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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.


Matt Tannenbaum's The Book Store Book Picks for 6/30/09

  • Four Freedoms by John Crowley
  • Seven Pleasures by Willard Spiegelman
  • From Square One by Dean Olsher
  • Mile High Fever by Dennis Drabelle
  • Old Flame by by Ira Berkowitz


  • The Book Store - Lenox, Massachusetts

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    Suzanna Hermans Oblong Books and Music Book Picks for 4/21/09

  • The 39 Clues Series Various Authors
  • The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly
  • The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
  • Hoot, Flush, and Scat by Carl Hiaasen
  • The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
  • Genesis by Bernard Beckett
  • Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
  • 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 6/16/09

  • Home Game by Michael Lewis
  • The Actor and the Housewife by Shannon Hale
  • East of the Sun by Julia Gregson
  • Either You're in or You're in the Way by Noah and Logan Miller
  • Woodstock Vision by Elliott Landy
  • High Peaks by Tim Rowland
  • The Frogs and Toads All Sang by Arnold Lobel


  • Open Door Bookstore - Schenectady, New York

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    Neil Novick's Odyssey Bookshop Book Picks for 6/9/09

  • The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly
  • Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
  • The Last Child by John Hart
  • Fault Line by Barry Eisler

  • Summer reading paperbacks:
  • Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke
  • The Quiet Game by Greg Iles
  • Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
  • LA Outlaws by T. Jefferson Parker
  • Blindfold Game by Dana Stabenow


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    Ellen Shapiro's Golden Notebook Picks for 5/12/09:

  • Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
  • Nobody Move by Denis Johnson
  • What I Forgot by Elina Hirtvonen
  • The God of War by Marisa Silver
  • Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans by Dan Baum
  • Swash by Paul Elisha
  • Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal


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    Susan Fox and Naftali Rottenstreich's Red Fox Books picks for 5/5/09:

  • The Leisure Seeker by Michael Zadoorian
  • Netherland by Joseph O'Neill
  • Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
  • Berlin Noir by Philip Kerr
  • Mother: Portraits by 40 Great Artists by Juliet Heslewood
  • The Artist's Mother: The Greatest Painters Pay Tribute to the Women Who Rocked Their Cradles intro by Judith Thurman
  • Artists in Exile: How Refugees from Twentieth-Century War and Revolution Transformed the American Performing Arts by Joseph Horowitz
  • Book of Cities Piero Ventura
  • Growing Stuff: An Alternative Guide to Gardening by Black Dog Publishing
  • What the World Eats by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio


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    Matt Tannenbaum's The Book Store Book Picks for 4/28/09

  • Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee
  • Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson
  • The Summer Book by Tove Janssen
  • The Book of Ebenezer Le Page by G. B. Edwards
  • String Too Short to be Saved by Donald Hall
  • Clara's War by Clara Kramer and Stephen Glantz
  • Talking Animals and Others: The Life and Work of Walter R. Brooks, Creator of Freddy The Pig by Michael Cart


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    Suzanna Hermans Oblong Books and Music Book Picks for 4/21/09

  • Life List by Olivia Gentile
  • The Craftsman by Richard Sennett
  • Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City by Eric Sanderson, illustrations by Markley Boyer
  • A Walk in New York by Salvatore Rubbino
  • Sergio Saves the Game! by Edel Rodriguez
  • The Enemy: A Book About Peace by Davide Cali & Serge Bloch
  • Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
  • 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 4/14/09

  • Flotsametrics and the Floating World by Curtis Ebbesmeyer and Eric Scigliano
  • So Brave, Young and Handsome by Leif Enger
  • A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenberg
  • Essential Pleasures: A New Anthology of Poems to Read Aloud edited by Robert Pinsky
  • If I Stay by Gayle Forman
  • Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, illustrated by Scott Magoon
  • Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith


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    Scott Meyer's Merritt Bookstore Picks for 4/7/09

