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   A big "thank you!" to all who voted! We're so honored!

 Newsletter Editor: 
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Tickets for Richard Russo!
Join us for a very special evening with Pulitzer Prize winning author
Richard Russo on Wednesday, July 27 at 7:00 pm at Sandwich Town Hall as we celebrate his wonderful new novel, "Everybody's Fool".

 
This event is a co-sponsorship  between Titcomb's Bookshop and the Sandwich Public Library.

Tickets are $5.00 and may be purchased at the bookshop or by clicking here to order online. 

The ticket price may be redeemed toward purchase of the book.

Seats are limited, so reserve your tickets today!
 Titcomb's Best Sellers:
June 2016

 1. Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk

 2. Nobody's Fool by RIchard Russo

 3. Martha's Vineyard, Isle of Dreams by Susan Branch

 4. The Island House by Nancy Thayer

 5. Circling the Sun by Paula McLain

 6. Last Ride to Graceland by Kim Wright

 7. Legends and Lore of Cape Cod by Robin Smith-Johnson

 8. Two If By Sea byJackie Mitchard

 9. Bloodroot: A Martha's Vineyard Mystery by Cynthia Riggs

10. Where Divers Dare by Randall Peffer



Where's Waldo?
Where's Waldo?
In Sandwich,  of course! He's turning twenty-five this year, and to celebrate, the famous fellow in the striped shirt and black-rimmed specs is visiting twenty-five different local businesses all through the month of July. Those who spot him can win prizes, including buttons, books, and more.

Anyone who wishes to participate can come to Titcomb's (your FIND WALDO LOCAL Headquarters!) and pick up a "Find Waldo in Sandwich" passport, which lists the names of all the participating businesses.

When you spot Waldo at any one of these businesses, collect a store stamp or signature.

When you've collected at least 10 different stamps or signatures, come to Titcomb's to claim an "I Found Waldo" button and a $1.00 off coupon (limited to the first 125 Waldo spotters)

If you collect at least 20 of the possible 25 store stamps/signatures, bring your passport to Titcomb's to get a button and a coupon PLUS be entered in a drawing for a deluxe set of Waldo books and other great prizes.

Post to Instagram with #ColorWaldoAndWin to be entered to win a Waldo prize pack valued at over $150 (see coloring sheet for full terms and conditions) 

Plan to attend the Waldo Grand Celebration and prize drawing at Titcomb's Bookshop on Sunday, July 31 from 3-4pm!!

For more information click on the Sandwich Chamber of Commerce's website.
Ellen's Picks: Toys!



Here are some of our Toy Buyer Ellen's favorite new toys: 


Waboba!

Waboba products turn any place on land or water into a playground.  Play with anyone, anywhere, anytime! Their motto is "Keep Life Fun!" 

Ambidextrous Catch!
This glove fits any hand and can be used in the pool or at the beach! $19.99

Land Cracket with Moon Ball! $19.99


Baseball, cricket, or whatever you choose - hit the moonball out of the park!





Big Kahuna and Surf balls actually bounce on the surface of the water!  Bring them to the lake, pool or beach!  Watch them in action by clicking here!

Big Kahuna $7.99


Surf $7.99


Crazy Forts!

Crazy Forts! comes with 25 balls and 44 sticks to connect and create a fort structure. Just add bed sheets and your imagination! 
$49.99


The Secret Life of Pets!
New from TY!!

Just in time for the movie! 

Snowball the Rabbit
Max the Jack Russell
Chloe the Cat
Buddy the Dachshund
Gidget the Pomeranian
Mel the Pug Dog
Duke the Mongrel

Available in small $7.95 
and large $12.95

(Duke is currently only available in the small size)
So Adorable!

Penguin Publishing is running the most adorable promotion for the month of July - buy any 2 selected board books and get the cutest onesie FREE!  "future reader" 
Makes a wonderful shower gift! 
(Supplies are limited)

Here are a few of the selected board books:

The Little Engine That Could

$7.99


The Tale of Peter Rabbit

$7.99


Each Peach Pear Plum

$6.99


Peek-a-Boo!



$7.99


Where's Spot?


