Greetings from the staff at Wakefield Books
 We hope everyone had a great Summer !! I know we enjoyed seeing all of the happy faces of our customers and we loved having conversations about our favorite subject: Books! This month's newsletter is Jam Packed with great info about new and exciting titles, upcoming titles, and some great recommendations from our staff. Be sure to check out the coupon at the bottom of this page and we hope to see you back real soon!
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 2014 Calendars and Planners are Here!
Stop in soon while we have the best selection and get your upcoming year organized in style!
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Attention Educators!
Did you know that Wakefield Books offers a 20% discount to teachers everyday for classroom items? Anything not in stock takes just a few days to arrive.
We also offer discounts to schools, as well as accepting purchase orders anytime. If your looking to do some fundraising, we're always willing to help you put together a Bookfair either in store or offsite. Stop by the store or give us a call for more details.
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Local Interest
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We are proud to offer many great local interest titles in our store. Whether it's a book of local history, guidebooks or some great novels set in RI, we hope you come in soon and see what's new!
Save The Bay's
Uncommon Guide to Common Life of Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Coastal Waters serves as a bridge between the people who use and enjoy Narragansett Bay and some of the more common plants, invertebrates, fish, birds and marine mammals that  share our Bay. This 2nd edition (with 171 pen and ink illustrations, plus 8 pages of color photos) reflects the expanded scope of Save The Bay's work - They have moved from a focus on Narragansett Bay itself to the whole region, including the unique and intimately connected freshwater tributaries and coastal marine waters of Rhode Island. Each plant or creature has its own entry with a beautiful illustration and a text description. Save The Bay's Uncommon Guide is an educational tool for both children and adults to use for learning about Narragansett Bay.  True Tales of Life and Death at Fort Adams This book relates the fort's history over a century and a half through the stories of the people who lived and died there. Though Fort Adams never saw combat, battles took a more personal form in cases of unsolved murder, freak accidents and a tragic influenza outbreak. The human drama of Fort Adams is revealed for the first time in these pages and through these stories of life and death, author Kathleen Troost-Cramer traces the history of this National Historic Landmark.  Bootleggers, Lobstermen & Lumberjacks: Fifty of the Grittiest Moments in the History of Hardscrabble New England The story of New England is built on an endless armature of fascinating stories of Yankee ingenuity and hardy, intrepid characters. Bootleggers, Lobstermen, and Lumberjacks will take the top fifty wildest episodes in the region's history and present them to the reader in one narrative-driven package.
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Our Featured Children's Character This Month is Llama Llama !
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Llama Llama is growing up! Whether learning how to be brave in the dark, battling shopping boredom, braving his first day of preschool, or waiting patiently for Christmas Day, he can always rely on Mama for her love and guidance!
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Recent Staff Reads........
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Cockpit Confidential
by Patrick Smith
This might not be for everyone, but for me it is a fascinating behind the scenes look at airports, airlines, and flying in general. Sometimes technical, sometimes humorous and sometimes philosophical, this book was very entertaining and informative, and "Yes" I'll have no problem flying again.
-Bob
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The Forsythe Saga by John Galsworthy
This book is epic in sweep, encompassing three generations of an upper middle class London family during the end of the 19th century. It is actually three novels in one volume.With this much ground to cover, these books are full of love, hate, faith and betrayal, and populated with unforgettable and dysfunctional characters. Above all, this is a book about money and its destructive power.
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The Secret Keeper
Wow, can this woman write a story! It's about a daughter finding out about her mother's life before she was her mother. Goes between present day and WWII. The ending is unbelievable. She also wrote one of my favorite books The Forgotten Garden.
-Sue
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 The Returned by Jason Mott
The Returned is a beautiful story for anyone who has loved, lost and wondered. In this book the dead are returning, but is it a miracle or a sign of the end of days? This story has an almost haunting quality about it that even after you stop reading it, you're still thinking about how you might react if your lost loved one returned. Jason Mott took this idea and created a beautiful, heartfelt, and sometimes scary novel that ranks as the best book I've read so far this year. I highly recommend it to everyone!
-Lisa
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The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin
A sprawling saga centered around an apple orchard with compelling characters and set out west at the turn of the century.
A great book to take to the back deck.
-Ann
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The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
This book has gotten a lot of hype over the past couple weeks, and rightly so! It is both happy and sad with great energy and humor. Anyone who has found a true friend in the midst of a tough situation will be able to relate to Hazel and Augustus. With sarcasm, pain, wisdom, and humor Green has you turning the pages until you finish the book before you know it!
