For The Love of the Irish - St. Patrick's Day is March 17th!

 

• St. Patrick's Day by Anne Rockwell (New Children's picture book)
• Magic Tree House #43: Leprechaun in Late Winter (Mary Pope Osborne's latest)
• Magic Tree House Research Guide: Leprechauns and Irish Folklore by Mary Pope Osborne
• A Course Called Ireland: A Long Walk in Search of a Country, a Pint, and the Next Tee by Tom Coyne ( just out in paperback)
• McCarthy's Bar: A Journey of Discovery in Ireland by Pete McCarthy (#1 Irish Bestseller)
• The Irish Americans: A History by Jay P. Dolan
• Shannon by Frank Delaney (now in paperback). The acclaimed author of "Ireland" and "Tipperary" returns once more to his home terrain with "Shannon," a timeless account of salvation, belief, and the healing power of discovering one's roots. Annotation: The acclaimed author of "Ireland" and "Tipperary" returns once more to his home terrain with "Shannon," a timeless account of salvation, belief, and the healing power of discovering one's roots.  
• An Irish Country Girl by Patrick Taylor (his latest installment that began with Irish Country Doctor)

Mystery Writer, Peggy Ehrhart, March 6th from 2-4 PM   Sweet Man is Gone The plot, with its surprising and dramatic climax, will keep readers guessing until the last few pages. Kirkus Reviews raves, "A blues singer turns detective when her guitarist's death is ruled a suicide. Maxx's debut has a real feel for the bar-music scene and is a gutsy, believable sleuth" and the Newark Star Ledger says, "blues riffs that are the next best thing to hearing them."     

 

Connie McNamara, March 13th from 11-1 PM   A History of Mountainside: 1945-2006: It Was Only Yesterday
McNamara provides a comprehensive look at this tight knit community that prides itself on its bucolic surroundings and its caring and cohesiveness. She recounts anecdotes, passed on by town elders, of Mountainside's prestigious historic architecture, the establishment of the nationally renowned Children's Specialized Hospital and the Badgley House, where Revolutionary residents concealed their valuables from the British.

Jenn Topper
Saturday, February 10, 2010
2:00PM

The Town Book Store in Westfield will host a Meet & Greet for Jenn Topper, author of 29 Jobs and A Million Lies on Saturday, February 20, 2010 from 2-4 PM. Dark, twisted, and outrageous, this is not the story of your all-American girl seeking glory and success, but a glimpse at counterculture's underbelly and Topper’s attempts to succeed within that world. From demented B-movie, roach-infested film production offices chock full of freakish characters to the Cannes Film Festival; from starting a punk rock record label to its hard but inevitable crash; from a grimy, Greenwich Village restaurant kitchen to failed attempts at joining the Navy, you have to ask, “What’s a nice girl from the suburbs doing all of this dirty work for, anyway?”

29 Jobs and a Million Lies is the gut-wrenching, self-deprecating account of how ambition to stand out was wiped out by clumsy choices, immaturity and self-defeating righteousness. Energized to prove to the doubters that she could succeed despite the unorthodox approach, this litany of boneheaded decisions portrays how the author painfully hurled heart and soul into a long trail of draining pursuits, failing so often that success was invisible. 29 Jobs and A Million Lies is a post-GenX novel, except it's true, and in the vein of Sarah Vowell, Chuck Klosterman, and Dave Eggers.

A resident of Highlands, NJ, Jenn Topper is currently a corporate sellout but her two perfect little boys don’t seem to mind one bit.

Meet Jenn at The Town Book Store located at 270 East Broad Street in Westfield (corner of East Broad and Elmer Streets). If you are unable to attend this event, feel free to call The Town Book Store at (908) 233-3535 to reserve an autographed copy.

George Melloan, December 5th

 

We are delighted to have prestigious Wall Street Journal Editor and Westfield Resident, George Melloan sign copies of his book, The Great Money Binge: Spending Our Way to Socialism on December 5, 2009 from 2-4 PM.  

 

George Melloan, who worked for The Wall Street Journal for more than half a century, is no stranger to the wild ups and downs of the American and world economies.  His well argued book, The Great Money Binge: Spending Our Way to Socialism explains-using detailed examples from the Crash of 1929 and from the Carter era-how government intervention actually prevents the economy from recovering its natural balance.  Unless lawmakers realize the true importance of using supply-side economics in our current crisis, warns Melloan, nothing will save us from a new era of disastrous inflation and widespread global depression.   Mr. Melloan outlines a lucid and detailed explanation of exactly why we are currently sinking so rapidly, how this crisis compares to similar situations in the past, and exactly what must be done to return the United States to the economic vitality it enjoyed not so long ago.  

 

Brad Parks, December 12th

 

On December 12, 2009 from 10:30-12:00 PM, Author Brad Parks will sign copies of his book, Faces of the Gone.

