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$13.00
ISBN-13: 9780143106968
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Published: Penguin Classics, 9/2012
In 1971, Merle Miller (biographer of Ike Eisenhower and hardly a radical) was fed up with keeping
silent in the face of constant slights, slurs, discrimination, and violence...so he came out in the
New York Times . If you wonder why we needed a gay rights movement or if you think nothing
changes, read this. The foreword is by Dan Savage. Thank you! —
Karen
$16.95
ISBN-13: 9780393342468
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company, 5/2012
NPR /
On the Media host and journalist Brooke Gladstone wants you to know that the media bias
you think you recognize is only the tip of the iceberg. Become a better news junkie (and a better
writer about the news) and learn why journalism matters. Told as a graphic narrative and raises
some critical issues. —
Karen
$39.95
ISBN-13: 9780520273283
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Published: University of California Press, 10/2012
Here at last! And illustrated by poet/painter/greengrocer
Alan Lau, a cookbook of Hakka style
cuisine from the diaspora. Noodles, teas, lots of vegetable and tofu recipes (and meat). AND
many bitter melon recipes (of course). Linda Lau Anusasananan was a food writer at
Sunset and
she's Alan's sister. —
Karen
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780802121448
Availability: Coming Soon - Available for Pre-Order Now
Published: Grove Press, 7/2013
It is Kunstler's contention that our notion of sustainability is an illusion technology
is not going to save us from ourselves; in other words, we can't solve complexity with more complexity.
Dramatic change is coming with end of oil and it won't be pretty. "Rocks are hard and rain is
wet..." like it or not, no amount of wishful thinking can change our fate! —
Greg
$39.95
ISBN-13: 9781609803766
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Published: Seven Stories Press, 5/2012
An amazing confluence of classic and contemporary! Canonical stories retold and rendered by
an unbelievable collection of graphic artists. Whether you are a literature aficionado interested in
different perspectives on stories you already know, someone looking for a quick and exhilarating
survey of some of the most referenced works in world literature, or an art lover merely enjoying
the wonderful diversity of illustrative style, you will he delighted by this combination of classic
works with innovative visual storytelling. (Check out Volumes 2 and 3 as well.) —
Jamil
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9781618730275
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Published: Small Beer Press, 10/2012
A brilliantly sinister Victorian narrative that wraps elements of
Wuthering Heights and HBO's
Deadwood within its cloaks. The gaslight brothel known as Under the Poppy is a place where
boots caked with blood and mud clop across the floors causing creaks and groans only slightly
less plentiful than those emanating from the beds behind its closed doors. This is an exquisitely
crafted tale of love, war, sex, and puppets. —
Jamil
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780812983340
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 10/2012
Who would think murder — or at least the solving thereof — could be so delightful! So, if you love
this thrilling and charming whodunnit set in the waning days of the Austrian Empire — and trust me, you will! — you can go back and read the prior five installments and enjoy seeing these characters and relationships develop. —
Peter
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9780307743626
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Published: Vintage, 9/2012
When Joe Spork was a lad he opted out of his father's legacy (crime and mayhem) and instead took after his grandfather, and became a clocksmith. Now he has unwittingly triggered a fantastically intricate clockwork doomsday device designed by an underground sect of religious
craftspeople (like Shakers, except they build extraordinary machines instead of furniture). On his quest to save humanity, Joe encounters a truly delightful cast of eccentrics including an octogenarian superspy and her blind dog Sebastian, a rapiertongued lawyer, a delightfully
forward receptionist whose sex appeal is rivalled only by her intellect, and a whole assortment of malevolent baddies and goodguy criminals. All of whom teach Joe that Al Capone was right when he said: "You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone." —
Jamil
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9781416959038
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Published: Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, 1/2012
Before Frederick Douglass was a famous abolitionist, orator, and writer, he was a young boy
living in slavery with his grandmother. Lessons he learned about human nature as he learned to
read served him well as you’ll see. A classic and a fine book to read out loud. —
Karen
$24.00
ISBN-13: 9781451633153
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Published: Simon & Schuster, 8/2012
You may not know the name, or even recognize his face, though Stephen Tobolowsky has had a
terrific acting career. I was pleased to find he's also a fabulous storyteller! Lively and visual,
funny and profound, Tobolowsky spins tales of growing up to surviving in Hollywood. Having
listened to the Tobolowsky Files on NPR, I loved reading his book knowing his story voice. Enjoy! —
Seth
$12.95
ISBN-13: 9780751544046
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Published: Little, Brown Young Readers, 5/2012
Don't judge this book by its title!! Imagine stepping into a 1950s travel postcard: the scene is of 5 enthusiastic, quickwitted British nurses enjoying the unspoiled landscape of Yellowstone National Park, with their old Ford V8 in the background. This delightful travelogue recounts the
many-thousand mile trip taken by these capable but fun-loving women, who often found work along the way, to finance their trip. Invariably they would charm and/or befriend whomever they met and anyone reading about their adventures will be equally enchanted. —
Erica
$19.00
ISBN-13: 9781609450847
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Published: Europa Editions, 12/2012
You know
A Clockwork Orange , but this is his great novel — the sprawling story of two men (a middling but highly popular writer and a priest who goes in to become Pope) the story of art and faith and power in the tumultuous 20th century. Great fun! —
Peter
$24.00
ISBN-13: 9780307957887
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Published: Knopf, 9/2012
Yes, we now have marriage equality in Washington, but the struggle is far from over. If your family is wondering why we have to talk about gay marriage (and what about the children, the Bible, and marriage?) — you might find some helpful answers here. —
Karen
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9780980122763
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Published: Patagonia Inc., 6/2012
An open, flat bottomed vessel that can be trailered and beached has long seemed ideal for cruising not only our Puget Sound and San Juan's waters, but for bombing around any coastal locales. So it was with pure delight that I first opened this gem of an adventure. Beamish builds a
Ness yawl in his California garage and then takes off down the coast to Baja surfing every break he can find. Using only primitive means, his experience is rich and varied. This is what life is all about. —
Jamie
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9781609450946
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Published: Europa Editions, 12/2012
Commissario Ricciard has a curse, he has visions of crime victims moments before their death. He is haunted by these visions, but they serve him well in his work. this is a stunning debut set in fascist Naples with an opera singer's death front and center. —
Greg
$12.00
ISBN-13: 9780865473355
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Published: North Point Press, 10/1988
M F K Fisher casts her sparkling wit and humor on the oyster here. She shares recipes from fashionable restaurants of her time and of course from earthier sources as well. Delving into the history, customs, and myths surrounding this creature she artfully describes the how and why of eating oysters. —
Pamela
$27.95
ISBN-13: 9781612191621
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Published: Melville House, 10/2012
When a Delhi journalist is nearly assassinated, getting to the bottom of the conspiracy will drag him — largely
against his will — through all the contradictions and complexity of modern India. His own story is overtaken by the life stories of his alleged assassins — five
men engaged in their own struggles against titanic odds.
