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Greetings,
It is been the most glorious summer that we can
recall. It is noted that we are all less grouchy on warm
humid days and you linger longer now that we have air
conditioning. Wifi-ers are known to hang out not only in
the Garden Spot but also in our new back "salon" and in
the pine patch .
We're biased, of course, but
think e-readers do not take the place of a good paperback on the
beach, so be sure to allow time for an extended visit at the
bookstore! In addition to the Larsson mysteries, local mysteries
Target, Starvation Lake, and Hanging Tree are selling well.
Join in Bananagram games Monday and Thursday evenings until
Katie goes off to Hillsdale College.
Enjoy the last official month of summer. Remember to
take in the Port Oneida Fair, Friday , August 13th, and
Saturday, August 14th, 10-4pm -- another best kept secret of the
north.
Barbara Siepker, Jill Webb, Lynn Heiser, Sue Wood ,
Anne Wiesen & Katie Gordon
P.S. Barbara owes Chuck Colby, from Three Men and
a Tenor, and his daughter Mariah an apology for misidentifying
them in last month's photograph. He returned to our shop a
few weeks ago and was very forgiving.
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Book of the
Month Selection
Alan Brennert, author of Moloka´i, has written another
gem. Honolulu
(St. Martin´s Press, 2010. pap $14.99) chronicles the life of
Jin, a young ¨picture bride,¨ as she travels in 1914 from her
Korean homeland to Hawaii in search of a better life.
Accompanied by other young hopefuls, the story follows their
growing bonds and the intimate sorrows and joys of their lives
as they learn to navigate an entirely new culture. Honolulu
vividly describes life in a culture that is becoming newly
defined with the growing immigrant population and the social and
economic changes of this exciting but turbulent era. Jin flees
from her husband to escape his brutal attacks and becomes
transformed into a successful entreprenaur. The reader is taken
along a fascinating journey living in a sugar plantation, a
red-light district and immigrant housing in Honolulu fraught
with danger but made more livable amongst friends.
As Jin remarries and becomes a resourceful business woman she
never loses touch with her roots and friends. ~Barbara
Siepker
Join our Book
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paperback selections at 15% off, plus $2.50 shipping, which
will be charged to your credit card. When ordering additional
books with this selection you will also receive 15%
off. Should you wish to substitute let us know within a few
days of receiving this email. Sign up yourself, your loved
ones or a friend to receive a book each month.
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Summer Events at the Bookstore
Mystery Book Event --
Wednesday, August 11th, 2:00 pm
Elizabeth Buzzelli author of
Dead Sleeping Shaman (Midnight
Ink, 2010. pap $14.95)
While an end-of-the-world
revivalist group shakes up Leetsville, Emily Kincaid is
deep in the northern Michigan woods researching her
latest story for the local paper. But her walk gets cut
short when she comes upon an eerily motionless woman
propped against a tree. . .
Also Dead Floating Lovers and
Dead Dancing Women
Aaron Stander
author of
Deer Season
(Writers & Editors, 2009. pap
$15.95)
It's late November
along the shores of northern Lake Michigan. Deer season
has been open for a few days and Thanksgiving is just
around the corner. A local TV anchorwoman stops at the end
of her drive and climbs out of her car to collect the mail
from the box. As she turns back toward her vehicle, the
bullet from a high caliber weapon tears through her
chest...
Also Color Tour and Summer
People
Area
Authors' Book Event -- Saturday,
August 21st, 2:00 pm
L. E. Kimball author
of A Good High
Place
(Switchgrass Gooks, 2010. pap
$13.95)
Beautiful writing,
unforgettable characters, a complex, fascinating story
line as well as lovely descriptions of northern Michigan
landscapes and histories bring this book to the top of
my list. A Good High Place is the tender tale
of the lives of two women, Native American Kachina and
white Luella, who are drawn to each other yet conflicted
by their cultures, an unspoken family connection and
even love for the same man. Both women have their own
deep spirituality to guide them as they grow into
adulthood, see family members sent to the Traverse City
Asylum, experience the coming end of the logging era,
and watch the gradual decline of Luella's father's
steamship business. ~ Jill Webb
Jennifer Swole
author of
Admissions
(Arbutus Press, 2010. pap $19.95)
Set in the Building 50 of the
Traverse City State Hospital, Admissions takes
us on a nightmarish trip into the mid-twentieth century
treatment of five female mental patients who were
routinely subjected to heavy medication and dehumanizing
physical discipline. An emotional roller coaster of a
ride suffused with the warm glow of the potential for
personal redemption. ~Stephen Lewis, author of
Murder on Old Mission
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to order
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Compelling
Mystery Series
 Joanne
and Tom Bender hosted Brian Gruley's book signing at The
Cottage Book Shop on August 4th and were very charmed by
him and his wife Jennifer. Joanne was kind enough to also
review his first two northern mysteries for us.
