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November 23, 2010

Forget Black Friday - Shop Small Business Saturday!

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Shopping season is starting off with a frenzy this year.  The sales are starting earlier and the discounts are getting deeper.  But here's a "novel" idea for this year's shopping from Regular Contributor Jamie Layton, manager of Duck's Cottage Coffeeshop and Bookstore.
Today’s guest blogger is international trial lawyer turned author Antoinette van Heugten, whose first novel --- SAVING MAX

Interview: Paulo Coelho, author of The Alchemist: a Graphic Novel

Nov 23, 2010

Sea Lion Books’ publisher Derek Ruiz has tackled one of the most beloved and life-changing books published in the relatively recent past: The Alchemist, a book cited by many as one of the most inspirational they've ever read. We talked to Derek about what it’s like to adapt a classic and how working on it inspired him personally.

November 22, 2010

This Week's New Releases

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As soon as Halloween is over, it seems the department stores pass over Thanksgiving and go straight to Christmas. I don’t know about you, but Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times of year (besides Halloween).
November 22, 2010

Ditch Secret Santa & Try a Book Swap Instead

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I was out this weekend with a friend of mine, doing some pre-pre-Holiday shopping and she mentioned that her book club does a Secret Santa type gift swap each year.  They set a price limit and the gifts have to be either book or wine related.  
Christopher Rice --- the 30-year-old author of four New York Times bestsellers and the recent, eerily-relevant thriller, THE
November 21, 2010

Francine Rivers on THE ONE YEAR BIBLE

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Francine Rivers --- born-again Christian and the bestselling author of several novels, including R
November 20, 2010

Patti Callahan Henry: A Christmas Story

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The New York Times bestselling author of seven novels, including the recently released THE PERFECT LOVE SONG: A Holiday S

November 2010

It's finally here! Our favorite witches and wizards are back on the big screen in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1, the penultimate Harry Potter film. I’m both thrilled and a bit sad. That’s how it is with great books --- you just never want them to end. But thankfully it’s not over yet.Last month, we asked whether or not you’d be re-reading HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS before seeing the movie. Over 40% of you said "Yes", which is just fabulous. Click here to see the final tally. We also asked you which Hogwarts professor you would want to be your teacher, and most of you said you would want Professor Lupin, despite his tendency to turn into a raging beast from time to time.

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Some behind-the-scenes photos from HBO's adaptation of George R.R. Martin's epic Game of Thrones series. Seems like a match made in Heaven. Congrats to Middlebury College, the first Quidditch World Cup champions! Here are the photos and video to prove that, yes, young adults are playing a game from Harry Potter that involves flying, brooms and magic. These players only have one of those...