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Every Tuesday after Regional News in the 10 o'clock hour we invite an independent bookseller from our listening area in to suggest books for you - our listeners! For your convenience we post the lists on this webpage - to hear these segments click here.
Neil Novick's Odyssey Bookshop Book Picks for 8/31/10
Last Talk With Lola Faye by Thomas H. Cook
The Reversal by Michael Connelly
Inside Out by Barry Eisler
61 Hours by Lee Child
Odyssey Bookshop - South Hadley, Massachusetts
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Sarah Knight's Northshire Books Picks for 8/24/10:
The Debba by Avner Mandelman
The Man with the Baltic Stare by James Church
Thirteen Hours by Deon Meyer
Layover in Dubai by Dan Fesperman
Blood Oath by Christopher Farnsworth
Star Island by Carl Hiaasen
Three Stations by Martin Cruz Smith
Faithful Place by Tana French
Northshire Bookstore - Manchester Center, Vermont
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Susan Fox and Naftali Rottenstreich's Red Fox Books picks for 8/17/10:
Let's Take the Long Way Home by Gail Caldwell
Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp
The Frozen Rabbi by Steve Stern
Winnie and Wolf by A.N. Wilson
Kids Picks:
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, illustrated by Inga Moore
First Light by Rebecca Stead
Dog Loves Books by Louise Yates
How Rocket Learned to Read by Tad Hills
The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
Red Fox Books - Glens Falls, New York
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Connie Brooks' Battenkill Books Book Picks for 8/10/10:
I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson
Fur, Fortune and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America by Eric Jay Dolin
Dark Harbor: The War for the New York Waterfront by Nathan Ward
Saratoga in Bloom by Janet Loughrey
Drawn to the Land: The Romance of Farming by Elizabeth J. Cockey and Barton M. Cockey
Tinkers by Paul Harding
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
The Sisters Grimm series (The Fairy Tale Detectives) by Michael Buckley
Wishing for Tomorrow: The Sequel to A Little Princess by Hilary McKay
My Kindergarten by Rosemary Wells
The Pirate's Guide to First Grade by James Preller, Illustrated by Greg Ruth
Battenkill Books - Cambridge, New York
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Matt Tannenbaum's The Bookstore Book Picks for 8/4/10
A Stranger Like You by Elizabeth Brundage
The Thieves of Manhattan by Adam Langer
Stash by David Klein
Agents of Treachery edited by Otto Penzler
The Devil's Trill by Gerry Elias
The Complete Review compiled by Michael Orthofer (website)
The Book Store - Lenox, Massachusetts
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Amy Lane's Open Door Bookstore Picks for 7/27/10
One Day by David Nicholls
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
The Fall of the House of Walworth by Geoffrey O'Brien
Awkward Family Photos by Mike Bender an Doug Chernack
Justin Fisher Declares War by James Preller
Dog Love Books by Louise Yates
A Kayaker's Guide to New York's Capital Region by Russell Dunn
One Foot Forward: Walks in Upstate New York by Richard B. Frost
Dog Hikes in the Adirondacks Edited by Annie Stoltie and Elisabeth Ward
The Smallbanac: An Opinionated Guide to New York's Capital District by Christine Garretson-Persans
Open Door Bookstore - Schenectady, New York
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Joan Grenier and Emily Crowe's Odyssey Bookshop Book Picks for 7/20/10
What Is Left the Daughter by Howard Norman
The Tower, the Zoo, and the Tortoise by Julia Stuart
The Spice Necklace: My Adventures in Caribbean Cooking, Eating, and Island Life by Ann Vanderhoof
The Elephant Keeper by Christopher Nicholson
Murder in the High Himalaya: Loyalty, Tragedy, and Escape from Tibet by Jonathan Green
Put 'em up!: A Comprehensive Home Preserving Guide for the Creative Cook from Drying and Freezing to Canning and Pickling by Sherri Brooks Vinton
Eating Local: The Cookbook Inspired by America's Farmers by Janet Fletchter
The Town that Food Saved: How One Community Found Vitality in Local Food by Ben Hewitt
The Quickening: A Novel by Michelle Hoover
Odyssey Bookshop - South Hadley, Massachusetts
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Susan Fox and Naftali Rottenstreich's Red Fox Books picks for 7/13/10:
Faithful Place by Tana French
Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin and Otto Penzler
Red Rain by Bruce Murkoff
When That Rough God Goes Riding: Listening to Van Morrison by Greil Marcus
Stay by Allie Larkin
Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry into the Value of Work by Matthew B. Crawford
Nothing by Janne Teller
Beautiful Yetta, the Yiddish Chicken by Daniel Pinkwater
Red Fox Books - Glens Falls, New York
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Jessica Wood's Northshire Books Picks for 7/6/10:
The Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Over the Rainbow performed by Judy Collins paintings by Eric Puybaret
City dog, Country frog by Mo Willems illustrated by Jon J. Muth
Zoom by Tim Wynne-Jones illustrated by Eric Beddows
