Sure, there’s no business like show business, but these days, there’s no show business without books. There are so many movie adaptations of beloved novels hitting theaters, it can be hard to keep your screenings straight. For the movie buffs on your list (including yourself!), here’s a roundup of the hottest book-inspired films, now showing, or […]

The Above & Beyond Award is Barnes & Noble’s way of recognizing booksellers for excellence in delivering extraordinary customer service, showing team spirit, going the extra mile, increasing business knowledge, and exemplifying personal growth. This year Barnes & Noble is honoring three booksellers with the 2016 Above & Beyond Award. Let’s get to know the winners! Beth Gaffney […]

Books about witches are great every day of the year. I will happily read about witches on Christmas Day, Memorial Day, and every day in between. But around Halloween, I, and everyone else in the universe, really start craving a good witch—by which I mean a bad witch. Not every witch is a bad witch. Being able to cast […]

While people love to swap stories about the infamous teachers they didn’t like, of far more importance are the wonderful teachers whose lessons have stayed with us. This month Barnes & Noble is celebrating our hardworking, life-changing teachers with Educator Appreciation Days (April 12th-20th). We thought we’d kick it off with a few tales of our favorite […]

One of the highlights of my childhood—and something I’m apparently going to bring up incessantly here—was Wishbone and the Amazing Odyssey, a computer game based on well-read pup Wishbone’s retelling of Homer’s The Odyssey. In the pie chart of my life, the wedge representing the hours spent Playing Wishbone’s Odyssey would only be outdone by the […]