Back to School
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Oh Boy! Back to School Time!
check out our in-store display of great story books about going to school for young readers.....
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"Choosing when to take Social Security is one of the biggest decisions of your life. By doing it right, you can add hundreds of thousands of dollars to your lifetime income and leave more money for your spouse as well. This great book tells you how . . . and it's funny, too!" -Jane Bryant Quinn, author of Making the Most of your Money NOW
"An indispensable and surprisingly entertaining guide for anyone who is retiring or thinking of retiring with all of the Social Security benefits they've earned." -Jane Pauley
"I love this book! Seriously! Who could ever guess that reading about Social Security could be this entertaining? . . . GET WHAT'S YOURS [is] the definitive guide to maximizing what is, for many, the most important retirement asset by far." -Beth Kobliner, author of Get a Financial Life
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Our Calendar Display is Up For 2016
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We have wall calendars, desk calendars, planners and more, including our exclusive South County Calendar with photo submissions from our customers. Many Calendars begin in August so stop in and get yourself organized for the upcoming year while our selection is at its best.
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In-Store Author Event Saturday September 12th from 12-2 pm
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Wakefield Books Welcomes Local Author John Kupa on Saturday 9/12
John is the Author of The Ducks and Geese of The Rhode Island Tidewater
This book covers the history, use, status and future of waterfowl in the State of Rhode Island as well as the author's personal experiences observing, hunting and appreciating the ducks and geese that pass through and live in our state..
John J. Kupa Sr. is a wildlife ecologist who has studied New England wildlife, forests and waterways for over 50 years. He is a Professor Emeritus at URI where he taught Wildlife Science and Environmental Planning for 30 years.
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New Local Interest Website
As you know, each month we have a feature for local authors and books of local interest. This month we thought we'd have a change of pace and spotlight a great website that is being run by Local Author Christian McBurney called Small State Big History. It's an online review of Rhode Island History and we urge everyone to check it out :
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Great Books To Read Before They Hit The Theaters
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Sidekick booklights
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New From Mighty Bright !
The Sidekick, a more nimble version of the award winning reCharge, brings a similar product at a cheaper price. With its slim body finely crafted of matte silicone, Sidekick fluidly bends in any direction to cast a bright white beam wherever needed. Its two LEDs provide ample brightness while its petite clip firmly grasps book pages. It has a 22 hour battery life and comes with two replacement batteries.
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Staff Picks For September
This author is an expert on art security and was Chief Investigator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum among his other impressive credentials. He takes us into the facinating world of art cons and scams. The colorful characters, dealers, art thieves and their victims, art forgers and those desperate to believe. Along the way he explains
what makes art valuable in the first place. Highly readable, and highly entertaining.
-Bob
One of the most incredible and moving books I have ever read. A historical novel set in German-occupied France during WWII, the story is about 2 sisters, Vianne and Isabelle, and how differently they live and survive through this tumultuous and devastating time period. Hannah's portrayal is so good that I felt as if I was there living along side them and the ending is very powerful.
-Sue
Wherever You Go, There You Are
by Jon Kabat-Zinn
A great introduction to meditation and mindfulness for the curious minded. The author does a wonderful job of illustrating an instruction in each short chapter.
Various topics are covered: How to free yourself from stress, cravings, and suffering by looking squarely at each one and facing up to one's emotions.
