Book News: Kittens, Wine and Hustle Pasadena’s Vroman’s Bookstore Opens Literature-Inspired Wine Bar Next Month Lovers of books and booze will feel right at home at the 1894, the soon-to-debut wine bar located inside Vromans Bookstore in Pasadena. Bentley Hale of Sip Happens Wine School is heading up the drinks program, so expect to find […]Read More
Nourishing ‘long roots’: In a year, Madison Books has forged an essential role in one of Seattle’s oldest communities The community was home to the citys first ball field, an amusement park, a grand pavilion that hosted concerts and plays,and a menagerie, which was the site of Seattles first (and likely only) elephant rampage. When […]Read More
Top 10 political travel books Works ranging from Beryl Bainbridge in Milton Keynes to Salman Rushdie in Nicaragua show how politics has driven many writers’ journeys All travel is political. You can’t set foot outside the house without encountering other people, which inevitably prompts consideration of their lives in comparison to yours. [Read More] The […]Read More
The Pain of the Holocaust Echoes Through Three Israeli Novels THE TEACHER By Michal Ben-Naftali Translated by Daniella Zamir 184 pp. Open Letter. Paper, $14.95. Elsa Weiss, a Tel Aviv high school teacher, seemed a closed book to her students and colleagues. Both inside and outside the classroom, she was cold and distant, with few […]Read More
The Mandalorian Comic Books Eight episodes of the first season of Disney+ live action Star Wars television series The Mandalorian illustrated to look like old comic book covers. Star Wars: The Mandalorian comic book covers by talented artist Dvglzv. Chapter 1: The Mandalorian Chapter 2: The Child Chapter 3: The Sin Chapter 4: Sanctuary Chapter […]Read More
Books & Stuff, Shops Doing Well, Superheroes and More UK Booksellers Association Cites Third Year of Gains in Stores The trade association for the UKs booksellers says that following 20 years of decline, its membership counts 890 member-stores. n an announcement today (January 10) from their offices in Londons Bell Yard, the Booksellers Association reports […]Read More
New York Public Library books have been circulating among New York City homes for 125 years. Now the library system, the largest of its kind in the United States, has crunched the numbers to come up with the 10 most checked-out books in its history. 1. “The Snowy Day,” by Ezra Jack Keats (485,583 […]Read More
Lego Bookshop Recreate the charm of a backstreet bookshop that you might discover in any quaint village or town with this LEGO® Creator Expert collectors’ toy. The 3-storey bookshop and adjoining modular town house building is filled with fun building techniques and surprising details, including a display window, reading nook and […] Click here to […]Read More
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