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| Orinda Books |
276 Village Square
Orinda, CA 94563
Tel: (925) 254-7606
Fax: (925) 254-5260
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Your community bookstore in Village Square
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Come in and relax - there's plenty of comfortable seating inside. Browse our 14,000+ titles and don't hesitate to ask our well-read and knowledgeable staff to help with recommendations for all ages and tastes. If we don't have a book in store, we can advise on the speedy fulfillment of any special order, often available within 2 days. Our author readings and book signings attract people from all over the Bay Area, and our twice annual ceramics and painting exhibitions featuring work by Orinda and Moraga artists, Gerry Wallace and Paul Kratter, have become sell-out hits. We also display paintings for sale by local artists and change these monthly.
However if it is just a friendly cat you need, Ginger is here daily...at your, but always her, convenience. We look forward to seeing you soon.
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Thanks to loyal customer Pam Elder, we have pictorial proof of our unbelievable day on
April 17th when Annie Leibovitz swept through the store for just over one hour and personally signed over 200 copies of her book A Photographer's Life.
Much to our embarrassment, but perhaps understandable in the midst of all the excitement, we forgot to take a picture ourselves.
In her email to our store owner, Janet Boreta (pictured above with Annie Leibovitz), Pam says, "Hope you like the photos. I thought Annie was so warm and gracious, and the thrill of those in the long waiting line was absolutely palpable, as really, your hospitality seems to bring out the best in everyone. Thank you for all you've done for our little 'burb!"
Every author signing is an exciting event, but when someone of Annie Leibovitz's standing agrees to visit our store we really feel just that extra bit proud of what we can provide for the community of Orinda. Other notable names in the past have included Dick Francis, Ivana Trump, Khaled Hosseini, and if it hadn't been for a broken ankle just a couple of weeks before her due visit, Germaine Greer.
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Book Group Corner
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We welcome local book groups to register with Orinda Books. Registration forms are available on the website and at the store. Just designate one member to keep us posted on your monthly selection so that we can be sure to have your title in stock.
All registered book group members receive a 10% discount on their book group choice for that month.
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What We're Reading
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Each season brings us a treasure trove of books. Here are some of our new favorites.
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City of Thieves
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Benioff, David
In a city cut off from all supplies, and suffering unbelievable deprivation, two young men embark on a hunt to find the impossible. A search that takes them through the dire lawlessness of Leningrad and the devastated surrounding countryside creates an unlikely bond between Lev, an earnest, lust-filled teenager and Kolya, an endearing lothario with the gifts of a conman. Set within the monumental events of history, City of Thieves is an intimate coming-of-age tale with an utterly contemporary feel for how boys become men. David Benioff engages the reader right away, viscerally, with his descriptions of people living and dying during the seige of Leningrad. I found myself cringing, squirming, even groaning out loud. While his vivid portrayals are graphic, the
relationship between Lev and Koyla rings true. The violence they witness is foreground, though, to their friendship. World War II, the German soldiers, and the people of Leningrad are all too lingering, but Lev and Kolya are welcome to stay.
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Celebrate National Poetry Month
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Created by the American Academy of Poets, National Poetry Month is a perfect time to reflect on the important place of poetry in literature, and renew your appreciation of a good poem!
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A Yes-Or-No Answer: Poems
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Shore, Jane
In her acclaimed collections Happy Family and Music Minus One, Jane Shore traced her life from childhood to coming of age to parenthood. Now, in A Yes-or-No Answer, Shore etches the persistence of the past in a life that has moved into a mature new phase as a member of the baby boom generation. Recalling her Jewish childhood in New Jersey, living in the apartment above the family's clothing store, Shore lovingly imagines her parents, now gone, reunited with relatives over a Scrabble board in the afterlife. The poet's teenage daughter sorts through the "vintage" clothes of her mother's own hippie days. Cherished items left behind -- an address book, a piano, an easy chair, a favorite doll -- continue to haunt the living.
The poems in A Yes-or-No Answer dignify memory through precise detail, with a voice that will resonate for a generation at a crossroads. |
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