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Since we opened our doors in 1990, we have been Steamboat's largest full service bookstore and the locals' favorite meeting place. We are proud to be a family owned, independent bookstore and by shopping at Off the Beaten Path, you are not only supporting a locally owned business, but also the local community. Besides donating to many local charities and fund raisers, we are also a strong supporter of our local librarians, schools, teachers and students.
The store, located on 7th Street in historic downtown Steamboat Springs, is open 7 days a week from early in the morning 'til late in the evening during peak seasons. By being an independent bookstore, we can offer our customers many services that other stores cannot provide. For example, our store is staffed with real people who love to read books, discuss books, and help you find that perfect novel. We can even track down that hard to find or out-of-print book and if it's not on our shelves we can order it for you.
More than just a bookstore...
We are a one stop shopping place for almost any Holiday or special occasion. In addition to our carefully hand selected inventory of books, we stock wonderful greeting cards, games, puzzles, candles, journals, chocolates and a varied assortment of unique gifts. We can help you select the perfect gift, wrap it and even ship it. Our selection changes periodically to reflect the seasons and to keep our shelves looking fresh and new.
In 2004 we decided that the store needed a little change. So, we createdElements. Located inside Off the Beaten Path, Elements is our coffeehouse, wine bar & cafe'. Morning pastries, hearty soups, sandwiches, paninis, light evening fare and sumptuous desserts a
Walking into a bookstore can be an overwhelming experience. Bookstores are owned and operated by folks with an almost obsessive lust for books, so the shelves are usually overflowing with titles.
How are you to decide? We feel your pain.
Our staff is here to help and have selected some books that they have read and enjoyed. We have a group of quite diverse readers, so take a moment and check out their suggestions.
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Be sure to come check out our bargain section, with many new titles and selections at incredibly low prices. A Great and Terrible Beauty Original Price=9.99 Bargain Price=5.00
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Unique and provocative selections from a great diversity of voices...all personally recommended by the independent booksellers of America.
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I Am Legend
by
Matheson, Richard
"In a genre where authors typically employ more gore and violence than plot and character, it is refreshing for a vampire novel to succeed as brilliantly this one. Robert Neville is, to the best of his knowledge, the only human still alive. As he searches for answers, the story moves beyond the horror genre and into the realm of social criticism. A terrific study of solitude and fear." --Jon Stich, DIESEL, A Bookstore, Oakland, CA
Off the Beaten Path Bookstore is back! We have created a unique and comfortable place on 9th Street to find good books ... good coffee ... good friends ... just off the beaten path!
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Save the date! The 16th Annual Literary Sojourn will be held at the Steamboat Sheraton Saturday, September 27th! We have a fantastic line up this year, read on to find out who will be here!
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The Confessions of Max Tivoli: A Novel
by
Greer, Andrew Sean
"We are each the love of someone's life." So begins "The Confessions of Max Tivoli," a heartbreaking love story with a narrator like no other.Born with the physical appearance of an elderly man, Max grows older mentally like any child, but his body appears to age backwards, growing younger every year. And yet, his physical curse proves to be a blessing, allowing him to try to win the heart of the same woman three times as at each successive encounter she fails to recognize him, taking him for a stranger, so giving Max another chance at love.Set against the historical backdrop of San Francisco at the turn of the twentieth century," The Confessions of Max Tivoli "is a beautiful and daring feat of the imagination, questioning the very nature of love, time, and what it means to be human.
Check back often to find out what events we have planned at Steamboat's favorite bookstore.
Title of Event: Best-Selling Author Eli Gottlieb @ OTBP
When: Thursday, May 29, 2008 4:00 PM Location: Off the Beaten Path Bookstore Description: Eli Gottlieb, author of NOW YOU SEE HIM, will be at Off the Beaten Path Bookstore on May 29th from 4-6 PM. He will sign copies of his emotionally charged murder story, which has been reviewed by the New York Times, and was the #1 Booksense Pick for February.
Join us for an action-packed event!
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Quote of the Day
"For the desire to read, like all the other desires that distract our unhappy souls, is capable of analysis."