$7.99


Corduroy
$7.99

Summer Reading!

We think summer is a wonderful season to read! In honor of that, Titcomb's Bookshop is launching a brand new summer reading program for young readers!

Stop in at the bookshop and pick up a free bingo game card. Come back at the end of the summer and claim your reward!

The Sandwich Public Library is also launching their popular reading program - more details will be available on their website:



Nancy Titcomb's charming dooryard next to the bookshop.

Titcomb's Bookshop
July 2016 Newsletter


July Events:

Welcome Back Susan Branch! 
Susan Branch!
Saturday, July 2
1-2:30 pm 

Calling all girlfriends!! Come to Titcomb's Bookshop and help us welcome Susan Branch back from her cross-country tour to introduce her beautiful and heartwarming new book, "Martha's Vineyard - Isle of Dreams."   Susan will sign her books and we will have some special treats, too. We're expecting a crowd, so do plan ahead, although reservations are not necessary.



STOP THE PRESSES!! We just received the most exciting news! Susan is offering her 30th anniversary revised and expanded Heart of the Home: Notes from a Vineyard Kitchen to a few select bookshops ahead of the official September 1 publishing date, and WE ARE ONE OF THEM!! We have copies!! How wonderful is that?!! Click on the picture of the book to order your copy today! 


We'll also have signed copies available after July 2 if you are unable to join us, and of course we will happily ship to you! $28.95
Book  Signing
Tuesday, July 5 at 3pm
Amy Dykens
My Heart Rocks










Join Cape Cod photographer Amy Dykens, author of this beautiful new book featuring 135 beautiful images of heart rocks in their native environment along with her words of calm introspection and an appreciation of generosity and love. Some of these stones are heart shaped, some have a heart image through or on them, but all are precious creations.

A wonderful gift or memento of Cape Cod! Book price $24.99
Book Talk & Signing
Thursday, July 7 2-3pm
Author Cara Black
Murder on the Quai











We are thrilled to welcome mystery author Cara Black to the bookshop! 

The world knows Aim�e Leduc - heroine of 15 mysteries in Cara Black's bestselling series-as a tr�s chic, no-nonsense private investigator in Paris. Now Black takes us back in time to reveal how Aim�e first became a detective.  If you're already a fan of Cara Black, you will love finding out how Aimee Leduc got started; if you've never read any of the mysteries, Murder on the Quai is a perfect way to begin! $27.95, our price $22.36

Click here to see a video about Murder on the Quai!

Book Talk & Signing
Sunday, July 10 at 4pm
Neil Hayward
Lost Among the Birds: Accidentally Finding Myself in One Very Big Year  

We are so happy to welcome Neil Hayward to the bookshop to talk about his charming adventure story featuring his record-breaking Big Year, in which he found 749 species of birds.

Birders and non-birders alike will relate to his search for fulfillment and his delight in "the simple joy that comes from seeing the unexpected." 
Book price $28.00
Book Talk & Signing
Thursday, July 14 4-5pm
Author Francine Matthews
Death in Rough Water











We are thrilled to welcome Nantucket Mystery Writer Francine Matthews to the bookshop! Francine will talk about her two first Merry Folger Nantucket Mysteries. This very popular mystery series was first published in the 1990's and has been out of print for a number of years. 

Detective Merry Folger won the hearts of readers in Francine Mathews's first mystery, Death in the Off-Season about the murder of a member of one of Nantucket's oldest and wealthiest families. $9.99
In Death in Rough Water, Merry investigates the death of a friend's husband.   $15.95

Francine Mathews is the author of Jack 1939 and more than twenty other novels of mystery, history, and suspense. A graduate of Princeton and Stanford, she spent four years as an intelligence analyst at the CIA and presently lives and works in Colorado.

