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Thursday 9:30 - 9:00
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Upcoming Events
3/10 (Sunday) at 3pm-
Katherine Miles presents All Standing: The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, The Legendary Irish Famine Ship
3/14 (Thurs) 6 - 7:30pm
Drop-in customer-led group discusses articles and essays in The Sun Magazine
3/17 (Sunday) at 3pm-
We welcome Megan Marshall with Margaret Fuller: A New American Life
3/21 (Thursday) at 7pm-
Lauren Scheuer visits with Once Upon a Flock: Life with My Soulful Chickens
4/4 (Thursday) at 7pm-
University of London philosophy professor
A.C. Grayling discusses The God Argument: The Case against Religion and for Humanism
4/7 (Sunday) at 3pm-
Elizabeth Graver reads from and signs The End of the Point
4/11 (Thurs) 6-7:30pm
Drop-in customer-led group discusses articles and essays in The Sun Magazine
4/21 (Sunday) at 3pm-
Tatiana Holway presents The Flower of Empire: An Amazonian Water Lily, the Quest to Make It Bloom, and the World It Created
4/25 (Thursday) at 7pm-
Henriette Lazaridis Power reads from and signs The Clover House
4/28 (Sunday) at 3pm-
An afternoon with memoirists Katrina Kenison (Magical Journey) and Margaret Roach (The Backyard Parables)
5/2 (Thursday) at 7pm-
We welcome novelist Julie Wu with The Third Son
5/16 (Thurs) 6 - 7:30pm
Drop-in customer-led group discusses articles and essays in The Sun Magazine
5/19 (Sunday) at 3pm-
Ted Reinstein, of WCVB-TV's "Chronicle," presents New England Notebook: One Reporter, Six States, Uncommon Stories
5/30 (Thursday) at 7pm-
Novelist Daphne Kalotay (Russian Winter) returns to the Bookshop with Sight Reading
6/9 (Sunday) at 3pm-
Erika Robuck (Hemingway's Girl) returns to the Bookshop with Call Me Zelda
6/13 (Thursday) at 7pm-
Pulitzer Prize winning author Joseph Ellis discusses and signs Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence
6/20 (Thurs) 6-7:30pm
Drop-in customer-led group discusses articles and essays in The Sun Magazine
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Greetings! Batten down the hatches and stock up on reading material - another winter storm is in the forecast! We have several wonderful events planned for the next few weeks: - Sunday, March 10 - Kathryn Miles - All Standing
- Thursday, March 14 - The Sun Magazine discussion group
- Sunday, March 17 - Megan Marshall - Margaret Fuller
- Thursday, March 21 - Lauren Scheuer - Once Upon a Flock
As with all our events, if you can't visit us in person to purchase a signed copy of the featured book, you're welcome to call or email before the event - we'll ask the author to personally inscribe the book to your specifications, and will arrange to ship the book or hold it for pick up.
Our newsletter features paperbacks - historical crime fiction and a new short story collection; and kid's picks - additions to the Ballpark Mysteries series, a new Clementine, and the complete Oz boxed set!
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New in our Signed Books Gallery:
- The Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates
- Whitey by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill
- The Comfort of Lies by Randy Susan Meyers
- The Shortest Way Home by Juliette Fay
Scroll down to take a peek at this week's community window, from The Concord Carlisle Scholarship Fund.
We look forward to chatting with you in the Bookshop -- when you come in to take a closer look at an item mentioned here, please tell us "I saw it in the newsletter" and let us know what you're reading now.
Comments are always welcome via email to
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Our next event: True tale of an Irish "coffin ship"
Sunday, March 10 at 3pm
Please join us at the Bookshop on Sunday, March 10, as we welcome Kathryn Miles, author of All Standing: The Remarkable Story of the Jeanie Johnston, The Legendary Irish Famine Ship.
The nineteenth century Irish Potato Famine claimed the lives of more than 1,000,000 people. Many of these were Irish citizens who died on board ships carrying them away from Ireland. Promised jobs and a better life in North America, they emigrated, crowding onto aptly named "coffin ships," whose gruesome conditions rivaled those of slave transports.
But on one ship, decency prevailed, and each of the thousands of passengers who went aboard survived. Among these thousands was a baby boy born on the ship's maiden voyage.
All Standing chronicles the life of Nicholas, his fellow passengers, and the heroic crew members who conveyed them to safety.
