Jersey City

LATINXPERIENCE Book Group JC Discusses TELL ME HOW IT ENDS

01/27/2019 - 6:00pm

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Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions (Paperback)

By Valeria Luiselli, Jon Lee Anderson (Introduction by)
$12.95
ISBN: 9781566894951
Availability: In stock at Brooklyn or Jersey City -- click for more details
Published: Coffee House Press - April 4th, 2017

"Humane yet often horrifying, Tell Me How It Ends offers a compelling, intimate look at a continuing crisis--and its ongoing cost in an age of increasing urgency." --Jeremy Garber, Powell's Books

Contemporary Fiction Book Group JC Discusses AUTUMN

02/04/2019 - 6:00pm

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Autumn: A Novel (Seasonal Quartet) (Paperback)

By Ali Smith
$15.95
ISBN: 9781101969946
Availability: In stock at Brooklyn or Jersey City -- click for more details
Published: Anchor - October 17th, 2017

MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST
Long-listed for the Gordon Burn Prize

One of the New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year 
A Washington Post Notable Book 

Garbage Water Thursdays JC Discusses HOT WATER MUSIC

03/14/2019 - 6:00pm

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Hot Water Music (Paperback)

By Charles Bukowski
$16.99
ISBN: 9780876855966
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Ecco - May 31st, 2002

With his characteristic raw and minimalist style, Charles Bukowski takes us on a walk through his side of town in Hot Water Music.  He gives us little vignettes of depravity and lasciviousness, bite sized pieces of what is both beautiful and grotesque.

Garbage Water Thursdays JC Discusses MOTEKI 1: LOVE STRIKES!

02/14/2019 - 6:00pm

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Moteki, 1: Love Strikes! (Paperback)

By Mitsurou Kubo
$18.95
ISBN: 9781945054808
Availability: In stock at Brooklyn or Jersey City -- click for more details
Published: Vertical Comics - April 3rd, 2018

Superstar creator Mitsurou Kubo (original concept and character designs for Yuri!!! on Ice) reveals how you never know when fortune will strike. 

Garbage Water Thursdays JC Discusses THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GUCCI MANE

01/10/2019 - 6:00pm

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The Autobiography of Gucci Mane (Paperback)

By Gucci Mane, Neil Martinez-Belkin
$16.00
ISBN: 9781501165344
Availability: In stock at Brooklyn or Jersey City -- click for more details
Published: Simon & Schuster - September 4th, 2018

The New York Times bestselling memoir from the legendary Gucci Mane spares no detail in this “cautionary tale that ends in triumph” (GQ).

For the first time Gucci Mane tells his extraordinary story in his own words.

JC Storytime with Paul Noth

01/19/2019 - 11:00am

 

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How to Properly Dispose of Planet Earth (Hardcover)

By Paul Noth
$13.99
ISBN: 9781681196596
Availability: In stock at Brooklyn or Jersey City -- click for more details
Published: Bloomsbury Children's Books - January 15th, 2019

Popular New Yorker cartoonist Paul Noth continues his illustrated middle grade series about a boy, his wacky family, and an out-of-this-world adventure in this laugh-out-loud sequel to How to Sell Your Family to the Aliens.

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How to Sell Your Family to the Aliens (Hardcover)

By Paul Noth
$13.99
ISBN: 9781681196572
Availability: In stock at Brooklyn or Jersey City -- click for more details
Published: Bloomsbury USA Childrens - April 3rd, 2018

Happy Conklin Jr. is the only 10-year-old who has to shave three times a day. Hap's dad is a brilliant inventor of screwball products, and being a Conklin kid means sometimes being experimented on. So Hap has his beard, and his five sisters each have their own unique--and often problematic--qualities too.

WORD JC Presents: Jennifer Gilmore and Gayle Forman for IF ONLY

01/17/2019 - 7:30pm

 

Join us at WORD Jersey City for a conversation about young-adult literature with acclaimed authors Jennifer Gilmore and Gayle Forman. 

Please note that there is a $5 entrance voucher for this event which can be purchased online or at the door. The voucher is good toward anything in store at WORD, including If Only. If you purchase the book directly from WORD at the event or via pre-order there is no need to purchase the admission voucher. 

