http://www.bookmanhb.com Bookman Huntington Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:58:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bookman Huntington has been voted the BEST Bookstore in Orange Country for MyFoxLA's 2008 Hot List. Thanks to everyone who voted for us. http://www.bookmanhb.com/index.php/voted-best-bookstore-in-the-oc/ http://www.bookmanhb.com/index.php/giving-tree-gifts/ Brett's staff pick: The Illustrated Man is a 1951 book of eighteen science fiction short stories by Ray Bradbury that explores the nature of humankind. While none of the stories have a plot or character connection with the next, a recurring theme is the conflict of the cold mechanics of technology ... http://www.bookmanhb.com/index.php/the-illustrated-man-by-ray-bradbury/ Reyn's staff pick: This book has been described as "A fascinating account of the physical, emotional, and spiritual relations between plants and man." Essentially, the subject of the book is the idea that plants may be sentient, despite their lack of a nervous system. This sentience is observed primarily through changes in ... http://www.bookmanhb.com/index.php/secret-life-of-plants-by-peter-tompkins/ Jamie's staff pick: This is the fourth novel by American crime author Michael Connelly, featuring the Los Angeles detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch. Detective Bosch is down on his luck — his house has been condemned in the aftermath of an earthquake, his girlfriend has left him, he has been placed on "involuntary ... http://www.bookmanhb.com/index.php/the-last-coyote-by-michael-connely/ Taylor's staff pick: The book is the story of the intertwining lives of the Larkins, Catholic hill farmers from the fictional town of Ballyutogue in County Donegal, the Macleods, Protestant shipyard workers from Belfast, and the Hubbles, representatives of three centuries of Anglo-Irish aristocracy. It also tells the story of Ireland from ... http://www.bookmanhb.com/index.php/trinity-by-leon-uris/ Dave's staff pick: The Source is a historical novel by James A. Michener, first published in 1965. It is a survey of the history of the Jewish people and the land of Israel from pre-monotheistic days to the birth of the modern State of Israel. The Source uses for its central ... http://www.bookmanhb.com/index.php/the-source-by-james-a-michener/ Maryah's staff pick: Since his debut in 1951 as The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield has been synonymous with "cynical adolescent." Holden narrates the story of a couple of days in his sixteen-year-old life, just after he's been expelled from prep school, in a slang that sounds edgy even today ... http://www.bookmanhb.com/index.php/catcher-in-the-rye-staff-pick/ (2008) - Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz (2007) - The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron (2006) - Criss Cross by Lynne Rae Perkins (2005) - Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata (2004) - The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo (2003) - Crispin: The Cross of ... http://www.bookmanhb.com/index.php/newbery-award-winners-complete-list/ fill in information http://www.bookmanhb.com/index.php/order-a-new-book-not-in-stock/