Channel Title: Books & Books Channel Description: Books & Books is your locally-owned, independently-minded neighborhood bookshop in Miami. Miami Beach native Mitchell Kaplan founded Books & Books in 1982. With bookshops in Coral Gables, Bal Harbour, Key West, Pinecrest and the Miami airport, our readers know that we are more than a bookstore. Books & Books is a community gathering place where books literally jump off the shelves. They come to life through the authors that speak. They inspire conversations over glasses of wine. They bring neighbors together at dinner. They connect people through reading groups. They stimulate the consideration of ideas that haven’t been explored before. They ask communities to read together, discuss together, and think together. At Books & Books, we are glad to be the place that curates these experiences for you, our customers. <video> A Virtual Evening with Anderson Cooper & Katherine Howe for ASTOR Description: Books & Books was thrilled to welcome broadcast journalist Anderson Cooper and novelist Katherine Howe for "Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune"! The number one New York Times bestselling authors of Vanderbilt return with another riveting history of a legendary American family, the Astors, and how they built and lavished their fortune. Buy the book: https://shop.booksandbooks.com/book/9780062964700 Presented in partnership with Miami Book Fair, Blue Willow Bookshop, Book Passage, Gramercy Books, Midtown Reader, Left Bank Books, University Book Store, Gibson's Bookstore, Politics & Prose, Northshire, The King's English, Anderson's Bookshop, RJ Julia, Wesleyan RJ Julia, and BookHampton Follow us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/booksandbooks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BooksandBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BooksandBooks Newsletter: https://booksandbooks.com/signup/ Website: https://booksandbooks.com/ </video> <video> A Virtual Evening with Edan Lepucki & Laura Warrell Description: From New York Times bestselling author Edan Lepucki comes an enthralling saga about family secrets that grow more powerful with time, set against the magical, dangerous landscape of California. Buy the book: https://shop.booksandbooks.com/book/9781640095724 Follow us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/booksandbooks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BooksandBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BooksandBooks Newsletter: https://booksandbooks.com/signup/ Website: https://booksandbooks.com/ </video> <video> A Virtual Evening with Cody Cassidy & Colin Dickey Description: In each chapter of How to Survive History, Cody Cassidy explores how to survive one of history’s greatest threats: getting eaten by dinosaurs, being destroyed by the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs, succumbing to the lava flows of Pompeii, being devoured by the Donner Party, drowning during the sinking of the Titanic, falling prey to the Black Death, and more. Using hindsight and modern science to estimate everything from how fast you’d need to run to outpace a T. rex to the advantages of different body types in surviving the Donner Party tragedy, Cassidy gives you a detailed battle plan for survival, helping you learn about the era at the same time. Buy the book: https://shop.booksandbooks.com/book/9780143136408 Follow us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/booksandbooks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BooksandBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BooksandBooks Newsletter: https://booksandbooks.com/signup/ Website: https://booksandbooks.com/ </video> <video> A Virtual Evening with Stephanie McNeal & Grace Atwood Description: If you’re anything like journalist Stephanie McNeal—aka, a millennial woman—you spend hours every day indulging in Instagram’s infinite scroll. The influencers on the platform aren’t just providing eye candy; these tastemakers impact how we cook, consume, parent, decorate, think, and live. But what exactly is going on behind the curtain of the perfectly curated Instagram grids we look to the most? Through intimate, funny, and vulnerable reporting, McNeal takes us through the looking glass and into the secretive real world of influencers. Buy the book: https://shop.booksandbooks.com/book/9780593418604 Follow us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/booksandbooks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BooksandBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BooksandBooks Newsletter: https://booksandbooks.com/signup/ Website: https://booksandbooks.com/ </video> <video> Miami Embraces Challenged Books Description: This gathering was beyond anything we could have expected. Community members, teachers, parents, and kids rallied together, sharing their powerful experiences on how ALL stories matter, especially the accessibility to them. This is the hill we will continue to climb! 🙌📚 #FREADOM Follow us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/booksandbooks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BooksandBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BooksandBooks Newsletter: https://booksandbooks.com/signup/ Website: https://booksandbooks.com/ </video> <video> A Virtual Evening with Mitchell Kaplan & Rachel DeWoskin Description: Listen in to Mitchell Kaplan and Rachel DeWoskin discussing Paul Auster's new novel BAUMGARTNER, a taut yet expansive novel of love, memory, and grief from Paul Auster, best-selling, award-winning author and "one of the great American prose stylists of our time." Buy the book: https://shop.booksandbooks.com/book/9780802161444 In partnership with Miami Book Fair, Politics & Prose, Books & Books @ The Studios of Key West, Prairie Lights, Community Bookstore, The King's English Bookshop, Seminary Co-op Bookstore, and Book Passage. Follow us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/booksandbooks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BooksandBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BooksandBooks Newsletter: https://booksandbooks.com/signup/ Website: https://booksandbooks.com/ </video> <video> WRITERS FOR DEMOCRATIC ACTION presents the DEMOCRACY BOOK CLUB: Javier Zamora & Peter Balakian Description: Writers for Democratic Action and Book the Vote present "Immigration and American Democracy: A Conversation" with Javier Zamora, author of the acclaimed memoir "Solito" and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Peter Balakian. Book the Vote is a national drive bringing together readers, writers, booksellers, publishers, and librarians in order to register voters in advance of the 2024 elections. Follow us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/booksandbooks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BooksandBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BooksandBooks Newsletter: https://booksandbooks.com/signup/ Website: https://booksandbooks.com/ </video> <video> A Virtual Evening with M. Evelina Galang & Gina Apostol Description: Books & Books presents a virtual evening with M. Evelina Galang and Gina Apostol, acclaimed fiction writers of the Filipino Diaspora. Listen in as they host a joint celebration of the publications of their works, Apostol’s novel La Tercera and Galang’s collection, When the Hibiscus Falls. Buy the books: shop.booksandbooks.com Follow us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/booksandbooks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BooksandBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BooksandBooks Newsletter: https://booksandbooks.com/signup/ Website: https://booksandbooks.com/ </video> <video> Books & Books Pride Month Recommendations Description: 🌈 Pride Month is here, and what better way to honor the LGBTQIA+ community than by delving into queer literature? These books are a testament to resilience, love, and the power of authenticity. Let’s read and amplify queer voices. 