The Squirrels Birthday & Other Parties by Toon Tellegen
When you Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Cloud Tea Monkeys by Mal Peet & Elspeth Graham illustrated by Juan Wijingaard
if i stay by Gayle Forman
Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
By The Time You Read This, I'll be Dead by Julie Anne Peters
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Suzanna Hermans Oblong Books and Music Book Picks for 6/29/10
The Passage by Justin Cronin
Double Happiness by Mary-Beth Hughes
The Pregnant Widow by Martin Amis
One Day by David Nicholls
The Singer's Gun by Emily St. John Mandel
Savvy by Ingrid Law
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Oblong Books and Music - Millerton and Rhinebeck, New York
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Scott Meyer's Merritt Bookstore Picks for 6/23/10
A Fierce Radiance by Lauren Belfer
The Ode Less Travelled: Unlocking the Poet Within by Stephen Fry
White Egrets by Derek Walcott
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes
How to Build a Dinosaur: The New Science of Reverse Evolution by Jack Horner
Balance of Nature: Ecology's Enduring Myth by John C. Kricher
In the Catskills by John Burroughs
Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light by Jane Brox
Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century by Michael A. Hiltzik
Gone-Away Lake by Elizabeth Enright
Merritt Bookstore - Millbrook and Red Hook, New York
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Amy Lane's Open Door Bookstore Picks for 6/15/10
The Passage by Justin Cronin
How to Teach Physics to Your Dog by Chad Orzel
Spies of the Balkans by Alan Furst
The Bucolic Plague by Josh Kilmer-Purcell
What is Left the Daughter by Howard Norman
Eaarth by Bill McKibben
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
Rocky Road by Rose Kent
Firehouse! by Mark Teague
Open Door Bookstore - Schenectady, New York
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Matt Tannenbaum's The Bookstore Book Picks for 6/1/10
The Storis of Ray Bradbury by Ray Bradbury
Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeeare by James Shapiro
How To Do Nothing All By Yourself With Nobody Else by Robert Paul Smith
The Thieves of Manhattan by Adam Langer
The Infinities by John Banville
Children of Achilles: The Greeks in Asia Minor Since the Days of Troy by John Freely
The Book Store - Lenox, Massachusetts
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Connie Brooks' Battenkill Books Book Picks for 5/25/10:
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende
Chef by Jasprett Singh
Castle by J. Robert Lennon
Coop: A Family, A Farm, and the Pursuit of One Good Egg by Michael Perry
Animal Factory by David Kirby
The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (Adult book club)
The Roar by Emma Clayton (YA book club)
The Name of This Books is Secret by Pseudonymous Bosch(Third/fourth grade book club)
Battenkill Books - Cambridge, New York
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Amy Lane's Open Door Bookstore Picks for 5/18/10
War by Sebatian Junger
The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn by Nathaniel Philbrick
Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the International Hunt for His Assassin by Hampton Sides
I'll Mature When I'm Dead by Dave Barry
My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira
Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan
The Quiet Book by Deborah Underwood, Illustrated by Renata Liwska
Open Door Bookstore - Schenectady, New York
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Neil Novick's Odyssey Bookshop Book Picks for 5/11/10
Innocent by Scott Turow
The Terrorist by Peter Steiner
Nowhere to Run by C.J. Box
Shoot to Thrill by P.J. Tracy
The Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron
Caught by Harlan Coben
Odyssey Bookshop - South Hadley, Massachusetts
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Bill Lewis' Northshire Books Picks for 5/4/10:
Flight From Monticello: Thomas Jefferson at War by Michael Kranish
The Tudors: The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty by G. J. Meyer
George, Nicholas, and Wilhelm: The Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I by Miranda Carter
A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke by James Horn
As If an Enemy's Country: The British Occupations of Boston and the Origins of Revolution by by Richard Archer
Winston's War: Churchill, 1940-1945 by by Max Hastings
Unbound: A True Story of War, Love, and Survival by Dean King
Making Haste from Babylon: The Mayflower Pilgrims and their World, A New History by Nick Bunker
Northshire Bookstore - Manchester Center, Vermont
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Susan Fox and Naftali Rottenstreich's Red Fox Books picks for 4/27/10:
Lost by Alice Lichtenstein
The Ecco Anthology of International Poetry by Ilya Kaminsky and Susan Harris
Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art by Laney Salisbury and Aly Sujo
A Field Guide to Fields by National Geographic
Garden Wisdom and Know-How: Everything You Need to Know to Plant, Grow, and Harvest by the Editors of Rodale Books and Judy Pray
