In 2005, Stephen Colbert catapulted the word "truthiness" - the notion of an idea feeling true without any backup evidence - into the public consciousness. Salon.com writer Farhad Manjoo expands upon this concept in True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society (hardback, $25.95), a perceptive analysis of the status of truth in the digital age - as well as an exploration of how biases push both liberals and conservatives to interpret news in a way that accords with their personal versions of "reality."

Farhad Manjoo manages Machinist, a daily technology news blog at Salon.com, where he also writes frequently on journalism, politics, and new media.

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  Tim Winton is Australia's best-loved novelist. His new work, Breath (hardback, $23.00), is an extraordinary evocation of an adolescence spent resisting complacency, testing one's limits against nature, finding like-minded souls, and discovering just how far one breath will take you. It's a story of extremes sport and extreme emotions. "Breath is a coming-of-age novel written with Tim Winton's customary tenderness and vivid sense of place and psychological truth." - Colm Toibin

Tim Winton was born in Perth, Western Australia, and is the preeminent Australian novelist of his generation. He has written twenty books, including the bestselling novels Cloudstreet, The Riders (shortlisted for the Booker Prize), and Dirt Music.

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CHUCK PALAHNIUK **

on-stage interview/booksigning for Snuff
Wednesday, May 28 at 7:00 pm

Chuck Palahniuk's new novel, Snuff, is the story of a gargantuan gangbang. It tells the tale of an aging porn queen who intends to put an exclamation point on her career by having sex on film with 600 men in one day. The story begins with Mr. 600. The perspective then shifts to Mr. 72, before we encounter Mr. 137. Wild, funny, and thoroughly researched - Snuff goes where no literary novel has gone before. Who else but Chuck Palahniuk would dare do such a thing?

Tickets for the event are priced at $35.00. Ticket price includes a pre-signed, 1st edition copy of Snuff. Books will be available for pick-up in-store after May 20, or at the event. Tickets are on sale at The Booksmith sale now!

Chuck Palahniuk will personalize one copy of Snuff per person - and will sign two additional books per person. Due to time constraints, Chuck Palahniuk will only be signing books. See here for further information