The best novel I've read in years! —
Casey O.
$17.95
ISBN-13: 9781934824368
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Published: Open Letter, 10/2012
An intoxicating, revelatory masterpiece overflowing with courage and beauty, a living testament to the written word. This book is not a book; it is a boat to carry you across oceans.
—
Casey O.
$39.95
ISBN-13: 9781934429952
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Published: Ammo Books, 1/2013
Yes, it's me: the barista with the devilish twinkle in my eye; the bartender whose tattoo dives below my neckline — challenging your imagination; the punk chick at the bus stop who gives you a onceover so filthy you'll want a drag of my American Spirit when I'm through. I don't care who you are or what you think. For a measly $39.95, you can take me home, lay me down, and spread me open. I'm usually not that kind of girl, but today's your lucky day. —
Jamil
$7.99
ISBN-13: 9780786849017
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Published: Disney-Hyperion, 5/2009
Gratuity "Tip" Tucci's mother has been abducted by the Boov, the alien race that has taken over the earth and renamed it "Smek." Now on her own, Tip sets out in her mom's car toward Florida, the state humankind has been banished to because the Boov don't want it. On her way south, Tip befriends a helpful alien named JLo and embarks on a fantastic adventure to not only save her mother but mankind as well. One of the funniest, smart, and heartwarming young adult (or adult) science fiction novels that I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Highly recommended! —
Casey S.
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780307947918
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Published: Anchor, 1/2013
Dr. Paul Allen, a diagnostic physician in a comfortable East Coast family, is confronted with an
unthinkable premise, and the most challenging investigation of his life: his grown son, from a
previous marriage, has been charged with assassinating a politician. He traces his son's
wanderings and analyzes with agonizing detail the childhood of a boy once cherished for his
compassion, but who now has left college, changed his name, and inexplicably does not
proclaim his innocence. This gripping novel explores the inconceivable truths, and profound
emotions found in any family bond. A superb read! —
Erica
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780316185912
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Published: Reagan Arthur / Back Bay Books, 1/2013
The Titanic tragedy continues to fascinate us, and this novel, set in 1914, imagines a similar fate
for a young, recently-wed woman. She has survived the unimaginable: weeks in a lifeboat on the
Atlantic Ocean, but now faces a different captivity — she is on trial for murder. Grace's complex
character, the sensibilities of the early 20th century, the intellectual and psychological choices
she's faced with, make for a riveting story of endurance, power, and free will. (Good book club
title.) —
Erica
$24.99
ISBN-13: 9781250017178
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Published: St. Martin's Press, 1/2013
A compelling and intriguing novel of the life and "death" of Christopher Marlowe — in
verse! I have a hard time believing I will read a better literary novel this year. —
Greg
$12.95
ISBN-13: 9781894037624
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Published: Arbeiter Ring, 8/2012
I keep this book in my bag in case of emergencies. In case I need to remember who I am, or who you are, of what the world is like in a blend of poetry and prose. —
Justus
$28.99
ISBN-13: 9781606996164
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Published: Fantagraphics Books, 2/2013
Theroux's book is iconoclastic, witty, erudite, encyclopedic, full of digressions, and always
engaging. He is passionate regarding the singers, songs, and songwriters he likes and dislikes.
