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Joe Drabyak, bookseller
extraordinaire, past President of the New Atlantic Independent
Booksellers Association, friend and mentor to many, sadly
passed away on August 27th, 2010.
He will be sorely missed, but never
forgotten. We all pray he's in a better place now, reading
a "Joe Pick", and making recommendations to
all that are with him. Rest In Peace, Joe.
Please join Joe's family and friends
to celebrate his life on Sunday, October 3 at DellaVecchia,
Reilly, Smith & Boyd Funeral Home (http://www.drsfh.com/
). Visitation will begin at 2:30 & the service will start
at 4:30.
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The Cookbook Collector
Allegra Goodman
Dial, 9780385340854, $26.00
In her most ambitious work yet, Allegra Goodman, heralded as “a modern day Jane Austen” by USA Today, weaves together the worlds of Silicon Valley and rare book collecting in a delicious novel about appetite, temptation, and fulfillment.
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Young Romantics
Daisy Hay
Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 9780374123758, $26.95
Young Romantics tells the story of the interlinked lives of the young English Romantic poets from an entirely fresh perspective—recounting their journey for individuality and political radicalism.
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Super Sad True Love Story
Gary Shteyngart
Random House, 9781400066407, $26.00
In his hilarious new novel, Gary Shteyngart, author of The Russian Debutante's Handbook and Absurdistan, envisions a delicious, dark tale of America's dysfunctional coming years--and the timeless and tender feelings that just might bring us back from the brink.
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Revolutionaries
Jack Rakove
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt , 9780618267460, $30.00
In the early 1770s, the men who invented America were living quiet, provincial lives in the rustic backwaters of the New World, devoted primarily to family, craft, and the private pursuit of wealth and happiness. None set out to become “revolutionary” by ambition, but when events in Boston escalated, they found themselves thrust into a crisis that moved, in a matter of months, from protest to war.
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