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| UrbanThink! Bookstore |
625 East Central Blvd. Orlando, FL 32801 Tel: 407-650-8004 Fax: 407-650-8950 > Email Us |
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this Book Sense store!
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Welcome To Urban Think! Bookstore
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Step through our doors for the first time and begin to relish the eclectic surroundings and fabulous book selection! Urban Think! is proud to be Orlando's premiere independent bookstore, offering the latest best sellers, books by local authors, a wide selection of Florida themed books, a lively and wonder-filled children's collection, and classics, all set among continually changing original artwork by local artists. Nurturing the intellect is our specialty and we delight in pleasing our customers.
Urban Thinkers will find a new and very exciting addition to our store! Infusion Tea, an urban vegetarian teahouse, has opened inside Urban Think! Bookstore.
Voted the #1 Teahouse in Orlando, Urban Thinkers can now enjoy Infusion Tea's tasty and healthy organic, whole leaf teas, delicious vegetarian salads, sandwiches, wraps, as well as lattes, espresso and artisan baked goods. As always, the bar is open as Infusion Tea @ Urban Think! is serving an excellent selection of sustainable wine and beer for your pleasure.
Sip something healthy as you browse the stacks or enjoy free WiFi internet access on your computer.
Thanks to the New York Times and Southern Living magazine, a lot of people have found their way here. "It reminds us of back home in New York... San Francisco... Chicago," they tell us, or else we hear "we need a store like this in Philadelphia... in Denver... in Seattle..." It's nice to know that we have such universal appeal!
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Calendar of Author & Artist Events at Urban Think!
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Urban Think! is THE place to meet and greet great authors and artists. We have a calendar full of wonder and inspiration to nurture your intellect! Title of Event: Bob Kealing Signing Tupperware Unsealed
When: Thursday, May 15, 2008 7:30 PM Location: UrbanThink! Bookstore Description: Bob Kealing, Orlando's own Emmy Award-winning reporter for NBC's WESH-TV will be signing his new expose Tupperware Unsealed is
the forgotten story of America's first Tupperware Lady, Brownie Wise. "Long before Martha Stewart, when role models for business success were almost nonexistent for the American housewife, Wise cast a magic spell across central Florida and beyond."--Joy Wallace Dickinson, Orlando Sentinel
Brownie Wise, the first woman to appear on the cover of Business Week, was the driving force behind making Tupperware a household name. Fired under mysterious circumstances, she was written out of Tupperware history and died in obscurity.
A trailblazing businesswoman decades ahead of her time, Wise created the Tupperware "home party" phenomenon in the 1950s. Her drive and creativity fueled sales and profits for the once sleepy plastic containers company. Earl Tupper anointed Wise as the company figurehead and marketing guru. Long before Disney, her lavish national headquarters drew tourists from near and far to the outskirts of Orlando, Florida, where she held court with the press, politicians, and movie stars.
Wise's idea to market Tupperware exclusively through in-home sales sparked a cultural revolution in post World War II America. For the first time, minimally educated and economically invisible housewives had opportunities for careers. She became a cultlike, charismatic leader for the Tupperware faithful, so popular that "Tupperware Ladies" would vie to win the clothes right off her back. Behind the scenes, few knew Wise was stalked by her alcoholic and abusive ex-husband and feared him appearing out of nowhere to cause shame, embarrassment, or worse.
The adoration from a legion of Tupperware dealers made her sudden fall from grace even more shocking and dramatic. At the height of her national celebrity, Tupper unceremoniously released her from the company. Journalist Bob Kealing has interviewed pioneering executives who helped build the company alongside Wise, reviewed hundreds of primary source documents written by Tupper and Wise, and obtained access to a wealth of previously unknown information, including sealed court depositions regarding a series of boat accidents successfully kept out of the press by the company, and details of secret recordings made by Tupperware Home Parties management seeking to prevent their distributors from unionizing.
Wise's rise and fall, and her relationship with the eccentric Tupper, is the stuff of legend; a story told finally, and fully, in Tupperware Unsealed.
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Subscribe to Urban Think! Bookstore's Signature Series
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We are very pleased to announce Urban Think! Bookstore's Signature Series of autographed books for your personal or professional library. From our many exciting readings and signings with local and nationally renowned authors, members will receive a monthly featured signed book. At the end of each one year's subscription members receive a bonus book, at no charge. In the event a book doesn't meet your needs, we extend two refusals per year. For more information....
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For Children only (and, all of us who love them!)
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Urban Think! has great books to fill young minds and hearts with new literary friends and inspirational stories. Join us for our weekly 1:00 PM Friday story time for a lively and entertaining time with friends. If you're looking for a great gift to open the heart and mind of a child you love, Urban Think! is bound to have just the book!
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Fancy Nancy Bonjour, Butterfly
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O'Connor, Jane,
Glasser, Robin Preiss
Nancy thinks butterflies are simply exquisite. And that is why she can't wait for her friend Bree's Butterfly Birthday. It's going to be the fanciest birthday party ever But when Nancy finds out she can't go because her grandparents' fiftieth anniversary party is the same day, she is furious. (Mad is way too plain for how she feels.) Will Nancy be able to overcome her disappointment? In this magical new story from bestselling duo Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser, everybody's favorite fancy girl gets a surprise lesson in fancy from her grandparents. Looks like fancy runs in the family after all |
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