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Strong Enough to Die
by Jon Land (Doherty, Tom Assoc LLC $24.95)
Caitlin Strong is a fifth-generation Texas Ranger, proud to wear the badge of her father and grandfather-until a deadly shoot-out along the Mexican border causes her to question her calling. Five years later, Caitlin is still trying to purge herself of guilt from the day that ended her Ranger career. But a shattering discovery will reopen old wounds, and Caitlin's renewed investigation into the truth behind the bloody… Continue

In Milton Lumky Territory
by Philip K. Dick (Doherty, Tom Assoc LLC $14.95)
In the novels of Philip K. Dick, Kim Stanley Robinson states that "In Milton Lumky Territory . . . is probably the best of Dick's realist novels aside from Confessions of a Crap Artist," and calls it a "bitter indictment of the effects of capitalism." Dick, on the other hand, in his forward, says "This is actually a very funny book, and a good one, too." Milton Lumky territory is both an area of the western… Continue

We had a great event with Fraser Goff last week, with over 70 people in the store. He had some great things to share about the geologic history of Valles Caldera - see a snippet here:



And, Allegra Huston, Anjelica Huston's sister and daughter of director John Huston, was here this past Sunday talking about her new book, Love Child. She shared a few thoughts with us after her talk.… Continue

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"Khaled Hosseini has joined the illustrious ranks of Philip Pullman and the authors of a story about gay penguins, after his novel The Kite Runner became one of the books that inspired most complaints in America last year."

Here's the complete list of "most challenged" books:

1. And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell

Reasons: anti-ethnic, anti-family… Continue

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