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08/14/2026

Starting TOMORROW. Month long sale on select books. Come early to get specials.

08/14/2026

Have you read this book?

08/14/2026

Are you ready for an old murder mystery?
Murder with Pictures waspublished in 1945, was George Harmon Coxe’s first mystery novel. When a notorious crime boss's lawyer is murdered at a celebratory victory party, Murdock gets entangled in the case while trying to manage his own estranged wife and protect a mysterious woman linked to the crime.

Serenade by James M. Cain is a 1937 noir novel about John Howard Sharp, a disgraced American opera singer hiding in Mexico City after losing his voice due to a psychological breakdown.

08/13/2026

Fear isn’t so difficult to understand. After all, weren’t we all frightened as children? Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding Hood faced the big bad wolf. What frightens us today is exactly the same sort of thing that frightened us yesterday.

On this day in 1899, Alfred Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone, England.

He would go on to become one of cinema’s most influential directors, earning the title “Master of Suspense.”

With films such as Psycho, Vertigo, Rear Window, The Birds, and North by Northwest, Hitchcock transformed fear into an art form. He understood that sometimes the most terrifying moment is not what we see, but what we are waiting to see.

His shadows, strange obsessions, psychological tension, and unforgettable imagery continue to influence horror and thriller filmmakers today.

08/12/2026

In the world of dreams, we can fly, we can speak to loved ones who have passed on, we can face our fears or perhaps find it impossible to run from them. But what are dreams, and what do they mean?

08/12/2026

Need to tweak the itinerary to more bookstores. Anyone ready?

08/12/2026

Chris Bohjalian is an American novelist, born on this day in 1962 and the author of 26 books.

''I think the most important lesson isn’t necessarily to try and write a different book every time, or to try and brand yourself and write one specific kind of book, but to write the kind of books you love to read.''
~Chris Bohjalian

08/12/2026

William Golding was born on this day in 1911. He was an English novelist, poet, and playwright. His first book, Poems, was published in 1935. After the war, Golding resumed teaching and started to write novels. His first and greatest success came with Lord of the Flies in 1954, which is considered a classic and is often required reading in many high schools.
Fun Fact: William Goldman was a legendary screenwriter who won two Academy Awards, one for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and another for All the President's Men.

08/11/2026

The Stoic and Epicurean Philosophers is a classic anthology edited by Whitney J. Oates (first published in 1940) that compiles the major surviving texts of ancient Greek and Roman Hellenistic philosophy into a single volume. It pairs the foundational ideas of Stoicism and Epicureanism. -SOLD-

08/11/2026