"Is it possible for a Pulitzer prize
winner and Chicago bureau chief of the "The Wall Street
Journal" to write successful fiction? The answer is "yes" if
his name is Bryan Gruley, author of
Starvation Lake and
The Hanging Tree, two
mysteries well worth reading! "
 Starvation
Lake (Touchstone,
2009. pap $15.) takes
place in a small Michigan town "up north", and the reader
may recognize surrounding areas mentioned (which adds to the
enjoyment of the read) as Starvation Lake could be Crystal
Lake or Glen Lake...? Hockey coach Blackburn's snowmobile is
washed up on the lake's shores, though he died years earlier
in an accident that happened five miles away. Gus Carpenter,
hockey player turned newspaper editor, now works for the
local newspaper and investigates the murder of his former
coach and in doing so discovers many of the secrets that
townspeople have kept for many years. Will there be a
connection between these secrets and Coach Blackburn's
death? And will the town ever forgive Carpenter, who as the
team goalie years ago let the high school hockey
championship get away when he was the goalie?
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Hanging Tree. Gruley's second in the Starvation
Lake Mystery series, was just released. Carpenter and former
longtime girlfriend, Darlene Esper and now Pine County sheriff
deputy, investigate the death of Gracie McBride who recently
returned from Detroit to Salvation Lake . Did she commit
suicide or was she murdered? Other problems plague Carpenter,
too. New owners of The Pilot seem to want him gone; his
negative stories in the newspaper may help to halt the
construction of a new hockey rink which town citizens want to
have, and Darlene Esper's estranged husband has returned to
town, interfering with Gus's attempts to have her back in his
life. There is intrigue, mystery, death, love and friendship
lost, as the characters come alive thanks to Gruley's capable
authorship.
Oh yes...and what about that Pulitzer this talented author
won? He shared in the "Wall Street Journal's " award for news
coverage of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. ~
Joanne Bender
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Follow
the Crowd?
The Smart Swarm
(Penguin, 2010. hdc, $26) is a fascinating look by
National Geographic reporter Peter Miller into the collective
intelligence in nature. Swarms, hives, flocks of birds, schools
of fish and colonies exhibit a stunning array of collective
tools for decision-making and survival. Miller suggests we
already use some of these tools in our own political process.
Biomimicry (man imitating nature) is a force in industry,
medicine and aviation. Human behavior can also exhibit
collective intelligence in a limited way. This book shows the
implications of how this can affect group dynamics,
communication and decision making. Well written and thoughtful,
The Smart Swarm presents new understanding of the role
of nature in our lives. ~Gary Cook is a
timber frame builder and Sue Wood's husband.
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Bird Song
Books are Popular!
Bird Songs Bible
(Chronicle, 2010. hdc. $125)
The newest ultimate
guide coming in September covers the sights and sounds of
every single breeding bird in North America(750 birds and
their songs). Pre-orders, before August 27th, will receive
10% off.
These smaller versions have been flying off
our shelves this summer.
The Backyard Birdsong Guide:
Eastern and Central North America includes 75 birds
and their songs. (Chronicle, 2008. hdc $29.95)
Bird Songs presents the most notable North
American birds-including the rediscovered Ivory-billed
Woodpecker (250 birds and their songs). (Chronicle, 2006. hdc.
$50.)
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Special
Early Reader Title
We have a few signed copies of
A Birthday for Bear for early readers.
(Candlewick Press, 2009. hdc $15.99)
Grumpy old Bear is totally uninterested in celebrating his
birthday, but his cheery friend Mouse doggedly dons several
comical disguises to trick and cajole him into enjoying the
festive trappings of a party invitation, balloons, and a
present. It is all to no avail, until Mouse leaves a beautiful
homemade cake on Bear's doorstep.
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 The
Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
(HarperCollins, 2010. pap $16.99) takes place
primarily in Mexico. Through the notebooks and letters
of fictional author Harrison William Shepherd during the years
1929 -1951, we are introduced to Harrison's complicated life.
He knew political and historical figures Diego Rivera, Frieda
Kahlo, the exiled Trotsky, and J. Edgar Hoover. Kingsolver
weaves in issues between Mexico and the United States.
~Sue Wood
weaves
 The
Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William
Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer (HarperCollins, 2010.
pap $14.99) is the wonderful autobiographical story of
the boy who, inspired by hardship and fueled by determination,
brings wind powered electricity and hope to his devastated
village in the poor, rural country of Malawi, Africa.
~Sue Wood
 " Shop
Class as Soulcraft is
a beautiful little book about human excellence and the way it is
undervalued in contemporary America."-Francis Fukuyama, New
York Times Book Review
"Matt Crawford's remarkable book on the morality and
metaphysics of the repairman looks into the reality of practical
activity. It is a superb combination of testimony and
reflection, and you can't put it down." -Harvey Mansfield,
Professor of Government, Harvard University (Penguin,
2010. pap $15)
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Glen Arbor Book Discussion Group
at the Yarn Shop
August 20 The
English Major by
Jim Harrison
9:00 a.m.
Sharon Oriel, leader
Sept. 17
Half of a Yellow Sun by
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Oct. 15 Little
Bee by Chris
Cleave
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Lakeshore Readers' Book Discussion Group at Glen Lake Community
Library in Empire
August 25 I
See You Everywhere
by Julia Glass
10:15 a.m. Reuben Chapman, Leader
Sept. 29 Rabbit at
Rest by John Updike
10:15 a.m. Barb Gerndt, leader
Oct. 27 March
by Geraldine Brooks
10:15 a.m.
Kathy Ricord, leader
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