Paul's picks

Paul, a bookseller at Gibson's Bookstore  Booklover ever since my mother read "Fox in Socks" to me every night as a child. Yes, her tongue was, eventually, numb. Left graduate school just to work in a bookstore. Managed Borders stores in Braintree & Concord when the chain was still "a collection of fine stores" & strived to make them a wonderful place to both work & shop. When not selling books, I'm often reading them: mostly experimental fiction, avant-garde poetry, and nature books. Sometimes graphic novels. Sometimes memoirs. And, with the help of my oldest daughter, I have a good handle on what young adult novels are "so so good!"
$17.95
ISBN-13: 9780393340730
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: W. W. Norton & Company, 2/2012

Paul's February 2012 pick

A fascinating meditation on the fraught territory between fact and fiction, truth and accuracy, knowledge and entertainment, this slim book chronicles the development of an essay written by D'Agata through the questioning & clarifying feedback provided by Fingal. Wonderfully insightful, it's also beautifully arranged on the page.


$27.95
ISBN-13: 9780872865150
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Published: City Lights Publishers, 5/2011

Paul's January 2012 pick

A beautiful ink-washed graphic novel set in San Francisco, with many of the geographical landmarks of the bay area making an appearance, the Golden Gate Bridge, Twin Peaks, the Mission District, in which the collaboration between image & text is fraught with provisional meaning. All the panels are devoid of people, but never of life. Moving in a slow uncertain tender way.


$45.00
ISBN-13: 9780670022700
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Viking Adult, 10/2011

Paul's November 2011 pick

A fascinating approach to the telling of history, using objects left behind by ordinary men & women to chronicle the passing of the world's civilizations. Kaleidoscopic & endlessly surprising. The photographs of the objects are as illuminating as the stories themselves.


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Da Vinci's Ghost, The Mindful Carnivore, and an evening of poetry, all this week. February 14th, 2012
Many of you will remember our great event last year with Toby Lester, as he came to town to talk about his book, The Fourth Part of the World. Well, he's coming back, this time to talk about his new book on Da Vinci. Read all about it here.  If you were wondering what to read after The Swerve, which explored the beginnings of the Renaissance, perhaps you've found your answer.  That's this Wednesday at Red River!
More upcoming events: excellent NH poet Neil English headlines  the monthly meeting of the NH Poetry Society, also this Wednesday, Feb. 15, and Tovar Cerulli tells us why he changed from being a vegan to being a Mindful Carnivore, Feb. 16. ... I've just finished...

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