  • A Splintered History of Wood: Belt Sander Races, Blind Woodworkers, and Baseball Bats by Spike Carlsen
  • Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee by Allen Barra
  • Poem in Your Pocket: 200 Poems to Read and Carry by Elaine Bleakney
  • My Name Is Jason. Mine Too.: Our Story. Our Way. by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin
  • All the Broken Pieces: A Novel in Verse by Ann E. Burg
  • Boy on the Lion Throne: The Childhood of the 14th Dalai Lama by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel; Intro by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
  • A Passion for Nature: The Life of John Muir by Donald Worster
  • Khubilai Khan's Lost Fleet: In Search of a Legendary Armada by James P. Delgado
  • The Dakota Cipher: An Ethan Gage Adventure by William Deitrich


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    Joan Grenier and Emily Russo Murtaugh's Odyssey Bookshop Book Picks for 3/31/09

  • The Writing on My Forehead by Nafisa Haji
  • Darling Jim by Cristian Moerk
  • The Weight of Heaven by Thrity umrigar
  • The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR'S Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience by Kirstin Dwoney
  • The Backyard Homestead edited by Carleen Madigan
  • Agnes's Jacket: A Psychologist's Search for the Meanings of Madness by Gail A. Hornstein


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    Alden Graves' Northshire Books Picks for 3/24/09:

  • Columbine by Dave Cullen
  • Desperate Passage by Ethan Rarick
  • The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Story of a Donner Party Bride by Daniel James Brown
  • Frankly, My Dear by Molly Haskell
  • Dangerous Laughter by Steven Milhauser
  • Titanic's Last Secrets by Brad Matsen
  • The Devil's Tickets by Gary M. Pomerantz
  • The People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks


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    Ellen Shapiro's Golden Notebook Picks for 3/17/09:

  • Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
  • A Monk Swimming by Malachy McCourt
  • A Long Stone's Throw by Alphie McCourt
  • A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry
  • The Secret Scripture
  • The All of It by Jeanette Haien
  • The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor
  • Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato: an Irish Folktale by Tomie dePaolo
  • Brooklyn by Colm Toibin


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    Susan Fox and Naftali Rottenstreich's Red Fox Books picks for 3/10/09:

  • Little Bee by Chris Cleave
  • The Ballad of Blind Tom by Deirdre O'Connell
  • I Saw You Edited by Julia Wertz
  • The This is... series by Miroslav Sasek
  • Tales of Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan
  • The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
  • Call It Sleep by Henry Roth
  • A Homemade Life:Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table by Molly Wizenberg
  • I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg
  • Birds by Kevin Henkes


  • Red Fox Books - Glens Falls, New York

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    Matt Tannenbaum's The Book Store Book Picks for 3/3/09

  • Endless Things by John Crowley
  • Shelley's Heart by Charles McCarry
  • The History of Now by Daniel Klein
  • And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks by Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs
  • The Disappearance by Efrem Segal
  • Freddy the Pig Series by Walter R Brooks
  • My Years at The Gotham Book Mart by Matt Tannenbaum


  • The Book Store - Lenox, Massachusetts

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    Suzanna Hermans Oblong Books and Music Book Picks for 2/24/09

  • Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
  • The Kept Man by Jami Attenberg
  • Mudbound by Hillary Jordan
  • French Milk by Lucy Knisley
  • Humpty Dumpty Climbs Again by Dave Horowitz
  • Pete and Pickles by Berkeley Breathed
  • A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx by Elaine Showalter


  • Young Adult Books Recommended for Adult Readers
  • The Rock and the River by Kekla Magoon
  • The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
  • The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
  • A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly


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    Neil Novick and Emily Crowe's Odyssey Bookshop Book Picks for 2/17/09

  • Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
  • The Shanghai Moon by S. J. Rozan
  • Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
  • Three Weeks to Say Goodbye by C. J. Box
  • Shatter by Michael Robotham
  • Note by Note by Tricia Tunstall
  • Fault Line by Barry Eisler


