Bookmans is a primary sponsor of the 11th annual Northern Arizona Book Festival, April 25-26, 2008, and we'll be hosting a slew of special in-store events in honor of Flagstaff's literary event of the year. Come see writer/actor Evan Handler in person!
On Sat, April 19, Bookmans Phoenix will be hosting its third Anime Festival, organized by AniZona, Across Plus, and the ASU West Otaku Club. Come join us as we sing, dance, play games, and have so much fun that minstrels will tell the story for an era!
Unauthorized Tom Cruise, Jedi and Sith, psycho pathology, car crashes, and an interview with Garrison Keillor, who talks Minnesota, Willie Nelson, and putting little girls to sleep. "She slept for more than an hour. It was sweet. I seem to have a God-given ability there."
The Coen Brothers' adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's nihilistic border tale is now out on DVD. Three men, millions in cash, and unrelenting violence - Brolin, Bardem, and Jones give nuanced performances in this Oscar-winning film.
Bookmans is a primary sponsor of Flagstaff's literary event of the year, April 25-26, 2008. This year's featured writers include Dorothy Allison, Sean Carswell, Christine Granados, Greg Pape, and Tim Seibles.
The first month of the Bookmans' Reading Challenge is over! The books have been read, the numbers tallied, and Tucson and Mesa students are set to blow last year's three month total out of the water.
Here's a tale from the orange shelf for you: one employee, one customer, and the seeming omnipotence of Oprah Winfrey. How a certain book club brings good lit to the masses and a few laughs to book store employees. When a mind is made up, not even a wiki will save you.
William C. Robinson explores how the breakdown in communications between General Lee and Major General Stuart led to the Confederacy's great failure at Gettysburg.
Following the success of Lord of the Rings and the Harry Potter series, it should be no surprise to see that Robert Zemeckis has come up with a spin-off of the oldest epic poem in English, Beowulf. The film stars Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Crispin Glover, and Angelina Jolie.
This month Jonathan Lowe interviews bestselling mystery author David Baldacci about his writing, the audio book release of Stone Cold, and literacy vs. television. Also: Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth and an essential new recording of a Dostoevsky classic.
