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For a limited time Prince Books has signed first-edition copies of acclaimed author Simon Winchesters 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.

Prince Books is excited to offer signed first edition copies of John Grisham's new book the Confession at 20% off! Please come in and get your copy today!

Only a guilty man can save him.
For every innocent man sent to prison, there is a guilty one left on the outside. He doesn't understand how the police and prosecutors got the wrong man, and he certainly doesn't care. He just can't believe his good luck. Time passes and he realizes that the mistake will not be corrected: the authorities believe in their case and are determined to get a conviction. He may even watch the trial of the person wrongly accused of his crime. He is relieved when the verdict is guilty. He laughs when the police and prosecutors congratulate themselves. He is content to allow an innocent person to go to prison, to serve hard time, even to be executed.
Travis Boyette is such a man. In 1998, in the small East Texas city of Sloan, he abducted, raped, and strangled a popular high school cheerleader. He buried her body so that it would never be found, then watched in amazement as police and prosecutors arrested and convicted Donte Drumm, a local football star, and marched him off to death row.
Now nine years have passed. Travis has just been paroled in Kansas for a different crime; Donte is four days away from his execution. Travis suffers from an inoperable brain tumor. For the first time in his miserable life, he decides to do what's right and confess.
But how can a guilty man convince lawyers, judges, and politicians that they're about to execute an innocent man?

From National Book Award winner Ron Chernow, a landmark biography of George Washington. In Washington: A Life celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one-volume life of Washington, this crisply paced narrative carries the reader through his troubled boyhood, his precocious feats in the French and Indian War, his creation of Mount Vernon, his heroic exploits with the Continental Army, his presiding over the Constitutional Convention, and his magnificent performance as America's first president.

As of October 7th we are sold out ofthe previously advertised autographed copies. We have only unsigned first editions of the book still available.

From the National Book Award-winning author of "The Corrections" comes a darkly comedic novel about family. Franzen's intensely realized characters struggle to learn how to live in an ever-confusing world--one with the temptations and burdens of liberty, the thrills of teenage lust, the shaken compromises of middle age, the wages of suburban sprawl, and the heavy weight of empire.
Pick up your copy today and receive a 20% discount off the list price only at Prince Books!

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that shes made it out of the bloody arena alive, shes still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And whats worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katnisss family, not her friends, not the people of District 12. Powerful and haunting, this thrilling final installment of Suzanne Collinss groundbreaking The Hunger Games trilogy promises to be one of the most talked about books of the year.

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Kathleen S. Blanchard will be signing copies of her book Listen To The Old on July 17 from 11:00 AM 12:00 PM.
Our culture champions and promotes Youth. Looking, staying and acting young are the goals of media, advertising and a compliant population. Old is dreary, sad and well, old. Take a little time, however, and listen to the old.
The people in these stories lived their lives in times of great personal challenge. They traveled their journey-road, and survived. They were strong, and didnt even really know they were strong. They cloaked themselves in a mantle of purpose, self reliance and values as they traveled through the many years on their journey road. Making themselves rich, living a life only for the approval of others, or giving excuses for what befell them, was not in their make up. Each kept true to his or her code of personal worth and ethics. This is what drove them, this is what sustained them in the most trying of times, and this is how they survived.
About The Author:
Kathleen Blanchard began listening to the old as the Coordinator for Meals on Wheels., where older church volunteers and recipients of the program told her many stories of growing up and courting.
When her professional career expanded to actual case work with the old, she was able to devote significant time listening to the oldin order to help develop a care plan of benefits and programs to assist them. Her first supervisor, Lynne Keating, granted her the latitude to provide friendly visiting to lonely old people, enabling them to trust her and to find viable solutions for them.

