Greetings from the staff at Wakefield Books
We hope everyone has been keeping warm and enjoying their year so far. As we roll into February one theme that emerges is love and romance for Valentine's day. If your looking for that extra special something to give your valentine stop by our store this month and see what we're offering.
And don't forget to print out our coupon at the bottom and save 20% on a visit this month.
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Check out our great displays of Valentine's Day themed titles
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Will he see his shadow on February 2nd?
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Lots of fun and fact-filled Groundhog day books!
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Upcoming Events
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 Saturday March 1st from 12-2 Annie Sherman
Author of : Legendary Locals of Newport
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  Saturday March 8th from 12-2
Rosemary Mahoney
Author of For the Benefit of Those Who See
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We've still got some great clearance deals starting with this month's 75% off blowout sale.
These are books from all around the store that we need to move to make room for newer stuff.
Come in and check it out while the selection is still good.
All of our remaining 2014 calendars are now
50% off
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Great New Books by Local Authors:
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Minecraft
Quest For Justice (Book 1 In The Elementia Chronicles)
by Sean Fay Wolfe
 A debut novel by 16 year old West Kingston resident Sean Fay Wolfe set in the universe of the smash hit computer game Minecraft.
Stan has never played Minecraft before, but from the start he loves the action of building with the infinite blocks that make up the world around him. He finds it exhilarating to battle the monsters of the night alongside his new found friends, Charlie and Kat, on the Minecraft server Elementia. Before long, however, the three discover that there is a prejudice against new players on the server, and they witness many hate crimes against new players such as themselves. It became clear when a sharp twist of fate puts Stan, Kat, and Charlie in direct opposition to the government of Elementia's capitol city, and its tyrannical King. The trio finds themselves unwittingly thrust into a deadly race against the natural perils of Minecraft, the King's forces, and the mysterious and dangerous griefer Mr. A. If Stan and his friends are to survive their perilous quest, they will need to dig deep within the mines and within themselves to discover courage, strength and power that they never knew they had as they play the game through, from the beginning, to The End.
Aboard the Fabre Line to Providence: Immigration to Rhode Island by William J. Jennings and Patrick T. Conley
In an era when immigration was at its peak, the Fabre Line offered the only transatlantic route to southern New England. One of its most important ports was in Providence. Nearly eighty-four thousand immigrants were admitted to the country between the years 1911 and 1934. Many elected to settle in Rhode Island after landing in Providence. Most of these immigrants were from Portugal and Italy, and the Fabre Line kept up a brisk and successful business. However, both the line and the families hoping for a new life faced major obstacles in the form of World War I, the immigration restriction laws of the 1920s, and the Great Depression. A great chronicle of the history of the Fabre Line and its role in bringing new residents to the Ocean State.
 Made for Love: The McCarthys of Gansett Island by Marie Force
Book 1 of the romance series set in Rhode Island. Maddie Chester is determined to leave her hometown of Gansett Island, a place that has brought her only bad memories and ugly rumors. Then she's knocked off her bike on the way to her housekeeping job at McCarthy's Resort Hotel by Gansett's "favorite son," Mac McCarthy. He's back in town to help his father with preparations to sell the family resort and has no intention of staying long. When Mac accidentally sends Maddie flying over the handlebars, badly injuring her, he moves in to nurse her back to health and help care for her young son. He soon realizes his plans for a hit-and-run visit to the island are in serious jeopardy, and he just may be "maid" for love.
Princess Bing Bong Hits the Beach
by Vanessa Paniccia
Princess Bing Bong is at it again. Anything that you can imagine happening at the beach is just the thing that happens to Princess Bing Bong. Her best friend Ferris comes along and things get even more complicated for her when her neighbor Mr. Scowls' dog Cujo gets in the mix!
Princess Bing Bong is the creation of Rhode Island author Vanessa Paniccia. She is not your ordinary princess. She has little interest in conforming. Good hearted but always wants to know what would happen if things weren't done the way they should be! There's nothing predictable about her! Also available is Princess Bing Bong and the Birthday Party Blunders
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Our Featured Children's Character this month is Skippy Jon Jones !
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Hola dudes! Have you read all about my many adventures? I have battled bumblebeetos and bobble-itos, come face to face with a mummy, fought a dinosaur, and gotten lost in spice! Mama may not always like it, but I am Skippito, the wonder perrito, and I'm always ready for some fun!
"Unique, quirky and memorable, Skippyjon Jones is chock-full of rhyme and rhythm. Peppered with Spanish expressions and full of energized fun, Skippyjon Jones is not only
entertaining for the listener, it's also enjoyable for the reader."-
The E.B. White Read Aloud Reward about the 2004 winner
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Recent Staff Reads........
