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Arbuckle

Arbuckle is the third book in a series Rowland set in the southeastern corner of Montana. Actually, it is the first book if you look at the action across the series chronologically.  It is a beautifully told story of a family working to make a go of it in a hard country. The characters are likeable...

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Self-publishing Sandstone

This House of Books self-published a book: our Sandstone anthology. It has met our expectations for success. Why? At least three reasons: In the first place, it contains work of some of the best authors in the state (thank you authors!). There are several stories in these that are worth the price of...

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Audiobook Memberships as Gifts

This House of Books is excited to offer the ability to gift Audiobook Memberships through our audiobook partner, Libro.fm. This means you can gift a range of Audiobook Membership options or gift a specific audiobook title(s) either via email or a printable certificate. The best part? Libro.fm...

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Event: Holiday Craft Market

Join us for a Holiday Craft Market on Saturday, December 15th, 10am–4pm. This House of Books will run in-house specials and publicity to drive traffic, and holiday treats will be on offer!

Vendor cost: FREE for member-owners of the bookstore, $80 for all others. Vendors interested in...

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—What I Am Reading Now Department: The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life

Montana is home to one of the world's great writers about science, David Quammen.

I have always felt that the smartest people are those who can take an important and complex subject and make it accessible to a non-specialist. By this standard, Quammen is brilliant. His latest, The Tangled...

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Holiday Catalog

This House of Books is pleased to offer a holiday catalog with a selection of books for young readers and fiction and nonfiction for adults.

So if you are wondering what to give Great Aunt Sally or little nephew Gavin, wonder no more. Click on the image above and check out these recommendations.

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Writing Contest for Young People

   DEADLINE EXTENDED to October 20, 2018!   

We think that short stories are awesome. Now's your chance to write one and maybe even see it published. This House of Books is sponsoring a writing contest for children and youth. The winning stories will appear in an anthology we will publish later...

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Get Free Audiobooks

Audiobook memberships now available at This House of Books

This House of Books now offers audiobooks which you can listen to on your iPhone, Android device, or PC. These audiobooks are available through our partner, Libro.fm. All
sales support our store.

You can earn free audiobooks simply...

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Invest in Literacy

It’s hard to believe that another year has slipped by. So much has happened in the past year as we have continued to grow, to host author events, to form alliances with other downtown cultural businesses, to be recognized as the place to go for delicious (and sometimes adventurous) hot and cold...

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A Baker's Dozen for Pi Day

Today, March 14, is known among geeks and others as Pi Day. Why Pi Day, you ask? Today's date is often notated as 3/14 and the value of pi (or π) is 3.14159265358979323846264338327... or to be more succinct, 3.14.

In celebration of Pi Day, we offer a baker's dozen of titles in a surprising range...

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Find the Leprechaun

Somewhere in our shop, a wee Leprechaun is hiding. It he standing on a shelf with some books, blending in among the toys, peeking out of a teacup, sitting under a table, or hiding someplace clever? We don’t know. Being magical creatures, Leprechauns can be tricky.

What we do know is that if you...

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Special February Tea Blend

For February, our flavor blender par extraordinaire, Gustavo Berlotta, is offering a special blend of tea: Cupid’s Kiss. It is a mild black tea from Kenya, with strawberry pieces, rose hips, strawberry extract, cocoa nibs, and cocoa powder. It will remind you of a chocolate dipped strawberry. 

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