Reliable Wife
Come a day, you might get sick of hearing about A Reliable Wife — so many people will have read it and raved to you about it. Here's some preventative medicine: read it first. Seduction, marriage,...
View ArticleNow We Know It from Robert Goolrick
Come a day, you might get sick of hearing about A Reliable Wife — so many people will have read it and raved to you about it. Take this preventative medicine: read it first. Catherine Land arrives in...
View ArticleHow We Assembled Indiespensable #10
Algonquin publishes smart books with a wide commercial appeal. Think Water for Elephants. Think Mudbound. A Reliable Wife fits the bill precisely. On a Friday in February, we gave an advance copy to...
View ArticleBook News for Friday, May 15, 2009
"Hell-Raising Hooey": The critics are evenly divided on the new blockbuster adaptation of Dan Brown's bestseller Angels & Demons. The Ron Howard-directed, Tom Hanks-starring, kid-tested,...
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Congratulations to Fran Sepler, who has won our Fan Appreciation Book Bundle Giveaway! (Click here to read the note.) Fran wrote: Powell's found the book my third grade teacher had read to the class,...
View ArticleBook News: Apple Changes Reading, Novelists are “Too Cool for Sex,” and More
Applesauce: Salon explores how the new Apple Tablet — or iSlate, or iRead, iBook, MacSlate, MacRib, nobody's sure yet — "could change the way we read." Yes, our eyes will still travel from left to...
View ArticleBook News: Powell’s Predicts the Newbery Winner, a More-than-Reliable Wife,...
When You Listen to Us: The Powell's City of Books Kid's Team hates to brag about its own awesomeness. Fortunately, I'm not nearly as modest. Check out the Kid's Team's comment on our page for Rebecca...
View ArticleRead This Book
It doesn't amaze me that some bad books sell a lot of copies; after all, we live in a country in which millions and millions of people can be persuaded that So You Think You Can Dance is entertaining,...
View ArticleThe Reliable Wife
Frank advertises for a "mail-order bride," and Catherine accepts. She arrives in Wisconsin during a blizzard, which sets the initial tone for the chilly interaction between them. They both have...
View ArticleAsk a Book Buyer: Uplifting Novels, YA Trilogies, and More
At Powell's, our book buyers select all the new books in our vast inventory. If we need a book recommendation, we turn to our team of resident experts. Need a gift idea for a fan of vampire novels?...
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