Dear friends of Gibson's,

Thanks to everyone who supported the library with a donation last week--and thanks to everyone who supports our "Shop Local" campaign.

The library will now be distributing wish lists not only to Amazon.com, but also to us and to Borders.  That's the way it should be. It's up to us to convince you to shop at Gibson's--as it always has been.

So now it's time for Round Two. If you would like to donate an item or two from the Library's new Fiction Wish List, please scroll down. I will be out of town for a few days at the New England Bookseller's Association conference in glamorous Hartford, so click here to send your request to John, who will get back to you confirming that your choice is still available, and to handle payment.

If you might like to donate an item or two from the Library's Wish List for Non-Fiction, click here.

The Library has provided book plates, so the book you donate will include a handsome confirmation that you donated it, just before the title page.

Remember, this is not a long-term solution. Eventually the economy will improve, and I hope you'll all join me then at City Council, testifying in favor of restoring the Library's book budget in full.

Again, thanks for your support. Let's keep our hard-earned dollars here in Concord, where they support the tax base, local employment, and local philanthropy.

Best regards,

Michael Herrmann and your friends at Gibson's

The Winds of Dune By Herbert, Brian 2009-08 - Tom Doherty Associates 9780765322722 - Hardcover   See Other Formats List Price $27.99 - Your Price: $22.39 Availability: In Stock Available Preorder Title Back Order With their usual skill, Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson have taken ideas left behind by Frank Herbert and filled them with living characters and a true sense of wonder. Where Paul of Dune picked up the saga directly after the events of Dune, The Winds of Dune begins after the events of Dune Messiah. ...More

A Princess of Landover By Brooks, Terry 2009-08 - Del Rey Books 9780345458520 - Hardcover   See Other Formats List Price $26.00 - Your Price: $20.80 Availability: In Stock Available Preorder Title Back Order Ben Holiday, High Lord of the magic kingdom of Landover, and his wife Willow have sent their 15-year-old daughter Mistaya to a prestigious girls' boarding school, where she is forbidden to use her magic for any reason. It is only a matter of time before the authorities have to act. ...More

Tahoe Night By Borg, Todd 2009-08 - Thriller Press 9781931296175 - Paperback   See Other Formats List Price $16.95 - Your Price: $13.56 Special Order

Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance By Keillor, Garrison 2009-10 - Viking Books 9780670021093 - Hardcover   See Other Formats List Price $25.95 - Your Price: $20.76 Availability: Available Preorder Title Back Order Wobegon goes abroad in this rousing and moving story of a group trip to Rome. Like Mark Twain, Keillor takes time to spell out details and, in so doing, convert the base metal of small-town tedium to the gold of comedy.--"The New York Times Book Review." ...More

The Big Steal By Jenkins, Emyl 2009-07 - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 9781565124462 - Paperback   See Other Formats List Price $13.95 - Your Price: $11.16 Availability: In Stock Available Preorder Title Back Order Hired to assess the value of broken and missing antiques following a suspicious burglary at a Virginia manor house, intrepid appraiser and amateur sleuth Sterling Glass finds that her job is more complicated than she'd anticipated. ...More

Driftwood Summer By Henry, Patti Callahan 2009-06 - New American Library 9780451226884 - Paperback   See Other Formats List Price $15.00 - Your Price: $12.00 Availability: Available Preorder Title Back Order Three sisters--responsible Riley, vivacious Maisy, and fun-loving Adalee--reunite to save their family's community bookstore. All three will be forced to confront the conflicts that had torn them apart and the bounds of love and loyalty that still draw them together. ...More

A Drunkard's Path: A Someday Quilts Mystery By O'Donohue, Clare 2009-09 - Plume Books 9780452295582 - Paperback   See Other Formats List Price $13.00 - Your Price: $10.40 Availability: Available Preorder Title Back Order From the author of "The Lover's Knot" comes a new quilting mystery featuring Nell Fitzgerald. Delightful . . . a fun read for those who love mysteries, romance, and of course quilting!--Alex Andersen, host of "Simply Quilts." ...More

The Veils of Venice: An Urbino Macintyre Mystery By Sklepowich, Edward 2009-08 - Severn House Publishers 9780727867780 - Hardcover   See Other Formats List Price $28.95 - Your Price: $23.16 Availability: Available Preorder Title Back Order The new Urbino Macintyre Venetian mystery - Long-time Venice resident, literary biographer and reluctant amateur sleuth Urbino Macintyre is helping his friend, the Contessa Barbara, to organize an exhibition of the famous textile designer Mariano Fortuny. Then the Contessa's cousin, Olimpia, is stabbed to death in a crime of passion. All clues twist back to the Contessa's relatives, but it is a delicate matter; especially as it is Barbara's loyal maid, Mina, who is found kneeling beside the body clutching a pair of bloodied scissors . . . ...More

To Heaven by Water By Cartwright, Justin 2009-08 - Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 9781596916210 - Paperback   See Other Formats List Price $15.00 - Your Price: $12.00 Availability: In Stock Available Preorder Title Back Order With the subtlety of Ian McEwan and the pathos of Kazuo Ishiguro, Cartwright pens a wise, compassionate novel about age, loss, and moving forward. ...More

