Clinton Book Shop is located on historic Main Street in the beautiful Victorian town of Clinton, New Jersey. For more than 30-years we have been a literary institution in Central New Jersey and have been named one of the top-10 book shops in the State by New Jersey Monthly magazine. We are proud to be a locally owned and operated shop, serving a region that seeks to protect the dignity of the community. To keep informed of all that is happening at the Clinton Book Shop, please sign up for our monthly e-newsletter by clicking the link above.
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Please remember that all books presented at author signing events must be purchased through the Clinton Book Shop. Events that indicated as being ticketed require the purchase of the featured title for admission.
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Please remember that all books presented for signing at our events must be purchased through the Clinton Book Shop.
The Old River House Restaurant will extend a 10% discount to any one who attends one of our events. Simply show your book and your reciept to save at the Old River House Restaurant.
Title of Event: Booksigning: Reed Farrel Coleman
When: Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:00 PM Location: Clinton Book Shop Description: Maureen Corrigan of NPR’s Fresh Air calls Reed Farrel Coleman “…hard-boiled poet.” Listen to her love letter to the Moe Prager series.
Reed Farrel Coleman, former Executive Vice President of Mystery Writers of America, was Brooklyn born and raised. He is the author of ten novels in three series published under his name and his pen name Tony Spinosa. His sixth novel, The James Deans, won the Shamus, Barry, and Anthony Awards. The novel was further nominated for the Edgar, Macavity, and Gumshoe Awards. Reed is also a published poet, and for several years was a co-editor of the journal Poetry Bone. He was the editor of the short story anthology Hard-boiled Brooklyn. His short stories and essays appear in Wall Street Noir, Mystery Readers Journal, Damn Near Dead, Brooklyn Noir 3, Expletive Deleted, These Guns for Hire, Crime Spree Magazine and several other publications. He lives with his wife and teenage children on New York's Long Island
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Ever wonder what the folks who work at our book shop (really it's not work at all for us because we love all kinds of books!) are reading? Well then, here's your chance to find out. Enjoy-- hope you find these books as fun to read as we have
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"Powerful. . . . A redemptive and absorbing work."-"The New York Times Book Review," on "Spidertown"
"Scary, sexy, exuberant. . . . Rodriguez has seized a truth of our times . . . and given us a crackling good read."-"Los Angeles Times Book Review," on "Spidertown"
"Rodriguez uses the repetitiveness of life in the ghetto itself to make the tension and desperation of Spidertown achingly palpable."-"People," on "Spidertown"
"A joy to read Rodriguez's writing has never been more accomplished, more lyrical, more trenchant, or more humane. In these pages you will find marvels, but also a young man writing with the ferocity of life itself."-Junot DA-az, on "The Buddha Book"
When Puerto Rican ladies' man Alex awakes one morning to find a mysterious woman in his bed, he assumes he's suffered another embarrassing blackout. He soon learns, however, that Ava is no one-night stand-in fact, he's never met her before. As her story begins to unfold and her reason for appearing in his bed emerges, it is not just Alex's life that she risks, nor her own, but the entire character of the South Bronx.
Abraham Rodriguez, Jr. was born and raised in the South Bronx. His first book, "The Boy without a Flag," was a 1993 "New York Times" Notable Book of the Year. His novel "Spidertown" won a 1995 American Book Award and was optioned by Columbia Pictures. His most recent novel, "The Buddha Book," was published by Picador in 2001. He currently lives in Berlin, Germany.
Unique and provocative selections from a great diversity of voices...all personally recommended by the independent booksellers of America.
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The Miracles of Prato
by
Lico Albanese, Laurie
Based on the true story of Fra Filippo Lippi's love for a young nun (whom he immortalized as the Madonna in many of his greatest works), this novel is beautifully evocative of Renaissance Italy, and I found the descriptions of the process of Lippi's artistry to be insightful and enlightening. A wonderful book to take on a journey to Tuscany.--Jennie Turner-Collins, Joseph-Beth Booksellers (Cincinnati, OH)
Quote of the Day
"The crime of book purging is that it involves a rejection of the word. For the word is never absolute truth, but only man's frail and human effort to approach the
truth. To reject the word is to reject the human search."
Want to find out what is new? You've come to the right place. Check out all the new books, then visit us at the Clinton Book Shop to get a copy. Or if you like you can order online. Remember to indicate that you would like to pick the book up at the shop and you will get double stamps on your Buyer's Card.
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The Evolution of God
by
Wright, Robert
In this sweeping narrative that spans the Stone Age to the Information Age, Wright's findings that overturn basic assumptions about Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are sure to cause controversy.
