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Mon - Fri 9:30 - 6:00
Sat 9:30 - 5:00
Sun Noon - 5:00
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Upcoming Events
1/22 (Sunday) 3pm-
Jeff Clements presents Corporations Are Not People
1/29 (Sunday) 3pm-
John Matteson returns to the Bookshop with his hot-off-the-presses biography, The Lives of Margaret Fuller
2/5 (Sunday) 3pm-
Alan Lightman returns to the Bookshop with his latest novel, Mr. g
2/12 (Sunday) 3pm -
We welcome Toby Lester with his newest book, Da Vinci's Ghost: Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the World in His Own Image
2/19 (Sunday) 3pm -
We welcome Sarah McCoy with The Baker's Daughter
2/26 (Sunday) 3pm -
Award-winning author Margot Livesey presents The Flight of Gemma Hardy
3/11 (Sunday) 3pm -
Kate Flora returns to the Bookshop with her latest novel, Redemption
3/18 (Sunday) 3pm -
We welcome Madeline Miller with Song of Achilles
3/22 (Thursday) 7pm-
Howard Frank Mosher returns to the Bookshop with The Great Northern Express
3/25 (Sunday) 3pm -
Natalie Dykstra presents Clover Adams
4/1 (Sunday) 3pm -
Two authors present their non-fiction books: Deborah Kops with The Great Molasses Flood, and Heather Lang with Queen of the Track
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Greetings!
Our next event is Sunday, January 22, when local resident and attorney Jeff Clements discusses Corporations Are Not People; details are below in this newsletter.
The following week, January 29, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer John Matteson returns to the Bookshop with his new work, The Lives of Margaret Fuller: A Biography.
The left sidebar of this note contains our complete events calendar; you can also check details on our website and/or rsvp on our Facebook page.
If you're unable to attend an event, but would like a signed copy of the book, simply call us to pre-order. We'll ask the author to inscribe it to your specifications, then hold it for pick up or arrange to have it shipped.
This week's newsletter features a selection of books that convey the feeling of Downton Abbey, the Emmy Award-winning Masterpiece Theater series. We also highlight a guide to spirituality/life for Generation O (under 30), and the new paperback edition of Jennifer Haigh's highly discussable novel set during the 2002 scandals in Boston's Archdiocese.
Peek in our window at the display from the Concord Public Schools Geography Quest - a fun annual PTG-sponsored event which encourages families to explore geography together.
As always, we look forward to chatting with you in the Bookshop! When you come in to take a closer look at an item mentioned here, please tell us "I saw it in the newsletter!"
Comments are always welcome via email to
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Our next event - January 22
Jeffrey Clements and Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About It
Please join us at the Bookshop Sunday, January 22nd at 3 pm as we welcome local resident Jeffrey Clements, discussing his new book, Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About It.
This is the first practical guide for every citizen on the problem of corporate personhood and the tools we have to overturn it.
Jeff Clements explains why the Citizen's United case is the final win in a campaign for corporate domination of the state that began in the 1970s under Richard Nixon. More than this, Clements shows how unfettered corporate rights will impact public health, energy policy, the environment, and the justice system. 
Corporations Are Not People answers the reader's question: "What does Citizens United mean to me?" And, even more important, it provides a solution: a Constitutional amendment, included in the book, which would reverse Citizens United. The book's ultimate goal is to give every citizen the tools and talking points to overturn corporate personhood state by state, community by community.
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Our next event - Pulitzer Prize winner John Matteson on January 29
John Matteson and The Lives of Margaret Fuller: A Biography
Please join us at the Bookshop Sunday, January 29th at 3 pm as John Matteson returns to the Bookshop with his most recent work, The Lives of Margaret Fuller: A Biography.
Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) was one of the most famous-and most controversial-figures of her era, yet her incredible life and strong impact on American culture have been all but forgotten. With The Lives of Margaret Fuller, John Matteson explores the many facets of this complex and charismatic woman, illuminating her ambitions, her successes, and her enduring legacy.
Author John Matteson was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Biography for Eden's Outcasts. He holds a law degree from Harvard University and a doctorate from Columbia University. He is a professor of English at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and deputy director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography in New York City, where he lives.
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A spiritual guide for Generation O
The Buddha Walks into a Bar by Lodro Rinzler
"With examples ranging from superheroes to YouTube videos, Rinzler brings timeless teachings to the buzz of now in an engaging, richly instructive, genuinely illuminating spiritual guide."
-Booklist
There's a new thirst for spirituality among young people today - but they're less inclined to adjust their lives around traditional religious forms than they are to look for transformation within their existing lifestyles. And they have a natural affinity for Buddhism.
This is a book for them - by one of them. Lodro Rinzler speaks the language of Generation O (under thirty), and he's a respected Buddhist teacher in his own right. His book is a complete introduction to Buddhism, without the cultural trappings, in language that anyone can understand but that will be especially appreciated by young people. It's entertaining, chatty, and often funny, but also very serious. It's for anyone who wants to use the Buddha's teachings to awaken like he did.
