Posts Tagged ‘Spotlight’

Spotlight on… ¡Libros en Español!

Monday, June 11th, 2012

Since both ABC stores are so full of nooks and crannies, and each and every one of us on the floor buys books for at least one section, we are planning to show you some of what we consider our treasures here more often. We know how easy it can become to head straight to your favorite section, and we want to show you there is so much more to be found!

This time, it’s a section only to be found at ABC The Hague: books in Spanish. Tom is the buyer for this section, and he does a grand job of finding a good mix of Spanish fiction, selected non-fiction, and children’s books. If you have any tips though, don’t hesitate to pass them on to us!

Some books to be found here are 200 Recetas Para Niños by Emma Jane Frost, Cuentos Folklóricos Latinoamericanos by John Bierhorst, La Mano de Fátima by Ildefonso Falcones, El Tiempo Entre Costuras by María Dueñas, and Doña Flor y Sus Dos Maridos by Jorge Amado.

Don’t forget: we can send books to the Amsterdam store if picking them up there is easier for you!

Spotlight on… Classic Crime and Merchandise

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

Since both ABC stores are so full of nooks and crannies, and each and every one of us on the floor buys books for at least one section, we are planning to show you some of what we consider our treasures here more often. We know how easy it can become to head straight to your favorite section, and we want to show you there is so much more to be found!  Jouke gave us a head-start with his Cozy Mysteries Corner, and now Jilles and Renate, our Fiction buyers at Amsterdam (when they’re not reading on the job), have taken up the gauntlet…

Get your classic Penguin summer bag and make all your book loving friends jealous! Have a great summer (because it *will* be summer this year, we can feel it in our bones)!

June will be ‘de maand van het spannende boek‘ (the month of the thrilling book) in the Netherlands. We in the fiction department are making ourselves ready for some literary blood and guts with both these three gorgeous hardcovers for everybody who wants to know about Sherlock Holmes and his faithful companion Watson, and these classic noirs that have been reissued in beautiful editions. If your relationship is boring you, get your tension and excitement here… Happy reading!

Shown in the bottom picture are: The Maltese Falcon – Dashiell Hammett, American Noir: 11 Classic Crime Novels of the 1930s, 40s & 50s – edited by Robert Polito, Blood on the Mink – Robert Silverberg, Double Indemnity – James M. Cain, The Big Sleep – Raymond Chandler, and David Goodis, Five Noir Novels of the 1940s and 50s – David Goodis.