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    Amy Lane's Open Door Bookstore Picks for 2/10/09

  • The Somnambulist and The Domino Men by Jonathan Barnes
  • The Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America by Jay Parini
  • Ghost in Love by Jonathan Carroll
  • How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer
  • Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa
  • The Mighty Queens of Freeville by Amy Dickinson
  • Lark and Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips


  • Open Door Bookstore - Schenectady, New York

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    Scott Meyer's Merritt Bookstore Picks for 1/27/09

  • Daily Feast: La Puerta Azul Cookbook by Ramiro Jimenez
  • The Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in New York State by Kevin J. McGowan and Kimberley Corwin
  • The Invention of Air by Steven Johnson
  • River of Dreams: The Story of the Hudson River by Hudson Talbott
  • The New York Reader By Ann E. Burg
  • This Book Warps Space and Time: Selections from the Journal of Irreproducible Results by Norman Sperling
  • With Wings Like Eagles: A History of the Battle of Britain by Michael Korda


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    Ellen Shapiro's Golden Notebook Picks for 1/22/09:

  • The Book Thief by Markus Zuzak
  • The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
  • The Impostor by Damon Galgut
  • What Happened to Anna K. by Irina Reyn
  • Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese - **To be released on February 3**
  • The Three of Us by Julia Blackburn
  • An Exact Replica of a Figment of my Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken
  • River of Dreams: The Story of the Hudson River by Hudson Talbott


  • The Golden Notebook - Woodstock, New York

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    Bill Lewis' Northshire Books Picks for 1/14/09:

  • Forgotten Patriots: The Untold Story of American Prisoners During The Revolutionary War by Edwin G. Burrows
  • Carolina Clay: The Life and Legend of the Slave Potter Dave by Leonard Todd
  • Looking for Lincoln: The Making of an American Icon by Philip Kunhardt, Jr. et. al.
  • Ameican Lion: Andrew Jackson in The White House by Jon Meacham
  • Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer by Fred Kaplan
  • Giants: The Parallel of Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln by John Stauffer
  • With Wings Like Eagles: A History of The Battle of Britain by by Michael Korda
  • Bilndspot: By a Lady in Disguise and a Gentleman in Exile by Jane Kamensky and Jill Lepore


  • Northshire Bookstore - Manchester Center, Vermont

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    Susan Fox and Naftali Rottenstreich's Red Fox Books picks for 1/5/09:

  • Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating by Mark Bittman
  • Eat This, Not That: Supermarket Survival Guide by David Zinczenko
  • The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg
  • The Harney and Sons Guide to Tea by Michael Harney
  • The Home Creamery by Kathy Farrell-Kingsley
  • At the Mercy of the Mountains: True Stories of Survival and Tragedy in New York's Adirondacks by Peter Bronski
  • Banana: The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World by Dan Koeppel
  • Snow by Cynthia Rylant
  • Wonder Bear by Tao New Yorkeu


  • Red Fox Books - Glens Falls, New York

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    Amy Lane's Open Door Bookstore Picks for 12/30/08

  • In the Bleak Midwinter by Julia Spencer-Fleming
  • The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
  • Nothing to Fear by Adam Cohen
  • When Wanderers Cease to Roam by Vivian Swift
  • The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
  • The History of the Snowman by Bob Eckstein
  • Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen


  • Open Door Bookstore - Schenectady, New York

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    Scott Meyer's Merritt Bookstore Picks for 12/23/08

  • Annie Leibovitz at Work by Annie Leibovitz
  • The Traveler by Daren and Daniel Simkin
  • Deciding the Next Decider: The 2008 Presidential Race in Rhyme by Calvin Trillin
  • Bikeman: An Epic Poem by Thomas F. Flynn
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth Part II: The Seed of Banquo by Noah Lukeman
  • Nonesuch Press: 6 Book Set: Oliver Twist, Bleak House, Christmas Books, David Copperfield, Great Expectations and Hard Times
  • Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia by Bruce Murphy
  • The Fire by Katherine Neville
  • A Lion Among Men by Gregory Maguire
  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
  • Lion in the Valley by Elizabeth Peters
  • The Laughter of Dead Kings by Elizabeth Peters
  • How to Cook Everything: 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food by Mark Bittman