Bird Watching by Paula McCartney
Mimi's Dada Catifesto by Shelley Jackson
Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse by Marilyn Singer and Josee Massee
Red Fox Books - Glens Falls, New York
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Connie Brooks' Battenkill Books Book Picks for 4/20/10:
The Lotus-Eaters by Tatjana Soli
Dracula: The Un-Dead by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt
Mapping New York from Black Dog Publishing
Up River: Man-Made Sites of Interest on the Hudson from the Battery to Troy from The Center for Land Use Interpretation
Digging Up the Dead: A History of Notable American Reburials by Michael Kammen
Mudbound by Hillary Jordan (Battenkill Book Club pick for adults)
The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester (Battenkill Book Club pick for 3rd and 4th graders)
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (Battenkill Book Club pick for young adults)
Battenkill Books - Cambridge, New York
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Suzanna Hermans Oblong Books and Music Book Picks for 4/13/10
Arcadia Falls by Carol Goodman
The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine
I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi
Kids' & YA
The Dreamer by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver
The Last Summer of the Death Warriors by Francisco X. Stork
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
Oblong Books and Music - Millerton and Rhinebeck, New York
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Matt Tannenbaum's The Bookstore Book Picks for 4/6/10
The Southpaw by Mark Harris
The Celebrant by Rolfe Greenberg
The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign-stealing, and Bench-clearing Brawls by Jason Turbow
The Harvard Psychedelic Club: How Timothy Leary, Ram Dass, Huston Smith and Andrew Weil Killed the Fifties and Ushered in a New Age for America by Don Lattin
Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty by Tony Hoagland
The Book Store - Lenox, Massachusetts
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Amy Lane's Open Door Bookstore Picks for 3/30/10
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Tinkers by Paul Harding
Rodeo in Joliet by Glenn Rockowitz
The Cello Suites: J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece by Eric Siblin
To Hell on a Fast Horse: Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett and the Epic Chase to Justice in the Old West by Mark L. Gardner
All Unquiet Things by Anna Jarzab
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin, Illustrated by James Dean
Open Door Bookstore - Schenectady, New York
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Joan Grenier and Rebecca Fabian's Odyssey Bookshop Book Picks for 3/23/10
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson
American Rust by Philipp Meyer
Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Sisters in War: A Story of Love, Family, and Survival in the New Iraq by Christina Asquith
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes
The Girl who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow
Picture books:
- Wendel's Workshop by Chris Riddell
- Forever Friends by Carin Berger
- Extraordinary Pets by Barroux
Middle Grade:
- Sluggers (series, formerly known as Barnstormers) by Loren Long and Phil Bildner
- The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place by Maryrose Wood
- The Birthday Ball by Lois Lowry, illustrated by Jules Feiffer
Teen or Young Adult:
- The Devil's Breath by David Gilman
- Heist Society by Ally Carter
- Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta
Odyssey Bookshop Blog
Rebecca's Blog
Odyssey Bookshop - South Hadley, Massachusetts
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Sarah Knight's Northshire Books Picks for 3/16/10:
The Gardner Heist by Ulrich Boser
Among Thieves by David Hosp
The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbo
Nemesis by Jo Nesbo
Hell Gate by Linda Fairstein
New York's Unique & Unexpected Places
The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton
The Midnight House by Alex Berenson
Northshire Bookstore - Manchester Center, Vermont
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Susan Fox and Naftali Rottenstreich's Red Fox Books picks for 3/9/10:
Union Atlantic by Adam Haslett
Fun with Problems by Robert Stone
The Cold Dish (Walt Longmire Mysteries) by Craig Johnson
The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York by Deborah Blum
Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization by Steven Solomon
The Country Cooking of Ireland by Colman Andrews, Christopher Hirsheimer, and Darina Allen
Aesop's Fables: A Classic Illustrated Edition compiled by Russell Ash and Bernard Higton
My Garden by Kevin Henkes
Dogs by Emily Gravett
Red Fox Books - Glens Falls, New York
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Scott Meyer's Merritt Bookstore Picks for 3/2/10
Storey's Guide to Raising Miniature Livestock by Sue Weaver
Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith by Deborah Heiligman
Henry Aaron's Dream by Matt Tavares
My People by Langston Hughes with illustrations by Charles R. Smith Jr.
