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Thu, 09/02/2010 - 7:00pm Thu, 09/02/2010 - 9:00pm
We are delighted to present CARL HIAASEN at the FLORIDA AQUARIUM, for a booktalk and signing of his new novel STAR ISLAND. Tickets for the booktalk are no longer available as we have exceeded the venue's capacity, but we are accepting reservations for booksigning with purchase of the new book from Inkwood. It is too late to order from the website for the event, so please call the bookstore at 813-253-2638 for orders. The action begins when Ann, an undercover stunt double for often-indisposed (read: druggie) pop singer Cherry, is kidnapped by obsessed paparazzo Bang Abbott. Cherry's handlers (uber-stage mother, nipped/tucked/botoxed twin publicists, borderline pedophile producer, and weed-whacker wielding bodyguard) frantically try to get Ann back without revealing her existence to the public - or to Cherry herself. Skink, the charmingly unhinged former governor of Florida, has met Ann (don't ask - long, funny story) and appointed himself her protector, providing an unexpected challenge for Cherry's entourage. Hilarious, outrageous, yet full of unexpected warmth and insight, Star Island is another winner from a favorite Florida writer. (Please note: While Hiaasen has recently written three wonderful books for kids, this event will focus on Star Island, which is intended for adults.)  Star Island (Hardcover)$26.95 ISBN-13: 9780307272584Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days Published: Knopf, 11/01/2010 Location: Florida Aquarium 701 Channelside Drive Tampa, Florida 33602 |
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Welcome to Tampa's only local independent bookstore for new books. Browse our fiction, current events, kids' books, biography, poetry, cookbooks, Floridiana, and more - plus unique cards and gifts. If we're already your bookstore, we're grateful for your support, and hope you'll introduce us to your friends...If you're new to Inkwood, we look forward to being your booksellers. Inkwood is ready to serve in the way that's most convenient for you. We love seeing you in the shop, and we're always available for recommendations, special sales, and questions. Just drop us a line or call 813-253-2638 anytime. When you shop here online, you choose delivery straight from the warehouse or in-store pickup. And follow us on Facebook for event reminders and articles and links of interest. Note about our events: All Inkwood events are free and open to the public unless otherwise specified. While we do not require RSVPs, it really helps to plan and prepare if we can estimate attendance, so a phone call, email or Facebook post is greatly appreciated. And reserving your books ahead of time saves time, guarantees first editions, and prevents any possibility of disappointment from a sellout. |
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Every month your Inkwood booksellers select a dozen or so books we're enjoying at the moment, all 20% off all month...
 The Blue Notebook (Paperback)$11.20 ISBN-13: 9780385528726Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days Published: Spiegel & Grau, 07/01/2010 “At age 15, Batuk has endured six years of indentured servitude to a Mumbai brothel. Sold by her father as a young girl, she has found strength and solace through her own precociousness and big-hearted perspective. When by ‘divine decree’ she obtains a pencil, Batuk begins to write her life story. Drawing on memories both tragic and beautiful, we learn how Batuk came to be at the brothel, and she details her day to day existence like any teenager would. When given the ‘honor’ of entertaining at a private party, Batuk’s finds herself unwittingly thrust into a fight for survival. Heartrending, eye-opening, and hopeful, Levine’s fine novel will remain with you long after you’ve finished.” Amanda. Regularly $14; our price $11.20.  Border Songs (Paperback)$12.00 ISBN-13: 9780307456267Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days Published: Vintage, 07/01/2010 "Lynch has written a novel than manages to bring to mind The Grapes of Wrath and The Milagro Beanfield Wars, while still being entirely original. Set on the northwest US-Canada border, Border Songs shows a town caught up in all it can't control - illegal immigrants, drug smuggling, inevitable disease and decline - and the individual ways each character faces these challenges. Set firmly, yet unwillingly, in the middle of it all is Brandon, the over-sized dyslexic pushed to join the Border Patrol. Brandon's vision, his ability and desire to see what others are blind to, makes him at once vulnerable and stronger than those around him. Filled with humor and insight, Lynch's novel is like the best of Richard Russo, pulling you in and changing the world before you." Leslie. Regularly $15; our price $12.  The Breaking of Eggs (Paperback)$12.00 ISBN-13: 9780143117261Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 07/01/2010 “This is the story of Feliks Zhukovski, Polish by birth, Communist (make that ‘leftist’) at heart, who, at age 61, finds that just about everything he has based his life on is crumbling. Sole owner of a soon-to-be-outdated series of travel guides to Eastern Europe, Feliks, self-controlled and overly rational, falls ill and is forced by a chance remark (‘It's always good to be at home when you are ill’) to confront the fact that he has no sense of home. With great charm, humor and wisdom, (and a vast amount of modern European history), Powers tells of Feliks' rebirth from a political to an emotional creature. This story manages to take well-worn themes - the horrors of wars, the decisions made and misunderstood or regretted, the costs of political allegiances, the elasticity of families - and make them into a fresh and moving and remarkable story. Unforgettable.” Leslie. Regularly $15; our price $12.  Even Monsters Need Haircuts (Hardcover)$11.99 ISBN-13: 9780802788191Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days Published: Walker Books for Young Readers, 08/01/2010 “This is a fabulous book that has one of some of my favorite themes in picture books: the nighttime adventures that silly, sleeping grown-ups never know about. The clever hero not only braves the dark, but he puts his father's barber shop to good use in the off-hours by giving haircuts to the neighborhood monsters. The illustrations are wonderful, and honor Sendak's little boy adventures In the Night Kitchen and Where the Wild Things Are. Lots of laughs for everyone in this winner.” Leslie. Regularly $14.99; our price $11.99.  