-Sarah
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| Harry Potter Fans! |
Have you seen the new covers for
the Harry Potter Books?
Scholastic sanctioned New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Kazu Kibuishi to revamp the book covers to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the U.S. publication of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, the first novel in the seven-book series. The new covers focus on pivotal scenes in the books and provide more detailed landscapes of key plot locations like Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley. The new Deathly Hallows cover depicts Harry, Ron, and Hermoine escaping from Gringotts Wizarding Bank on the back of a dragon.
Kibuishi also redesigned the artwork on the spines of the books. When the full box set is placed in order, it will reveal a sweeping image of Hogwarts at night.Kibuishi had the opportunity to consider the series as a whole while planning his covers. Whether readers are picking up these books for the second, third or tenth time, Kibuishi's illustrations are especially resonant.
In November, Scholastic will also release the first boxed set of the complete "Hogwarts Library," a supplement to the seven-book series that includes school books
Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, as well as the book of wizard children's stories, The Tales of Beedle the Bard. All sales from this boxed set will support the charities Lumos and Comic Relief.
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Author Events This Month
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Wednesday, September 11 from 1-3 pm
at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 383 Old North Road, Kingston RI
The Kingston Hill Gardeners are hosting a lively talk with renown garden personality and author Tovah Martin. Tovah's newest book is
The Unexpected Houseplant
Refreshments- Raffle-Booksigning
Ticket Price is $25.00
for more information contact
Peggy O'Connor at 401-295-8574
Saturday Sept. 14 from 12-2 Jon Land
Author of Strong Rain Falling  Jon Land's unrelentingly plot-driven fifth novel featuring Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong "Caitlin Strong, Texas Ranger, rides again in Jon Land's latest action-packed tale. This one, involving the Mexican drug trade, grabs you fast and holds you tight. Land knows how to write, how to plot, and how to tell a hell of a story. One of the best and most original thriller series written today. An excellent read." --Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Panther 
Jon Land is the bestselling author of over 25 novels. He graduated from Brown University and lives in Providence.
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What's coming in September...
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See the complete lists in store, but here's some of the titles we're looking forward to this month:
September 3rd
Never Go Back by Lee Child
Mayan Secrets by Clive Cussler
Si-Chology 1 by Phil Robertson
Deceived by Randy Wayne White
Mad Addam Margaret Atwood
September 10th
Still Foolin' Em by Billy Crystal
W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton
Wilson by A. Scott Berg
Steve Jobs (PB) by Walter Isaacson
September 17
Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks
Quest by Nelson Demille (re-issued from 1975)
Wild Tales by Graham Nash
Dexter's Final Cut by Jeff Lindsay
September 24th
Killing Jesus by Bill O'Reilly
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
LowLand by Jhumpa Lahiri
Appetite for Wonder by Richard Dawkins
New For Young Readers
(9/3) Missing #6 Risked by Margaret Haddix
If Dogs Ran Free by Bob Dylan
Ruins by Orson Scott Card
Hello My Name is Ruby by Phillip Stead
(9/10) Smoke by Ellen Hopkins
Spirit Animals #1 Wild Born by Brandon
Mull
Year of the Jungle by Suzanne Collins
More Than This by Patrick Ness
(9/17) Treasure Hunters by James Patterson
United We Spy by Ally Carter
QB 1 by Mike Lupica
Michael Vey #3 by Richard Paul Evans
(9/24) How Roland Rolls by Jim Carrey
Last Present by Wendy Mass
Geronimo Stilton #55
How Do Dinosaurs Say I'm Mad
by Jane Yolan
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From The Page
To the Screen:
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Lee Daniels' The Butler
 As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man's life, family, and American society.
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The Conjuring
 This was this year's big summer hit, but did you know it's based on a true story that occured in a house right here in Rhode Island?
Read House of Darkness House of Light, the true story of the events that inspired the movie.
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Jobs - in theaters now 
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One Direction:
Where We Are
Calling all
Directioners!
This month marks the release of their new movie and we have the companion book in stock
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The White Queen Premiering on STARZ AUG 10, 2013
Based on: The Cousins' War series by Philippa Gregory The White Queen is a riveting tale of love and lust, betrayal and murder, vibrantly woven through the stories of three different, yet equally relentless women In their quest for power, they will scheme, manipulate and seduce their way onto the English throne.
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