Book Talk & Signing
Friday, July 15 at 7pm
Sandwich Public Library
Author Michael Tougias
So Close to Home: A True Story of an American Family's Fight for Survival During World War  II


 








The Friends of the Sandwich Public Library invite you to an exciting event with author Michael Tougias (Finest Hours) as he talks about about his newest book, So Close to Home. Many of us have never heard this true story about a German U-boat attacking a freighter in the Gulf of Mexico.  In 1942, the Down family were returning to the states from Central America on a freighter, the Heredia. Of the sixty-two people on board,  a handful were civilians and children.  The ship exploded and in the chaos that followed each family member had to find their own path to survival. Including original, unpublished material from Commander Erich Werdemann's war diary, Tougias also chronicles the mission of the U-boat and its commander's decisions in the Gulf of Mexico.  

Save your seat by signing up online at sandwichpubliclibrary.com.    Book price $27.95
Book Club!
Tuesday, July 19 at 7pm
Author Kim Wright
Last Ride to Graceland

We're excited to announce that author Kim Wright will join our book club in person to talk about her very entertaining book, Last Ride to Graceland! 

Blues musician Cory Ainsworth is barely scraping by after her mother's death when she discovers a priceless piece of rock 'n' roll memorabilia hidden away in a shed out back of the family's coastal South Carolina home: Elvis Presley's Stutz Blackhawk, its interior a time capsule of the singer's last day on earth.
A backup singer for the King, Cory's mother, Honey, was at Graceland the day Elvis died. She quickly returned home to Beaufort and married her high school sweetheart. Yearning to uncover the secrets of her mother's past - and possibly her own identity - Cory decides to drive the car back to Memphis and turn it over to Elvis' estate, retracing the exact route her mother took thirty-seven years earlier.
As she winds her way through the sprawling deep south with its quaint towns and long stretches of open road, the burning question in Cory's mind - who is my father? - takes a backseat to the truth she learns about her complicated mother, the minister's daughter who spent a lifetime struggling to conceal the consequences of a single year of rebellion. 

We hope you can join us for what promises to be a lively discussion!  Reg. $16.00, Book Club Price $12.80
Book Talk & Signing
Wednesday, July 20 1-2:30
Author Nancy Thayer!
The Island House
We're so happy that our dear friend, Nancy Thayer, is coming to the bookshop to talk about her newest book, The Island House! 

Every summer since college, twenty-nine-year-old Courtney has traded the familiarity of the Midwest for the allure of Nantucket. Now an established university professor, she finds herself caught between two lifestyles and two very different men. Because this summer has taken an unexpected turn . . . and now she must decide what she really wants.  The Island House is a quintessential summer book! 

Nancy Thayer is the author of twenty-three novels, including Summer House, The Hot Flash Club, Beachcombers, Heat Wave, Summer Breeze, and Island Girls. Nancy has a B.A. and M.A. in English literature from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and was a Fellow at the Breadloaf Writers' Conference. She has lived on Nantucket Island year-round for twenty-eight years with her husband Charley Walters. Her daughter is the novelist Samantha Wilde. 
$27.00, our price $21.60
Harry Potter!!
Midnight Release Party!
Saturday, July 30th 11pm 
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
A new Harry Potter book is about to be released - but this time, it's a little bit different. Set nineteen years after book seven, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts I & II will be the rehearsal script for the play debuting this summer in London. The book will hit the shelves on July 31st -- the evening of the play's debut, and on Harry Potter's birthday. We'll be celebrating with a midnight release party!  



If midnight is past your bedtime, you may pick up your book any time on the 31st or after.  

We will be happy to ship to you!
  Reg. $29.99, our price $22.49
Printable List of Events!
We know how busy summer can be, and we don't want you to miss your favorite events at Titcomb's.  Click here for a handy printable list of our events.

We look forward to seeing you!

New Fiction: 
Here's To Us! by Elin Hilderbrand
Fran always says that summer officially begins with a new Elin Hilderbrand book!  Here's to Us contains three romantic rivals, one crowded house, and plenty of room for jealousy. Sounds perfect - throw a copy in your beach bag and get started on summer!
$28.00, our price $22.40



A Certain Age by Beatriz Williams
The bestselling author of A Hundred Summers brings the Roaring Twenties brilliantly to life in this tale of intrigue, romance, and scandal in New York Society. 