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A book group favorite, now in paperback
Faith by Jennifer Haigh
"[Haigh is] an expert natural storyteller with an acute sense of her characters' humanity."
-New York Times
It is the spring of 2002 and a perfect storm has hit Boston. Across the city's archdiocese, trusted priests have been accused of the worst possible betrayal of the souls in their care. In Faith, Jennifer Haigh explores the fallout for one devout family, the McGanns.
Estranged for years from her difficult and demanding relatives, Sheila McGann has remained close to her older brother Art, the popular, dynamic pastor of a large suburban parish. When Art finds himself at the center of the maelstrom, Sheila returns to Boston, ready to fight for him and his reputation. What she discovers is more complicated than she imagined. Her strict, lace-curtain-Irish mother is living in a state of angry denial. Sheila's younger brother Mike, to her horror, has already convicted his brother in his heart. But most disturbing of all is Art himself, who persistently dodges Sheila's questions and refuses to defend himself.
As the scandal forces long-buried secrets to surface, Faith explores the corrosive consequences of one family's history of silence. Throughout, Haigh demonstrates how the truth can shatter our deepest beliefs - and restore them. A gripping, suspenseful tale of one woman's quest for the truth, Faith is a haunting meditation on loyalty and family, doubt and belief.
The back of this new paperback edition includes an interview with Jennifer Haigh, and excerpts from her other novels.
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For Downton Abbey fans
Do you anxiously awaiting the newest episode of Masterpiece Theater's Downton Abbey each week? We have books to keep you busy while you wait for your Sunday evening telly!
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle by The Countess Of Carnarvon
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration and setting for Julian Fellowes's Emmy Award-winning PBS show, and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants, Lady Almina, the 5th Countess of Carnarvon. Drawing on a rich store of materials from the archives of Highclere Castle, including diaries, letters, and photographs, the current Lady Carnarvon has written a transporting story of this fabled home on the brink of war.
Much like her Masterpiece Classic counterpart Lady Cora Crawley, Lady Almina was the daughter of a wealthy industrialist, Alfred de Rothschild, who married his daughter off at a young age, her dowry serving as the crucial link in the effort to preserve the Earl of Carnarvon's ancestral home. Throwing open the doors of Highclere Castle to tend to the wounded of World War I, Lady Almina distinguished herself as a brave and remarkable woman.
This rich tale contrasts the splendor of Edwardian life in a great house against the backdrop of the First World War and offers an inspiring and revealing picture of the woman at the center of the history of Highclere Castle.
by Jessica Fellowes and Julian Fellowes
A lavish look at the real world -- both the secret history and the behind-the-scenes drama -- of the spellbinding Emmy Award-winning Masterpiece TV series Downton Abbey, the mesmerizing TV drama of the aristocratic Crawley family -- and their servants -- on the verge of dramatic change. This gorgeous book -- illustrated with sketches and research from the production team, as well as on-set photographs from both seasons -- takes us even deeper into that world, with fresh insights into the story and characters as well as the social history.
Rose: My Life in Service to Lady Astor by Rosina Harrison
In 1928, Rosina Harrison arrived at the illustrious household of the Astor family to take up her new position as personal maid to the infamously temperamental Lady Nancy Astor, who sat in Parliament, entertained royalty, and traveled the world. What no one expected was that the iron-willed Lady Astor was about to meet her match in the no-nonsense, whip-smart girl from the country.
 Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford
Parade's End explores the world of the English ruling class as it descends into the chaos of war. Christopher Tietjens is an officer from a wealthy family who finds himself torn between his unfaithful socialite wife, Sylvia, and his suffragette mistress, Valentine. A profound portrait of one man's internal struggles during a time of brutal world conflict
Ford Madox Ford's masterpiece, a tetralogy set in England during World War I, is widely considered one of the best novels of the twentieth century.
This is a new paperback edition which combines the work, first published as four separate novels (Some Do Not . . ., No More Parades, A Man Could Stand Up-, and The Last Post) between 1924 and 1928.
by Charles Todd
The Confession is historical crime fiction at its finest, continuing Charles Todd's New York Times bestselling mystery series featuring severely damaged British World War I veteran, and yet still astonishingly efficient Scotland Yard inspector, Ian Rutledge. Todd's troubled investigator wrestles with a startling and dangerous case that reaches far into the past when a false confession from a man who is not who he claims to be leads to a brutal murder. The Confession is a must-read for every fan of Elizabeth George, Martha Grimes, P.D. James, Ruth Rendell, and Jacqueline Winspear, as post-war London's best detective finds himself ensnared in a dark and deadly investigation that unearths shocking small town secrets dating back more than a century.
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In our window
Concord's Geography Quest
Concord Public Schools students in Grades K-5 are busy solving this year's Geography Quest, which takes them on a trip around the world following the migration paths of different animals.
The Geography Quest is an annual PTG sponsored event designed to let families explore geography together while learning a bit about history and how to use reference tools. It's for FUN, not part of any academic evaluation.
Stop by the Bookshop to investigate the many resources we offer that may help you in your quest - from atlases and country guides to books about animal behavior.
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