"There is a very strong presence of the religious right,Īnd they want to know what's being said and figure out how to moveĪgainst it," Vivien Jennings, owner of Rainy Day Books, Fairway, Kan.,
As Barbara Meade, co-owner of Politics and Prose, Washington,ĭ.C., said, "Part of the appeal is that he's a personality we sold 106Īnother part of the audience: believers who want to understand Sales of Hitchens's book have beenĪided by his appearances, often in combative debates, on behalf of theīook. In the past year include Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris and Other titles in the same league as God Is Not Great that have done well To the paper, "This is atheism's moment." As David Steinberger, CEO and leader of the Perseus flock, said Which will include essays by Mark Twain and Charles Dickens, among To have more faith in books that, as Hitchens's does, launch "a blazingĪttack on God and religion," the Wall Street Journal reported today.Īlready Da Capo has signed up Hitchens to edit The Portable Atheist, Several printings has 296,000 copies in print and is leading publishers Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (Twelve), which after 91011 81 .Ī hot surprise book of the spring has been Christopher Hitchens's God Store will give $5 gift certificates to the first 50 people who arrive.įlintridge Bookstore & Coffeehouse located at 964 Foothill Blvd., La Cañada Flintridge, Calif. The local Chamber of Commerce appearances by children's book authorĪnd illustrator David Shannon, Larry Mantle, radio host and author of This Is Air Talk and Peter Westwick, a Jet Propulsion Laboratory historian and author of Into the Black.Ĭlassical guitarists Dr. The grand opening celebrations include a ribbon-cutting ceremony with
The store also plans to host bookĬlubs and author signings and stage other events. Wrapping papers from England, toys and gifts. Will offer biographies, history, mystery, fantasy, science, sports,įood, entertainment and children's books. Owned by Peter and Lenora Wannier and managed by Mike Alley, the store Flintridge Bookstore & Coffeehouse is opening in La Cañada Flintridge, Calif., near Los Angeles, on Saturday, June 28, La Cañada Valley Sun reported.
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