Bobby's Picks
Since helping bring a World Series Championship to the Chicago Cubs, Bobby has settled in to head up the shipping and receiving department for the store. When he's not slinging boxes, he's a graphic designer, photographer, and writer. Vonnegut, Rebecca Solnit, George Saunders and Haruki Murakami are some of his favorite reads, but he also delves into current events, natural history, religion, and science. To him, bookstores are essential for building community, learning and sharing ideas, and providing a comfortable place to hang out.
Heartbreaking story of a young African-American teenager thrown into a Florida "home for boys" detention center through no fault of his own and how he navigates this new world full of hatred and abuse.
In a time where misconceptions and downright misinformed opinions continue to perpetuate a narrative of Appalachia sorely lacking in any real insight, it is refreshing to engage a collection such as “Mountains Piled Upon Mountains.”
Editor Jessica Cory has assembled works from contemporary writers that reflect the intricacies of the relationship between the land and its people in this era of human influence on the environment. She employs place-based fiction, poems, and literary nonfiction from the likes of Ann Pancake, Taylor Brown, Kathryn Stripling Byer, Thomas Rain Crowe, and Wayne Caldwell, among many others in and of Appalachia. The way in which Cory has arranged the pieces into seven sections (Contemplate, Recount, Destroy, Preserve, Protect, Evolve, and Celebrate) gives each piece context and connects the reader to the writer and the environment.

Cortazar blurs the line between novel novel and graphic novel in this biting satire of modern society and it's excesses.
The setting: Rural Western Tennessee in the 1930s, as a huge hydroelectric dam project looms over the community. The story exists within that moment just before the lights flicker on and expose all the dirt that was until then hidden in the dark. And once that light truly shines, the protagonists must face the past and move toward a future, consequences and all.
Fisherman or not, you'll be intrigued by this collection of fishing stories and essays from contemporary authors like Ron Rash and Jill McCorkle.
Appalachian gothic thriller, each page saturated with an eerie feeling like someone is watching over your shoulder.
Fast-paced riotous sweaty crime thriller rising out of the sleazy swamp that is South Florida.


An inspiring and important read on social justice and how to work towards it.

You will never look at a trail in the same way again after reading this extensive study.
Essential insight into the rise of the radical right.
It's Vonnegut, what else needs to be said!

Collection of essays including the title piece that gave rise to the term "mansplaining.”
Classic collection of stories from the short story master.
The best book on the craft of writing I have ever read.
The third in a trilogy of art books detailing extinct or endangered species from the Gonzo artist.
History of the Beats from the inside.
Dark, psychological thriller from a Czech writer in the 1940's.
Nihilistic short novel full of twists and turns from a Brazilian writer.