Wellesley Books Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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What Isabella Wanted: Isabella Stewart Gardner Builds a Museum
Candace Fleming
Isabella Stewart Gardner loved art and she loved Boston, listen to the story of her life with author @candacemfleming reading her picture book biography WHAT ISABELLA WANTED. Tonight at 7PM EST #bedtimestorywiththeauthor #onlineevent #linkbelow @NealPorterBooks https://t.co/q5RQxUXgeE https://t.co/KWjEGu8s6R
Hardcover, 2021
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Fifth Passenger: and Other Perversities
Scott R. S. Raphael
Laura will be at Wellesley Books on Thursday, 2/9, at 7pm to discuss Small World! She will be in conversation with @joannarakoff , author of My Salinger Year & the upcoming memoir, The Fifth Passenger. Go to our website for details https://t.co/sf6F2RPKQ3 https://t.co/yO1LTSPVzy
Paperback, 2022
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The House Is on Fire
Rachel Beanland
Historical fiction fans- join us this Tuesday, April 25th at 7pm when author Rachel Beanland presents her new novel THE HOUSE IS ON FIRE. She will be in conversation with local favorite @MarjanKamali @SimonBooks #authorevent #authorsinconversation https://t.co/TzpWwSxy0T
Paperback, 2024
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mighty Storms of New England: The Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Blizzards, and Floods That Shaped the Region
Eric P. Fisher
Topical reading- Mighty Storms of New England by @ericfisher https://t.co/TLCypEohpv
Hardcover, 2021
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood has a new short story collection. What’s that? You don’t read short stories? We repeat, MARGARET ATWOOD has a new book of short stories. @VikingBooks https://t.co/hvydtVBvNa
Paperback, 2024
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Royal Rescue: Royal Adventures: Book 1
Brandon Lee Templeton
Tonight’s Bedtime Story features debut author Holly Maddalena Marshall reading her first (but certainly not last) chapter book PRINCESS CLARA’S ROYAL ADVENTURES . https://t.co/MxoDK13Xor https://t.co/G7kwc3F6c1
Paperback, 2021
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Woodrow on the Bench: Life Lessons from a Wise Old Dog
Jenna Blum
Come meet author @Jenna_Blum during the Holiday Stroll, Sunday, 12/5 12-2pm. We are celebrating her new memoir WOODROW ON THE BENCH with a Bacon & Bookmobile?!, and Jenna's elf for the day her new black Lab, Henry Higgins. @harperbooks https://t.co/kOIylaCgUi
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Salt Magic
Hope Larson
Gasp, @hopelarson and @rebeccamock talk about SALT MAGIC- their new graphic novel tonight at 7pm. https://t.co/RjZHZNtDyY https://t.co/c0mMhHAJ1w
Hardcover, 2021
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Salinger Year: A Memoir
Joanna Rakoff
Laura will be at Wellesley Books on Thursday, 2/9, at 7pm to discuss Small World! She will be in conversation with @joannarakoff , author of My Salinger Year & the upcoming memoir, The Fifth Passenger. Go to our website for details https://t.co/sf6F2RPKQ3 https://t.co/yO1LTSPVzy
Paperback, 2015
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Go Be Wonderful!
Donna Gephart
This book title is everything- GO BE WONDERFUL ! Tonight’s Bedtime Story with the author starts at 7pm. #authorbedtimestory @HolidayHouseBks https://t.co/Btmv033wnq
Paperback, 2023
$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book