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- Story: The Uncertain Fate of Independent Bookstores (Thursday, February 12, 2009)
... he future hold for Santa Barbara’s booksellers? It was 10 years ago whe ... rnia’s oldest used and antiquarian bookstore, Kelley had come into possession ... knack for sniffing out precious old books, and these volumes, although in impe ... to, Japan, who was interested in the books, but was worried about their conditi ...
- Story: The Making of Selden Edwards’s Novel, The Little Book (Thursday, August 7, 2008)
... but novel, will be published on August 14 by the Dutton imprint of Penguin Books, and the buzz in the publishing world is that this impeccably crafted and ... l” in a work of literary fiction is rarely worth the trouble. Even great books can be reduced by this to stereotypical lessons, like “be careful what y ...
- Story: Ted’s Books Closes its Doors (Thursday, November 1, 2007)
... nt stands a little red wagon full of books. “Huge Book Sale” reads a handwr ... d to the shop’s front door, “All Books 50% Off.” I’m here to meet Ted T ... he owner and founder of Ted’s Used Books & Collectibles, to talk about th ... nt stands a little red wagon full of books. “Huge Book Sale” reads a handwr ...
- Story: Gardens of Rare Books (Sunday, November 15, 2009)
... booksellers show and tell. Pia Oliver ... I am standing in Randall House Rare Books, tucked away in an old adobe buildin ... stion, “Why do people collect rare books?” After all, when a new hardcover ... ells for $19.95 at Amazon, why pay a bookseller $3,500 for a copy with a forged ...
- Obituary: Julia Woolfolk Cunningham (Thursday, April 10, 2008)
- Story: Bells to Whistles, BOSB'06 (Thursday, October 19, 2006)
... s Staples. Finalist OfficeMax --> Bookstore Chaucer’s Books 3321 Sta ... Max --> Bookstore Chaucer’s Books 3321 State St., 682-6787 Since the ... worm tendencies. She does not stock books just because they turn over twice a ... e signings, poetry, children’s books, and calendars year-round, too. It& ...
- Story: Rabbit Cake and the Rabbi’s Tarot (Saturday, January 19, 2008)
... sional paperback, those who own many books, and those who parlay their love of ... into actually owning and operating a bookstore. Eric Kelley, owner of The Book ... tice. While many perfectly normal books are on sale at The Book Den, there ... en has an excellent selection of cookbooks, including 88 Danish Dishes. This sl ...
- Story: What Writers Read (Thursday, July 5, 2007)
... med published writers — for a sample of the books on their bedside tables and in their carry-on bag ... med published writers — for a sample of the books on their bedside tables and in their carry-on bag ... ber. My 11-year-old and I are gobbling down these books together! I’ve never been much of a fantasy fan ...
- Story: Winter Arts Books & Lectures Preview (Thursday, January 17, 2008)
... with a book. This winter, there are books galore outside the house, too, so gr ... with a book. This winter, there are books galore outside the house, too, so gr ... iets. Thu., Jan. 17, 7pm. Borders Books, 900 State St. Call 899-3668. In ... better. Wed., Jan. 23, 7pm. Borders Books, 900 State St. Call 899-3668. ...
- Story: Fall 2008 Books & Lectures Preview (Thursday, September 11, 2008)
... Books & Lectures Preview A Shop’s ... ry. Wed., Sept. 17, 7pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Call 682-6787 or vis ... St. Call 682-6787 or visit chaucers.booksense.com. Brisingr Midnight Releas ... . Downtown Santa Barbara’s Borders Books (900 State St.) and Goleta’s Borde ...
- Story: 2007 Fall Arts Preview - Books and Lectures (Thursday, September 13, 2007)
... copies. Thu., Sept. 20, 7pm. Borders Books in Goleta, 7000 Marketplace Dr., Gol ... ddition to her appearance at Borders Books, Raab will speak at the Santa Barbar ... stival. Thu., Sept. 20, 7pm. Borders Books in Santa Barbara, 900 State St. Call ... rative. Sun., Sept. 23, 2pm. Borders Books in Goleta, 7000 Marketplace Dr., Gol ...
- Story: Santa Barbara Reads 2009 Chooses Fahrenheit 451 (Thursday, July 2, 2009)
... st interest entirely in reading, and books — which have become illegal ... reading program. The program has 30 books on its list; in order to quality for ... ag, is a fireman: His job is to burn books and the houses where they are discov ... ir reading of it, is that it isn’t books themselves that are meaningful, but ...
