Upcoming Events
Upcoming Events


Book Signing: Kenan Thompson
Chapter One is happy to welcome Kenan Thompson for a book signing of his biography "When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown"!
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TICKETS ARE REQUIRED. One ticket = one signed copy. Each ticket is $38 plus fees. You must present your ticket upon arrival. Books will be given out at the time of the event. Attendees will be served on a first come, first served basis.
*No refunds or exchanges accepted*
About the Kenan:
Kenan Thompson is an American actor and comedian. He has been a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live since 2003, making him the longest-tenured cast member in the show's history.[3] He was also the first regular cast member born after the show's premiere in 1975. Outside of SNL, Thompson starred on NBC's sitcom Kenan from 2021 to 2022.
About the Book
Kenan’s biography “When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories & Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown” came out in 2023, published by Harper Collins!
"Kenan is a master storyteller with extraordinary stories to tell. I wouldn't miss this for the world."--Leslie Jones
When I Was Your Age is a hilarious, heartwarming and surprising ode to growing up, getting older and wiser, and luck, life, and learning from the school of hard knocks, from SNL's longest-serving actor, Kenan Thompson
Kenan Thompson is Saturday Night Live's longest-ever-serving cast member and a star of such pioneering sketches as "Black Jeopardy" and is hugely beloved thanks to a tidal wave of nostalgic fans who grew up on early 2000s classics All That, Good Burger, and Kenan & Kel on Nickelodeon.
He's also a dad (to two girls) in his mid-40s living in suburbia, and whose universal, relatable, family-friendly humor has created unbelievable appeal and engagement from fans from middle America to coastal elites. Becoming a dad sucked the cool right out of him -- and he's OK with that!
When I Was Your Age is packed with hilarious yet poignant essays that are aimed to offer any reader valuable advice on parenting, focusing on positivity, and having fun in life. Kids, new parents, fellow fathers, budding comics, and aunties who want to pinch his cheeks, can all learn from his biggest mistakes and most triumphant victories. There's something for everybody here!


Book Signing: Harlan Coben!
TIME CHANGE: 6pm-8pm
Join us for an exciting book signing at Chapter One with New York Times Best Selling Author Harlan Coben the day before the offical release of his new book, "Nobody's Fool"!
*THIS IS A TICKETED EVENT* Walk ins are not guaranteed a signed copy.
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE A TICKET!
One ticket = one signed copy. Each ticket is $38 plus fees. You must present your ticket upon arrival. Books will be given out at the time of the event. Attendees will be served on a first come, first served basis.
*No refunds or exchanges accepted*
SYNOPSIS:
A year after the devastating events that took place inFool Me Once, Harlan Coben’s bestselling thriller and #1 Netflix series, a secret from former Detective Sami Kierce’s college days comes back to haunt him. Present day is hard enough for the disgraced Kierce, but his past isn’t through with him yet…
Sami Kierce, a young college grad backpacking in Spain with friends, wakes up one morning, covered in blood. There’s a knife in his hand. Beside him, the body of his girlfriend. Anna. Dead. He doesn’t know what happened. His screams drown out his thoughts—and then he runs.
Twenty-two years later, Kierce, now a private investigator, is a new father who’s working off his debts by doing low level surveillance jobs and teaching wannabe sleuths at a night school in New York City. One evening, he recognizes a familiar face at the back of the classroom. Anna. It’s unmistakably her. As soon as Kierce makes eye contact with her, she bolts. For Kierce there is no choice. He knows he must find this woman and solve the impossible mystery that has haunted his every waking moment since that terrible day.
His investigation will bring him face-to-face with his past—and prove, after all this time, he’s nobody’s fool.
Harlan Coben is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and one of the world's leading storytellers. His suspense novels are published in forty-six languages and have been number one bestsellers in more than a dozen countries, with eighty million books in print worldwide. His Myron Bolitar series has earned the Edgar, Shamus, and Anthony Awards, and several of his books have been developed into Netflix original series, including the #1 global hit Fool Me Once, The Stranger, The Innocent, Gone for Good, The Woods, Stay Close, and Hold Tight, as well as the Amazon Prime series adaptation of Shelter. He lives in New Jersey.

Annie Grossman Book Signing
Join journalist-turned-dog trainer Annie Grossman, author of the new book How To Train Your Dog With Love + Science, for a reading that looks at the development of positive reinforcement training over the last century, and the ways in which digital technology may impact how dogs learn in the future. This new book dissects the problems with dog training in popular modern media, and shines a bright light on how, and why, to train without using force or coercion. Grossman will answer questions, do a short demo, and make the case that "good dog training" may be a window into understanding ourselves. She will be joined by Lauren Huston of Sunny Heart Doodles and Eric Anderson of Morris County's Hound Harmony.

