Sunday, December 30, 2012
ReadKiddoRead asked authors, athletes and celebrities to share their favorite books.
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
Courtesy of the ReadKiddoRead Foundation Did you give books to your kids as gifts this holiday season? Which did you pick for friends and family? ReadKiddoRead asked authors, athletes and celebrities to finish this sentence: The Best Gift I Ever Got Was a Book, and That Book Was _____. Pick up some of these favorites for the kids in your life, or browse through ReadKiddoRead.com for books that are sure to please any young person this holiday season. Mark Teixeira The best gift I ever got was a book; it was The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris. The book is The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, given to me by my friend and high school principal, Barry Fitzpatrick. While I can't single out any book as my favorite, this book stands out …
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Recent owner Gillian Kohli talks to Wellesley Patch about her new vision for the longstanding Wellesley Square bookstore.
Gillian Kohli and her husband Bill took over Wellesley Booksmith last September. Since then, the store has served as a revolving door of celebrity book signings and in-store appearances. Kohli talks to Wellesley Patch about her vision for the soon-to-be-dubbed Wellesley Books.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
Neal Sanders discusses upcoming projects, and writing in general.
Murder can be a tricky business, and the perfect murder can quickly run afoul of some simple variables, much like writing. Medfield author Neal Sanders sat down with Patch.com at Quebrada Wellesley to talk books and discuss writing with Wellesley as a setting, and writing in general. His book, Murder Imperfect follows the story of a fictional Wellesley Hills woman who decides to murder her husband, and her efforts to get away with it. What starts with the perfect murder is quickly complicated as the SEC begins investigating her husband's shady dealings, the appearance of a mistress with "an agenda as long as your arm," and the introduction of a District Attorney with grander dreams. The Wellesley setting was an organic choice, he said, …
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Neal Sanders
8:47 am on Tuesday, August 31, 2010
If you can't make it to Wellesley Booksmith, you can read the first chapter of 'Murder Imperfect' at Amazon.com. more ›