The Gargoyle Express September 1, 2009
The Gothic Bookshop 919.684.3986
Box 90851 gothic@notes.duke.edu
Durham, NC 27708 www.gothicbookshop.com
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Welcome back, students! And a welcome to Duke's intrepid faculty as well! Since you've all been gone, we've been sitting slack-jawed at our desks, making like a pack of bookselling zombies. But we've awoken and wiped the drool from our chins now, and we're raring to show off all the great books we've got on the shelves.
For those of you who are new to campus, here's a basic rundown:
1) The Gothic Bookshop is an independent, full-service bookshop located in Duke University's Bryan Center.2) We stock books that range from profoundly academic to broadly popular to downright silly.3) We discount all (well, most) of our books: hardcovers are 20% off the retail price, paperbacks are 10% off, and monthly "Staff Picks" titles are 30% off.4) You can special-order any book through the Gothic, and we'll usually have it for you within a week.
So come in, meet the Gothic staff, and browse for a while. I'll bet you find a few books to tempt you...
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New Duke Reads Books!
That's
right, folks. The 2009/2010 selections have been announced, and
we've got the books in stock here at the store. Remember, when you buy
all seven books at once, you receive a 25% discount off the retail price, and we throw in a free Duke Reads tote bag!
   
  
And now (drum roll, please!) here are the presenters and reading list for 2009-10:
October 14
Peter Lange, Provost and Professor of Political Science
House of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess by William D. Cohan '81
November 11
Ranjana Khanna, Margaret Taylor Smith Professor of Women's Studies and Professor of English, Literature, and Women's Studies
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
January 13
Reynolds Price '55, James B. Duke Professor of English
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
February 17
Blair Sheppard, Dean of the Fuqua School of Business
A Brief History of the Human Race by Michael Cook
March 17
Michael Malone, Professor of the Practice, Theater Studies
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
April 21
Stephen Nowicki, Dean and Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
The summer reading selection for first-year students is The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Diaz, included in the Duke Reads selections.
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 We've got a swell bunch of titles that have joust arrived! (heh) Whether you're looking for Apocalypse, Amigos, Afghanistan or, um, Arvelund, you can find it among our new arrivals. The list below is just a sampling of our latest arrivals, so come by and browse for yourself!
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 Every month, we put out a new batch of Staff Picks. Come browse the table, and don't forget: Staff Picks are 30% off the cover price, always!
Kathy's Picks:
Carry Me Across the Water -
Ethan Canin
Retail Price: 12.95
Gothic Price: 9.07
The Girl Who Played With Fire -
Steig Larsson
Retail Price: 25.95
Gothic Price: 18.17
A Supremely Bad Idea: Three Mad Birders and Their Quest To See It All -
Luke Dempsey
Retail Price: 15.00
Gothic Price: 10.50
The Confederate General Rides North -
Amanda C. Gable
Retail Price: 26.00
Gothic Price: 18.20
The Necklace: Thirteen Women and the Experiment that Transformed Their Lives - Cheryl Jarvis
Retail Price: 15.00
Gothic Price: 10.50
The Death and Live of Great American Cities - Jane Jacobs
Retail Price: 15.95
Gothic Price: 11.17
Armada Boy: A Wesley Peterson Murder Mystery - Kate Ellis
Retail Price: 9.95
Gothic Price: 6.97
Arthur's Picks:
If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor - Bruce Campbell
Retail Price: 14.95
Gothic Price: 10.47
The Hound of the Baskervilles -
Arthur Conan Doyle
Retail Price: 8.00
Gothic Price: 5.60
The Body of Christopher Creed -
Carol Plum-Ucci
Retail Price: 6.95
Gothic Price: 4.87
The Revenge of the Shadow King -
Derek Benz & J.S. Lewis
Retail Price: 12.99
Gothic Price: 9.10
The Dead and the Gone -
Susan Beth Pfeffer
Retail Price: 17.00
Gothic Price: 11.90
The Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit -
Francis Chan
Retail Price: 14.99
Gothic Price: 10.50
The Way of Shadows - Brent Weeks
Retail Price: 7.99
Gothic Price: 5.60
Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, An International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together -
Ron Hall & Denver Moore
Retail Price: 14.99
Gothic Price: 10.50
Bill's Picks:
Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music -
Amiri Baraka
Retail Price: 26.95
Gothic Price: 18.87
The Man With the Getaway Face -
Richard Stark
Retail Price: 14.00
Gothic Price: 9.80
The Singing Knives - Frank Stanford
Retail Price: 15.00
Gothic Price: 10.50
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running - Haruki Murakami
Retail Price: 14.00
Gothic Price: 9.80
Parker: The Hunter (graphic novel) -
Darwin Cooke
Retail Price: 24.99
Gothic Price: 17.50
Sheep in Wolves' Clothing -
Satoshi Kitamura
Retail Price: 9.99
Gothic Price: 7.00
A Firing Offense - George Pelecanos
Retail Price: 14.00
Gothic Price: 9.80
Laura's Picks:
The City of Falling Angels -
John Berendt
Retail Price: 15.00
Gothic Price: 10.50
Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood
Retail Price: 14.95
Gothic Price: 10.47
The Master and Margarita -
Mikhail Bulgakov
Retail Price: 13.00
Gothic Price: 9.10
Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut
Retail Price: 15.00
Gothic Price: 10.50
Unseen - Alexandra Sokoloff
Retail Price: 24.95
Gothic Price: 14.47
Roman Blood: A Novel of Ancient Rome
Steven W. Saylor
Retail Price: 6.99
Gothic Price: 4.90
Ten Second Staircase -
Christopher Fowler
Retail Price: 13.00
Gothic Price: 9.10
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So that's your "Welcome Back to School" news, Gothic Shoppers. If you like what you see, come by the store and let us show you all the good new stuff on our shelves.
If you're driving over to campus to check us out, just park in the garage next to the Bryan Center, and we'll validate your ticket for one hour of free parking.
As always, if there's something you'd like to see featured in the newsletter, just drop us a line. And don't forget that you can always reserve books through our website!
See you at the front counter,
Bill Verner
Gothic Bookshop
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