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John Franzen's Best-selling novel Freedom 20% off!

Submitted by princebooks on Fri, 09/03/2010 - 3:29pm.

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!

Mockingjay Now Available

Submitted by princebooks on Tue, 08/24/2010 - 3:14pm.

Mockingjay

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

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Submitted by princebooks on Fri, 07/09/2010 - 12:03pm.

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Book Signing With Kathleen S. Blanchard

Submitted by princebooks on Wed, 06/23/2010 - 1:16pm.

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 didn’t 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 LEE’S 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 Alzheimer’s 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 Larsson's Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest now in stock and 20% Off

Submitted by princebooks on Tue, 05/25/2010 - 11:43am.

Steig Larson's much anticipated conclusion to the Millenium Trillogy, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest, has finaly arrived. It continues the thrilling story, started in the international bestsellers The Girl 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.

Reading With Craig Reed

Submitted by princebooks on Tue, 05/11/2010 - 12:34pm.

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 Man’s Bluff, a former seaman on nuclear fast-attack submarines provides a riveting history of the Cold War’s secret underwater struggle between the US and the USSR—and 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 aspect—perhaps the most important—of 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 experience—he served on two submarines from 1975-1981 and his father was one of the chief designers of Soviet sub-detecting technologies—Reed 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 project—a radical top-secret technology devised to detect the Soviet’s advanced use of burst radio transmissions—this 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 America’s 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 Reed’s Red November might be the result…. Not to be missed!” (James Rollins, bestselling author of The Doomsday Key )