From the monthly archives:

April 2007

Authors We Love: Richard Preston

by Patrick on April 18, 2007

Richard Preston, author of the mega-bestseller The Hot Zone, stopped by the store this afternoon to sign copies of his new book, The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring. Although I have not yet read The Wild Trees, I have thoroughly enjoyed all of Preston’s other books, which also include The Demon in [...]

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Oddity of the Week

by Patrick on April 17, 2007

If you live in Wales, I suppose that Harri Potter a Maen yr Athronydd isn’t odd at all. But in L.A., Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone in Welsh is a weird thing to find on a cart of books to be shelved. And we have a whole stack of them, thanks to our sale [...]

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Bookstore Babe

by Patrick on April 12, 2007

As far as I can tell, LA Brain Terrain never officially declared a winner in their “Battle of the Bookstore Babes” contest. But if you look at the results page, it appears that Vroman’s own Allison Hill, manager extraordinaire, pulled off a last-minute upset. Sorry about that, Manny of Book Soup! We loved your clean [...]

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