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 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: A Tribute To New Jersey's Veterans.
When: Friday, July 3, 2009 6:30 PM Location: Clinton Book Shop Description: Join us as we welcome the retired Military personnel who have put together this wonderful tribute.
We are honored to be the first site chosen to present this beautiful book to the public. the National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey and the Star Ledger present, “A Tribute to New Jersey Veterans” This 128 page, historical hard-cover book will be available on July 4, and includes numerous unpublished photos from the museum’s collections, the NJ National Guard, Star Ledger’s archives, and personal collections. These photographs chronicle the men and women who have protected democracy since the inception of our country right up to today’s conflicts, including a chapter entitled “In Harm’s Way” featuring many photos from the NJ Guard’s recent deployments. With photos from over the past 150 years as well as illustrations of the country’s early history, this book captures New Jersey’s men and women’s contributions since the beginning.
Part of the proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit the Museum. This 128 page book contains numberous unpublished photos from the MuseumNational Guard and Star-Ledgr photographers that chronicle the men and women of New Jersey who have protected democracy since the inception of of our great country. With photos from over the last 150-years, as well as early illustration of the country's early history, this book captures New Jersey's men & women's contributions from the beginning.
This is a book that will be available for only a limited time.
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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
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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)
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"The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty."
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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After meeting an I rishwoman in London and moving to Dublin, Bill Barich--a "blow-in," or stranger, in Irish parlance--found himself looking for a traditional I rish pub to be his local. There are nearly twelve thousand pubs in Ireland, so he appeared to have plenty of choices. He wanted a pub like the one in John Ford's classic movie, "The Quiet Man," offering talk and drink with no distractions, but such pubs are now scare as publicans increasingly rely on flat-screen televisions, rock music, even Texas Hold 'Em to attract a dwindling clientele. For Barich, this signaled that something deeper was at play--an erosion of the essence of Ireland, perhaps without the Irish even being aware.
"A Pint of Plain "is Barich's witty, deeply observant portrait of an Ireland vanishing before our eyes. Drawing on the wit and wisdom of Flann O'Brien (the title comes from one of his poems), James Joyce, Brendan Behan, and J. M. Synge, Barich explores how I rish culture has become a commodity for exports for such firms as the I rish Pub Company, which has built some five hundred "authentic" Irish pubs in forty-five countries, where "authenticity is in the eye of the beholder." The tale of Arthur Guinness and the famous brewery he founded in the mid-eighteenth century reveals the astonishing fact that more stout is sold in Nigeria than in Ireland itself. While 85 percent of the I rish still stop by a pub at least once a month, strict drunk-driving laws have helped to kill business in rural areas. Even traditional I rish music, whose rich roots "connect the past to the present and close a circle," is much less prominent in pub life. I ronically, while I rish pubs in the countryside are closing at the alarming rate of one per day, plastic I PC-type pubs are being born in foreign countries at the exact same rate.
From the famed watering holes of Dublin to tiny village pubs, Barich introduces a colorful array of characters, and, ever pursuing "craic," the ineffable Irish word for a good time, engages in an unvarnished yet affectionate discussion about what it means to be Irish today.
