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Here is where you will find what’s new at St. Thomas’s well known Dockside Bookshop at Havensight Mall. Every week you will find new titles to peruse. Look for updates of our "picks" for fiction and non-fiction.
We will gladly order any books you want. E-mail us at dockside@islands.vi or call 340-774-4937.
DOCKSIDE BOOKSHOP’S BOOK PICKS FOR THE SEASON
“Warm Thoughts – Poems from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands” by Frank Clay Jr., The Leander Group, West Indian Poetry, 84 pages, $20
Relaxing and enjoyable poetry, “Warm Thoughts… Poems from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands” is Frank Clay’s latest book. This seasoned author sends a simple message for us all to take time to get away and see God’s beauty in a special place called St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
Offering many emotions through words and actual photos taken by the author, each poem embraces a simple warm thought that allows the reader to ponder their own desires, intentions and reflections when given a moment to rest their minds. Poet Frank Clay Jr. has found a special place called St. Thomas, and he shares its true meaning with those who choose to explore its many natural riches.
“Harry Potter: Film Wizadry” by Colins Design, Colins Design, Performing Arts, 160 pages, $39.99
Immerse yourself in the world of the spectacular Harry Potter film series, and learn why Yule Ball ice sculptures never melt; where galleons, sickles and knuts are really minted; how to get a Hippogriff to work with actors; the inspiration behind Hogwart’s castle; and why Dementors move the way they do. Written and designed in collation with the cast and crew that brought J. K. Rowling’s celebrated novels to the silver screen, "Harry Potter: Film Wizardry" delivers an enchanting interactive experience, transporting readers to the wizarding world by sharing filmmaking secrets, unpublished photography and artwork, as well as exclusive stories from the stars. Full of removable facsimile reproductions of props and paper ephemera from the movies, this collectible volume offers a privileged look at the Harry Potter films and the talented group of Muggles that has made true movie magic.
“My Passion for Design” by Barbra Streisand, Viking Books, Home Improvement, 295 pages, $60
This is a lavishly illustrated personal tour of the great star’s homes and collections. For nearly five decades, Barbra Streisand has been one of the singular figures in American entertainment. From the cabaret to the Broadway stage, from television and film stardom to her acclaimed work as a director, from the recording studio to the concert hall, she has demonstrated that the extraordinary voice that launched her career was only one of her remarkable gifts.
Now, in her first book, Streisand reveals another aspect of her talent: the taste and style that have inspired her beautiful homes and collections. "My Passion for Design" focuses on the architecture and construction of her newest homes, the dream refuge that she has longed for since the days when she shared a small Brooklyn apartment with her mother, brother and grandparents. A culmination and reflection of Streisand’s love of American architecture and design between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, the book contains many of her own photographs of the rooms she has decorated, the furniture and art she has collected, and the ravishing gardens she has planted on her land on the California coast. In addition to glimpses of her homes, she shares memories of her childhood, the development of her sense of style, and what collecting has come to mean to her. "My Passion for Design" is a rare and intimate private tour into the world of one of our most beloved stars. It will be welcomed by her many fans and all lovers of the great achievements of American design.
“Great Food, All Day Long” by Maya Angelou, Random House, Cooking, 156 pages, $30
"At one time, I described myself as a cook, a driver and a writer. I no longer drive, but I do still write and I do still cook. And having reached the delicious age of eighty-one, I realize that I have been feeding other people and eating for a long time. I have been cooking nearly all my life, so I have developed some philosophies."
Renowned and beloved author Maya Angelou returns to the kitchen — both hers and ours — with her second cookbook, filled with time-tested recipes and the intimate, autobiographical sketches of how they came to be. Inspired by Angelou’s own dramatic weight loss, the focus here is on good food, well-made and eaten in moderation. When preparing for a party, for example, Angelou says, "Remember, cooking large amounts of food does not mean that you are obligated to eat large portions." When you create food that is full of flavor, you will find that you need less of it to feel satisfied, and you can use one dish to nourish yourself all day long.
And oh, what food you will create! Savor recipes for mixed-up tamale pie, all day and night cornbread, sweet potatoes McMillan, braised lamb with white beans, and pytt i panna (Swedish hash.) All the delicious dishes here can be eaten in small portions, and many times a day. More importantly, they can be converted into other mouth-watering incarnations. So crown roast of pork becomes pork tacos and pork fried rice, while roasted chicken becomes chicken tetrazzini or chicken curry. And throughout, Maya Angelou’s rich, wise voice carries the food from written word to body-and-soul-enriching experience.
