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The Bookshelf - "We created this weekend to bring people out to the Hamptons' during the winter season and create something different for locals to do," Heather McCormack explained.

The Bookshelf - "This is a fearsome tale of neighbor against neighbor in the early days of East Hampton, when the now-familiar street names still belonged to the town's landowners, tenant farmers, pastors, whalers, rogues, and heroes," Dava Sobel noted.

The Bookshelf - "Like classic characters from Seuss or Pooh, Brian's characters become BFFs," Romany Kramoris shared.

The Bookshelf - "My first visit to Montauk I remember like it was yesterday...I was so intrigued with the land, the surf, and the people," reflected Pelleteri.

The Bookshelf - "Captain Henry Green was an ordinary man who lived an extraordinary life. Remarkably the man had ties to the infamous slave ship the Amistad and the California Gold Rush," said the author.

The Bookshelf - "I don't want to look down that dark tunnel ever again," Alec Baldwin told us when we asked if there was plans for a follow up to You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump (A So-Called Parody).

The Bookshelf - "Perhaps the most shocking thing I found out is that East Hampton had only one policeman when the force was established," Harrison told us.

The Bookshelf - "It's a lot of different genres for a lot of different tastes and that's what makes it so wonderful," Rogers told Hamptons.com.

The Bookshelf - Praise for the book include Kirikus Reviews who called it, "A vigorous, readable revisitation of the events of a century and more ago but with plenty of subtle lessons in the book for modern-day civil rights activities, too."

The Bookshelf - "My interest in offshore banking was the catalyst," Alger told us about "The Banker's Wife."

The Bookshelf - "I am happy to say four of these best-selling authors have East End ties and the press for these books has been fantastic!" shared Selina Pasca

The Bookshelf - "If Claude Monet we're alive today, there is no doubt he would be seen with a glass of rosé, and easel trying to catch the light as it bounced off the beautiful bays of the Hamptons," said author Aileen Bordman.

The Bookshelf - "Winter is the perfect time to cozy-up with a good cup of coffee and a great book! We want to celebrate the season by taking time reflect on land, history and traditions with wonderful local authors and scholars," said Lisa Pepe, Assistant Director at Hallockville Museum Farm.

The Bookshelf - "Long Island has an amazing history and I try to show the public that it's important to understand this history; I try to make it that they will appreciate it and preserve it going forward after they read my books," said historian and award-winning author Keriann Flanagan Brosky.

The Bookshelf - "There was no way I was not going to reach out to Chita Rivera, Patti LuPone, Kevin Kline, and Mandy Patinkin, and Hal Holbrook," Klein told Hamptons.com.

The Bookshelf - "It was really tough because you want to be honest but you don't want to hurt other people so you really have to pull your punches and figure out where that balance is," Baldwin said about deciding what to include in his memoir.

The Bookshelf - "I felt really guilty about it so the way I was able to almost satisfy those maternal needs was to nourish the boys," Hermer said about being on bed rest for most of her third pregnancy.

The Bookshelf - "I spend a lot of time surfing and writing in the Hamptons," Peterson told Hamptons.com.

The Bookshelf - "From the Warhol Superstars to the Limelight / Tunnel club kids and Lady Gaga's Lower East Side crew, they are extremely creative, talented, and glamorous people," said Corona about Night Class' subjects.

The Bookshelf - "This is one of the few events that all of the celebrities are here for the sole purpose of speaking with and interacting with the guests," Fabiszak told Hamptons.com.