Wakefield Books Newsletter for April 2015  

Welcome to Spring everyone! I'm sure you all felt like it would never get here.
We hope you visit our store this month to see all our new offerings, hot new releases, discounted best sellers, and  great clearance items.

This newsletter is chock full of reasons to visit Wakefield Books in April, and we're just excited to see everyone come in without their winter coats for a change.  Grab a book for the that sunny day when you sit outside and enjoy the warm weather.

Don't forget to print out the coupon at the bottom of this newsletter and
save 20% on an item of your choice this month!            
Great Easter and Passover Books
Passover and Easter are just around the corner,. We want to showcase a great selection of kid's books that celebrate the holidays and their traditions.  
          There are old favorites as well as some great new titles we think you'll love.








Author Event May 2nd with Jon Land  
Author signing in store on May 2nd from 12-3


Bestselling author Jon Land will be here signing copies of his new novel:
 
Black Scorpion : The Tyrant Reborn 

Michael Tiranno (aka the Tyrant) saved Las Vegas, Nev., from a terrorist attack in Land's The Seven Sins: The Tyrant Ascending (2008). In this absorbing sequel, Michael faces a bigger threat-the infamous Black Scorpion crime empire, based in Eastern Europe, an organization that engages in human trafficking across the globe. 
Larger-than-life action scenes play out in a variety of locales in this exuberant crime thriller. A major production for a feature film is in active development in Hollywood based on the franchised character of Michael Tiranno, the Tyrant. The film will be based on the                                                    blended adaptation of "Black Scorpion" and its predecessor,
                                                   "The Seven Sins. "




Sock it To Me


 







Sock It to Me is a business that sells fun, funky socks. We are talking about knee high socks with ninjas, unicorns, and monkeys; mens socks with mustaches, monsters, and beer. With over 200 different sock designs, there is something for every personality, from punk rock to peacock and everything in between.

A new offering for Wakefield Books, and they are selling quick!
Staff Picks

The Girl You Left Behind
by Jo Jo Moyes


This is a deeply moving story about 2 strong women facing incredibly daunting challenges and their fight for survival.  Sophie in German-occupied France during WWI and Liv in modern-day London. Their stories intertwine in a heartbreaking way centered around a portrait of Sophie painted by her husband before the war.  They both must use all of their wits and make many sacrifices to protect the ones they love and to find love again.
JoJo Moyes is a very talented storyteller.  An absolutely must read!!   -Sue


Life or Death
 by Michael Robotham




A mystery in which the main character, Audie Palmer, takes you through his life in prison and his escape to freedom.  Audie's story, with it's twisting plots and secrecy, makes it hard to put down.  You just don't want his story to end.  
-Ann







The Island of Dr. Libris
 by Chris Grabenstein


What a wonderful book! Young Billy is stuck in a cabin for the summer with no TV, no internet and a broken iPhone. His Mom is busy finishing her dissertation so she suggests he pick out a book to read. As he begins to read he hears sounds coming from the island across the lake, belonging to the mysterious Dr. Libris. Billy goes to the island to explore and discovers his adventures are just beginning. This book is a great way to introduce and cultivate a life-long love of reading in children. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to kids and their parents.      -Lisa

I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You 
by Courtney Maum


Oddly charming tale of a man who gets bored with his life & his marriage & has an affair. I should not have liked Richard, the philandering artist, who rips apart his "perfect" little family, but I did find him endearing as he goes to great lengths to repair his mistakes. Turns out that nobody is perfect in this story about commitment or lack of it. Very enjoyable read.

-Kim


 
I Must Say: My Life as a Humble Comedy Legend
by Martin Short

 

A lot of people, like myself, were really only familiar with his characters and comedy from his short stint on Saturday Night Live, which doesn't do justice to the career that Martin Short has had. In this upbeat and entertaining memoir he reveals his personal story along with some great anecdotes and an interesting "insiders view" of show business. With resilience and relentless optimism, he shares many moments of his life even those private and painful such as the death of his wife of 30 years to cancer. Overall, I came away with a greater appreciation of his talent and life.
  
-Bob      
 

Reserve Your Copy Now!
The Most Anticipated Book of The Year
Releases on July 14th 


An historic literary event: the publication of a newly discovered novel, the earliest known work from Harper Lee, the beloved, bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, To Kill a Mockingbird.