Bag in the Wind by Ted Kooser
Sea Change; Overlord: Poems; Swarm; Never: Poems by Jorie Graham
Long Lost Blues: Popular Blues in America, 1850-1920 by Peter C. Muir
Merritt Bookstore - Millbrook and Red Hook, New York
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Suzanna Hermans Oblong Books and Music Book Picks for 2/23/10
A Fortunate Age by Joanna Smith Rakoff
Everything Here Is the Best Thing Ever: Stories by Justin Taylor
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann
The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell
Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History by Scott Andrew Selby and Greg Campbell
A Very Big Bunny by Marisabina Russo
The Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Ultimate Guide by Rick Riordan
The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin by Josh Berk
Suzanna's Children's Book Blog
Oblong Books and Music - Millerton and Rhinebeck, New York
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Matt Tannenbaum's The Bookstore Book Picks for 2/16/10
Time by Eva Hoffman
You Can Do a Graphic Novel by Barbara Slate
Collected Plays and Writings on Theater by Thornton Wilder
Just Kids by Patti Smith
Hapworth 16, 1924 (and other works) collected and uncollected by J D Salinger
The Book Store - Lenox, Massachusetts
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Connie Brooks' Battenkill Books Book Picks for 2/9/10:
Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals photographsy by Christopher Payne with an essay by Oliver Sacks
The Doom Machine by Mark Teague
The Home Creamery by Kathy Farrell-Kingsley
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
The Postmistress by Sarah Blake
Searching for Ichabod: His Eighteenth-Century Diary Leads Me Home by Julie Foster Van Camp
The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova
Battenkill Books - Cambridge, New York
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Susan Fox's Red Fox Books picks for 1/26/10:
It's Not You, It's Me: The Poetry of Breakup edited by Jerry Williams
Dear Old Love: Anonymous Notes to Former Crushes, Sweethearts, Husbands, Wives, and Ones that Got Away compiled by Andy Selsberg
My Mistresses's Sparrow is Dead: Great Love Stories from Chekhov to Munro edited by Jeffrey Eugenides
My Furry Valentine by Deborah Zemke
The Aimee Leduc Investigation series by Cara Black
Pay It Down: Debt Free on $10 a Day by Jean Chatzky
10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget by the writers of Wise Bread
Making the Most of Your Money Now by Jane Bryant Quinn
The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels by Charlotte Bronte (Jane Eyre), Emily Bronte (Wuthering Heights) and Anne Bronte (Agnes Grey)
Dizzy in Your Eyes: Poems about Love by Pat Mora (teens)
Red Fox Books - Glens Falls, New York
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Neil Novick and Emily Crowe's Odyssey Bookshop Book Picks for 1/19/10
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenuddin
Beneath the Lion's Gaze by Maaze Mengiste
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Alice I Have Been by Madeline Benjamin
Queen Victoria, Demon Hunter by A. E. Moorat
Scones and Sensibility by Lindsay Eland
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
Odyssey Bookshop - South Hadley, Massachusetts
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Bill Lewis' Northshire Books Picks for 1/12/10:
A Country of Vast Designs : James K. Polk , The Mexican War, and the Conquest of the American Continent by Robert W. Merry
Sweet Thunder : The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson by Wil Haygood
The Time Traveler's Guide to Medieval England by Ian Mortimer
Woodrow Wilson : A Biography by John Milton Cooper, Jr.