The Lost Symbol By Brown, Dan 2009-09 - Doubleday Books 9780385504225 - Hardcover   See Other Formats List Price $29.95 - Your Price: $23.96 Availability: Available Preorder Title Back Order Dan Brown's eagerly awaited new novel, The Lost Symbol, is the follow-up to his international phenomenon, The Da Vinci Code, and will once again feature Dan Brown's unforgettable protagonist, Robert Langdon. ...More

Crossing Washington Square By Rendell, Joanne 2009-09 - New American Library 9780451227843 - Paperback   See Other Formats List Price $15.00 - Your Price: $12.00 Availability: Available Preorder Title Back Order A story of two strong-willed and passionate women who are compelled to unite their senses and sensibilities, from the author of "The Professorsa Wivesa Club." Professor Diana Monroe is a highly respected scholar of Sylvia Plath. Serious and aloof, she steadfastly keeps her mind on track. Professor Rachel Grey is young and impulsive, with a penchant for teaching relevant contemporary womenas stories like "Bridget Jonesa Diary" and "The Devil Wears Prada," and for wearing her heart on her sleeve. The two conflicting personalities meet head-to-heart when Carson McEvoy, a handsome and brilliant professor visiting from Harvard, sets his eyes on "both" women and creates even more tension between them. Now Diana and Rachel are slated to accompany an undergraduate trip to London, where an almost life-threatening experience with a student celebrity will force them to change their minds and heal their heartsa]together. ...More

Anna In-Between By Nunez, Elizabeth 2009-09 - Akashic Books 9781933354842 - Hardcover   See Other Formats List Price $22.95 - Your Price: $18.36 Availability: Available Preorder Title Back Order ...More

Daughters of the Stone By Llanos-Figueroa, Dahlma 2009-09 - Thomas Dunne Books 9780312539269 - Hardcover   See Other Formats List Price $25.99 - Your Price: $20.79 Availability: Available Preorder Title Back Order

Hammer: A Novel of the Victorian Underworld By Stockbridge, Sara 2009-09 - W. W. Norton & Company 9780393067187 - Hardcover   See Other Formats List Price $23.95 - Your Price: $19.16 Availability: Available Preorder Title Back Order An engrossing suspense novel set in Victorian London-about stolen fortunes, romance, murder, and revenge. ...More

The Rags of Time By Howard, Maureen 2009-10 - Viking Books 9780670021321 - Hardcover   See Other Formats List Price $26.95 - Your Price: $21.56 Availability: Available Preorder Title Back Order

String of Pearls By Swindells, Madge 2009-06 - Severn House Publishers 9780727866639 - Hardcover   See Other Formats List Price $28.95 - Your Price: $23.16 Availability: Available Preorder Title Back Order A story of passion and courage against a backdrop of World War II - Helen Conroys happy family is shattered when her husband asks for a divorce. Then, in September, 1942, US troops pour into Mowbray. For the Brits, life will never be the same again. Captain Simon Johnson, a US military intelligence agent, is billeted with the Conroy family and he and Helen fall deeply in love.As the US troops leave for action, Helen and her daughter, now a war bride, cling together as they listen to daily bulletins of the invasion of Normandy ...More

Windfall: A Novell By Vincenzi, Penny 2009-10 - Overlook Press 9781590202470 - Hardcover   See Other Formats List Price $26.95 - Your Price: $21.56 Availability: Available Preorder Title Back Order The number-one bestseller in Britain, "Windfall" is perhaps Penny Vincenzias most riveting family saga yet. After smashing successes with the American publication of six of Vincenzias amarvelously engrossinga (Barbara Taylor Bradford) novelsawith more than 500,000 books in printaOverlook is thrilled to offer "Windfall" to American readers. Sensible Cassia Fallon has been married to her doctor husband for seven years when her godmother leaves her a huge fortune. For the first time in her life, she is able to do exactly as she likes, and she starts to question her marriage, her past, her present, and her future. But where did her inheritance really come from and why? Too soon the windfall has become a corrupting forceaone that Cassia cannot resist. Vincenzias sharp eye for detail, intricate plots, and cast of vivid characters set in aa world of engrossing and unforgettable glamour and passiona (Dominick Dunne) have made her novels irresistible, and "Windfall" is no exception. ...More

Chinese Whispers: A China Thriller By May, Peter 2009-10 - Poisoned Pen Press 9781590586082 - Hardcover   See Other Formats List Price $24.95 - Your Price: $19.96 Availability: Available Preorder Title Back Order His victims are young, beautiful and viciously mutilated. He calls himself the Beijing Ripper. ...More

Dead Reckoning By Lorrimer, Claire 2009-07 - Severn House Publishers 9780727867742 - Hardcover   See Other Formats List Price $28.95 - Your Price: $23.16 Availability: Available Preorder Title Back Order Is death written in a fortune-tellers cards? - Althea, Phoebe and Cressida have been friends since school days. Artist Cressida never married; Altheas fast falling out of love with second husband arrogant Geoffrey; while actress Phoebe has a married lover. When they meet up and Phoebe hears that Geoffreys annual charity Garden Party is imminent, she volunteers a fortune-telling friend of hers. But Madam Tokolys accuracy unnerves Geoffrey totally. And then she draws the Death Card . . . ...More