Originally written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before To Kill a Mockingbird. Assumed to have been lost, the manuscript was discovered in late 2014.

Go Set a Watchman features many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some twenty years later. Returning home to Maycomb to visit her father, Jean Louise Finch-Scout-struggles with issues both personal and political, involving Atticus, society, and the small Alabama town that shaped her.

Bar Charts Quick Study Guides

























We are pleased to be offering these great laminated guides on subjects such as
 common core, computers, health, cooking, writing, and more.If you don't see what you're looking for, there are hundreds of other titles available to order in just a few days.


 
This Month's Featured Local Interest Titles

Rhode Island Beer: Ocean State Brewing on Tap
by Asheigh Bennett and Kristie Martin  

Rhode Island may be the smallest state, but its brewing history packs a mighty punch. In the 1600s, Sergeant William Baulston opened up his public house in Providence, providing New Englanders with one of the first spots to imbibe homebrewed beer. Prohibition sank many operations, but Narragansett Brewery reemerged and continues to serve its signature lager. Today's growing number of craft brewers, including Foolproof and Grey Sail, are claiming Little Rhody for the beer renaissance. With a sudsy spirit of adventure and even some beer-infused recipes, the ladies behind TwoGirlsOneBeer.com present the rich, proud story of brewing in the Ocean State."

A School in Trouble: A Personal Story of Central Falls High School 
by William R. Holland

William R. Holland is a former Rhode Island commissioner of education and professor emeritus in educational leadership at Rhode Island College.
During and after his term as interim Central Falls superintendent in 2006-2007, Bill Holland sought answers to why some Central Falls High School students had school success while over half of their classmates failed to graduate. Much can be learned from how these students survived in a chronically low-achieving school located in the poorest community in the state. Holland has also written a follow up book
that we have in stock and will feature next month.


The Lady From Spain 
by Gail Eastwood

A classic regency romance recently reissued by  Rhode Island author Gail Eastwood.     

 When a mysterious "Spanish lady" appears in a small Wiltshire village asking after one of the local residents, she not only attracts the attention of the town residents but puzzles Lord Danebridge, the military officer and government agent who has been secretly following her. Eastwood effectively peels away the layers of both plot and character in this well-researched story.

 

 

 

  

 

 

Boston Strong: A City's Triumph Over Tragedy  

by Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge  

 

  Veteran journalists Casey Sherman and Dave Wedge have written the definitive inside look at the Boston Marathon bombings with a unique, Boston-based account of the events that riveted the world. From the Tsarnaev brothers' years leading up to the act of terror to the bomb scene itself (which both authors witnessed first-hand within minutes of the blast), from the terrifying police shootout with the suspects to the ultimate capture of the younger brother, Boston Strong: A City's Triumph over Tragedy reports all the facts-and so much more. Based on months of intensive interviews, this is the first book to tell the entire story through the eyes of those who experienced it. From the cop first on the scene, to the detectives assigned to the manhunt, the authors provide a behind-the-scenes look at the investigation. More than a true-crime book, Boston Strong also tells the tragic but ultimately life-affirming story of the victims and their recoveries and gives voice to those who lost loved ones. 
 
New Releases for April 























April 7th

Emma by Alexander McCall Smith
Blood on Snow by Jo Nesbo
Falling in Love by Donna Leon
Michelle Obama: A Life by Peter Slevin
 Days of Rage Bryan Burrough
Wild Diet by Abel James
Going off Script by Giuliana Rancic

April 14th
Liar by Nora Roberts
Every Fifteen Minutes Lisa Scottoline
Dream Lover by Elizabeth Berg
Very Good Lives by J.K. Rowling
Natural Born Heroes by Christopher McDougall
Real Life MBA by Jack and Suzie Welch
Capital Dames by Cokie Roberts

April 21st
Memory Man by David Baldacci
Bone Tree by Greg Iles
God Help the Child by Toni Morrison
Beauty's Kingdom by Ann Roquelaure     (Ann Rice)
Missoula by Jon Krakauer
Spinster by Kate Bolick
Great Divide by Joseph Stiglitz

April 28th
Gathering Prey by John Sandford
Early Warning by Jane Smiley
Death Wears a Beauty Mask by Mary Higgins Clark
Last Bookaneer by Mathew Pearl
So Many Roads by David Browne
On The Move by Oliver Sacks
Legend by Eric Blehm
Skinny Habits by Bob Harper