Ten Hills Farm : The Forgotten History of Slavery In the North by C. S. Manegold
The Fourth Part of the World : The Race to the Ends of the Earth and the Epic Story of the Map That Gave America Name by Toby Lester
Northshire Bookstore - Manchester Center, Vermont
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Susan Fox and Naftali Rottenstreich's Red Fox Books picks for 1/5/10:
The Privileges by Jonathan Dee
The Summer We Fell Apart by Robin Antalek
The Paper Bride: Wedding DIY from Pop-the-Question to Tie-the-Knot and Happily Ever After by Esther K. Smith
Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink
Food Matters by Mark Bittman
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illus. by Mary Azarian
Here Comes Jack Frost by Kazuno Kohara
It's Snowing! by Olivier Dunrea
Red Fox Books - Glens Falls, New York
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Matt Tannenbaum's The Book Store Book Picks for 12/29/09
The Chester Chronicles by Kermit Moyer (Out in Feb. 2010)
A Lucky Irish Lad by Kevin O'Hara (Out in Feb. 2010)
Bringing it to the Table: On Farming and Food by Wendell Berry
Beyond America's Grasp: A Century of Failed Diplomacy in the Middle East by Stephen P. Cohen
A History of the World in 65 Unfortunate Incidents by Martin Rowson
The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
Baseball Americana: Treasures from the Library of Congress - Smithsonian
The Book Store - Lenox, Massachusetts
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Suzanna Hermans Oblong Books and Music Book Picks for 12/22/09
Adults:
- Talking About Detective Fiction by P.D. James
- Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
- Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
- The Book of Genesis by R. Crumb
Kids & Young Adults:
- The Duchess of Whimsy by Randall & Peter de Seve
- Henry in Love by Peter McCarty
- Nerds by Michael Buckley
- What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell
- Lips Touch Three Times by Laini Taylor
Oblong & the Odyssey have autographed books in stock:
Oblong:
- Michael Chabon, Manhood for Amateurs
- James Ellroy, Blood's A Rover
- R.O. Blechman, Talking Lines
- Hudson Talbott, River of Dreams
Odyssey:
- Richard Russo, That Old Cape Magic
- Ken Burns, The National Parks
- Jeannette Walls, Half Broke Horse
- Greg Mortenson, Stones into Schools
- Gail Collins, When Everything Changed
Suzanna's Children's Book Blog
Oblong Books and Music - Millerton and Rhinebeck, New York
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Amy Lane's Open Door Bookstore Picks for 12/15/09
Bad Things Happen by Harry Dolan
Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
The Monuments Men by Robert M. Edsel
When the Game Was Ours by Larry Bird and Magic Johnson with Jackie MacMullen
The Big Burn by Timothy Egan
Bent Objects by Terry Border
Photojojo! by Amit Gupta with Kelly Jensen
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick
Fallen by Lauren Kate
Need by Carrie Jones
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Open Door Bookstore - Schenectady, New York
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Joan Grenier and Rebecca Fabian's Odyssey Bookshop Book Picks for 12/8/09
Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace, with Books, not Bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Greg Mortenson
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas D.Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn
When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journeyof American Women from 1960 to the Present by Gail Collins
Picturebooks:
For Just One Day by Laura Leuck, illustrated by Marc Boutavant
The Circus Ship by Chris Van Dusen
How the Nobble Was Finally Found by C.K. Williams, illustrated by Stephen Gammell
Novels:
Ottoline Goes to School and Ottoline and the Yellow Cat by Chris Riddell Nathaniel Fludd,
Beastologist: Flight of the Phoenix by R.L. LaFevers,illustrated by Kelly Murphy
The Knife of Never Letting Go and The Ask and The Answer by Patrick Ness Leviathan by Scott WesterfeldAudio:
Winnie-The-Pooh-The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne, read by Stephen Fry,Judi Dench, Geoffrey Palmer, Jane Horrocks & Michael Williams
Odyssey Bookshop - South Hadley, Massachusetts
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Susan Fox and Naftali Rottenstreich's Red Fox Books picks for 12/1/09:
Gift Ideas:
10,000 Years of Art by Phaidon
New Penguin Hardcover Classics
A Shadow Falls by Nick Brandt, Peter Singer, and Vicki Goldberg
Beautiful Pigs by Andy Case
Dog Hikes in the Adirondacks by Shaggy Dog Press
Cookbooks:
Vefa's Kitchen by Vefa Alexiadou
The Silver Spoon for Children by Phaidon
Northern Comfort: Recipes from Adirondack Life
Andrew Whitley: Bread Matters by Andrew Whitley
Kids:
Today I Will: A Year of Quotes, Notes, and Promises to Myself by Jerry Spinelli and Eileen Spinelli
Creature ABC by Andrew Zuckerman
Red Fox Books - Glens Falls, New York
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Scott Meyer's Merritt Bookstore Picks for 11/24/09
Thomas Edison [With 11 Plastic Pieces Animation Machine,12 Filmstrips] by Dennis Schatz
Bravura!: Lucia Chase and the American Ballet Theatre by Alex C. Ewing
All the Broken Pieces: A Novel in Verse by Ann E. Burg
Bill Pennant, Babe Ruth, and Me by Timothy Tocher
School Spirit by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
King of the Screwups by K.L. Going
Wish You Were Dead by Todd Strasser
The Siege of Macindaw by John Flanagan
Nerds: National Espionage, Rescue, and Defense Society (Book One) by Michael Buckley
Crocodile Tears: An Alex Rider Adventure by Anthony Horowitz
The Word Snoop by Ursula Dubosarsky
The Ghosts of Stony Clove by Eileen Charbonneau
Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo by Jean Craighead George
Tree Castle Island by Jean Craighead George
Merritt Bookstore - Millbrook and Red Hook, New York
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Stan Hynds' Northshire Books Picks for 11/17/08:
Gift Books:
The National Parks: America's Best Idea by Dayton Duncan & Ken Burns
White On White: The Churches of Rural New England by Steve Rosenthal
Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds edited by Billy Collins; illustrations by David Sibley
Along Route 7: A Journey Through Western New England by Stephen Donaldson
The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton, and Antarctic Photography by David Hempleman-Adams, Emma Stuart, and Sophie Gordon
Cookbooks/Food Lit:
I Know How to Cook by Ginette Mathiot
The Veselka Cookbook by Tom Birchard
Lee Bros.: Simple, Fresh, Southern by Ted and Matt Lee
Stocking stuffers: Stan's favorite novels of the year:
Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker
Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby
Northshire Bookstore - Manchester Center, Vermont
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Amy Lane's Open Door Bookstore Picks for 11/10/09
Sesame Street: A Celebration - 40 Years of Life on the Street by Louise A. Gikow
Read My Pins by Madeleine Albright
Last Words by George Carlin
The Bedside Book of Beasts by Graeme Gibson
The Unknown Rockwell by James A. "Buddy" Edgerton & Nan O'Brien
Matchless by Gregory Maguire
Under the Dome by Stephen King
Wag! by Patrick McDonnell
Open Door Bookstore - Schenectady, New York
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Susan Fox and Naftali Rottenstreich's Red Fox Books picks for 11/3/09:
Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, the Afterlife by Francine Prose
The Principles of Uncertainly by Maira Kalman
The Woman Who Can't Forget by Jill Price and Bart Davis
The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb by R. Crumb
Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
The Brutal Telling by Louise Penny
It's a Secret by John Burningham
Touch the Art Series by Julie Appel and Amy Guglielmo: Feed Matisse's Fish, Pop Andy Warhol's Top, Brush Mona Lisa's Hair, and Make Van Gogh's Bed
Red Fox Books - Glens Falls, New York
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Matt Tannenbaum's The Book Store Book Picks for 10/27/09
Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers
Collected Stories by Lydia Davis
Archie and the Pirates by Marc Rosenthal
Simple Shelters published by Walker and Company,
Dylan: Prophet, Mystic, Poet by Seth Rogovoy
The Book Store - Lenox, Massachusetts
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Suzanna Hermans Oblong Books and Music Book Picks for 10/21/09
Picture Books
- Otis by Loren Long
- Creature ABC by Andrew Zuckerman
- The Christmas Magic by Lauren Thompson, illustrated by Jon Muth
Middle Grade
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days by Jeff Kinney
- The Secret Science Alliance & the Copycat Crook by Eleanor Davis
- The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
Young Adult
- Going Bovine by Libba Bray
- The Amanda Project: invisible i by Stella Lennon
Suzanna's Children's Book Blog
Oblong Books and Music - Millerton and Rhinebeck, New York
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Amy Lane's Open Door Bookstore Picks for 10/13/09
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder
Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
World Made by Hand by James Howard Kunstler
*Note: The above titles comprise the short list for Schenectady's next One County, One Book. Those in Schenectady County can help select the next book by voting online, at any Schenectady County Public Library, or at Opem Door Bookstore, until November 21st. For more info or to vote online, visit http://www.scpl.org/.