Outstanding! —
Greg
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9781592701247
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Published: Enchanted Lion Books, 2/2013
A father comforts his little boy as they spend a long, snowy evening together in front of a
crackling fire, and then outside in the cold starry night. Through their quiet conversation, and
these exquisite papercut and drawn illustrations, we witness the profound intimacy of their
shared loss and love. —
Erica
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9781451627589
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Published: Simon & Schuster, 2/2013
A deliciously depraved literary homage to de Sade masquerading in a decidedly 21st Century
skin. A suspenseful journey that snakes from the rarefied air of corporate boardrooms through
the worlds of cyberspace and into a dildo-packed warehouse in Jersey, with a titillating sojourn
into the possible not-so-distant future of human sexual behavior. It also provides a somewhat
troubling look at what a mass airing of dirty cyber-laundry might look like. A tantalizing adventure
that will tease your brain and then work its way down! —
Jamil
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780802121226
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Published: Grove Press, 4/2013
Part technothriller,part mystic adventure — Holy smokes! This book is riveting, fun, smart, and
thoroughly mindblowing! —
Dave
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780307739773
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Published: Anchor, 9/2012
Why should you care about copyright, piracy, paywalls, and media conglomeration? Shouldn't
"content" be free? (If you produce "content," you’ll have some ideas about this.) And what of the
increasing dominance of a multibillion dollar monopoly over book distribution? Read on especially
if you think it’s not a big deal. —
Karen
$30.00
ISBN-13: 9780918786500
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Published: Lost Roads Publishers, 6/2000
"All of this is magic against death / all of this ends with to be continued," - Frank Stanford. At once an epic poem narrated by a preternaturally streetwise twelve-year-old boy who hops a Freedom bus en route to a civil rights rally in the rural south, while at the same time a surreal incantatory beast of lyric bravado. It reads, as critic Benjamin Kunkel said, as if "
Huckleberry Finn had been written by Andre Breton." —
John
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780670014309
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Published: Viking Juvenile, 4/2013
Etiquette. Manners. Courtesy. This picture book provides a hilarious overview of proper tea party behavior...even when a T(ea)Rex is your guest. —
Justus
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780812982626
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 8/2012
You do not want to miss this! Follow impoverished Pak Jun Do as he is swept deep into the nexus of identity, deceit, honor, espionage, and fame riddled throughout his fatherland, the cloistered, if not paranoid, Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Adam Johnson has crafted a tremendous, even, and compassionate portrait of North Korean brotherhood amidst treason, love amidst treachery, all laced with a dose of adrenaline that doesn't let you off easily. —
Dave
$9.99
ISBN-13: 9780439895989
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Published: Scholastic Paperbacks, 6/2012
En route to the Miss Teen Dream Pageant (sponsored by the menacing but ingenious "Corporation") the plane carrying the contestants crashes on a desert island. As the surviving beauty queens struggle to endure in an unforgiving land of dangers they've never even dreamed of, they encounter snakes, eat grubs, and attempt to outwit sinister island inhabitants. Armed with their wits and their excellent fashion sense, these girls show that they are not to be trifled with. A little bit
Lost , a little bit
Lord of the Flies , with a dash of
Miss Congeniality , Bray has created a charming and often hilarious novel about a group of young women that learn just how strong they can be. —
Casey S.
$16.95
ISBN-13: 9781592701186
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Published: Enchanted Lion Books, 4/2012
This book is for every reader who find magic in the quiet moments of life. Illustrated with understated elegance,
Little Bird explores the beauty present in everyday events and leaves you filled with a sense of wonder. —
Justus
$15.99
ISBN-13: 9780465028788
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Published: Basic Books, 6/2012
Celebrate the mystery of birds...their origins and ancestry, the evolution of the feather, the physics of flight. These Hanson writes as a scientist and as an enthusiast. Maybe your kind of seasonal read? —
Karen
$29.95
ISBN-13: 9781597111720
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Published: Aperture, 7/2011
Photographer Tod Papageorge (
American Sports , 1970: Or
How We Spent the Vietnam War , and
Passing Through Eden ) collects here essays, lectures, and interviews, including the long-out-of-print "Walker Evans and Robert Frank: An Essay on Influence" (1981). —
Graham
$25.95
ISBN-13: 9780670026265
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Published: Viking Adult, 8/2012
Lofgren was a Republican Congressional analyst for 28 years. This is a damning and insightful critique of the GOP and their counterpoints across the political aisle. There are stingers on nearly every page. Lofgren brings real rigor to his critique. This is the book to read before the 2012 election. Cheers. —
Greg
$12.95
ISBN-13: 9781452110585
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Published: Chronicle Books, 8/2012
Do you have cats?
Cats sure are keen
They fill your life
With pleasantries
... But only if you obey. FUNNY STUFF! —
Holly
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9781566892742
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Published: Coffee House Press, 9/2011
This isn't about art or romance or drugs or national tragedy. While it's true those things all happen to be contained within the pages of this impressive debut novel, the sum of his language achieves much more than its parts. He takes us deep into the machinations of personal growth and artistic identity as a painfully self-conscious protagonist struggles with the alienation inherent when we try to view life as art. —
Alan
$24.00
ISBN-13: 9781582438061
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Published: Counterpoint, 4/2012
Set in 1930s Washington, Holbert crafts a fine piece of storytelling. Lawman Russell Strawl, beset with his own demons, crosses the land in search of one who is leaving Indians brutally murdered. Part western, part detective story—Holbert's description of the land is exquisite. This debut novel is dark, compelling, and definitely a well-deserved read. —
Seth
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9781555976064
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Published: Graywolf Press, 2/2012
I have shamelessly fallen ass-over-tea-kettle for this San Francisco poet, what with his queer attention to the line, his evocative sense of language, and his impeccable proclivity for mischief. These poems weigh heavy as feathers and soft as the kiss of an IV needle. If you haven't already, read everything he writes. This is a perfect place to start. —
Dave
$17.95
ISBN-13: 9780803243385
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Published: University of Nebraska Press, 9/2012
Even if you don't think you like poetry, Ramsey's collection of verse is often wildly hilarious, tastefully colloquial, and unexpectedly profound. From the sturdy germ of the geranium plant to the peculiar nature of squirrels mating; the unconventional phonetics of Kalamazoo and a woman's unabashed fondness for her bladder;
A Mind Like This deserves the attention of a mind like yours. —
Dave
$26.00
ISBN-13: 9780374169916
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 4/2012
A Czech and a Slovak parachute into occupied Prague to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, one of the most brutal of the Nazi elite. This is a novel about them, but it is also about the novel Binet does not want to write. The suspense and power of the truth is heightened by Binet's careful examination of what gets emphasized and what gets lost in traditional storytelling. This masterful rendering of history is beautiful, moving, and tragic. —
Casey O.
