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Boston Magazine's Best Bookstore 2004-2006 & 2008 Cityvoter's Best Bookstore 2006 & 2007 Boston Phoenix's 2007 Best Place to Buy New and Used Books and "Best Place to Hear Readings" Community Newspapers' 2007 Readers' Choice Award |
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Tight in Jackson's hand is the spool of string, tight in the crook of my arm is Jackson, while little Libbie plays with her mother's hair, Jess lying there soaking up the sun on the hill at Larz Anderson park, and as we boys run and tug to catch a higher wind, the kite does what it does, lifting all of our spirits high. |
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| Sure the shirt I'm wearing as I write this is one of the quirky designs printed up to coincide with the release of T.S. Spivet. And sure, it was one in a big bundle of them, dropped off at the store compliments of Reif Larsen's mom, prior to the novel's publication date. Sure, there hasn't been a more anticipated debut novel in, well, a long long time. Pick up a copy of this singular book in its UK version on our remainders tables, and find out for yourself what all the fuss was about. Talking about his math education, a friend related to me, somewhat sheepishly, that a major part of the classwork was the keeping of a "math journal." Perhaps he thought that this might sound silly, useless. So wrong. The idea immediately struck me as the best damn thing I'd ever heard of, as I remembered the uncontrollable urge to cry that started as early as second grade, and continued all the way through my sophomore year of high school, whenever I was confronted in class with a mathematical hurdle that I simply could not clear. There were clearly some feelings to be explored, but that was not something you did in math class. Feelings have nothing to do with math and numbers, right? The creators of the Math Circle at Harvard University are working on my behalf. Mathematics is the highest form of intellectual play according to them, and nobody should have to feel so inadequate that they bite their fists and hide their faces in algebra class. This book is a wonderful way to turn on to the joy of mathematics. |
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| Remainders are clearance books which we sell for bargain prices. We have several tables of remainders at the front of the store, on which we offer some of your favorite authors at up to 75% off the cover price. Quantities are limited, so if something strikes your fancy don't delay! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"With Exquisitely dramatic miniature paintings, Leonard Baskin enlarges our vision of the natural world in these four small books." The volumes are: Insects, Domestic Animals, Extinct Creatures, and Seven Fish, One Crab, One Lobster & One Octopus. This is a treasure, pure and simple. Baskin's animals inhabit their pages fully, each one honestly rendered with an eye for their unique personality. Charming. Delightful. Worth every penny. If you are a grandparent, you owe it to your grandchildren to tuck this away in some nook of your house, to lie there awaiting discovery by the hands of a searching child. |
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These and other treasures can be found in the Used Book Cellar in the basement of booksmith. We buy back your used paperback fiction and non-fiction Wednesdays through Saturdays from 10-4. [ubc@brooklinebooksmith.com] |
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Learn about growing fruits and vegetables in tiny spaces, tall spaces, shared spaces, and very long skinny spaces. From gnomes! Just kidding. Talk to expert growers and connect with the community of Brookline gardeners
at a special event, Spring Into Gardening with Bountiful Brookline! It'll be on March 28th, 1-4pm at the Pierce School. There will be a raffle, a wide variety of workshops, and altogether it will be a terrific way to get ready to get those hands and knees itching for the soil! Register Now for the best choice of workshops. Contact bountifulbrookline@gmail.com. |
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I am going outside now. You do the same. Bring a book. Thanks for reading, |
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| currently reading The Emigrants, by W.G. Sebald. currently listening to Ali Farka Touré & Toumani Diabaté. |
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