Hiding in Plain Sight
An extraordinary story about a Jewish woman who pretended to be Catholic to survive the Holocaust
The International Booker Prize 2023: The Shortlist
Written by Lauren It’s that time of year again! The shortlist for the International Booker Prize was announced earlier this week, and its six titles include works from six different countries, two debuts, two languages new to the prize (Catalan and Bulgarian) and five novels by female writers. Awarded annually for [...]
ABC Staff Picks
Surrounded by chocolate and tea, Luke and Iris W. talked books on this month’s YouTube staff picks video. This time around, they (with a little help from their ABC friends) pointed us to fantasy, science fiction, some artistic and non-artistic self-help tomes and a history book with a very contemporary theme. [...]
Two Wrongs Make a Right
Opposites become allies to fool their matchmaking friends in this swoony reimagining of Shakespeare’s beloved comedy, Much Ado About Nothing.
Romy’s Reviews: Our YA reviewers’ latest reads
My name is Romy, and I am 13 years old. Me in a bookstore is like a kid in a candy shop—I adore reading. (I might even want to become an author later on…) I’m really into dancing, fashion and playing the saxophone, and I love cats. My favorite genres are [...]
Tequila Mockingbird?
Customer comes to the info desk, worried look on his face. "Excuse me," he says, "do you have a copy of the book Tequila Mockingbird? We answer, " Harper Lee wrote a book called To Kill a Mockingbird. Could that be the book you want?" [...]
ABC History – Freight and the Sunday New York Times
Written by Lynn Of course, we had no idea when opening an English language bookstore full of remainder books how vital freight services would become for our survival. (Just as most people didn’t think about logistics and supply chains until Covid hit.) At first, our books came from Baltimore on pallets [...]
A Snake Falls to Earth
"Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She’s always felt there was something more out there. She still believes in the old stories. Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. Like all cottonmouths, he’s been cast from home. He's found a new one on the banks of the bottomless lake. Nina and Oli have no idea the other exists. But a catastrophic event on Earth, and a strange sickness that befalls Oli’s best friend, will drive their worlds together in ways they haven’t been in centuries. And there are some who will kill to keep them apart."
Plastic, not so fantastic
Written by Iris W. Starting in April, our plastic bags will be increasing in price: from 10 cents to 30 cents a bag. If that sounds like a lot for a simple plastic carrier bag, well—that's kind of the point! Allow us to explain. Back in 2016, EU regulations regarding plastic [...]
Happy second birthday to our store in the Westfield Mall of the Netherlands!
When we started thinking about opening a store in the Westfield Mall of the Netherlands, it had been almost 20 years since we last had a third store (in Leuven, Belgium). The decision to start this new adventure was not an easy one. When we finally decided to take the leap [...]