-Kim
A beautifully written, addictive read. Two life-long friends join the crew of a yacht called "The Blue" to explore, enjoy and escape from their former lives. What begins as a exciting adventure quickly turns darker as cracks in their idyllic life start to show. I found it very hard to put this book down, stealing moments to read when I could bear it no longer. I enjoyed the characters and the descriptions of life on board the yacht and the places they visited. If you're looking for an escape on the high seas, I recommend a trip on "The Blue". -Lisa
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New Releases for September
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September 1stPurity by Jonathon Fransen Gilded Hour by Sara Donati
Undercover by Danielle Steel
Guiness World Records 2016
Exceptional by Dick and Liz Cheney
Relentless Strike by Alex Kershaw Patient's Playbook by Leslie Michelson Edge of Eternity (pb) by Ken Follett September 8thMake Me by Lee Child
Trigger Mortis by Anthony Horowitz
Fear of Dying by Erica Jong
Reckless by Chrissie Hynde Black Earth by Timothy Snyder No God but Gain by Stephen Chambers September 15th
Devoted in Death by JD Robb
Patriot by Ted Bell
House of Thieves by Charles Belfoure
Why Not Me by Mindy Kaling
Where the Bodies Were Buried by J.S. English Court and The World by Stephen Breyer
September 22nd
Come Rain or Come Shine by Jan Karon
Killing Lessons by Saul Black
Killing Reagan by Bill O'Reilly
Had I Known by Joan Lunden
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
Never Enough by Michael D'Antonio
September 29th
Murder House by James Patterson
After You by JoJo Moyes
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
Unlikeable by Edward Klein
Kissinger 1923-1968 by Niall Ferguson
Brief Candle in the Dark by Richard Dawkins
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Coming September 22nd For NFL fans
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 Brady vs Manning The Untold Story of the Rivalry That Transformed the NFL
by Gary Meyers
Tom Brady and Peyton Manning are perhaps the two greatest quarterbacks of all time. They have also been fierce rivals every step of the way. This rivalry has resulted in some of the best and most exciting games ever played.
But until now, there has never been a definitive treatment of the debate that tells the real story.
What do Tom and Peyton actually think of each other? What do their coaches think of them? What about teammates and opposing players? What are they like behind closed doors and in the locker room, and how does that influence their careers?
In this extraordinary book, veteran NFL correspondent Gary Myers tackles this subject from every angle and with unprecedented access and insight, drawing on a huge number of never-before-heard interviews and sources. The result is a remarkable collection of the most entertaining and revealing stories ever told about Manning and Brady.
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30% off select Hardcover Best Sellers Everyday
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Here are just a few of the new additions this week
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Save 20% off an item
this month with this coupon.
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September Newsletter Features:
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Thanks to you we won the Readers Poll for Best Bookstore in South County
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 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 you're looking to do some fundraising, we're always willing to help you put together a Book Fair, either in-store, or offsite. Stop by the store or give us a call for more details.
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Coloring Books Have Grown Up!
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Coloring books are hot sellers among adults, who say the hobby helps them relax, be creative and recapture the simple pleasures of childhood.
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Check out what National Public Radio is saying about these new releases............
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Clive James Readings
by Clive James
Literary Critic Clive James revisits the works of such great writers as Joseph Conrad, Ernest Hemmingway, Shakespeare, and others, subjecting each to the "finicky test of delight"
|  In A Dark Dark Wood
by Ruth Ware
This thriller brings together a group of 20-something women in an isolated rural house for a bachelorette party - a perfect setting for buried secrets and terrible deeds.
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Zer0es
by Chuck Wendig
Chuck Wendig's brisk new thriller deals in cutting edge tech, but it's traditional at heart, pitting a rag tag band of hackers against a big sinister cyber-entity and the threat of global disaster.
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Black Chalk
by Christopher J. Yates
Black Chalk hinges on a plot twist that we won't give away, but we will say it's the summer thriller we've been waiting for: about a teenage game that gets dangerous as the players become adults.
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Avenue of Spies
by Alex Kershaw
Historian Alex Kershaw's latest book focuses on an American doctor and his family who worked with the French Resistance from their apartment just down the Avenue Foch from the Paris SS Headquarters
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Did You Ever Have a Family ?
by Bill Clegg
In trying to tell the faceted story of a single moment as seen by a hundred different eyes, Clegg has attempted something daring. And the wonder of it is how often his experiment succeeds - and how strange the view of a terrible thing can be depending on the angle from which you view it.
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Eileen
by Ottessa Moshfegh
Ottessa Moshfegh's new novel follows a defiantly,
triumphantly off-putting young woman who dreams of escaping her grim New England existence. Critic Jean Zimmerman calls it "pleasingly perverse."
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The Last Love Song : A Biography of Joan Didion
by Tracy Daugherty
Author Tracy Daughtery's new biography of Joan Didion is an honest attempt to construct a coherent narrative about an unknowable writer.
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