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HARDCOVER FICTION Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer Here they are, all in one sweet hardcover volume, VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy: Annihilation; Authority; and Acceptance. You loved them in their individual paperback editions, now manage this acclaimed sci fi series (a favorite among our booksellers) in one easy-to-carry book. Joe T. says: "These novels … Continue reading New Releases – 11/18/14
~post by Joe T., Assistant Buyer I don’t remember my first Stephen King novel. It was either Pet Sematary or Misery. I was 13, maybe 14, and my best friend brought one of those two books on a school trip and I had read the entire book by the time we reached our destination. I … Continue reading One Life, Furnished in Stephen King
JULIE W. A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit "I read these essays in one sitting. There's something about the rhythm of Solnit's sentences as they course through her subject that feels like swimming. She's hypnotic. I'd follow Solnit anywhere. In this case, I followed her through what it means to lose … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
This month our booksellers are cooking up a seven course feast to highlight the many new cookbooks hitting our shelves in time for the holidays. Join us as we chronicle our ambitious culinary undertakings here on the BookPeople blog. From cocktails to side dishes to dessert, we’ll share our adventures investigating a wide variety of new cookbooks, all … Continue reading BookPeople Feast: Sicilian Tomato Sauce
HARDCOVER FICTION Family Furnishings: Selected Stories, 1995-2014 by Alice Munro From the winner of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature—and one of our most beloved writers—a new selection of her peerless short fiction, gathered from the collections of the last two decades, a companion volume to Selected Stories (1968-1994). Family Furnishings brings us twenty-four of Alice … Continue reading New Releases – 11/11/14
This month our booksellers are cooking up a seven course feast to highlight the many new cookbooks hitting our shelves in time for the holidays. Join us as we chronicle our ambitious culinary undertakings here on the BookPeople blog. From cocktails to side dishes to dessert, we’ll share our adventures investigating a wide variety of new cookbooks, all … Continue reading BookPeople Feast: Old Ikarian Tomato-Acorn Soup
Horns by Joe Hill ~post by Robyn and Steven Horns by Joe Hill is a gripping revenge anthem that navigates the wicked corridors of the human spirit while artfully subverting conventional morality to deconstruct the faulty premise of good versus evil. Under the scrutiny of Joe Hill's transcendent storytelling, the straw god that would punish … Continue reading The HORNS Experience
Writing Movies for Fun and Profit: How We Made a Billion Dollars at the Box Office and You Can, Too! by Robert Ben Garant & Thomas Lennon ~post by Steve(n) Casablanca; Lawrence of Arabia; Annie Hall; The Pacifier with Vin Diesel. One of these movies doesn't belong. That's because one of these movies made oodles … Continue reading WRITING MOVIES FOR FUN AND PROFIT: A Guaranteed Money Factory
MOLLY River of Dark Dreams: Slavery and Empire in the Cotton Kingdom by Walter Johnson "This is a book about the Mississippi River Valley and the history of how slavery shaped its economy. It's very important that we all read something about the Civil War for its 150th anniversary. Also, no one should smile … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
This month our booksellers are cooking up a seven course feast to highlight the many new cookbooks hitting our shelves in time for the holidays. Join us as we chronicle our ambitious culinary undertakings here on the BookPeople blog. From cocktails to side dishes to dessert, we’ll share our adventures investigating a wide variety of new cookbooks, all … Continue reading BookPeople Feast: Tomato & Pomegranate Salad
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