$26.99, our price $21.59



The House at the Edge of Night by Catherine Banner
From Kathy: I loved this book very much, it's an incredibly special story, completely enchanting and a little bit magical.
On a tiny island off the coast of Italy, Amedeo Esposito, a foundling from Florence, thinks he has found a place where, finally, he can belong. Surrounded by the sound of the sea and the scent of bougainvillea, he and the beautiful, fiercely intelligent Pina begin their lives together. Home to the spirited, chaotic Esposito family for generations, the island withstands a century of turmoil - war, tourism, recession, full of stories, legends and love affairs. 
Available July 12 $27.00, our price $21.60

I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iaim Reid
From Kathy:  I am almost afraid to recommend this book!! This tale grabs you right from the start and gets stranger and more terrifying by the page! The narrator, known only as "the girlfriend", is driving with her new boyfriend, Jake, to meet his parents at the family farm. They haven't dated for very long, but she's already thinking of calling it quits. Jake seems stranger by the page, and his parents and the farm seem just a bit off.  When the girlfriend decides to explore the creepy cellar you want to scream "Don't go down there!!!!" just like watching a scarey movie...I guarantee you will not want to put this book down, but you may be too frightened to continue!! However -  if you dare - I'm Thinking of Ending Things is an amazingly good psychological thriller! 
$22.95, our price $18.36


Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett
Claire-Louise Bennett's highly acclaimed debut, initially published in Ireland, is a collection of 20 stories - the shortest of which runs to a couple of sentences. These absorbing stories, narrated by a rural recluse, find the extraordinary and the dreamlike in everyday life. Focusing on the small acts, the surface contributions of a life, it is much like a conversation with a next door neighbor over the backyard fence. Available July 12
$26.00, our price $20.80

Happy Birthday, Beatrix Potter!
Much loved author Beatrix Potter was born on July 28, 1866 so this year marks the 150th anniversary of her birth.  We have several books by and about Beatrix in the shop, and welcome you to reacquaint yourself with her work and her story.   





























New Nonfiction:
Bobby Kennedy; The Making of a Liberal Icon by Larry Tye

New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist Larry Tye, given unprecedented access by those close to Bobby, has written a new biography of the most complex and controversial member of the Kennedy family.
History remembers Robert F. Kennedy as a racial healer, a tribune for the poor, and the last progressive knight of a bygone era of American politics. In Bobby Kennedy, Larry Tye peels away layers of myth and misconception to paint a complete portrait of this singularly fascinating figure. Available July 5 $32.00

A Cape Cod Notebook 2 by Robert Finch
Have you listened to Robert Finch's essays on WCAI? A nature writer living in Wellfleet, Robert Finch has written about Cape Cod for more than forty years. He is the author of nine books of essays. A Cape Cod Notebook 2 is his second collection of his radio scripts. His essays can be heard on WCAI every Tuesday at 8:30am and 5:45pm. $11.95



Best "Worst" President: What the Right Gets Wrong about Barack Obama by Mark Hannah 
Political commentator Mark Hannah (who grew up on Cape Cod) and New Yorker illustrator Bob Staake (who lives in Chatham) swiftly and systematically debunk the disinformation about President Obama.  The Best Worst President is a whip-smart takedown of half-truths and hypocrisies, each refuted in a smart, witty, fact-based style.  Great to have on hand when debating that uncle or cousin on the other side. $23.99


 The Life of the Party: The Remarkable Story of How Brownie Wise Built, and Lost, a Tupperware Party Empire by Bob Keating
This is the forgotten story of Brownie Wise, the single mom and 1950s Tupperware saleswoman extraordinaire who captivated the heart of everyone in postwar America everyone, that is, except her boss, Earl Tupper. The drama that ensued is must read business history.
A movie starring Sandra Bullock as Brownie Wise is in development. Available July 12 $26.00
New in Paperback:
The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende
In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis, young Alma Belasco's parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There, she encounters Ichimei Fukuda, the quiet and gentle son of the family's Japanese gardener and a tender and hidden love affair blossoms. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the two are cruelly pulled apart as Ichimei and his family are forcibly relocated to internment camps run by the United States government.

