From the monthly archives:
If you love to give food as holiday gifts, you’ll want to treat yourself to Dede Wilson’s Truffles. From classics like Bittersweet Chocolate Truffles and Chestnut Milk Chocolate Truffles to more exotic fare such as Roses & White Chocolate Truffles and Chai Milk Chocolate Truffles, you’ll discover a treasure trove of recipes to add to [...]
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Edward Gorey has become even more popular, if that’s possible, since his death in 2000. This book, the fourth in the Amphigorey series, anthologizes a number of his later works, including a couple that have never before been seen. Gorey’s characteristic drawings perfectly complement John Updike’s droll prose in The Twelve Terrors of Christmas, a [...]
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When this movie was playing next door to us at the Laemmle Theatre, we could barely keep the book in stock. Now we’re selling the DVD. As troubling as its message is, this movie is one of the most entertaining of the past year. Who knew Al Gore could be such a captivating speaker? An [...]
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If you regularly receive spam, you’ve probably gotten a few scam emails promising you millions of dollars in the future if you can spare a few bucks now for some desperate soul in Africa. In Cry for Help, artist Henning Wagenbreth has collected and illustrated 36 of these scam emails in vibrant colors and bold [...]
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If you’re a New Yorker fan, you know Roz Chast’s work. She’s been creating wonderfully loopy cartoons for nearly 30 years, and this “greatest hits” collection pulls together her best work. It’s a terrific coffee table-sized volume guaranteed to generate laughs.
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There is not much I love better than passing a favorite book on to someone I care about. Mandy, by Julie Andrews Edwards, is one of those books, and this Christmas I am giving a copy to my 7-year-old niece. It’s the touching story of a young orphan who wants so desperately to have a [...]
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Ugly Dolls: so ugly they’re adorable. These soft and cuddly monsters have been a hit at Vroman’s the last couple of years, and now we have them in both the original size and mini keychain versions. If you’d like to try your hand at creating your own version of an Ugly Doll, check out… Fabric [...]
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The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived is an amusing, sometimes surprising little book. Shylock, Ebenezer Scrooge, Hester Prynne, Sam Spade – all good, solid choices for the list. I was surprised by the person the authors ranked #1, but their reasons for doing so were convincing. (I might also argue that the Loch [...]
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A great gift for all wannabe Jeopardy! contestants, college sophomores (“sophomore” means “wise fool,” remember?), and any other smartypants on your gift list. Arranged like an inspirational devotional, with a reading for each day, The Intellectual Devotional draws from a different field of knowledge – history, literature, visual arts, science, music, philosophy, and religion – [...]
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Every day sees cool new merchandise, both books and gifts, arrive at Vroman’s. As big as the store is, we can’t possibly display all of the things we’d love you to see. So for the next month, every day I’ll be highlighting an item or two that our buyers, managers, staff and I love and [...]
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