerard
Half Baked Harvest is one of my favorite cookbooks and Tieghan Gerard's new cookbook Super Simple does not disappoint. Don't miss the Five-ingredient Hazelnut Brownies!
-Maxwell Gregory
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GOOD HUSBANDRY
by Kristin Kimball
Good Husbandry is a current time-telling of a NYC freelance writer who interviews and subsequently marries an upper New York State conservationist/farmer dedicated to applying old style, horse drawn, farming techniques to today's field to table appetites. Together, they battle all the exigencies and variables that make farming, then, as now, the most rewarding and precarious of occupations. The book spans the time from their marriage to the arrival of children and all the challenges in between. I loved this book!
-Susan Phillips
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THE STARLESS SEA
by Erin Morgenstern
Fans of The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern will be thrilled to learn that The Starless Sea, her much anticipated second novel has released and is now available at the Bookstore! The story begins when Zachary Rawlins discovers a curious book during winter break on the shelves of a college library. In trying to discover the provenance of the book (which contains a long forgotten memory of his childhood), Zachary finds himself at the Algonquin Hotel in NYC where he stumbles into shifting worlds of hidden doors, disappearing harbors and tales of long ago. A love story built within a puzzle box of fables, this is a magical, mythical fantasy full of adventure, possibilities and what it means to live your own true life. Mystery, passion and imagination are interwoven in this novel set in an enchanted underground world.
-Lisa Dietrich |
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MODERN LOVE: REVISED AND UPDATED: TRUE STORIES OF LOVE, LOSS, AND REDEMPTION
Edited by Daniel Jones
(Direct to Paperback)
It's the 15th anniversary of the New York Times weekly column about love, relationships, feelings and a whole lot more. And with that, there is the recently revised and updated collection of stories from that series. By the way, it's also a podcast and now something you can stream on a device that shall not be named, brought to you by a source that shall also not be named by this bookseller-who would love to sell you the actual BOOK. Truth is, I have listened to several of the podcasts and I binged-watched the show, but they do take liberties with the original essays, and you miss much by not getting in there and reading them. These stories are smart, funny, well-written pieces by really good story tellers. Don't worry, these are not the gushy or trite tales of love often featured in women's magazines (no offense). They are interesting and lovely and heartbreaking all wrapped into one little paperback. Love.
-Molly Forlow |
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THE GIRL WHO READS ON THE MÉTRO
by Christine Féret-Fleury
Juliette rides the Metro to and from her very ordinary job. The commute gives her plenty of time to observe her fellow riders and what they're reading, which interests Juliette much more than her job. She gets off at a new stop one day, wanders through a rusty door propped open with a book, and enters into an almost magical place where books are moved into the hands of those who need them by Passeurs, modern day book matchmakers. Translated from French, this quirky little gem of a book is for those who love literature.
-Beth Mynhier
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WATERSHED
by Mark Barr
Set in 1937, this gripping debut brings to life the impact the construction of a hydroelectric dam has on a rural Tennessee town. The residents are stuck with one foot set in the past and one foot reaching towards an illuminated future. Nathan, an ambitious engineer and Claire, a young housewife grasp the opportunity to reinvent themselves, amidst their changing reality. I was drawn in from the first chapter.
-Maxwell Gregory
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THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS
by Lisa Jewell
A twisty story of two entangled families living in a house with the darkest of secrets. On her 25th birthday, Libby Jones receives a letter. She learns the identity of her parents and that she is the sole inheritor of their abandoned mansion. What she doesn't know is that there are others who have been waiting for this day as well and they are now headed her way.
-Kathy Petray
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BLOOD: A MEMOIR
by Allison Moorer
In 1986, 14-year-old Allison Moorer's father shot and killed her mother and then turned the gun on himself in their Mobile, Alabama front yard. In this intense, raw and ultimately hopeful memoir, Grammy and Academy nominated artist writes of her childhood growing up with a dangerous, horrific father and the beautiful, nurturing mother who tried to save them all. "Trying to describe her (my Mother's) place in my life is like trying to talk about a book I've read while not being able to quote a single sentence from it's pages." The author and her story has stuck with me.
-Morley Vahey |
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BOWLAWAY
by Elizabeth McCracken
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CODE NAME: LISE
by Larry Loftis
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BITTER ORANGE
by Claire Fuller
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LITTLE FAITH
by Nickolas Butler
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NOVEMBER ROAD
by Lou Berney
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OPERATION COLUMBIA
by Gordon Corera
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PRESIDENTS OF WAR
by Michael Beschloss
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THE GAME
by George Howe Colt
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THE LYING ROOM
by Nicci French
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The WITCH'S KIND
by Louisa Morgan
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AN ANONYMOUS GIRL
by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen
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MIDDLE SCHOOL:
SHINE
by J. J. & Chris Grabenstein
Loved this heartwarming story! Piper Milly's d
ad is a middle school teacher who is offered a new job at the private school in town. They offer Piper free tuition, a great education, and it's where her late Mom went to school, too. Thirteen-year-old Piper works to make new friends at this school filled with rich, privileged kids, and finds her own group of dorks and nerds who make her feel right at home. Middle school is never easy, but Piper's journey is endearing and uplifting. You'll pull for Piper to "Excel" in all ways at school and figure out exactly who she wants to be.
-Beth Mynhier
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MIDDLE SCHOOL:
JACKPOT: ALL BETS ARE OFF
by Nic Stone
Two teens lives collide in a search for the owner of a winning Mega-Millions ticket that Rico sold at her after-school job at the local gas station. A valuable look at race, class and privilege and how to make your own luck. Funny and romantic.
-Di Grumhaus
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MIDDLE SCHOOL:
HOMEROOMS & HALL PASSES
by Tom O'Donnell
This is a hilarious adventure that turns the fantasy genre on its head. The fantasy world is the "real" world where our 5 adventurers play a board game, Homerooms & Hall Passes (think Dungeons and Dragons set in a middle school) to relax from the exhausting duties of going on non-stop quests. One day they find themselves magically transported to the world of H & H--the halls of J. A. Dewar Middle School. How will our adventurers survive in this bizarre world known as Suburbia and get themselves back home? A fun, fast paced parody of the fantasy genre together with an engaging story of friendship.
-Laura Skinner |
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YOUNG ADULTS:
THE HOW & THE WHY
by Cynthia Hand
A very real and poignant look at familial love, whether parents are adoptive or biological. Cassie has wonderful parents and although her mom awaits a heart transplant, Cassie knows how deeply she is loved. But something is still missing in her life. Cut to her 16-year-old birth mom who was tasked to write letters to her unborn baby while she was at "away" school. The letters progress from a teens reluctance to give out any information, to humorous, meaningful thoughts to help her unborn child. A sweet story that uncovers the truths behind love, adoption and family.
-Beth Mynhier |
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