July 22, 2008
This week we're debuting a new occasional feature, The Weekly Top 2 Questions. Two of our top teen readers, Ally West, and Elisabeth Stancioff, pictured to the right, welcomed the opportunity to show us how it's done. KB: Is there a book which, if someone didn't like it you would have to rethink your friendship? Ally: Definitely Water For Elephants. It was a really, really good book. I would have to think, what's wrong with you. Elisabeth: If someone didn't like Catcher in the Rye I would definitely wonder what was going on. KB: If you were a powerful evil villain which book would you force people to read? Ally: Definitely House on Mango Street. I think you learn more about yourself when you read it. Elisabeth: I would make everyone read and analyze Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Also, Ender's Game. KB: Good call. Thanks! Here they are! Our weekly picks for the two best: two hardcover, two paperback, and two children's books. The very best new arrivals to leap out of the box and onto our shelves this week. Call or email us if you want more information on any of these titles, or to have us hold you a copy. Or stop in and check them out in person. We'd love to see you. Thanks as always for sharing your reading with us! |
|
Damage Control: A Novel of Suspense
By Jance, J. A. 2008/08 - William Morrow & Company 9780060746766 - Hardcover List Price $25.95 - Your Price: $20.76
If you are a J.A. Jance fan there is not much to know than that a new Joanna Brady book is out today. If you are not a J.A. Jance fan get with the program.
...More
|
|
Comfort: A Journey Through Grief
By Hood, Ann 2008/05 - W. W. Norton & Company 9780393064568 - Hardcover List Price $19.95 - Your Price: $15.96
This moving account of grieving by novelist Ann Hood caught our eye as Karen and I wandered around the store, depressed at the lack of a second good hardcover to feature this week. Comfort, released in May, caught our eyes. Comfort is a truly profound and moving account of the loss of a daughter. It draws the reader in immediately, and takes fellow parents along with her through a naked and harrowing journey which offers an unusual and powerful means of support. What started out as a rather silly excursion around the store, was rendered profound by the rediscovery of this vitally important memoir.
...More
|
|
Inverted World
By Priest, Christopher Clute, John 2008/07 - New York Review of Books 9781590172698 - Trade Paper List Price $15.95 - Your Price: $12.76
The New York review of books strikes again with yet another well designed and interesting reprint. Those who read Priest's fabulous The Prestige during its recent resurgence in popularity will be very pleased to have a go at The Inverted World....More
|
|
Being and Time
By Heidegger, Martin 2008/08 - Harper Perennial Modern Classics 9780061575594 - Trade Paper List Price $19.95 - Your Price: $15.96
This new edition of Heidegger's classic work of philosophy is well worth sitting down with. Written in in 1927, Heidegger's later enrollment in the Nazi party will always haunt the modern reader, as it should. What are we to make of the complex interaction of personal history and philosophical brilliance?...More
|
|
Melrose and Croc: An Adventure to Remember
By Clark, Emma Chichester Clark, Emma Chichester 2008/05 - Walker & Company 9780802797742 - Hardcover List Price $16.95 - Your Price: $13.56
Melrose and Croc is as captivating a celebration of friendship as one is likely to find in a picture book. Croc's daring rescue of Melrose is perfectly rendered by Emma Chichester Clark. What a pleasure this book is to sit down and share with a child. ...More
|
|
Alfred Digs
By George, Lindsay Barrett 2008/04 - Greenwillow Books 9780060787608 - Hardcover List Price $16.99 - Your Price: $13.59
In the over populated world of alphabet books Alfred Digs is as about as unique as they come. The young aardvark's alphabetical adventures are absolutely admirable!
...More
|
