We are purveyors of free thought...
We pride ourselves on selling quality products geared toward those who live outside the box...
true Freethinkers; those who challenge both themselves and the world around them always craving knowledge.
We have a wide variety of books - both new and used, along with featuring up-and-coming New England writers, music from outstanding New England performers, and locally made works of art. We hope you will enjoy our Corner of the web!
true Freethinkers; those who challenge both themselves and the world around them always craving knowledge.
We have a wide variety of books - both new and used, along with featuring up-and-coming New England writers, music from outstanding New England performers, and locally made works of art. We hope you will enjoy our Corner of the web!
So scroll down to "open the box" and see what we have to offer. If you know what you're looking for, search below. And if we don't have it, send us a message and we will get it. If you'd prefer to get it yourself, we highly encourage you to use Bookshop.org to order what you're looking for. They support us, Amazon does not. Click HERE to be taken to our page on their site.
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New this week...
We will be CLOSED for two weeks starting on 5/25 until 6/9 for a quick break and to get ready for the summer. Thank you for your support over the past few months, and we look forward to seeing you soon. We will be opening the doors for in-store browsing - with restriction(forthcoming) - on 6/12. Watch for updates coming soon. In the meantime, we hope you continue to shop with us through our partner, Bookshop.org. Happy reading.
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SEACOAST SUPPORT COMMUNITY PROJECT
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CHECK... THIS... OUT!!!
Forward Merch LLC of Dover has found a way to keep their employees working.. AND... help support other Dover businesses.
"Forward Merch is pleased to announce the Seacoast Support Community Project. For $19 you can purchase a t-shirt that features the logo from a local business. $10 of each sale goes directly to the business and $9 covers the cost of the shirt and print. Represent your community with pride and let's support each other!" - Forward Merch
Look at this custom made T-shirt designed just for us. The shirt is a comfortable gray heather Tultex Unisex shirt. Our logo is featured in forest green on the front and a forest green SEACOAST SUPPORT COMMUNITY PROJECT logo on the left sleeve. Sizes range from Adult to Youth. Click this link to purchase shop.forwardmerch.com/collections/all/products/freethinkers-bookstore . By buying this shirt, you'll be supporting 2 local businesses at once. Shirts with other store's logos are also available.
Forward Merch produces top-quality screen & digitally printed garments, graphic design & brand development, warehousing and fulfillment, and wholesale & retail services. Check them out at their website.
Forward Merch LLC of Dover has found a way to keep their employees working.. AND... help support other Dover businesses.
"Forward Merch is pleased to announce the Seacoast Support Community Project. For $19 you can purchase a t-shirt that features the logo from a local business. $10 of each sale goes directly to the business and $9 covers the cost of the shirt and print. Represent your community with pride and let's support each other!" - Forward Merch
Look at this custom made T-shirt designed just for us. The shirt is a comfortable gray heather Tultex Unisex shirt. Our logo is featured in forest green on the front and a forest green SEACOAST SUPPORT COMMUNITY PROJECT logo on the left sleeve. Sizes range from Adult to Youth. Click this link to purchase shop.forwardmerch.com/collections/all/products/freethinkers-bookstore . By buying this shirt, you'll be supporting 2 local businesses at once. Shirts with other store's logos are also available.
Forward Merch produces top-quality screen & digitally printed garments, graphic design & brand development, warehousing and fulfillment, and wholesale & retail services. Check them out at their website.
Cooped Up Reads
Children's, Teen & Young Adult book sale!!!
With schools closed, and kids being cooped up while they practice social distancing, we want to do our part in helping parents provide fresh entertainment and activities for the children.
As long as the COVID-19 crisis lasts, we are offering 30% off all children's, pre-teen/teen, and young adult books. Just use the code word COOPEDUP at checkout, to receive the discount. We also offer FREE SHIPPING on ALL orders, no minimum.
You can browse our in-stock inventory by clicking on the picture. If nothing peaks their or your interest, call or message and we can order what you're looking for, and all discounts and offers apply.
With schools closed, and kids being cooped up while they practice social distancing, we want to do our part in helping parents provide fresh entertainment and activities for the children.
As long as the COVID-19 crisis lasts, we are offering 30% off all children's, pre-teen/teen, and young adult books. Just use the code word COOPEDUP at checkout, to receive the discount. We also offer FREE SHIPPING on ALL orders, no minimum.
You can browse our in-stock inventory by clicking on the picture. If nothing peaks their or your interest, call or message and we can order what you're looking for, and all discounts and offers apply.
New England Writers book sale
One area in the store that we love to give attention to when a customer asks for suggestions is our New England Writers section. We have curated a large and varied selection of books from outstanding independent writers from most of New England. We have mysteries, thrillers, science fiction, romance, and much more; books for adults, young adults, and children.
And we are putting them here, front-and-center, for you to see. We're also marking them all 15% off as a "thank you" for supporting these wonderful authors. Just click on the picture of the sailing ship to take you to our New England Writers page, and then use the code word NEWRITES at checkout to get the discount. (For our children and young adult books, see our "Cooped Up Reads" category above for a 30% discount using the code word COOPEDUP.)
