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Hey kids! Waldo, our favorite red-white-and-blue wanderer, is heading out around the country this July to flaunt his independence and tour some of the special places that make America's communities so unique -- and even weird! And of course that means he's hitting Austin and daring you to find him as he visits some of … Continue reading Find in Waldo in Austin!
~Post by Nolan What if you aren't born innocent? Everyone is shaped by an experience and grows old in some way or another. You realize the world isn't the place it was and you're given new insights and new eyes that shade your existence just a little. But what if you aren't born innocent? What … Continue reading What Dies in Summer
Brand new books! Fresh off the presses! As usual, blurbs provided by the books' publishers. HARDCOVER FICTION A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers ***Limited number of signed copies available! In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his … Continue reading New Releases
Book: Freeman by Leonard Pitts, Jr. Reviewed by: Jessica Leonard Pitts, Jr.’s novel, Freeman, is an eye opening look into the aftermath of the Confederate Army’s surrender and Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Infused with a myriad of historical details, a sweeping backdrop of America’s ravaged and war torn South, and a brilliantly devised multiple character plot … Continue reading Book Review: FREEMAN by Leonard Pitts, Jr.
Brand new on our shelves today: A Hologram for the King, the new novel by the one and only Mr. Dave Eggers. The good people at McSweeney's sent us a limited number of signed copies. Call 512-472-5050 and speak to a bookseller to get your hands on one, or order through our website (just make … Continue reading New Dave Eggers On Sale Today!
~Post by Kester My son, Harrison, is 7 years old and getting ready to enter the 3rd grade. He's a precocious reader, but still likes a bit of harmless summer reading fun. Which means that he digs on The Chronicles of Narnia as well as Calvin & Hobbes. His favorite books include The Phantom Tollbooth … Continue reading Kester & Harrison’s Summer Reads
Good evening, intrepid engineers of evil. It is time once again to dim your gas lamps, brighten your jack-o-lanterns, put another cube of dry ice into your novelty cauldron, and set your pipe organs to "atonal" because the Nightmare Factory is meeting in a few short days to discuss the frightening, flying ferocity that is … Continue reading The Nightmare Factory Discusses The Bloody Red Baron
Father's Day is Sunday. Figured out what you're getting Dad yet? Here are a few suggestions curated by Chris Hoyt (and written up by Julie). For the Sci-Fi Dads: Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown The phone's been ringing off the hook for this book! We have it in stock, get it while it's … Continue reading Last Minute Father’s Day Gift Ideas
Better late than never! Yesterday we got completely caught up with our fantastic Teen Press Corps. We had a very productive meeting and I assure you there is greatness in the works. Excitement abounding! Lois Lowry will be in store Oct 15th. Needless to say deciding who would be the first to read our pre-lease … Continue reading Teen Thursday Friday Edition
Book: Are You My Mother by Alison Bechdel Reviewed by: Steven Alison Bechdel melts my brain. Her initial notoriety stemming from her long-running comic strip, Dykes to Watch Out For (beautifully bound and anthologized in 2008's The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For), Bechdel incinerated the graphic autobiography genre in 2006 with Fun Home: A … Continue reading Book Review: ARE YOU MY MOTHER by Alison Bechdel
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