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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…
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…
Book Vloggin’ With Jan: Two Profoundly Influential Japanese Authors
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Each month, Jan, one of our intrepid booksellers, picks a different topic and tells us about her must-read books in that genre. This month she’s vloggin’ about two profound and influential books from Japanese authors! Books Discussed In This Blog: Something Like an Autobiography by Akira Kurosawa “SOMETHING LIKE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY…
Bookseller Love for BAD FEMINIST
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Bad Feminist, the new collection of essays by our hero, Roxane Gay, is officially on shelves today and we’re here to share some serious bookseller love: Julie: “From Scrabble tournaments to Sweet Valley High to the power of privilege, Roxane Gay’s essays tear open our modern world and demand we dig deeper into our…
Top Shelf in August: TIGERMAN by Nick Harkaway
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Top Shelf in August: Tigerman by Nick Harkaway Reviewed by Matthew Describing a Nick Harkaway novel never fails to bring a smile to the listener of my rambling reviews. The premise always seems crazy and my enthusiasm excessive. “Well his first book is kind of a trucker, horror, post-apocalyptic novel that comments on…
THE LOST ART OF DRESS: Compelling & Timely
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The Lost Art of Dress: The Women Who Once Made America Stylish by Linda Przybyszewski ~post by Katie P. Linda Przybyszewski is worried about American women. More specifically, what they’re wearing. It’s one thing for women to have largely lost the desire or skills to make their own clothes, but it’s…
ROBOGENESIS: More Heart
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Robogenesis by Daniel H. Wilson ~post by Salvador One of my all-time favorite books during my 10 years at BookPeople would surprise most people. It’s the simple story of a robot uprising. More specifically, it’s about an artificial intelligence that becomes aware, escapes into computers around the world, then launches a…
THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS: Prepare Your Brain to Get Drop Kicked
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The Girl With All The Gifts by M.R. Carey ~post by Sarah H. With all the post-apocalyptic fiction coming out these days, it’s hard to know which of them should make it on to your reading list this summer. The Girl With All The Gifts has so much more to offer…
CONVERSATIONS: Original and Intelligent
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Conversations by César Aira translated by Katherine Silver It’s a wonderful feeling to discover a new author. Whether in a sparkling new debut, or that recommendation which you’ve put off reading, there is a particular freshness when opening the title of someone you’ve never read before. Newly released translations can act…
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