$26.99
ISBN-13: 9780062188502
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Published: Harper, 8/2012
It's the turn of the twentieth century in Central Washington. William Talmadge, the lone survivor of a homestead family is selling his fruit at market when two young girls, barefoot, dirty, and visibly pregnant steal his apples, later appearing at the periphery of his orchard. Talmadge's self-imposed solitude is forever altered as he opens his heart to these two frightened runaways. This is a gorgeous debut novel written in crystalline prose by an author whose insights into the haunting legacy of loss and the quiet beauty in redemption took my breath away. —
Laurie
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9781442450271
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Published: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 8/2012
This book is fabulous! Olivia declares she is having an identity crisis after being subjected to one too many fairy princesses...so begins her struggle of self-discovery. This book is for anyone who has ever felt like they had to figure themselves out and didn't like the idea of having to choose a mold. —
Justus
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9781590583777
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Published: Poisoned Pen Press, 1/2007
Seattle Times columnist Jon Talton’s David Mapstone mystery is absolutely gripping and very smart. I can’t recommend this first both in the series of six (so far) too highly. —
Greg
$25.99
ISBN-13: 9781586487515
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Published: PublicAffairs, 6/2011
Small town doctors are a different breed but this doctor (and this practice on Nantucket Island) are something else. Where else would you find a world-class expert on Babesiosis, patients who redefine living off the grid, and of course the rich and famous. What a trip (and tip of the hat to Mitchells in Nantucket). —
Karen
$16.95
ISBN-13: 9780393343403
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company, 9/2012
My pick for book of the year. Reads like the best detective, espionage, adventure fiction. The intriguing tale of the pursuit and discovery of the manuscript that helped spark the Renaissance. And then Lucretius' poem!—who was he?—how could anyone possibly be so brilliantly prescient? Miracles are around! —
Peter
$25.95
ISBN-13: 9780399159015
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Published: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, 4/2012
This is what you need to read after
Bossypants . This book is hysterically funny. It will make you laugh—the deep, hard kind of laugh where you think you might be choking or that you've ruptured your spleen. Quality sh*t. —
Holly
$15.99
ISBN-13: 9780465030033
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Published: Basic Books, 5/2012
At last a serious and scientific study of man's best friend. This book is a must read for every dog owner. Your understanding of the nature and behavior of dogs will be changed for the better. Your dog will thank you, too! —
Carl
$25.00
ISBN-13: 9780307588364
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Published: Crown, 6/2012
Before I read this book I went back to read her first. Her debut novel
Sharp Objects was intense! This, her third, is captivating!! Flynn lures you in before you are ready. Nick and Amy are celebrating five years of blissful marriage. Really? Amy goes missing that very morning. A story so well developed and characters recognizable—these psychopaths will remain in your thoughts long after. —
Seth
$12.00
ISBN-13: 9780312427641
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Published: Picador, 9/2008
Celebrate Queen Elizabeth's jubilee, by reading this small treasure of a novel, that is in fact a witty tribute to the potent pleasures of reading. After a chance encounter with a bookmobile, the Queen discovers an affinity for reading. This newfound passion (or bothersome pre-occupation, as her court views it) has far-reaching consequences; for her Majesty, and for the government in general, in a wonderfully shocking conclusion. An ingenious satire on the transformative powers, and universal appeal of literature. —
Erica
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780226679822
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Published: University Of Chicago Press, 4/2011
For the sake of his writing, Preib joins the Chicago Police Department, and these essays are the stunning result. City life at its rawest and ugliest, tempered by reflective insight and moving compassion toward our least powerful citizens. Preib has crafted a challenge to our hardened hearts and chilled souls, and a poignant meditation on the writer's craft and purpose in an age morally adrift. —
Jesse
$18.00
ISBN-13: 9780226173887
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Published: University Of Chicago Press, 9/2009
Re-issued 34 years after its initial publication, this remains THE greatest baseball book of all time, by (arguably) the most colorful personality the game has ever known, Babe Ruth notwithstanding. This guy seemed to be everywhere interesting during the golden era, and the stories tumble one after the other, hilariously. From the 1927 Yankees to "The Shot Heard 'Round the World" to the heartbreak of the '69 Cubs, a happy retrospective from the scrappiest player/manager ever. —
Jesse
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780060885618
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Published: Ecco, 11/2012
Spec Lynn and his squadmates stumble into a firefight, and by dumb luck, fame. A great read and a ruthlessly sardonic (and hilarious) skeewering of the pretense and bullshit that typifies so much of American public life. Also a perceptive reflection on our collective priorities, the Walk will have you wondering
how and
why ... to paraphrase David Byrne, "well, how did we get here!?!" —
Jesse
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780307887443
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Published: Broadway, 4/2012
With
Ready Player One , Cline has created the virtual reality world that we've always been promised. He has also given us a brilliantly plotted love letter to the Eighties, a stirring look at what our media-obsessed, economically depressed society could become, and an engaging edge-of-your-seat adventure novel. I wanted to read it all the way through in one sitting, but work got in the way. This is The Geek Novel for the 21st Century, and, thankfully, I can read it again without inserting another quarter. —
Casey S.
$9.99
ISBN-13: 9780545222112
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Scholastic Press, 6/2012
Nuclear holocaust has ravaged the world. Cities have collapsed and have been reborn again as immense traction cities, traveling the scorched earth on wheels, practicing what they call "municipal Darwinism," tracking and consuming other cities for their resources. The story unfolds while the city of london chases another city, and in the chaos Tom Natsworthy, an apprentice guild historian, is thrown from the city, awakening in the great hunting ground with a reluctant companion and his home nowhere in sight. Thus begins the epic adventure of the Predator City Chronicles. Fans of post-apocalyptic YA and steampunk will love Reeve's engaging tale. —
Casey S.
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780307385918
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Published: Vintage, 11/2008
A grim and frightening story of death, AIDS, human and animal experimentation, big pharma and corruption on the highest levels. Engrossing, dazzling, and really excellent. —
Greg
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780156029032
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Mariner Books, 2/2004
Are you one of the hundreds of people who have bought E. L. James’s erotic sensation from us? Or one of the thousands more who read it slyly on an e-reader? If you enjoyed the titillating sexual adventure, but found the writing somewhat wanting, you should slake your thirst for prurient debauchery with one of these classics. All are guaranteed to stimulate both the mind and the nether regions. —
Jamil
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9781933517568
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Wave Books, 9/2011
William Carlos Williams Award winner, 2011.
