Today at Schwartz
7 p.m. The club will discuss Various Haunts of Men by Susan Hill
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Staff Pick
Super Crunchers
Ian Ayres
"Ayres shows us how math (specifically statistical analysis and random trials) can be more effective than expert opinion, whether it’s a retailer marketing a product or a doctor diagnosing a patient. I found it interesting, more than a little frightening, and couldn't put it down."
—Scott Lambert, Shorewood
Schwartz Bookshops invites you to take 20% OFF our entire inventory! Stock up for the new year Friday, January 2-Sunday, January 4, 2009. (Offer excludes gift cards, text books, newspapers and special orders. When another discount applies, we will honor the higher amount.
We're
kicking off 2009 with some very exciting author appearances. Poet
Nikki Giovanni will be reading from her new book Bicycles: Love
Poems at our Downer Avenue shop on January 30. Friday Night
Knitting Club author Kate Jacobs will be reading from the book's
sequel at our Mequon shop on January 29. Check
out the complete list to make sure you're not missing your favorite
author (or to discover your new favorite author)!
Downer booksellers offer written and video praise for their favorite
titles in The
Inside Flap. Recent posts highlighted the Oxford American
Great Book of Music Writing and The Macrophenomenal Pro Basketball
Almanac.
General manager Daniel Goldin muses on book trends and how they play out here in Milwaukee on Boswell and Books. Award winners, making recommendations based on favorite films, and what the president is reading are three recent topics.
