Amelie

 

 

 

Fear and Trembling by Amelie Nothomb

$11.95 * Fiction / Paperback * St. Martin’s ISBN: 0312347324

Amelie’s says:

“In this fine book Amelie Nothomb is hired by a Japanese Co. in Tokyo, and come to experience one of the strangest and funniest jobs ever. An autobiographical delight!”

 

 

 

Nicholas by Jean-Jacques Sempe

$19.95 * Fiction / Paperback * Phaidon ISBN: 0714845299

Amelie’s says:

“Nicholas was born in the 50’s but he did not age one bit. He’s still nine years old, still getting in trouble every now and again, and still the sweetest and funniest little French schoolboy ever. For everyone in your family!”

 

 

 

KAT

 

 

 

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat by Oliver Sacks

$14.00 * Psychology / Paperback * Macmillan ISBN: 0684853949

 

 

 

 

 

The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky

$12.95 * Fiction / Paperback * Random House ISBN: 0375702245

 

 

ZACK

 

 

 

 

The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection From The Living Dead by Max Brooks

$12.95 * Humor / Paperback * Crown ISBN: 1400049628

 

Zack says:

“If you are worried about zombies, you should be! It’s that time of year, and they can really screw up a ‘romantic-weekend-autumn-picnic’ by eating you and your lover alive! This guide will prepare you with survival tactics and enough confidence to fight back. Good luck!”

 

 

 

Platform by Michel Houellebecq

$14.00 * Fiction / Paperback * Random House ISBN: 1400030269

Zack says:

“Michel Houellebecq is a master. Angry, hilarious, and sexually charged, Platform crucifies the banality of our everyday crusades all while reminding us that there is nothing more romantic sometimes than being totally alone. This is required reading for you, your child, and your grandmother. Enjoy.”

 

 

 

 

JULIET

 

 

Short Shorts: An Anthology of the Shortest Stories edited by Irving Howe

$6.50 * Fiction Anthology / Paperback * Bantam ISBN: 0553274406

Juliet says:

“For the educated reader with attention deficite disorder, Short Shorts is an inspiring collection of very short stories from both classic and contemporary writers. Makes for a great subway read!”

 

 

 

 

 

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

$24 * New Fiction / Hardcover * Random House ISBN: 0307341542

Juliet says:

“I don’t usually read mysteries, but once I started this almost southern-gothic novel I could not put it down, and the cast of creepy and complex caracters will remain with me for a very long time. A great read.” 

 

 

 

 

BRIDGETTE

 

 

The Mole People by Jennifer Toth

$16.95 * Local Interest / Paperback * Chicago Review ISBN: 155652241x

 

 

The Areas of My Expertise by John Hodgman

$14.00 * Humor / Paperback * Riverhead ISBN: 1594482225

 

 

 

STEFAN

 

Minotaur by Benjamin Tammuz

$14.95 * Fiction / Paperback * Europa Editions ISBN: 1933372028

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cooking with Fernet Branca by James Hamilton-Paterson

$14.95 * Fiction / Paperback * Europa Editions ISBN: 193337201x

Stefan says:

“A witty, hysterical romp through the Tuscan countryside, in the company of expatriate neighbors Gerald, an uppity Brit, an avant-garde gastronome, and Marta, an ex-Soviet film composer with familial ties to the, well, ex-Soviet mafia. The Fernet Branca of the title, a wickedly foul tasting bottled apocalypse, sets quite a bit of the plot into tipsy motion.”

 

SETH

 

 

Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo

$11.00 * Fiction / Paperback * Grove ISBN: 0802133908

 

 

The Great and Glorious Game: Baseball Writings of A. Bartlett Giamatti by A. Bartlett Giamatti

$15.95 * Sports / Hardcover * Algonquin Books ISBN: 1565121929

 

 

 

PETER

 

 

 

To The North by Elizabeth Bowen

$14.00 * Fiction / Paperback * Random House ISBN: 1400096553

 

 

 

 

 

Body and Earth: An Experimental Guide by Andrea Olsen

$26.00 * Health / Paperback * University Press of New England ISBN: 1584650109

 

HENRY

 

 

 

 

 

18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poe

$6.99 * Fiction / Paperback * Dell ISBN: 0440322278

 

 

The Inner Journey: Views from the Christian Tradition by Lorraine Kisley

$22.50 * Religion / Paperback * Morning Light ISBN: 1596750081

 

JACK

 

Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene

$14.00 * Fiction / Paperback * Penguin ISBN: 0140184937

Austerlitz by W. G. Sebald

$13.95 * Fiction / Paperback * Random House ISBN: 0375756566

MARY

 

 

 

 

The Magus by John Fowles

$16.95 * Fiction / Paperback * Little Brown ISBN: 0316296198

 

