 With Memorial Day past us the unofficial start of summer has begun.
But it's official as far as we're concerned because the weather is getting warmer, the beaches are calling, and the new releases book calendar is loaded this month with great new titles from all of your favorite authors.
We hope all you dad's have a great Father's Day and
Congrats to all of our Graduates on a job well done!
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Father's Day is Sunday June 19th
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So many great books for Dad. whether it's by his favorite author, his favorite hobby, or a gift book celebrating Fatherhood.
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| Congratulations to all the Graduates! |
 How are you feeling ?
Proud, Relieved, Excited, Petrified ?
Well it's an exciting time to look at what you've accomplished and to get ready for the next chapter of your life. But the important thing is to never stop learning. Wakefield Books can definitely help you with that. In the meantime here's just a few suggestions to help you celebrate and get ready for whatever comes next! |
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Author's on Main Series kicks off This Month !
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Join us at the Contemporary Theater on Main Street in Wakefield 
for the free Author's on Main Summer Series which kicks off on Sunday 6/5 at 6pm with Author Dawn Trip 
Dawn Tripp's fourth novel
Georgia brings to life Georgia O'Keeffe, her love affair with photographer Alfred Stieglitz, and her quest to become an independent artist. A national bestseller, described as "magical and provocative" by USA Today.
Winner of the Massachusetts Book Award for Fiction, Tripp is the author of three previous novels and her essays have appeared in the Virginia Quarterly Review, The Believer, The Rumpus, Psychology Today, and NPR. She graduated from Harvard and lives in Massachusetts with her family.
And on Sunday 6/26 The Author's on Main will host Bill Reynolds at 6pm
Bill Reynolds is an award-winning sports columnist for the Providence Journal. He has written and co-authored several best selling books.
Bill's newest book is
Hope: A School, A Team, A Dream
Hope: A School, A Team, A Dream is a look at a hidden world that's just a few hundred yards from Brown University, It is the inspiring true story of young men and their mentors pursuing one goal-a championship-but achieving so much more.
For more information click here
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Jon Land Event
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Local Author Jon Land will be in store signing copies of his newest title co-written with Jeff Buck and Lindsay Preston
Saturday June 11th from 11am-2pm 
Takedown: A Small-Town Cop's Battle Against the Hells Angels and the Nation's Biggest Drug Gang
Jeff Buck thought he'd seen it all. Twenty years working undercover in the netherworld of drugs had left him burned out and grateful to assume the quiet job of police chief in the small town of Reminderville, Ohio. That is, until a simple domestic assault case turns out to have links to the murder of a drug runner in upstate New York and a syndicate smuggling billions of dollars in drugs across the U.S.-Canada border.
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Staff Picks
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The Butterfly Garden
FBI agents Victor Hanoverian and Brandon Eddison are faced with a case like none they have ever seen before. Their only hope of finding the truth is a young woman named Maya, who has endured and seen the horrors behind the glass walls of the "Gardener's" private hell. This book was very disturbing and brutal to read but I found myself drawn back to it as Maya tells the story of her fellow butterflies and the atrocities they were forced to endure. Not for the fainthearted, this story will quickly draw you in and keep you hooked till the end.
-Lisa
Seven Brief Lesson on Physics
by Carlo Rovelli
A super clear, yet super brief book on the major lessons of physics that I found very accessible and readable. How lucky to have centuries worth of knowledge boiled down in less than 100 pages. Written for the non-science reader the language is as elegant and beautiful as the universe it describes. Rovelli does here what Stephen Hawking did many years ago with A Brief History of Time, making the latest concepts and discoveries in science fascinating, fun, and familiar to all.
-Bob
Secrets of a Charmed Life
by Susan Meissner
Young American scholar Kendra Van Zant sets up to interview Isabel MacFarland, an elderly woman whose ready to reveal her secrets from WWII. Little does she know the secrets that will be revealed, and how they will affect her. This was a book I could not put down. I was pulled in right from the beginning and felt like I was in England during the airstrikes in the 1940's! Readers who enjoy historical fiction will love this book.