This career-spanning collection showcases some of Ruefle's past work. Challenging as it is funny, her poetry will draw you in and you'll want to stay. —
Alan
$18.95
ISBN-13: 9781570617324
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Published: Sasquatch Books, 5/2012
From Capitol Hill's finest diner comes a collection of chef Josh Henderson's superb recipes. Every one is a winner. I should know, my son works for Josh as a chef. —
Carl
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780307341556
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Published: Broadway, 7/2007
Gillian Flynn is my new favorite author. She takes you on a journey into darkness that twists and turns in unimaginable places. If you want a great, fast summer read, this is it—ouch + ahhh. —
Tracy
$26.00
ISBN-13: 9780802119575
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Published: Grove Press, 1/2012
From the author of the wonderful
Night Train to Lisbon —a funny, sad, infuriating exploration of language, reality, mid-life angst and the ego wars of academic life. —
Peter
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9780811215053
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Published: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 5/2002
I think Marias's trilogy
Your Face Tomorrow is one of the great masterpieces of modern fiction.
A Heart So White is the perfect entree to the wonderful looping interior/exterior world of Marias's narrative creation. Read it. Love it. Then move on. —
Peter
$15.99
ISBN-13: 9780062049810
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Published: Harper Perennial, 5/2012
Dr. Marina Singh is a researcher for a Minnesota-based pharmaceutical company. She is sent deep into the Amazon jungle to check on the work of secretive head scientist Annick Swenson after a beloved work colleague is reported dead. Traveling by river to the village of the Lakashi Tribe where Dr. Swenson is purportedly developing a new drug, Marina is thrown headlong into a world where nothing is as it seems and her deepest fears are laid bare. Fans of Patchett, and readers discovering her for the first time are in for a treat. This is a lush and spellbinding tale that will grip you from the get-go. —
Laurie
$10.99
ISBN-13: 9780385738583
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Published: Ember, 4/2012
Rotters tells the story of Joey Crouch—a young man who loses his mother and is forced to live with a father he's never known. All Joey wants is to be included in something real, something safe, something consistent. What he gets is something that he never could have predicted—school days suffered in fear and frustration and a father who is just a shell of a man, working on the outskirts of society, digging through the lives of the dead for his own gain. This book is not for the faint of heart. It is extremely well-written, challenging and intense, but it contains cringe-inducing imagery for late teens and adults. (15 & up!) —
Casey S.
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9781250007575
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Published: Picador, 3/2012
What happens if, in an alternate reality, a Muslim-American wins a competition to design a 9/11 memorial at Ground Zero? The designer (not a saint), the lead judge (a 9/11 widow), and the controversy (will this garden ever be built?) make for a compelling read. —
Karen
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9781934824115
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Published: Open Letter Books; Univ of Nebraska Press, 5/2009
If Mary Oliver and Anthony Burgess created a love-child, this would be their mesmerizing offspring. Like an epic prose poem, this novel's beauty is matched only by its brutality. —
Dave
$7.99
ISBN-13: 9780765361202
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Published: Tor Fantasy, 4/2012
The Nazi's have created a team of supermen and are using their unusual powers to cut a swath of destruction across Europe. The British, fearing this unknown weapon, summon the supernatural entities known as the "Eidolons" to help fend off the Fuhrers war machine. But are these new allies more dangerous than the enemy? —
Rich
$19.95
ISBN-13: 9781419702709
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Published: Abrams ComicArts, 4/2012
Sah-Weet!!
These ingenious answers to the odious Cabbage Patch Kids craze were created by legendary artist Art Spiegelman and a crack team at Topps. Their over the top crudity may seem tame by today's standards but they were very controversial in their day. Their irreverent, gross-out humor is timeless and this book will be a wonderful blast from the past for children of the 80's and will introduce Nervous Rex, Doug Plug, Adam Bomb and the rest of the gang to a new generation. —
Jamil
$23.95
ISBN-13: 9781564786906
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Published: Dalkey Archive Press, 12/2011
The adventures of a drifter in medieval Europe become a meditation on the relentlessness of the human spirit in all its comedy, tragedy, horror, and insanity. A brave and unique accomplishment: a historical novel that drives straight into the heart of what's at stake in all humanity's struggles. —
Casey O.
$15.99
ISBN-13: 9780316056878
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Published: Reagan Arthur / Back Bay Books, 1/2012
I haven't laughed this hard in a long time. If you are a sister, daughter, wife, mother or anything else, you will find a touch point in this book—and hopefully a funny bone as well. —
Tracy
$25.95
ISBN-13: 9780307592736
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Published: Knopf, 3/2012
Divorced, alone and fraying at the edges, Cheryl Strayed decides that the 1,100 mile hike up the Pacific Coast Trail will help her find center again. Armed with boots that are too small, a backpack that's too heavy and no experience, Cheryl sets out and shares her extraordinary adventure with us in a delightful, witty way. —
Tracy
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9781250002471
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Published: Picador, 2/2012
If you were working at the
Paris Review under George Plimpton and your wife was a full time attorney, wouldn't you take on running a deli in a tough Brooklyn neighborhood with your mother-in-law? Me neither, but I loved this Korean American meets Anglo Puritan descendant small time operator story. You'll never see delis the same way. Crazy story, great book. —
Karen
$13.95
ISBN-13: 9780307744425
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Published: Anchor, 6/2012
The story of Japanese picture brides as told in a collective, exuberant voice. It's one story and many and though this is fiction, a deeper truth is shared. Also, what of those friends and neighbors left behind during internment? Read on! A gorgeous, poetic novel. —
Karen
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780062041289
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Published: Ecco, 2/2012
It's 1850 and notorious hired killers (and brothers) Charlie and Eli Sisters are headed to Gold Rush country from their home in Oregon City in pursuit of one Hermann Kermit Warn. Trouble is, Eli's heart just isn't in it anymore, and Charlie's gotten a little too fond of comfortable hotels and brandy.
