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June 8, 2018 4:31 PM

A (cute) lesson in how 'you can be different -- and yet still be friends'

Bookseller Julie Poling just fell in love with a new picture book about a bear and an unexpected house guest.

by Tracy Mumford

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June 1, 2018 12:00 AM

Recipes for a good story

Rick Bragg's new book is filled with family recipes -- but the stories behind those recipes are the main event.

by Tracy Mumford

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May 25, 2018 10:29 AM

Murakami mesmerizes with his fiction, but his nonfiction is not to be missed

In the late 90s, Haruki Murakami published a nonfiction account of the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack. Bookseller Lucas Mcguffie calls it a mix of "literature and journalism."

by Tracy Mumford

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May 18, 2018 1:02 PM

'A good, old-fashioned page turner' from Jennifer Egan

Bookseller Linda Kass says you "always learn something in a Jennifer Egan novel." In Egan's latest, the subjects range from searching for bodies underwater to running a nightclub.

by Tracy Mumford

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May 4, 2018 4:32 PM

An 'elegant, accessible, transcendent, earthy' poetry collection

National Poetry Month ended in April, but bookstore owner Nathan Montoya has a poetry recommendation that's fresh year-round.

by Tracy Mumford

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April 27, 2018 3:58 PM

When Teddy Roosevelt went to the Amazon

Bookseller Jinny Amundson pulls a good read from the backlist with a tale of adventure and Teddy Roosevelt.

by Tracy Mumford

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April 20, 2018 4:16 PM

If the Civil War ended with zombies

Bookseller Jessica Cox recommends a novel that imagines an alternate history, where the dead rose up at the Battle of Gettysburg, triggering a zombie apocalypse.

by Tracy Mumford

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April 14, 2018 4:00 AM

For Ferrante fans, another story of 'a very strong woman, very well told'

Bookstore owner Danny Caine recommends "an intimate coming-of-age immigrant story that ends up telling the whole story of 20th century Iran as well."

by Tracy Mumford

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April 7, 2018 4:00 AM

'You're rooting for the good guys, and you can just smell and breathe the bad guys'

Anne Water recommends a "great, atmospheric story that sucks you into the world" of Appalachia.

by Tracy Mumford

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March 31, 2018 4:00 AM

Would you want to know the exact date of your death?

Chloe Benjamin's novel "The Immortalists" follows four young siblings who meet with a traveling psychic. The psychic predicts the date of their deaths -- and that knowledge shapes every decision they make.

by Tracy Mumford

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