Good Things I Wish You (Paperback)$11.19 ISBN-13: 9780061239953Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days Published: Harper Perennial, 07/01/2010 "This is a fascinating combination of the historical and contemporary novel, as Jeanette Hochmann, newly divorced single parent, struggles to complete her book on German pianist, Clara Schumann. Ansay fills her book with photographs, sketches and notes from the present and past, and while exploring the nature of the forty year relationship between Clara and Johannes Brahms, she also examines the nature of love and friendship between men and women. For readers like myself, unfamiliar with the life of Schumann, the book is impossible to put down." Leslie. Regularly $13.99; our price $11.19.  A Happy Marriage (Paperback)$12.80 ISBN-13: 9781439102312Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days Published: Scribner, 08/01/2010 “This is a somber and beautifully written book with a plot very close to the story of Iglesias' own marriage. The story spans 30 years, concentrating on the beginning of the courtship and the end of the wife's life, as they prepare for her death from cancer. Both inspiring and heartbreaking, this very intimate story is a realistic tribute to the enduring value of marriage with the ups and downs that 30 years must bring, in brilliant prose.” Carla. Regularly $16; our price $12.80.  The News Where You Are (Paperback)$15.00 ISBN-13: 9780805091809Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days Published: Holt Paperbacks, 07/01/2010 "This is the second time I have chosen Flynn's work for my staff pick, and both novels are marked by the same combination of satire and sweetness. In this spirited literary mystery Frank Allcroft, a local news anchor, is experiencing a midlife crisis. Despite his reputation for corny on-screen remarks, Frank is drawn to loss - the demolition of the last of his architect father's postwar buildings, and the lonely deaths of the strangers in his newscasts. When his personal and professional mentor, Phil, is killed, Frank uncovers unexpected truths as he comes to terms with the need to move forward. Filled with great characters and Office-style humor, The News Where You Live is top of the pile." Leslie. Regularly $15; our price $12.  Stiltsville (Hardcover)$19.99 ISBN-13: 9780061963070Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days Published: Harper, 08/01/2010 “Frances Ellerby travels to Miami in the summer of 1969 for a wedding and while there falls in love with Dennis DuVal, the luscious city of Miami, and the DuVal family home on stilts in the middle of Biscayne Bay. Frances is a likeable, honest narrator and the book is a beautiful study on a marriage that, while not perfect, is heartbreakingly tender. The book’s time period of 1969-1992 and the social changes in Florida during those years also adds to its exceptional story.” Avery. Regularly $24.99, our price $21.39.  This Is Where I Leave You (Paperback)$12.00 ISBN-13: 9780452296367Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days Published: Plume, 06/01/2010 “Tropper brings together Judd Foxman’s dysfunctional family, forced by his mother to honor his non-observant father’s inexplicable dying wish for them to sit shiva. During this solid week under the same roof, old secrets, new life-altering choices, jealousy and resentment compete for attention, while Judd also processes the unexpected breakup of his marriage and loss of his job, after walking in on his wife and boss in bed together. Smart, touching, hilarious with plenty of truths about siblings, divorce, and more.” Carla. Regularly $15; our price $12.  This Must Be the Place (Hardcover)$20.00 ISBN-13: 9780805092301Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days Published: Henry Holt and Co., 06/01/2010 "This is one of the most engaging books I have read in a while. A quirky cast of characters come together to make up a highly entertaining, touching book. Chief among them are: Oneida Jones, a self-described freak who has embraced her oddness; her mother Mona, wedding cake baker and proprietress of the Darby-Jones boardinghouse; and Arthur Rook, a recently widowed photographer who believes he can ‘see’ the real essence of a person. You will come to love these characters and this book!" Avery. Regularly $25; our price $20.  The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (Hardcover)$20.80 ISBN-13: 9781400065455Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days Published: Random House, 06/01/2010 “I’ll be so bold to say that The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet is one of the finest novels I’ve read in a long while. Part historical narrative, part love story, part adventure epic, Mitchell’s book is everything you want fiction to be in one beautifully composed volume. Young clerk Jacob de Zoet has been sent to Dejima, an artificial island owned by the Dutch East India Company, positioned off the coast of Japan during its self-imposed isolation. His charge is to amend the company’s rampant corruption by fixing the books, but this is only his beginning. He falls in love with a talented young midwife, and their lives become entwined in a world of secrecy, religious zealotry and murder. Thousand Autumns will intrigue you, delight you, and break your heart.” Amanda. Regularly $25; our price $20.  Toby and the Secrets of the Tree (Hardcover)$13.59 ISBN-13: 9780763646554Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days Published: Candlewick, 08/01/2010 “Hooray for the thrilling sequel to Fombelle’s YA novel Toby Alone! Toby has been living with the Grass People for some time now, but decides to return to the Tree and fight for his family, friends, and the future of their world. This time around, however, Toby is not alone. A resistance is forming against Leo Blue and Joe Mitch, whose tyrannical regime has oppressed the people and nearly destroyed the eco-system of the Tree. Toby must pull together the various revolutionary factions, save Elisha, and bring harmony to the peoples of the Grass and the Tree, all before the Tree itself is destroyed. Don’t miss the conclusion to this fantastic story!” Amanda. Regularly $16.99; our price $13.59. |
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