Retrogaming with Bookmans
If you never peeked into other worlds with a View Master, you missed a magical experience. Those who enjoyed such an experience know the thrill of transporting to mysterious places and the infinite fun of playtime. The resurgence of retro gaming systems provide a similar…
Geeking Out with Fandom Tattoos
The people of Bookmans never shy away from our passions. We also understand why you are excited by your favorite things. Geeking out with you over our shared fandoms is not just what we do, it’s part of who we are. Many of us choose…
Bookmans Recommends: Books About Books
Every reader at Bookmans has a favorite genre, although most of us read books from multiple genres. Why choose one when you can have them all? And books about books–any book nerd understands the appeal of reading a book about books! These works express our…
The Bogus and Real Celestial Views of Tucson
Humans have long had the urge to ply the skies and that desire continues unabated. Tucson has amazing celestial views. The University of Arizona has a stellar (heh) astronomy department and Kitt Peak and Flandrau Observatories add to our interplanetary dreams. Bookmans stretches our love…
Steampunk 101
Tucson has a large and enthusiastic Steampunk community who hosts or attends multiple events throughout the year. Even if you are not a member of this thriving group, you likely know someone who is. We suggest you attend at least one of these events or…
New Young Adult Section Inspires Recommendations
Given the popularity and the increase in the number of Young Adult titles, the section at Bookmans Speedway needed to expand. We moved the YA books to their own spot at the end of the Geek Zone. Relocating YA from the Kids Room is important…
Bookmans Recommends: Rare, Cult and Camp Cinema
You don’t need to take a film history class to become a film buff. Bookmans carries the best, weirdest and hard-to-find titles to round out your film education. Come find a movie that you can’t believe existed, learn about the classics or plan a fun…
Vintage Games to Entertain
Vintage is trending across the entertainment spectrum, including games. Bookmans has all the vintage games (speaking hyperbolicly)! Retro Range Toys and Games released a collection of retro-inspired games with original artwork and game pieces. These are “modernized versions of old favourites” that combine the quirky…
Artfully Original Local Art at Bookmans Speedway
Bookmans is not just a haven for readers, gamers, audiophiles, film buffs, musicians, cooks and pet lovers. We are also home to some of the best local artistic talent and their creations. For All Things Art month, we celebrate our crafty customers and employees–starting at…
St. Patrick’s Day Craft for Young Children
Bookmans has a fun and easy way to get your little ones excited for St. Patrick’s Day. This sweet St. Patrick’s Day craft for young children of a rainbow and pot of gold crown is suitable for primary aged children and younger. Once your crafter…
St. Patrick's Day Craft for Young Children
Bookmans has a fun and easy way to get your little ones excited for St. Patrick’s Day. This sweet St. Patrick’s Day craft for young children of a rainbow and pot of gold crown is suitable for primary aged children and younger. Once your crafter…
Used Magazines for All Reasons and Readers
Our modern world provides us with an explosion of information. Never before have humans had such astonishing access to any and every kind of data, which, by the way, is wonderful. Electronic media are the main source of our attention these days, but let’s not…
Bookmans Recommends: Time Travel Books for Leap Day
Because it’s a leap year, this February we get an extra day to read. Leap Day may make time for more reading, but when we try to understand the phenomena of a leap year things get complicated.
Employee Recommends
The brilliant part of loving to read and working in a large used bookstore is that our shelves aren’t limited by current publishing trends and each co-worker appreciates a different genre. When we recommend books to each other and to you, the suggestion isn’t based…
Bookmans Recommends: Light On Life
Eastern Indian astrology has some similarities to western astrology and just as many differences. Jyotish was closed to the west for many years, primarily because to understand Indian astrology one must first understand the religious, psychological and physical spirit of India. In 1980 Robert Svoboda…
Astronomy, Astrology and Linda Goodman
Astronomy and astrology have obvious connections. They both concern the existence and movement of stars and planets outside of Earth. The most important difference between them is how and why people study them. Astronomy is hard science, although ancient. Astronomy connected with astrology until the…
Childrens Books Spark Adult Miscues
Often writers embed tidbits for adults into their books for children. Kids may not understand the subtle adult humor underlying the text and pictures. At least we hope they don’t because often this humor is curiously suggestive. Not that we judge; they do give us…
Remembering David Bowie
By Dani, Event Liaison at Bookmans Speedway Heroes may well be an eponymous album as that is exactly what David Bowie is to me. The world tragically lost one of our most talented performing artists and it goes deeper than that. Most of us did…
Kids Books Say the Darnedest Things
By Dani, Event Liaison at Bookmans Speedway All kinds of unusual items arrive on the trade counter at Bookmans and some of them are kids books. During the book selection process for Bookmans Speedway’s weekly Story Time – Music Hour, I come across many a…
Book Review: Mark Twain’s Guide to Diet, Exercise, Beauty, Fashion, Investment, Romance, Health and Happiness
by Taylor Birkey Guest reviewer Taylor Birkey takes a look at one of today’s most popular subjects–Guy Guides. These are titles aimed, presumably, at making men more manly. We really shouldn’t judge. Any bookstore offers countless titles aimed at women, purportedly to help them be…
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