Here is where you will find what's new at St. Thomas' well-known, well-read Dockside Bookshop at Havensight Mall. Every week you will find new titles to peruse. Look for updates of our "picks" for fiction and nonfiction and, at the end of the reviews, new trade paper titles.
DOCKSIDE BOOKSHOP STORE HOURS
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Tuesday and Friday: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Phone: 340-774-4937
E-mail: dockside@islands.vi
"Ida B." by Karen E. Quinones Miller.
Simon & Schuster, fiction hardcover, 240 pp. $22.00.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett Tower. The place held such promise when it was built in the late 1970s. It was Harlem's hope for a new beginning-an affordable, safe residence for people who couldn't afford to live downtown. But that was more than 25 years ago, before the devastating crack scourge hit.
But the residents of Ida B. are resilient. They've built their own community and they look out for one another to the best of their abilities. Neighbors may argue, and even fight, but whenever one of them is in trouble, the whole building rallies around.
When a building resident kills herself and two of her children, the tenants make a collective vow to care for her surviving child.
But that's just the beginning of the tragedies facing the residents of the Ida B. A shocking crime occurs in the building, and everyone becomes a suspect. With accusations flying, the tight community of the Ida B. begins to collapse under the strain. And to top it all, they learn that their home of more 20 years is about to be torn down.
"Who Let the Dogs In?" edited by Molly Ivins.
Random House, nonfiction hardcover, 384 pp. $22.95.
The dazzling, inimitable Molly Ivins is back, with her own personal Hall of Fame of America's most amazing and outlandish politicians — the wicked, the wise, the witty, and the witless — drawn from more than 20 years of reporting on the folks who attempt to run our government (in some cases, into the ground). "Who Let the Dogs In?" takes us on a wild ride through two decades of political life, from Ronald Reagan, through Big George and Bill Clinton, to our current top dog, known to Ivins' readers simply as Dubya. But those are just a few of the political animals who are honored and skewered for our amusement. Ivins also writes hilariously, perceptively, and at times witheringly of John Ashcroft, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, H. Ross Perot, Tom DeLay, Ann Richards, Al Gore, Jimmy Carter, and the current governor of Texas, who is known as Rick "Goodhair" Perry.
Triple Crown Presents (books by T.C.P.:
1. "A Project Chick" by Nikki Turner, $15.00
2. "Blinded" by Kashamba Williams, $15.00
3. "Grimey" by Kashamba Williams, $15.00
4. "Sheisty" by T.N. Baker, $15.00
5. "Diva" by Kane & Abel, $15.00
6. "Me & My Boyfriend" by Keisha Ervin, $15.00
7. "Cold Blooded" by The Urban Griot (a.k.a. Omar Tyree), $15.00
8. "Not With My Son" by Hope C. Clarke, $14.95
9. "The Hustler's Don" by Ike Capone, $14.95
10. "Whispers from a Troubled Heart" by Rique Johnson, $15.00
We will gladly order any books you want. E-mail us at dockside@islands.vi, or call 340-774-4937.
DOCKSIDE BOOKSHOP STORE HOURS
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Tuesday and Friday: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
