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this week at brookline booksmith

All you have to do is stroll over to our Staff Recommends case to see that the booksellers of Booksmith have widely varying reading tastes. And so, when a customer comes in the front doors asking for a “summer read,” they should not be surprised to find that while one bookseller’s idea of a book for the beach is a slim novel that simultaneously traces the lives of two murdered lovers forward from the moment they meet, back from the moment they die, and again forward, in enthrallingly specific scientific detail, from the very moment of their death (Being Dead by Jim Crace), another’s may be Me Write Book, by Bigfoot. What I mean is, don’t hesitate to ask us for suggestions. We pretty much live for it. And we're probably going to surprise you.

Some heavy stories will be told in the Writers & Readers Room this week, with Dick Lehr (of Black Mass fame) turning up with his charged account of events inside the BPD; Joan Wickersham with her utterly unique index of her father’s life and his suicide; and Boston-based PEN Award-winning author Jennifer Haigh with The Condition. Visits our Events page @ www.brooklinebooksmith.com/events/mainevent.html for all the details. Check out this historic photo-op from last week's event with Nelson George: http://www.flickr.com/photos/patcable/3655976082/.

We’ve got plenty of new engagement calendars, including The Jewish Calendar from The Jewish Museum in New York, a calendar that sells fast every year. Calendars are now at the head of aisle 3 on the left... just ask a bookseller if you can't find a section in the store. We realize how big the changes are now that we have all those new bookcases!

And for those Dan Brown fanatics among you who can't wait for September 15th to roll around, you can check out the twitter page - http://twitter.com/lostsymbolbook - for his next novel, The Lost Symbol.

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See what your neighbors are reading! Here are booksmith's bestselling hardcover and paperback books this week. (Read More!)

Eclipse Eclipse
by Meyer, Stephenie
Readers captivated by Twilight and New Moon will eagerly devour Eclipse, the much anticipated third book in Stephenie Meyer's riveting vampire love saga. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob --- knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which?

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Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee Yogi Berra: Eternal Yankee
by Barra, Allen
Growing up on The Hill in St. Louis, all Lawrence Peter Berra ever wanted to do was play baseball. In his eighteen years as a New York Yankee, he exceeded all expectations, including his own. Over the course of two thousand, one hundred and twenty games, Yogi Berra was responsible for one thousand one hundred and seventy-five runs; three hundred and fifty eight of which were homers. During that time, The Yankees won the World Series on ten separate occasions. That includes the years from 1949-1953 when they had an unbroken streak of five championships in a row.

Yet, Berra is equally famous for the things he said as for his accomplishments on the field. Asked what time it was, Yogi inquired “You mean now?” “If you can’t imitate him,” Berra advised a young player, “don’t copy him.” Explaining a Yankee loss, the veteran catcher explained; “We made too many wrong mistakes.” Yogi said of his mentor, Bill Dickey, “He learned me all of his experience.” Asked about the quality of a local restaurant, the catcher warned ”Oh, nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.” When slicing a pizza, Berra’s son wondered if he should cut six pieces or eight. “Six.” his father told him. “I couldn’t eat eight.” On a Sunday drive, Berra’s wife, Carmen, told Yogi they were lost. “Yes,” her husband acknowledged, “but we’re making good time.”

Though Berra is the most often-quoted man in the world, his reputation for language mangling has a down side. People are so taken with Yogi as a lovable buffoon, they tend to overlook his considerable accomplishments. In Yogi Berra, Eternal Yankee, author Alan Bara goes a long way towards debunking that perception. Here one meets the cagey professional whose prodigious skills anchored the greatest team in the history of America’s favorite game.

~ recommended June, 2009

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The Plague of Doves The Plague of Doves
by Erdrich, Louise
Louise Erdrich's complex history of the families in a North Dakota, mixed-blood reservation town reveals its secrets slowly through the unique voices of the community. These characters require us to pay attention and to move from psychological and philosophical musing to delightful storytelling full of magic and intrigue. Thoroughly enjoyable.--Kathleen Costello, Maria's Bookshop (Durango, CO)


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