 

 

Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley

$10.99 * Beginning Readers / Hardcover * Little Brown ISBN: 0316236535

KATE

 

 

 

 

The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities by Dossie Easton

$16.95 * Adult Sexuality / Hardcover * Greenery ISBN: 1890159018

 

 

Female Masculinity by Judith Halberstam

$22.95 * Psychology / Paperback * Duke University ISBN: 0822322439

 

 

 

 

 

BRIE

 

 

 

 

Comfort Me With Apples by Ruth Reichl

$14.95 * Cooking / Paperback * Random House ISBN: 0375758739

Brie says:

“Part love story, part cookbook. This book is a joy to read. Savor it and then move on to Garlic and Sapphires, her latest book.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Physiology of Tatse: Or, Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

$13.95 * Cooking / Paperback * Penguin ISBN 0140446141

 

 

 

DAVID

 

 

 

The Open Curtain by Brian Evenson

$14.95 * Fiction / Paperback * Coffee House ISBN: 1566891884

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have just received several copies of a 50TH anniversary limited print run of FAHRENHEIT 451, signed by author RAY BRADBURY and RALPH STEADMAN, the illustrator. A true collectors item, this edition of Fahrenheit will blow you away. Stop by and have a look. The copies are selling for $350- minus a ten percent disc, as all of our hardcovers are 10% off list price.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Come check out the new issues!

 

 

 

 

The Paris Review 178

 

 

http://theparisreview.com/

 

 

 

 

Open City 22

http://www.opencity.org/

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

The Believer Vol. 4 No 7.

 

 

http://www.believermag.com/

 

  

 

 

 

 

Hardcover Fiction

1.EMPEROR’S CHILDREN. Claire Messud. Random House. $25. Our Price $20.

2.REIFFEN’S CHOICE. Sam Butler. St, Martin’s Press. $25.95. Our Price $20.76.

3.SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS. Marisha Pessl. Viking. $25.95. Our Price $20.76.

4.BLIND WILLOW SLEEPING WOMAN. Haruki Murakami. Random House. $24.95. Our Price $19.76.

5.SPOT OF BOTHER. Mark Haddon. Doubleday. $2.495. Our Price $19.76.ST.

6.LUCY’S HOME FOR GIRLS RAISED BY WOLVES. Karen Russell. Random House. $22. Our Price $17.60.

7.THE KEEP. Jennifer Egan. Random House. $23.95. Our Price $19.16.

8.SUITE FRANCAISE. Irene Nemirovsky. Random House. $25. Our Price $20.

9.McSWEENEY’S #20. Dave Eggers. McSweeney’s. $22. Our Price $17.60.

10.ALL AUNT HAGAR’S CHILDREN. Edward P. Jones. HarperCollins. $25.95. Our Price $20.76.

 

Hardcover Nonfiction

1.LA BELLA FIGURA. Beppe Severgnini. Broadway Books. $23.95. Our Price $19.16.

2.READING LIKE A WRITER. Francine Prose. Harper. $23.95. Our Price $19.16.

3.PERFECT $100,000 HOUSE. Karrie Jacobs. Penguin. $25.95. Our Price $20.76.  

4.LOOMING TOWER. Lawrence Wright. Random House. $27.95. Our Price $22.36.

5.DISCOMFORT ZONE. Jonathan Franzen. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $22. Our Price $17.60.

6.SILVER SPOON. Phaidon Press. $39.95. Our Price $31.96.

7.HEAT.Bill Buford. Random House. $25.95. Our Price $20.76.

8.I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK. Nora Ephron. Random House. $19.95. Our Price $15.96.

9.CROSS COUNTRY. Robert Sullivan. Bloomsbury. $24.95. Our Price $19.96.

10.CREATION. Edward Wilson. Norton. $21.95. Our Price $17.56.

Paperback Fiction

1.ON BEAUTY. Zadie Smith. Penguin. $15. Our Price $12.

2.HISTORY OF LOVE. Nicole Krauss. Norton. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.

3.THE SEA. John Banville. Random House. $12.95. Our Price $10.36.

4.VERONICA. Mary Gaitskill. Random House. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.

5.MEMORY KEEPER’S DAUGHTER. Kim Edward. Penguin. $14. Our Price $11.20.

6.BLACK DAHLIA. James Ellroy. Warner. $13.99. Our Price $11.19.

7.BEASTS OF NO NATION. Uzodinma Iweala. HarperCollins. $11.95. Our Price $9.56.

8.NEVER LET ME GO. Kazuo Ishiguro. Random House. $14. Our Price $11.20.

9.FREDDY & FREDERICKA. Mark Helprin. Penguin. $15. Our Price $12.  

10.KAFKA ON THE SHORE. Haruki Murakami. Random House. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.

