Welcome to Accent on Books--
artisan booksellers since 1983
from today's e-newsletter:
Mercy me--it really doesn't get warmer, does it? As I was getting out the car for a meeting yesterday, I experienced a shock of anger.
It's one of the seven stages of cold--
denial (I don't need gloves); guilt (Did the cat stay out all day?); anger (%$#+&*@* ice); depression (Spring will never, ever come.); adjustment (I'd forgotten how much I love this hat!) and finally, acceptance (It's Winter, for heavens' sake! Let's make a big pot of soup and stay in all day and read a good book.)
The
Indie Bestseller List
Published Thursday, January 7, 2010 (for the sales week ended Sunday, January 3,
2010). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across
the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org
HARDCOVER
FICTION
1. The Help
Kathryn Stockett, Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, $24.95, 9780399155345
2. The Lacuna
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $26.99, 9780060852573
3. The Girl Who Played With Fire
Stieg Larsson, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269980
4. The Lost Symbol
Dan Brown, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385504225
5. Half Broke Horses
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $26, 9781416586289
6. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $27, 9780805080681
7. Too Much Happiness
Alice Munro, Knopf, $25.95, 9780307269768
8. U Is for Undertow
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $27.95, 9780399155970
9. Pirate Latitudes
Michael Crichton, Harper, $27.99, 9780061929373
10. Last Night in Twisted River
John Irving, Random House, $28, 9781400063840
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Stones Into Schools
Greg Mortenson, Viking, $26.95, 9780670021154
2. What the Dog Saw
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316075848
3. Have a Little Faith
Mitch Albom, Hyperion, $23.99, 9780786868728
4. The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb
Norton, $24.95, 9780393061024
5. Born to Run
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $24.95, 9780307266309
6. Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $27.99, 9780316017923
7. True Compass
Edward M. Kennedy, Twelve, $35, 9780446539258
8. Going Rogue
Sarah Palin, Harper, $28.99, 9780061939891
9. SuperFreakonomics
Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Morrow, $29.99, 9780060889579
10. Half the Sky
Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, Knopf, $27.95, 9780307267146
We're located in Grace Plaza on Merrimon Avenue--a little row of shops that we've dubbed "Grace Underground". Our store is directly below Stein Mart and behind the Fresh Market. You can call us if you get lost--we're at 828-252-6255. Our street address isn't very helpful but here it is--854 Merrimon Avenue, Asheville, 28804. But we're not on Merrimon, really.
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We're open from 9:30-6, Monday through Saturday. We're closed on Sundays until October.
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What is an "artisan" bookseller and why should you use one?
At Accent on Books, we embrace the artisan movement, the notion that humans are happiest and healthiest when we slow down and enjoy life. Slow cooking, hand-made bread, locally- grown produce from a neighborhood tailgate market--all of these are facets of the artisan movement.
Now, we won't be making your books by hand but we will take your hand and help you find exactly what you're looking for, whether a gift or a personal choice for your own reading pleasure. And if we don't stock the item you've come to find, we'll do our best to order it for you and get it to you in a timely manner.