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This post come from our inventory manager Jan. If you could travel back in time, what would you do? What would you change? It’s not everyday you get the opportunity to read a conversational icebreaker expanded in a 273 page novel. The question discloses character. If you’re Hermione Granger, for example, you use time travel … Continue reading Every Anxious Word…Has Meaning When Time Becomes Your Road
Texas Ranger: The Epic Life of Frank Hamer, the Man Who Killed Bonnie and Clyde by John Boessenecker (speaking & signing this Sunday at 3PM!) To most Americans, Frank Hamer is known only as the “villain” of the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. Now, in Texas Ranger, historian John Boessenecker sets out to restore Hamer’s good … Continue reading New Books! 4/26/15
Their Great Gift: Courage, Sacrifice, and Hope in a New Land, by John Coy with photographs by Wing Young Huie is an "attractive and inspiring look at immigration to the United States, sure to spark discussions at home or in the classroom," according to School Library Journal. Local author Chris Barton has allowed us to … Continue reading Chris Barton talks with John Coy and Wing Young Huie
This post comes from our bookseller Mona. Mona’s first edition of North Toward Home. Willie Morris’ 1967 autobiography is her staff selection for Saint George’s Day. In celebration of the life of St. George, the Roman military martyr (whose official feast date was April 23), our booksellers have been honoring a centuries old tradition of … Continue reading #StaffPick: Willie Morris’s NORTH TOWARD HOME
It's YA lucky day! It's Teen Thursday! We're bringing you YA news from around the globe and highlights from the BookPeople Teen Press Corps Blog! Don't forget to check out the blog for new reviews, event reports, and other teen news! TTBF 2016! The Texas Teen Book Festival celebrates its eighth year in 2016: eight … Continue reading Teen Thursday! (4/21/16)
This year, four science fiction-loving booksellers will delve into Fantastic Planets, Forbidden Zones, and Lost Continents: The 100 Greatest Science-Fiction Films, the new book by film historian Douglas Brode. They’ll watch the movies, read Brode’s take, and tell you – point blank – how they feel about all of it. #9 on Douglas Brode’s list of … Continue reading Fantastic Planets #9 – Children of Men
Approval Junkie: Adventures in Caring Too Much by Faith Salie From comedian and journalist Faith Salie, of NPR's "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!” a collection of daring, funny essays chronicling the author's adventures during her lifelong quest for approval, whether it’s trying to impress her parents with a perfect GPA, undergoing an exorcism in the hopes … Continue reading New Books! 4/19/16
This post comes from BookPeople event team member Meike. It is a truth universally acknowledged that retellings of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice abound. Some are almost as sharp and witty as the original; others are sorely lacking. But Curtis Sittenfeld’s Eligible falls squarely in the first category. In this take on the Bennett family, … Continue reading ELIGIBLE: A Modern Re-Telling of Pride and Prejudice
Moonlight pulses evilly through the clouds this Tuesday night as the natural universe expresses its contempt for the loathsome gathering of human husks known to polite society as The Nightmare Factory Book Club. By some wicked alchemy, these vile puppets cloaked in man-flesh have insinuated themselves into the hidden folds of the world - the … Continue reading The Nightmare Factory Sees The Horror Behind The Harlequinade With Thomas Ligotti
This post comes from former BookPerson Steven Warren. Jen Kirkman will perform and sign her new book in Austin at The North Door this Friday, April 22 at 8PM. The event is open to all ages. TICKETS (via Transmission Entertainment) Forty is the age when a lot of people start to get a little comfortable, … Continue reading Steven W. on JEN KIRKMAN’S I Know What I’m Doing — and Other Lies I Tell Myself
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