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Upcoming Events
We welcome The Beekman Boys - Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge - with
The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Dessert Cookbook: 100 Delicious Heritage Recipes from the Farm and Garden
We welcome Carlisle author Diana Rodgers with Paleo Lunches and Breakfasts on the Go: The Solution to Gluten-Free Eating All Day Long with Delicious, Easy, and Portable Primal
Andy and Jackie King present Baking by Hand
We welcome Doris Kearns Goodwin with
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
We welcome Marcella Pixley with Freak
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Greetings from Main Street!
This week's newsletter highlights some great nonfiction - new paperback editions of two favorites, and personal memoir from lauded novelist Julian Barnes. Our kids pick is for comic fans of all ages.
Wow - bonanza in our Signed Books Gallery this week! We've got signed novels from Susan Conley and Jhumpa Lahiri; also, nonfiction books from Julian Barnes and Richard Dawkins.
This week's community window spotlights the "It Can Wait" driving safety initiative, which encourages us to put down the cell phone while behind the wheel.
Up next in our Fall Author Series are The Beekman Boys - Brent Ridge and Josh Kilmer-Purcell and The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Dessert Cookbook. We get another great dose of history with Kevin Phillips in October. See the complete list of events in our left sidebar; as always, if you're unable to attend an event, but would like a signed copy of the featured book, please call or email us to arrange personalization.
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."
Comments are always welcome via email to
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Our next event -The Beekman Boys!
Thursday, September 26 at 7pm
Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge present
The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Dessert Cookbook
When Josh Kilmer-Purcell and his partner Brent Ridge purchased the historic Beekman 1802 Farm (Sharon Springs, NY) in 2007, they had no idea that it would launch one of the "fastest growing lifestyle brands in the country."
After taking in a neighboring farmer and his herd of beloved dairy goats, Ridge and Kilmer-Purcell began producing soaps and cheese. As other neighbors taught them how to farm, Ridge and Kilmer-Purcell shared their city-honed skills - starting a website and Mercantile.
The men began working with several other local farmers and artisans to market their goods, and the entire village came together to host seasonal festivals, which are now attended by thousands of visitors from around the globe.
Soon the press began noticing this little farm and village that refused to give up. A television network launched a reality show about their effort - The Fabulous Beekman Boys - which spread the Beekman message of hard work, living seasonally, and neighborly sharing around the globe.
The Beekman 1802 Heirloom Dessert Cookbook is the couple's second cookbook, filled with 100 heritage recipes from farm and garden.
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Upcoming event -
Thursday, October 3 at 7pm
Kevin Phillips presents 1775: A Good Year For Revolution
A groundbreaking account of the American Revolution.
Iconoclastic historian and political chronicler Kevin Phillips upends the conventional reading of the American Revolution by debunking the myth that 1776 was the struggle's watershed year.
Focusing on the great battles and events of 1775, Phillips surveys the political climate, economic structures, and military preparations of the crucial year that was the harbinger of revolution, tackling the eighteenth century with the same skill and perception he has shown in analyzing contemporary politics and economics. The result is a dramatic account brimming with original insights about the country we eventually became.
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Human history expressed thru man-made artifacts - now in paperback
A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor
- When did people first start to wear jewelry or play music?
- When were cows domesticated and why do we feed their milk to our children?
- Where were the first cities and what made them succeed?
- Who developed math - or came up with money?
The history of humanity is a history of invention and innovation, as we have continually created new items to use, to admire, or to leave our mark on the world. Neil MacGregor, the director of the British Museum, has selected one hundred man-made artifacts, each of which gives us an intimate glimpse of an unexpected turning point.
Handsomely designed, with more than 150 color photographs, this is a gorgeous reading book and makes a great gift for anyone interested in history.
Neil MacGregor has been the director of the British Museum since 2002; prior to that, he was the director of the National Gallery in London. A popular presenter on BBC television and radio, he was named Briton of the Year in 2008. He lives in England.
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The subtle ways we are shaped by the landscapes through which we move - now in paperback
The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot by Robert Macfarlane
"Macfarlane explores the meditative aspects of being a pedestrian...not so much a travelogue as a travel meditation, ...if you've ever had the experience, while walking, of an elusive thought finally coming clear or an inspiration surfacing after a long struggle, The Old Ways will speak to you - eloquently and persuasively."
-- The Seattle Times
In this exquisitely written book, which folds together natural history, cartography, geology, and literature, Robert Macfarlane sets off to follow the ancient routes that crisscross both the landscape of the British Isles and its waters and territories beyond. The result is an immersive, enthralling exploration of the voices that haunt old paths and the stories our tracks tell.
