Booksmith

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Welcome to The Booksmith, Your Neighborhood Bookstore in Cyberspace! The Booksmith has been in business since 1976 and is a member of both the American Bookseller's Association and the Booksense Network, as well as the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association.

Booksmith Author Events

For information about Booksmith Author events, please visit our listings page at http://www.booksmith.com/events.html. To order a signed book, please call us at 800-493-7323 Tues - Fri 10 - 5. We keep our signed inventory separate and you cannot order signed books online!

Title of Event: Willie Nelson: An Epic Life
When: Tuesday, September 2, 2008 7:30 PM
Location: booksmith
Description: JOE NICK PATOSKI talk & booksigning for "Willie Nelson: An Epic Life" Tuesday, September 2 at 7:30 pm Join Joe Nick Patoski (and special guests & outlaws) as he discusses his exceptional new biography "Willie Nelson: An Epic Life." Drawing on over 100 interviews with Willie and his family, friends and band, Patoski tells the country music icon’s story from humble Depression-era roots to his musical education in Texas honky-tonks and his flirtations with whiskey, women, and weed. “Patoski has here conjured a biography . . . a book whose evocations of time, place, and spirit are as masterful as they are enthralling.” - Nick Tosches Joe Nick Patoski has written about Willie Nelson for publications including No Depression, Texas Monthly, Rolling Stone, TV Guide, and the Austin American-Statesman. The co-author and author of biographies of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Selena and a contributor to the Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll, Patoski lives in the Texas Hill Country.

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Taxes 2008 for Dummies
by Tyson, Eric, Munro, Margaret A., Silverman, David J.
Avoid tax headaches with the book that demystifies forms, minimizes errors, and answers your most important tax questions. Fully updated for 2008 this handy, helpful guide covers critical tax code changes and offers reliable advice on keeping more of what you earn.

About The Booksmith

The Booksmith has been in business since 1976. The Booksmith is a member of both the American Bookseller's Association and the Booksense Network, as well as the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association. In 1998, we were named "Best store for new books" in San Francisco by the SF Weekly. In 1999, Time magazine selected us "the independent bookstore to shop at online."

Quote of the Day

"I took a speed reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It's about Russia."

- Woody Allen

From The Quotable Book Lover (Lyons Press)

Author Birthday

Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser was born on this date in 1871.

Indie Next List

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The Shadow of the Wind
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