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National Book Award Fiction Longlist Announced
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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…
THE BONE CLOCKS: Epic and Infectious
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The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell ~post by Ben The Bone Clocks, like its creator, David Mitchell, is already swarmed by preconception and public opinion. Widely regarded as one of the most talented writers producing today, Mitchell is perhaps known best for his work Cloud Atlas, along with The Thousand Autumns…
Book Club Corner Picks: September Recommendations
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Welcome to our Book Club Corner, where each month we highlight books new to paperback we think would make perfect picks for your next book club discussion. If you’re looking to join a book club, we host a wide variety of free, bookseller-run book clubs right here at BookPeople. Join us! We love…
John Scalzi Recommends
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? ~ by Joe Wearing a fantastic Washington Redshirts tee, John Scalzi gave a rousing and hilarious reading promoting his latest novel LOCK IN. His talk ranged from working at AOL in the 90s to how he’s able to use his experience in the marketing industry for his novels. It was…
Fall 2014 Book Preview – Part Two
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Here it is, as promised, the second half of our look at some of our most highly anticipated books of the Fall 2014 season. Check out Part One right over here. All books are now available to pre-order via bookpeople.com. More Books To Look For In The Final Quarter Of 2014: ? Our…
New From The Author of EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON – Pre-Order Signed, Personalized Copies of REBEL YELL!
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We’re excited to announce a special opportunity to pre-order signed, personalized copies of Rebel Yell by S. C. Gwynne, bestselling author of BookPeople favorite, Empire of the Summer Moon. BookPeople is the only bookstore in the country fulfilling orders for signed, personalized copies of Rebel Yell. We ship worldwide. PRE-ORDER SIGNED BOOKS…
What We’re Reading This Week
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COLLEEN The Art of Comforting: What to Say and Do For People in Distress by Val Walker “This book shows you the best ways to help people who are dealing with trauma or distress. Incredibly helpful–it takes a lot of guesswork out of what to do to help someone by describing…
New Kids Picture Book Releases – 8/26/14
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The fall books have started to arrive on the shelves in BookKids! We are getting so many new and great books, that it’s hard to keep up. It’s also very exciting. So starting with this week, we will be sharing that excitement and rounding up all the new kids books that…
DIARY OF THE FALL: Symphonic, Beautifully Rendered
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Diary of the Fall by Michel Laub translated by Margaret Jull Costa ~post by Ben Auschwitz. It’s a word that has come to mean so much more than the place it was meant to represent. Michel Laub’s The Diary of the Fall, approaches the complexity of living as a Jew in…
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