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New Releases in Paperback
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September 2013
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 Tomorrow night, 9/25, 7pm. Katy Butler, Knocking on Heaven's Door. Last June, at Book Expo's Editor's Buzz, a panel of editor's pitched their pick of the Fall List. Whitney Frick, Simon & Schuster, spoke passionately about Butler's book, the story of her aging parents and the family's choices for living and dying well. We were truly honored to be invited to host Ms. Butler. Her's is a family's story, an examination of the medical industry and the start of conversations many need to have. Join us for the conversation. Butler's WSJ essay about her mother's fight with the medical establishment was just beautiful. Reading and Launch Party! A novel in stories, Tepper's linked flash fiction of a restless young woman in pursuit of love, lust and the lessons of life .
Reading and Reception. Our young writers will briefly read from their work. Support and Celebrate!
 Saturday Morning Storytime. 9/28, 10:30am. Susan Verde, The Museum. "When I see a work of art, something happens in my heart."
Enjoy! Margot, Nicole, Carolyn, Marina, Marisela, Liane and Jeanne
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Louise Erdrich
National Book Award winner now out in paperback with a stunning cover! Erdrich richly writes of a complicated community, of a young Ojibwe's coming-of-age and a gripping mystery in an authentic voice. Paperback and eBook
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Michael Chabon
"Fresh, unpretentious, delectably written.... For all his explorations into the contentious dynamics of family, race and community, Mr. Chabon's first desire is simply to enchant with words. Eight novels in, he still uses language like someone amazed by a newly discovered superpower." (Sam Sacks, Wall Street Journal)
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Kate Bernheimer
If "xo" signals a goodbye, then xo Orpheus is a goodbye to an old way of mythmaking, a book that boldly heralds a new beginning for one of the world's oldest literary traditions. Fifty leading writers retell myths from around the world. Paperbackand eBook. |
Chrystia Freeland
 "Just in time - if not too late - comes this definitive examination of inequality in our time. I think it's the bookend to the Hacker-Pierson book, Winner-Take-All Politics. These two are essential reading for anybody who wants to understand where we are."
-Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company Paperback and eBook.
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Shelley Emling
 "Marie Curie and Her Daughters breathes life into an icon of science. Emling uses private letters, the unpublished papers of her daughter, Irene Curie, and an interview with her granddaughter Helene Langevin-Joliot to take the reader into Curie's role as the mother of two daughters, as a traveler to America and beyond, and as a woman in a man's world. If young women are looking for a real-life role model beside today's celebrities, this story will fill that niche." Elizabeth Norman, author of We Band of Angels
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Bee Wilson
"Wilson's sprightly, knowledgeable voice skips nimbly through the narratives of pots and pans, knives, grinding implements and eating utensils, working up to the theme of the kitchen as a whole. . . . Don't be surprised if you find yourself sitting up at night with Consider the Fork, unable to turn out the light until you find out how storing and shipping ice became viable. You will never again walk into your kitchen without thinking of the rich history represented by even the humble fork." Shelf Awareness
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Karen Engelmann
 "Neatly mixing revolutionary politics with the erotic tension and cutthroat rivalry of the female conspirators... Engelmann has crafted a magnificent, suspenseful story set against the vibrant society of Sweden's zenith, with a cast of colorful characters balanced at a crux of history." Publishers Weekly
(starred review)
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James Robertson
 For fans of Graham Greene and John LeCarre, award-winning Scottish author, Robertson delivers a literary spellbinder about one man's desperate attempt to deal with grief by unmasking the terrorists responsible for the act that killed his wife and daughter.
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Kevin Phillips
A groundbreaking account of the American Revolution -from the bestselling author of American Dynasty. "A feisty, fearless, edgy book, blissfully bereft of academic jargon, propelled by the energy of an author with the bit in his teeth."-- The NYT Book Review Paperback and eBook.
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 A Passion for Books, History and the Future. "Part love letter to books, part technological meditation, part thrilling adventure, part requiem... Eminently enjoyable, full of warmth and intelligence."-The NYT Book Review
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In-House Book Groups
All are welcome. 7:00pm
No registration required for the adult book groups If the book appeals to you, and you've read it, come and join us.
Great Writers with Marina Cramer
Beam Me Up Science Fiction with Eileen Duffy
Fri, Nov 11, The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman
Memoir Reading Group with Louise DeSalvo
Tues, Oct 15, Half a Life, Darin Strauss
History Book Club with Joe Paranac. Mon, Oct 28, Agent Garbo: The Brilliant, Eccentric Secret Agent Who Tricked Hitler and Saved D-Day, Stephan Talty
Salon Espanol with Marisela Santiago
Fri, Oct 18, Noticias de un Secuestro, Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Middle School Boys Book Group
Sun, Oct 13, 4pm.
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