Bookmans Top 10 Best Sellers
To help customers celebrate their love of reading, we polled our employees to create a list of Bookmans Top 10 Best Sellers for this year. These books have already made a big impact in 2015 or continue to ride their best-selling tide. These books are…
Love of Reading Seussabrations
February is all about our Love of Reading. The spark that ignited many a book loving flame comes along when we are very young in the form of an imaginary rhyming world where lessons are plentiful and anything is possible. This is in the magical…
Banned Book Club: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Because Sherman Alexie writes about sexual awareness and awakening in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, one could understand why parents, librarians, school administrators and even some students deem the book as inappropriate. To suggest the book for a more mature audience might…
Bookmans Original Brand
Most folks know that Bookmans sells books, and not just books but all manner of entertainment and educational merchandise. Many of you are also familiar with Bob Oldfather, the currently blue bearded owner of Bookmans. You might have seen him in one of our ads…
Food for Ascension at Bookmans Grant
Bookmans Grant is pleased that the people of Food for Ascension Cafe and Avalon Gardens came by to tell us about their restaurant and farm community. They brought along delicious food and tea as well as locally made soap and loofahs. Everyone had a taste…
10 Easy New Year Resolutions
Resolutions are hard. They are so hard. To complicate matters, many of us approach resolutions with an “eyes that are bigger than our stomach” mentality. Bookmans totally supports you and we believe that you can accomplish anything you set your mind too. But, let’s face…
New Year, New Ways to Reuse Discs
CDs and DVDs sell move quickly in and out of Bookmans. From the newest Katy Perry CD to part-two of The Hobbit, we have it all. But what happens to all the old discs we no longer want? Granny doesn’t listen to that classical CD…
Growing Waldorf Education with Desert Marigold
We recently caught up with Bookmans School Challenge 2013 finalist and $3000 winner, Desert Marigold School (DMS). As a public charter school inspired by Waldorf education, DMS focuses on giving students a world-class education, complete with arts, crafts, music, movement and experiential learning. Their popular…
Pets Last Chance at Bookmans Speedway
Last weekend Bookmans Speedway had a very special and extremely important event. Pima Community College’s Veterinary Technology College and the student’s animal rescue For the Love of Paws hosted an emergency adoption event. For the Love of Paws was founded by the students of the…
5 Ways to Shop Local, Give Local in Phoenix
November is a great time to be thankful for friends, family and Arizona weather. We like to remember how great it is to be Arizonans by throwing shout outs to the local organizations that make our communities unique. This holiday season, take advantage of these…
Exploring the Great Outdoors with Alpine Leadership Academy
Alpine Leadership Academy is anything but your average center for learning. This 2013 Bookmans School Challenge winner is a 2-year magnet learning program based out of Mount Elden Middle School in Flagstaff. In the 4 years since its inception, Alpine successfully created a curriculum focused…
Booker Leaves Legacy of Animal Shelter Donations
For our Shop Local/Give Local campaign, Bookmans Speedway partnered with I’m Not a Monster and Pima Animal Care Center (PACC) to help promote their Holiday Pet Supply Drive. I’m Not a Monster began humbly, with a loving Pit Bull named Booker who was confiscated in…
Shop Local, Give Local in November
This November, Bookmans celebrates homegrown Arizona commerce and community. Stop by every location for local-themed events that help make our neighborhood better. Each store hosts free activities to inspire awareness of Arizona organizations. From the Certified Local Fall Festival to Movies in the Parking Lot,…
Meet Jack and Diane
Little ditty about Jack and Diane, two killer teacups growing up in the heartland. Bookmans is deeply committed to animal welfare, so each weekend Bookmans Speedway hosts animal rescues. The second Saturday of each month from 2 to 4 p.m., Reclaimed and Repurposed Pooches holds…
Chewbacca at Bookmans
Bookmans partnered with Disney Studios to bring Arizona Star Wars Reads Day. As part of our ongoing commitment to literacy, local chapters of the Rebel Legion and the 501st Legion hosted a literacy support event at all three Tucson Bookmans Entertainment Exchange locations as well…
Top Five Dumbest Attempts to Ban a Book
Now we know what you’re thinking and you are correct — all book banning is dumb. Bookmans is on it, fighting for your freedom to read ’em. We remain the pro free speech advocate and all around rebel that you know and love. The reasons…
Girl Power: Leading Ladies of Banned Books
In honor of Banned Books Week, September 21-27, 2014, we count down our top five heroines in banned or challenged fiction. These loveable yet powerful characters play an important role in challenging the minds of countless readers and that is in itself a timeless story….
Exploring Graphic Censorship
One of the issues nearest and dearest to the heart of Bookmans is free speech. In fact, we devote the month of September to the discussion and exploration of censorship. Many of us are familiar with famous novels like Alice in Wonderland and Animal Farm…
The Importance of Wicked Words
Social media has taught us what society’s hot buttons are. You can hardly log onto Facebook without stumbling across a hot debate in your feed. The subjects of racism, sexual preference and religion are sure ways to get people talking — and arguing. Even the…
Bookmans Had a Barkin’ Good Time at Rescue Roundup
As Animal Welfare month came to a close, Bookmans Flagstaff couldn’t think of a better conclusion than to spend a day in the sun at the 8th annual Rescue Roundup. With over thirty pet rescues and shelters in attendance Rescue Roundup takes the title as…
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