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    Stan Hynds' Northshire Books Picks for 12/16/08:

    Gift Books:
  • Vanity Fair: the Portraits
  • Listening to Stone by Dan Snow
  • The Dawn of the Color Photograph: Alfred Kahn's Archives of the Planet by David Okuefuna


  • Cookbooks/Food Lit:
  • The Korean Table by Taekyung Chung and Debra Samuels
  • A Day at ElBulli by Ferran Adria
  • Elizabeth David's Christmas


  • Stocking stuffers:
  • Swing by Rufus Butler Seder
  • Guitars by David Schiller


  • Stan's favorite novels of the year:
  • City of Thieves by David Benioff
  • Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman
  • Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
  • Indignation Philip Roth


  • Northshire Bookstore - Manchester Center, Vermont

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    Joan Grenier and Emily Russo's Odyssey Bookshop Book Picks for 12/9/08

  • Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
  • The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed
  • Egg and Nest by Rosamond Purcell, Linnea S. Hall, & Rene Corado
  • Women who Read are Dangerous by Stefan Bollmann
  • The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Dickens' Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits by Les Standiford
  • The Toss of a Lemon by Padma Viswanathan
  • Songs for the Missing by Stewart O'Nan


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    Susan Fox and Naftali Rottenstreich's Red Fox Books picks for 12/2/08:

  • The Journal of Helene Berr by Helene Berr
  • Encyclopedia Brittanica/Getty Images History of the World in Photographs
  • Revolutionary Roadby Richard Yates
  • Beautiful Sheep: Portraits of Champion Breeds by Kathryn Dun
  • X-Ray: See Through the World Around You by Nick Veasey
  • ABC3D by Marion Bataille
  • Brava, Strega Nona: A Heartwarming Pop-up Book by Tomie DiPaolo, Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart
  • Wabi Sabi by Mark Reibstein and Ed Young


  • Red Fox Books - Glens Falls, New York

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    Suzanna Hermans Oblong Books and Music Book Picks for 11/25/08

  • A Mercy by Toni Morrison
  • American Lion by Jon Meacham
  • Traitor to His Class by HW Brands
  • Annie Leibovitz at Work by Annie Leibovitz
  • Listening to Stone by Dan Snow
  • A Platter of Figs by David Tanis
  • How to Cook Everything, 10th Anniversary Edition by Mark Bittman


  • Oblong Books and Music - Millerton and Rhinebeck, New York

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    Scott Meyer's Merritt Bookstore Picks for 11/18/08

  • The 3 Big Questions for a Frantic Family: A Leadership Fable about Restoring Sanity to the Most Important Organization in Your Life by Patrick M. Lencioni
  • When God Is Gone, Everything Is Holy: The Making of a Religious Naturalist by Chet Raymo
  • Cosmic Imagery: Key Images in the History of Science by John D. Barrow
  • The Best of All Possible Worlds: A Story of Philosophers, God, and Evil by Steven Nadler
  • The Search for Spirituality: Our Global Quest for a Spiritual Life by Ursula King
  • Practicing Peace: A Devotional Walk Through the Quaker Tradition by Catherine Whitmire
  • Emotional Awareness: Overcoming the Obstacles to Psychological Balance and Compassion: A Conversation Between the Dalai Lama and Paul Ekman by Paul Ekman and Daniel Goleman
  • The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson and Jacob Needleman
  • The Great Poems of the Bible: A Reader's Companion with New Translations by James L. Kugel
  • Poetry as Spiritual Practice: Reading, Writing, and Using Poetry in Your Daily Rituals, Aspirations, and Intentions by Robert McDowell
  • The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies by Bert Holldobler and Edward O. Wilson
  • Ranger's Apprentice: The Sorcerer of the North by John Flanagan
  • Annie Leibovitz at Work by Annie Leibovitz


