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PRE ORDER CHEF ALLEN’S NEW COOKBOOK TODAY!
Savory and Sustainable Seafood Recipes by our very own Chef Allen Susser! PRE-ORDER THE BOOK HERE A practical guide for cooking seafood: Bringing together the allure of the Caribbean Sea and Caribbean island life, this cookbook offers recipes for cooking with seasonal and unusual ingredients. While most of the recipes call for lionfish, the dishes...
2019 Miami Book Fair Events You Don’t Want to Miss
The 2019 Miami Book Fair is just around the corner. But with more than 100 events offered, it can be difficult to decide which programs to attend. Today, Books & Books is spotlighting 9 events you do not want to miss. An Evening with Joy-Ann Reid Sunday, November 17, 7pm Chapman Bldg. 3, 2nd Floor...
Some upcoming adaptations we are excited about…
As 2019 starts to wind down we still have plenty of new movies and shows that are coming out, many of which are book adaptations that we are really excited about. Now if you are the sort who likes to read the book before you watch the movie, so we have compiled a list of ...
10 Terrifying Books That’ll Keep You Up All Night
As October begins, so does the Halloween season. This is the time for all things spooky and horror, or if that isn’t what you prefer maybe you’ll prefer something atmospheric and uncanny. Regardless, below we have listed a few recommendations that might be exactly what you’ve been searching for. Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky...
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with these staff picks!
Starting on September 15th through October 15th, we’re celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month and as your favorite local independent bookstore we wanted to highlight some recent releases by Hispanic and Latinx authors. Don’t Date Rosa Santos by Nina Moreno Rosa Santos is cursed by the sea – at least, that’s what they say. But she feels...
It’s Banned Books Week. Here are the 11 most challenged books last year
Celebrate BANNED BOOKS WEEK with us! Censorship leaves us in the dark. KEEP THE LIGHT ON! Books have long been the source of changing perspectives, but not without some controversy. In 2018, at least 347 challenges were filed seeking to remove 483 books from libraries or schools, according to a recent news release from the...
Here’s what Salman Rushdie is reading…
As the season changes, leading us into fall, it also leads us into an exciting time in the literary world: the Booker Prize. The shortlist was released earlier this month with some very recognizable names, such as Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie being nominated, as well as some newer names such as Elif Shafak and...
Five Laugh-out-Loud Romances to Add to Your TBR
Are you impatiently anticipating Meg Cabot‘s upcoming release, No Judgements? Look no further! Books and Books has five recommendations to keep you busy until September 24. Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston Read if you enjoy: haters to lovers trope, LGBTQ+ romance, politics When his mother became President, Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast...
Get 25% off your lunch when you bring a friend to The Café
Looking for the perfect spot for your next lunch meet-up? Why not the Café at Books & Books at the Adrienne Arsht Center? This month, when you bring a friend during our new daily lunch special from 12-3pm, you’ll get 25% off your bill! You and your friend can enjoy all your favorites on our...
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Mario Vargas Llosa
Conoce a Mario Vargas Llosa—autor de Tiempo recios Una historia de conspiraciones políticas e intereses encontrados durante la Guerra Fría. Una mentira que pasó por verdad y cambió el devenir de América Latina. «¿Era la historia esa fantástica tergiversación de la realidad?» Guatemala, 1954. El golpe militar perpetrado por Carlos Castillo Armas y auspiciado...
An Evening with Patti Smith
From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train, Patti Smith presents Year of the Monkey, a profound, beautifully realized memoir in which dreams and reality are vividly woven into a tapestry of one transformative year. For Smith – inveterately curious, always exploring, tracking thoughts, writing – the year evolves as one of reckoning with...
An Evening with Isabel Allende
The Adrienne Arsht Center is proud to partner with Books & Books and Miami Book Fair to present Isabel Allende’s A Long Petal of the Sea. Beautifully human in a time when we seem to have forgotten what it is to be that way, A Long Petal of the Sea (Ballantine Hardcover; on sale Jan. 21) follows the...
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The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan: A Podcast
Mitchell Kaplan has been a bookseller and has owned the independent bookstores Books & Books for over 35 years. If you love books, writers or are a passionate reader, this podcast is for you. Enter The Literary Life where every Friday you’ll hear candid conversations with Mitchell and his guests. Visit Lit Hub Radio...
Visit us in Grand Cayman!
“Grand Cayman is a small island but it has an intensely passionate cadre of writers and readers. Books & Books in Camana Bay has successfully tapped into that enthusiasm to become the literary centre of the Island.” – Mitchell Kaplan In December 2007, Books & Books went international with the opening of its fourth location...
Visit us in Key West!
Owners, customers thankful for Books & Books | May 09, 2019 BY MAXINE LOPEZ-KEOUGH Florida Weekly Correspondent COURTESY PHOTO I t’s just after 6:15 p.m. in Key West when a family of three pulls to a shuddering stop atop their rented bicycles. After fiddling with cumbersome locks and a fussy child strapped into a bucket seat...