-Bonnie
Murder House
by James Patterson and David Ellis
When I saw the newest James Patterson novel was also co-authored by David Ellis, a great author in his own right, I knew I wanted to read it. Set in the Hamptons, there are all sorts of twists and turns, murder and mayhem, and multiple characters to be suspicious of. A great "beach read', but enjoyable any time of the year. -Sue The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen  War is hell, the saying goes, and so it is: Death & physical destruction of villages, cities, countries. No one talks very much about the destruction & death of one's psyche, soul, conscience, that also occurs during ,& as we see in The Sympathizer, after, a war. This war is the Vietnam War. The captain in the novel is a man who belongs nowhere, being half Vietnamese & half French, a bastard son of a French priest. He serves as an aide to a pro-South General while secretly transmitting secrets to his North Vietnamese comrades. The novel follows the mad scramble of refugees to escape Saigon after the US exits the war & the plight of the survivors once they reach the US, their new home where they are distrusted. This is the first book I have read from the point of view of the Vietnamese concerning the war & the aftermath. there is action, humor, and the dawning horror that however many sides ones takes, it is always somehow the wrong side & no protection at all. (This year's winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
-Kim
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| This Month's Featured Local Interest Titles |
 New England Bound: Slavery and Colonization in Early America by Wendy Warren
A new generation of historians is fundamentally rewriting America's beginnings. Nowhere is this more evident than in Wendy Warren's explosive New England Bound, which reclaims the lives of so many long-forgotten enslaved Africans and Native Americans in the seventeenth century. Based on new evidence, Warren links the growth of the northern colonies to the Atlantic slave trade, demonstrating how New England's economy derived its vitality from the profusion of slave-trading ships coursing through its ports. Warren documents how Indians were systematically sold into slavery in the West Indies and reveals how colonial families were motivated not only by religious freedom but also by their slave-trading investments. New England Bound punctures myths and forcefully demonstrates that the history of American slavery can no longer confine itself just to the South.
 The Warmup Guy by Bob Perlow Rhode Island's own Bob Perlow has seen it all. Working as the warm up guy for shows taped before live audiences such as Mork & Mindy, Taxi, Cheers, Newhart, Growing Pains, Full House, Who's the Boss, Friends and so on. In those days, the live audiences were pumped up and put in the mood to laugh before the show and hopefully throughout the taping. Bob seemed like a natural, and it wasn't long before Perlow became the warm-up guy for many television shows in Hollywood throughout the next few decades. This book is not only full of great stories, but gives you a glimpse inside his world of comedy that culminated with a 15 year run at the tonight show.
 Kind Eyes: A Life Lost, A Life Found. Lincoln's Last Murder Trial by Sam Perroni
It is 1859. Abraham Lincoln has just finished an unsuccessful quest for the U.S. Senate. Lincoln has tried nearly 20 murder cases and still craves the courtroom and its drama. Months before he will receive the Republican nomination for President, he accepts the defense of Peachy Quinn Harrison, accused of killing a childhood friend in Illinois. Harrison's younger sister, Virginia, forms an instant bond with Lincoln and immerses herself in her brother's defense. The trial is hard fought. After the jury's dramatic verdict, and against the backdrop of the Civil War, Virginia determines she wants to be a lawyer. Her failures and triumphs culminate in a befitting and ironic climax.
 Even When by Lisa Marie Karis
I will always love you...Even when you absolutely, positively brush your teeth - and miraculously leave a dry toothbrush behind. Lisamarie Karis' new children's book will delight readers of all ages. With adorable illustrations by Layal Idriss, Even When teaches your child about unconditional love.
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New Releases for June
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These are just highlights of our upcoming new releases. A more complete llst is available on our website June 14th June 21stJune 28th
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| 30% off Selected Hard Cover Best Sellers |
We refresh our list often to help save you money!