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    Neil Novick's Odyssey Bookshop Book Picks for 11/4/08

  • The Given Day by Dennis Lehane
  • The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly
  • A Cure for Night by Justin Peacock
  • Exposed by Alex Kava
  • The Fifth Floor by Michael Harvey


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    Susan Fox and Naftali Rottenstreich's Red Fox Books picks for 10/28/08:

  • To Siberia by Per Petterson
  • Songs of the Missing by Stewart O'Nan
  • The U.S. Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation by Jonathan Hennessey; art by Aaron McConnell
  • A Most Wanted Man by John Le Carre
  • Old Dogs Are the Best Dogs by Gene Weingarten; photographs by Michael S. Williamson
  • Izzy and Lenore: Two Dogs, An Unexpected Journey and Me by Jon Katz
  • The New Annotated Dracula by Bram Stoker with an introduction by Neil Gaiman
  • Ghost Stories, Everyman's Pocket Classics
  • Dewey: the Small Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron


  • Red Fox Books - Glens Falls, New York

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    Marggie Skinner's Book House book picks for 10/21/08

    Scandinavian mysteries and/or good reads -
    • Roseanna by Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo
    • The Draining Lake by Arnaldur Indridason
    • The Pyramid by Henning Mankell
    • The Howling Miller by Arto Paasilinna
    • A Partisan's Daughter by Louis de Bernieres
    Narratives -
    • Underground America: Narratives of Undocumented Lives compiled and edited by Peter Orner
    • Voices of Breast Cancer: The Healing Companion: Stories for Comfort, Courage and Strength edited by Victor Starsia
    • The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories, China from the Bottom Up by Liao Yiwu
    • Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25 and the Search for the American Dream by Adam Shepard


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    Scott Meyer's Merritt Bookstore Picks for 10/14/08

  • Doomwyte: A Novel of Redwall by Brian Jacques
  • Urso Brunov and the White Emperor by Brian Jacques
  • Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
  • Mason-Dixon Knitting Outside the Lines: Patterns, Stories, Pictures, True Confessions, Tricky Bits, Whole New Worlds, and Familiar Ones, Too by Kay Gardiner and Ann Meador Shayne
  • Free-Range Knitter: The Yarn Harlot Writes Again by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
  • Closely Knit: Handmade Gifts for the Ones You Love by Hannah Fettig
  • Luxury Yarn One-Skein Wonders by Judith Durant
  • Everyday Crochet: Wearable Designs Just for You by Doris Chan and Karen Manthey
  • The Prayer Shawl Companion: 38 Knitted Designs to Embrace, Inspire, and Celebrate Life by Janet Bristow and Victoria Cole-Galo
  • Shear Spirit: Ten Fiber Farms, Twenty Patterns, and Miles of Yarn by Joan Tapper by Gale Zucker
  • Knitting New Scarves: 27 Distinctly Modern Designs by Lynee Barr, Tyllie Barbosa, Kelly McKaig
  • When Bad Things Happen to Good Knitters: An Emergency Survival Guide by Marion Edmonds and Ahza Moore
  • Handknit Holidays: Knitting Year-Round for Christmas, Hanukkah, and Winter Solstice by Melanie Falick, Susan Pittard, and Betty Christiansen
  • Weekend Knitting: 50 Unique Projects and Ideas by Melanie Falick and Ericka McConnell
  • Kids Knitting by Melanie Falick, Chris Hartlove, and Kristin Nicholas
  • Knitspeak: An A to Z Guide to the Language of Knitting Patterns by Andrea Berman and Patti Pierece Stone


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    Bill Lewis' Northshire Books Picks for 10/7/08:

