|
432 Route 6A
E. Sandwich, MA 02537
Phone:
508-888-2331
Hours:
Mon-Sat 9-6
Sun 11-5
Just A Reminder!
Click on any books in this newsletter to order from us online. We'll be happy to mail them to you or you can pick them up at the bookshop.
|
|
Titcomb's Best Sellers
Month of August
| |
|
1. The Flight of the Sparrow, by Amy Belding Brown
2. Bats in the Band, by Brian Lies
3. The Bookman's Tale, by Charlie Lovett
4. Me Before You, by Jojo Moyes
5. Chesterton Keeps His Town Jumping, by Dean Coe
6. Orr by Bobby Orr
7. Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown
8. Orphans of Race Point, by Patry Francis
9. A Fine Romance, by Susan Branch
10. Mother Daughter Me by Katie Hafner
|
|
We just received a wonderful new shipment of jigsaw puzzles that we are all crazy about! Some of the food related puzzles even have recipes on the back of the box - and the teapot puzzle shown below has directions on how to make the perfect tea! From 500 - 1000 pieces, you're sure to find the perfect puzzle!
|
 The President and the Assassin by Scott Miller
Reg. Price $29.99, our price $7.99
The Body in the Piazza by Katherine Hall Page Reg. Price $24.99, our price $7.99
 The Criminal
C. O. D., An Asey Mayo Cape Cod Mystery by Phoebe Atwood Taylor Reg.Price $10.95, our price $4.99
 A Spoonful of Ginger, Cookbook by Nina Simonds
Reg. Price $18.95, our price $9.99
 Spontaneous Happiness: Guided Practices for Emotional Wellness by Andrew Weil. Reg price $29.95, our price $10.99
 The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, With Audio CD read by Viggo Mortensen
Reg. price $24.99, our price $12.99
 The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
Reg. price $16.99, our price $7.99
 The Tale of Peter Rabbit, A Pull and Play Story
Reg. Price $9.99, our price $4.99
 Van Gogh Block Puzzle (12 blocks = 6 puzzles!)
Reg. Price $17.95, our price $7.99 |
 Gravity Maze - a Marble Run for Braniacs! A smart and fun new game - for ages 8 to adult. $30.99 |
|
Attention Classic Literature Fans:
We have just received a really fun selection of literary related silliness! We have action figures of Jane Austen and William Shakespeare, Edgar Allen Poe and Jane Austen temporary tattoos, Jane Austen bandages and toothpaste - and more! Something amusing for the literati in your life!
|
|
 |
|
 September 2014 |
 Exciting News!! Susan Branch will join us here at the bookshop on Sunday, October 12 at 2:00 to sign the reissue of her charming cookbook, Autumn!!!
Mark your calendars, as you won't want to miss this opportunity!
|
Lemony Snicket News! 
We had so much fun with Lemony Snicket this summer, via his representative, Daniel Handler! We have a selection of signed books in stock as a result.
The new book in his "All the Wrong Questions" series,  Shouldn't You Be in School?, comes out September 30, and we have signed copies available to pre-order.
$16.00 |
|
Book Club
 Tuesday September 167pm
The Bookman's Tale; A Novel of Obsession
by Charlie Lovett
Nine months after the death of his beloved wife Amanda left him shattered, Peter Byerly, a young antiquarian bookseller, relocates from North Carolina to the English countryside, hoping to outrun his grief and rediscover the joy he once took in collecting and restoring rare books. But upon opening an eighteenth-century study of Shakespeare forgeries, he discovers a Victorian watercolor of a woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to Amanda.
Peter becomes obsessed with learning the picture's origins and braves a host of dangers to follow a trail of clues back across the centuries--all the way to Shakespeare's time and a priceless literary artifact that could prove, once and for all, the truth about the Bard's real identity. Reg. Price $16.00 Book Club price $12.80
Author Charlie Lovett will join our discussion by phone. We hope you can join us!
|
Greg O'Brien
Book Talk and Signing
Saturday, October 4
2 - 3:30
On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer's
 Greg O'Brien is a beloved Cape Cod author and journalist who has chosen to document his early-onset Alzheimer's with a journalist's eye. We are so happy to welcome Greg to Titcomb's to talk about and sign his important, wonderful book, On Pluto.
Book Price $15.95
As Greg has said, "This is a book about living with Alzheimer's, not dying with it."
We hope you will join us!
