Welcome to Powell's Bestseller Room. If you're looking for a dependable recommendation, you're in the right place. Each week we stock our shelves with our customers' current favorites. And since Powell's prides itself on our cut-above-the-rest clientele, why not follow their lead?
Top selling books at Powells.com at 10 a.m. for Friday, May 9
#1
Audition Signed 1st Edition
by Barbara Walters
Special
Young people starting out in television sometimes say to me: "I want to be you." My stock reply is always: "Then you have to take the whole package." And now, at last, the most important woman in the history of television journalism gives us that... (read more)
New, Hardcover
Your price: $29.95
#2
Indiespensable Subscription (Unlimited)
Special
Powell's new subscription club delivers the best new books, with special attention to leading independent publishers. Signed first editions. Inventive, original sets. Exclusive printings.... Every six weeks, another installment to read and admire... (read more)
New, Set
Your price: $39.95 per shipment
#3
The Splendid Table's How to Eat Supper Signed
by Lynne Rossetto Kasper and Sally Swift
Featured Titles
Just when you thought the last thing the world needed was another book on weeknight cooking, along comes an entirely fresh take on the subject. As they do on their weekly show, host Lynne Rossetto Kasper and producer Sally Swift approach their topic with... (read more)
New, Hardcover
Your price: $35.00
#4
Lavinia: A Novel
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Literature
A living legend who leaps fearlessly across genre boundaries, Ursula Le Guin offers one of her very best novels to date in this retelling of Virgil's The Aeneid, told from a perspective that very often got lost in even the most compelling Greek myths... (read more)
Sale, Hardcover
Your price: $16.80
List price: $24.00
#5
Mexican Everyday
by Rick Bayless
Sale Books
At last, a cookbook that brings Mexican food within easy reach, companion to the all-new PBS series. In his previous books, Rick Bayless transformed America's understanding of Mexican cuisine, introducing authentic dishes and cooking methods as he walked... (read more)
Sale, Hardcover
Your price: $11.98
List price: $29.95
#6
Introduction to Permaculture
by B. C. Mollison
Gardening
Written to introduce readers to Permaculture concepts and design strategies. Topics include: energy efficient site analysis, planning and design methods, house placement, design for temperate, dry-land and tropical regions, urban Permaculture garden... (read more)
New, Trade Paper
Your price: $34.50
#7
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective
by Kate Summerscale
Featured Titles
At once a mystery and a history of early mystery novels, The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher is a page-turner. Summerscale picks apart a famous Victorian murder, the murder that sparked "detective fever" and inspired Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins to... (read more)
Sale, Hardcover
Your price: $17.46
List price: $24.95
#8
Unaccustomed Earth
by Jhumpa Lahiri
Literature
Unaccustomed Earth is in many ways a deeply and authentically sad book. I would not advise reading the stories too quickly; they will each haunt you for days afterward (and, unusually in a collection like this, they are all equally strong). But Lahiri's... (read more)
Sale, Hardcover
Your price: $17.50
List price: $25.00
#9
The Secret: Extended Edition
DVDs
Now, for the first time ever, The Secret DVD is available to the whole world. In this extraordinary film are ALL the resources you will need to understand and live the secret. “You can have, do or be anything you want.” Joe Vitale, MSC,... (read more)
New, Dvd
Your price: $21.01
List price: $24.95
#10
Square Foot Gardening: A New Way to Garden in Less Space with Less Work
by Mel Bartholomew
Gardening
One of the bestselling garden books ever is fresher than ever! Ready to inspire a whole new generation of gardeners. When he created the "square foot gardening" method, Mel Bartholomew, a retired engineer and efficiency expert, found the solution to the... (read more)
Sale, Trade Paper
Your price: $8.98
List price: $18.95
#11
Oxford Picture Dictionary
by Oxford
Foreign Languages
Illustrates over 3,700 words in full-color, each clearly labeled and defined in context for easy identification Offers 140 key topics targeted to meet the vocabulary needs of adults and young adults for real communication Features topics grouped into... (read more)
Sale, Trade Paper
Your price: $6.98
List price: $13.5
#12
Taking Charge of Your Fertility Rev Edition
by Toni Weschler
Child Care and Parenting
Includes bibliographical references (p. 432-444) and index.... (read more)
Sale, Softcvr W/Comp Media
Your price: $10.98
List price: $23.95
#13
Who Moved My Cheese?