Silent Book Club February Meeting
A silent bookclub allows members of the community to get together and silently read. There’s no specific book assignment, no reading discussion. Just an hour of silent reading companionship! After the hour is up, attendees are allowed to mingle, browse, and enjoy some light refreshments and treats. All attendees will receive 10% off any book purchased on book club night! Please RSVP below every month you wish to attend. An RSVP is needed each month even if you have attended a previous month.

Book Signing: Ed Kalegi
24 conversations with compelling personalities: Carol Burnett, Dick Van Dyke, Cindy Williams, Henry Winkler, Peri Gilpin, Norman Lear, Brooke Shields, Rosanna Arquette, Lorraine Bracco, Chazz Palminteri, Gwen Carr, Cassidy Hutchinson, Jan VandeHei, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Dean Koontz, Richard Lewis, Robert Klein, Dick Cavett, Lizz Winstead, Ken Levine, Rob Burnett, Doug Momary and Emily Peden, Todd Rundgren, and Dionne Warwick.
This book is more than just a collection of celebrity interviews; it’s a journey through pop culture, history, and the art of conversation. These conversations span genres and generations.
As for Ed, he’s hosted The Weekend with Ed Kalegi syndicated radio show since 2014 (www.EdKalegi.com) and has interviewed several hundred celebrities, authors, and newsmakers. He is a conversationalist at heart who grew up immersed in TV, film, and the media. As a young boy, he’d use a walkie-talkie as his own impromptu bedroom radio station and stay up late to watch Dick Cavett on a 5” black and white Sony TV with snowy reception and bad vertical hold. It’s always been in his blood. Now, he’s lucky to be able to work within what he love.

Anything Goes Book Club February Meeting
Our book this month is More or Less Maddy by Lisa Genova.
Book club members will receive 15% off each monthly book club pick! Please show your confirmation email at check out to receive your discount.

Jordana Blake and S. Trout Book Signings
Flying by Jordana Blake
Forbidden Fruit and Forbidden Obsessions by S. Trout

Romantasy Book Club February Meeting
Our book this month is Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros.
Book club members will receive 15% off each monthly book club pick! Please show your confirmation email at check out.

Book Signing: Angela Brown
We are so excited to welcome back local author, Angela Brown!! She will be signing copies of her new book Some Other Time!
Former bookstore employee Ellie and Jonah, her husband of twenty years, are headed for divorce. They’ve simply fallen out of love, but their family—college-aged daughter Maggie, and Ellie’s eccentric parents Frank and Bunny—aren’t having it. But what if their lives had gone differently? What if Ellie and Jonah had never crashed into one another? That’s the question Ellie is forced to reckon with on the extraordinary morning when she wakes up to an alternate version of the present day—one in which she and a passing stranger named Jonah never married.
Perfect for Valentine’s Day, SOME OTHER TIME is an untraditional love story in which Ellie sees that a simple shift in time could have resulted in an entirely different life. In Olivia Strauss, Brown asked: “If you knew the date when you would die, would you change the way you live?” And SOME OTHER TIME looks at the tiny nuances of life, asking what it could have been like if another path had been chosen.
As Ellie soon finds out, “life is not a study in destiny but an experiment in choice, less a quirky romance novel about serendipity and more akin to those Choose Your Own Adventure books she loved to read as a kid. You make one decision and flip ahead twenty pages. You make a different one and watch your marriage end.”
SOME OTHER TIME is a charmingly upside down second-chance romance, full of heart and tenderness.









Book Signing : Dr. Mark McLaughlin
Join us for the fifth anniversary of Cognitive Dominance: A Brain Surgeon's Quest to Out-Think Fear and hear Dr. Mark McLaughlin discuss the ways in which we can control our brains and use them to their fullest potential.