Decades later, Alma is nearing the end of her long and eventful life. Irina Bazili, a care worker struggling to come to terms with her own troubled past, meets the elderly woman and her grandson, Seth, at San Francisco's charmingly eccentric Lark House nursing home. As Irina and Seth forge a friendship, they become intrigued by a series of mysterious gifts and letters sent to Alma, eventually learning about Ichimei and this extraordinary secret passion that has endured for nearly seventy years. The Japanese Lover explores questions of identity, abandonment, redemption, and the unknowable impact of fate on our lives.  Available July 5 $16.00


Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf
From Kathy: Like Haruf's earlier novels, Plainsong, Eventide and Benediction, Our Souls at Night is set in the fictional east Colorado town of Holt. In classic Haruf style, the language is simple - he gets to his storytelling point without a single wasted breath. The conflict begins on the first page when an elderly widower, Louis, is paid a visit by his widowed neighbor, Addie. Now that they are both old and alone, Addie would like to know if Louis wouldn't mind coming over to occasionally spend the night in bed with her, for the company. He thinks about it and decides to take her up on her offer. The scenes of Louis packing his dopp kit and arranging his route so as not to be seen are charming. Of course people in town notice the overnights, and comments and judgments are made. Haruf always writes about seemingly simple, ordinary people with such depth and care - you will just love these two people! Of course, fate intervenes and hard choices have to be made. This is a quiet and moving novel about aging, love, family and regret. I loved it, and I think you will, too.  $15.00

The Last September by Nina DeGramont
We love this book!! With locations on the Cape, Amherst, and Boulder, it is a love story, a murder mystery, and much more.  When Brett's charismatic husband Charlie is murdered, she is determined to find out who is to blame. Set against the desolate autumn beauty of Cape Cod, The Last September is a riveting emotional puzzle that takes readers inside the psyche of a woman facing the meaning of love and loyalty.  Nina is a wonderful writer and we guarantee you will be hooked from the first paragraph.    $15.95


Radio Girls by Sarah Stratford
The Great War is over, and change is in the air.  Radio Girls brings to life the exciting days of early British radio...and one woman who finds her voice while working alongside the brilliant women and men of the BBC.


$16.00



Enchanted August by Brenda Bowen
"Hopewell Cottage.
Little Lost Island, Maine.
Old, pretty cottage to rent on a small island.
Springwater, blueberries, sea glass.  August."
So reads an ad on Lottie Wilkes and Rose Arbuthnot's children's preschool bulletin board, and it proves an irresistible option for several of the over-scheduled moms. 
When the women arrive on the island, they are transformed by the salt air; the breathtaking views; the long, lazy days; and the happy routine of lobster, corn, and cocktails on the wraparound porch. By the time of the late-August blue moon, real life and its complications have finally fallen far, far away. For on this idyllic island they gradually begin to open up: to one another and to the possibilities of lives quite different from the ones they've been leading. Change can't be that hard, can it?
Enchanted August updates the classic  Enchanted April in this perfect summer novel.
Available July 5 $16.00

The Fishermen by Chig Obioma
Four middle-class Nigerian brothers, Ikenna, Boja, Obembe and Benjamin, decide to go fishing in a river. They do this without their mother's knowledge, carefully hiding away their fishing kit when they come home. Their career lasts six weeks before they are discovered by a neighbor, who tells their mother. One day at the river they meet the local oddball, Abulu, who has the power of prophecy, and who predicts that Ikenna, the eldest, will be killed by one of his brothers; by a "fisherman". It is from this simple, almost mythological conceit that Chigozie Obioma's debut novel grows, gaining complexity and power as it rises to its heartbreaking climax. Shortlisted for the Man Booker List, The Fishermen has brought comparisons to the works of famous Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe. Available July 5 $15.99
Message in a Bottle Kit!
This exciting kit includes everything you'll need to send a message out to sea: a watertight bottle with sealable cork, 96-page book, waterproof two-sided map and log book, marker pen, and a label on the inside of the bottle, bearing "Message in a Bottle" in several languages. This is a great way for kids to learn about oceans, tides, currents and ecology - they can track the location of their bottle on a website. 
The project advisor on this kit is Philip L Richardson, an oceanographer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Ages 10 and up $19.95
 

