Today’s A Nice Pair has a couple of Dave Grohl’s firsts in common. We’re pairing his first book, The Storyteller, with the self-titled debut album by the Foo Fighters. Dave…
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Today’s A Nice Pair features Keith Richards. We’re pairing his book Life with the Rolling Stones’ album Bridges to Babylon. Though it was just published in 2010, Life has already…
It’s that time of the week again when we recommend books and music pairings in our series A Nice Pair! This week, we’re featuring everyone’s favourite braided star, funny man,…
So many of us are on a budget and/or buying secondhand for the holidays, so today we’re showcasing used books that were published within the past two years. All of…
Happy December! Also, how is it December already…?! We’ve recently brought back our popular Backbeat surprise book packs. They’re a rotating miscellaneous selection of books, wrapped by genre. You get…
Spooky season is here and this week’s A Nice Pair is for all of the trick or treaters out there! We recommend pairing the book Pug & Pig Trick or…
Everyone knows that rock stars have the craziest lives and Everyone Loves You When You’re Dead by Neil Strauss is full of huge names and the jaw-dropping stories come straight…
I went away last weekend and came back with a trunk full of books! Here’s a little sampling of some non-fiction that just went out…there’s everything from gender studies to…
Are you Team Beatles or Team Stones? The battle of the 60s bands is put to the test in the book Beatles vs. Stones by John McMillan. It’s “the definitive…
It’s that time of the year again…if you need a new bag for the new year, you’re in the right place! We carry a range of Rothco bags in different…
Just a sample of the recently added adult fiction and non-fiction we’ve brought in…what’s your favourite genre?
This week’s A Nice Pair is Five Finger Death Punch: the old and the new edition. They just dropped a new album this week, AfterLife – we have the indie…
This post is for all the book-loving kids out there…we’ve just put out a bunch of fresh books for you in the used section. Bring your stamp card or pick…
It’s that time of the week where we showcase another recent used book stack! Have you read any of these or are any on your to-read list? Brother by David…
We’re always putting out fresh books…here are some of the latest used ones. What are you currently reading?
You’d be hard pressed to find someone who hasn’t heard of Elvis (no last name necessary) but there’s one person who knew him intimately: his former live-in girlfriend and muse,…
For today’s A Nice Pair we’re going emo. We recommend pairing the book Everybody Hurts by Leslie Simon and Trevor Kelley with the king of emo’s eponymous soundtrack, Napoleon Dynamite…
To all of the adventurous readers out there…we’ve brought our fun Backbeat surprise fiction packs back! Perfect for when you’re not sure what you want to read. Or maybe you…
Somehow it’s already June and this month we’re celebrating PRIDE! We’ve got lots of great books to kick off the fun (many that are Canadian authored and Backbeat Recommended Reads!)…
What’s one of the most fun parts about having a bookstore? Sourcing the books to stock it with! Here are some of our most recent used arrivals…we love finding great…
You asked, we brought them in! We just added a bunch of manga to our used book section. We have series sets as well as one-offs. Action, horror, romance, comedy…there’s…
This week’s A Nice Pair is for the Leonard Cohen fans out there. What a career he had. He was a writer of profound songs, an artistic award-winning poet and…
Some recent used books to hit the shelves. Women Talking and Ask Again, Yes are both Backbeat Recommended Reads. What are you currently reading?
I love classic jazz on a rainy Saturday afternoon, how about you? This week’s A Nice Pair book and music pairing is Billie Holiday’s penultimate album Lady in Satin and…