Hometown History
Hometown History is going to be coming to you in person this fall! On September 26th from 7-8pm as Chapter One will be hosting a Meet & Greet! Join us for a Q&A about how Hometown History got started, the details on how they make such absurdly good podcasts, and behind the scenes stories and extras that you didn’t hear in their episodes.
You can register for this event here: https://www.hometownhistorynj.com/events-1/hometown-history-meet-greet-chapter-one/form

Children's Storytime with Mendham Borough Library
Bring your child to Chapter One for story time in partnership with the Mendham Borough Library! September 25th at 10:30am. Please sign up below

Free Book Giveaway: Jordan Toma
Join us September 14th at 10am for a Free Book Giveaway with motivational speaker Jordan Toma!
About the Author
Jordan Toma is A Motivational Speaker, Financial Advisor and a real estate investor "But it hasn't always been this easy" My life has been a roller-coaster with this "Learning Disability" and I let it control my confidence and outlook on life for the first 18 years. I let it define me - it became a permanent label stuck to my shirt every day. I will give you an idea of what I mean. You know when you are attending a conference and they give you a name tag to pin to your shirt? As far as I was concerned I had a permanent name tag. But mine said "You're not as smart as everyone else. You can't do this". This happened to me because of my experience in school and it grew roots into everything I did. I would feel helpless in class. I struggled to understand why I couldn't just pick up information like everyone else. I remember sitting in class telling myself I am going to try really hard to understand everything in class today just like everyone else and be a normal student, but I just couldn't grasp it! I was made fun of because sometimes I had to have special lessons. Other students, even so called "friends" called me dumb. I let this problem control me until I graduated in 2008. I was accepted into a life changing program called The Step Ahead. I remember moving in filled with fear and anxiety. I went into the bathroom looked at myself in the mirror and promised myself I was going to change. I knew I couldn't let this label last forever. After that I started building a foundation of confidence and belief in myself brick by brick. It has brought me to where I am today. This journey has just started for me but now I believe it's time to help young students that can relate to my story. My objective is to create the foundations of the belief, the confidence, the work ethic and everything that you need to become the best you can be now and not let anything ever get in your way. Now it's time to make up for lost time.

Book Signing: Caitriona Drexler
About the Event
Join us on August 24th from 1pm to 3pm to get your signed copies of THE PRINCE OF CAMELOT, THE EARL AND THE LASS, THE WHITE ENCHANTRESS, and THE WHITE KNIGHT by Caitriona Drexler!
About the Author
Caitriona Drexler, known to her readers as Tri, is a data-driven art historian by day and a genre-hopping indie author by night. As an art history graduate, Tri started her career in data acquisition for an art database. Although art had always fascinated her, she couldn't find the spark to ignite her passion.
It took a traumatic breakup to discover a hidden talent for storytelling. Tri had always been an avid reader and daydreamer, and she found solace in the stories she created in her mind. One day, she took a leap of faith and self-published her first novel, beginning her journey as an indie author. And thus a new obsession was born - writing epic love stories full of spice.
Tri hails from New Jersey, where she lives with her husband, son, and two cats.

Book Signing: Yael Adler
Come to Chapter One on July 14th, from 12pm to 2pm, to meet local author Yael Adler and grab a signed copy of her book FROM GYPSY TO JERSEY!
About the Book
From Gypsy to Jersey, chronicles how my parents came to adopt me from Romania and how, all these years later, I followed the trail to my birth mother and made the journey back to Romania to connect with my Roma (Gypsy) family and roots. It also explores the conditions and history of the country around the time of my birth and what I learned about the Roma culture.
I am telling my story in the hopes of inspiring other adoptees and giving them the courage to learn more about their past.
About the Author
Romanian adoptee and Author Yael Adler wrote From Gypsy to Jersey to share her uplifting personal story, in the hopes of inspiring and helping others who want to learn more about their past and uncover their roots.
Yael shares her hopes and fears as she makes the journey back to Romania, ultimately connecting with her Roma (Gypsy) family and learning about a fascinating culture.
Married and the mother of three, Yael and her family live in Randolph, New Jersey. You can learn more by visiting, fromgypsytojersey.com and following her @fromgypsytojersey.

Book Signing: Tom Caravela
Come to Chapter One, June 22nd at 1pm to 4pm, to get a signed copy of JOB SEARCH MASTERY: HOW TO WIN YOUR DREAM JOB by Tom Caravela!
About the Book
Are you having trouble getting interviews? Are you applying to positions but not hearing back? Do you feel stuck in your job search? "Job Search Mastery. How to WIN Your Dream Job" is a step-by-step guide for any and all job seekers looking to make their next career move. In this book, Tom Caravela walks the reader through a series of coaching sessions to help navigate each and every part of the job search process. Tom will educate you, inspire you and motivate you. You will learn all you need to know to WIN your dream job!
About the Author
Tom Caravela is a job search expert with over 25 years of experience as a top talent advisor to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. Tom is a certified speaker, trainer, and coach, as well as a best-selling author. He is the host of a globally ranked podcast dedicated to field medical affairs professionals and pharmaceutical industry leaders.

