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Bookstore1Sarasota
Dec 18, 20231 min read
The Animal Kingdom
The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man. ~ Charles Darwin Is there an animal lover in your life? Or perhaps...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Dec 13, 20232 min read
PoetryLife 2024 News: Favorite Poem is Back!
Favorite Poem is Back! Dear poetry lovers, Our annual Favorite Poem Reading has been on hiatus since a certain pandemic turned all our...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Dec 10, 20231 min read
Your Favorite Books of 2023
Here they are! Our biggest sellers of 2023! These are your favorite books of the year! Fiction: Nonfiction:
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Dec 4, 20231 min read
Our Favorite Books of the Year: 2023 Edition
It's our biggest book list of the year! We've had a great year at the store and we read and loved some wonderful books. Our 2023 list...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Nov 27, 20232 min read
Our Most Anticipated Books: December 2023-February 2024
There are some great fiction and non-fiction books coming out this winter. Kristin Hannah, Alex Michaelides, Kate Quinn, Douglas Preston,...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Nov 20, 20232 min read
Out in Space
“The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.” – Sir Arthur Eddington, The Nature of the...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Nov 13, 20231 min read
Musical Lives
Music is life itself. ~Louis Armstrong, Jazz trumpeter (1901-1971) A slew of memoirs, biographies and coffee table books by and about...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Nov 6, 20231 min read
November is Picture Book Month
“Reading brings us unknown friends.” ~Honoré De Balzac November is Picture Book Month, a tribute to the enduring importance of the...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Oct 30, 20232 min read
It's Book Award Season!
It’s time for literary prizes and awards. The Nobel Prize for Literature, the Kirkus Prize and the Pulitzer Prize have been awarded, and...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Oct 23, 20232 min read
Books to Film: Great Stories on the Screen
Hollywood has always had a penchant for bringing books to the big and small screens. In the era of streaming, adaptations of literary...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Oct 16, 20232 min read
Great New Graphic Novels
"When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling." ~Ted Rall Andrea and Ben were...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Oct 2, 20232 min read
Big Chefs - Great Recipes: October is Cookbook Month!
The cookbooks I value the most in my collection are the ones where you hear the author's voice and point-of-view in every recipe.~...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Sep 25, 20232 min read
Journalists Write Books: News You Can Use
The Poynter Institute, a global leader in journalism, "prepares journalists worldwide to hold powerful people accountable and promote...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Sep 14, 20232 min read
Fantasy Fiction: Visit a Land of Magic
"Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger." ~J. R. R. Tolkien~ Fantasy fiction keeps growing in...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Sep 11, 20231 min read
PaperbackPalooza!
It's new book season, and that includes paperbacks. Here are 12 paperbacks just being released. They span a wide range of...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Sep 4, 20231 min read
We Love Stephen King!
“Go then, there are other worlds than these.” ~ Stephen King, The Gunslinger~ Stephen King has a new novel, Holly. We are always thrilled...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Sep 1, 20231 min read
Local Author Book Fair October 21, 2023
Not only do we love our local authors, but we know you'll love them, too. Let us introduce you! On Saturday, October 21, local authors...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Aug 28, 20232 min read
The Art of Writing
“Making people believe the unbelievable is no trick; it’s work. … Belief and reader absorption come in the details: An overturned...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Aug 14, 20232 min read
Not Your Usual Historical Fiction
History is always changing behind us, and the past changes a little every time we retell it. ~ Hilary Mantel Historical fiction is one of...
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Bookstore1Sarasota
Aug 13, 20232 min read
The State You're In: New Florida Books
Florida is full of stories. We like to showcase fresh literary works set in Florida to highlight the rich diversity of our state. Things...
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