New York, NY – November 25, 2008 – This Thanksgiving, Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS), recommends customers books on football, cooking and feasting.  With selections on everything from the history of the gridiron to exclusive online holiday cooking demonstrations, there are plenty of fun options to keep sports fans, chefs and families entertained this holiday weekend. Customers can browse the Barnes & Noble.com Holiday Gift Guide (www.barnesandnoble.com/holiday) for great holiday football and feasting picks.

Football fans will enjoy:

• The Glory Game: How the 1958 NFL Championship Changed Football Forever, Frank Gifford’s inside-the-helmet account of “The Greatest Game Ever Played.” 
• Sports Illustrated: The College Football Book, a little bit of everything for the fan and the alumni.
• Running for My Life: My Journey in the Game of Football and Beyond, a revealing autobiography by NFL running back Warrick Dunn.
• The ESPN Sports Almanac 2009, a go-to sports reference from the leaders.
• War As They Knew It: Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, and America in a Time of Unrest by Michael Rosenberg, one of the best sports books of the season.
• Sunday Night Football Cookbook: 150 Great Family Recipes From America's Pro Chefs and NFL Players, more than 150 delicious recipes from America's top chefs, NFL players and alumni and NBC Sports' all-star on-air team.
• Sports Night – The Complete Series DVD, for when you’re not eating or watching a game.

This week’s Five Books on Barnes & Noble Review (www.bn.com/review) features American feasting titles that will celebrate and enhance your culinary traditions:

• Heirloom Baking with the Brass Sisters, Sisters Marilynn and Sheila Brass present 150 desserts that have enriched the memories of generations.
• James Beard’s American Cookery, a lifetime’s worth of kitchen lessons in one magnificent volume.
• American Food by Evan Jones, culinary traditions from the colonial era to the twentieth century.
• The Cornbread Gospels by Crescent Dragonwagon, a wealth of stories and secrets for this exuberant ode to America’s staff of life.
• America’s Best Lost Recipes, from the editors of Cook’s Country magazine and America’s Test Kitchen, a compendium of delicious slices of Americana.

Thanksgiving-themed digital content for the holiday chef includes:

• A “Meet the Writers” interview with Barbara Fairchild, editor-in-chief of Bon Appétit, on her latest cookbook and esteemed career in the culinary world. 
• Barnes & Noble Studio Holiday Channel cooking demonstrations from Joy of Cooking on “Turkey Carving,” “Pie Dough,” and “10-in-One Cookies,” and from The Art and Soul of Baking on pumpkin pie.

Barnes & Noble Members will find even greater values when shopping at Barnes & Noble.  Benefits include discounts of 40% off list prices on hardcover fiction and nonfiction bestsellers, 20% off the list prices of all other adult hardcover books and 10% off almost everything else including items from the recently launched B&N Home.

Barnes & Noble.com customers can place orders as late as December 18th, and receive deliveries by December 24th, and still take advantage of free shipping, when purchasing orders over $25 via Fast & Free Delivery.  Orders placed by December 22, 11:59 pm ET using Expedited Air Service will arrive by December 24th.  In Manhattan, the popular Same Day Delivery service is also available through December 24th for delivery to Manhattan, NY addresses; orders placed by 11:00 am ET will be delivered by 7:00 pm on the same day.  Barnes & Noble’s online Holiday Delivery Calendar helps customers select the shipping method that will ensure delivery in time for the holidays.  See site for details. (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/holiday-gifts/deadlines.asp?)