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Caught THE CATCH!

You can catch it too… The latest adventure featuring Vanessa Michael Munroe has been released by Crown Publishers. Ms. Munroe is a problem-solving dynamo who is a mix of Jason Bourne, James Bond, and the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. BAM! ThwaaAACK! Great reading!

I had a couple of really nice images to show you. (I can make my photography sound much better when I don’t show the results!) The system is still keeping me from uploading. If you close your eyes and squint, you can imagine the easel-back posters for THE CATCH which are standing behind the copies of the hardback, with my small placard in front. It’s beautiful, I tell you. (It’s on my list to call the service provider about the website’s image-upload problem…) In the meantime, I can feature a picture of the Dallas-based author, Taylor Stevens, who was kind enough to put her publisher in contact with the shop.

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As a result, I have a signed copy of THE CATCH to give away, and all you have to do is drop by and put your name in the drawing box.

As with many of the serial stories, it helps if you have read all the previous episodes, but Ms. Stevens writes in such a way that you may jump in at any point in the series and easily follow the premise. (I actually read the first book in the series later on…)

Catch some great shopping weather this week! And while you’re in the Rose District, stop by the shop and register for the signed First Edition copy. We’ll be drawing the winner’s name during White Linen Night festivities on August 12.

Come visit!

McHuston

Booksellers & Irish Bistro
Rose District
122 S. Main St. Broken Arrow OK!

Go forth, 4th!

Ah, the summer air, sunshine, and the smell of onions on the grill! Happy 4th of July!

Having reached the age at which I have gone through my lifetime’s allotment of things to explode, I’ll leave those gunpowder-related things to younger fire-pappies and just stick to admiring the features of the season. I’m at the shop, as usual. This afternoon is devoted to research projects and ignoring the remaining few stacks of books that require pricing and shelving.

Needless to say, the shop is closed, although many of my Rose District neighbors are conducting business as usual. The restaurants are open (with the exception of Romeo’s and Back Creek Deli) and folks are out enjoying the day at the sidewalk tables.

Be safe in your endeavors today and call if you suddenly experience a book emergency.

I’m here to serve.

McHuston

Booksellers & Irish Bistro
Rose District
122 South Main St. Broken Arrow OK!

From A to Zamperini. A story now complete.

His bio is one of those stranger than fiction tales, an epic struggle for survival that – amazingly – ended fairly well. His biography is titled Unbroken, and is to be released presently as a film directed by Anjelina Jolie.

Louis Zamperini was a speedy kid. They called him the Torrence Tornado back in those days when everybody had to have a nickname. (Maybe we haven’t outgrown that. To wit: Branjolina?) He was Jesse Owens roommate at the Berlin Olympics, taking his US National track records to the world stage.

When the US entered the second World War, Zamperini enlisted. His plane went down in the Pacific; he was assumed dead, but survived the crash only to be captured by the Japanese.

The account of his survival was published as a memoir and was optioned by Hollywood way back when, but the movie was never made. When Laura Hillenbrand penned Unbroken as a biography that expanded on the memoir, it caught the attention of Jolie, who – ironically – lives not far from Zamperini’s home.

The veteran was selected as the Grand Marshall for the 2015 Rose Parade at age 97, but his death Wednesday will leave that post vacant, and it is unfortunate that he did not have an opportunity to see his life story represented in film.

Jolie’s treatment of the biography will likely make Zamperini a much more recognizable name, although the book has done well.

It is a staggering read – not for its size – but for the impossibly difficult situations that Louis Zamperini endured and came away from – Unbroken.

He represented his country on several fronts and exemplified the human spirit that will serve to motivate others long past his death.

A recommended read… Unbroken by Laura Hellenbrand.

Come visit!

McHuston

Booksellers & Irish Bistro
Rose District
122 South Main St. Broken Arrow, OK!

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