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| this week in booksmith |
We've got some books and other stuff. And someone who wrote a book, he'll be coming here. I guess. I guess it's just hard to get excited about anything in this store since Wellesley Booksmith is hosting Suzanne Collins tonight! The author of the landslide hit The Hunger Games trilogy will be reading from the final book at the Wellesley Free Library at 6pm tonight.Venture out west and make a family evening of it!
We have one big event to hold this week down, with Alan Khazei, co-founder of City Year and founder and CEO of Be the Change, Inc. He'll be here Thursday night at 7pm to discuss public policy and action.
I don't know if you've noticed the spreading forest of racks which have been slowly eating up free space in aisle 4? We have calendars for everyone, no lie. Travelers, cat-fanciers, Buddhists, vintage hunters, nun admirers, and a whole bunch of new kinds of calendars that are like desk organizers for your wall. I know it seems early to be thinking about calendars for 2011, but time is merely an illusion, after all. |
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>>click here to see upcoming events in the Writers and Readers Series.
>>click here to see upcoming events at the Wellesley Booksmith. |
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| books of the week |
Wandering Stars
Sholem Aleichem |
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The Healing of America
T.R. Reid |
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Hector & the Search for Happiness
François Lelord |
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Citrus County
John Brandon |
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In Ishmael's House
Martin Gilbert |
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Handing One
Another Along
Robert Coles |
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Freedom
Jonathan Franzen
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Hardcover, $28 |
Aurorarama
Jean-Christophe Valtat
Melville House
Hardcover, $25.95 |
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If you haven't heard some of the hype about Jonathan Franzen's new novel, then just shut your ears and close your eyes, because you might be the one lucky person to read this book free of the burden of the critics' (and the critics of the critics) opinions. I'm not going to add to the buzz, but rest assured, there's a lot of it in the air over this one.
New Venice above the Arctic Circle is a fantastic utopian attempt that is teetering on the brink of a dystopian whirlpool. Jean-Christophe Valtat's creation is buttressed by figures from the literary and exploratory canon, with cameos and shades of any number of Arctic explorers, and narrative themes borrowed from Melville, Verne, and Coleridge. A collage of intrigue, science, and fantasy, stitched together with aa steam-punk aesthetic. A lot of fun, in short. |
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| books of the week for kids |
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Pegged by our own Emily as a likely candidate for this year's Caldecott Award, Dave the Potter tells the true story of
an extraordinary artist, poet, and potter living in South Carolina in the 1800s. He combined his superb artistry with deeply observant poetry, carved onto his pots, transcending the limitations he faced as a slave.
Megan McDonald is the author of the immensely popular Judy Moody books, which are making room for her promising new Sisters Club series. The school play is the setting for some serious sisterly drama, as roles are reversed and Stevie decides it's time to shove Alex out of the spotlight for once. Get to know the Reel family, and get hooked on some of the funniest new books on our shelves! |
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| >>remain(der)s of the day |
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The Thing Around Your Neck
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Fourth Estate, Paperback
Orig $15, Sale $4.99
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The Tummy Trilogy
Calvin Trillin
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Orig $16, Sale $5.99 |
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Half of a Yellow Sun garnered heaps of praise for Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The Thing Around Your Neck, her newest collection of stories, is enlivened by a truly original narrative voice. Adichie offers portraits of the everyday that are drawn up from ancient tradition, yet feel fresh as a new morning.
Calvin Trillin, a lot of you know him. Those who are familiar with his work are absolutely lost in fits of adoration. Those who have yet to read him might as well begin right here. The Tummy Trilogy, Trillin's anti-establishment body of writing about food, will bring on the fits in the uninitiated. |
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| Remainders are clearance books which we sell for bargain prices. We have several tables of remainders at the front of the store, on which we offer some of your favorite authors at up to 75% off the cover price. Quantities are limited, so if something strikes your fancy don't delay! |
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| >>down in the ubc |
For an intensive UBC experience please click here.
Carl's musings and recommendations are now on the Used Cellar Blog. |
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Fancy Alphabets
The Pepin Press
Used Paperback $10.50 |
Speaking of Faith
Krista Tippett
Penguin
Used Paperback, $14
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There is some beautiful work in here. Vegetative, whimsical, sleek, rough-hewn, statuesque; whatever your desire, at least one of these "fancy alphabets" embodies it. Comes with a CD-rom, so you can get right to work on those invitations to your Victorian Swamp Caveman From the Future/White Trash Costume Party.
Krista Tippett has a great thing going with her radio show "Speaking of Faith," although it is now or will very soon be called something else (which I can't recall). She never fails to be completely gracious and open with every person she talks to in her stories, and there is no similar forum where every faith, including no-faith, is on egual footing. Her approach is evident, and her thoughts convincingly laid out here in her first book. |
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These and other treasures can be found in the Used Book Cellar in the basement of booksmith. We buy back your used paperback fiction and non-fiction Wednesdays through Saturdays from 10-4. [ubc@brooklinebooksmith.com]
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...and among those books |
the UBC find of the week |
I did not do that.
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| To see everything else we've found in the UBC, visit the find archive. |
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| >>the card & gift room presents |
Kids love flashlights. LOVE them.
These are the best. Your kids will LOVE them. |
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The next book club meeting is
Monday, September 13th @ 7:30pm
No need to sign up, just show up!
Housekeeping
Marilynne
Robinson
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>>>around town
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Preschoolers ages 3-5 get to see puppet shows especially for them on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 10:30am at The Puppet Showplace in Brookline Village! It's a lifesaver when you need a morning of entertainment (and a moment to stop the ever spinning wheel of errands and chores). Performances run Wed-Thu 10:30am; Sat-Sun 1pm and 3pm, ages: 3 and up.
Take a look at the Brookline Historical Society's terrific collection of images that show what our historic town looked like way back when. Browse by neighborhood, and who knows, maybe that's your great grandpa in that buggy!
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| ...and therefore |
We just cancelled our TV service.
The cable box is gone.
Hallelujah.
Thanks for reading,
Paul
Write to paul@brooklinebooksmith.com, if you'd like to make this a conversation.
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currently reading Skippy Dies, by Paul Murray.
currently listening to Rosenshontz, you know, for the kids. |
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