Using personal interviews, newspaper accounts, rare archival documents, and her own sailing experience, Miles takes readers back to another time and place. Against the backdrop of one of history's greatest atrocities, Miles weaves a thrilling, intimate narrative, chronicling the sea-passage and birth of one Irish-American family.
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Upcoming event: new monthly discussion group
Thursday, March 14, 6:00 - 7:30pm
One Thursday each month, beginning March 14 at 6:00 pm, a group of SUN loving readers will be gathering at the Bookshop.
But these SUN worshippers, unlike those of the UV rite, are dedicated readers of SUN Magazine.
This is an open, customer-led discussion group, and all are welcome to join at anytime. The discussions are lively and camaraderie great.
Take a 90 minute break from your usual mayhem and join us. Additional meet-ups have been scheduled for April 11, May 16, June 20, July 18, and issues of The SUN are available for purchase at the bookstore.
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Upcoming event: award-winning author presents her new book on Margaret Fuller
Sunday, March 17 at 3pm
Megan Marshall presents Margaret Fuller: A New American Life, called "A magnificent biography of a revolutionary thinker, witness, and writer" in a starred Booklist review!
The award-winning author of The Peabody Sisters takes a fresh look at the trailblazing life of a great American heroine - Thoreau's first editor, Emerson's close friend, first female war correspondent, passionate advocate of personal and political freedom.
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Historical crime - now in paperback
The Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye
"[A] rollicking historical novel...a sensational account of what early police work was like for those untested and ill-trained 'copper stars' who patrolled the city."
--The New York Times Book Review
This is one of Dawn's "staff picks," and she was challenged to recommend it in about 450 characters, here goes:
Allow Faye to take you to mid-1800s New York City, specifically Five Points, the lowest of slums: combine the newly formed NYC police department with an influx of immigrants fleeing the Irish potato famine; stir in some "flash" - Victorian-era slang; add the grisly details of a couple dozen dead bodies - young bodies. The result is a page-turning mystery with a satisfying resolution; you'll be hooked on the hero and waiting for the sequel.
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Short fiction from award-winner -
now in paperback
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank: Stories
by Nathan Englander
Have you seen our table display encouraging you to "Celebrate the Short Story!" ??
Nathan Englander's latest collection is now out in paperback, and is highlighted on that display. What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank was named a "New York Times Notable Book" and an "NPR Best Book of 2012."
These eight powerful stories, dazzling in their display of language and imagination, show a celebrated short-story writer and novelist grappling with the great questions of modern life. Returning to the author's classic themes of sexual longing and ingenuity in the face of adversity, these stories affirm the author's place at the very forefront of contemporary American fiction.
Nathan Englander's short fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, and numerous anthologies, including The Best American Short Stories and The O. Henry Prize Stories. Englander is the author of the novel The Ministry of Special Cases and the story collection For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, which earned him a PEN/Malamud Award.
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Kid's pick - new Ballpark Mystery
Ballpark Mysteries #6: The Wrigley Riddle
written by David A. Kelly, illustrated by Mark Meyers
This is a wonderful early chapter book mystery series, where each book is set in a different American ballpark. They're fun, puzzling whodunits!
This is the sixth book in the series; less than $5 for a paperback your young reader will enjoy again and again.
Ivy-covered walls - they're the most famous part of the Chicago Cubs' historic ballpark, Wrigley Field. Mike and Kate can't wait to get down on the field to see the ivy for themselves. But when they do, they're horrified to discover patches of the ivy have been ripped away! Who would want to sabotage the stadium? Is it someone trying to curse the Cubs? Or is the rumor of a treasure hidden under the ivy tempting greedy fans? The Wrigley Riddle includes a fun fact page about Chicago's Wrigley Field.
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Kid's pick - new Clementine!
Clementine and the Spring Trip
written by Sara Pennypacker, illustrated by Marla Frazee
For Clementine, spring is a really big deal. It's the time for seeing her apple tree start to grow, for watching her friend Margaret go crazy with spring cleaning, and for going on the school trip to Plimoth Plantation.
Clementine is ready for Ye Olden Times, but she isn't so sure about surviving lunch there - the fourth graders have strict rules about no eating sounds. (What is snicking, anyway? ) If that wasn't enough, Clementine also faces the challenges of learning Olive-language and surviving "The Cloud" on Bus 7.
Hearing the pilgrim lady talk about why she made the long journey from England makes Clementine think about rules. Who makes them, and what do they mean to the people who have to live with them? Today Clementine has to decide which rules are made to be broken.
