Shop Local at Norfolk's Favorite Bookstore!

 
Call or email Prince Books for friendly, reliable service throughout the year.
Most orders arrive within a few days.
 
Join our mailing list (below) to receive news about store events and author appearances.
Join the Prince Books Mailing List
Email:

New Releases May 8, 2012

Submitted by princebooks on Mon, 05/07/2012 - 3:44pm

This week's new releases include some highly anticipated sequals along with some exciting new titles.  So whether you're looking for something new or continuing a series, stop on by and take look.  Find your next great read today!

 

 

 

Home 

By Toni Morrison

An angry and self-loathing veteran of the Korean War, Frank Money finds himself back in racist America after enduring trauma on the front lines that left him with more than just physical scars. A deeply moving novel about an apparently defeated man finding his manhood--and his home.


 

 

 

 

 

Bring Up the Bodies

by, Hilary Mantel

The sequel to Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and "New York Times"-bestseller "Wolf Hall" delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn.

 

 

 

 

A Dog's Journey

by Bruce Cameron

Direct sequel to the "New York Times" and "USA Today"-bestselling "A Dog's Purpose" this charming story of hope, love, and devotion is about a love that crosses all barriers.


 

 

 

 

The Sins of the Father

by Jeffrey Archer

On the heels of the international bestseller "Only Time Will Tell," Jeffrey Archer picks up the sweeping story of the Clifton Chronicles...

 

 

 

 

 

Service: A Navy Seal at War

by Marcus Luttrell

Navy SEAL Luttrell, author of the #1 bestseller "Lone Survivor," tells his own extraordinary war stories--and those of others who have chosen to serve.

 

 

***New in Paperback!***

State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

Luminarium by Alex Shakar 

 

 

 

»

New Releases May 1st, 2012

Submitted by princebooks on Tue, 05/01/2012 - 11:58am
Stop on by and check out some of the newest titles available at Prince Books! 
 
 
 
End This Depression Now!
by Paul Krugman

Krugman winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics, takes an edifying and often humorous journalistic approach to the current economic crisis in this accessible and timely study. Rather than provide a mere postmortem on the 2008 collapse, Krugman aims to plot a path out of this depression. Krugman has consistently called for more liberal economic policies, but his wit and bipartisanship ensure that this book will appeal to a broad swath of readers from the Left to the Right, from the 99% to the 1%.

 

 
 
 
 
Rather Outspoken: My Life in the News
by Dan Rathers

This memoir by Dan Rather -- one of the most pre-eminent journalists of our time -- is told in a straightforward and conversational manner so that you hear his distinctive voice on every page. Rather, -- who has won every prestigious journalism award in his distinguished career -- discusses all the big stories from his decades of reporting. This very personal accounting includes (but is certainly not limited to) his dismissal from CBS, the Abu Ghraib story, the George W. Bush Air National Guard controversy, his coverage of the JFK assassination, the origin of "Hurricane Dan" as well as inside stories about all the top personalities Dan has either interviewed or worked with over his remarkable career. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Top of the Rock: Inside the Rise and Fall of Must See TV
by Warren Littlefield

Things aren't looking so good for NBC these days. Once a television titan, it's now a constant fourth in the network rating wars, leaving TV viewers, reviewers, and number crunchers shaking their heads. The days of Must See TV are no more. And Littlefield knows Must See TV. The former president of entertainment at NBC chronicles his tenure with the peacock with a little help from his friends, including Jerry Seinfeld, Kelsey Grammar, Sean Hayes, and a few assorted suits who helped him schedule and nurture some of the most memorable shows on the tube, including Cheers, Friends, and Seinfeld. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
by Ben Fountain

Hailed as heroes on a stateside tour before returning to Iraq, Bravo Squad discovers just what it has been fighting for. Though the shell-shocked humor will likely conjure comparisons with Catch-22 and Slaughterhouse Five, the debut novel by Fountain focuses even more on the cross-promotional media monster that America has become than it does on the absurdities of war. The entire novel takes place over a single Thanksgiving Day, when the eight soldiers (with their memories of the two who didn't make it) find themselves at the promotional center of an all-American extravaganza...
 
 
 
 
 
***New in Paperback***
 
The Art of Fielding
by Chad Harbach
 
We, The Drowned
by Carsten Jensen
 
Jezebel
by Irene Nemirovsky
 
Minding Frankie 
by Maeve Binchy 
 
 
 
 
 
 

»

Signed First Editions, Prague Winter by Madeleine Albright

Submitted by princebooks on Wed, 04/25/2012 - 5:45pm
 Available now at Prince Books for a limited time, signed first edition copies of Madeleine Albright's memoir, Prague Winter!
 
