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Greetings!
As summer vacations wind down, our thoughts turn toward last-gasp-of-warm-weather activities - hiking, apple picking, day trips around New England ... we have the books to inspire and guide you!
Please note that we're closed for the Labor Day holiday on Monday, September 3.
But, we'll more than make up for those hours ... You asked for evening hours, we heard you! As of Thursday, September 6 (right after Labor Day), the Concord Bookshop will be open every Thursday night until 9pm!
Our fall Author Series begins next week! Scroll down to read about two upcoming events, and view our complete schedule in the left sidebar of this newsletter.
This week's newsletter picks include a gorgeous new autobiography from the man who puts the boldest colors in textiles and fiber arts - Kaffe Fassett. We feature the new paperback releases of the epic travels of Vasco da Gama, Madeline Miller's prize-winning take on The Iliad, a long-listed favorite for the Man Booker prize, and the newest adventure of everyone's favorite young pig.
The community window features the Concord-Carlisle Adult and Continuing Education, with their FREE Armchair Travels series.
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" and let us know what you're reading now!
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Our next event - Thursday, September 6 at 7pm
The Other Woman by Hank Phillippi Ryan
 Seduction, betrayal, and murder ...
Join us as we welcome Hank Phillippi Ryan, reading from and signing her most recent mystery - The Other Woman - on Thursday, September 6 at 7pm. This is the first in an explosive new series.
Hank Phillippi Ryan is is the investigative reporter for Boston's NBC affiliate, and has won twenty-seven Emmys and ten Edward R. Murrow awards. A bestselling author of four mystery novels, Ryan has won the Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards.
More about The Other Woman:
Jane Ryland was a rising star in television news...until she refused to reveal a source and lost everything. Now a disgraced newspaper reporter, Jane isn't content to work on her assigned puff pieces, and finds herself tracking down a candidate's secret mistress just days before a pivotal Senate election.
Detective Jake Brogan is investigating a possible serial killer. Twice, bodies of unidentified women have been found by a bridge, and Jake is plagued by a media swarm beginning to buzz about a "bridge killer" hunting the young women of Boston.
As the body count rises and election looms closer, it becomes clear to Jane and Jake that their cases are connected...and that they may be facing a ruthless killer who will stop at nothing to silence a scandal.
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Upcoming event with local author Ilie Ruby - Sunday, Sept. 9 at 3pm
The Salt God's Daughter by Ilie Ruby
Local author Ilie Ruby (author of The Language of Trees) celebrates her most recent novel, The Salt God's Daughter, at a book launch on Sunday, September 9 at 3pm!
Set in Long Beach, California, beginning in the 1970s, "The Salt God's Daughter" follows three generations of extraordinary women who share something unique-something magical and untamed that makes them unmistakably different from others. Theirs is a world teeming with ancestral stories, exotic folklore, inherited memory, and meteoric myths.
Impeccably narrated in two powerful and distinctive voices, The Salt God's Daughter puts a feminist spin on a traditional Scottish folktale about the selkies-a provocative, timeless story that explores our ability to transcend the limitations of a world that can be hostile to those who are different, and to find joy and belonging in our unmistakable humanness.
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Autobiography of a very colorful character
Dreaming in Color by Kaffe Fassett
Kaffe Fassett has led an extraordinary life and is a captivating storyteller with a vivid memory. Born in 1937, he spent much of his youth in Big Sur, California, where his parents bought a cabin from Orson Welles and transformed it into the world-famous Nepenthe restaurant, a gathering place for artists and bohemians.
After attending a boarding school run by the disciples of Krishnamurti, an Indian guru, he studied painting at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, then traveled to England, where he made his home. Fassett began designing knitwear for Bill Gibb, and then the Missonis, Vogue magazine, and private clients like Lauren Bacall and Barbra Streisand, and, in the process, revolutionized the handknitting world with his explosive use of color.
Further explorations led him to needlepoint, mosaics, rugmaking, tapestries, yarn and fabric design, costume and set design, and quilting. Now in his seventies, Fassett continues to produce new work and to travel worldwide to teach and lecture.
In this intimate autobiography, Fassett shares rich, detailed stories about his lifelong creative journey as well as hundreds of glorious photos taken along the way.
Kaffe Fassett is widely acknowledged as a visionary in the use of color and was the first living textile designer to have a one-person show at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. He is a fabric designer for Rowan Patchwork and Quilting, the primary knitwear designer for Rowan Yarns, and the author of 15 books, including Kaffe Quilts Again, Kaffe Fassett's Quilts in Sweden, and Knitting with the Color Guys. He lives in London.