 

Written in the mold of some of New Jersey's other fictional heroes -- it has the fun, flowing readability of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum; and the humor and suspense of Harlan Coben's Myron Bolitar -- Main character Carter Ross grew up in Millburn, works in Newark, lives in Nutley. He drives the Parkway, parties in Hoboken, stalks killers in Summit. He's a hero of New Jersey, by New Jersey and for New Jersey. This book will be a treat for readers familiar with the many locales that investigative reporter Carter Ross traverses in his search for a brutal murderer. Four bodies, each with a single bullet wound in the back of the head, stacked like cordwood in a weed-choked vacant lot: That's the front page news facing Carter Ross, Newark Eagle-Examiner investigative reporter one cold day in December. The police are stumped, but Ross soon finds the four victims have one connection after all, and it puts him on the path of one very ambitious killer.

The Town Book Store will host a Meet and Greet on Saturday, December 5, 2009 from 2-4 PM for prestigious newspaper editor and Westfield resident George Melloan, who worked for The Wall Street Journal for more than half a century and is no stranger to the wild ups and downs of the American and world economies.  His well argued book, The Great Money Binge: Spending Our Way to Socialism explains—using detailed examples from the Crash of 1929 and from the Carter era—how government intervention actually prevents the economy from recovering its natural balance.  Unless lawmakers realize the true importance of using supply-side economics in our current crisis, warns Melloan, nothing will save us from a new era of disastrous inflation and widespread global depression.

 

 

In the face of general misunderstanding, the vastly experienced Wall Street Journal editor George Melloan outlines a lucid and detailed explanation of exactly why we are currently sinking so rapidly, how this crisis compares to similar situations in the past, and exactly what must be done to return the United States to the economic vitality it enjoyed not so long ago.

 

 

George Melloan is the veteran of a 54-year writing and editing career at The Wall Street Journal, most recently responsible for oversight of the Journal’s overseas editorial pages.  He has won the Gerald Loeb Award for distinguished business and financial journalism, and twice won the Daily Gleaner Award of the Inter-American Press Association.  In 2005, he received the Barbara Olson Award for excellence and independence in journalism from The American Spectator. 

 

 

Meet George Melloan at The Town Book Store located at 270 East Broad Street in Westfield (corner of East Broad and Elmer Streets).  If you are unable to attend this event, feel free to call The Town Book Store at (908) 233-3535 to reserve an autographed copy.

 

 

 

~November 7 from 11-1 PM~ Judy Mandel Judy Mandel Replacement Child: A Memoir A plane crash and then the impossible choice a mother must make-the death of a child that leaves a hole in the family that threatens to tear it apart. In a great act of hope, the parents give birth to a "replacement child," born to heal wounds and provide a "salve for the burns." This child was Judy Mandel, and this is the story behind the 1952 plane crash in Elizabeth, New Jersey. 
 
When Judy finally learns of this story, years later, she begins to uncover the complex and painful layers of her family and the relationships with her parents, and sister. It isn't until Judy has a child of her own that she truly understands the sacrifice, the pain, and the truth.
 
A story of love and transformation, Replacement Child reveals the everyday realities behind so many tragic headlines, as you follow one woman's brave path to recovery-sometimes through laughter, sometimes through tears-as she embraces the love that allows her to finally forgive. Replacement Child is not only a story of heartbreak, and survival, but a lesson to us all about the brevity of life and the power of love. 
  
        ~November 14 from 11-1 PM~  Ann Tufariello   The Breakthrough This young adult book begins with thirteen-year old Jack being plucked from the clutches of a riptide by his older brother, Michael. When Michael slides into a coma, Jack can't live with the guilt. He wanders to a carnival and sneaks into a hot air balloon basket. Without warning, the balloon lifts into the air, transporting Jack to the fourth dimensional planet of Venus. When a Venusian gives Jack a magic crystal to heal his brother, Jack thinks his problems are solved-but they are just beginning! Soon, Jack finds himself trapped on Pluto, a planet controlled by the tyrant Danko. Danko learns of the crystal and will stop at nothing to seize it and ultimately control Earth. 

          ~November 14 from 2-4 PM~  Jeannette Hopkins The Ladybug Waltz  This signing will wrap up a week of readings and workshops, Ms. Hopkins will have conducted in the Westfield school system. Capture the magic of a ladybug's ball with crimson colored gowns and antennae tiaras and all the starlight your child can imagine. The Ladybug Waltz is a charming story told in the form of a waltz that allows music, art and writing to connect.
~November 21 from 2-4 PM~ Jeff Markowitz It is Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder   At odds with her new boss, tabloid reporter Cassie O'Malley finds herself covering the shopping mall at Christmas, an assignment she wants nothing to do with. When Big Mack, a loan shark, turns up dead in the men's room, his throat slit, mall security guard, Oliver Berryhill senses an opportunity for fifteen minutes of fame and spins a heroic tale of their confrontation in the men's room. The police are skeptical, but Big Mack's son is determined to avenge his father's murder. 

Barely a week later, a second body turns up in the employee break room and Cassie finds herself covering a double homicide. In a race against time, Cassie must solve the double murder before a third victim is killed in this wildly funny mystery.

 

During the month of November, Town Book Store will be raffling off 11 book bags full of great books. You may enter once every time you visit during the month of November. Check any and all that interested you and stop by to enter.

 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Bundle (1)
Clifford the Big Red Dog Bundle (1)
Children's Assorted Hardcovers (2)
Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood Slipcase (1)
Deluxe Penguin Classics (1)
Adult Assorted Hardcovers (3)
Indiebound Calendar & Advance Readers (2)