A little known fact about me is that I love old movies. When I saw that Ethan Hawke directed and released “The Last Movie Stars,” a six-part documentary on the lives and love of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, I was immediately sold. And I binge watched the whole thing. At the beginning of the … Read more
Seven Stories Press is giving away free eBook copies of “A Life of Activism: Howard Zinn in His Own Words–Selected Writings for the Centennial.” The New Press also released the new book “Truth Has a Power of Its Own: Conversations about a People’s History” by Howard Zinn with Ray Suarez on August 2nd.
Lea’s Top 5 New Releases, in no particular order 1. Of One Blood by Pauline Hopkins The Description: A mixed-race Harvard medical student stumbles upon a hidden Ethiopian city, the inhabitants of which possess both advanced technologies and mystical powers. Long before Marvel Comics gave us Wakanda, a high-tech African country that has never been … Read more
This Week at The Tiny Bookstore | May 1st 2022 by Lea Bickerton
After many years of watching Bill homebrew, I’ve decided to get out of my comfort zone and try homebrewing on Learn to Homebrew Day. To try to get ready, I started looking through “How to Brew” by John Palmer. I was flipping through the book to get an idea of what the nuts and bolts … Read more
The Tiny Bookstore Fall Reading Challenge We’ve created another low-pressure, high-fun seasonal reading challenge! We’d love to see how everyone is doing with it, so be sure to tag us (@tinybookspgh) in your challenge posts on social media! 1 Special Events Middle-Grades and YA Author Paula Chase will be joining us for a livestream on … Read more
In the first expansion to our roster of homebrewing supplies, we’re proud to announce that we’re now carrying products from Omega Yeast Labs. Right now, we have several pouches of their new dried Lutra Kveik on hand. Lutra is an Omega exclusive yeast that’s described as being “clean, crisp, dry, grainy, and ‘lemony dough.’” Since … Read more
About Curbside Pickup The option for new curbside pickup orders is now coming back September 17th. About Holiday Shopping So, it looks like we’re supposed to expect supply chain disruptions and shipping issues again this year. Without any further ado, here are our ordering deadlines for the 2021 holiday season: Media Mail: Wednesday, November 24th … Read more
Because I have a very strange definition of “vacation,” I’m still working on reviewing books. But, my inability to win the battle over FOMO worked out for “Learning in Public: Lessons for a Racially Divided America from My Daughter’s School” by Courtney E. Martin. I’m not going to lie: I was struggling with this book … Read more
Another day, another person related to the NFL making a terrible point about Covid-19 vaccines… On Saturday, former Kansas City Chiefs fullback Anthony Sherman said that using different wristbands in training camp to show who is or isn’t vaccinated was like racial segregation. Analogies can be powerful if they are used properly. They can also … Read more