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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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Fascinating authors, fantastic books, and great discussions - don't miss these events. But if you do and want a signed copy give us a call.

Title of Event: Writers United meets to support the art of story.
When: Friday, December 4, 2009 6:30 PM
Location: at our store Milford, 586 Nashua St, Lorden Plaza, Milford, NH 03055
Phone: 603-673-1734
Description: This is a group for writers of all levels and styles. Hosted by Eric and Tammy, the group will help ...

Title of Event: Gesine Bullock-Prado to sign her sweet memoir!
When: Friday, December 4, 2009 7:00 PM
Location: at our store Milford, 586 Nashua St, Lorden Plaza, Milford, NH 03055
Phone: 603-673-1734
Description: Mouth watering treats will be on hand when Gesine visits to sign and discuss her delightful memoir "...


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Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
by Ehrenreich, Barbara

A sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism

Americans are a "positive" people--cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: this is our reputation as well as our self-image. But more than a temperament, being positive, we are told, is the key to success and prosperity.

In this utterly original take on the American frame of mind, Barbara Ehrenreich traces the strange career of our sunny outlook from its origins as a marginal nineteenth-century healing technique to its enshrinement as a dominant, almost mandatory, cultural attitude. Evangelical mega-churches preach the good news that you only have to want something to get it, because God wants to "prosper" you. The medical profession prescribes positive thinking for its presumed health benefits. Academia has made room for new departments of "positive psychology" and the "science of happiness." Nowhere, though, has bright-siding taken firmer root than within the business community, where, as Ehrenreich shows, the refusal even to consider negative outcomes--like mortgage defaults--contributed directly to the current economic crisis.

With the mythbusting powers for which she is acclaimed, Ehrenreich exposes the downside of America's penchant for positive thinking: On a personal level, it leads to self-blame and a morbid preoccupation with stamping out "negative" thoughts. On a national level, it's brought us an era of irrational optimism resulting in disaster. This is Ehrenreich at her provocative best--poking holes in conventional wisdom and faux science, and ending with a call for existential clarity and courage.

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  • 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
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Unique and provocative selections from a great diversity of voices...all personally recommended by the independent booksellers of America.
Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire
by Berwin, Margot
Who knew that a city girl could get swept away by an adventurous tale about tropical plant magic? But that's exactly what happened - I loved it! Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire is enchanting and exotic, a perfect summer read. Escape to the Yucatan with Lila in this fast-moving mystical debut novel, a story that is sure to inspire passion for all kinds of journeys.--Kelly Amabile , The Written Word Bookstore (Ripley, OH)
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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 Time

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.
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