From former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright comes a moving and thoughtful memoir of her formative years in Czechoslovakia during the tumult of Nazi occupation, World War II, fascism, and the onset of the Cold War.
 
A personal journey into the past that offers lessons for the future, Prague Winter combines the intimacy of an autobiography with the drama of an exciting and well-told story-- all underpinned by the gravity and intelligence of a serious work of history. The result is a highly readable and incisive work filled with tragedy and triumph, a resonant narrative informed by Albright's remarkable life experience and her characteristic candor in speaking hard truths.

Albright's experiences, and those of her family, provide a lens through which to view the most tumultuous dozen years in modern history. Drawing on her memory, her parents' written reflections, interviews with contemporaries, and newly available documents, Albright recounts a tale that is by turns harrowing and inspiring. Prague Winter is an exploration of the past with timeless dilemmas in mind and, simultaneously, a journey with universal lessons that is intensely personal.
 
 
Prague Winter
Harper
480 pages, Hardcover,  $29.99
 
 
»

New Releases April 17th, 2012

Submitted by princebooks on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 10:48am
 
 
Looking for your next great read?  We have some of the most talked about books available.   So stop by Prince Books and check out these new releases today!  
 
 
 
 The Innocent

by David Baldacci

It begins with a hit gone wrong. Robie is dispatched to eliminate a target unusually close to home in Washington, D.C. But something about this mission doesn't seem right to Robie, and he does the unthinkable. He refuses to kill. Now, Robie becomes a target himself and must escape from his own people.
 
  
 

 
 
 
Crossing the Borders of Time: A True Story of War, Exile, and Love Reclaimed

By Leslie Maitland

Investigative reporter Leslie Maitland grew up enthralled by her mother's accounts of forbidden romance and harrowing flight from the Nazis. Her book is both a journalist's vivid depiction of a world at war and a daughter's pursuit of a haunting question: what had become of the handsome Frenchman whose picture her mother continued to treasure almost fifty years after they parted? It is a tale of memory that reporting made real and a story of undying love that crosses the borders of time.

 
 
Fifty Shades of Grey; Fifty Shades Darker; and Fifty Shades Freed

By E.L. James

E.L. James is a former TV executive, wife and mother of two based in West London. Since early childhood she dreamed of writing stories that readers would fall in love with. Here is her much talked about Trilogy now available at Prince Books!
 
 
 
 
 
»

Signed 1st Edition Copies of The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler!

Submitted by princebooks on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 10:42am
Stop by and get your first edition signed copy today!

 
 
 The Beginner's Goodbye
by Anne Tyler 
 
Anne Tyler gives us a wise, haunting, and moving new novel in which she explores how a middle-aged man, ripped apart by the death of his wife, is gradually restored by her frequent appearances--in their house, on the roadway, in the market. 
Crippled in his right arm and leg, Aaron spent his childhood fending off a sister who wants to manage him. So when he meets Dorothy, a plain, outspoken, self-dependent young woman, she is like a breath of fresh air. Unhesitatingly he marries her, and they have a relatively happy, unremarkable marriage. But when a tree crashes into their house and Dorothy is killed, Aaron feels as though he has been erased forever. Only Dorothy's unexpected appearances from the dead help him to live in the moment and to find some peace.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Beginner's Goodbye by Anne Tyler
Knopf Publishing Group
208 pages $24.95 
 
 
 
 
 
 
»

New Releases for March 27, 2012

Submitted by princebooks on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 10:46am

Check out what's new in Prince Books.  From historical fiction to health and diet we've got a book for every taste.  So stop by and get your literary fix today!  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Unruly Passion of Eugenie R.

by Carole DeSanti

Love, war, and commerce converge in this lush, epic story of a woman who follows her love to Paris, only to find herself marooned, pregnant, and penniless. Set around France's Second Empire, where absinthe, prostitution, vast wealth, and cataclysmic social upheaval abound, this novel delicately explores the contrary requirements of a woman's survival.
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
The Dukan Diet Cookbook: The Essential Companion to the Dukan Diet

by Pierre Dukan

As millions of Dukan Dieters around the world know, delicious food and permanent weight loss "can" go hand in hand. Now comes the "Dukan Diet Cookbook"--already an international bestseller-- the must-have resource for making the Dukan Diet successful "and" delicious. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Perla 

by Carolina De Robertis

Set in Buenos Aires, "Perla" is a coming-of-age story, based on a recent shocking chapter of Argentine history, about a young woman who makes a devastating discovery about her origins with the help of an enigmatic houseguest.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
***New in Paperback***

The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution 
by Francis Fukuyama  
 
 
The American Heiress
by Daisy Goodwin  
 
 
The Submission 
by Amy Waldman 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
»

New Releases for March 20th, 2012

Submitted by princebooks on Tue, 03/20/2012 - 10:19am
 Check out some of these new titles now available at Prince Books.  Stop by and find your next great read today!
 