ABOUT JENNIFER GILMORE

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If Only (Hardcover)

By Jennifer Gilmore
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062393630
Availability: In stock at Brooklyn or Jersey City -- click for more details
Published: HarperTeen - July 31st, 2018

Acclaimed author Jennifer Gilmore’s intimate and achingly beautiful novel deftly explores the role that chance and choice play in shaping the lives of two teenagers who are separated by sixteen years, but whose lives are intertwined.

*Two Starred Reviews!*

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I Have Lost My Way (Hardcover)

By Gayle Forman
$18.99
ISBN: 9780425290774
Availability: In stock at Brooklyn or Jersey City -- click for more details
Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - March 27th, 2018

The New York Times bestseller from the author of If I Stay
 
“Heartwrenching…If you are ready to be emotionally wrecked yet again, you are in luck.” – Hypable
 
A fateful accident draws three strangers together over the course of a single day:
 

Event Voucher for Jennifer Gilmore and Gayle Forman

$5.00
SKU: ifonlyvoucher

$5 admission to this event at our Jersey City store. Your $5 voucher can be used toward anything in store, including If Only Please note that if you purchase a copy of the book from WORD there is no need to purchase a voucher. 
 

JC Workshop with ShalomIsrael Diggs

01/26/2019 - 12:00pm

 

Join us at WORD Jersey City for an art and dance workshop taught by dancer and educator ShalomIsrael Diggs, author of the AlphaKey Activity Book. 

ABOUT THE BOOK

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Alphakey Alphabet Activity Book (Paperback)

By Shalomisrael Diggs
$14.95
ISBN: 9781684015313
Availability: Backordered
Published: Mascot Books - October 2nd, 2018

The AlphaKey Alphabet is packed with fun words to grow your word bank A word a day keeps fun coming your way.

WORD JC Presents: SOPRANOS TRIVIA with Matt Zoller Seitz and Alan Sepinwall

01/08/2019 - 7:30pm

 

Join us at WORD Jersey City — just a 40-minute drive from Tony Soprano's house — for a night of Sopranos trivia with esteemed Sopranos experts Matt Zoller Seitz and Alan Sepinwall, in celebration of the show's 20th anniversary. There'll be prizes, wine, and if you're lucky, some vigorous debate about the show's finale.  

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The Sopranos Sessions (Hardcover)

By Matt Zoller Seitz, Alan Sepinwall, Laura Lippman (Foreword by), David Chase (Other primary creator)
$30.00
ISBN: 9781419734946
Availability: In stock at Brooklyn or Jersey City -- click for more details
Published: Abrams Press - January 8th, 2019

On January 10, 1999, a mobster walked into a psychiatrist’s office and changed TV history. By shattering preconceptions about the kinds of stories the medium should tell, The Sopranos launched our current age of prestige television, paving the way for such giants as Mad Men, The Wire, Breaking Bad, and Game of Thrones.

Event Voucher for Matt Zoller Seitz and Alan Sepinwall

$5.00
SKU: tonyvoucher

$5 admission to this event at our Jersey City store. Your $5 voucher can be used toward anything in store, including The Sopranos Sessions. Please note that if you purchase a copy of the book from WORD there is no need to purchase a voucher. 
 

JC Storytime with Jessie Sima

01/05/2019 - 11:00am

 

Join us as Jersey City favorite Jessie Sima returns to WORD for a storytime with her new book Love, Z! 

ABOUT THE BOOK

A little robot named Z finds a message in a bottle signed, "Love, Beatrice" and, unable to learn what love is from other robots, sets out on a quest to find the answer.

ABOUT JESSIE SIMA

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Love, Z (Hardcover)

By Jessie Sima, Jessie Sima (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781481496773
Availability: In stock at Brooklyn or Jersey City -- click for more details
Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - December 18th, 2018

From the creator of Not Quite Narwhal comes the story of a young robot trying to find the meaning of “love.”

When a small robot named Z discovers a message in a bottle signed “Love, Beatrice,” they decide to find out what “love” means.

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