|
Wakefield Books is 5 years old!
February 11th marks our 5th Anniversary and we're taking time to reflect on how far we've come since going independent in 2011. We owe it all to our customers for their strong support, feedback, encouragement and their inspiration. We've got a special
thank you in the works for you this month. Details will be in a bonus newsletter next week so stay tuned!
In the meantime, there's so much else to tell you about so read on......
|
|
Great Valentine's Day themed titles for Young and Old
| |
|
Author Event February 6th
|
Local Author Event
Saturday February 6th from 12-2  Local Author Nancy James will be in store signing copies of her Novel: Iniki's Quest
Iniki Beaumont has run out of time! The authorities that rule her tropical island are scouting everywhere to capture her. For years they have forced the other island landowners off their farms so that the workers no longer have jobs and many have been forced to flee. Conditions are so bad that the United Nations has sanctioned the island's ruler, President Simone, for human rights violations, and the Americans want to stop him too. But President Simone isn't about to lose, and he's out patience with Iniki, the woman seen by the islanders as a figurehead of hope for her people.
A perfect blend of romance, humor and intrigue! Any reader will fall in love with these characters as they struggle in their quest for freedom. I loved it!" Linda Miranda, author of The Perfect Blend and The Seasoned Butcher's Wife Cookbook
|
|
Staff Picks
|
Find Her
by Lisa Gardner
 (Releases 2/9) In the latest thriller from Lisa Gardner, we are introduced to Flora Dane, a young woman who has survived unspeakable torture and abuse at the hands of a monster. From the very beginning of the book, Lisa Gardner's brilliant and compelling descriptions of the conditions Flora is experiencing put us in the pine box with her. Although at times it was very difficult to read about Flora's ordeal, I had to keep going to find out how it was going to come together in the end. The way the characters and their situations get into your mind and under your skin is truly disturbing in her books. I think this is one of her best books! -Lisa
Once We Were Brothers
by Ronald Balson
 A historical novel set both in Poland during WWII and in modern day Chicago. Ben Solomon and Otto Piatek once lived as brothers, but Otto was from German descent and when war came, they were forced to go their separate ways. The story tells of how they and their families and loved ones experienced the Holocaust and how it changed people's lives forever. Part legal thriller, family drama, and love story that pulls you in and makes you feel like you were living right there along side them. Great characters, setting, and story...a winning combination. -Sue The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters
 Set in London in 1922, after the devastating losses of WWI, in terms of lives lost on the battlefield & the economic upheavals following the war, the novel follows the changed fortunes of the once genteel Wray women, Frances & her mother, Mrs. Wray. Struggling to make ends meet, the Wrays decide to take on lodgers, a young married couple, Len & Lillian Barber. This decision is the driving force of the novel & culminates in quite unforeseen consequences. The friendship that develops between Frances & Lillian leads to some startling events. Wonderful writing and a page turner not to be missed if you like historical fiction. -Kim |
| This Month's Featured Local Interest Titles |
 Unlock The Hidden Power of Mandalas: Vol 1 of 3
by Richard Guilbault
The Hidden Power of Mandalas Volume 1 is an easy introduction to coloring for adults. It has been fully established that coloring offers many benefits to the colorist such as: more focus, a sense of serenity, calmness, etc. Including over 50 designs, this book contains something for everyone and every level of artistic ability. If you have been enjoying coloring Mandalas for a long time or are absolutely new to the hobby, you owe it to yourself to give this book a checkout.  Hope: A School, A Team , A Dream
by Bill Reynolds A look at a hidden world that's just a few hundred yards from Brown University, Bill Reynolds' Hope is the inspiring true story of young men and their mentors pursuing one goal-a championship-but achieving so much more. Bill Reynolds is a sports columnist for The Providence Journal and the author of several books, including Fall River Dreams and (with Rick Pitino) the #1 New York Times bestseller Success Is a Choice. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island.  Rhode Island Railroad Stations: Post Card Views at the Turn of the Century
by Joseph Coduri
With more than 300 post card images, Rhode Island Railroad Stations illustrates the rich heritage which railroad stations played in the economic and social history of Rhode Island. Each chapter is devoted to a different railroad line and is richly illustrated with many rare post card images and the 1895 map locations of the individuals stations.
 Hunting The Merrow by Heather Rigney
The highly anticipated second book in the dark historical fantasy series: The Merrow Trilogy.
Forced to choose between her estranged brother, Richard, and the family she created, Evie embarks on a dangerous journey with an unlikely ally-Nomia, the same aqua-maniac who almost killed her three years prior. But how can she trust a bloodthirsty merrow?
Not all mermaids start out evil. Some learn how.
Rescuing Providence and Rescue 1 Responding
by Michael Morse
 In Rescuing Providence, Lieutenant Michael Morse of the Providence Fire Department takes you along for 34 nonstop hours in the life of a big-city fireman/emergency medical technician. Ride through the tough streets of South Providence, the historic mansions on the East Side and the tattered but emerging West End with Morse and his EMS team as first responders.