 
 
 
  
Some Assembly Required
 
by Anne Lamott 
 
In "Some Assembly Required," Anne Lamott enters a new and unexpected chapter of her own life: grandmotherhood. Stunned to learn that her son, Sam, is about to become a father at nineteen, Lamott begins a journal about the first year of her grandson Jax's life.  Over the course of the year, the rhythms of life, death, family, and friends unfold in surprising and joyful ways. By turns poignant and funny, honest and touching, "Some Assembly Required" is the true story of how the birth of a baby changes a family-as this book will change everyone who reads it.
 
  
 
 
Angel Maker

by Nick Harkaway

From the author of the international bestseller "The Gone-Away World" comes a new riveting action spy thriller, blistering gangster noir, and howling absurdist comedy: a propulsively entertaining tale about a mobster's son and a retired secret agent who team up to save the world.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wild

by Cheryl Strayed

A powerful, blazingly honest, inspiring memoir: the story of a 1,100 mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe--and built her back up again
 
 
 
 
 
Fever

by Lauren Destefano

The second book in The Chemical Garden Trilogy reveals a world as captivating--and as dangerous--as the one Rhine left behind in "Wither." Rhine and Gabriel have escaped the mansion, but they're still in danger. Determined to get to Manhattan and find Rhine's twin brother, Rowan, the two press forward, amid threats of being captured again...or worse. The road they are on is long and perilous--and in a world where young women only live to age twenty and men die at age twenty-five, time is precious. In this sequel to Lauren DeStefano's harrowing "Wither," Rhine must decide if freedom is worth the price--now that she has more to lose than ever.

 
 
 
 
***New in Paperback!***
 
The Buddah in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
 
Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland
 
Horoscopes for the Dead  by Billy Collins
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


»

New Releases for March 13, 2012

Submitted by princebooks on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 9:59am

 

 Check out some of these great new releases now available at Prince Books!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Island of Vice: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean Up Sin-Loving New York 

by Richard Zacks

Zacks paints a vivid portrait of the lewd underbelly of 1890s New York City, and of Theodore Roosevelt, the puritanical, cocksure police commissioner resolved to clean it up.

 

 

 

 

 

Another Piece of My Heart 

by Jane Green 

From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Jemima J" and "The Beach House" comes her most emotional and powerful novel yet: a story that explores the complications of a woman marrying into a ready-made family, and the true meaning of motherhood.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Triumvirate: Sam Snead, Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, and the Modern Age of Golf  

by James Dodson

 In this celebration of three legendary champions on the centennial of their birth in 1912, one of the most successful writers about the game explains the circumstances that made each of them so singularly brilliant and how they, in turn, saved not only the professional tour but modern golf itself, thus making possible the subsequent popularity of players from Arnold Palmer to Tiger Woods.

 

»

Norton Girault's Book of Stories, Out Among the Rooster Men, Now Available

Submitted by princebooks on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 4:28pm

 

Norton Girault is a master of the short fiction genre. His stories demonstrate a complexity of tone—comedy, humor, and irony—to support themes that span the decades of the 20th century: the perennial struggle of the artist; the consequences of war; misguided heroes; and the difficulty of human relationships, both in love and between the races. This treasury is a collection with tremendous range, depth, and a common thread of theme and character. 

 

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Norton Girault got his BA and MA in English at LSU. He served on cruisers and destroyers in World War II and the Korean War. He retired from the Navy in 1969 and taught English at Norfolk State University for 15 years. His poetry, fiction, and essays have appeared in Soundings Review, The Crescent Review, MSS, Snake Nation Review, Webster Review, Timbuktu, Old Dominion Review, and other magazines. He has been a regular contributor at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference since 1974. Since 1974, he has also taken writing courses in the Old Dominion University MFA program in Norfolk, Virginia, where he now resides. 

 

Out Among the Rooster Men: A Book of Stories
by Norton Girault 
262 pages, Paperback, Outskirts Press
$15.95  

 

 

»
Syndicate content