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Heat Wave Help and Holiday Hours
With temperatures climbing, stop by the bookstore to stay cool! We have air conditioning, so you can beat the heat and browse our shelves for some sensational summer reads!
Just a quick reminder that on Independence Day, July 4, Grass Roots Books WILL be open from 11 a.m. to 4-ish p.m. Plenty of time to get some book shopping in before the fireworks!
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The Cleaner of Chartres
Salley Vickers |  A quiet presence in the small French town of Chartres, Agnes Morel spends each morning cleaning the illustrious medieval cathedral and doing odd jobs for the townsfolk. She has touched their lives in her own special way, and captured the attention of the young restorer Alain Fleury. Yet no one knows where she came from or her dark secret, ever since Abbe Paul found her on the cathedral porch twenty years ago. Just as they begin to piece together the truth, her hidden past of tragic loss, an act of violence, and mistaken identity threaten to unbalance her simple, peaceful life.
Hardcover; $26.95 Publisher: Viking Books; ISBN: 9780670785674 |
Sisterland
Curtis Sittenfeld
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 "Identical twins Kate and Vi (Violet) were born with scattershot psychic abilities. As grown women, living wildly divergent lives in St. Louis, they are inextricably tied to each other in cranky, frustrating, and often combative ways. Narrator Kate has worked hard to mask her 'sixth sense' by transforming herself into an ordinary wife [and mother]. . . Vi is an exuberant, self-centered self-promoter who gives psychic readings for a living. When an earthquake rattles St. Louis in September 2009, Vi's prediction that a much bigger one is on the way gains national traction, setting off a media circus and geographic panic." - Library JournalHardcover; $27.00
Publisher: Random House; ISBN: 9781400068319
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The Last Summer of the Camperdowns
Elizabeth Kelly
|  It's 1972, and twelve-year-old Riddle is overwhelmed by her wealthy and dysfunctional parents, the Camperdowns. Her idealistic father is running for office from the family compound in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. When Riddle accidentally witnesses a crime close to home, her confusion and fear keep her silent, bringing consequences as the summer unfolds. Another mysterious and powerful family, the Devlins, claim to have secrets that could shatter the Camperdowns, resulting in a status struggle that Riddle can only watch, hoping for the courage to reveal the truth.
Hardcover; $25.95 Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation; ISBN: 9780871403407 | |
Second Suns: Two Doctors and Their Amazing Quest to Restore Sight and Save Lives
David Oliver Relin
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 Two gifted ophthalmologists - one from the United States, the other from Nepal - become united in a common goal: to rid the world of preventable blindness. This is the story of Geoffrey Tabin and Sanduk Ruit, founders of the Himalayan Cataract Project, whose work has restored sight to some of the world's most isolated, impoverished people. In the vast, mountainous region of the Himalayas, incidences of cataract blindness remain alarmingly high, but the doctors' revolutionary and inexpensive style of surgery has been able to cure thousands - all for about twenty dollars per operation. Hardcover; $27.00
Publisher: Random House; ISBN: 9781400069255
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Queen of the Air: A True Story of Love and Tragedy at the Circus
Dean Jensen
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 "[Aerialist Lillian Leitzel] began training on the Roman rings as a young child and made her professional debut in 1902 at just 12 years old. . . She was performing with the legendary Barnum & Bailey Circus in Chicago less than 10 years later when [flyer Alfredo Codona] first set eyes on her and fell madly in love. Alfredo was determined to win the tiny trapeze artist and master the elusive and deadly Triple, consisting of three consecutive midair somersaults; a decade later he'd perfected the stunt, and shortly thereafter he and Leitzel, a fiery couple, were wed. What follows is a shocking and heartbreaking denouement." - Publishers WeeklyHardcover; $26.00
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group; ISBN: 9780307986566
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Long Time, No See
