Dark Shadows’s popular characters, Barnabas Collins and Angelique, were eternally bound by love and hate. Meet actress Lara Parker, Angelique herself, for a discussion and signing. Dark Shadows continues with the full measure of spellbinding [read more]
Sherrod sets the record straight on her forced resignation from the Department of Agriculture in 2010 for alleged reverse racist comments she made at an NAACP event. Reading and signing. In the summer of 2010, [read more]
In Believable Hope, Michael Cartwright shares his personal struggles, his recovery process, and the approach that has caused dramatic transformation with clients ranging from those living on the street to celebrities and everyone in-between. Join [read more]
Michael Ennis, author of The Duchess of Milan and Byzantium, joins us to discuss and sign his latest historical thriller The Malice of Fortune. Leonardo da Vinci and Niccola Machiavelli team with a courtesan to [read more]
Kathy Reichs, #1 New York Times bestselling author and producer of the FOX televison hit Bones, is at her brilliant best in a riveting novel featuring forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan—a story of infanticide, murder, and [read more]
For the estimated three million Americans suffering from Celiac disease, wheat allergies, and severe gluten sensitivities, Asian food is usually off-limits because its signature ingredients—noodles, soy sauce, and oyster sauce—typically contain wheat. In the Gluten-Free [read more]
From a commanding new voice in fiction comes a novel as perceptive as it is generous: a portrait of an American family trying to cope in our world today, a story of choices and doubts [read more]
In the wake of the 2011 Fukushima meltdown, as well as nuclear disasters in recent years at nuclear power plants and weapons sites such as Chernobyl in the Ukraine, the Mayak facility in Russia, Rocky [read more]
Though best known for his fiction, William Gibson is as much in demand for his cutting-edge observations on the world we live in now. Originally printed in publications as varied as Wired, the New York [read more]
When I arrived at Pyongyang’s Sunan Airport a few years ago, my head was still spinning from a landing on a runway lined with cattle, electric fences and the fuselages of other jets whose landings [read more]
A biography of the great noir actor who perfected the male mask of steely impassivity Dana Andrews (1909-1992) worked with distinguished directors such as John Ford, Lewis Milestone, Otto Preminger, Fritz Lang, William Wyler, William [read more]
Over the past three decades, skyrocketing numbers of women have chosen to start their families in their late thirties and early forties. In 2005, ten times as many women had their first child between the [read more]
From a commanding new voice in fiction comes a novel as perceptive as it is generous: a portrait of an American family trying to cope in our world today, a story of choices and doubts [read more]
Coming down from the mountain to a new life in the city is a thrill to Miri. She and her princess academy friends have been brought to Asland to help the future princess Britta prepare [read more]
At once an extraordinary family story and a highly unconventional portrait of the artist as a young man, this singular, deeply affecting memoir, is about Bechard’s quest to uncover his father’s past as a bank [read more]
The hotly anticipated follow-up to “Embrace” ramps up the captivating combination of angel mythology, forbidden romance, and intense action. Every day Violet Eden wonders whether she made the right choice. She still doesn’t fully understand [read more]
Scholastic’s next multi-platform mega-event begins here! History is broken, and three kids must travel back in time to set it right! When best friends Dak Smyth and Sera Froste stumble upon the secret of time [read more]
In this hauntingly original debut novel about a young woman whose peculiar abilities help her infiltrate a mysterious secret society, Adam McOmber uses fantastical twists and dark turns to create a fast-paced, unforgettable story. Young [read more]
Chronicling the rise of the Keepers, this is the stunning prequel to Andrea Cremer’s internationally bestselling Nightshade trilogy! Sixteen-year-old Ember Morrow is promised to a group called Conatus after one of their healers saves her [read more]
Gavin Sasaki is a promising young journalist in New York City, until he’s fired in disgrace following a series of unforgivable lapses in his work. It’s early 2009, and the world has gone dark very [read more]