This is a gorgeously written, darkly comic, and surprisingly philosophical revisionist Western. I loved every minute in the company of these assassins! —
Laurie
$12.95
ISBN-13: 9781590174906
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Published: NYRB Classics, 1/2012
Finally—back in print again. An extraordinary book about the collision of cultures, the cusp of adulthood, and the mystical land of Australia. —
Tracy
$11.00
ISBN-13: 9780156904582
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Published: Mariner Books, 4/1992
This is one of the few books I feel the need to have near my bed at home. Just seeing it out of the corner of my eye soothes me. Okay,
Too Loud a Solitude is my blankie. This is a book for those souls who go through life making their own meaning of it all; for those who can find beauty and humor in an ugly world on a really bad day... -
Leah
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780312569372
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Published: Picador, 8/2011
Many have proclaimed this to be the best piece of non-fiction in recent memory, for its historical and personal depth, and emotional candor. After inheriting a Japanese netsuke collection, ceramicist DeWall traces the "travels" of these small carvings, acquired by his great-grandfather's cousin, and then moved from Paris to Vienna, to Tokyo, and now London. He gradually uncovers his family's parallel story; rich both monetarily and culturally, and tragic, as the third Reich seizes the possessions of Jewish families in 1938 Vienna. An absolute jewel, if you like history, memoir, intrigue, art, told with passionate elegance. —
Erica
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9781580050913
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Published: Seal Press, 4/2003
This is my all-time favorite travel essay! Leila, a newly-divorced young New Yorker with a six-year old son named Kippy, impulsively joins four young men sailing their beautiful boat around the world. Leila, Kippy, and the four besotted men travel together for a year.
Give Me the World is Leila's memoir of their exciting adventures, as well as a journal of the fascinating dynamics aboard the boat. —
Leah
$22.00
ISBN-13: 9781612191294
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Published: Melville House, 6/2012
Timely. Brilliant. Fascinating. Readable. Anthropologist David Graeber casts a wide net, and this much longer view of human culture uncovers the moral and philosophical assumptions that are so deeply ingrained in our conceptions of debt that they usually remain invisible. By exploring the enormous variety of human relationships, exchanges, and economies throughout history and across cultures, Graeber clears a path toward crucial new possibilities for our future. Graeber was also an early and integral participant in Occupy Wall Street. —
Casey O.
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780307739971
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Published: Vintage, 11/2012
"We need to talk about Esther..."
Language itself becomes a tool for excruciating destruction and malice in this stunning, horrific, and yet funny novel—funny like the serrated edge of a knife. Fast-paced and quick-witted, Ben Marcus is a true mastermind. Not to be missed! —
Dave
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780316126670
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Published: Back Bay Books, 5/2012
This novel was so hard to put down that when I misplaced it I promptly went out and bought another copy. Henry Skrimshander has a 2 ½ year errorless streak going as the shortstop for a small liberal arts college on Lake Michigan. On the day he's about to tie the record he guns to first base and overthrows into the dugout—drilling his teammate between the eyes—sending him straight to the hospital. Henry finds himself losing a battle with self-doubt as his fielding skills grind to halt.
Unhesitatingly, I would put this novel on the same level as David James Duncan's
The Brothers K , but I have to warn you it's got a different flavor: mix Melvillian lore, the art of war, and a bright, young writer with ruthless perception—and you've got this bad ass college baseball novel. —
Jake
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780802170910
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Published: Grove Press, Black Cat, 1/2012
Having read Boudinot's works, I know that he was a talented writer with fresh ideas, so I expected
Blueprints of the Afterlife to be good. I had no idea it would be such a brilliant, thought provoking read. Set in the not-too-distant future where people are still feeling the effects of the "age of Fucked-Up-Shit."
Blueprints tells the story of Woo-Jin, a champion dishwasher; Abby Fogg, Quantumly displaced and severely confused; Al Skinner, a former soldier with issues, and a whole cast of colorful characters, including killer cyborgs and clone armies. If you live on Bainbridge Island, get ready for some new scenery. —
Casey S.
