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Dear Friends,
 We hope you can join us tonight, 7pm, for Jenny Milchman's launch of her long awaited novel, The Cover of Snow. The event is part of the Writing Matter Series, a panel discussion "From Creation to Publication: The Birth of a Novel." Jenny's editor and her agent share their thoughts on what it takes to bring a novel to publication. Join us for a great discussion (and some bubbly to boot)!
 Thursday evening, 7pm, Marian Rubin talks about her new book, La Belleza y Tristeza de Cuba, a collection of images she took in Cuba with her iPhone, processed with her iPad. Travel, art and technology all in one.
 And then on Saturday evening, 5-7pm, we have another exciting debut novel, Finding Camlann. Sean Pidgeon has written an historical, literary novel that takes us on a mystical and romantic journey into Arthurian legend. Nicole picked up a galley last fall and devoured it! Little did we know that Sean is our neighbor in South Orange and would be our guest. This will be a real treat!
And, with all this going on, we still get to explore all these fabulous new releases. Pick up a new book and curl up in your favorite chair. Forget the winter blues - we'll be transported to new worlds. (Coupon below offers extra discount on highlighted titles). Ebooks are listed as well - YES, you can download ebooks through our website.
Enjoy! Margot, Carolyn, Marina, Nicole, Marisela and Liane
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What's New this Month
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January 2013
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Juliann Garey
 In her tour-de-force first novel, Garey takes us inside the restless mind, ravaged heart, and anguished soul of a successful Hollywood studio executive who leaves his wife and young daughter and for a decade travels the world giving free rein to the bipolar disorder he's been forced to keep hidden for almost 20 years.
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A Love Story for this generation, Me Before You brings to life two people who couldn't have less in common-a heartbreakingly romantic novel that asks, What do you do when making the person you love happy also means breaking your own heart? Hardcover and eBook.
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Tracey Kidder and Richard Todd
"Good Prose: The Art of Nonfiction takes us into the back room behind the shop, where strong, effective, even beautiful sentences are crafted. Tracy Kidder and his longtime editor, Richard Todd, offer lots of useful advice, and, still more, they offer insight into the painstaking collaboration, thoughtfulness, and hard work that create the masterful illusion of effortless clarity."-Stephen Greenblatt, author of The Swerve: How the World Became Modern Hardcover and eBook.
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Clinton Heylin
I know, do we ever tire of books about Springsteen - no! Before he was the swaggering, stadium-packing megastar, Bruce Springsteen was a brooding introvert, desperate to strike a balance between his nuanced songwriting and the heft of his backing band. All here in this intimate look at NJ's own. Hardcover and eBook. |
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Dr. Jean Michel-Cohen
It is January, time to start anew and Dr. Michel-Cohen, France's favorite dietician has a plan for us! He offers a holistic approach, not another fad diet. Simple recipes, helpful hints and practical checklists are included. Hardcover |
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Eleanor Morse
The reviews are glowing for Morse's new novel, an intimate portrait of Botswana and three people whose intertwined lives are tragic and remarkable. "Magic, friendship, the tragedy of apartheid and the triumph of loyalty are recounted in poetic, powerful prose by this unconventional and intelligent writer. Shattering and uplifting."-Kuki Gallmann, author of I Dreamed of Africa
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Ping Fu
"I could not put this book down. From surviving the insanity of China's Cultural Revolution to the cutthroat antics of hi-tech venture capitalism, from low-life outcast to billionaire dealer-it's amazing to believe this all happened in one person's life. The lessons Ping Fu has so artfully accumulated are inspiring, heartening, educating, and entertaining." Kevin Kelly, Senior Maverick, Wired; author of What Technology Wants
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Amy Wilentz
 Farewell, Fred Voodoo is a spiritual journey into the heart of the human soul, and Haiti has found in Amy Wilentz an author of astonishing wit, sympathy, and eloquence. Haiti emerged from the dust of the 2010 earthquake like a powerful spirit, and this stunning book describes the country's day-to-day struggle and its relationship to outsiders who come to help out.
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Melanie Benjamin
A vividly imagined novel of the complicated marriage of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, revealing both its dizzying highs and its devastating lows. Hardcover and eBook.
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Lisa Hilton
The dramatic love story of two extraordinary individuals - Nancy Mitford and Free French commander Gaston Palewski-living in extraordinary times. Hardcover
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What is this?
World Book Night is a national campaign
to share your love of reading,
especially with light or non-readers!
On April 23, 2012, U.S. book givers personally handed out half a million printed books in 5,800 towns and cities across the country. And we're doing it again together this year! You can choose from 32 books, you will receive a carton of 20 books - pick them up here - we even have a PARTY! And on the evening of April 23rd, hand them out to a location of your choice. Last year people elected to give books out at Toni's Kitchen, Penn Station, Watchung Plaza (all those roaming teenagers), nursing homes, homeless shelters, parent/student groups, Parks & Rec Dept and more. Be creative! What are the books? Check out the list! The Handmaid's Tale, Moneyball, Phantom Tollbooth, The Alchemist, Favorite American Poems, Devil in a Blue Dress and more! |
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January: New Hardcover Books!
Please present this coupon - or mention the newsletter - and receive 20% discount on any of the hardcover books highlighted here: Me Before You, White Dog who Fell from the Sky, Bend not Break, Too Bright to Hear Too Loud to See, E Street Shuffle, The Aviator's Wife, Farewell Fred Voodoo, Good Prose, The Parisian Diet and The Horror of Love. | Offer Expires:
January 25, 2013
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