30% off select Hardcover Best Sellers Everyday
Here are just a few of the new additions this week 

The Stranger
by Harlan Coben
Reg price $ 27.95
Sale Price $19.57
NYPD Red 3
 by James Patterson and Marshall Karp
Reg Price $ 28.00
Sale Price $ 19.60
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
by Erik Larson
          Reg Price $28.00
         Sale Price $ 19.60
Every Day I Fight
by Stuart Scott
Reg Price $ 26.95
Sale Price $ 18.87
Finding Jesus: Faith, Fact, Forgery
by David Gibson and Michael McKinley
Reg Price $ 26.99
sale Price $ 18.89
The Cavendon Women
by Barbara Taylor Bradford
Reg Price $ 27.99
Sale Price $ 19.59
Frank
by Barney Frank
Reg. Price $ 28.00
Sale Price $ 19.60
The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah
Reg. Price $ 27.99
Sale Price $ 19.59




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 item this month
     
 
April Newsletter Features:
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Clearance Sale now 75% off
Hundreds of titles from all around the store are priced to move this month.

Every book on our large display at the entrance IS ON SALE  (It's the one with the balloons)

Get the good stuff before it's gone!    

Get Set For Opening Day!  April 6th








New Book by J.K Rowling releases on 4/14




National Poetry Month is the largest literary celebration in the world, with tens of millions of readers, students, K-12 teachers, librarians, booksellers, literary events curators, publishers, bloggers, and, of course, poets marking poetry's important place in our culture and our lives.

Our poetry section is waiting for you to explore....


Check out our in store display of recently reviewed books. Here's just a few, and what  NPR is saying about them:   












H is for Hawk
by Helen Macdonald

 An experienced falconer grieving the sudden death of her father recounts how she endeavored to train a dangerous goshawk predator as part of her personal recovery.













Funny Girl 
by Nick Hornby

Leave it to Nick Hornby to produce a smart comic novel that pits light entertainment against serious art and comes through as winning proof of the possibility of combining the two.
















Hausfrau    
by Jill Alexander Essbaum
The debut novel by poet Essbaum. A steamy tale of a modern day Madame Bovary  Anna Benz, an American living comfortably in Zurich with her Swiss husband, is adrift and increasingly unable to connect with her own thoughts and feelings, She enters into  a series of sexual affairs and her lies start to spin out of control.       
 















Beneath The Surface: Killer Whales, Seaworld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish   
by John Hargrove

A firsthand account of the lives of captive killer whales by one of SeaWorld's most experienced orca trainers and the star of Blackfish. He describes the devastating effects of captivity on the animals and the risks to the trainers who work with them.    
 






 









The Whites  
by Richard Price writing as Harry Brandt

After being sequestered to dead-end positions for nearly two decades, Billy Graves joins a third-shift group of New York detectives and investigates a brutal case with ties to his early career. 
 














American Ghost  
by Hannah Nordhaus

Nordhaus Traces the life, death and unsettled afterlife of her great-great-grandmother Julia, who haunts an elegant Sante Fe hotel. 











How To Raise a Wild Child  
by Scott D. Sampson

Scott Sampson is the vice president of research and collections at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
His book, How to Raise a Wild Child, is a field guide for getting kids in touch with nature in a tech-centered world. 











Harrison Squared   
by Daryl Gregory

   A Lovecraftian YA novel, It's the story of Harrison Harrison (called H2 by his scientist mother), a California teenager with anger issues, a missing leg and a dead father. He lost both the leg and the father in what he's been told was a boating accident when he was very young, but that's obviously not true. No, the leg was bitten off by a sea monster - the same one that then ate his dad - which, as far as novel setups go, is pretty solid. And awesome, with its shades of Moby-Dick and "Dagon."  



2016 Calendar Photo Contest !!



Got a great shot of South County you want to see published?
 
Be a part of the Wakefield Books South County Photo Contest and get your picture in next year's calendar.
Our 2015 calendar was the best yet
 and we hope to top it this year!



Send your photos to info@wakefieldbooks. com. Maximum resolution is best. 2000 x 2000 pixels or better

Good Luck!
 



April Releases
 for
Young Readers

(here are just a few)



4/7
       

4/14
       

4/21 
       

4/28 









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