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White fire
by Preston and Child
The eccentric and clever FBI agent Pendergast is once again between past and present tracking a murderous arsonist in an exclusive Colorado ski resort. His protege is also solving a mystery that took place 150 years ago involving miners that were supposedly killed and eaten by a grizzly bear. A great mystery with unexpected turns.
-Ann
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The Last Ship
by William Brinkley
It's the story of the USS Nathan James, a guided missle destroyer who's crew of 282 men and women find themselves to be the last ship undamaged by a global nuclear war. Facing the threats of radiation, starvation and mutiny the crew must adapt and work together to to survive. A upcoming TNT series changes a lot of the books elements, but it might be worth a look.
-Bob
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 Outlander Series
by Diana Gabaldon
A Starz original series coming this summer, based on this fantastic book series. A WWII nurse steps through and ancient stone circle and travels back in time to 1743 Scotland, a land torn apart by war and raiding border clans. She meets Jamie Fraser, a gallant young scots warrior who shows her a passion so fierce and a love so absolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire.
-Lisa
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Winter Garden
by Kristen Hannah
This book starts off as a typically wonderful Kristen Hannah family story, but it gets very intense when the mother from the story starts telling of her years growing up in Leningrad and all ofthe hardships and loss brought on by Stalin and WWII. You feel like you are right there with Vera struggling along through one horror after another.
-Sue
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Death at SeaWorld
by David Kirby,
On Feb 24 2010 trainer Dawn Brancheau was killed by Tillikum, the killer whale during a performance at SeaWorld Orlando before a crowd of horrified spectators. This tragic event set off a firestorm of debate between those who favor keeping killer whales in captivity and those who find it cruel to the animals and dangerous to their human keepers. David Kirby tells the history of Tillikum from his capture as a young whale from the wild to his present confinement at SeaWorld. Kirby allows both sides in this debate to weigh in with their views and the rationale behind their reasoning. The captivity of the whales raises many issues including worker safety, whether the benefit to the public of having these animals in aquariums outweighs any discernable benefit to any killer whale, wild or captive, to the sheer difficulty and expense of providing such large and intelligent animals with a man-made environment in which they can thrive. Very informative & thought provoking for anyone curious about the ethics of animal captivity
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What's coming in February.....
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Here's some of the titles we're looking forward to this month:
February 4th
Cell by Robin Cook
Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan
Somersett by Leila Meacham
Deepest Secret by Carla Buckley
Triple Package by Amy Chua
February 11th
Private LA by James Patterson
Counterfeit Agent by Alex Berensen
Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
The News by Alaine DeBotten
The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman
Concealed in Death by J.D. Robb
H.R.C. State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton by Jonathan Allen
One Way Out (Allman Brothers) by Alan Paul
Virgin Diet Cookbook by J.J. Virgin
February 25th
The Chase by Janet Evanovich
Future of the Mind by Michael Kaku
Undead Pool by Kim Harrison
Where Nobody Knows My Name by John Feinstein
While Beauty Slept by Elizabeth Blackwell
Daring Ladies of Lowell by Kate Alcott
Eyes on Target by Scott McEwen
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30% off select Hardcover Best Sellers Everyday
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Here are just a few this week.....
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2014 Best Picture Nominees
based on books
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Twelve Years a Slave
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Captain Phillips
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Philomena
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The Wolf of Wall Street
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In the tradition of Oliver Sacks's The Island of the Colorblind, Rosemary Mahoney tells the story of Braille Without Borders, the first school for the blind in Tibet, and of Sabriye Tenberken, the remarkable blind woman who founded the school. Fascinated and impressed by what she learned from the blind children of Tibet, Mahoney was moved to investigate further the cultural history of blindness.
Publisher's Weekly "[A] beautiful book . . . Mahoney becomes an exceptional translator for the blind, mediating for what she ends up seeing as two groups of the sighted: those who see with their eyes, and those who see with their minds."
The author of six books, Mahoney has lived in Rhode Island for 18 years |
2014 Newberry and Caldecott winners
The John Newberry Medal for the most outstanding contribution to children's literature goes to Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamilo
It's a great adventure about a girl and a superhero squirrel......
Original, touching and oh-so-funny tale starring an endearingly implausible superhero and a not-so-cynical girl. -Kirkus
Honorable Mentions were:
-Doll Bones by Holly Black
-Year of Billy Miler by Kevin Henkes
-One Came Home by Amy Timberlake
-Paperboy by Vince Vawter
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And this year's Caldecott winner
for the most distinguished American picture book for children
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Locomotive by Brian Floca
 People Magazine: "A stunningly illustrated tale of the earliest days of America's railroads."
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