30% discount everyday
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Save 20% on any item this month
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June Newsletter Features:
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I Heard it on
Here's what National Public Radio is saying
about these new Titles:
Pit Bull
by Bronwen Dickey
It's a history of pit bulls and our changing preconceptions of them. Pit bulls are probably the most feared dogs in the U.S. Many cities and towns have passed laws making it illegal to own pit bulls.The author says that these popular beliefs about pit bulls as predators are based on myth and misinformation.
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Smoke
by Dan Vyleta
What if nearly every dark thought or deed that crossed your mind was visible? What if your body betrayed you by signaling to everyone around you that you did a bad, bad thing? That's the world imagined by Dan Vyleta in his new novel "Smoke." It's set in an imagined Victorian-era England where people emit a plume of smoke with every sin.
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 The Firemanby Joe Hill
A highly contagious pathogen is burning across the country; it's known colloquially as Dragonscale, for the lovely black and gold marks that appear on your body - but eventually, you'll burst into flames. The story focuses on a school nurse, who comes up infected and pregnant. There's a chance for her baby to be born healthy, if she can just survive the nine months while the world is going up in flames around her.
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The Mirror Test: America at War in Iraq and Afghanistan
by J. Karl Weston
As a State Department adviser in Iraq and Afghanistan, J. Kael Weston instigated a military mission that resulted the death of 31 service members. He sent those men on the mission in which their helicopter crashed. It remains the single largest casualty incident from the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. That's a burden Weston is likely to carry with him the rest of his life. The story of what happened is one of the many stories he tells about the consequences of war in this new memoir.
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Sweetbitter
by Stephanie Danler
Set in Manhattan, this debut novel is a feast of both food and passion. Tess is a backwaiter in a restaurant, and falls into the small and large dramas of restaurant life. She is infatuated with the bad-boy bartender, Jake, and his friend, older, sophisticated Simone. "Sweetbitter" is a novel full of the joyful pain that comes from almost-having, a feeling like happiness that would probably disperse if the object were actually caught.
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Tribe
by Sebastian Junger
War is appalling, destructive and dehumanizing. Even warriors, maybe - especially warriors - would say that. But war can also inspire unprecedented acts of courage, genius and humanity. Sebastian Junger's new book, "Tribe," looks at soldiers returning home from war. He tells us that veterans often don't feel like they belong to the society they fought for.
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Also Available.....
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 A hilarious pictorial parody of a clueless father and his adorable daughter
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Coming on June 14th 
Where's Waldo?
The Coloring Book
Ready to put your eagle eye to a new challenge? Grab your markers or colored pencils and get creative by coloring scenes from Waldo's adventures.
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Some Other New Arrivals
Beach-Themed
Wooden Magnets
Made in the USA
just $2.99 Each
Novelty Playing Cards
 $9.99 each
-Casino Quality
-Poker Sized
-Made in The USA
 Inis Energy of the Sea Cologne
The Ocean-Fresh Fragrance from Ireland
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Inis Discovery Set
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Inis Beach Bags
 $8.99 each |
NEW 3-D Notebooks from Artgame
$9.95 each
New Fun and Funky socks from Sock it To Me
of Portland OR. Available in Men's Crew, Women's Crew, Knee Highs, and Ankle.
all styles are $9.99 each
With Many Many More to Choose From.........
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June Releases
June 7th
June 14th
June 28th
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Don't miss the new Harry Potter book
We're now taking reservations for it's release on July 31st
The Cursed Child is officially the eighth book in the Harry Potter series. It is based on a play currently only showing in London.
The news has thrilled fans worldwide who were hoping for a new chapter of Harry, Ron and Hermione's wizarding adventures. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ended 19 years after the Battle of Hogwarts, as Harry waved his two eldest children off to the wizarding school. The Cursed Child will pick up from that moment, focusing on Harry as a frazzled Ministry of Magic civil servant and his middle child Albus Severus, who is struggling under the weight of the family's legacy.
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