{"id":446,"date":"2012-01-06T05:47:12","date_gmt":"2012-01-06T11:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/?page_id=446"},"modified":"2022-01-08T15:44:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T21:44:00","slug":"featured-books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/?page_id=446","title":{"rendered":"Featured Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Featured Books<\/h2>\n<p>New releases and select titles with an emphasis on local interest and local authors.<\/p>\n<div class=\"picture-menu\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/search.galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?detail=220\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/features\/echoes-of-the-storm180.jpg\" alt=\"Echoes of the Storm\" width=\"180\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<h3>Echoes of the Storm<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;A Galveston Hurricane Mystery&#8221;<br \/>\nby Amanda Still<br \/>\n<strong>$14.95<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/search.galvestonbookshop.com\/index.php?detail=209\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/features\/beyond-the-beaten180.jpg\" alt=\"Beyond the Beaten Path\" width=\"180\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<h3>Beyond the Beaten Path: Driving Historic Galveston<\/h3>\n<p>by Jan Johnson<br \/>\nPublished 2012<br \/>\n<strong>$19.95<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"featurepage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/features\/galveston-houston180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><em>The Galveston-<br \/>\nHouston Packet<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nby Andrew W. Hall<br \/>\nPublished 2012<br \/>\n<strong>$19.99<\/strong><\/div>\n<hr style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n<div id=\"featurepage\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/features\/the-drowning-house180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><em>The Drowning House<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nby Elizabeth Black<br \/>\nRandom House, 2013<br \/>\nHard cover, <strong>$25.95<\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"featurepage\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/features\/galv-civ-war-cover-180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><em>Galveston and the<br \/>\nCivil War<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nby James M. Schmidt<br \/>\nPublished 2012<br \/>\n<strong>$19.99<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"featurepage\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/features\/skybluedragonfly-180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><em>Sky Blue Dragonfly<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nby Daralyn Brody<br \/>\nIllustrated children&#8217;s story.<br \/>\n<strong>$9.98<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n<div id=\"featurepage\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/features\/east-end-edibles-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><em>East End Edibles<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nRecipes from the East End Historical District, Galveston.<br \/>\nPublished 2011<br \/>\n<strong>$11.98<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"featurepage\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/features\/flagshipmurders-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><em>Flagship Murders<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nby Diane L. Twilley. Murder mystery set in Galveston.<br \/>\nPublished 2011<br \/>\n<strong>$15.95<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B006J9JWX2\/galvestonbook-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/features\/tiny-amazon.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"top\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"featurepage\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/features\/hardyroper-book-cover-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><em>Assassination in Galveston<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nby A. Hardy Roper. 2nd book in the Parker McLeod thriller series, set in Galveston.<br \/>\nPublished 2011<br \/>\n<strong>$13.95<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0984048413\/galvestonbook-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/features\/tiny-amazon.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"top\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n<div id=\"featurepage\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/features\/garhole-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><em>The Garhole Bar<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nby A. Hardy Roper. 1st book in the Parker McLeod thriller series, set in Galveston.<br \/>\nPublished 2007<br \/>\n<strong>$13.95<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0979877636\/galvestonbook-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/features\/tiny-amazon.jpg\" alt=\"\" align=\"top\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"featurepage\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/features\/alex-cover-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><em>Alex and the New Shell<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nby local Galveston author Daralyn Brody.<br \/>\nPublished 2011<br \/>\n<strong>$15.99<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"featurepage\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/features\/gaidos-cover-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><em>Gaido&#8217;s Famous Seafood Restaurant<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nA Cookbook Celebrating 100 Years<br \/>\nPublished 2011<br \/>\n<strong>$32.95<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n<div id=\"featurepage\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/features\/parks-180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><em>Parks of Galveston County<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nby Tom Linton<br \/>\n<strong>$20.00<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"featurepage\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/features\/cartwright-galveston-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><em>Galveston: A History of the Island<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nby Gary Cartwright. Our best selling history of Galveston.<br \/>\nSoft cover, published 1991<br \/>\n<strong>$21.95<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"featurepage\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/features\/curley-ship-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<em><strong>The Ship That Would Not Die<\/strong>: USS Queens, SS Excambion, and USTS Texas Clipper<\/em><br \/>\nby Stephen Curly.<br \/>\nHard cover, 2011.<br \/>\n<strong>$29.95<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n<div id=\"featurepage\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/features\/walking-historic-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><em>Walking Historic Galveston<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nby Jan Johnson.<br \/>\nSelf guided walking tours of historic neighborhoods.<br \/>\nSoft cover, published 2009<br \/>\n<strong>$19.95<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"featurepage\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/features\/cityonstilts-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"140\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><em>Galveston: A City on Stilts<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nby Jodi Wright-Gidley &amp; Jennifer Marines<br \/>\nSoft cover, 2008<br \/>\n<strong>$26.99<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"featurepage\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/features\/murdered-judges-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><em>Murdered Judges of the Twentieth Century<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nby Susan P. Baker<br \/>\nSoft cover, 2004<br \/>\n<strong>$19.95<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr style=\"clear: both;\" \/>\n<div id=\"featurepage\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/galvestonbookshop.com\/features\/heart-of-divorce-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><em>Heart of Divorce: Advice from a Judge<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nby Susan P. Baker<br \/>\nSoft cover, 2004<br \/>\n<strong>$11.98<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Featured Books New releases and select titles with an emphasis on local interest and local authors. 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