Book Signing: Jane Rubin
Come to Chapter One, June 15th from 10am to 12pm to meet Jane Rubin and get your signed copy of her novels, IN THE HANDS OF WOMEN and THREADBARE!
About the Book
“In Threadbare, Rubin weaves a vivid tapestry of hope, heartbreak, and resilience amid breath-stopping challenges, opening a window to a transformative time in women’s history.” -Audrey Blake, USA bestselling author, The Girl in his Shadow, The Surgeon’s Daughter
Threadbare recounts the story of an innocent but tenacious young girl who chooses marriage to Abe, a lonely widower, rather than follow her farming community north as urban development transforms rural Harlem. Convinced Abe will help her attend high school on the Lower East Side, she faces a rude awakening to the filth and disease of the tenements. Through the following decades, Tillie turns her energy and intelligence to partnering with Abe as he builds a thriving button business while she and her neighbor Sadie launch a unique garment company. Pushing back against anti-Semitic values dominating the time, she acquires wealth only to have her life upended by a devastating, unforeseen challenge.
About the Author
Jane Loeb Rubin’s research of the history of New York City, its ultra-conservative reproductive laws, and the state of medicine during that era has culminated in a suspenseful, fast-paced, historical fiction series. Her engaging characters confront the shifting role of midwives, the dangers of pregnancy, the infamous Blackwell’s Workhouse, and the perilous road to financial success. In the Hands of Women (Level Best Books) is Ms. Rubin’s debut novel. Her previous publications include her essay memoir, Almost a Princess, My Life as a Two Time Cancer Survivor, and numerous essays in trade journals.

Book Signing: Jerry Manheim
Please join us, at Chapter One, for a book signing and talk with Jerry Manheim, highlighting his books, DOUBLEDAY DOUBLETAKE, THE FEDERAL CASE, and THE KEYSTONE CORNER, which all feature Mendham! This event will also include two more of Jerry’s books, THIS NEVER HAPPENED and THE GAMEKEEPERS. Stop by Sunday, June 2nd to get a signed copy and hear all about Jerry and his books!
About the Books
This Never Happened: The Mystery Behind the Death of Christy Mathewson
What is the REAL story behind the death of baseball icon Christy Mathewson? Why has it remained a secret
all these years? It all traces to a true-life military secret. Wartime propaganda. A massive coverup. A dead
reporter's buried notes. A lost journal. A secret code. Award-winning writer Adam Wallace and his friend
Jason Drumm are on the trail, and you won't believe what they discover. But maybe you should.
The GameKeepers: Whitewash, Blackmail, and Baseball’s Darkest Secrets
A National Pastime subject to recurring scandals and embarrassments. A secret society of Baseball elders
dedicated to protecting the Game. A secret repository. Failsafe security. It worked perfectly for nearly a
century. But then.... Enter Liz Fairchild and baseball sleuth Adam Wallace, with the fate of the game literally
in their hands.
Doubleday Doubletake: One Ball, Three Strikes, One Man Out
Civil War hero Abner Doubleday was long credited with inventing baseball in Cooperstown in 1839. Now,
baseball historians say he was just a foil masking a conspiracy by Albert Spalding and others to lay claim
to the game, perhaps for nefarious purposes. Baseball sleuth Adam Wallace is called on to put the
Doubleday myth to the test. But he's not the only one on Abner's trail!
The Federal Case
A century old legal battle between Major League Baseball and the upstart Federal League. An old contract,
once lost, now found. Young night-schooled lawyer Andy Dennum takes on the baseball establishment, the
law firm that fired him, and a mystery from his own past. At stake? Major League Baseball's business
model, and Andy's future as a lawyer. You win some, you lose some. Some get rained out. Especially in
Kansas City.
The Keystone Corner: Thomas Edison Turns Two
Thomas Edison didn’t invent baseball any more than Abner Doubleday did. But his little-known love of the
game might hold the key to unlocking a surprising secret. Join Andy Dennum and Keiley Barefoot as they
chart a path through art, science, business, bureaucrats, baseball ... and history. See if you can make it to
the keystone corner.
About the Author
JB Manheim is Professor Emeritus at The George Washington University, where he
developed the world's first degree-granting program in political communication and was
later founding director of the School of Media & Public Affairs. In 1995 he was named
Professor of the Year for the District of Columbia. He learned his love of baseball
watching Dizzy Dean on the Game of the Week and huddling with his grandfather for
warmth on July nights at The Mistake By The Lake, AKA, Cleveland Municipal Stadium,
and renewed it when the National Pastime finally returned to the Nation's Capital.
Manheim brings to life his expertise in propaganda and strategic communication
through his fictional stories of baseball behind the scenes. His writing will lead you to
question whether what you think you know about the history of the game and about the
powers who control it is real, or whether it's just a carefully nurtured product of lies,
deceptions, misdirection, and propaganda. JB Manheim is a member of the Society for
American Baseball Research, the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America, and
International Thriller Writers.

