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Book Picks - Battenkill Books

Book Cover - News of the World

  This week's Book Pickscome from Connie Brooks and Kate Reid of Battenkill Books in Cambridge, NY.

List:

Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance

News of the World by Paulette Jiles

The Girl from Venice by Martin Smith Cruz

 The Marches: A Borderland Journey between England and Scotland by Rory Stewart

Brief mentions of the following young readers editions:

Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick

I Am Malala by Malala Yohsafzai

Thomas Jefferson, President & Philosopher by Jon Meacham

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

The Polar Bear by Jenni Desmond

Upcoming events:

-Saturday, November 26th, 10 am to 6 pm: Small Business Saturday events

-Thursday, December 1st, 7 pm: Amy Halloran, author of The New Bread Basket (Lovejoy Building, Hubbard Hall)

-Saturday, December 3rd, 11:30 am: Liza Woodruff, author of Emerson Barks, If It’s Snowy and You Know It, Clap Your Paws, and others

-Saturday, December 10th, 12 noon: Will Moses, author of Silent Night, Will Moses’ Mother Goose, and others 

Joe talks to people on the radio for a living. In addition to countless impressive human "gets" - he has talked to a lot of Muppets. Joe grew up in Philadelphia, has been on the area airwaves for more than 25 years and currently lives in Washington County, NY with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Brady. And yes, he reads every single book.