Read Maria Shriver's interview with Greg |
New and Recommended Books |
|
Fiction:
Neverhome by Laird Hunt
From Elizabeth M: There is not a spare word in this beautifully written novel about a farmer's wife from Indiana who leaves her husband to fight for the Union during the Civil War. Her journey takes her through battles, hardships and relationships before her ultimate return to the farm. The reader will be drawn into the story immediately and at the end of the relatively short 256 pages will want to read it again!
Reg. price $26.00, our price $20.80
 Lisette's List by Susan Vreeland
From Elizabeth M: This novel (by the author of Clara and Mr. Tiffany, and The Girl in Hyacinth Blue) is perfect for readers who enjoy a good love story, tales of WWII, and art history. Andre and Lisette leave Paris for a village in Provence to care for Andre's grandfather, Pascal. A passionate collector of Impressionist paintings, Pascal shares his knowledge with the young couple. After his grandfather's death, Andre joins the army and hides the paintings so they won't fall into German hands. When Southern France is occupied, a German officer forces Lisette to reveal where they hid the paintings. It is a tale with a strong sense of place to be savored at a slow pace.
"Merveilleux! Vreeland's passionate writing is as good as a private showing at the Louvre." - Kirkus Reviews
Reg. price $27.00, our price $21.60
The Long Way Home by Louise Penny
From Elizabeth S: The latest Louise Pennny novel begins in the rural, serene setting of Three Pines. Humor is liberally sprinkled along with mouthwatering descriptions of the frequent meals enjoyed by all. I soon felt like I was hanging out with good friends, having a great time, sitting around, shooting the breeze... But wait, there's more! This is a mystery novel! Gamache and his usual cast of characters are on the way to find a missing friend.... Whether or not you read her books in sequence, this book (her 10th) is sure to make a Louise Penny fan out of all of you!! Reg. price $27.99, our price $22.39
 The Monogram Murders (An Agatha Christie Mystery) by Sophie Hannah
From Karen: Bestselling author Sophie Hannah was authorized by the family of Agatha Christie to write this Hercule Poirot mystery and this talented author does not disappoint! She gets Hercule Poirot's personality, dialogue, and especially his uncanny sleuthing ability spot on. If you enjoyed reading Agatha Christie in the past, I highly recommend this totally engaging novel!
Reg. price $25.99, our price $20.79
 The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
Cloud Atlas (hard to believe it's been 10 years!) author David Mitchell returns with another sprawling novel, this one chronicling the life of protagonist Holly Sykes, who runs away from home in 1984 and spends the subsequent decades hopping around places like Switzerland and Ireland. The novel traces her story all the way to 2044, as the world's climate nears collapse. An "up all night" novel! Reg. price $30.00, our price $24.00
 Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good by Jan KaronFrom Elizabeth S: For the first time since 2005, Jan Karon has returned to the fictional town of Mitford, North Carolina. For all of us who loved the first nine novels in the Mitford series, this one is a jewel! It feels so good to be back in Mitford with old friends - loved it! If I could, I would live in Mitford!! (even if you haven't read the other books in this series, you won't be lost when you read this one - but it will make you want to read the others!)Reg. price $27.95, our price $22.36
 The Edge of Eternity by Ken Follett
Edge of Eternity is the sweeping, passionate conclusion to the Century Trilogy. We have followed the fortunes of five intertwined families - American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh - as they make their way through the twentieth century. Now they arrive at the turmoil of the 1960s through the 1980s, from civil rights, mass political movements and Vietnam to the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Presidential impeachment, revolution - and rock and roll.
In typical Ken Follett fashion, the historical background is brilliantly researched and described, the action fast-moving, the characters richly written, bringing us into a world we thought we knew but now will never seem the same again. What a ride!! Reg. price $36.00, our price $28.80 (available Sept. 16)
New Fiction in Paperback
 The Drop by Dennis Lehane
Three days after Christmas, a lonely bartender looking for a reason to live rescues an abused puppy from a trash can and meets a damaged woman looking for something to believe in. As their relationship grows, they cross paths with the Chechen mafia; a man grown dangerous with age and thwarted hopes; two hapless stick-up artists; a very curious cop; and the original owner of the puppy, who wants his dog back. Dennis Lehane returns to the streets of Mystic River with this love story wrapped in a crime story wrapped in a journey of faith. $14.99 Read it quickly before the movie comes out! 
