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                     WORD May Newsletter
 

In This Issue
New Arrivals
Upcoming Events
Audiobook Rentals!
WORD April bestsellers
Book Clubs
WORD Book-a-Month Club
We really love
 special orders

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 Arrivals!
::Hardcover::

Unaccustomed Earth
by Jhumpa Lahiri

Maps and Legends
by Michael Chabon

The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson

Lush Life
by Richard Price

The Host
by Stephenie Meyer (adult novel!)

The Sorrows of an American
by Siri Hustvedt

The Mayor's Tongue
by Nathaniel Rich

::Paperback::

After Dark by Haruki Murakami

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
by Barbara Kingsolver

The Assault on Reason
by Al Gore

No One Belongs Here More Than You by Miranda July

Interworld by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves

The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
Upcoming Events

Wednesday, May 7, 7:30pm:
WORD book club discussion: The Savage Detectives

Thursday, May 8, 7:30pm:
WORD book club discussion: The Savage Detectives

Saturday, May 10, 1:00pm:
Children's Event!
Author Sean Bryan and illustrator Tom Murphy will
read and sign The Juggling Pug

Tuesday, May 13, 7:30pm:
WORD book club discussion: The Savage Detectives

Thursday, May 15, 7:30pm:
Contributors to Brooklyn Was Mine, including Philip
Dray, Rachel Cline and Joanna Hershon

Tuesday, May 20, 7:30pm:
WORD monthly game night: bring your favorite game!

Wednesday, May 21, 7:30pm:
Reading and signing for Apocalypse How: Turn the End-Times into the Best of Times! by humorist Rob
Kutner

Thursday, May 22, 7:30pm:
Music writing event featuring 33 1/3 authors
Matthew Stearns (Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation), Michael Fournier (The Minutemen's Double Nickels
on the Dime
), and Amanda Petrusich (Nick Drake's
Pink Moon
). The discussion will be moderated by
Rolling Stone's
Jenny Eliscu.

Thursday, June 5, 7:30pm:
Brooklyn Noir 3 event featuring contributors
Rosemarie Yu, Christopher Musella, Dennis Hawkins,
and editor Tim McLoughlin. This volume of the popular
Noir series has a true crime theme.

Saturday, June 21, 12:00pm:
Adrienne Onofri, author of Walking Brooklyn, will lead
us on a walking tour of Greenpoint.
RENT AN AUDIOBOOK!
So easy it's not even funny...

We've got a steadily growing Audiobook library with
some exciting new titles. Michael Pollan's The
Omnivore's Dilemma
, Junot Diaz's Pulitzer Prize-
winning The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,
Miranda July's No One Belongs Here More Than You
(read by the author!), plus classics like Kerouac's
On The Road
. Instead of purchasing them for upwards
of $50 apiece, you can now rent one for only $8 a week!

Do it!
WORD April bestsellers
Here's what everyone was buying in April:

1. The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano
2. Mets by the Numbers by Jon Springer
3. Insanity Defense by Woody Allen
4. A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
5. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by J. S. Foer
6. Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
7. Blessed Unrest by Paul Hawken
8. Brooklyn Storefronts by Paul Lacy
9. Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri    
10. Lush Life by Richard Price
Book Clubs
May's book (to be discussed in June) is
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by
Mary Roach

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.
WORD Book-a-Month Club
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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