Dermot Healy |  "Philip Feeney, also known as Mister Psyche, lives in the village of Ballintra on the Atlantic with his Da, a handyman, and his Ma, a hospital nurse. While waiting for his junior college exam results and doing odd jobs, he looks after his granduncle, Joejoe, who lives alone. . . Then a shocking event occurs. A bullet is fired through Joejoe's window. The old man suspects another neighbor, the General, nursing a 50-year-old grudge over a woman, but that's ridiculous. Philip's Da believes the Blackbird is the shooter, but has no proof. It will only be much later that the surprising truth emerges." -
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Paperback; $16.00 Publisher: Penguin Books; ISBN: 9780143123439 |
2312 Winner of the Nebula Award for 2012
Kim Stanley Robinson
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 "In a spectacularly depicted future of interplanetary colonization, humanity has spread across the entire solar system, from miniature biomes in hollowed-out asteroids to a moving city racing the fatal rays of the sun on Mercury. Mercurian artist and biome designer Swan Er Hong is struggling to cope with her grandmother's death and an unexpected meteor strike when she gets caught up in a scientific conspiracy that touches on both the political and economic schemes of space-based humans, including Saturn's ring-surfing moon dwellers and the secretive factions controlling slowly terraforming Venus, as well as the quasi-independent quantum computers called qubes." - Publishers Weekly Starred Review Paperback; $10.00
Publisher: Orbit; ISBN: 9780316098113
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How Should a Person Be?
Sheila Heti
|  "[Heti] examines her titular question by emphasizing that, like life itself, the story of protagonist Sheila. . . doesn't always make perfect sense. After she leaves her husband, Sheila - an aspiring Toronto playwright by night and hair salon employee by day - looks to her friends and the world at large to determine how to be. Acts divided into chapters interspersed with conversations transcribed to read like plays follow Sheila from home to New York to Atlantic City in her search for clarity. . . [An] unorthodox compilation of colorful characters, friendship, and sex that provides an unusual answer to Heti's question." - Publishers Weekly
Paperback; $16.00 Publisher: Picador USA; ISBN: 9781250032447 | |
The People of Forever Are Not Afraid
Shani Boianjiu
|  When three young women who grew up in a tiny Israeli village are drafted into the army, their lives and friendship are changed in unpredictable ways. Yael, Avishag, and Lea learn to adapt to an increasingly violent world beyond view, drilling constantly to prepare for a moment that may never come. Yael trains marksmen and flirts with boys. Avishag is a sentinel, guarding refugees behind barbed-wire fences. Lea, posted at a checkpoint, observes those who pass her daily, imagining their stories. Together, the women live inside the single, dangerous instant that can change everything.
Paperback; $14.00 Publisher: Hogarth; ISBN: 9780307955975 | |
The Lost Prince
Selden Edwards
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 "In 1898, vivacious Eleanor Putnam returns to Boston from Vienna despondent after losing her greatest love, Wheeler Burden, but with important plans to set in motion. The journal Wheeler left behind predicts major twentieth-century events and tells Eleanor everything she must do to make her future and that of her descendants turn out as they should. This involves making secret investments, marrying her unexciting suitor, introducing Freud to America, and convincing a Viennese scholar, Arnauld Esterhazy, to teach at a Boston boys' school. She succeeds brilliantly, but Arnauld's unexpected wartime death threatens to destroy everything she worked for." - Booklist
Paperback; $16.00 Publisher: Plume Books; ISBN: 9780142196793 |
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New for Young Readers
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123 Versus ABC
Mike Boldt
Ages 3 to 7
|  Mike Boldt's colorful and playful picture book asks a big question: Which is more important, numbers or letters? The answer can only be discovered when one victor remains in the battle between the two, as they compete to be the stars of this book. As funny animals and props arrive - beginning with 1 alligator, 2 bears, and 3 cars - their debate inevitably escalates. Fresh, funny, and imaginative fun ensues.
