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Thanks for shopping at Anderson's and by supporting your local independent bookstore, here's what you just did...
1. You kept dollars in our economy
For every
$100 you spend at one of your local independent businesses, $68 will
stay in the community. What happens when you spend that same $100 at a
national chain? Only $43 stays in the community.
2. You embraced what makes us unique
You wouldn't want your house to look like everyone else's in the U.S. So why would you want your community to look that way?
3. You created local independent jobs
Local independent businesses are better at creating higher-paying jobs for our neighbors.
4. You helped the environnment
Buying
from a local independent business conserves energy and resources in the
form of less fuel for transportation, less packaging, and products that
you know are safe and well made, because we stand behind them.
5. You nurtured community
We
know you, and you know us. Studies have shown that local independent
businesses donate to community causes at more than twice the rate of
chains.
6. You conserved your tax dollars
Shopping
in a local independent business district means less infrastructure,
less maintenance, and more money available to beautify our community.
Also, spending at local independents instead of online ensures that
your sales taxes are reinvested where they belong - right here in your
community!
7. You created more choice
We pick
the books and gifts we sell based on what we know you like and want.
Independent businesses carry a wider array of unique products becasuse
we buy for our own individual market.
8. You took advantage of our expertise
You
are our friends and neighbors, and we have a vested interest in knowing
how to serve you. We're passionate about what we do. Why not take
advantage of it?
9. You invested in entrepreneurship
Creativity
and entrepreneurship are what the American economy is founded upon.
Nuturing local independent business ensures a strong community.
10. You made us a destination
The
more interesting and unique we are as a community, the more we will
attract new neighbors, visitors and guests. This benefits everyone!
Yours in books,
Your friends at Anderson's
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Made in the USA Billie Letts
 Lutie
McFee's history has taught her to avoid attachments...to people, to
places, and to almost everything. With her mother long dead and her
father long gone to find his fortune in Las Vegas, fifteen-year-old
Lutie lives in the god-forsaken town of Spearfish, South Dakota with
her twelve-year-old brother, Fate, and Floy Satterfield, the 300-pound
ex-girlfriend of her father. While Lutie shoplifts for kicks, Fate
spends his time reading, watching weird TV shows, and worrying about
global warming and the endangerment of pandas. As if their life is not
dismal enough, one day, while shopping in their local Wal-Mart, Floy
keels over and the two motherless kids are suddenly faced with the
choice of becoming wards of the state or hightailing it out of town in
Floy's old Pontiac. They head off to Las Vegas in search of a father
who has no known address, no phone number and, clearly, no interest in
the kids he left behind. Made in the U.S.A. is
the heartbreaking and life-affirming story of two gutsy children
searching for a place they can finally call home.
Member's Price: $20.24 (with coupon)
List Price: $24.99, Little, Brown |
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Time Is a River Mary Alice Monroe
 Recovering
from breast cancer and distraught over her husband's infidelity,
Mia Landan flees her Charleston home to heal in the mountains near
Asheville, North Carolina. She seeks refuge in a neglected fishing
cabin belonging to her fly-fishing instructor, Belle Carson. Belle
recently inherited the cabin, which once belonged to a grandmother she
never knew -- the legendary fly fisher and journalist of the 1920s,
Kate Watkins, whose life fell into ruins after she was accused of
murdering her lover. Her fortune lost in the stock market crash and her
reputation destroyed, Kate slipped into seclusion in the remote cabin.
After her death the fishing cabin remained locked and abandoned for
decades. Little does Belle know that by opening the cabin doors to Mia
for a summer's sanctuary, she will open again the scandal that plagued
Belle's family for generations.
Member's Price: $20.25 (with coupon)
List Price: $25, Simon & Schuster
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Still Summer Jacquelyn Mitchard
 Tracy
Kyle, Holly Solvig and Olivia Montefalco, lifelong friends in their
early 40s, charter a yacht and two-man crew for a sailing vacation that
will take them from St. Thomas to Grenada. The trip starts out as
an innocent adventure in paradise until two accidents in quick
succession strand the women without their crew. What else can go wrong?
In a word, everything. The engine conks out, the sails are torn, lack
of electricity spoils their food and limits their drinking water - and
then there's the injury to Holly's leg. Nature's fury, murderous
drug dealers and, possibly most deadly of all, their own frailties and
secrets are added to the list.
Member's Price: $11.33 (with coupon)
List Price: $13.99, Little, Brown
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The Second Objective Mark Frost
 Fall
1944. Germany is losing, and the Americans are starting to hope they'll
be home for Christmas. Lieutenant Colonel Otto Skorzeny, "Hitler's
Commando," famed for his daring rescue of the imprisoned Mussolini, has
just received orders for Operation Greif: He is to assemble a new
brigade of 2,000 men, all of whom speak English, and send them behind
Allied lines disguised as GIs, where they will wreak havoc in advance
of a savage new offensive. And from those men, Skorzeny is to select a
smaller group, made up of the twenty most highly skilled commandos
fluent in American culture, to attempt an even more sinister mission --
the second objective -- which, if completed, not only would change the
course of the war, but would change the course of history.
Member's Price: $12.11 (with coupon)
List Price: $14.95, Hyperion |
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Lost and Found Andrew Clements
 Although
it's a drag to be constantly mistaken for each other, in truth, during
those first days at a new school, there's nothing better than having a
twin brother there with you. But on day one of sixth grade, Ray stays
home sick, and Jay is on his own. No big deal. It's a pretty nice
school, good kids, too. But Jay quickly discovers a major mistake: No
one seems to know a thing about his brother. Ray's not on the
attendance lists, doesn't have a locker, doesn't even have a student
folder. Jay almost tells the school -- almost -- but then decides that
this lost information could be very...useful. And fun. Member's Price: $13.76 (with coupon)
List Price: $16.99, Simon & Schuster |
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The Magic Thief Sarah Prineas
 In
a city that runs on a dwindling supply of magic, a young boy is drawn
into a life of wizardry and adventure. Conn should have dropped dead
the day he came in contact with the wizard's locus magicalicus, a stone
used to focus magic and work spells. But for some reason he did not.
Nevery finds that interesting, and takes Conn as his apprentice on the
provision that the boy find a locus stone of his own. But Conn has
little time to search for his stone between wizard lessons and helping
Nevery discover who is stealing the city of Wellmet's magic.
Member's Price: $13.76 (with coupon)
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