Book signing: Get it together by Jesse Watters
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Join us, May 5th at 11am, for a book signing featuring JESSE WATTERS showcasing his latest book, GET IT TOGETHER. Please click below to sign up!
About the Book
AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Can the political be way too personal? What if most radical activists are trying to change their lives by changing the whole country?
When Jesse Watters set out to interview a few dozen radical activists to find out where their wild ideas came from, he discovered two things that shocked him:
First, he liked these people.
Second, their political positions were not primarily from books, teachers, or other activists. They originated in personal drama. Most of these people didn’t need legislation. They needed a therapist.
In Get It Together, the number one New York Times bestselling author and Fox News primetime host takes on Wokeism in a way no one else has. Through a series of (sometimes very) personal interviews with some of the most radical activists in the country, Watters discovers that these activists may be overlooking the most important change they need to make—within themselves.
From activists working for climate change salvation, Black supremacy, and social justice to a professional cuddler and a transwoman who identifies as a wolf, Watters shows how many well-intentioned Americans have bought into causes invented and run by people who are illogical, emotional, and ill-informed.
Through their stories, Watters uncovers common threads—childhood traumas, broken relationships, and a lack of introspection. What if the people obsessed with the end of the world are just hurting from how this one has treated them? What if that, rather than ideological disagreements, is the deeper root of our country’s political divide?
Funny, fresh, and fascinating, Get It Together is sure to spark important conversations, and to inspire us to see one another not as political opponents, but as real and broken human beings.
About the Author
Jesse Watters serves as the co-host of The Five and the host of Jesse Watters Primetime, the two highest-rated cable news shows in America. Jesse rose to fame as a producer and correspondent for The O’Reilly Factor, which showcased his comedic street interviews, aggressive confrontations, and entertaining adventures all across the country. His autobiography, How I Saved the World, was a #1 New York Times bestseller. Born in Philadelphia, Jesse graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, with a bachelor’s degree in history.

Hilltop Elementary School and Mountain View Middle School Summer Reading Sale
May 3rd, 4th, 10th, and 11th, Chapter One will have many of the Hilltop and Mountain View summer reading books specially displayed throughout the store. All books will be displayed by grade level and teacher.
All Hilltop and Mountain View students and parents will receive a 10% discount on their summer reading books!

Fundraiser: Deirdre's House Auction and Book Signing featuring Carol Van Den Hende and Vikki Young
About the Event
We are so excited to be hosting the Deirdre’s House Spring Fundraiser benefitting Deirdre’s House’s mental health programs! Deirdre’s House is the Child Advocacy Center for Morris County’s child victims or abuse and/or neglect and children who have witnessed violence.
Please join us, April 29th 11am-2pm, for a silent auction, light lunch, and a book signing featuring award-winning authors Carol Van Den Hende (Goodbye, Orchid series) and Vikki Young (“A Girl of color” and “Hair Don’t Care”).
Please click the link below to register!
About Deirdre’s House
Deirdre’s House, formerly known as the Deirdre O'Brien Child Advocacy Center, is the Child Advocacy Center for Morris County's child victims of abuse and/or neglect and children who have witnessed violence. Child Advocacy Centers (CAC’s) are child focused programs that coordinate the multi-disciplinary investigation, prosecution and treatment of child abuse cases. Deirdre’s House is the only site in Morris County where a child victim can be interviewed and digitally recorded by law enforcement, medically examined and treated by pediatric child abuse specialist, prepared for trial, and provided with counseling services, all under one roof. All services are provided in English and Spanish and are free of charge. Deirdre's House provides a secure, nurturing, home-like environment that lessens the trauma and provides a source of healing, hope, and justice for children who have suffered abuse and/or neglect.
Since opening our doors in 1996, Deirdre's House has provided services to child victims from each town in Morris County. If the Center did not exist, children would have to be interviewed at a police facility, examined in a hospital emergency room, counseled at yet another location, and speak with many individuals thus increasing the impact of trauma and stress in their life. At Deirdre's House, the child friendly environment, staff, and trauma informed professionals help children and families navigate this difficult time with specialized care and understanding.