She advanced in her career, first supervising coworkers, and later supervising five departments and 38 contracts. Thanks to the Executive Director at that time, Kathleen Donoghue, she adopted and implemented a management style recognizing staff people as the greatest organizational asset. People were nurtured, guided, supported and applauded in their work with the old. Without listening to the old, there would be no organization, and there would be no reason to come to work.
Kathleen S. Blanchard has over 25 years experience providing services and programs to the elderly. She has been a Care Coordinator, formally called an Aging Service Worker, Community Service Director, and the Director of Programs for Senior Services of South West Virginia, the area agency on aging.
In her current position Mrs. Blanchard completes holistic and professional assessments of elderly clients for services, entitlements and programs that will improve the quality of life for them and their caregivers. Mrs. Blanchard is a regular educator for LEES FRIENDS volunteer orientation on the topic aging and Cancer. In 2006, 2007, 2008, she was the featured spokesperson for a major, regional Legislative Event advocating for the elderly. She is a featured presenter at senior centers, churches, and forums. In the past she has sat on the board of directors for multiple area commissions on aging, including the Norfolk Task Force on Aging inc., the Norfolk Commission On Aging, the Portsmouth Task Force On Aging, the Alzheimers Association, and the Virginia Association On Aging.
Mrs. Blanchard received both her Bachelor of Science in Psychology, as well as her Masters in Business Administration from Old Dominion University.

Steig Larson's much anticipated conclusion to theMillenium Trillogy, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest,has finaly arrived.It continues the thrilling story, started in the international bestsellersTheGirl With The Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played With Fire. We have marked each book 20% off. Hurry in because they're going fast.

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Craig Reed will be reading from his book Red November at Prince Books on May 27, 2010, at 7:00 PM. About Red November: In the tradition of the bestselling Blind Mans Bluff, a former seaman on nuclear fast-attack submarines provides a riveting history of the Cold Wars secret underwater struggle between the US and the USSRand reveals previously undisclosed details of highly classified missions and technology.In 1991, after more than 40 years of tensions bordering on nuclear combat, the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States came to an end. But one aspectperhaps the most importantof the Cold War remains shrouded in mystery, its details long-protected by top secret classifications and the reluctance of those involved to speak: submarine warfare.

W. Craig Reed throws back the curtain on the underwater conflict that brought the world to the brink of nuclear warfare and back again numerous times over the course of 40 years. Through interviews with people who were there, in-depth research, and first-hand experiencehe served on two submarines from 1975-1981 and his father was one of the chief designers of Soviet sub-detecting technologiesReed sheds new light on a side of the Cold War many at the time did not even know existed. From the espionage missions of the Holystone program to underwater collisions between U.S. and Soviet subs, from stolen communication devices to the untold story of the Boresight projecta radical top-secret technology devised to detect the Soviets advanced use of burst radio transmissionsthis book goes where no other has gone in exploring one of the most thrilling and frightening arenas of US military history. About the author: W. Craig Reed served for six years as a Fire Control Technician First Class, a U.S. Navy Recon Diver and a Special Operations Photographer deployed on nuclear fast-attack submarines. He accompanied Navy SEAL teams on reconnaissance missions, and gained several commendations for completing top-secret missions during the Cold War. He is an alumnus or member of several military, veteran and technology associations with combined memberships of several hundred thousand. He was a former VP and Board Director for the Silicon Valley American Marketing Association and founded two software companies. During his twenty-year career as a technology marketing executive, he wrote several books, articles, print ads, radio commercials and award-winning collateral. Born into a Navy family on the island of Guam, Reed now resides in Silicon Valley, CA. Reviews Of Red November:
This is an astonishing and important book. Red November is a book that anyone with an interest in espionage or clandestine naval operations should read. (George Friedman, author of Americas Secret War and The Next 100 Years )

This history of the cold war beneath the sea reads very much like a thriller.... For serious submarine buffs, a feast. (Booklist )

Red November delivers the real life feel and fears of submariners who risked their lives to keep the peace. Smart, detailed, and highly entertaining, this is a story everyone should read. (Steve Berry, author of The Paris Vendetta )

Red November is palpably gripping and packs the excitement of a real-life thriller. I felt like I was literally on-board a submarine in the middle of a hair-raising mission and on the brink of World War III. (David Morrell, bestselling author of The Shimmer )

Red November is a terrific, real-life thriller, filled with larger than life warriors, technological wizardry, undersea games of chicken, and a civilian world perched unknowing on the brink of push-button nuclear destruction. (Barry Eisler, author of Fault Line )

If Tom Clancy had turned The Hunt for Red October into a nonfiction thriller, W. Craig Reeds Red November might be the result. Not to be missed! (James Rollins, bestselling author of The Doomsday Key )

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