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 Now for a limited time at Prince Books we have first editions of Oceana signed by the authors, actor Ted Danson and Michael D'Orso. These autographed copies are limited, so get your copy today!

 In Oceana, actor Ted Danson describes his other 20-year career as an ocean activist and shares the often frightening yet hopeful news about the crisis in our oceans. Ted's journey began when he joined a local protest in the mid-1980s to oppose offshore oil drilling near his Southern California neighborhood. Today, Ted is a leading spokesperson on international ocean issues and a board member of Oceana, the largest organization in the world focused solely on ocean conservation.

Combining vivid, personal prose with an array of stunning graphics, charts, and photographs, Oceana powerfully illustrates the impending crises and offers solutions that may allow us to avert them, showing readers the specific courses of action they can take to become active and responsible stewards of our planet's most precious resource-its oceans.

Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is now held every April to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture.

For the month of April, Prince Books is offering 20% off adult and children's poetry books.

We've plumped up the shelves in anticipation with a great selection of contemporary and classic authors, Poet Laureates and local poets, anthologies and more. Be sure to come in and take advantage of this limited offer!

You can take a sneak peak at some of the great poetry titles we have on hand here at our website, or come browse the store for the full experience. 

New Year's resolution to read more books? Looking to spend a holiday bonus?

 It's that time of year again! Time for the our annual Thank You Sale, where you'll find all books in stock 25% off (excluding special orders and magazines) plus special markdown tables with books 40% off!

These prices are for in-store only, so be sure to come in today to take advantage of this great sale. Sale runs from Thursday, January 6th, to Sunday, January 9th so don't miss out!

For a limited time Prince Books has signed first-edition copies of acclaimed author Simon Winchester’s newest book, Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories.

About the Book: Blending history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence, science and exposition, the New York Times bestselling author of Krakatoa tells the breathtaking saga of the magnificent Atlantic Ocean, setting it against the backdrop of mankind's intellectual evolution.

Until a thousand years ago, no humans ventured into the Atlantic or imagined traversing its vast infinity. But once the first daring mariners successfully navigated to far shores--whether it was the Vikings, the Irish, the Chinese, Christopher Columbus in the north, or the Portuguese and the Spanish in the south--the Atlantic evolved in the world's growing consciousness of itself as an enclosed body of water bounded by the Americas to the West, and by Europe and Africa to the East. Atlantic is a biography of this immense space, of a sea which has defined and determined so much about the lives of the millions who live beside or near its tens of thousands of miles of coast.

The Atlantic has been central to the ambitions of explorers, scientists and warriors, and it continues to affect our character, attitudes, and dreams. Poets to potentates, seers to sailors, fishermen to foresters--all have a relationship with this great body of blue-green sea and regard her as friend or foe, adversary or ally, depending on circumstance or fortune. Simon Winchester chronicles that relationship, making the Atlantic come vividly alive. Spanning from the earth's geological origins to the age of exploration, World War II battles to modern pollution, his narrative is epic and awe-inspiring.

About the Author: Simon Winchester's many books include The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World, Krakatoa, and A Crack in the Edge of the World. Each of these has been a New York Times bestseller and has appeared on numerous best and notable lists. Mr. Winchester was made Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by HM The Queen in 2006. He lives in western Massachusetts.

September 26-October 3 is Banned Books Week! Please join us in celebrating the freedom to read.

Did you know that each year, thousands of titles are still challenged and banned in classrooms and libraries across the country? Some of the most frequently challenged books are also those we recognize as classics or critical classroom reads, such as:

• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
• Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
• Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
• The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
• The Giver, by Lois Lowry
• A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
• Julie of the Wolves, by Jean Craighead George
• Kaffir Boy, by Mark Mathabane
• The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
• Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers
• The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood
• The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton
• To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
• Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
• Lord of the Flies, by William Golding

Interested in learning more about Banned Books Week? Visit the American Library Association's website or come by our store to see a display of many other frequently challenged books! Buy one for yourself today!

This fall brings with it a virtual feast of new books, many from favorite authors and returning bestsellers.

Be sure to stop by to purchase or pre-order your copy of one of these exciting titles!

Releasing in September:

True Compass, the late Sen. Edward Kennedy's memoir, The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown, A Gate at the Stairs, Lorrie Moore, Hardball, Sara Paretsky, Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom, An Echo in the Bone, Diana Gabaldon, and Her Fearful Symmetry,  Audrey Niffenegger.

Releasing in October, November, and December:

Ford County, John Grisham, Under the Dome, Stephen King, Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger,  What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures, Malcolm Gladwell, and Too Much Happiness, Alice Munro.

Many more exciting titles will be coming our way this fall. Check back frequently for updates on new releases and books of interest!

Welcome to the Prince Books website!

Located in downtown Norfolk since 1982, Prince Books is situated one block from the Intracoastal Waterway. Our shelves have books for all interests and ages. Our regional interest section includes Chesapeake Bay and Outer Banks titles. Most orders arrive in a few days. Our cafe, The Lizard, offers sandwiches, salads, soup, coffee and drinks.