Featuring gorgeous illustrations throughout and Angelou’s own tips and tricks on everything from portion control to timing a meal, "Great Food, All Day Long" is an essential reference for everyone who wants to eat better and smarter — and a delightful peak into the kitchen and the heart of a remarkable woman.
Renowned and beloved author Maya Angelou returns to the kitchen — both hers and ours — with her second cookbook, filled with time-tested recipes and the intimate, autobiographical sketches of how they came to be. Inspired by Angelou’s own dramatic weight loss, the focus here is on good food, well-made and eaten in moderation. When preparing for a party, for example, Angelou says, "Remember, cooking large amounts of food does not mean that you are obligated to eat large portions." When you create food that is full of flavor, you will find that you need less of it to feel satisfied, and you can use one dish to nourish yourself all day long.
And oh, what food you will create! Savor recipes for mixed-up tamale pie, all day and night cornbread, sweet potatoes McMillan, braised lamb with white beans, and pytt i panna (Swedish hash.) All the delicious dishes here can be eaten in small portions, and many times a day. More importantly, they can be converted into other mouth-watering incarnations. So crown roast of pork becomes pork tacos and pork fried rice, while roasted chicken becomes chicken tetrazzini or chicken curry. And throughout, Maya Angelou’s rich, wise voice carries the food from written word to body-and-soul-enriching experience.
Featuring gorgeous illustrations throughout and Angelou’s own tips and tricks on everything from portion control to timing a meal, "Great Food, All Day Long" is an essential reference for everyone who wants to eat better and smarter — and a delightful peak into the kitchen and the heart of a remarkable woman.
“2011 United States Virgin Islands Calendar” by Steve Simonsen, Studio Equinox, Calendars, $16
Twelve months of stunning Virgin Islands photography by Steve Simonsen, creator of the award-winning coffee table book “Living Art, St. John.” He is a regular contributor to Caribbean Travel & Life as well as scuba diving and sport diving magazines.
“Pirate Latitudes” by Michael Crichton, Harper, fiction trade paper, $18, 312 pages
The Caribbean,1665. A remote colony of the English Crown, the island of Jamaica holds out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, its capital, is a cutthroat town of grog shops and bawdy houses. In this steamy climate there’s a living to be made, a living that can end swiftly by disease — or by dagger.
For Captain Charles Hunter, gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking, and the law of the land rests with those ruthless enough to make it. World in port is that a galleon, fresh from New Spain, is awaiting repairs in a nearby harbor. But Hunter will lose more than one man before he even sets foot on its shores. . .
With all the page-turning suspense that readers have come to expect from one of the best-loved authors of all time, “Pirate Latitudes” is an irresistible adventure of swashbuckling pirates in the New World — a classic story of treasure and betrayal.
“Atlantic – Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories” by Simon Winchester, Harper Collins Publisher, fiction hardcover, $27.99, 512 pages
Blending history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence, science and exposition, the New York Times bestselling author of "Krakatoa" tells the breathtaking saga of the magnificent Atlantic Ocean, setting it against the backdrop of mankind’s intellectual evolution.
Until a thousand years ago, no humans ventured into the Atlantic or imagined traversing its vast infinity. But once the first daring mariners successfully navigated to far shores–whether it was the Vikings, the Irish, the Chinese, Christopher Columbus in the north, or the Portuguese and the Spanish in the south–the Atlantic evolved in the world’s growing consciousness of itself as an enclosed body of water bounded by the Americas to the West, and by Europe and Africa to the East. "Atlantic" is a biography of this immense space, of a sea which has defined and determined so much about the lives of the millions who live beside or near its tens of thousands of miles of coast.
The Atlantic has been central to the ambitions of explorers, scientists and warriors, and it continues to affect our character, attitudes and dreams. Poets to potentates, seers to sailors, fishermen to foresters–all have a relationship with this great body of blue-green sea and regard her as friend or foe, adversary or ally, depending on circumstance or fortune. Simon Winchester chronicles that relationship, making the Atlantic come vividly alive. Spanning from the earth’s geological origins to the age of exploration, World War II battles to modern pollution, his narrative is epic and awe-inspiring.
“The Confession” by John Grisham, Doubleday Books, fiction hardcover, $28.95, 418 pages
An innocent man is about to be executed.
Only a guilty man can save him.
For every innocent man sent to prison, there is a guilty one left on the outside. He doesn’t understand how the police and prosecutors got the wrong man, and he certainly doesn’t care. He just can’t believe his good luck. Time passes and he realizes that the mistake will not be corrected; the authorities believe in their case and are determined to get a conviction. He may even watch the trial of the person wrongly accused of his crime. He is relieved when the verdict is guilty. He laughs when the police and prosecutors congratulate themselves. He is content to allow an innocent person to go to prison, to serve hard time, even to be executed.