Paperback Nonfiction

1.SUBWAY CHRONICLES. Jacquelin Cangro. Penguin. $14. Our Price $11.20.

2.APARTMENT THERAPY. Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan. Bantam. $14. Our Price $11.20.

3.NFT BROOKLYN. Happy Mazza Media. $9.95. Our Price $7.96.

4.PLACES IN BETWEEN. Rory Stewart. Harcourt. $14. Our Price $11.20.

5.RUNNING WITH SCISSORS. Augusten Burroughs. St. Martin’s Press. $14. Our Price $11.20.

6. 9 –11 REPORT. Sid Jacobson & Ernie Colon. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. $16.95. Our Price $13.56.

7.LADIES & GENTLEMEN THE BRONX IS BURNING. Jonathan Mahler. St. Martin’s Press. $15. Our Price $12.

8.BROOKLYN BY NAME. Leonard Benardo & Jennifer Weiss. NYU Press. $17.95. Our Price $14.36.

9.POSTWAR. Tony Judt. Penguin. $20. Our Price $16.

10.GARLIC & SAPPHIRES. Ruth Reichl. Penguin. $15. Our Price $12.

Children’s Hardcover & Paperback

 

1.HOW TO BE POPULAR. Meg Cabot. HarperCollins. $16.99. Our Price $13.59.

2.CANDY DARLINGS. Christine Walde. Houghton Mifflin. $8.99. Our Price $7.19.

 

3.I LIVE IN BROOKLYN. Mari Takabayashi. Houghton Mifflin. $16. Our Price $12.80.

4.THIS IS NEW YORK. M. Sasek. Universe. $17.95. Our Price $14.36.

5.I AM NOT SLEEPY & I WILL NOT GO TO BED. Lauren Child. Candlewick. $6.99. Our Price $5.59.

6.I AM TOO ABSOLUTELY SMALL FOR SCHOOL. Lauren Child. Candlewick. $6.99. Our Price $5.59.

7.I WILL NEVER NOT EVER EAT A TOMATO. . Lauren Child. Candlewick. $6.99. Our Price $5.59.

8.CURIOUS GEORGE’S 1^{ST DAY OF SCHOOL. H. Rey. Houghton Mifflin. $3.95. Our Price $3.16.}

^{9.DIAL L FOR LOSER (Clique #6). Lisi Harrison. Little, Brown. $9.95. Our Price $7.99.}

^{10.SNAIL & THE WHALE. Julia Donaldson. $6.99. Our Price $5.59.}

Listings are based on sales figures compiled by BookCourt for the two-week period ending 9/17/06. Sales generated by school and other special sales are not included.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Visit the site:     http://visitbrooklyn.org/about.html

 

No city in America boasts more character—or characters—than Brooklyn! Brooklyn and its people have been inspiring writers from Walt Whitman to Colson Whitehead and from Marianne Moore to Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Jhumpa Lahiri.

The Brooklyn Book Festival, held on September 16, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., will celebrate Brooklyn’s thriving and diverse literary community and its rich history as a home and inspiration for authors. From Williamsburg to Bedford-Stuyvesant, Park Slope and Brighton Beach, Brooklyn is home to authors, literary magazines and publishers.

The festival, to be held in historic Brooklyn Borough Hall and outdoors on its beautiful plaza, will showcase retailers, publishers, authors and literary organizations. Multiple stages and indoor venues will feature adult and children’s programming, spirited panel discussions and spoken word performances. The festival will attract a broad and diverse audience from Brooklyn and the metropolitan region.

The Brooklyn Book Festival will celebrate Brooklyn’s international reputation as an enclave of hip, multi-ethnic writers who represent some of the greatest names in literature today.

Please join BookCourt at the festival! We hope to see you there!

 

-Hardcover Fiction-

 

 

EMPEROR’S CHILDREN. Claire Messud. Random House. $25. Our Price $20.

SPECIAL TOPICS IN CALAMITY PHYSICS. Marisha Pessl. Viking. $25.95. Our Price $20.76.

 

ALL AUNT HAGAR’S CHILDREN. Edward P. Jones. HarperCollins. $25.95. Our Price $20.76.

 

BLIND WILLOW SLEEPING WOMAN. Haruki Murakami. Random House. $24.95. Our Price $19.76.

 

SUITE FRANCAISE. Irene Nemirovsky. Random House. $25. Our Price $20.

 

GALLATIN CANYON. Thomas McGuane. Random House. $24. Our Price $19.20.

 

WOMAN IN JERUSALEM. Abraham Yehoshua. Harcourt. $25. Our Price $20.

 

BEDROOM SECRETS OF THE MASTER CHEFS. Irvine Welsh. Norton. $24.95. Our Price $19.76.

 

McSWEENEY’S #20. Dave Eggers. McSweeney’s. $22. Our Price $17.60.