📚🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Follow us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/booksandbooks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BooksandBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BooksandBooks Newsletter: https://booksandbooks.com/signup/ Website: https://booksandbooks.com/ </video> <video> Books & Books Pink Books Description: On Wednesday, we READ pink, and yes, you CAN read with us! 😉💞📚 Follow us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/booksandbooks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BooksandBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BooksandBooks Newsletter: https://booksandbooks.com/signup/ Website: https://booksandbooks.com/ </video> <video> A Virtual Evening with Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai and Gabrielle Zevin Description: Two incredible authors chat about their two incredible, praise-winning books! Buy Dust Child: https://shop.booksandbooks.com/book/9781643752754 Buy Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow: https://shop.booksandbooks.com/book/9780593321201 Follow us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/booksandbooks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BooksandBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BooksandBooks Newsletter: https://booksandbooks.com/signup/ Website: https://booksandbooks.com/ </video> <video> An Evening with Tracie D. Hall & Rachel DeWoskin Description: The DEMOCRACY BOOK CLUB is a monthly opportunity for bookstores & readers to engage with important AUTHORS on the subject of the defense of democracy. Author Rachel DeWoskin joined Tracie D. Hall, Executive Director of the American Library Association for this discussion presented by Books & Books and the Writers for Democratic Action. Follow us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/booksandbooks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BooksandBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BooksandBooks Newsletter: https://booksandbooks.com/signup/ Website: https://booksandbooks.com/ </video> <video> A Virtual Evening with Juan Cárdenas & Lizzie Davis Description: A virtual evening with Juan Cárdenas in conversation with Lizzie Davis discussing his latest novel: THE DEVIL IN THE PROVINCES. After a series of failures, a biologist returns to his hometown to live with his grieving mother. But in this gripping crime novel that upends the genre's conventions, strange events unravel what he thought he knew of his past, his present, and himself. Books & Books in partnership with Coffee House Press. Buy the book: https://shop.booksandbooks.com/book/9781566896771 Follow us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/booksandbooks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BooksandBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BooksandBooks Newsletter: https://booksandbooks.com/signup/ Website: https://booksandbooks.com/ </video> <video> A Virtual Evening with Julio Anta, Jacoby Salcedo, & Johnnie Christmas Description: Buy the book: https://shop.booksandbooks.com/book/9780063054950 About the Author: Julio Anta is an author from Miami, FL known for his comic book series Home. He currently resides in New York City, where he works to tell narratively rich stories about diverse Latinx characters for readers of all ages. This is his debut graphic novel. About the Illustrator: Jacoby Salcedo is a comic book artist who works day and night from his bed in Portland, Oregon. He has published multiple short stories with frequent collaborator Julio Anta, and is the co-creator of the Dark Horse Comics miniseries It’s Only Teenage Wasteland. You can keep up with his work on Instagram and Twitter @notjacoby or visit him at jacobysalcedoart.com About the Moderator: Johnnie Christmas is a #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning graphic novelist best known for cocreating the series Angel Catbird with celebrated writer Margaret Atwood. His other works include Tartarus, Crema, Firebug, Sheltered, and the graphic novel adaptation of Alien 3. Swim Team is his middle-grade graphic novel debut. Find him online at www.johnniechristmas.com. Follow us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/booksandbooks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BooksandBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BooksandBooks Newsletter: https://booksandbooks.com/signup/ Website: https://booksandbooks.com/ </video> <video> A Virtual Evening with Samantha Irby & Alison Roman Description: A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR • A hilarious new essay collection from #1 New York Times bestselling unabashed fan-favorite Samantha Irby invites us to share in the gory particulars of her real life, all that festers behind the glitter and glam. Buy the book: https://shop.booksandbooks.com/book/9780593315699 Follow us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/booksandbooks/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BooksandBooks/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BooksandBooks Newsletter: https://booksandbooks.com/signup/ Website: https://booksandbooks.com/ </video>

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Books & Books is your locally-owned, independently-minded neighborhood bookshop in Miami. Miami Beach native Mitchell Kaplan founded Books & Books in 1982. With bookshops in Coral Gables, Bal Harbour, Key West, Pinecrest and the Miami airport, our readers know that we are more than a bookstore.

Books & Books is a community gathering place where books literally jump off the shelves. They come to life through the authors that speak. They inspire conversations over glasses of wine. They bring neighbors together at dinner. They connect people through reading groups. They stimulate the consideration of ideas that haven’t been explored before. They ask communities to read together, discuss together, and think together.

At Books & Books, we are glad to be the place that curates these experiences for you, our customers.

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