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780307452900
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Published: Broadway, 6/2012
Quite fascinating! Delve into the mind of psychotic killer in the midst of Nazi occupied Paris. Was the respected Dr. Petiot, who provided free medical care for the poor, a member of the French resistance or allied with the Gestapo? Police enter a mansion and find the horror of dismembered bodies putrefying. The mansion belonged to Dr. Petiot...Very absorbing in history and crime. —
Seth
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9781250003164
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Published: Picador, 1/2012
Official charade, superficial appearances, gossip, and secrets. Alan Bennett delivers it all in this funny, surprising, and slightly peculiar duo of stories. And smutty? Yes. —
Karen
$59.95
ISBN-13: 9780714843308
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Published: Phaidon Press, 6/2003
This is one of the most amazing books of photographs that I have ever seen. Not only do the photos capture a magnificent array of sights and scenes, but the book covers Erwitt's entire career and features hundreds and hundreds of great photos. Erwitt is a master of capturing the beauty, absurdity, and urgency of simple, everyday events. This is a book that you can look at over and over for minutes or hours at a time. —
Jamil
$13.95
ISBN-13: 9780761165781
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Published: Workman Publishing, 10/2011
I only read the
New Yorker for the cartoons—but these! Good ones I missed. LOL with a gasp or two. —
Seth
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780399256752
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Published: Putnam Juvenile, 11/2011
In a distant future, the United States has collapsed into two separate lands: The Republic, a country of order and class, and the Colonies, a land in perpetual war with its neighbor. Day and June both live in the Republic but lead very different lives. June is a prodigy brought up to take her place among the Republic's elite. Day, a child of the slums, was destined to die before his wits and cunning led him to the top of the Republic's most wanted criminal list. When an act of murder throws their worlds together, Day and June discover that the Republic may not be all that it seems. Fans of
The Hunger Games will love the first entry in this promised trilogy. —
Casey
$24.99
ISBN-13: 9780062088147
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Published: William Morrow, 4/2012
One small town in North Carolina must endure the pervasive weight of bearing witness against those who would misuse power in the name of God. Wiley Cash's debut novel reads like poetry and breathes like fire. A timely and lush thriller. —
Dave
$13.00
ISBN-13: 9781936365449
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Published: McSweeney's, 11/2011
Dream of Paris, dream of winter. Written after a fourteen year silence, these "dreams" (fiction? memory? koan?) are a delightful companionable and mysterious lot. Written in French, published in French and English. —
Karen
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780061934704
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Published: Harper Perennial, 11/2011
Journalist Fariba Nawa emigrated from Afghanistan when she was a child, returning after 9-11 to document what has happened to her country. This account is her own but also includes significant historical detail. And she's one of only a few to link child brides to the narcotic state. This is essential reading. —
Karen
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9781590174487
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Published: NYRB Classics, 8/2011
Unmoored and adrift after his movie star wife leaves him, the once promising poet Jamie Mangan travels to Ireland to find hi roots and, he hopes, himself. On the trail of a dead Irish poet who may be his great great grandfather (and also his doppelganger), he meets much more family than he bargained for. This is not your lovely picture postcard emerald isle vacation. Moore renders both the ugly and the beautiful with lyrical ease, and the narrative burns with pitch-perfect suspense—sublime and terrifying in its depths. —
Casey O.
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9780807004661
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Published: Beacon Press, 11/2011
The most redemptive book I've ever read. —
Dave
$26.95
ISBN-13: 9780670023004
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Published: Viking Adult, 9/2011
Kathleen Flinn manages to convey the political food message in such a personal way. Along with nine volunteer chefs—each with varying degrees of skill and food needs—she creates a basic cooking curriculum which gives them the knowledge and more importantly the confidence to feed themselves well. This is the perfect gift for newlyweds, newly graduated, or new homeowners (or anyone who wants to break the processed/fast food lifestyle)...A real treasure. -
Holly
$19.95
ISBN-13: 9780307389763
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Published: Anchor, 9/2011
Workers of the world, read this book! It is an immense and important history of organized labor in America. —
Carl
$15.99
ISBN-13: 9780316193566
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Published: Orbit, 10/2011
Some fantasy novels are filled with elves, unicorns, and magical talking tableware. This is not one of those novels! Abercrombie's book is like a kick in the gut to stale, old fantasy and brings the swords back into the swords and sorcery genre. —
Rich
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780802170682
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Published: Grove Press, Black Cat, 5/2010
A marvelous personal account of the influence and impact of sci-fi on Atwood and her writing. Atwood is a contemporary writer I hold in very high regard. The essays are fun and gratifying to read. —
Greg
$15.99
ISBN-13: 9781416986898
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Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 8/2010
I could read this book 20 times with all the funny voices. Only haughty, naughty, children (and grown ups) will like this snarky tale. Not for the well-behaved. Really. No. —
Karen
$24.99
ISBN-13: 9781595825605
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Published: Dark Horse Comics, 9/2011
This fantastic graphic novel is like the anti-
Law & Order . Instead of a cut and dried case that's solved in an hour, Jensen shows that, even when a killer is obviously guilty, some crimes cast a long and lingering shadow that can consume far more than just the lives of its immediate victims. —
Rich
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9780679736325
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Published: Vintage, 5/1992
Cornelius Suttree lives in a dilapidated houseboat on the Tennessee River. He comes from a prestigious and wealthy family, whom he has chosen to forsake. Suttree runs with a rough hobo crowd—most of whom he meets in the slammer. Gene Harrogate, nicknamed the City Rat, is one of many such goons—he's shot with buckshot when he's caught humping melons in the neighbor's field. In many ways, Harrogate is a continuation of mark Twain's Huck Finn—mischievous, poor, and completely unsupervised. He is always waist deep in some heinous scheme.
Though this novel is dark—it is by far Mr. McCarthy's funniest. It's full of white trash shenanigans that involve moonshine, turtle fishing, electrocution, dynamite, visits to witches, vicious bar fights, and the gold old misery and poverty that neglect fosters. —
Jake
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780307472847
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Published: Vintage, 3/2011
A masterfully told story set in motion by a horrendous mass murder in northern Sweden. Mankell works on a large canvas with great skill. This is so much more than a crime novel. —
Greg
$28.95
ISBN-13: 9780385534635
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Published: Doubleday, 9/2011
When the first copy of this book arrived on my desk it sat there for weeks. I knew nothing about it, but for some reason I was in no reason to read it and even had a strange inclination not to want to like it. Then I read it. This is one of the most outstanding novels I’ve read in years. It’s atmospheric prose transports you to a remarkable world that is a playground for the mind and the senses. When I finished it, I went right back to page one and read it again. It is that good! Seriously, I can't think of anyone who likes to read fiction who won't enjoy this. So set aside your preconceptions and read it it! —
Jamil
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9781594744761
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Published: Quirk Books, 6/2011
As a young boy, Jacob hears fantastical stories from his grandfather. When older (16), he sees his grandfather killed by a monster only he can see. Nightmares and fears lead him to a doctor who advises Jacob visit the remote island his grandfather grew up on and to visit the orphanage he was sent to. Time travel, haunting photos, a rich fantasy and a host of peculiars engage us in this intriguing and adventurous story. —
Seth
$12.95
ISBN-13: 9780547844190
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Published: Mariner Books, 9/2012
Have you ever heard someone say they don't read fiction, and thought about all that they were missing? This novel pitches you, head-and-heart-first, into a young boy's world, the youngest of three brothers in a biracial, working class family. In the ever-hopeful child's voice; full of energy, reactive, non-judgmental, the terrain of family life is portrayed with raw, emotional clarity.