Seven years after the conclusion of the High Druid of Shannara trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Terry Brooks at last revisits one of the most popular eras in the legendary epic fantasy series that [read more]
Hold on to your underpants! Please come meet popular children’s author Dav Pilkey. His Captain Underpants series is a crack-up kids love. New is Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers, the ninth [read more]
We are pleased to present Tess Gerritsen, a master of medical suspense and bestselling author. Her books are also known for inspiring TV’s Rizzoli & Isles. New is Last to Die. Please come spend your [read more]
How great to welcome back Michael Perry! The acclaimed author returns with Visiting Tom: A Highway and the Road to Roughneck Grace. It’s the tale of Tom Hartwig, an old-timer best known locally for building [read more]
In honor and celebration of Ray Bradbury, the contributing authors of the new book “Shadow Show” join us at our beloved book store for a magical evening of readings, signings, schmoozings and storytelling that no [read more]
Nothing heals the mind and a marriage quite like medical marijuana. Or at least that’s what Frank considers in his book Pot Farm, a memoir about a the time spent caring for a terminally-ill parent [read more]
There’s a reason this book has been flying off our shelves the past few months. This quirky illustrated book takes a look at what life would have been like if Vader had been an active [read more]
Pet owners throughout the Chicago-area will go wild for the unconventional wisdom and practices of veterinarian Barbara Royal, the woman responsible for the health and happiness of Oprah’s beloved pooches. Royal combines contemporary western medicine [read more]
Come join us for Carmen Bugan’s presentation of her debut memoir Burying the Typewriter. Romanian born Bugan writes with warmth and intelligence of growing up during the dramatic Ceausecu regime in a family of political [read more]
Doug Foster, a leading authority on South African politics and associate professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, presents his poignant exposé on the politics of South Africa after the presidency Nelson Mandela, After [read more]
In 2006 Rabbi Brant Rosen, who serves a Jewish Reconstructionist congregation in Evanston, Illinois, launched a blog called Shalom Rav, in which he explored a broad range of social-justice issues. The focus of his writing-and [read more]
More than 100 recipes for the Italian dishes of the much-beloved celeb’s childhood, presented with tips and hints for enjoying them without overindulging. As a member of a large, food-loving Italian family, Valerie Bertinelli has [read more]
Join best-selling author and actress Jamie Lee Curtis for a reading and signing of her new book, My Brave Year of Firsts: Tries, Sighs, and High Fives. The tenth collaboration between Jamie Lee Curtis and [read more]
Barnes & Noble in downtown Washington, D.C., is pleased to welcome author Rob Miech for a discussion and signing of his book The Last Natural, about break-out baseball star Bryce Harper. Please join us! Before [read more]
Barnes & Noble in downtown Washington, DC welcomes author Craig Unger for a discussion and signing of his new book, Boss Rove: Inside Karl Rove’s Secret Kingdom of Power. Come join us! The epic 2012 [read more]
When Joseph Smith was assassinated in 1844, Brigham Young (1801-1877), an impoverished craftsman from New York, galvanized Smith’s straggling followers and, like Moses, led them to the promised land of the American West. Turner, a [read more]
In the fifth novel from the author of Layover, an ordinary wedding in Haddonfield, New Jersey, is taken hostage by an uninvited guest wearing a wedding dress and wielding a rifle. Who is she? Is [read more]
It hardly sounds like a fair fight: two writers go up against a powerful corporation. The writers were Ambrose Bierce and Frank Norris, the corporation was the Central Pacific Railroad; in 1896 Bierce exposed the [read more]
For the first biography of the late David Foster Wallace, Max had access to the writer’s letters , manuscripts, and audio tapes, as well as the cooperation of his family and friends. The result is [read more]
Hoose’s story of science and survival introduces B95, a very special shorebird: this four-ounce creature has traveled the equivalent of the distance of the moon and halfway back. But as with many other species, B95 [read more]
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