The brave men and women who make up our nation's EMS system willingly risk their lives every day to save people they don't know and often cannot communicate with. See for yourself how difficult, frustrating and at times heartbreaking this job can be.Despite this, most rescue workers cannot imagine doing anything else. And, as Lieutenant Morse so eloquently states, sometimes it is the rescuers whose lives are saved by the job they do. Michael Morse is a firefighter in Providence, Rhode Island. He has worked on engine, ladder and rescue companies during his 16-year career.
|
 |
|
New Releases for February
|
These are just highlights of our upcoming new releases. A more complete llst is available on our website Feb 9Feb 16thFeb 23rd New in Paperback this month |
|
30% off select Hardcover Best Sellers Everyday
|
Here are just a few of the new additions this week
|
| NYPD Red 4 by James Patterson
|
Reg price $ 28.00
Sale Price $19.60
|
|
| | Swans of fifth Avenue by Melanie Bejamin |
Reg Price $ 28.00
Sale Price $ 19.60
|
|
| | The Name oif God is Mercy by Pope Francis |
Reg Price $26.00
Sale Price $ 18.20
|
Sale Price $ 19.60
|
|
| | The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson |
Reg Price $ 28.95
sale Price $ 20.27
|
|
| | Humans of New York: Stories |
Reg Price $ 29.99
Sale Price $ 20.99
|
|
| My Name is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
|
Reg. Price $ 26.00
Sale Price $ 18.20
|
|
| | Star Wars the Force Awakens by Alan Dean Foster |
Reg. Price $ 28.00
Sale Price $ 19.60
|
|
|
|
Wakefield Mall
160 Old Tower Hill Rd. Wakefield, RI 02879
401-792-0000
|
|
February Newsletter Features:
|
|
|
| Clearance Sale |
February is clearance time. All remaining Calendars are just 75% off Selected Clearance books are also 75% off
|
|
2016 Academy Award Nominees
Some of this year's most acclaimed movies are adapted from books.
Did they do the book justice?
|
 
All the Birds in the Sky
by Charlie Jane Anders
As a genre, science-fantasy is often as basic as it sounds: People with swords meet people with lasers.But there's so much more potential in the overlap between science fiction and fantasy, a fact that's not lost on Charlie Jane Anders.In All the Birds in the Sky, she's melded the two genres in a way that opens a profound, poetic new perspective on each.
| 
Andy Warhol was a Hoarder: Inside the Minds of Histories Great Personalities
by Claudia Kalb
Was Andy Warhol a collector of beautiful and mundane things, or was he a full-blown hoarder? Did Abraham Lincoln suffer from melancholia, or was he clinically depressed? Did Albert Einstein have autism? These are the questions journalist Claudia Kalb seeks to answer in her new book,
|
American Housewife: Stories
by Helen Ellis
Frisky and Subversive, Helen Ellis' collection of off-the-wall stories is for anyone who loves satirical humor as twisted as screw-top bottles - and more effervescent than the stuff that pours out of them. Since it's February, let me just assure you that American Housewife is a better cure for winter blahs than hot chocolate.
|
On My Own
by Diane Rehm
For decades she hosted her own talk show, but one of her toughest struggles came with the pain of her husband's death. In her new memoir, Diane Rehm finds new life in the profound challenge of being alone.
|
Once in a Great City
by David Maraniss
Author David Maraniss has written a history of what Detroit gave America. His book, "Once In A Great City," examines four subjects - cars, the labor movement, civil rights and Motown - all at a very specific point in the early 1960s.
|
Girl Through Glass
by Sari Wilson
Sari Wilson's new novel follows a young dancer in New York City in the 70's -and a grown professor of dance years later --both of whom find their lives upended by dangerous relationships.
|
Cure: A Journey into the Science of Mind Over Body by Jo Marchant
An investigation into the science behind the placebo effect, hypnosis, meditation, prayer and conditioning. She says that the healing power of the brain could offer a powerful complement to modern medicine. "That's a whole different approach to pain that I think tells us that drugs aren't the only answer," she says.
|
The Portable Veblen
by Elizabeth McKenzie "Elizabeth McKenzie's new novel about the pitfalls of approaching marriage is a sharply written romantic comedy with elements of experimental fiction. Maureen Corrigan calls it "totally endearing. "
|
|
  Celebrate Washington's Birthday Monday February 22nd
Many books are on display about our first President. We invite you to check them out and take a step back in history.
Also, coming later this year by local Author Helen Farrell Allen is a new book entitled: To be Advised or Directed by: Colonel Washington's Journey to Boston 1756.
It is an account of Washington's visit to the Willard Hazard Place,"Ye Olde Tavern",
The Tavern at Sugar Loaf Hill in Wakefield Rhode Island as seen through the eyes of young Tom Hazard.
"He couldn't believe his eyes. The three officers crossed the great granite threshold of his uncle's tavern, their spurs scraping sparks in the night. They shrugged out of their heavy cloaks of rich, dark wool, glad to hand them to the eager servants. Tom had seen engravings of British officers in the Boston Gazette, but these men, Virginians they were, were just as splendidly arrayed, even for heavy travel. Their regimental brasses and crested buttons flashed. Soon, glasses of the inn's finest rum glowed in the firelight."
Bookmark the Author's Home page for more info
|
Save 20% on any item this month
|
|
|
|