- Story: A New American Epic (Thursday, December 27, 2007)
... books are without precedent; Jeffrey Eugen ... enides’s Middlesex is one of those books. Published in 2002, nine years after ... ving his adult life as a man. Some books are without precedent; Jeffrey Eugen ... enides’s Middlesex is one of those books. Published in 2002, nine years after ...
- Story: Fall Arts Books and Lecture (Thursday, September 14, 2006)
... don’t forget the annual S.B. Books and Author Festival, which goes dow ... don’t forget the annual S.B. Books and Author Festival, which goes dow ... Sun., Sept. 17, 3pm, Chaucer’s Books, 682-6787 Optimal Health Through I ... mpbell Hall, 893-2064 Santa Barbara Books & Author Festival The library f ...
- Story: Recommended Wine Books for the Holidays (Thursday, November 1, 2007)
... ng myself in the latest offerings of books about wine. I should mention that th ... ut wine. I should mention that these books are not only great to buy for onesel ... t book, I’ll Drink to That (Gotham Books, $27.50), reads like a love letter t ... k also can be ordered from some area bookstores, such as Chaucer’s. ...
- Story: 2008 Summer Books & Lectures Guide (Thursday, June 19, 2008)
... Books & Lectures Guide The Summer of N ... ale. Thu., June 19, 7pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Call 682-6787 or vis ... St. Call 682-6787 or visit chaucers.booksense.com. • Critic’s Pick: ... h annual Writers Conference, Borders Books is hosting authors, agents, and the ...
- Story: Barely Cutting It (Wednesday, November 1, 2006)
- Story: Summer Arts (Thursday, June 22, 2006)
... sals are open to the general public. BOOKS AND LECTURES by Felicia M. Tomasko D ... y science-fiction and author of such books as Dandelion Wine and Fahrenheit 451 ... er receiving the award, he will talk books on stage with TV host Connie Martins ... erently. Sun., June 25, 1pm, Borders Books and Music, 7000 Marketplace Ave., Go ...
- Story: S.B. Photographer Tells the Stories Beneath the Tattoos (Thursday, April 24, 2008)
... rent tattoo studios and talked to many different people and read all these books, but I could not find the right person. At some point, I realized the auth ... the right person. At some point, I realized the author of a bunch of those books was a tattoo artist himself. I went to visit him and he started to work on ...
- Story: 2008 Spring Books and Lectures Preview (Thursday, March 20, 2008)
... Books and Lectures Preview Womankind: ... l women. Thu., Mar. 20, 7pm. Borders Books & Music, 900 State St. Call 899- ... is book. Wed., Mar. 26, 7pm. Borders Books & Music, 900 State St. Call 899- ... d Actor. Thu., Mar. 27, 7pm. Borders Books & Music, 900 State St. Call 899- ...
- Story: Michael Jackson Is Innocent (Thursday, November 15, 2007)
- Story: Sex, Lies, and Frank Lloyd Wright (Wednesday, September 6, 2006)
... the foremost architect of the 20th century. Published last month by Regan Books, the book’s already been selected by the Book of the Month Club, cit ... Story of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship at Chaucer’s Books, this Sunday, September 10, at 3 p.m. Call 682-6787. ...
- Story: Six Books That Will Boost Your Climate Change Awareness (Thursday, May 17, 2007)
... books on climate change, I’ve come to vi ... es. After reading a truckload of books on climate change, I’ve come to vi ... me of its worst consequences. The books reviewed below offer exceptional, lu ... d pace of climate science means that books on global warming become outdated qu ...
- Story: Jeffrey Eugenides’s Middlesex (Thursday, January 10, 2008)
... books are without precedent; Jeffrey Eugen ... enides’s Middlesex is one of those books. Published in 2002, nine years after ... living adulthood as a man. Some books are without precedent; Jeffrey Eugen ... enides’s Middlesex is one of those books. Published in 2002, nine years after ...
- Story: Summer Book Lovin’ (Thursday, July 17, 2008)
... : to the men and women who staff our bookstores? For recommendations on wha ... : to the men and women who staff our bookstores? Here’s what the employees an ... s what the employees and owners of bookshops across the city are reading this ... David Follman, Employee, Chaucer’s Books “You can do it on the beach, yo ...
- Story: Books & Lectures (Thursday, January 11, 2007)
... reading list, Arts & Lectures, local bookstores, and the Mind/Supermind series, ... ng list, Arts & Lectures, local bookstores, and the Mind/Supermind series ... Sun., Jan. 14, 3pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. 682‑8787 or c ... tate St. 682‑8787 or chaucers.booksense.com. Robert Alter Alter’s ...
