Professor and Award-Winning Author, Zachary Jack, returns to Old Capitol Books

Saturday 12 August 2017, 2-3pm: Zachary Michael Jack is an English professor, poet, dramatist, and award-winning author of over twenty books. Normally based in the mid-west, where he teaches at North Central College, Jack will be visiting the peninsula and appearing at Old Capitol Books to talk about his newest book Wish You Were Here: Love and Longing in an American Heartland.Continue reading “Professor and Award-Winning Author, Zachary Jack, returns to Old Capitol Books”

Theory & Philosophy Reading Group 28: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

Friday 28 July 2017, 7pm: The Theory & Philosophy Reading Group will explore an essay which was written in response to the Deleuze and Foucault conversation that we read earlier this year: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak’s “Can the Subaltern Speak?” (1988).Continue reading “Theory & Philosophy Reading Group 28: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak”

Critically acclaimed author, King Grossman, to appear at Old Capitol Books

Saturday 16 September 2017, 3pm: King Grossman’s recent novel, Letters to Alice, was a finalist for the Indie Excellence Book Awards and and was the winner of the 2017 Independent Press Awards. We are excited to welcome Grossman to Old Capitol Books to sign copies of his new book and talk to peninsula book lovers.Continue reading “Critically acclaimed author, King Grossman, to appear at Old Capitol Books”

Book Signing: Dr. Martin Needler, author of “A Rich & Valued Life”

Sunday 25 June 2017, 3pm: Did you miss the last Amnesty International Coffee Time event? Well, not to worry! They’re back again at the end of this month when Dr. Jan Black’s husband, Dr. Martin Needler, will be at Old Capitol Books, signing copies of his latest book A Rich & Valued Life. Continue reading “Book Signing: Dr. Martin Needler, author of “A Rich & Valued Life””

Book Launch: An afternoon of music and literature with Bill Minor

Saturday 15 July 2017, 2pm: Local author, poet, and musician Bill Minor will be in store for the launch of his new book, Going Solo: A Memoir 1953-1958, about this hitchhiking across the U.S., lounging in pre-statehood Hawaii, and his first typewriter. On top of all that, there’s going to be live music!Continue reading “Book Launch: An afternoon of music and literature with Bill Minor”

Featured Book(s) #3: “The Historians’ History of the World” 25 Volume Set

The Historians’ History of the World – 25 Volumes by Henry Smith Williams

New York was where it was published by the Outlook Company  in 1904. It’s an illustrated bibliography conceived to combine luxury and information for a reader not only curious, but genuinely happy to learn.

Vellum covers with decorative gilt and colored stamping on the front of each book.

Book condition: each volume is good to very good; light rubbing to some extremities, mostly light foxing to covers, some spines are cracked, fading on a few spines.

Cost for the set: $475.00