Poisons of Caux by Susannah Appelbaum
Never Smile at a Monkey by Steve Jenkins
Open Door Bookstore - Schenectady, New York
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Neil Novick's Odyssey Bookshop Book Picks for 9/29/09
Lisey's Story (audio book) by Stephen King,read by Mare Winningham
Fear the Worst by Linwood Barclay
Undone by Karen Slaughter
Last Known Address by Theresa Schwegel
Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly
Odyssey Bookshop - South Hadley, Massachusetts
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Bill Lewis' Northshire Books Picks for 9/15/09:
Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of The Great Depression by Morris Dickstein
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science by Richard Holmes
Rebirth of a Nation: The Making of Modern America, 1877-1920 by Jackson Lears
Abigail Adams: A Life by Woody Holton
In the Valley of the Kings: Howard Carter and the Mystery of King Tutankhamun's Tomb by Daniel Myerson
Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 by Gordon Wood
Lake Champlain: An Illustrated History by by Adirondack Life, forward by Senator Patrick Leahy, introduction by Christopher Shaw.
Northshire Bookstore - Manchester Center, Vermont
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Ellen Shapiro's Golden Notebook Picks for 9/8/09:
It's Beginning to Hurt by James Lasdun
The Condition by Jennifer Haigh
Genesis by Bernard Beckett
After by Amy Efaw
This is How by M.J. Hyland
Homer & Langley by E. L. Doctorow
The Golden Notebook - Woodstock, New York
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Susan Fox and Naftali Rottenstreich's Red Fox Books picks for 9/1/09:
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore
Homer and Langely by E.L. Doctorow
Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town by Nick Reding
Sweet and Low: A Family Story by Rich Cohen
Soul of a Dog: Reflections on the Spirits of the Animals of Bedlam Farm by Jon Katz
Heirloom: Notes from an Accidental Tomato Farmer by Tim Stark
Django: World's Greatest Jazz Guitarist by Bonnie Christensen
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pickney
Red Fox Books - Glens Falls, New York
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Matt Tannenbaum's The Book Store Book Picks for 8/25/09
Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon
Rhino Ranch by Larry McMurtry
The 38 Million Dollar Smile by Richard Stevenson
Superman: Red Son by Mark Millar
The Devil's Trill by Gerald Elias
Selected Poems by Wallace Stevens
The Book Store - Lenox, Massachusetts
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Suzanna Hermans Oblong Books and Music Book Picks for 8/18/09
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Fear the Worst by Linwood Barclay
The Confessions of Edward Day by Valerie Martin
The Film Club by David Gilmour
Between the Assassinations by Aravind Adiga
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do by Tom Vanderbilt
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
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Oblong Books and Music - Millerton and Rhinebeck, New York
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Amy Lane's Open Door Bookstore Picks for 8/11/09
That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo
Cooperstown Confidential by Zev Chafets
This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
A Supremely Bad Idea: Three Mad Birders and Their Quest to See It All by Luke Dempsey
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Have I Got a Book For You by Melanie Watt
Open Door Bookstore - Schenectady, New York
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Emily Russo Murtaugh's Odyssey Bookshop Book Picks for 8/4/09
Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel
The Dark Holds No Terrors by Shashi Deshpande
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
Odyssey Bookshop - South Hadley, Massachusetts
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