Sending our warmest salutations and our best book recommendations to you and yours this holiday season. There’s something here for everyone on your list — including yourself. The Collector’s Apprentice by B. A. Shapiro: A beguiling story of art, history, and mystery set in 1920s Paris.The bestselling author of The Art Forger and The MuralistContinue reading
With spring flowers blooming, our thoughts turn to gardening. Unfortunately, for many of us, green thumbs don’t make that turn, too. But Amy Stewart has us covered, From the Ground Up, so to speak. We’re featuring three of her classic books — at just $1.99 for the e-books through April 18, 2016 — to help theContinue reading
If you’re enjoying a margarita today for National Margarita Day, you can thank John Wayne. Yes, the Duke. Mark Bailey’s Of All The Gin Joints features the perfect Margarita recipe along with the story of the Margarita’s not-so-humble beginnings: “[John] Wayne was, if you can believe it, one of the very first drinkers to try a margarita.Continue reading
Fill the holiday season with tales and toddies, conversation and cocktails. These two books toast you and yours with merry reading — and even merrier drinking. Of All the Gin Joints by Mark Bailey, illustrated by Edward Hemingway True tales of celebrity hijinks are served up with an equal measure of Hollywood history, movie-star mayhem,Continue reading
December temperatures might keep you trapped indoors, but this month’s Lucky Stars offer you the chance to reconnect with the outdoors from the warmth of your living room. Get the low-down of the oddly beautiful courtship of a Neohelix albolabris woodland snail, heed warnings of paralysis-inducing shrubs, and discover how Rowan trees were used to prevent the dead fromContinue reading
Intrepid former Algonquin intern David Bradley and his trusty sidekick, Lucky the Leprechaun, hit the road this past summer for a tour of (almost all) the coolest, hippest, greatest indie bookstores in the United States. Join us for the journey… NAPERVILLE, Illinois — Don’t be in too much of a rush when you’re on yourContinue reading