One of our readers hosted a grand summer party at her home.  Neighbors
and friends came bringing special desserts, family recipes of potato salad and
other summer salads.  Our little group had to leave early to open the store but
what a wonderful escape.  With the theme based on Hawaii - it was a great place
to be.

Every now and again, I stumble upon a lecture that is life changing.  Such was the case
with Professor Emeritus, Jelle Zeillinga DeBoer.  He has written a book entitled, Stories
In Stone: How Geology Influenced Connecticut History and culture.

I learned that Connecticut once had tropical climates and an ice age.  All that could be
determined by reading the lines in rock formations.  You heard it right.  Not the lines in
trees but the lines in rocks.

Connecticut is rich in gold and cobalt and other unique features.  The lecture got me
thinking about my environment and it's cultural and natural history.

The book is Stories in Stone by Jelle Zeillinga DeBoer.  The author was at our store
and his book can be ordered at Burgundy Books

MILLIE GRENOUGH


Millie Grenough exudes the tenets of her book,
Oasis in the Overwhelm: 60 Second Strategies for Balance in
a Busy World.

It is more than a book about stress.  Indeed it uses our own
physiology to cope and the newly discovered fact that we continue
to develop new brain cells and we can build muscle to the ones
we want to expand.



Back to Millie.  She loves to hike - she is fit.  She showed up at a book signing in
a flowing blue dress - for those of you that were not there.  And it is as if she is in
the special zone, a wonderful vacation place, that she has chosen. 

Don't worry.  You don't to hike?  You get to pick your own space and time.  The book
itself is therapy.  It has a very smooth blue cover.  If you slide your hand across, you
feel calming effects immediately.

You will not find a book or someone like Millie anywhere.  You can see her on
Good Morning Connecticut on Sunday, July 5 at 7:20 AM.  Her books are sold at
Burgundy Books of East Haddam and if you check in, we will tell you where she is
going to be next.

P.S.  I am attesting to the fact, that once you get started, you can
get stress relief in less than 60 seconds, because the brain really is a smart cookie!!!  And
so are you  if you get the book.

Photos:   MJ Fiedler and Harold Shapiro.

Jayanti Tamm



From the time of her birth, Jayanti tamm was declared the chose disciple in the
cult of Guru sri Chinmoy.

Jayanti lived inside the confines ot the Guru's inner circle, shuttling between
her family's home, Sri Chinmoy's Connecticut headquarters, and his ashramm
in Queens, New York. 

Sri Chinmoy assigned Jayanti to court celebrities, infiltrate the United Nations, and find
elephants for him to weight lift, all in an effort to transform the world.

At the age of twenty-five, after multiple attemps to leave, she was permanently exiled
from the group. 

JAYANTI TAMM is an English professor at Ocean County College in New Jersey.
She will be speaking and presenting her newly released memoir on Wednesday,
June 17 at 7:00 PM.

Cartwheels in a Sari is available at Burgundy Books in Hardcover, released by
Crown Publishing, $22.99

 

 

DIE FOR YOU

$24.00 Hardcover, Crown Publishing

WE HAVE SIGNED COPIES
People on their way to the theater stopped to
pick up BLACK OUT in Paperback.  They would
circle back around to pick up DIE FOR YOU because
they were so impressed by Lisa's writing.

We are in a theater setting and people buy books
and sit in our comfortable chairs.  This past week,
the two books have been flying off our shelves.

A Great Summer Mystery Thriller
Also new in Paperback

$14.99, Paperback, Crown Publishing

www.burgundybooks.com

JULY 11, 2009  HIGH NOON

My son is 21.  Not too long ago, it seems, he was chauffeured
Around in a Perego  stroller. 

I am ashamed to admit that in those days, I was totally
status conscious.   Our son rode the sidewalks in an Italian
stroller and we rode the streets in a pale blue Saab.  Nothing
American made for us in those days.

Our child is of mixed culture, so he was very fair and people
used to ask if I was his nanny.

Only now do I get that I did Not measure up to the stroller or
the culture.  Perhaps I did Not appear to people the way I imagined.

The whole point to all of this status stuff is that you don't want to
measure up, you want approval for moving ahead of the pack. 
Well, don't we?  Okay, don't leave me out here alone.  I am trying to be
honest with you.

I shopped at fabulous boutiques for him across the country.
These days he says I dressed him like an idiot.  He in no way
Appreciates how exhausting  keeping up appearances was.

The best daycare, exposure to the arts and books, living in a
home surrounded by fine things and antiques has given way
to x-box and other sophisticated technology.

Although those days are behind me, I really loved them.  It
was a tribute to what my womb could produce.  Great DNA
to be cultivated.

Well, I will tell you, I think it is fun that mothers these days,
twenty years later have not dropped the concept.

Dale Hrabi will be coming to Burgundy Books with his new
book, The Perfect Baby Handbook.  It is hilarious.  I can now
hold my head up because many mothers recognize this drive.



If you can stay awake long enough, after staying up all night
with your insomniac prized baby, don’t you want to read about:

The Seven Crucial Mobiles
Flawless Baby Names
Baby-proofing everything on earth
Advanced slumber Strategies
Plus: What to Expect When You’re  Expecting Perfection

Find a babysitter for Saturday, July 11.  Pack a lunch and
be here at noon.  You may want to bring a little wine with
that cheese.  At  2:00 PM the author, Dale Hrabi will
show up just for you.  It will be affirming.  

Buy a book which holds a lot of little secrets that
Your friends don’t know about.  It costs $16.99.
Not a high price for oneupsmanship.  Contact us
and order your copy

At the least, you will have a great time.  

The event is just $5.00 which can be used
Towards the purchase of the book.
Of course you can bring the baby in the Perego.

It could be that kind of event!

More info:  info@burgundybooks.net

THE ANTELOPE'S STRATEGY

French writer, Jean Hatzfeld  has tackled genocide from different
vantage points.  In this book his findings explore how people continue
on after unbelievable brutality.

As a child I could not fathom acts of genocide.  They seemed
so alien to me.  I admired the people that survived it, wondering
how this life experience shaped them.  How do you go on.  Burgundy
Books recommends The Antelope's Strategy to you.

This is a man who has really looked into this form of cruelty in other books
he has had published..

Book available at our book store.  $22.00 Hardcover.  Ask about
our membership and discounts.

Welcome to the Burgundy Books blog.  On these pages, we will
highlight books, music, film and culture that we believe is creating
a very special buzz.

You will notice that our graphics are big.  We flash our books covers
as if they were theater billboards.

We also hope you will come dine with us in our gardens.  At noon
on event days listed, bring your lunch in a bottle wine or cold drinks.

At 2 PM our authors present with a reading and book signing

Admission for garden events are generally $5.00 which can be
applied to the book.

We hope you will visit us often and send a comment every now and then.
 

Visit us at www.burgundybooks.com for more information about
any of our featured books.info@burgundybooks.com



Linda Williams, Owner
Burgundy Books of East Haddam, CT
Box 553, 4 Norwich, CT 06423
Phone:860 873-9312



  

On February 3, 2009, President   Obama and Michelle Obama visited the
Capital City Public Charter School in Northwest Washington.  They read
The Moon Over Star.  The book was read to second graders.  Written by
children's author, Diana Hutts Aston.  The Moon over star was released
 on October 16, 2008.

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