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This week, to kick off our tremendous list of recommendations for everyone shopping for the holidays (or simply for a good book), we’re highlighting titles that we and independent booksellers across the country are particularly fond of (and there are quite a few selections, compiled neatly in this brilliant list, if you’d like to take … Continue reading Thanks for Shopping Indie!
~post by Grace I love food. I do. It's something that I thought I probably shouldn't say to the world but here I am. Deb Perelman loves food, and I love Deb Perelman. Deb is the creator of the wildly successful blog Smitten Kitchen. If you haven't checked it out, your life is about to … Continue reading It’s Clear Grace is Smitten with Deb Perelman
This week we have a very light Tuesday of New Releases, but we are thankful all the same. Check out what the publishing world is sending our way, and as always the book's blurbs are provided by their publishers. PAPERBACK FICTION Better Living Through Plastic Explosives by Zsuzsi Gartner Whether she takes on evolution and … Continue reading New Releases
Last week we received this email from Kristina, one of our customers: "...my friend Elizabeth and I started this little tradition when our kids were just a few months old to take a picture every 6 months or so at the couch upstairs near the bathroom. A friend suggested I send them in to see … Continue reading Babies and Books. Nothing Beats This Cuteness.
This week, to kick off our tremendous list of recommendations for everyone shopping for the holidays (or simply for a good book), we're highlighting titles that we and independent booksellers across the country are particularly fond of (and there are quite a few selections, compiled neatly in this brilliant list, if you'd like to take … Continue reading Thanks for Shopping Indie!
In no particular order..... The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson "The first thing to know about Adam Johnson’s marvelous book is that nothing is as it seems. The protagonist, after an arduous childhood, does not really have a name. Like many things in North Korea, appearance is more important than substance; thus, his name … Continue reading BookPeople Best of 2012: FICTION
~post by Steven Hey gang! Have we got a great show planned for you tonight or what? You know, the exalted hosts of The Stand Up Sit Down Book Club - the freshest new comedy memoir book club here at BookPeople - confided in me backstage that they're only doing this for the paid time … Continue reading Tonight We Stand Up AND… Sit Down
With the holiday shopping season officially in full swing, we have tons of recommendations to offer over the next few weeks for the book lovers on your list. To kick things off, we're going to spend this week taking a look at some of the books we and our indie bookselling colleagues across the country … Continue reading Thanks for Shopping Indie!
Four years ago this month The Voyage Out Book Group had our first meeting. We talked about Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian. It was a wonderful conversation, and I haven’t read the same way since. The Voyage Out Book Group is a monthly book discussion group that picks fiction in three to four month regionally focused … Continue reading Voyage Out Celebrates 4 Years of Social Reading
Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America by Jeff Ryan Reviewed by Andrew H. It's hard to imagine a world without the Mario Bros, but it was never a sure bet. Nintendo was a struggling arcade company in the 1980s known more for their cheap knock offs rather than genre-defining innovations. This book by Jeff Ryan … Continue reading From Trading Cards to Cheap Motels to Donkey Kong: The History of Nintendo
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