March 19, 2013

Cocktail Hour Giveaway: <i><b>The Drunken Botanist</b></i>

Cocktail Hour Giveaway: The Drunken Botanist

 

March 18, 2013

Chuck Adams – editor <i>par excellence</i>

Chuck Adams – editor par excellence

Congratulations to our very own Chuck Adams, who is being honored tonight with the Editor’s Award at Poets & Writers’ annual dinner, In Celebration of Writers! Despite Chuck’s protests otherwise, there isn’t …

March 13, 2013

A Real Page-Turner, served over ice

A Real Page-Turner, served over ice

What’s one of benefits of publishing a book called The Drunken Botanist? A care package of liquor from the author, of course. (Liquor care packages are the very best kind of care …

March 12, 2013

Batter up: Baseball Greats in Our Books

Batter up: Baseball Greats in Our Books

Spring training is underway, springing anew with the lore and legend of baseball.  As James Earl Jones’ Terrence Mann says in the movie, Field of Dreams, “It reminds us of all that …

March 11, 2013

<b>Giveaway Monday:</b> <i>A Wedding in Haiti</i>

Giveaway Monday: A Wedding in Haiti

Travel beyond borders and between families with Julia Alvarez, as she journeys to the title event, a wedding in Haiti, and so much further. It is a journey beyond culture and country …

March 6, 2013

Our book sommelier finds a fine vintage

Our book sommelier finds a fine vintage

Like fine wines, some books just get better with age. Our resident liquor afficionado, gardening expert, bookstore owner, and author, Amy Stewart, has found a fine vintage in the 1858 publication of …

March 4, 2013

<b>Happy Hour Giveaway Monday:</b> <i>The Drunken Botanist</i>

Happy Hour Giveaway Monday: The Drunken Botanist

Welcome to Happy Hour at Algonquin Books! We have a two-for-one special this evening on today’s Giveaway Monday book, The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart The randomly chosen winner of today’s Giveaway …

March 1, 2013

<b>Lucky 7 for March:</b> Be a Sport

Lucky 7 for March: Be a Sport

March Madness, spring training, and the soon-to-bloom azaleas at Augusta National beckon us this time of year. It’s the sporting season, and we have just the e-books to get you in the …