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TBM: Troy Book Makers is turning 10!

The Troy Book Makers is turning 10!!
Please join us Friday, September 30th between 5-9pm in the Frear Building to celebrate a decade in business. Enjoy snacks catered by local businesses, meet our authors from far and wide, and enter to win a basket of author’s essentials.

Chris Bohjalian Luncheon at the Reel Seafood Company: Meet the Author

Chris Bohjalian is the author of 19 books, most of which were New York Times bestsellers.  His work has been translated into over 30 languages and three times become movies.
His most recent novel, “The Guest Room,” a story of human trafficking, a marriage in crisis, and two remarkable women, was published earlier this year. (The paperback arrives October 25.)

The Guest Room (Vintage Contemporaries) By Chris Bohjalian Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780804170987
Availability: SPECIAL ORDER--NOT READILY AVAILABLE
Published: Vintage - October 25th, 2016

Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands (Vintage Contemporaries) By Chris Bohjalian Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780307743930
Availability: Usually Ships in 4-7 Business Days
Published: Vintage - May 26th, 2015

The Sleepwalker: A Novel By Chris Bohjalian Cover Image
$26.95
ISBN: 9780385538916
Availability: SPECIAL ORDER--NOT READILY AVAILABLE
Published: Doubleday - January 10th, 2017

RPI: Steven Millhauser at the McKinney Writing Contest Awards

Steven Millhauser, author of four novels and nine short fiction collections, received the Pulitzer Prize for his 1996 novel Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer, about a young entrepreneur in turn-of-the-century New York City. Kirkus Review called the book “A fascinating and provocative portrayal of America that hums with energy and wit.” His new book is the story collection Voices in the Night (2015), which the Boston Globe called “Masterful . . . intriguing and disturbingly intoxicating.”

Voices in the Night (Vintage Contemporaries) By Steven Millhauser Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780804169080
Availability: Usually Ships in 4-7 Business Days
Published: Vintage - March 8th, 2016

We Others: New & Selected Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) By Steven Millhauser Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9780307743428
Availability: Usually Ships in 4-7 Business Days
Published: Vintage - September 4th, 2012

Dangerous Laughter: Thirteen Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) By Steven Millhauser Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9780307387479
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Published: Vintage - February 10th, 2009

Offsite: Gene Baur will be signing his new book: Living the Farm Sanctuary Life

The book is packed with tips and tricks for ways to easily live by these guiding principles including:

  • Easy ways to effectively create positive change in this world that anyone can do on a day-to-day basis
  • How to create a space where you can eat mindfully and take a conscious approach to food
  • How to eat a plant-based diet on a budget and how to prep a plant-based kitchen and pantry
  • How to stay stylish while shopping with compassion
Living the Farm Sanctuary Life: The Ultimate Guide to Eating Mindfully, Living Longer, and Feeling Better Every Day By Gene Baur, Gene Stone Cover Image
$29.99
ISBN: 9781623364892
Availability: BACKORDERED-no date available
Published: Rodale Books - April 7th, 2015

Chris Hedges at The Sanctuary for Independent Media

Chris Hedges will be discussing and signing his new book: Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt

Wages of Rebellion By Chris Hedges Cover Image
$26.99
ISBN: 9781568589664
Availability: SPECIAL ORDER--NOT READILY AVAILABLE
Published: Nation Books - May 12th, 2015

David McCullough: Empire State Archives & History Award

General Admission $15.00

Books will be available for sale afterward.

The Wright Brothers By David McCullough Cover Image
$32.00
ISBN: 9781476728742
Availability: Usually Ships in 4-7 Business Days
Published: Simon & Schuster - May 5th, 2015

RPI: William Gibson, science fiction author

William Gibson is a visionary author of speculative
fiction whose work explores the future implications of contemporary

The Peripheral By William Gibson Cover Image
$28.95
ISBN: 9780399158445
Availability: SPECIAL ORDER--NOT READILY AVAILABLE
Published: Berkley Books - October 28th, 2014

Pattern Recognition (Blue Ant #1) By William Gibson Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780425192931
Availability: SPECIAL ORDER--NOT READILY AVAILABLE
Published: Berkley - February 3rd, 2004

Neuromancer (Sprawl Trilogy #1) By William Gibson Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780441007462
Availability: Usually Ships in 4-7 Business Days
Published: Ace - July 1st, 2000

MBB: Scott Christianson discusses his book: Freeing Charles: The Struggle to Free a Slave on the Eve of the Civil War

TROY SLAVE RESCUE.

Author Scott Christianson will discuss and sign copies of his book, Freeing Charles: The Struggle to Free a Slave on the Eve of the Civil War, about the Nalle rescue of 1860, at the Lansingburgh Historical Society, the Herman Melville House, 2 114th St. (and corner of 1st Avenue), Troy, NY, on May 15 at 7 PM. The event is open free to the public. (518)235-3501.

Freeing Charles: The Struggle to Free a Slave on the Eve of the Civil War (New Black Studies Series) By Scott Christianson Cover Image
$24.95
ISBN: 9780252076886
Availability: SPECIAL ORDER--NOT READILY AVAILABLE
Published: University of Illinois Press - January 19th, 2010

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