And we are putting them here, front-and-center, for you to see. We're also marking them all 15% off as a "thank you" for supporting these wonderful authors. Just click on the picture of the sailing ship to take you to our New England Writers page, and then use the code word NEWRITES at checkout to get the discount. (For our children and young adult books, see our "Cooped Up Reads" category above for a 30% discount using the code word COOPEDUP.)
Here's what's available everyday...
Gift Cards... Here.
Gift cards make great... well... gifts, for that bibliophile in your life who seems to have every book, reads from multiple genres, or who are not sure what they crave to read next. Physical cards can be purchased in-store, over the phone, or message us. eCards can be purchased HERE. (physical Gift Cards can only be used in-store; eCards can be used in-store and on the website)
We buy books... Here. SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Are you looking to make room on your book shelves for new books? We will gladly take your gently-read used books off your hands. See our book buying program guidelines for details before you stop in with your books. Click HERE to learn about it.
New Books on the Shelves...
The Indie Bestseller List is the most current snapshot of what’s selling in indie bookstores nationwide
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Bookseller-recommended favorites
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Independent Booksellers’ Debut Picks of the Season
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Reserve your copy... Here.
Check out our "NEW RELEASE" calendar for upcoming titles. Order them today, have them the day they hit the shelves. Just click on the book to reserve your copies.
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(Available 06/02/2020)
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(Available 08/04/2020)
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(Available 10/06/2020)
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The Latest from...(updated 02/05/2020)
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New from our New England Writers and Musicians...
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Esther Wallace is an award winning author and a freelance illustrator. Coming from a large homeschooling family, Esther began writing fiction to entertain her younger siblings and share her creativity with them. Likewise, she shared all the most stirring books she read. Her favorite stories are the ones that ask the most difficult of questions. She likes it even better when she can encourage other people to discuss those things with her or at least to ponder on their own.
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Maureen Milliken is news editor of the daily newspapers in Augusta and Waterville, Maine. She grew up in Augusta and worked for a variety of newspapers in New England before returning to Maine in 2011. The Bernie O’Dea mystery series reflects not only her love for all that is Maine, but also her lifelong affection for the newspaper industry. She lives in small central Maine town, where she keeps a wary eye on the snowbanks.
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John Christie is a veteran journalist with a reputation for getting the story, no matter what. He has gone undercover at a state mental hospital to reveal lax treatment of patients, he refused a court order to reveal his sources for his series that exposed a pattern of police brutality in a Massachusetts coastal town and he has waded into riots, crashed secret government meetings, jumped out of an airplane and walked Gloucester’s greasy pole and written about all of it. To get his own story, though, he had to do something even harder: mine his memory and his emotions to get to the bottom of why he was feeling so unmoored in his seventh decade. That’s where his experience as an investigative reporter came in handy. Because now he had to investigative himself.
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Joseph Paradis has been writing sporadically for most of hisy life. However, it wasn’t until January 2016 that I began to take it seriously thanks to one of my closest friends. The stories he enjoys most usually leave him shaken for a few days, not because he's a glutton for masochism, but because they resonate with the wounded parts of him that he wouldn’t ordinarily take notice of.
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Guntis Goncarovs was born in Seneca Falls, New York and eventually moved to Connecticut and continued work on his writing while helping his wife, Joan, raise their three daughters. Most of his writing was heavily influenced by Russian writers, with deep description and symbolism. In 2004, Goncarovs started intensive research on the H.L. Hunley, a civil war
submarine. The forensic reconstructions of the sailors sparked the story behind Convergence of Valor. |
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After 32 years as the principal decision-maker for employee pensions and benefits, John Buxton and his wife, Pam, put all the lessons they had learned about retirement to the test. At age 70, they retired. Their journey into retirement provided the ideal opportunity to document and share with others the best way to navigate the retirement process.
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Looking for that special art that will set you apart? Aaron Risi is a classically trained artist, influenced by surrealism. His work is created with a bold, energizing style. He has developed art for writers, musicians and nonprofit organizations.
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Like so many of you, Deb Nelson loves a good story. That love of story and storytelling moved her to start a business helping others find and share their stories. While curiosity may have killed the cat, being curious and asking questions keeps Deb going every day. Shaping and sharing stories – about businesses, nonprofits, individual triumphs – is her fuel.
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Sharon Healy-Yang retired from her day job teaching in the English Department at Worcester State University. Her favorite courses, some of which she developed, were: Romantic and Victorian Gothic; Shakespeare; Witchcraft in Medieval and Renaissance Literature; Screen and Page: Film and Literature; Shakespeare and Film; and Pastoral Literature of the 16th and 17th Century.
This series features a sharp, witty, imaginative female lead who’s ripe for a little romance, even if it is mixed in with espionage, deception, and murder. Along the way, she’s helped as well as hindered by her sharp-tongued sister and her wise-guy cat. |
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