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Vasco da Gama and the Crusades (paperback)
The Last Crusade: The Epic Voyages of Vasco da Gama
by Nigel Cliff
"Epic...a compelling adventure tale, told by Cliff with the right mix of sweep and detail"
-- BookPage
In 1498 a young captain named Vasco da Gama sailed from Portugal, circumnavigated Africa, crossed the Indian Ocean, and discovered the sea route to the Indies and, with it, access to the fabled wealth of the East. It was the longest voyage ever undertaken at that time. With blood-red Crusader crosses emblazoned on their sails, the explorers arrived in the heart of the Muslim East in an era when the old hostilities between Christianity and Islam had risen to a new level of intensity. In two voyages that spanned six years, da Gama would fight a running sea battle that would ultimately change the fate of three continents.
The Last Crusade is an epic tale of spies, intrigue, and treachery--of bravado, brinkmanship, and confused, often comical collisions between cultures--offering a surprising new interpretation of the broad sweep of history.
The hardcover edition of this book was published with the title Holy War and was named a "Notable Book of the Year" by the New York Times.
Nigel Cliff is a historian, biographer, and critic. He was educated at Oxford University, where he was awarded the Beddington Prize for English Literature. He is a former theater and film critic for the London Times and a contributor to the Economist and other publications. His first book, The Shakespeare Riots, was a finalist for the National Award for Arts Writing and was selected as one of the best nonfiction books of 2007 by the Washington Post. He lives in London with his wife, the ballerina Viviana Durante.
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A novel of love and betrayal; long-listed for the Man Booker Prize.
The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
Malaya, 1951. Yun Ling Teoh, the scarred lone survivor of a brutal Japanese wartime camp, seeks solace among the jungle-fringed tea plantations of Cameron Highlands. There she discovers Yugiri, the only Japanese garden in Malaya, and its owner and creator, the enigmatic Aritomo, exiled former gardener of the emperor of Japan. Despite her hatred of the Japanese, Yun Ling seeks to engage Aritomo to create a garden in memory of her sister, who died in the camp. Aritomo refuses but agrees to accept Yun Ling as his apprentice "until the monsoon comes." Then she can design a garden for herself.
As the months pass, Yun Ling finds herself intimately drawn to the gardener and his art, while all around them a communist guerilla war rages. But the Garden of Evening Mists remains a place of mystery. Who is Aritomo and how did he come to leave Japan? And is the real story of how Yun Ling managed to survive the war perhaps the darkest secret of all?
Tan Twan Eng was born and raised in Malaysia. He worked as an Intellectual Property lawyer before resigning from his position to write his first novel, The Gift of Rain, which was also nominated for the Man Booker Prize, and has been translated into six languages. The Garden of Evening Mists is short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. Tan Twan Eng now lives in Cape Town where he is working on his third novel.
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Winner of the 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction - now in paperback
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
"At once a scholar's homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art ... A book I could not put down."
--Ann Patchett
Madeline Miller's thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War - now in paperback with bonus material, including two essays on Troy and Homer, illustrations of the main characters, discussion questions, and a Q&A between Madeline and author Gregory Maguire.
The Song of Achilles was winner of the 2012 Orange Prize for fiction, which "celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women's writing from throughout the world."
A tale of gods, kings, immortal fame, and the human heart, The Song of Achilles brilliantly reimagines Homer's enduring masterwork, The Iliad. An action-packed adventure, an epic love story, a marvelously conceived and executed page-turner.
Author Madeline Miller was born in Boston and grew up in New York City and Philadelphia. She attended Brown University, where she earned her BA and MA in Classics. For the last ten years she has been teaching and tutoring Latin, Greek and Shakespeare to high school students. She currently lives in Cambridge, MA, where she teaches and writes. The Song of Achilles has been translated into thirteen languages.
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In our children's section
Olivia and the Fairy Princesses by Ian Falconer
"... about individuality and reinventing yourself according to your own vision. It's an idea you're never to young to learn."
-- Booklist
In this picture book starring the world's most imaginative pig, Olivia embarks upon a quest for identity with very lofty goals-and being a princess is NOT one of them!
Olivia is having an identity crisis! There are too many ruffly, sparkly princesses around these days, and Olivia has had quite enough. She needs to stand out! She has to be special! She wants to do more than just fit in! So what will she be?
Join Olivia on a hilarious quest for individuality, and rest assured, you won't find THIS pig pleased to be in pink!
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In our window
Concord Carlisle Adult and Community Ed - Armchair Travel
Join Concord-Carlisle Adult & Community Education for their FREE fall "armchair travel" series.
The programs meet on Monday evenings, 7pm-8pm at the Harvey Wheeler Community Center.
On various night throughout the season, we'll visit:
- Armenia, Georgia, & Azerbaijan (10/1)
- India (10/15)
- Bhutan (10/29)
- Tuscany - A Painter's Paradise (11/12)
- Sailing in Newfoundland (12/3)
For more information, and to register, visit the Concord-Carlisle Adult & Community Education website or call 978-318-1432.
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