Only a guilty man can save him.
For every innocent man sent to prison, there is a guilty one left on the outside. He doesn’t understand how the police and prosecutors got the wrong man, and he certainly doesn’t care. He just can’t believe his good luck. Time passes and he realizes that the mistake will not be corrected; the authorities believe in their case and are determined to get a conviction. He may even watch the trial of the person wrongly accused of his crime. He is relieved when the verdict is guilty. He laughs when the police and prosecutors congratulate themselves. He is content to allow an innocent person to go to prison, to serve hard time, even to be executed.
Travis Boyette is such a man. In 1998, in the small East Texas city of Sloan, he abducted, raped and strangled a popular high school cheerleader. He buried her body so that it would never be found, then watched in amazement as police and prosecutors arrested and convicted Donte Drumm, a local football star, and marched him off to death row.
Now nine years have passed. Travis has just been paroled in Kansas for a different crime; Donte is four days away from his execution. Travis suffers from an inoperable brain tumor. For the first time in his miserable life, he decides to do what’s right and confess.
But how can a guilty man convince lawyers, judges and politicians that they’re about to execute an innocent man?
But how can a guilty man convince lawyers, judges and politicians that they’re about to execute an innocent man?
“Towers of Midnight – Book 13 in the Wheel of Time Series” by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson, TOR, fiction hardcover, $29.99, 861 pages
The Last Battle has started. The seals on the Dark One’s prison are crumbling. The Pattern itself is unraveling, and the armies of the Shadow have begun to boil out of the Blight.
The sun has begun to set upon the Third Age.
Perrin Aybara is now hunted by specters from his past: Whitecloaks, a slayer of wolves, and the responsibilities of leadership. All the while, an unseen foe is slowly pulling a noose tight around his neck. To prevail, he must seek answers in "Tel’aran’rhiod" and find a way–at long last–to master the wolf within him or lose himself to it forever.
The sun has begun to set upon the Third Age.
Perrin Aybara is now hunted by specters from his past: Whitecloaks, a slayer of wolves, and the responsibilities of leadership. All the while, an unseen foe is slowly pulling a noose tight around his neck. To prevail, he must seek answers in "Tel’aran’rhiod" and find a way–at long last–to master the wolf within him or lose himself to it forever.
Meanwhile, Matrim Cauthon prepares for the most difficult challenge of his life. The creatures beyond the stone gateways–the Aelfinn and the Eelfinn–have confused him, taunted him, and left him hanged, his memory stuffed with bits and pieces of other men’s lives. He had hoped that his last confrontation with them would be the end of it, but the Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills. The time is coming when he will again have to dance with the Snakes and the Foxes, playing a game that cannot be won. The Tower of Ghenjei awaits, and its secrets will reveal the fate of a friend long lost.
This penultimate novel of Robert Jordan’s No. 1 New York Times bestselling series–the second of three based on materials he left behind when he died in 2007–brings dramatic and compelling developments to many threads in the Pattern. The end draws near.
Dovie’andi se tovya sagain. It’s time to toss the dice.
Dovie’andi se tovya sagain. It’s time to toss the dice.
“White Egrets” by Dereck Walcott, Farrar Straus Grioux, poetry, $24, 86 pages
This is a dazzling new collection from one of the most important poets of the 20th Century. In "White Egrets," Derek Walcott treats the characteristic subjects of his career–the Caribbean’s complex colonial legacy, his love of the Western literary tradition, the wisdom that comes through the passing of time, the always strange joys of new love, and the sometimes terrifying beauty of the natural world–with an intensity and drive that recall his greatest work. Through the mesmerizing repetition of theme and imagery, Walcott creates an almost surf-like cadence, broadening the possibilities of rhyme and meter, poetic form and language.
"White Egrets" is a moving new collection from one of the most important poets of the 20 Century–a celebration of the life and language of the West Indies. It is also a triumphant paean to beauty, love, art and–perhaps most surprisingly–getting older.
"White Egrets" is a moving new collection from one of the most important poets of the 20 Century–a celebration of the life and language of the West Indies. It is also a triumphant paean to beauty, love, art and–perhaps most surprisingly–getting older.
WE HAVE A NEW AND EXPANDED SALE SECTION FILLED WITH EXCITING BOOKS FOR ALL AGES INCLUDING: CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS, EXERCISE, BUSINESS, HISTORY, NONFICTION, LITERATURE, FICTION AND LOTS MORE
The Complete Bookshop
Mon, Wed., Thurs, Sat. – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Tues and Fri. – 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sun. – 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
340-774-4937
E-mail: dockside@islands.vi
