Shopping Spree!!

Want to know more? Stop by MSU Bookstore tomorrow for fun giveaways and a chance to win a shopping spree with the giant backpack!

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Sign Up to Win Prizes in the Art Department

Come visit the bookstore and sign up for your chance to win these great prizes:

24" X 36" Portfolio with Drawing Board
24" X 36" Portfolio with Watercolor Paper and Gator Board
Staediler 18" X 24" Parallel Straightedge Drawing Board

The drawings will be held:

Thursday 4/22
Monday 4/26
Thursday 4/29

The MSU Bookstore has a wide variety of art supplies that are reasonably priced. Come sign up for your chance to win and check out all of the many art supplies the store has to offer!

Bestsellers

Once a Runner
by John L. Parker, JR.

ONCE A RUNNER IS AN INSPIRING, FUNNY, AND SPOT-ON TALE of one man’s quest to become a champion. Originally self-published in 1978 and sold at road races out of the trunk of the author’s car, the book eventually found its way into the hands of high school, college, and postgraduate athletes all over the country. Reading it became a rite of passage on many teams and tattered copies were handed down like sacred texts from generation to generation. Once a Runner captures the essence of what it means to be a competitive runner, to devote your entire existence to a single-minded pursuit of excellence. In doing so, it has become one of the most beloved sports novels ever published.




Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel

Fate takes many forms. . . .

When Henry receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist, it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. As he is pulled further into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes increasingly involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler monkey—named Beatrice and Virgil—and the epic journey they undertake together.

With all the spirit and originality that made Life of Pi so beloved, this brilliant new novel takes the reader on a haunting odyssey. On the way Martel asks profound questions about life and art, truth and deception, responsibility and complicity.

This novels are available at the MSU Bookstore.

Ipad Available in the MSU Bookstore TODAY

On January 27, 2010, Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, announced the new Apple iPad. Now, its available for purchase in the MSU Bookstore.

Perhaps the best way to explain the iPad is to call it a jack-of-all-trades. It has all the functionality of the iPod Touch, including gaming, music, and video. But it's also a day planner, e-mail device, Web tablet, e-book reader, digital picture frame, and portable DVD player.

The high-resolution, 9.7-inch LED-backlit IPS display on iPad is remarkably crisp and vivid. The multi-touch screen on iPad is based on the same revolutionary technology on the iPhone. But the technology has been completely reengineered for the larger iPad surface, making it extremely precise and responsive. The iPad has up to ten hours battery life. It is also available with a choice of 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB of flash storage, giving you lots of room for your photos, movies, music, apps, and more.

With built-in 802.11n, iPad takes advantage of the fastest Wi-Fi networks. It automatically locates available Wi-Fi networks, which you can join with a few taps. iPad also comes with Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, letting you connect to devices like wireless headphones or the Apple Wireless Keyboard. The iPad is available with 3G capability. However, 3G has limited availability in Montana and this version of the ipad will not be available to purchase in the MSU Bookstore.

This new and exciting product from Apple may become much more compelling with the development of new applications specifically designed for the iPad between now and its ship dates. The iPad should be released in March or April of this year. The iPad can be purchased starting at $499 in the MSU Bookstore.

Source:
Apple Website

This Week on the Best Sellers List

The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose

In this companion to the HBO(r) miniseries-executive produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and Gary Goetzman-Hugh Ambrose reveals the intertwined odysseys of four U.S. Marines and a U.S. Navy carrier pilot during World War II.

Between America's retreat from China in late November 1941 and the moment General MacArthur's airplane touched down on the Japanese mainland in August of 1945, five men connected by happenstance fought the key battles of the war against Japan. From the debacle in Bataan, to the miracle at Midway and the relentless vortex of Guadalcanal, their solemn oaths to their country later led one to the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot and the others to the coral strongholds of Peleliu, the black terraces of Iwo Jima and the killing fields of Okinawa, until at last the survivors enjoyed a triumphant, yet uneasy, return home.

In The Pacific, Hugh Ambrose focuses on the real-life stories of the five men who put their lives on the line for our country. To deepen the story revealed in the miniseries and go beyond it, the book dares to chart a great ocean of enmity known as The Pacific and the brave men who fought. Some considered war a profession, others enlisted as citizen soldiers. Each man served in a different part of the war, but their respective duties required every ounce of their courage and their strength to defeat an enemy who preferred suicide to surrender. The medals for valor which were pinned on three of them came at a shocking price-a price paid in full by all.

A Reliable Wife
by Robert Goolrick

He placed a notice in a Chicago paper, an advertisement for "a reliable wife." She responded, saying that she was "a simple, honest woman." She was, of course, anything but honest, and the only simple thing about her was her single-minded determination to marry this man and then kill him, slowly and carefully, leaving her a wealthy widow, able to take care of the one she truly loved.

What Catherine Land did not realize was that the enigmatic and lonely Ralph Truitt had a plan of his own. And what neither anticipated was that they would fall so completely in love.

Filled with unforgettable characters, and shimmering with color and atmosphere, A Reliable Wife is an enthralling tale of love and madness, of longing and murder.