Books-A-Million Asks Authors "What Are Your Favorite Books to Give as Gifts?".BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Books-A-Million, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : BAMM BAMM British Association of Medical Managers BAMM Bay Area Model Mugging (now Impact Bay Area) BAMM Beta and Advection Model - Medium BAMM Bay Area Math Meet (San Francisco, CA) ) sat down with 12 of the year's hottest authors to learn their most cherished holiday memories. From Abba cassettes and underwear to fruitcake fruit·cake n. 1. A heavy spiced cake containing nuts and candied or dried fruits. 2. Slang A crazy or an eccentric person: "a fruitcake under the delusion that he was Saint Nicholas" folly and Midnight Mass, read what best-selling authors remember as their favorite childhood holiday gift and discover their personal holiday traditions. Books-A-Million also got a glimpse of which books authors like to give as gifts and what they plan to share with loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl this season and what they hope Santa leaves under the tree this year. Below is a peek at a few of those authors' answers. * Glenn Beck Glenn Beck (born February 10 1964) is a politically mainstream conservative, talk-radio and television host. His radio show, The Glenn Beck Program, is syndicated by 267 radio stations and on XM Satellite Radio channel 165 talk radio, which airs from 9 am to 12 pm(ET). , author of The Christmas Sweater - "I'm the guy that people dread getting books from--because I give them the tough stuff. America Alone by Mark Steyn, The Forgotten Man by Amity am·i·ty n. pl. am·i·ties Peaceful relations, as between nations; friendship. [Middle English amite, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *am Schlaes and The 5000 Year Leap by W. Cleon Skousen. Sure, they may take a couple of months to read--but when they are finally done they will have a really firm understanding about what is going on in the world--and how we can avoid repeating the mistakes of our past." * Paula Deen, author of Paula Deen's My First Cookbook - "I love giving Bibles, especially first Bibles to the youngsters. One of my treasured gifts that I received was for my wedding. I got it from my ex-brother-in-law, and it was a monogrammed Bible." * John Grogan, author of Marley and Me - "Any book that touches my heart dearly. There's great joy in sharing a great book, and the price tag is irrelevant. My short list would include Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes, Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods, and Alan Gurganus' Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All." * Nicholas Sparks, author of The Lucky One - "Well-written novels. Harder than it sounds to find them. In the course of reading 120 books a year, I might come across three or four that blow me away. Those are the ones I usually give as gifts." To learn more about your favorite author's holiday memories and to find out what they are reading now, visit www.booksamillion.com/authors. Books-A-Million is one of the nation's leading book retailers and sells on the Internet at www.booksamillion.com. The Company presently operates more than 200 stores in 20 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . The Company operates two distinct store formats, including large superstores operating under the names Books-A-Million and Books & Co., and traditional bookstores operating under the name Bookland Book´land` n. 1. (O. Eng. Law) Charter land held by deed under certain rents and free services, which differed in nothing from free socage lands. This species of tenure has given rise to the modern freeholds. . The Company's wholesale operations include American Wholesale Book Company and Book$mart, both based in Florence, Alabama. For more information, visit the company's website at www.booksamillioninc.com. |
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