Torres conjures the wrenching ties of familial love, allegiances, and expectations, and then the beginnings of personal and sexual self-discovery, with simplicity and amazing skill. This small book is an example of fiction that is breathtakingly powerful, and not to be missed. —
Erica
$9.95
ISBN-13: 9781402768194
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Published: Sterling, 4/2010
Fujikawa's books are fantastic! Her illustrations are adorable and she included multi-racial children before it was PC.
Oh, What a Busy Day is my personal favorite and my 4-year-old niece's favorite. Other favorites by the author include
Baby Animals and
A Child's Book of Poems but you should really check out the whole collection and see for yourself. —
Pamela
$35.00
ISBN-13: 9781553655725
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Published: Douglas & McIntyre, 4/2011
You've bought rapina and shiitake mushrooms at the Broadway Farmer's Market (p.100) or maybe potatoes and tomatoes (p. 74). Soon, eggplant and fresh beans (p. 128). Make your own paneer (it's easy) and zucchini soup with ginger (p. 81) from Vancouver's famed restaurant, home cooking. Delicious! —
Karen
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9780307475275
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Published: Vintage, 9/2011
NPR's Michele Norris' discoveries about her family prompted her to write this book (and ask others to share their own family stories). This prompted her six-word Racial Autobiographies Project online. Finding out what you don't know can enrich your life. —
Karen
$26.95
ISBN-13: 9780393077766
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company, 5/2011
This early work by Portugal's greatest living writer—newly and beautifully re-translated—is the perfect entry point into Antunes's dark and wonderful world. The book delves into the insanity of war and the brutality of state-imposed mental "health," yet never relinquishes the search for compassion and love —
Peter
$5.95
ISBN-13: 9780977055722
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Published: Microcosm Publishing, 11/2006
A funny, energetic, wild, off-beat guide I use every time I visit that capricious city. Makes for great armchair touring as well! —
Dave
$28.00
ISBN-13: 9780979956249
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Published: Siglio, 2/2011
Wood has some controversial ideas about what a map should be and what it should do. His ingenious Boylan Heights Atlas Project definitely shows his different points of view. Through these fantastic maps that include the practical and seemingly impractical, Wood shows us that maps don't have to be just about finding a place, they can also be about art, social issues, and even radio waves. Maps can get us to a place, of course, but they can also guide us to a different destination entirely. —
Casey S.
$13.00
ISBN-13: 9780143105848
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Published: Penguin Classics, 11/2009
Whom did you love first? That you still remember is exactly why this book is so sweet and sad and funny. Because, like Harry, we know. We get it. —
Dave
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9780802170828
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Published: Grove Press, Black Cat, 1/2011
They kept it a secret in the small remote coastal town in which they lived. Neither boy nor girl. Only three people knew. The parents, well-meaning, brought him up as a boy named Wayne, who struggled with the two genders within him. Not written with sensationalism, this debut novel is a beautiful and compelling story of societal labels, identity and our own place in the world. Highly recommended. —
Seth
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9781402785924
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Published: Silveroak, 1/2011
It is a pity that every Swedish crime novel that comes out for the next few years will be compared to Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy. After all, no one sits around comparing Agatha Christie and John LeCarre because they're both English. In any case,
Three Seconds is an excellent thriller! Every time I start talking about this book I get excited and want to talk about it with someone, or convince somebody to read it. If you like a good spine-tingler, you won't be disappointed. Stieg who? —
Jamil
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9781770500372
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Published: Whitecap Books, 5/2011
M. Wylie Blanchet was a woman ahead of her time! widowed in 1927 with five children, she, her children and their dog cruised the unforgiving wasted waters of British Columbia in a twenty-five foot boat. Following the log books of Captain Vancouver, Blanchet sets out each summer into the wilds of the Northwest. Rich with experience, the family then turned their adventures into education by reading about all that they discovered. —
Seth
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780803734333
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Published: Dial, 11/2010
This is the feel good book of the year I wish everyone would read and it's not another teen rock-n-roll book. High school senior Piper Vaughn would be voted "Least Likely to Manage a Rock Band" by her classmates—not because Piper is deaf, but because she is the antithesis of rock; staid, safe, practically invisible. So when a bet goes wrong, landing her as manger for the school band, Dumb, Piper is faced with a myriad of challenges—the least of which is her hearing. In the process she learns much about friendship and family and inner strength. Sooo good! —
Holly
$25.99
ISBN-13: 9780765321503
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Published: Tor Books, 4/2010
The Nazis have created a team of supermen and are using their unusual powers to cut a swath of destruction through Europe. The British, fearing this unknown new weapon, summon the supernatural entities known as the "Eidolons" to help fend of the Fuhrer's war machine. But are these mysterious allies actually trustworthy or are they far more dangerous than anything Hitler could have dreamed up? —
Rich
$13.99
ISBN-13: 9780316042789
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Published: Back Bay Books, 2/2011
If romantic and culinary passion, in the city famous for love and food, sounds appealing, then you'll find this memoir by an American journalist as deliciously irresistible as I did. Ms. Bard met her husband at an academic conference and writes eloquently about her courtship with the man AND with Parisian cuisine and culture in general. Her observations yield a wonderful portrait of place and of the process of making it one's home. Recipes accompany each chapter! —
Erica