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Kid's pick - all about Oz!
Oz, the Complete Paperback Collection by L. Frank Baum
Immerse yourself in the wonder of
Oz in this keepsake collection of fifteen titles from L. Frank Baum's cherished American fairy tale series.
This lavishly packaged boxed set includes fifteen classic and beloved Oz tales in five paperback volumes:
- Volume 1: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz
- Volume 2: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, The Road to Oz, The Emerald City of Oz
- Volume 3: The Patchwork Girl of Oz, Tik-Tok of Oz, The Scarecrow of Oz
- Volume 4: Rinkitink in Oz, The Lost Princess of Oz, The Tin Woodman of Oz
- Volume 5: The Magic of Oz, Glinda of Oz, The Royal Book of Oz
Lyman Frank Baum was born in Chittenango, New York, on May 15, 1856. Over the course of his life, Baum raised fancy poultry, sold fireworks, managed an opera house, opened a department store, and an edited a newspaper before finally turning to writing.
In 1900, he published his best known book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Eventually he wrote fifty-five novels, including thirteen Oz books, plus four "lost" novels, eighty-three short stories, more than two hundred poems, an unknown number of scripts, and many miscellaneous writings.
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New in our Signed Books Gallery
The Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates
A major historical novel from "one of the great artistic forces of our time" ("The Nation"): an eerie, unforgettable story of possession, power and loss in early 20th-century Princeton, a cultural crossroads of the powerful and the damned.
Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Book Award, the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction, and the National Humanities Medal. Her fiction includes We Were the Mulvaneys, Blonde, which was nominated for the National Book Award, and The Falls, which won the 2005 Prix Femina.
Signed copies of The Accursed are on our shelves! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Whitey: The Life of America's Most Notorious Mob Boss by Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill 
On Sunday afternoon we had a lively visit with Dick Lehr, who read from, and took Q&A on Whitey, the definitive biography of Whitey Bulger, the most brutal and sadistic crime boss since Al Capone.
In a lifetime of crime and murder that ended with his arrest in June 2011, Whitey Bulger became one of the most powerful and deadly crime bosses of the twentieth century. This is his story.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Comfort of Lies by Randy Susan Meyers 
A double-headliner author event last Thursday, with both Randy Susan Meyers and Juliette Fay reading from their most recent novels.
Meyers's The Comfort of Lies earned this praise from Kirkus Reviews: "The characters crackle with both intelligence and wit. Meyers' women resonate as strong, complicated and conflicted, and the writing flows effortlessly in this sweet yet sassy novel about love, women and motherhood."
While exploring the damaging and long-lasting effects of infidelity, Ms. Meyers also looks at motherhood, wondering "what makes a mother?"
During our Thursday night conversation, there were lies/revelations, laughter, and engaged conversation with the audience - we could have chatted for hours!
Signed editions of The Comfort of Lies are in the Bookshop.
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The Shortest Way Home by Juliette Fay
In Fay's third novel, Sean Doran returns to the fictional town of Belham, Massachusetts when he faces "burn out" after decades as a nurse in worn-torn and poverty-stricken areas. Sean is truly caring with his patients and fellow medics, but has a strong case of wander-lust and a bit of familial baggage, believing that he's protecting the hearts of others by not developing lasting relationships. While Sean claims that he's putting others first by wedging this invisible barrier around him, his younger sister calls him selfish rather than selfless.
Through Sean's story, Ms. Fay exposes the hidden sides of other characters - whether a barrier caused by aging or disability, or an emotional roadblock erected as compensation for a perceived weakness, we - like the characters in this novel - are all flawed; this is a novel to enjoy, connect with, and discuss.
Signed copies of The Shortest Way Home are on our shelves.
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In our window
Concord Carlisle Scholarship Fund: Bridge the Gap!
 The Concord Carlisle Scholarship Fund was established in 1966 by five Concord Carlisle Regional School Committee members. Since its inception, the Fund has supported nearly 1,000 students in higher education, many for four years, who have attended high school in Concord or reside in Concord or Carlisle.
Our goal is to significantly narrow the gap between students' costs and resources.
Scholarships are financed by an annual appeal, by a student-staffed phonathon, and by income generated from memorial gifts, bequests, and 47 named funds.
The annual Phonathon will run on Sunday, March 17 and Tuesday, March 19, when members of the National Honor Society from CCHS will volunteer their time to make fundraising calls to Concord and Carlisle residents - thank you for your support!
For more information, visit The CCSF website.
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