Hardcover; $17.99 Publisher: HarperCollins; ISBN: 9780062102997 |
The Read-Aloud Handbook: Seventh Edition
Jim Trelease
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 Since its 1982 publication, millions of parents and educators have consulted "The Read-Aloud Handbook" to foster children's reading and language skills. Using proven techniques and strategies for encouraging reading habits that can last a lifetime, it has become a classroom staple and a beloved classic. Now revised and updated for a new generation, this edition discusses the importance, benefits, and rewards of reading aloud to children. Trelease incorporates the latest research, delightful anecdotes, and relevant discourse on the advantages and complexities of reading in the digital age. Paperback; $17.00
Publisher: Penguin Books; ISBN: 9780143121602
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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
Chris Grabenstein
Ages 8 to 12
|  "Mr. Lemoncello is an eccentric game designer who has just funded a very special new library in his hometown. In honor of the grand opening, Lemoncello has selected a dozen 12-year-olds to participate in an overnight lock-in event at the library. But when the kids wake up, they discover a new and unexpected game is afoot: whoever can find a way out of Mr. Lemoncello's library will win the grand prize. Avid readers will get a kick out of the references to classic and current children's literature as the kids solve clues to escape and win the game." - Booklist Starred Review
Hardcover; $16.99 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers; ISBN: 9780375870897 | |
Secret Letters
Leah Scheier
Young Adult
|  "After losing both parents, 16-year-old Dora finds a letter that reveals her real father was Sherlock Holmes. Dora determines to become a detective like him, but when a chance mystery involving her cousin takes her to London, she discovers that Holmes is dead. Though saddened, Dora is emboldened to prove the apple does not fall far from the tree. Soon, her cousin's rather benign mystery lands Dora in the middle of a much bigger one-the daughter of an earl has been kidnapped-and into the path of the handsome young detective Peter Cartwright, once apprenticed to her late father." - Publishers Weekly
Paperback; $8.99 Publisher: Disney Press; ISBN: 9781423127581 |
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New Music
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Various Artists
Let Us In Americana
|  Let Us In Americana features contemporary americana artists paying tribute to the music of Paul McCartney. Musicians like Buddy Miller, Sam Bush and Steve Earle cover tunes from McCartney's days as a Beatle, as leader of the Wings, and as a solo artist.
Popular/Folk; $15.95 |
Various Artists
Sing Me the Songs: Celebrating the Works of Kate McGarrigle
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 Half of the McGarrigle Sisters, Kate McGarrigle passed away in 2010. Artists paying tribute to her on this 2CD collection include Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones and members of her family including Rufus Wainwright. Popular/Folk; $19.95
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Mavis Staples
One True Vine
|  One True Vine marks the second collaboration between soul/gospel singer Mavis Staples and Wilco leader Jeff Tweedy. Songs run the gamut from straight spirituals to interpretations of tunes originally by Nick Lowe, Funkadelic and Tweedy.
Popular/Folk; $17.95 | |
Treetop Flyers
Mountain Moves
|  This debut album features a sound not unlike 1970s northern California artists like Crosby Stills & Nash. While the country-rock sound is familiar, the band actually hails from London.
Popular/Folk; $11.95 | |
Susan Werner
Hayseed
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 Contemporary singer-songwriter Susan Werner has explored a wide range of music during her career; from folk to jazz and gospel. Her new collection features tunes written in praise of American farms and agriculture. Popular/Folk; $14.95
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|  The keyboard wizard's new album is actually his first wherein he wrote or cowrote every tune. On songs ranging from blues to soul and rock, Booker T Jones is joined by guests including Mayer Hawthorne, Anthony Hamilton, Gary Clark Jr and more.
Jazz/Blues; $16.95 |
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| Store Events |
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Thursday, July 11 at 7 p.m.
