Will is Fountain's newest book seller. A life-long RVA native, everyday he reads a hundred pages (give or take), drinks 2 cups (at least) of dark roast coffee, and climbs a (big) hill on his bike. Stop by Fountain and Will can help you discover a fine volume of fiction, history, philosophy, or sci-fi.
$18.99
ISBN-13: 9781609617431
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Published: Rodale Books, 5/2012
Bike Tribes is best described as a social taxonomy of cyclists throughout North America. Whether you're a tatooed fix-gear hipster, or full spandex roadie, or somewhere in between you'll learn about what makes all two-wheeled warriors different (choice of beer), and similar (the love of cycling).
$26.95
ISBN-13: 9780316219365
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Little, Brown and Company, 9/2012
National Book Award Finalist, The Yellow Birds, gives literary treatment to the Iraq War. It's prose both stark and multi-layered, this is the great war novel of our age. Author Kevin Powers shows how, for soldiers and their families back home, the war becomes its own living entity, both omnipresent and untouchable.
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780062049490
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks, 11/2012
Allegedly there have been more books published about Atlantis during the 20th century than any other topic. But now, there may finally be an answer to a mystery that has endured since the time of Plato. In The Lost Empire of Atlantis, Gavin Menzies examines new physical and conceptual evidence indicating the mythical Atlantis to be the work of the ancient Minoans. An advanced sea-faring civilization that may have also been the first to "discover America."
$6.99
ISBN-13: 9780812550702
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Published: Tor Science Fiction, 7/1994
Muliple award winning Sci-fi classic Ender's Game offers a vision of the future where genetically engineered geniuses are trained to combat hostile aliens through a series of virtual "games." Labyrinthine plotting, an imaginative future, and dark intrigue make Ender's Game a great sci-fi pick for anyone.
$25.00
ISBN-13: 9780547691121
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Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), 10/2012
Think that comics are all beefed up weirdos in underoos pummeling each other to death until the next issue? Well, my friend, you couldn't be more wrong! The Best American Comics 2012 proves comics can tackle diverse subjects with grace, intensity, and insight. Topics include: head injuries, getting married, WWII, and living in Israel's embattled Golan Heights.
$6.95
ISBN-13: 9781571985736
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Published: OFA, 9/2012
The oldest continually published reference book in North America, The Old Farmer's Almanac keeps trucking right into 2013. Holding to it's original motto, "useful, with a pleasant degree of humor," The Old Farmer's Almanac still provides all the weather forecasts, star charts, and gardening tips it has since 1792. And it's kinda funny too!
$27.95
ISBN-13: 9781594204098
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Published: Penguin Press HC, The, 10/2012
Forget the 1% - this book is about the 0.01% and the increasing disparity between their wealth, and...well...everyone else's. An academic and entertaining read, Plutocrats describes, contextualizes, and analyzes what the super elite think of themselves, their money, and all of the other poor schmucks in the world.
$13.95
ISBN-13: 9780547572574
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Published: Mariner Books, 10/2012
Martian Time-Slip is the book you need to read if say, at some point in the future you're a commercial real-estate developer on Mars, and you find a boy who can peer through the veil of time. It's also a fantastic, mind-bending read if you're an Earth-bound human with a few hours on your hands.