Since we can't have dozens of customers in store as we usually would this time of year, we've come up with other ways to keep our booksellers' recommending skills sharp. The latest challenge? The 90 second book list. Here's how it works. Each bookseller gets a topic and 90 seconds to find as many books as fit that topic as possible.
Since we can't have dozens of customers in store as we usually would this time of year, we've come up with other ways to keep our booksellers' recommending skills sharp. The latest challenge? The 90 second book list. Here's how it works. Each bookseller gets a topic and 90 seconds to find as many books as fit that topic as possible.
Did you know that the Discovery Channel's Shark Week is the longest running annual event on cable television? The celebration of one of nature's most feared and misunderstood creatures has been a feature since 1988! In honor of this year's event, we couldn't resist sharing a few of our favorite literary sharks.
Yesterday's lighter reading recommendations proved so popular that we asked Anthony to keep the recommendations coming.
Today's light-and-fluffy fare: a whole collection of romantic comedies!
Since we can't have dozens of customers in store as we usually would this time of year, we've come up with other ways to keep our booksellers' recommending skills sharp. The latest challenge? The 90 second book list. Here's how it works. Each bookseller gets a topic and 90 seconds to find as many books as fit that topic as possible.
Friday, August 7th, 2020
Now is the perfect time of year for a little stargazing. With the peak of the Perseid Meteor shower coming up soon and the comet NEOWISE still visible with binoculars or backyard telescope, there's definitely lots to see.
Thursday, August 6th, 2020
The "dog days" of summer refer to the days when Sirius, the "dog star," rises just before the sun. Typically, this runs from early July to mid August, coinciding with the perfect weather to lounge around with a book and a canine companion...
Since we can't have dozens of customers in store as we usually would this time of year, we've come up with other ways to keep our booksellers' recommending skills sharp. The latest challenge? The 90 second book list. Here's how it works. Each bookseller gets a topic and 90 seconds to find as many books as fit that topic as possible.
In our first installment, Narratives of World War II, we focused on non-fiction accounts of the Holocaust, the horrors of battle, and feats of daring and courage. This week, we've expanded our timeframe look at fiction spawned of the experience of war. Eyewitness accounts rendered fictional bring alive a horror that did not need to be invented, from authors who endured it themselves.