- Story: Authorship the Easy Way (Saturday, August 2, 2008)
... ifferent types of personalized book: children’s books or romance novels. Both allow the customer to cho ... are available. There’s also some variety in the books themselves — Romance By You has nine different ... ntic side of life. Yournovel.com has 24 different books available, in either paperback or hardback, with ...
- Story: Tis the Season 2008 (Thursday, December 4, 2008)
... or their families. 10am-8pm. Borders Books, 900 State St. Call 966-3411 or emai ... or their families. 10am-8pm. Borders Books, 900 State St. Call 966-3411 or emai ... or their families. 10am-8pm. Borders Books, 900 State St. Call 966-3411 or emai ... or their families. 10am-8pm. Borders Books, 900 State St. Call 966-3411 or emai ...
- Story: Not So Ludicrous After All (Thursday, April 6, 2006)
... last book was described in the New York Review of Books. His new book, American Vertigo — Traveling ... last book was described in the New York Review of Books. His new book, American Vertigo —R ... need not be broadening and one should be wary of books with Tocqueville in the title.” I did not k ...
- Story: Blue & Green Guide 2006 (Thursday, May 18, 2006)
- Story: Barney's Weekend Picks (Friday, January 5, 2007)
... talking about wine: What is it that booksellers buy half so precious as what t ... pass Karen Thrasher’s Thrasher Books, 827 Santa Barbara St., its windows ... I do. I like Karen because she likes books. Loves. Ted’s Used Books, in ... ikes books. Loves. Ted’s Used Books, in the 2000 block of De la Vina St ...
- Story: A Down-Home Thriller (Thursday, August 10, 2006)
... . Both were protagonists in previous books, but this is the first novel in whic ... novel. After releasing his previous books through Penguin and then Warner Book ... ooks through Penguin and then Warner Books, Freedman found a new publisher in M ... Madison Park Press, the imprint that Bookspan — which owns al ...
- Story: Voyage Imaginaire — From China to Paris: Recent Artist Books of Gunnar A. Kaldewey. (Thursday, January 17, 2008)
... as an existing reality and hopes his books help foster a sense of global commun ... as an existing reality and hopes his books help foster a sense of global commun ... sense of global community. The nine books in his current exhibit symbolically ... a span of 15 years, the texts of the books, as well as their designs and the ma ...
- Story: 2009 Winter Arts Preview - Books & Lectures (Thursday, January 15, 2009)
... Books & Lectures Cork Millner This versatile S. ... s of gruesome murders. Sat., Feb. 7, 2pm. Borders Books & Music, 900 State St. Call 899-3668. The ... radio personality and bestselling author of five books will read aloud from her recently published histo ...
- Story: Spring Arts Preview- Books and Lectures (Thursday, March 22, 2007)
... haos. Sun., Apr. 1, 3pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Call 682-6787 or vis ... St. Call 682-6787 or visit chaucers.booksense.com. From Shore to Sea The ... One-Oh. Sat., Apr. 14, 2pm. Tecolote Books, 1470 East Valley Rd. Call 969-4977. ... lad. Sun., Apr. 15, 3pm. Chaucer’s Books, 3321 State St. Call 682-6787 or vis ...
- Story: Bells to Whistles (Thursday, October 18, 2007)
... nes. Finalists- CD Store: Borders Books, Music, Movies & Café Used CD ... fun roof. Finalist- OfficeMax Bookstore Chaucer’s Books3321 State S ... fficeMax Bookstore Chaucer’s Books3321 State St., 682-6787 It’s do ... It’s doubtful there’s a better bookstore in California. In raw terms, the ...
- Story: Off the Case (Wednesday, October 11, 2006)
- Story: Unsung Stewards of the Earth (Thursday, October 5, 2006)
- Story: Q: 'What was the first book published in Santa Barbara?’ (Wednesday, October 4, 2006)
... the first book published here, but it was one of the earliest promotional books for any town in Southern California. 'What was the first book published i ... the first book published here, but it was one of the earliest promotional books for any town in Southern California. The 1870s were an important transitio ...
- Story: The Unattainable Grail (Thursday, May 25, 2006)
... , when tasked with making a movie out of one of the world’s most popular books ever, director Ron Howard didn’t reinterpret. To do so, presumably, woul ... en tasked with making a movie out of one of the world’s most popular books ever, director Ron Howard didn’t reinterpret. To do so, presumably, ...
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