The Toadstool Bookshop

Welcome To The Toadstool Bookshops of New Hampshire

Welcome! Use this website to find out about the world of books available to you through our stores or on-line. We have thousands and thousands of titles in stock in our stores waiting for you to peruse. And we have available millions of others new and used which we can obtain for you quickly and easily. Try searching this site; phone or Email us your requests or questions. And enjoy perusing our items of local interest. See "VISIT OUR STORES" below for phone numbers and Email addresses.

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The Actor and the Housewife
by Hale, Shannon
A very different kind of fantasy from "New York Times "bestselling author Shannon Hale.

"What if you were to meet the number-one person on your laminated list--you know, that list you joke about with your significant other about which five celebrities you'd be allowed to run off with if ever given the chance? And of course since it'll never happen it doesn't matter...

"Mormon housewife Becky Jack is seven months pregnant with her fourth child when she meets celebrity hearththrob Felix Callahan. Twelve hours, one elevator ride, and one alcohol-free dinner later, something has happened...though nothing has happened. It isn't sexual. It isn't even quite love. But a month later Felix shows up in Salt Lake City to visit and before they know what's hit them, Felix and Becky are best friends. Really. Becky's husband is pretty cool about it. H er children roll their eyes. Her neighbors gossip endlessly. But Felix and Becky have something special...something unusual, something completely impossible to sustain. Or is it? A magical story, "The Actor and the Housewife "explores what could happen when your not-so-secret celebrity crush walks right into real life and changes everything.

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You'll Find Us At:

The Colony Mill Marketplace
Keene, NH 03431
603-352-8815
Fax 3896
EMAIL Toadstool Keene
Lorden Plaza
586 Nashua St.,Milford, NH 03055
603-673-1734
Fax 1912
EMAIL Toadstool Milford
12 Depot Square
Peterborough, NH 03458
603-924-3543
Fax 7295
EMAIL Toad

Indie Next List

Unique and provocative selections from a great diversity of voices...all personally recommended by the independent booksellers of America.

How Shall I Tell the Dog?: And Other Final Musings
by Kington, Miles
This is a wonderful and original memoir told through letters from British journalist Miles Kington to his editor, Gil. His letters, short and to the point, contain ideas for books as well as other thoughts on life. These letters show Kington's amazing ability to find humor in the darkest moments of life.--Selina Moraes, The Book Mark (Atlantic Beach, FL)

STAFF FAVORITES

Every day brings new books to our stores. We are always reading, always searching for great books. Here we describe some of current favorites.

Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World
by Weisman, Alan
Los Llanosathe rain-leached, eastern savannas of war-ravaged Colombiaaare among the most brutal environments on Earth and an unlikely setting for one of the most hopeful environmental stories ever told. Here, in the late 1960s, a young Colombian development worker named Paolo Lugari wondered if the nearly uninhabited, infertile llanos could be made livable for his countryas growing population. He had no idea that nearly four decades later, his experiment would be one of the worldas most celebrated examples of sustainable living: a permanent village called Gaviotas.In the absence of infrastructure, the first Gaviotans invented wind turbines to convert mild breezes into energy, hand pumps capable of tapping deep sources of water, and solar collectors efficient enough to heat and even sterilize drinking water under perennially cloudy llano skies. Over time, the Gaviotansa experimentation has even restored an ecosystem: in the shelter of two million Caribbean pines planted as a source of renewable commercial resin, a primordial rain forest that once covered the llanos is unexpectedly reestablishing itself.Colombian author Gabriel GarcA-a MArquez has called Paolo Lugari aInventor of the World.a Lugari himself has said that Gaviotas is not a utopia: aUtopia literally means ano place.a We call Gaviotas a topia, because itas real.aRelive their story with this special 10th-anniversary edition of "Gaviotas," complete with a new afterword by the author describing how Gaviotas has survived and progressed over the past decade.

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Tax deadlines are just around the corner. Consult one of these up-to-date titles and be prepared to file your return like a pro!

Taxes 2008 For Dummies
by Tyson, Eric, Munro, Margaret A., Silverman, David J.
Avoid tax headaches with the book that demystifies forms, minimizes errors, and answers your most important tax questions. Fully updated for 2008 this handy, helpful guide covers critical tax code changes and offers reliable advice on keeping more of what you earn.