August 17, 2012

Lunchtime Desk Read: <i>All Woman and Springtime</i>

Lunchtime Desk Read: All Woman and Springtime

It’s lunchtime. Are you eating at your desk? We all are here at Algonquin HQ in Chapel Hill. And nothing goes better with your sandwich than a side of book. Even better …

August 16, 2012

<b>Lucky 7</b>: <i>The Frozen Rabbi</i>

Lucky 7: The Frozen Rabbi

Sometime during his restless fifteenth year, Bernie Karp discovered in his parents’ food freezer — a white-enameled Kelvinator humming in its corner of the basement rumpus room — an old man frozen in …

August 15, 2012

Lunchtime Website Look: Jonathan Evison

Lunchtime Website Look: Jonathan Evison

Grab a cold beer with Jonathan Evison as his brand-spankin’-new website goes live today: www.jonathanevison.net   And then you can hop in the van for a ride into Johnny’s brand-spankin’-new novel, The …

August 14, 2012

<b>Lucky 7:</b> <i>Enslaved By Ducks</i>

Lucky 7: Enslaved By Ducks

“Tarte has an ordinary-Joe voice that makes each chapter a true pleasure, while revealing a sophisticated vision of animals and their relationship to humans.” –Publisher’s Weekly Packed with laughs and heartwarming quirks, …

August 13, 2012

<b>Giveaway Monday:</b> <i>Gap Creek</i>

Giveaway Monday: Gap Creek

Giveaway Mondays continue with our first paperback giveaway, and oh, what a paperback it is! Gap Creek by Robert Morgan In 2000, Oprah Winfrey selected Gap Creek for her Book Club., Now, …

August 8, 2012

<b>Booksellers Rock!</b> Megan Sullivan, Harvard Book Store

Booksellers Rock! Megan Sullivan, Harvard Book Store

Name: Megan Sullivan Bookstore: Harvard Book Store Title: Head Buyer Brief Bio: I started working at HBS part time in 1999 while going to graduate school. The bookstore life appealed to me …

August 7, 2012

<b>Lucky 7</b>: <i>Lunch at the Piccadilly</i>

Lucky 7: Lunch at the Piccadilly

“Graceful and often painfully funny.” — New York Times Book Review If you are looking for a laugh, look no further than this month’s Lucky 7 batch of e-books, only $1.99 through …

August 6, 2012

<b>Giveaway Monday,</b> the <i>Revised</i> edition

Giveaway Monday, the Revised edition

We — and you — enjoyed Giveaway Mondays in July so much that we’ve decided to keep the fun going. Giveaway Mondays will continue for the foreseeable future, but they’ll be a …