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Established 1940

December 11, 2013

 

 

 

 The Concord Bookshop

65 Main Street

Concord, MA  01742

 

978-369-2405
 
Store Hours
Mon - Wed   9:30 - 6:00
Thursday   9:30 - 9:00
Friday          9:30 - 6:00
Sat              9:30 - 5:00
Sun             Noon - 5:00
 
Extended holiday hours:
Sat 12/14       9:30 - 6:00
Sun 12/15    11:00 - 5:00
Mon - Wed open until 8:00
 
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Upcoming Events

 


We welcome Michael Goodwin, coordinator of CCHS's "Rivers & Revolutions" program, as profiled by Katrina Fried in American Teacher: Heroes in the Classroom

We welcome Heather Webb with Becoming Josephine

 Christina Baker Kline presents Orphan Train

Harvard professor Lawrence Buell presents The Dream of the Great American Novel

We welcome Susan Minot with Thirty Girls

Terry Golson joins us with The Farmstead Egg Guide & Cookbook

 

 
Are you making your list and checking it twice? We're here to help, with extended hours for holiday shopping - an extra hour each on Saturdays and Sundays, and weeknights until 8:00pm. You're welcome to order via our website 24/7 for in-store pick-up as well.

Volunteers from local community groups will be staffing our gift wrap station. This weekend, stop by and say hello to Open Table on Saturday, and Playscape at Ripley on Sunday; have your bookshop purchases wrapped, and learn more about these groups!

Our shelves are bursting with items for everyone on your list - from board books for toddlers to New York Times bestsellers and that special title for a special someone. We also have calendars, journals, activity books, pencil puzzles, and jigsaws. Remember, if it's not on our shelves, we're happy to order it for you, and can generally have it in within a day or two. Can't decide what to give? A Concord Bookshop tote and gift certificate is a "one size fits all" solution.

Cooking? Poetry? Graphic design? Scroll down to see this week's newsletter picks and additions to our Signed Books Gallery.

This Thursday, we host Michael Goodwin, coordinator of CCHS's "Rivers & Revolutions" program, which is highlighted in the gorgeous photo/essay book American Teacher.

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."

  

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Our next event - 

Thursday, December 12 at 7pm

Meet Michael Goodwin, coordinator of CCHS's "Rivers & Revolutions" program, as profiled by Katrina Fried in American Teacher: Heroes in the Classroom

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You're invited to the Bookshop on Thursday, December 12 at 7pm when Michael Goodwin joins us. Michael Goodwin is a founder of the "Rivers & Revolutions" program at CCHS, and one of 50 teachers highlighted in Katrina Fried's American Teacher: Heroes in the Classroom, a book offering profiles and photographs of these outstanding teachers. american teacher

Mr. Goodwin will speak a bit about the program, its genesis, and current state. He'll be joined by one or two others on the teacher team, as well as a couple of students. The program will move to Q&A and conversation.

A classic on the essentials of European cooking

The Old World Kitchen: The Rich Tradition of European Peasant Cooking by Elisabeth Luard 

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Award-winning food writer Elisabeth Luard joyously salutes the foundations of modern Western cooking with recipes collected during more than twenty-five years of travel and research, many of them spent living in rural France, Spain, Greece, Ireland, and Italy. This definitive collection of over three hundred time-tested recipes is an indispensable guide to the simple, delicious, and surprisingly exotic dishes of peasant Europe.

Elisabeth Luard is an award-winning food writer, journalist, and broadcaster. She is the author of ten cookbooks, including The Latin American Kitchen, A Cook's Year in a Welsh Farmhouse; three volumes of memoir, Family Life, Still Life, and My Life as a Wife; and two novels. 

Anthology of twentieth-century

American poetry - now in paperback

The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry

edited by Rita Dove

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Now available in paperback, this indispensable volume represents the full spectrum of aesthetic sensibilities - with varying styles, voices, themes, and cultures - while balancing important poems with vital periods of each poet. 

 

Featuring earlier works by Robert Frost, James Weldon Johnson, and Wallace Stevens along with examples from the new generation of critically acclaimed poets, including A. E. Stallings, Terence Hayes, and Poet Laureate Natasha Tretheway, the selections paint a dynamic and cohesive portrait of modern American poetry.

 

Rita Dove is an Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, a former U.S. Poet Laureate, and a recipient of the National Medal of Arts. She has published numerous volumes of poetry, fiction, plays, and essays. 

