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In this week's issue we introduce our latest book club book. If you've read The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth please do join us to discuss it. If you haven't, you'll find plentiful information so you can decide if it's a book for you or your book club. You can also see a sneak peak of the discussions coming soon, and the books that are available free to our members this month via First Impressions and the Book Club. Our two Editor's Choice recommendations are The Hundred-Year Walk, a non-fiction hardcover/ebook about one family's experience of the Armenian genocide; and The Wonder Garden, a collection of short stories by debut author Lauren Acampora just out in paperback. We also go beyond the book to explore the hunt for the Philosopher's Stone which intrigued many of the great minds of the Enlightenment. All this and more to explore! Your Editor
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  1. Book Club 
The Things We Keep by Sally Hepworth
Published Jan 2016, 352 pages
With honesty and true understanding, Sally Hepworth pens this poignant story of one of today's nightmares: early-onset Alzheimer's.
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 3. This Month's Free Books
Members - here's a sneak peak of this month's First Impressions and Book Club books. We have over 300 copies to give away to read and review or read and discuss. The offer period will open next Wed 9th.
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 4. Editor's Choice 
The Hundred-Year Walk by Dawn Anahid MacKeen
Hardcover (Jan 2016), 352 pages. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. BookBrowse Rating: 5/5, Critics' Consensus: 4.7/5 Buy at Amazon | B&N | Indie
The Hundred-Year Walk is a harrowing account by Dawn Anahid MacKeen of her grandfather Stepan Miskjian's survival during the Armenian Genocide (1915-1918), as well as her own travels to Turkey and Syria in an attempt to retrace his footsteps and better understand his ordeal. Although her grandfather died when Dawn was a toddler, her mother, Anahid, passed along the account of Stepan's remarkable journey. Dawn came to feel that the story "was our family's heirloom, our most precious bequest, and it was inherited by every subsequent generation - along with the burden of ... continued Full access to our reviews & beyond the book articles are for members only. But there are always four free Editor's Choice reviews and beyond the book articles available.
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5. Editor's Choice
The Wonder Garden by Lauren Acampora
Paperback (Feb 2016), 368 pages. Publisher: Grove Press. BookBrowse Rating: 5/5, Critics' Consensus: 5.0/5 Buy at Amazon | B&N | IndieIt should come as no surprise that the land of the white picket fence and the McMansion can harbor deep existential angst. The trope has been expertly mined many a times before by veteran authors like John Updike, John Cheever, Philip Roth, Tom Perrotta and many more. To this eclectic list we can add Lauren Acampora, whose debut collection of short stories, The Wonder Garden, set in a tony New England suburb called Old Cranbury, carries a razor-sharp edge of dark satire and lands Acampora firmly on my list of writers to watch. ... continued Full access to our reviews & beyond the book articles are for members only. But there are always four free Editor's Choice reviews and beyond the book articles available. |
 6. Beyond the Book: The Philosopher's Stone
 Every time we review a book we also explore a related topic. Here is a recent "beyond the book" article for The Age of Genius by A.C. Grayling
Its powers are said to be remarkable. It is the source not only of great wealth but also, perhaps, freedom from mortality. It was sought after for centuries, often by some of the greatest minds in history. Its legend has lived on in movies, novels, video games, music, and comic books. Its fabled existence has fired the human imagination for centuries. And it played a key role in the growth of the Western way of thinking, according to A.C. Grayling's The Age of Genius.
The Philosopher's Stone, "the magic mineral which would transmute base metals into gold and give us eternal youth," according to Grayling, intrigued the most fertile minds throughout the Middle Ages and into the Enlightenment, when "science emerged from a period in which many enquirers were deeply involved in magic and occult practices and belief."
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 7. Publishing Soon
Each month BookBrowse previews 80+ notable books. Here is a particularly interesting title from these upcoming books.  Spill Simmer Falter Wither by Sara BaumePublisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publication Date: Mar 2016, Novel, 288 pages Critics' Opinion: 5/5 Buy at Amazon | B&N | IndieA debut novel already praised as "unbearably poignant and beautifully told" (Eimear McBride) this captivating story follows - over the course of four seasons - a misfit man who adopts a misfit dog. More about this book More Previews |
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 9. Quote
"Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success" - Dale Carnegie
 Dale Breckenridge Carnegie (1888-1955), born Carnagey, was an American writer and lecturer best remembered for his extremely popular courses on self-improvement, salesmanship, public speaking and interpersonal skills.
Born in Maryville, Missouri, the son of a poor farmer, Carnegie managed to keep up with his education despite getting up at 4 a.m. to milk the cows. After college he sold correspondence courses to ranchers, then moved to selling food products. After saving $500 he quit his job in 1911 in the hope of becoming a traveling lecturer, but instead he ended up at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. Finding little success as an actor he got the idea of teaching public speaking and persuaded the manager of the YMCA where he was staying in in New York to let him instruct a class in return for 80% of the net proceeds. The Dale Carnegie Course evolved from this modest start.
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 10. Win This Book  Lust & Wonder by Augusten BurroughsPublished Mar 2016
304 pages
Enter the Giveaway From the Jacket In chronicling the development and demise of the different relationships he's had while living in New York, Augusten Burroughs examines what it means to be in love, what it means to be in lust, and what it means to be figuring it all out. With Augusten's unique and singular observations and his own unabashed way of detailing both the horrific and the humorous, Lust & Wonder is an intimate and honest memoir that his legions of fans have been waiting for. 5 people will each win a hardcover copy of Lust & Wonder. This giveaway is open to residents of the USA only, unless you are a BookBrowse member, in which case you are eligible to win wherever you might live. Enter the giveaway Past Winners
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