An Event in Autumn
by Henning Mankell
From Kathy: If you were bereft at the end of the Wallander series, as I was, you will enjoy this small novel featuring our beloved Kurt Wallander. It is set during the time before The Troubled Man (the final novel), and is classic Mankell. Once again we visit with our moody confused Kurt. At first he thinks he's found his longed-for house in the country, but of course there's a body in the garden and a crime to solve. Mankell also includes a very interesting essay about how he came to write the character of Kurt Wallander and what he hoped to communicate through his detective. If you haven't yet read any of Mankell's books, especially his Wallander series, I suggest you get started! The first book is Faceless Killers. $14.95
 Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon
A "New York Times" Notable Book of 2013 - from the author of The Crying of Lot 49, and Gravity's Rainbow. It is 2001 in New York City, in the lull between the collapse of the dot-com boom and the terrible events of September 11th. With occasional excursions into the Deep Web and out to Long Island, Pynchon brings us a historical romance of New York in the early days of the internet. $17.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
New Cape Cod Art Books
Deborah Forman interviewed forty-five Cape Cod artists, representing a spectrum of mediums and styles, who share their inspirations and approaches, their personal lives, and their art. This lavishly illustrated volume includes the work of painters, sculptors, photographers, and printmakers. $59.99
 Folk Art of Cape Cod and the Islands by Jeanne Marie Carley With over 560 color photos and well-researched text, this book recounts the histories of the hard working, entrepreneurial people of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, and Nantucket and their role in this nation, as told through the folk art primitives the residents produced from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries. The art displayed includes the works of itinerant painters, domestic weavers and quilters, seminary school watercolorists, and carvers in wood, metal, and stone. $75.00
 Cape Cod Modern: Midcentury Architecture and Community on the Outer Cape
by Peter McMahon and Christine Cipriani
There are almost 100 experimental mid-century houses in the woods and dunes of the Outer Cape. Starting in the 1930s, amid better-known colonies of painters and writers, a cosmopolitan community of architects settled in Wellfleet and Truro, building for themselves before taking clients. With new photographs by Raimund Koch, new drawings for eight houses, new interviews, and hundreds of archival images, Cape Cod Modern tells the fascinating story of this little-known architecture and subculture. $45.00 |
Nonfiction
 The Opportunity Equation: How Citizen Teachers Are Combating the Achievement Gap in America's Schools by Eric Schwarz, Foreward by Lawrence H. Summers
From Molly: I just got back from an event where I met Eric Schwarz, the co-founder and former CEO of Citizen Schools. His new book
The Opportunity Equation tells the story and journey behind Citizen Schools, a Boston based organization that partners with middle schools to provide community based, after-school apprenticeships. Schwarz presents an argument for why we especially need longer school days in low income communities where students can't afford out of school activities.
The Opportunity Equation shares the story of Citizens Schools' success closing the achievement gap in one of Boston's poorest preforming schools and how Schwarz plans on expanding the program even further. If you are an educator, Eric Schwarz is someone to keep your eye on! (Available September 6) $26.95
 Human Age: The World Shaped by Us by Diane Ackerman
Author Ackerman ( The Zookeeper's Wife, One Hundred Names for Love)returns with an important book about man's relationship with nature. Ackerman has a gift for making scientific discovery intelligible to the layperson. Fascinating and optimistic, The Human Age is a wise and beautiful book. $27.95 (limited number of signed copies)
Nonfiction: New in Paperback
 Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Here the ever reliable Doris Kearns Goodwin tells the story of
the intense friendship of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. In 1912, they engaged in a brutal fight for the presidential nomination that divided their wives, their children, and their closest friends, while crippling the progressive wing of the Republican Party, causing Democrat Woodrow Wilson to be elected, and changing the country's history. (Available September 9) $22.00
 Flirting With French by William Alexander
From Vicky: Flirting with French is a completely charming and very funny book by a 57 year old man who loves France and decides to spend a year trying to learn to speak French fluently. It's wonderfully written and filled with fascinating information about how our brains learn languages, about French history and culture, and about this language which seems at times to follow no logical rules whatsoever. When heart problems set him back, he brings us along to the hospital and through recovery. Reading Flirting With French is like spending time with a very funny and fascinating friend - one you will miss when the visit is over. Highly recommended for anyone who is interested in France, languages - and just plain laughing out loud! $15.95
 O My America! Six Women and Their Second Acts in a New World by Sara Wheeler