For lovers of language and design

A Compendium of Collective Nouns: From an Armory of Aardvarks to a Zeal of Zebras by Jay Sacher

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This illustrated guide compiles over 2,000 collective nouns and brings them to life in stunningly colorful, graphic artwork.

 

Chock-full of treasures of the English language, the diversity of terms collected here covers topics from plants and animals (a parade of elephants, an embarrassment of pandas) to people and things (a pomposity of professors, an exultation of fireworks) and range from the familiar (a pride of lions) to the downright obscure (an ooze of amoebas). 

 

Pronunciations, definitions, etymologies, and historical anecdotes make this beautiful book an entertaining read, a standout reference, and a visual treat. Language lovers and art appreciators alike will be captivated by this gem, rich in word and image. 

 

Below: inside illustrations for a murder of crows, an exaltation of fireworks, and a husk of hares.

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New in our Signed Books Gallery

The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout

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With a rare combination of brilliant storytelling, exquisite prose, and remarkable insight into character, Elizabeth Strout has brought to life two deeply human protagonists whose struggles and triumphs will resonate with readers long after they turn the final page. 

 

Tender, tough-minded, loving, and deeply illuminating about the ties that bind us to family and home; signed editions of The Burgess Boys are on our shelves.

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Margaret Fuller: A New American Life  margaret fuller

by Megan Marshall

What a nice surprise! Megan Marshall stopped in for a visit earlier in the week.

 

We now have signed copies of Margaret Fuller: A New American Life, which was named to the New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013.

 

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The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams by Ben Bradlee, Jr.

We also had a visit from Ben Bradlee, Jr. author of one of the hottest biographies of the season!

 

Bradlee had unprecedented access to Williams's personal papers, letters, home movies, as well as to all of his surviving wives, girlfriends and children. 

 

Ken Burns, award-winning documentary film director and producer says "here he is, fully realized with all the glory and guts and all the controversial and all-too-real aspects of this human being intact. Bravo.''

 

Signed editions are on our shelves!

Conclusion to the Matched trilogy -

now in paperback

Reached by Ally Condie

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The wait is over - the conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Matched trilogy is now in paperback!

With exquisite prose, the emotionally gripping conclusion to the international-bestselling Matched trilogy returns Cassia, Ky, and Xander to the Society to save the one thing they have been denied for so long, the power to choose.

Ally Condie is a former high school English teacher who lives with her husband and three sons outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. Previous books include Matched and Crossed.

A whimsical middle-grade adventure, inspired by Don Quixote!

Snap by Ellie Rollins

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Danya Quixote has always loved two things: stories, and her pet pony, Sancho. But when her family's fortunes take a turn for the worse and her parents decide that they must sell Sancho, Danya, well, snaps.

She and her free-spirited best friend Pia decide to whisk Sancho away to Florida, where Danya's estranged grandmother lives. Danya is convinced her grandmother is sitting on a nest egg that could save Sancho, and so the two embark upon an epic trip along the majestic Mississippi River.

As Danya and Pia face crocodiles, Louisiana casinos, and a surprising instance of what looks like divine intervention, they learn about the true power of family, discovering that magic exists if you know where to look and that sometimes the real treasure we're seeking has been with us all along.

Author Ellie Rollins received her BA from the University of Washington in 2008 and now works in publishing. Her previous middle grade novel, Zip, is now available in paperback.

In our window

Concord Museum: Family Trees

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Family Trees: A Celebration of Children's Literature

Now through January 1

Now in its 18th year, gives Concord's renowned literary tradition a creative twist.  The Museum's galleries are filled with 38 fanciful trees of all shapes and sizes, decorated with original ornaments inspired by acclaimed children's storybooks and contemporary picture book favorites. 

 

You're welcome to shop from the books in our window, and from the holiday display in our Young Readers section. 

 

The exhibition's focus on children's literature makes Family Trees unique among the many holiday events in Greater Boston. Each tree serves as a canvas for the artistic creations of a dedicated team of volunteer decorators. Inspired by the storyline, the illustrations, the characters or setting of a particular book, the decorators let their imaginations take flight, much to the delight of visitors of all ages from all over New England. 

 

Proceeds from Family Trees, organized by the Museum's Guild of Volunteers, benefit the Concord Museum's education initiatives.


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