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Seriously. They are not a hassle whatsoever and nothing would tickle us more than being able to satisfy your need for books.
We usually order twice a week, so most special orders arrive within
2 business days. Some exceptions do apply, but feel free to call or
email or instant message us with your order and we'll let you know how
fast we can get it.
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| New Releases and Coming Soon! |
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Arkansas by John Brandon (McSweeney's)
The Shameless Carnivore by Scott Gold
Issues of Tin House, Open City, and The Believer
Lonely Werewolf Girl by Martin Millar
March 28: Gordon Ramsay's Fast Food by Gordon Ramsay
April 1: Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
April 1: Pigeon Wants a ....? by Mo Willems
April 28: The Farm to Table Cookbook: The Art of Eating Locally by Ivy Manning
May 1: Maps and Legends by Michael Chabon
June 3: When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
New Stephenie Meyers books! May 6: The Host (adult novel) August 2: Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4)
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Upcoming Events
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TONIGHT! Tuesday, March 18, 7:30pm: WORD monthly game night: SCRABBLE!!!
Thursday, March 20, 7:00pm: Book launch party for Greenpoint author Scott Gold's new book, The Shameless Carnivore, at The Brooklyn Brewery. WORD will be selling the books!
Sunday, March 23: WORD will be closed for Easter
Friday, March 28, 8:00pm: WORD monthly book-to-movie night: The Namesake
Sunday, March 30, 2pm: Elizabeth Crane, author of You Must Be This Happy to Enter and Paul Fattaruso, author of the upcoming Hotel St. George release Bicycle.
Wednesday, April 2, 7:30pm: WORD book club discussion: Then We Came to the End
Thursday, April 3, 7:30pm: Greenpoint writers Anya Ulinich, author of Petropolis, and Kevin Kinsella, translator of Russian poet Osip Mandelshtam's Tristia
Saturday, April 5, 12:00pm: WORD book club discussion: Then We Came to the End
Tuesday, April 8, 7:30pm: WORD book club discussion: Then We Came to the End
Thursday, April 10, 7:30pm: WORD book club discussion: Then We Came to the End
Saturday, April 12, 11:30am: Children's interactive drawing party with the creators of 123 New York, 123 USA, and Sounds Funny!, three new bilingual releases from Duopress Books.
Tuesday, April 15, 7:30pm: WORD monthly game night
Thursday, April 17, 7:30pm: Greenpointer Jon Springer, author of Mets by the Numbers: A Complete Team History of the Amazin' Mets by Uniform Number and Spike Vrusho, author of Benchclearing: Baseball's Greatest Fights and Riots, moderated by Caryn Rose of metsgrrl.com. Beer and snacks will be served.
Wednesday, April 23, 7:30pm: Contributors from Broken Land: Poems of Brooklyn, including Patricia Spears Jones, Julia Spicher Kasdorf, Michael Morse and co-editor Michael Tyrell.
Friday, April 25, 8:00pm: WORD monthly book-to-movie night
Wednesday, April 30, 7:30pm: NYC writers James P. Othmer (The Futurist), David R. Matthews (Ace of Spades), Greg Downs (Spit Baths), author/editor Luca Dipierro, and illustrator Rachel Bradley will read from Santi: Lives of Modern Saints
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WORD February bestsellers
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Here's what everyone was buying in February:
1. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell 2. Brooklyn Noir by various 3. Brooklyn Was Mine by Various 4. Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi 5. Queens Noir by various 6. M is for Metal by Paul McNeil 7. The Fuck-Up by Arthur Nersesian 8. Forever by Pete Hamill 9. My Mistress' Sparrow is Dead edited by Jeffrey Eugenides 10. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel |
Book Clubs
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March's book (to be discussed in April) is Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
Book Club Meetings:
- 1st Wednesday of every month at 7:30pm
- 1st Saturday of every month at noon
- 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7:30pm
- 2nd Thursday of every month at 7:30pm
Call or email to sign up for a book club.
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| WORD Book-a-Month Club |
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Enroll the children in your life in the WORD Book-a-Month Club and help them build their library!
Each month, we will mail a new book directly to the child's home. Choose from three age groups:
- Newborn - 3 years (board books)
- 4 - 7 years (beginning readers)
- 8 - 12 years (classic chapter books)
Half Year $65.00 / Full Year $125.00
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