Children's Picture Books:

Clara: The (Mostly) True Story of the Rhinoceros Who Dazzled Kings, Inspired Artists, and Won the Hearts of Everyone by Emily Arnold McCully
We love Clara! This fascinating, informative, and touching picture book by a Caldecott Medalist is based on the true story of an eighteenth-century rhino who toured Europe and started a sensation! Clara will fascinate young animal lovers, history buffs in the making, and kids interested in geography, as they follow a rhinoceros on her journey across Europe.
In detailed illustrations, McCully shows Clara being introduced to Louis XV of France, Frederick the Great of Germany, and others willing to pay for a chance to stroke her soft lip. Her owner, a Dutch sea captain, keeps Clara fed (she eats 100 pounds of hay and 30 loaves of bread a day!) and watered (she drinks 14 buckets of water and beer) and takes loving care of her until her death 17 years later.  Ages 4-8 $17.99


Poor Little Guy
What do you do when you're so tiny that the bigger ocean creatures think you might even adorable?
An itsy-bitsy, glasses-wearing fish is minding his own business when a playful (and hungry) octopus snatches him right up. Luckily, this poor little guy is not quite as innocent as he seems and he has a BIG surprise up his sleeve! Told with wit, a wink, and a delightfully dark sense of humor, Poor Little Guy celebrates the very smallest...and all of their giant victories.  Ages 3-5 $16.99


Blue & Bertie by Kristyna Litten
A charming picture book about a lost giraffe and his new friend who helps him find his way home and see the world from a new perspective.  Told in rhyme with wonderful illustrations, this is a delightful story of friendship and acceptance. Ages 4-8 $17.99
Chapter Books:
Towers Falling  by Jewell Parker Rhodes 
From Gail: Having experienced 9/11 close up and through the eyes of young children in New York City in 2001, I appreciate what an extraordinary job Jewell Parker Rhodes has done with extremely difficult material in this book.  To recreate the physical and emotional damage that befell us all on that day, and to then show the resilience, bravery, and support of the entire country is just a beautiful way to share the history and and memories to Deja, Ben, and Sabeen who were born years after 9/11. Each child, from different backgrounds, found meaning and strength in this History "lesson". Ages 9-12 Available July 12 $16.99  

When Friendship Followed me Home
From Gail: The dog on the cover of this middle school book makes you think it is a cheery book, and while there is plenty of fun inside, it is also about loss and love that aren't so cheerful on the surface.  Ben Coffin, a former foster kid has finally found his perfect family, to which he then adds Flip, an abandoned dog.  Ben also befriends Halley, the librarian's colorful daughter. Together the three find ways to share their life experiences with others even though their lives are falling apart. They help kids with difficulty reading by having them read to Flip, who is so appreciative he gives them "high fours" (he doesn't have 5 fingers). They write a story ("The Magic Box") and build a model of Coney Island in 1905. All of this keeps them going through illness, deaths, loneliness, and brings them to see their self-worth through the friendship of others. Ages 8-12
$16.99

Teens:  
And I Darken by Kiersten White

Game of Thrones set in the Ottoman Empire! This new novel has already received 4 starred reviews and is full of political intrigue and fiercely passionate characters. Fans of Victoria Aveyard's The Red Queen, Kristin Cashore's Graceling, and Sabaa Tahir's An Ember in the Ashes won't want to miss this mesmerizing novel, the first in a trilogy.  

$18.99


The Season by Jonah Dyer
"The Season is a fun, modern take on Pride and Prejudice, perfect for girls who know there is more to life than how you look." - Jojo Moyes, bestselling author of Me Before You.

(This is another YA book that adults will enjoy as well.)


Available July 12 $17.99
In Store Pick-Up!

 If you want to be extra sure that a copy of a book mentioned in the newsletter is available when you come to the store, please call us or simply click on the book photo. Use that link to order a copy of the book for "In Store Pick Up". No credit card needed! We will then hold a copy of the book for you. If it's not in the store we can usually have it here in 2-4 days.