Featured Review
Faithful Cover Image


A teenager carries the guilt of being the driver in a car accident that left her best friend in a coma into her adult life. Shelby Richmond refuses to accept the good things that present themselves to her, pushing them away because she feels undeserving of happiness. Ms. Hoffman's novel about the price of guilt is an absorbing and ultimately uplifting experience, with the author's penchant for injecting her books with quirky characters who inhabit a slightly skewered world very much in evidence. - Alden Graves

New Releases
Mrs. Fletcher Cover Image

From the 
New York Times
bestselling author of 
The Leftovers,
and  Little Children
comes a  penetrating and hilarious new novel about sex, love, and identity on the front lines of America's culture wars.

It's Not Yet Dark: A Memoir Cover Image


In 2008, Simon Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease. He was given four years to live. In 2010, in a state of lung-function collapse, Simon knew with crystal clarity that now was not his time to die. Against all prevailing medical opinion, he chose to ventilate in order to stay alive.

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The residents of a small town in the Berkshires manage to deal with life's little earthquakes until a wealthy hedge fund manager, who recently joined the select board, causes some seismic challenges. The struggle of middle-class Americans to stay afloat in a world increasingly driven by the relentless and oftentimes pitiless pursuit of money is at the heart of this powerful, unsettling, and involving novel. You will recognize people you know on its pages. - Alden Graves
Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment Cover Image

From one of America's greatest minds, a journey through psychology, philosophy, and lots of meditation to show how Buddhism holds the key to moral clarity and enduring happiness.

Stanton: Lincoln's War Secretary Cover Image

"The book should be Stanton's definitive biography for some time to come." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"A welcome and significant addition to the ample literature on the Civil War and Reconstruction." --Ron Chernow, author of The New York Times bestseller Alexander Hamilton

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power Cover Image

Al Gore was the forty-fifth vice president. He is the co-founder and chairman of Generation Investment Management. He is also a senior partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and a member of Apple, Inc.'s board of directors. Gore spends the majority of his time as chairman of The Climate Reality Project, a non-profit devoted to solving the Climate Crisis.

Pre-order Book of the Month
The Heart's Invisible Furies Cover Image
 
 

Publication Date:
August 22nd, 2017

This novel made me ache with laughter and tears. This is a different view of Ireland; intimate, raw & often volatile and darkly humorous. Here our hero Cyril Avery & his life and the changes in Ireland from 1945 to the present are rendered in vivid detail.
A brilliant book by the author of the Boy in Striped Pajamas. One of the best novels I've read this year! - Maeve Noonan


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August Newsletter
Greetings,
I hope summer is treating you well.
 
I am fortunate to be a judge for a program through the American Booksellers Association called Indies Introduce. The goal is to whittle down a long list of debut titles coming out in the winter/spring to the top 10 to present to our fellow booksellers at a trade show in January. Indies Introduce builds an audience for fabulous new works.
 
Many of these books explore community in one sense or another - family, ethnic groups, towns. How do we process change? Suffering? Powerlessness? How do our choices affect our communities? With all this swirling in my head, it was especially interesting to listen to Dr. Edward Cameron this week discuss the impact of the US pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord. He gave a superb, science-based presentation that ended with a discussion of how we can make individual choices that affect us, our communities, our world and, certainly, future generations. While he doesn't have a book, he did recommend a few titles for those of who want to explore more. And if you want a beach read, we have those too... (John Grisham's Camino Island is highly recommended and we still have a few signed copies.)
 
Enjoy the rest of the summer.

Best,
Chris Morrow



An exhilarating journey through the subcultures, occupied squats, and late-night scenes in the anarchic first few years of Berlin after the fall of the wall, and a gripping account of the 1989 "peaceful revolution" in East Germany that upended communism. 

This event will be 
in conversation with William Lewis, Professor of Philosophy at Skidmore College.

 
Howard Frank Mosher Tribute and Film 
Saturday, August 12th
6:00 pm
Manchester, VT

Award-winning filmmaker 
Jay Craven  will present a special tribute to Vermont writer,  Howard Frank Mosher , who passed away unexpectedly in late January.  Craven has made five "Vermont Westerns" during his 28-year collaboration with Mosher. He will present a 20-minute talk, "My Life, So Far, With Howard," in which Craven will detail his often-daunting exploits, making the films, and his always-humorous experiences, working with Mosher.  And he will explore what it was, personally and artistically, that kept him coming back for more.
Following his talk, Craven will present a 25th anniversary screening of his film, 
Where the Rivers Flow North.


 
Kids!
Tod Olson in conversation with Steve Sheinkin
Lost in Outer Space: The Incredible Journey of Apollo 13
Thursday, August 17th
6:00 pm
Saratoga Springs, NY


Join us for a conversation between these 2 nonfiction authors in celebration of Olson's new addition to his "Lost in..." series.


Kids!
Dan Poblocki
Shadow House
Thursday, August 24th
6:00 pm
Saratoga Springs, NY

Join us for an evening with children's horror & mystery author Dan Poblocki as he shares his Shadow House
series.Some houses are more than just haunted... they're hungry.



We are so excited to be a part of the inaugural 
Manchester Food & Wine Classic, where master winemakers, culinary greats and distinguished guests gather to play, wine and dine.

For more information and to purchase tickets 
 

Two amazing writers come together in conversation about Atlas's new book. The biographer--so often in the shadows, kibitzing, casting doubt, proving facts--comes to the stage in this funny, poignant, endearing tale of how writers' lives get documented.

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #3) Cover Image  

 
Dog Man, the newest hero from the creator of Captain Underpants , hasn't always been a paws-itive addition to the police force. While he can muzzle miscreants, he tends to leave a slick of slobber in his wake This time, Petey the cat's dragged in a tiny bit of trouble -- a double in the form of a super-cute kitten. Dog Man will have to work twice as hard to bust these furballs and remain top dog.

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The Mermaid
by Jan Brett

A striking under-the-sea version of Goldilocks as only Jan Brett could create.

When Kiniro, a young mermaid, comes upon a gorgeous house made of seashells and coral, she is so curious that she goes inside. She's thrilled to find a just-right breakfast, pretty little chair, and, best of all, a comfy bed that rocks in the current.

Llama Llama Gives Thanks Cover Image

It's Thanksgiving time for Llama Llama and his family That means yummy foods and autumn leaves and being thankful for everything from pumpkin pies to blue skies. Thanksgiving may only come once year, but in Llama's family, giving thanks is always here.

Independently Published 
at Northshire Bookstore  by ShiresPress. 
House on the Fondaco Plain Cover Image

The House on the Fondaco Plain
by Natale Caruso

At the beginning of the 1970s, Teresa Licciardi, a young widow, shutters her ancestral house and leaves her small town in Sicily, with her sons, for a new life in America. Her departure is the culmination of this beautiful novel.


Manchester Reading Groups 
this month at the Northshire, click here to see what we're reading, then join us!
Northshire Classic Mystery
Northshire History Reading Group
Northshire Mystery and Thriller
Northshire Women Read
Northshire Cookbook Reading Group
The Dark Side Reading Group
Northshire Poetry Reading 

Saratoga Reading Groups. 

Email ReadingGroupsNY@northshire.com 

if you're interested in any of the following groups: 

Truth and Tales Reading Group

Knit Wits Reading Group

Parent Child Reading Group