shopping cart
Save up to 30% on our Staff Picks
Call us:  800-878-7323 HELP
McAfee SECURE helps keep you safe from identity theft, credit card fraud, spyware, spam, viruses and online scams.

Find Books


Read the City


Win Free Books!


PowellsBooks.news


Original Essays | December 12, 2009

Alexander McCall Smith: IMG The Courage of Others



I have recently written a novel about life in England during the Second World War. I felt some concern before I tackled this theme — the War... Continue »
  1. $16.76 Sale Hardcover add to wish list

    La's Orchestra Saves the World

    Alexander McCall Smith

Customer Comments

amykile has commented on (1) product.

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

amykile, April 24, 2007

From the first page of this book I was mesmerized. I didn't want to put it down. See tells the story so vividly that I could actually envision everything from painful footbinding to the heartbrake of death. I have passed this book on to my sister and mother. You will not want it to end!
Was this comment helpful? | Yes | No
(16 of 27 readers found this comment helpful)



  • back to top

Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.