by Spencer Johnson
Business
From one of the world's most recognized experts on management comes a simple parable filled with insights designed to help readers manage change quickly and prevail in changing times. Written for all ages, the story takes less than an hour to read, but... (read more)
Used, Hardcover
Your price: $9.95
List price: $19.95
#14
Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World
by Paul Hawken
Environmental Studies
Feeling crushed beneath the weight of ominous news, borderline-apocalyptic statistics, and global warming alerts that offer no recourse but panic? Paul Hawken's Blessed Unrest is the book you've been waiting for. Here is a call to arms with concrete... (read more)
Sale, Trade Paper
Your price: $11.20
List price: $16.00
#15
Western Garden Book (07 Edition)
by Kathleen Norris (ed.) Brenzel
Nature Studies
Gardeners throughout the region will be welcoming a thoroughly updated and fresh-looking edition of the bible of Western gardening. With a new, easy-to-read design, more plant photography, larger illustrations, and more than 8,000 plant listings--500 of... (read more)
Used, Trade Paper
Your price: $17.00
List price: $34.95
#16
The Host Signed
by Stephenie Meyer
Special
The author of the Twilight series of #1 bestsellers delivers her brilliant first novel for adults: a gripping story of love and betrayal in a future with the fate of humanity at stake. Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded... (read more)
New, Hardcover
Your price: $25.99
#17
Careless in Red: A Novel (Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers Novels)
by Elizabeth George
Mystery
In her most eagerly anticipated novel yet, Elizabeth George brings back Scotland Yard's Thomas Lynley to investigate a ruthless crime. After the senseless murder of his wife, Detective Superintendent Thomas Lynley retreated to Cornwall, where he has... (read more)
Sale, Hardcover
Your price: $19.56
List price: $27.95
#18
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan
Sports and Fitness
What to eat, what not to eat, and how to think about health: a manifesto for our times. "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food, the well-considered answers he provides to the... (read more)
New, Hardcover
Your price: $21.95
#19
The No-Cry Discipline Solution: Gentle Ways to Encourage Good Behavior Without Whining, Tantrums & Tears
by Elizabeth Pantley
Child Care and Parenting
Another breakthrough title in the No-Cry series--for parents of children ages 2 through 8 “The No-Cry Discipline Solution is a definite must-have for all parents and caregivers of young children. If you are looking for understandable, effective... (read more)
Sale, Trade Paper
Your price: $7.98
List price: $16.95
#20
The Impact of Inequality: How to Make Sick Societies Healthier
by Richard Wilkinson
Sociology
Why does the United States, the richest country in the world, rank twenty-fifth in international life expectancy? Richard Wilkinson, an epidemiologist and a pioneer in exploring inequality's impact on health, shows in The Impact of Inequality that the... (read more)
Sale, Hardcover
Your price: $10.98
List price: $26.95
#21
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Oprah Book Club #61) by Eckhart Tolle
#22
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
#23
Bushcraft Survival by Ray Mears
#24
The Battle of the Labyrinth: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Four (Percy Jackson and the Olympians #04) by Rick Riordan
#25
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
#26
The Gnostic Bible by Willis Barnstone
#27
The Comedy of Errors (Bantam Classics) by William Shakespeare
#28
The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom by Simon Winchester
#29
The No-Cry Potty Training Solution: Gentle Ways to Help Your Child Say Good-Bye to Diapers by Elizabeth Pantley
#30
Low Pressure Boilers - With CD (5TH 04 Edition) by Frederick M. Steingress
#31
The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin
#32
McGraw-Hill's GED with CDROM (McGraw-Hill's GED) by Mcgraw Hill
#33
Practical Electronics for Inventors (2ND 07 Edition) by Paul Scherz
#34
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
#35
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen Covey
#36
The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth through Music by Victor L. Wooten
#37
After Dark (Vintage International) by Haruki Murakami
#38
Bright Eyes by Jane Cabrera
#39
The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng
#40
Gardening at the Dragon's Gate: At Work in the Wild and Cultivated World by Wendy Johnson
#41
The Birds and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier
#42
How to Run a Lathe: The Care and Operation of a Screw Cutting Lathe, 1942 edtion by South Bend Lathe Works
#43
1, 2 & 3-Section Sewings Vol. 2: Non-Adhesive Binding, Vol. II by Keith Smith
#44
507 Mechanical Movements: Mechanisms and Devices by Henry T. Brown
#45
Our Story Begins Signed by Tobias Wolff
#46
A Voyage Long and Strange: Rediscovering the New World by Tony Horwitz
#47
Latinos in Lotusland: An Anthology of Contemporary Southern California Literature by Daniel A. Olivas
#48
Striptease: From Gaslight to Spotlight by Jessica Glasscock
#49
Harvey Penick's Little Red Book: Lessons and Teachings from a Lifetime in Golf by Harvey Penick
#50
Spinoza and Politics (Radical Thinkers) by Etienne Balibar