Macfarlane's journeys take him from the chalk downs of England to the bird islands of the Scottish northwest, from Palestine to the sacred landscapes of Spain and the Himalayas. He matches strides with the footprints made by a man five thousand years ago near Liverpool, sails an open boat far out into the Atlantic at night, and commingles with walkers of many kinds, discovering that paths offer a means not just of traversing space but also of feeling, knowing, and thinking.
Robert Macfarlane is a fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and has contributed to the New York Times Book Review, the Wall Street Journal, and others. His previous books, Mountains of the Mind and The Wild Places, were New York Times Notable Books
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| Emotional biography and personal memoir from Man Booker Prize-winning novelist
Levels of Life by Julian Barnes
"A book whose slimness belies its throbbing emotional power."
-- Leyla Sanai, The Independent
Julian Barnes gives us his most powerfully moving book yet, beginning in the nineteenth century and leading seamlessly into an entirely personal account of loss - making Levels of Life an immediate classic on the subject of grief.
Levels of Life is a book about ballooning, photography, love and loss; about putting two things, and two people, together, and about tearing them apart. One of the judges who awarded Barnes the 2011 Booker Prize described him as "an unparalleled magus of the heart." This book confirms that opinion.
Julian Barnes is the author of eleven novels, three books of short stories, and three collections of journalism. In addition to the Booker Prize - awarded for The Sense of an Ending - his other honors include the Somerset Maugham Award, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and the E.M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in London.
We have signed editions of Levels of Life!
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New in our Signed Books Gallery
Paris Was the Place by Susan Conley
It was a pleasure to host Susan Conley - Paris Was the Place is a thoughtful novel with a great feel for the flavor of Paris's neighborhoods. It considers the political climate of the 1980s and the meaning and significance of belonging to a family or to a place we know as home.
Susan read the opening chapter (we so love to hear authors read their work!) and took questions from the audience. After, she graciously signed additional copies of the novel for us to offer those who were unable to join us on Sunday.
Signed editions of Paris Was the Place are on our shelves!
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The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling author of The Namesake comes an extraordinary new novel, set in both India and America: a tale of two brothers bound by tragedy, a fiercely brilliant woman haunted by her past, a country torn by revolution, and a love that lasts long past death.
Masterly suspenseful, sweeping, piercingly intimate, The Lowland is a work of great beauty and complex emotion; an engrossing family saga and a story steeped in history that spans generations and geographies with seamless authenticity. It is Jhumpa Lahiri at the height of her considerable powers.
We have signed First Editions of The Lowland, which has been long-listed for the 2013 Man Booker Prize!
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An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist
by Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins' first book, The Selfish Gene, caused a seismic shift in the study of biology by proffering the gene-centred view of evolution. This book completely transformed the way we think about genes and evolution; it was in this book that Dawkins coined the term "meme," a unit of cultural evolution, which has itself become a mainstay in contemporary culture.
Then in 2006, Dawkins transformed the world's cultural and intellectual landscape again with The God Delusion, a takedown of religious faith, and his name became a byword for ruthless skepticism and "brilliant, impassioned, articulate, impolite" debate - in the words of the San Francisco Chronicle.
This memoir marks the first time he's given his passionate following real insight into his own evolution as a man and as a thinker. From his beginnings in colonial Kenya to his intellectual awakening at Oxford, Dawkins shares his path to the creation of The Selfish Gene, one of the most important books of the last century.
Signed editions of An Appetite for Wonder are on our shelves!
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Levels of Life by Julian Barnes
Scroll up a bit for a full description of this newest work from Man Booker Prize-winner, Julian Barns - an emotional biography and personal memoir.
It bears repeating that signed First Editions of Levels of Life are available at the Bookshop!
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Contemporary cartoonists re-tell classic fairy tales
Fairy Tale Comics: Classic Tales Told by Extraordinary Cartoonists edited by Chris Duffy
Your favorite tales - from Snow White to Rapunzel - retold in comics format.
From classics like "Puss in Boots" and "Goldilocks" to obscure gems like "The Boy Who Drew Cats," Fairy Tale Comics has something to offer every reader.
Seventeen fairy tales are wonderfully adapted and illustrated in comics format by seventeen different cartoonists. Edited by Nursery Rhyme Comics' Chris Duffy, this jacketed hardcover is a beautiful gift and an instant classic.
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In our window
"It Can Wait" - don't text and drive!
Concord-Carlisle High School is one of 250 schools around the country which were selected to participate in "It Can Wait," a distracted driver prevention initiative aimed at teens and spearheaded by the National Organization for Youth Safety.
On September 19, the Concord Carlisle Adult and Community Education (CC-ACE) provided an opportunity for our high school students to take the "It Can Wait" pledge to not text while driving. They signed a large banner, which is displayed in our Community Window this week.
Parents and staff are encouraged to set an "it can wait" example by refraining from texting while behind the wheel.
A link to the 12-minute video, "From One Second to the Next" and more information can be found on the CC-ACE website.
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