It’s been described as a hybrid coffee table book, but Lyle Greenfield’s 1000 Daysin St. Barth is more than a collection of beautiful photographs (though there aremany). It is, as the cover states, “A memoir with special guests.” A collection ofengaging tales from his many visits to this storied island in the French West IndiesoverContinue reading “Author Talk: 1000 Days in St. Barth by Lyle Greenfield (HYBRID EVENT)”
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Authors Night – A Conversation with Dan Glickman interviewed by Nick Pileggi
Live Event: Bill Boggs “The Adventures of Spike the Wonder Dog: as told to Bill Boggs”
July 28th at 7 PM Zoom link will be sent to registered attendees 15 minutes before the start of the event. register at Eventbrite http://www.eventbrite.com… The book is available for purchase at the following retailers: Amazon.com Barnes&Noble.com http://www.bookhampton.com “Spike is a very funny English Bull Terrier with a keen comedic eye for human foibles. HeContinue reading “Live Event: Bill Boggs “The Adventures of Spike the Wonder Dog: as told to Bill Boggs””
LIVE EVENT: MYSTERY BOOK TALK “Please Pass the Guilt” – Rex Stout
Join us for a virtual book discussion via zoom of Rex Stouts novel “Please Pass the Guilt” “A bomb explodes in the desk drawer of a top TV executive. Was it intended for him or the man who opened the drawer? They each had enemies enough to die a dozen times over. Was it theContinue reading “LIVE EVENT: MYSTERY BOOK TALK “Please Pass the Guilt” – Rex Stout”
Author Talk – The Courtroom is My Theater – Jay Goldberg
Join us in welcoming attorney and author Jay Goldberg as he discusses his book, The Courtroom is My Theater. One man’s journey through the practice of law with some of the world’s most powerful and colorful characters, including Robert F. Kennedy, Willie Nelson and Bess Myerson. SAT JULY 20th 3:30 – 5 PM To Register:Continue reading “Author Talk – The Courtroom is My Theater – Jay Goldberg”
Author Talk, Peter Wood, “The Boy Who Hit Back”
“When Matt discovers a dark secret about Barlow, an ex-prizefighter, he’s convinced he is the only person who can save him and risks everything in the process. As Matt sinks deeper into New York City’s skid-row, a hell-hole infested with liars, cheats, thugs, depravity, kidnapping, and death, he discovers that sometimes, the brightest lights comeContinue reading “Author Talk, Peter Wood, “The Boy Who Hit Back””
Author Talk: Genie Chipps Henderson, “A Day Like Any Other”
The once-scenic Dutch elm–lined main streets of the Hamptons serve as both a reminder of a more genteel time and an omen of things to come in Henderson’s keenly observed and skillfully structured historical novel. The dark cloud on the horizon is the Great New England Hurricane, which will devastate the island on September 21,Continue reading “Author Talk: Genie Chipps Henderson, “A Day Like Any Other””
Author Talk: Nicholas Hirshon, “We Want Fish Sticks”
The NHL’s New York Islanders were struggling. After winning four straight Stanley Cups in the 1980s, the Islanders suffered an embarrassing sweep by their rivals, the New York Rangers, in the first round of the 1994 playoffs. Hoping for a new start, the Islanders swapped out their logo for a cartoon fisherman gripping a hockeyContinue reading “Author Talk: Nicholas Hirshon, “We Want Fish Sticks””
Book Talk: Loretta Orion, “It Were as Well to Please the Devil as Anger Him: Witchcraft in the Founding Days of East Hampton”
Goody Garlick was accused of witchcraft in the 17th century by Lion Gardiner’s daughter, Elizabeth Howell, who died days after childbirth. Was she really a witch or just a victim of the times? Who were the players in this intriguing story and how did the time period affect the outcome? Please join us for aContinue reading “Book Talk: Loretta Orion, “It Were as Well to Please the Devil as Anger Him: Witchcraft in the Founding Days of East Hampton””
Author Talk -My Sicilian/American Life in New York City
Join the East Hampton Library as we welcome author, Charles Hunter, as he discusses and signs copies of his first book, My Sicilian/American Life in New York City. Charles begins life with his Sicilian grandmother in a four-floor, walk-up tenement building, a life now long gone from the streets of Manhattan’s Eastside. There’s love, hate,Continue reading “Author Talk -My Sicilian/American Life in New York City”