Poetry Reading and Book Launch Charles Goodrich & Gary Lark Troubadour Music Center 521 SW 2nd Street, Corvallis Join Grass Roots Books & Music to celebrate poetry and the new releases of Charles Goodrich and Gary Lark. |  Charles Goodrich's newest collection of poetry is A Scripture of Crows from Silverfish Review Press. Kim Stafford says: "Charles Goodrich here writes a manifesto for world change one compact epiphany at a time. Administrator of local discoveries, he names himself a 'commonist,' loyal to the local, to the democracy of creatures, to the light, keen blade of the language opening the envelope of our sleep... These poems are a restorative in their deft humor and quiet promise. They will change your days, if not your life." Goodrich serves as Director for the Spring Creek Project for Ideas, Nature, and the Written Word at Oregon State University.
 Gary Lark's newest collection of poetry is Without a Map from Wellstone Press. Maxine Scates says: "In poem after compelling poem, Lark gives voice to lives which all too often go unheard, lives lived in rural towns, trailer courts and farm houses on the back roads, places where he has grown up, lived and worked, listening all along to the stories that truly matter: what it means to lose a job, and what it means to have one; what it means to fight in wars whose memory never leaves and what it means to be lost then found again." He worked for the Corvallis-Benton County Library for eleven years, and now lives with his wife Dorothy in Oregon's Rogue valley.
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Find Waldo in Corvallis!
July 1-31
Throughout Downtown Corvallis
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Waldo is returning to Corvallis this summer! Where is he hiding? All over downtown, and it's your challenge to find him!
Grass Roots Books & Music is hosting a month-long scavenger hunt to Find Waldo through downtown Corvallis in July. The famous children's book character in the striped shirt and black-rimmed specs is visiting twenty-five different local businesses throughout our community this July. Those who spot him can win prizes, including stickers, book coupons and more. From Soft Star Shoes to Great Harvest Bakery, from The Drawing Board to Sedlak's Boots & Shoes, Waldo figures are showing up throughout downtown Corvallis.
Anyone can play! Beginning Monday, July 1, stop into Grass Roots for your Find Waldo Passport. Then begin visiting participating businesses and have your passport stamped when you find Waldo. Turn in your passports to Grass Roots for prizes! Visit the Grass Roots website for a complete list of participating businesses.
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Store News
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Kobo Mini Summer Sale
|  Planning on summer travel but your reading list is too big to fit in your suitcase? It's a great time to buy a Kobo Mini eReader! June 19 to July 18 only it is available at the low price of $39.99. Come into the store, see the Kobo Mini in action, and pick one up. The Kobo Mini offers portability as the world's smallest, lightest, full-featured** eReader - it easily fits in your pocket, purse, or carry-on luggage. Don't forget -- when you create a Kobo account through Grass Roots, every eBook you purchase at KoboBooks.com supports your local bookstore. Visit our website for more information. *Limited to stock on hand and prepaid special orders. Kobo eReaders are not available for purchase online. Please come into the store for availability or call 541-754-7668. **Full-featured is defined as having a touchscreen, WiFi connectivity, and a suite of advanced reading features. |
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Grass Roots Reading Group
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Tuesday, July 2, 6:30 to 8 p.m.
State of Wonder
Ann Patchett
Grass Roots Books & Music
227 SW 2nd Street, Corvallis
|  Tiffany leads the July discussion of State of Wonder by Ann Patchett, a novel of morality and miracles, science and sacrifice set in the Amazon rainforest. Dr. Marina Singh, a pharmaceutical researcher in Minnesota, is sent to Brazil to track down her former mentor, Dr. Annick Swenson, who seems to have disappeared in the Amazon while researching a potentially valuable new drug. Marina is not the first sent into the jungle to find Dr. Swenson; Anders Eckman, Marina's research partner, died before he could complete the mission before her. In the jungle, Marina finds Dr. Swenson-as ruthless and uncompromising as she ever was at Johns Hopkins-using science and subterfuge to dominate her research team and the natives she's studying.
Paperback; $15.99 Publisher: Harper Perennial; ISBN: 9780062049810 On sale for $13.60 until July 2, 1013. |
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Grass Roots Books and Music
227 SW 2nd Street
Corvallis OR 97333
541-754-7668
Send us an email. Visit our website: www.grassrootsbookstore.com 
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