  • The Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-Reed
  • Champlain's Dream by David Hackett Fischer
  • Going Dutch by Lisa S. Jardine
  • Waking Giant by David S. Reynolds
  • Why We Watched by Theodore Hamerow
  • A Voyage Long and Strange by ToNew York Horowitz
  • From ColoNew York to Superpower by George C. Herring
  • State by State edited by Matt Weiland & Sean Wilsey


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    Joan Grenier and Emily Russo's Odyssey Bookshop Book Picks for 9/30/08

  • Devil in Dover: An Insider's Story of Dogma V. Darwin in Small-Town America by Lauri Lebo
  • The Heretic's Daughter by Kathleen Kent
  • The Given Day by Dennis Lehane
  • City of Refuge by Tom Piazza
  • Serena by Ron Rash


  • Odyssey Bookshop - South Hadley, Massachusetts

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    Susan Fox's Red Fox Books picks for 9/16/08:

  • Angel of GrozNew York: Orphans of a Forgotten War by Asne Seierstad
  • In the Woods by Tana French
  • The Likeness by Tana French
  • The Other Side of the Island by Allegra Goodman
  • The Mayflower (adapted for young people) by Nathaniel Philbrick
  • The ligher side of election season:
  • Barack Obama is Your New Bicycle by Mathew Honan
  • 72 Things Younger than John McCain by Joe Quint
  • Obama and McCain Paper Dolls by Dover Publications


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    Stanley Hadsell's Marketblock Book picks for 9/9/08:

  • The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
  • The Little Book by Selden Edwards
  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
  • To Bless the Space Between Us by John O'Donohue


  • Troy books:
  • Leslie by Richard Matturro
  • The Nightingales of Troy by Alice Fulton
  • Up River: Man-Made Sites of Interest on the Hudson from the Battery to Troy by the Center for Land Use Interpretation
  • Wreck This Journal by Keri Smith
  • Every Move You Make by M. Williams Phelps
  • Ornamental Ironworks: Two Centuries of Craftsmanship in AlbaNew York & Troy, New York by Diana Waite
  • Beyond Time by Kersten Lorcher and Uta Susse-Krause
  • Greetings from the 50 States: How They Got Their Names by Sheila Keenan


  • Market Block Books - Troy, New York

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    Scott Meyer's Merritt Bookstore Picks for 9/2/08

  • The Man Who Stopped Time: The Illuminating Story of Eadweard Muybridge: Father of the Motion Picture, Pioneer of Photography, and Murderer by Brian Clegg
  • The Hudson: America's River by Frances F. Dunwell
  • A Spring Without Bees: How ColoNew York Collapse Disorder Has Endangered Our Food Supply by Michael Schacker
  • Rivers of America by Tim Palmer
  • Trees & Forests of America by Tim Palmer
  • Southern Storm: Sherman's March to the Sea by Noah Andre Trudeau
  • Silks by Dick and Felix Francis
  • Ivan the Terrier by Peter Catalanotto


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    Bruce Anderson's Northshire Books Picks for 8/27/08:

  • Sea Change by Jorie Graham
  • The Lemur by Benjamin Black [aka John Banville]
  • The Pesthouse by Jim Crace
  • The Maytrees by Annie Dillard
  • Paradiso by Dante [translation by Hollander]
  • Will by Christopher Rush


  • Northshire Bookstore - Manchester Center, Vermont

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    Neil Novick's Odyssey Bookshop Book Picks for 8/19/08

  • Good People by Marcus Sakey
  • Empire of Lies by Andrew Klavan
  • Takeover by Lisa Black
  • Don't Tell a Soul by David Rosenfelt
  • Chasing Darkness by Robert Crais


  • Odyssey Bookshop - South Hadley, Massachusetts

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    Susan Fox and Naftali Rottenstreich's Red Fox Books picks for 8/12/08:

  • The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of His Life His Own by David Carr
  • The Collected Stories by Leonard Michaels
  • Saving the Family Cottage: A Guide to Succession Planning by Stuart Hollander
  • The Second Home Book by Marylouise Oates
  • Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes by Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein
  • Time Wearing Out Memory: Schoharie County by Steve Gross and Susan Daley
  • Why You Shouldn't Eat Your Boogers and Other Useless or Gross Information about Your Body by Francesca Gould
  • Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman by Marc Tyler Nobleman
  • This Land is Your Land: 10th Anniversary Edition Words by Woody Guthrie. Illustrated by Kathy Jakobsen
  • Vote! by Eileen Christelow


  • Red Fox Books - Glens Falls, New York

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    Scott Meyer's Merritt Bookstore Picks for 7/29/08

  • Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
  • Writing and Selling the YA Novel by K.L. Going
  • Starting & Running Your Own Small Farm Business by Sarah Beth Aubrey
  • The Medieval Flower Book by Celia Fisher
  • Chicken Coops: 45 Building Plans for Housing Your Flock by Judy Pangman
  • Earth Ponds: The Country Pond Maker's Guide to Building, Maintenance, and Restoration by Tim Matson
  • Zen & the Art of Pond Building by D.J. Herda
  • Rain Gardens: Managing Rainwater Sustainably in the Garden and Designed Landscape by Nigel Dunnett and Andy Clayden
  • The Gardener's A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food by TaNew Yorka L.K. Denckla and Stephen Alcorn
  • Garden Your Way to Health and Fitness: Exercise Plans, Injury Prevention, Ergonomic Designs by BunNew York Guinness and Jacqueline Knox
  • Food Plants of the World: An Illustrated Guide by Ben-Erik Van Wyk
  • Bird Songs from Around the World by Les Beletsky and David Nurney
  • Italian Villas and Their Gardens: The Original 1904 Edition by Edith Wharton, Maxfield Parrish, and John Dixon Hunt
  • Killer View by Ridley Pearson
  • Last Harvest: From Cornfield to New Town by Witold Rybczynski


  • Merritt Bookstore - Millbrook and Red Hook, New York

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    Linda Ellingsworth's Northshire Books Picks for 7/22/08:

  • Chosen by a Horse by Susan Richards
  • In the CompaNew York of Horses by Kathleen Lindley
  • The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss
  • Horse Heaven by Jane Smiley
  • The Horse God Built: The Untold Story of Secretariat by Lawrence Scanlan
  • Crazy Good: The True Story of Dan Patch by Charles Leerhsen
  • What Horses Say: How to Hear, Help and Heal Them by Anna Clemence and Julie Dicker


  • Kids Books
  • My Chincoteague PoNew York by Susan Jeffers
  • Riding School by Catherine Saunders


  • Northshire Bookstore - Manchester Center, Vermont

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    Joan Grenier and Emily Russo's Odyssey Bookshop Book Picks for 7/15/08

  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
  • Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A Blackmon
  • The God of War by Marisa Silver
  • The Condition by Jennifer Haigh
  • The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski


  • Odyssey Bookshop - South Hadley, Massachusetts

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    Susan Fox and Naftali Rottenstreich's Red Fox Books picks for 7/8/08:

  • What Was Lost: A Novel by Catherine O'Flynn
  • Outer Banks: Three Early Novels by Russell Banks
  • American Masala: 125 Classics from My Home Kitchen by Suvir Saran
  • 25 Short Hikes and Interesting Walks in the Lake George Region by Michael Carpenter and Roger Fulton
  • 25 Short Hikes and Interesting Walks in the Saratoga Springs Region by Michael Carpenter and Roger Fulton
  • 25 Bicycle Tours in the Adirondacks: Road Adventures in the East's Largest Wilderness by Bill McKibben, Sue Halpern, Mitchell Hay, and Barbara Lemmel
  • The Civility Solution: What to Do When People are Rude by P.M. Forni
  • How I Learned Geography by Uri Shulevitz
  • United Tweets of America: 50 State Birds and Their Stories, Their Glories by Hudson Talbott


  • Red Fox Books - Glens Falls, New York

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