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BEN White Girls by Hilton Als "Wonderful collection of essays from this year. Als explores identity within society and self. Intellectual, poetic, and Junot Diaz's must-read for the year." CAROLYN The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Ehrlich "Fantastic! This book was given to me by a friend. It is composed of diary entries that … Continue reading What We’re Reading This Week
Merritt Tierce's debut novel, Love Me Back, hit our booksellers hard. The story of Marie, a waitress at an upscale restaurant in Dallas, is told in cutting scenes of sex and drug abuse juxtaposed against crystalline descriptions of Marie's love for her daughter. This novel is rough and unapologetic, full of powerful sentences that tear through … Continue reading Praise For A Bold New Texas Writer
BookPeople is joining other independent bookstores and businesses across the country to raise our voice in support of e-fairness and to ask you, our customers, to do the same. Congress is poised to vote on a long-standing ban on internet access taxes and attached to that bill is sales tax fairness, an issue that significantly affects … Continue reading Support E-Fairness Now!
~post by Steve(n) W. “When the Stand Up Sit Down Book Club approached me to write an introduction for their blog to promote the September meeting of their regional book group, I thought to myself, 'Well, I don't want to do that,' and then I spent the rest of the day like I spend most … Continue reading Stand Up Sit Down Book Club: COOL, CALM & CONTENTIOUS
HARDCOVER FICTION MysteryPeople's New Release Pick of the Day: Rose Gold by Walter Mosley In this new mystery set in the Patty Hearst era of radical black nationalism and political abductions, a black ex-boxer self-named Uhuru Nolica, the leader of a revolutionary cell called Scorched Earth, has kidnapped Rosemary Goldsmith, the daughter of a weapons … Continue reading New Releases – 9/23/14
We are positively gleeful to announce we'll host Neil Patrick Harris, Tony and Emmy award-winning stage and screen performer, here at BookPeople to sign his new book, Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography on Tuesday, October 21st at 7pm. Tickets are now available. Harris is famous for his roles as Barney Stinson in the popular … Continue reading Neil Patrick Harris Comes to BookPeople!
We're happy to announce that the Statesman Selects pick for September is Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David by Lawrence Wright. Delving into the historic meeting at Camp David, Lawrence Wright shows us again the insight and journalistic instincts which has made him one of the nation's best nonfiction writers. … Continue reading Statesman Selects: THIRTEEN DAYS IN SEPTEMBER
A copy of Rebel Yell, the new biography of Stonewall Jackson by S. C. Gwynne, bestselling author of Empire of the Summer Moon, has been making the bookseller rounds. Joe's been raving about it: "Stonewall Jackson was a 20th century general in 19th century clothing; a deeply religious man who hated war yet only came alive … Continue reading REBEL YELL: One of the Best Books of 2014
The National Book Award Foundation announced their Fiction Longlist last night. It's an exciting list! We were happy to see many staff favorites recognized. Thunderstruck by Elizabeth McCracken We have signed First Editions Available! Elizabeth McCracken is one of our own! An Austinite, she holds the James A. Michener Chair in Fiction at the University of Texas and the … Continue reading National Book Award Fiction Longlist Announced
Who: You, dear book lover! What: Percentage of all sales benefiting the Texas Teen Book Festival Where: Right here! BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar, Austin, TX 78703 When: All day, September 23, 2014 We're donating a portion of sales on Tuesday, September 23rd to the Texas Teen Book Festival to keep the festival free and open to the … Continue reading Shop At BookPeople & Support Texas Teen Book Festival!
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