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Laurel Book Store
1423 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94612
510-452-9232
Mon - Thurs 10-6
Fri & Sat 10-7
Except Event nights and First Fridays
Sun Closed
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FREE parking every Saturday at the Clay St. Garage right behind City Hall between 14th and 15th.
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We can't wait to see
you here!
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UPCOMING
EVENTS
click the date for info
A book for our
nonprofit friends.
(spread the word!)
Meet Melanie Klien to talk yoga!
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Wednesday, September 30, 7pm
Meet Jamye Waxman and learn about ending relationships that aren't helping you any more.
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Friday, October 2 at 6pm
The Wanderland Writers present
Wandering in Corwall
Meet contributors to this wonderful travel anthology.
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Saturday, October 3 at 4pm
Meet author Ann Berlak, artist Daniel Camacho and translator Jose Antonio Galloso
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Launch for a beautiful
book on an interesting woman!
Tuesday, October 20
at 7pm
meet Elijah Wald
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Friday, October 23
Help us launch
Adina Sara's debut novel
Adina is an Oakland resident and poet and longtime customer of Laurel Book Store!
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Order from us 24/7 at
We can get large print
books, language
translations, books on
cd, and many movies.
Would you like us to
let you know when your favorite author releases
a new book? Let us know and we'll do it.
We order twice a week and can easily add nearly any book for arrival within a couple of days. Just ask!
We gift wrap and give opinions for free.
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 Ahhh, the fall Red table. Come visit.
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Dear Reader,
14 years ago today was a Saturday. Laurel Book Store on MacArthur Blvd. opened after 4 days of anxiety over the events in New York on the 11th. We had had some brief discussions about whether or not to open the store, and if we did, would anyone even come? I picked up what I could on dealing with grief and trauma from a distributor and we made a table display. I've never regretted opening that weekend and I'm always grateful for those who made the store happen. Especially that incredibly difficult week.
Come in this week and wish us a happy anniversary! 14 years of serving readers has been a privilege!
We will celebrate for real on October 24, the opening day of the current store. Next year, perhaps a month-long celebration for 15 years!
And on with the books already!!
Happy reading,
Luan
Don't forget, if you're shopping online, we're there. From our website you can shop for books and ebooks too! We're no big internet giant but if you just want it sent to you, feel free to check that box. But we love to see you come in so do that too.
Downtown Delivery Coming Soon!!
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 Sweet Caress by William Boyd $28 When Amory Clay was born, in the decade before the Great War, her disappointed father gave her an androgynous name and announced the birth of a son. But this daughter was not one to let others define her; Amory became a woman who accepted no limits to what that could mean, and, from the time she picked up her first camera, one who would record her own version of events.
Moving freely between London and New York, between photojournalism and fashion photography, and between the men who love her on complicated terms, Amory establishes her reputation as a risk taker and a passionate life traveler. Her hunger for experience draws her to the decadence of Weimar Berlin and the violence of London's blackshirt riots, to the Rhineland with Allied troops and into the political tangle of war-torn Vietnam. In her ambitious career, the seminal moments of the 20th century will become the unforgettable moments of her own biography, as well.
 The Lives of Others by Neel Mukherjee $15.95 The aging patriarch and matriarch of the Ghosh family preside over their large household, made up of their five adult children and their respective children, unaware that beneath the barely ruffled surface of their lives the sands are shifting. Each set of family members occupies a floor of the home, in accordance to their standing within the family. Poisonous rivalries between sisters-in-law, destructive secrets, and the implosion of the family business threaten to unravel bonds of kinship as social unrest brews in greater Indian society.
Rywka's Diary $35 The newly discovered diary of a Polish teenager in the Lodz ghetto during World War II-originally published by Jewish Family & Children's Services of San Francisco, now available in a revised, illustrated, and beautifully designed trade edition.
After more than seventy years in obscurity, the diary of a teenage girl during the Holocaust has been revealed for the first time.Rywka's Diary is at once an astonishing historical document and a moving tribute to the many ordinary people whose lives were forever altered by the Holocaust. At its heart, it is the diary of a girl named Rywka Lipszyc who detailed the brutal conditions that Jews in the Lodz ghetto, the second largest in Poland, endured under the Nazis: poverty, hunger and malnutrition, religious oppression, and, in Rywka's case, the death of her parents and siblings.
 Act Like a Success, Think Like a Success by Steve Harvey $15.99 Now in paperback! In his phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Steve Harvey told women what it takes to succeed in love. Now, he tells everyone how to succeed in life, giving you the keys to fulfill your purpose.
 Are We Having Any Fun Yet? The Cooking and Partying Handbook by Sammy Hagar $29.99 Indulge yourself in the superstar rocker and #1 New York Times bestselling author's raucous and delicious lifestyle with this bold cookbook and entertaining guide, complete with stories from a lifetime of food, signature recipes and drinks, and featuring lavish full-color photos. Summer's not over yet!
Cats in Art notecards $16.95 And yes, you might just need them. Or certainly know someone who does.
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The BIG Book today is The Marvels by Brian Selznick. $32.99 And it's a must have. 9 and up
In this magnificent reimagining of the form he originated, two stand-alone stories-the first in nearly 400 pages of continuous pictures, the second in prose-create a beguiling narrative puzzle.The journey begins on a ship at sea in 1766, with a boy named Billy Marvel. After surviving a shipwreck, he finds work in a London theatre. There, his family flourishes for generations as brilliant actors until 1900, when young Leontes Marvel is banished from the stage. Nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis runs away from school and seeks refuge with an uncle in London. Albert Nightingale's strange, beautiful house, with its mysterious portraits and ghostly presences, captivates Joseph and leads him on a search for clues about the house, his family, and the past.
 Ash & Bramble by Sarah Prineas $17.99 The tale of Cinderella has been retold countless times. But what you know is not the true story. Sarah Prineas's bold fairy-tale retelling is a dark and captivating world where swords are more fitting than slippers, young shoemakers are just as striking as princes, and a heroine is more than ready to rescue herself before the clock strikes midnight. 12 and up
 A Kids' Guice to America's Bill of Rights by Kathleen Krull with illustrations by Anna Divito $6.99 Which 462 words are so important that they've changed the course of American history more than once? The Bill of Rights: the first ten amendments to the Constitution, the crucial document that spells out how the United States is to be governed.
Can you think of a better book for a kid to pore over and want to talk about??
We have colored pencils now for your coloring book habit. I'm looking at you, grown ups.
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