 

BLACK SWAN GREEN. David Mitchell. Random House. $23.95. Our Price $19.16.

 

-Hardcover Nonfiction-

 

THERE GOES MY EVERYTHING. Jason Sokol. Random House. $27.95. Our Price $22.36

 

READING LIKE A WRITER. Francine Prose. HarperCollins. $23.95. Our Price $19.16.

 

I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY NECK. Nora Ephron. Random House. $19.95. Our Price $15.96.

 

FIASCO. Thomas Ricks. Penguin Press. $27.95. Our Price $22.36.

 

STUMBLING ON HAPPINESS. Daniel Gilbert. Random House. $24.95. Our Price $19.96.

LOOMING TOWER. Lawrence Wright. Random House. $27.95. Our Price $22.36.

 

LA BELLA FIGURA. Beppe Severgnini. Broadway Books. $23.95. Our Price $19.16.

 

 

SILVER SPOON. Phaidon Press. $39.95. Our Price $31.96.

 

CROSS COUNTRY. Robert Sullivan. Bloomsbury. $24.95. Our Price $19.96.

 

FUN HOME. Alison Bechdel. Houghton Mifflin. $19.95. Our Price $15.96.

 

 

-Paperback Fiction-

 

 

 

ON BEAUTY. Zadie Smith. Penguin. $15. Our Price $12.

 

THE SEA. John Banville. Random House. $12.95. Our Price $10.36.

 

MEMORY KEEPER’S DAUGHTER. Kim Edwards. Penguin. $14. Our Price $11.20.

 

NEVER LET ME GO. Kazuio Ishiguro. Random House. $14. Our Price $11.20.

 

HISTORY OF LOVE. Nicole Krauss. Norton. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.

 

WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE. Haruki Murikami. Random House. $15.95. Our Price $12.76.

 

VERONICA. Mary Gaitskill. Random House. $13.95. Our Price $11.16.

 

INDECISION. Benjamin Kunkel. Times Books. $12.95. Our Price $10.36.  

BLACK DAHLIA. James Ellroy. Warner. $13.99. Our Price $11.19.   

TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE. Audrey Niffenegger. Harcourt. $14. Our Price $11.20.  

-Paperback Nonfiction- 

 

NFT BROOKLYN 2007. Happy Mazza Media. $9.95. Our Price $7.96.

BROOKLYN BY NAME. Leonard Benardo & Jennifer Weiss. NYU Press. $17.95. Our Price $14.36.

 

GARLIC & SAPPHIRES. Ruth Reichl. Penguin. $15. Our Price $12.

 

PLACES IN BETWEEN. Rory Stewart. Harcourt. $14. Our Price $11.20.

 

9-11 REPORT. Sid Jacobson & Ernie Colon. Farrar, Straus & Girous. $16.95. Our Price $13.56.

 

RUNNING WITH SCISSORS. Augusten Burroughs. St. Martin’s Press. $14. Our Price $11.20.

 

 

MINDING WHAT MATTERS. Robert Langan. Wisdom. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.

APARTMENT THERAPY. Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan. Bantam. $14. Our Price $14.36.

TENDER BAR. J.R. Moehringer. Hyperion. $14.95. Our Price $11.96.

LADIES & GENTLEMEN THE BRONX IS BURNING. Jonathan Mahler. St. Martin’s Press. $15. Our Price $12.

 

-Children’s Hardcover & Paperback-

 

I LIVE IN BROOKLYN. Mari Takabayashi. Houghton Mifflin. $16. Our Price $12.80.

HUG Board Book. Jez Alborough. Candlewick. $6.99. Our Price $5.59.

 

THIS IS NEW YORK. M. Sasek. Universe. $17.95. Our Price $14.36.

 

MY WOBBLY TOOTH MUST NOT EVER NEVER FALL OUT. Lauren Child. Candlewick. $5.99. Our Price $4.79

 

I AM NOT SLEEPY & I WILL NOT GO TO BED. Lauren Child. Candlewick. $6.99. Our Price $5.59.

I AM TOO ABSOLUTELY SMALL FOR SCHOOL. Lauren Child. Candlewick. $6.99. Our Price $5.59.

 

KNUFFLE BUNNY. Mo Willems. Hyperion. $15.99. Our Price $12.79.

SUBTLE KNIFE Deluxe Edition. Philip Pullman. Random House. $11.95. Our Price $9.56.

BROOKLYN POPS UP. Brooklyn Public Library. Macmillan. $19.95. Our Price $15.96.

SNAIL & THE WHALE. Julia Donaldson. $6.99. Our Price $5.59.

 

Listings are based on sales figures compiled by BookCourt for the two-week period ending 9/03/06. Sales generated by school and other special sales are not included.