Archive for: August, 2011
August 30, 2011
The FictionFinder Quiz from Just the Right Book!
Today one of our favorite booksellers, Roxanne Coady from RJ Julia, tells us about the amazing FictionFinder Quiz from Just the Right Book. Seriously, you have to try this. The recommendations that …
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August 29, 2011
Sneak Peek: Lions of the West by Robert Morgan
Today we have an early peek at Robert Morgan’s new saga of the Westward Expansion, Lions of the West, publishing October 18th. (See below for an excerpt.) Morgan is the author of …
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August 26, 2011
At Home With Algonquin: Pretty Good Cake from Man with a Pan
I was slightly nervous when I started this recipe, partly because my cake-baking expertise was limited to boxed mixes and partly because the last recipe I tried from John Donohue’s Man with …
August 24, 2011
Algonquin Authors Pick Their Favorite Summer Reads: Part 2
This summer I’m revisiting Sinclair Lewis, whom despite being the first American writer awarded the Nobel, along with the first to refuse the Pulitzer, seems to have fallen out of vogue in …
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August 22, 2011
Sneak Peek: The Smartest Woman I Know by Ilene Beckerman
We’re delighted to give you an early peek at Ilene Beckerman’s upcoming book, The Smartest Woman I Know. Her sensational debut, Love, Loss, and What I Wore, charted the course of her …
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August 18, 2011
Tonight’s the Night! Algonquin Book Club event with Heidi Durrow & Terry McMillan
Tonight’s the Night! Our Algonquin Book Club event with Heidi Durrow and Terry McMillan starts at 7:00pm PST / 10:00pm EST. You can tune in to the live webcast of the …
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August 17, 2011
Algonquin Authors Pick Their Favorite Summer Reads: Part 1
Summer’s winding down, but we still have plenty of time left to cram in more summer reading, right? We recently asked our authors to tell us about their favorite summer reads, whether …
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August 15, 2011
Readers’ Block: Childhood’s Forbidden Pleasures
Growing up, before my parents became extremely lenient and our residence became ‘the party house,’ my parents were sometimes weird about what I could and couldn’t read. Although they were incredibly awesome …
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