From Kathy: I love this book! Such a fascinating portrait of 6 very different 19th century women who reinvented themselves in their later years - sound familiar? Often today, we think we're so "cutting edge" for carving out a new career or move in our 50s or 60s, don't we? This book is a great example of women throughout history who have had the strength, imagination, and courage to improve their lives no matter their age. $16.00
|
Children's Picture Books
Edward Hopper Paints His World
by Robert Burleigh; illustrations by Wendell Minor
Full-color spreads and black and white sketches portray the artist from his youth to his old age in this wonderful picture-book biography. From the boyhood room in which Hopper paints a lone sailboat on the Hudson River to the country gas station he captures at dusk in his famous painting, Gas, the illustrations convey the solitary tone of Hopper's work. In many scenes, readers peer over Hopper's shoulder as he works, seeing what he sees. "Many houses in his paintings seem moody, quiet, and alone. Were Edward's houses a bit like Edward himself?" A few of Hopper's quotations about art are included in an afterword, along with reproductions of several well-known paintings. Ages 5-9. $17.99
 Two Tiny Mice by Alan Baker
From Vicky: What an absolutely beautiful picture book! This delightful story follows two little mice as they explore the countryside one day. The drawn illustrations are exquisite and the simple rhymes on each page are a pleasure to read. First printed in 1990, this book is a wonderful way to share the beauty of nature with young children and even includes information on each of the animals in the back of the book. Ages 4-7 $16.95 (Available Sept. 5)
 Tiny Creatures, The World of Microbes by Nicola Davies, illustrated by Emily SuttonFrom Vicky: Nicola Davies is one of the leading writers today of children's nature books. In this beautifully illustrated picture book, she opens children's eyes to microbes, "the invisible transformers of our world." She covers microbes that can make us sick and also those with important jobs to do in our world, such as composting and making yoghurt. Small children will certainly relate to the message that even the tiniest creatures can do big jobs! Ages 5-8 $15.99 (Available Sept. 9)
Animalium by Jenny Broom
From Vicky: Animalium is a very large and exquisitely illustrated picture book featuring more than 200 species with illustrations reminiscent of those found in nature books printed hundreds of years ago. The book is really a museum of the animal kingdom, with groupings of invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. There is information on evolution as well as habitats, such as coastal waters, coral reefs, rain forest, deserts, woodlands and tundra. This glorious book will make an outstanding gift! It is the first in a series of books called "Welcome to the Museum." Ages 8 to adult. $35.00 (Available Sept. 9)
|
Children's Chapter Books
 365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Book of Precepts by R.J. PalacioIn the incredibly moving children's book, Wonder, we were introduced to a teacher, Mr. Browne, who loved sharing precepts (principles to live by) with his class. This volume includes 365 precepts which celebrate kindness, hopefulness, the goodness of humans, the strength of people's hearts, and the power of people's wills. (In addition, we have the newly expanded version of Wonder, which includes a chapter from Julian's point of view.) $14.99
Award winning writer Jacqueline Woodson tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child's soul as she searches for her place in the world. Woodson's eloquent poetry also reflects the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, despite the fact that she struggled with reading as a child. Her love of stories inspired her and stayed with her, creating the first sparks of the gifted writer she was to become.
Ages 10 and up $16.99
|
Young Adult
 Stormfront by K.R.ConwayWe have the new book in the great Undertow series by local author Kate Conway! This wildly successful series, set on Cape Cod, has fully developed characters and a compelling plot - if you somehow missed the first book, Undertow, you must dive in! You will not be able to wait for this one, we guarantee! $15.95
 Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly BlackWhen seventeen-year-old Tana wakes up following a party in the aftermath of a violent vampire attack, she travels to Coldtown, a quarantined Massachusetts city full of vampires, with her ex-boyfriend and a mysterious vampire boy in tow.
"Teens with a yen for dark, futuristic novels, and maybe even a few Anne Rice readers, will find this a refreshing take on vampire lit. As always, Black's writing is quick paced and thought-provoking." School Library Journal, starred review. $10.00
 Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina
In Meg Medina's compelling new novel, a Latina teen is targeted by a bully at her new school. The sympathetic heroine is must decide who she really is and what is truely important to her.
Winner of the 2014 Pura Belpre Author Award, Meg Medina writes books for young people that speak to both what is unique in Latino culture and to the qualities that are universal. Her favorite protagonists are strong girls. Ages 14 and up $7.99
 Rose Under Fire by Elizabeth E. Wein While flying an Allied fighter plane from Paris to England, American ATA pilot and amateur poet, Rose Justice, is captured by the Nazis and sent to Ravensbrck, the notorious women's concentration camp. Trapped in horrific circumstances, Rose finds hope in the impossible through the loyalty, bravery and friendship of her fellow prisoners. But will that be enough to endure the fate that's in store for her? Elizabeth Wein, author of the critically-acclaimed and best-selling Code Name Verity, delivers another stunning WWII thriller. $9.99
|
 |
|
|
|
