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November 01
Selected by Gerald from Plymouth, Massachusetts
Disgrace
by J. M. Coetzee
"Compulsively readable....A novel that not only works its spell but makes it impossible for us to lay it aside once we've finished reading it....Coetzee's sentences are coiled springs, and the energy they release would take other writers pages to summon." The New Yorker (read more)
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November 02
Selected by Raymond from Los Angeles, California
Raymond won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $80.
November 03
Selected by Stella from Missoula, Montana
Stella won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
Vernon God Little
by DBC Pierre
"[S]tartling and excellent....Like the best satires, it makes you feel faintly guilty for laughing, which intensifies the pleasure of reading. It also keeps you hooked....Vernon himself is a brilliant comic creation..." Carrie O'Grady, The Guardian (UK) (read more)
Your price $4.95
Used - Hardcover
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November 04
Selected by Don from Olympia, Washington
Don won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
November 05
Selected by Debbie from Hayward, California
Debbie won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
November 06
Selected by Tonya from Detroit, Michigan
November 07
Selected by Kristin from Vancouver, Washington
Kristin won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
November 08
Selected by Laura from Ewa Beach, Hawaii
Laura won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
November 09
Selected by Pete from Joliet, Illinois
Pete won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
November 10
Selected by Mark from Seattle, Washington
November 11
Selected by Claire from Montreal, Quebec
November 12
Selected by Deborah from Newport News, Virginia
Deborah won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $60.
City of Light
by Lauren Belfer
"Lauren Belfer's impressive debut, City of Light, is a stereopticon of a novel, sepia-tinged at the edges yet bursting with color at its center....What matters...is the vivid sense of the time and place that Ms. Belfer has created." Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times (read more)
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November 13
Selected by Amy from Venice, California
Amy won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
November 14
Selected by James from Portland, Maine
The Night Country
by Stewart O'Nan
"In The Night Country, Stewart O'Nan has concocted a twisted, mischievous little tale of the hereafter, told with his signature unlikely mix of meticulousness and brio. He is without question one of the strongest writers of our generation." Jennifer Egan, author of Look At Me (read more)
Your price $6.50
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November 15
Selected by Bobbo from Wichita, Kansas
Bobbo won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
The End of History and the Last Man
by Francis Fukuyama
Bobbo's comments:
"This guy is a genius. Don't let the title fool you. Fukuyama is a political scientist who explains how political systems evolve, inevitably and inexorably, because human beings have innate needs to be free, recognized, and respected. For example, with respect to Islamic cultures, not recognizing or respecting them won't work." (read more)
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November 16
Selected by Sharon from Eau Claire, Wisconsin
November 17
Selected by Al from Burbank, California
Al won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
November 18
Selected by Joann from San Bernardino, California
November 19
Selected by Helen from Las Vegas, Nevada
Helen won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
November 20
Selected by Wendy from Omaha, Nebraska
Saul and Patsy
by Charles Baxter
"[E]erily beautiful....Saul and Patsy is not an eventful novel....But to [hurry through the doldrums] would rob this book of its exquisite quietude, its pitch-perfect rendition of the menace that is part of any domestic space." John Freeman, Minneapolis Star Tribune (read more)
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November 21
Selected by Marcia from Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ty's Tricks
by Ty Pennington
Marcia's comments:
"This book is not only fun to read and genuinely helpful, it's also easy on the eyes, if you know what I mean." (read more)
Your price $2.50
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November 22
Selected by Gail from Bages, France
Any Human Heart
by William Boyd
Gail's comments:
"William Boyd has created once again a real flesh and blood character, warts and all as they say. We are invited into his inner life and understand perfectly why he makes the mistakes he makes. We are as forgiving with him as we are with ourselves. That's just how perfectly this book is written. Highly recommended." (read more)
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November 23
Selected by Leonard from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 24
Selected by Julia from Cleveland, Ohio
The Stuff of Life: A Daughter's Memoir
by Karen Karbo
"With generous honesty, Karbo describes nuanced moments of nearly excruciating tenderness, embarrassment, frustration, and love, balanced with passages of often side-splitting humor. A compulsively readable memoir about family and the writing life that will appeal to Anne Lamott fans." Gillian Engberg, Booklist (read more)
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Used - Hardcover
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November 25
Selected by Wendy from Hillsboro, Oregon
Wendy won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $120.
Dove
by Robin Lee Graham
Wendy's comments:
"If you love true adventure stories and the sea you will have a hard time putting this book down. I have the utmost admiration for Mr. Graham, who was only 16 when he sailed around the world back in 1965. I work in a high school library and one of our English classes is required to read this. Now I know why: Students love it." (read more)
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November 26
Selected by Zach from Brunswick, Missouri
Zach won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
Box Man (74 Edition)
by Kobo Abe
Zach's comments:
"a very original story of a man who pushes away his conventional life to literally live inside of a cardboard box. Frightening and hilarious." (read more)
Your price $8.00
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November 27
Selected by Fran from Monterey, California
Fran won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
November 28
Selected by Susan from Bainbridge Island, Washington
Middlemarch (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
by George Eliot
"[George Eliot] was one of the first English novelists to discover that men and women think as well as feel, and the discovery was of great artistic moment. Briefly, it meant that the novel ceased to be solely a love story, an autobiography, or a story of adventure. It became, as it had already become with the Russians, of much wider scope." Virginia Woolf (read more)
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November 29
Selected by Randy from Houston, Texas
America 24/7
by Rick Smolan and David Eliot Cohen
"From Botox parties to high school proms, from political protesters to marching bands, the images run the gamut of the American experience." USA Today (read more)
Your price $8.50
Used - Hardcover
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November 30
Selected by Joe from Vancouver, Washington
Joe won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $60.
Pompeii
by Robert Harris
"[A] stirring and absorbing novel...The final 100 pages are terrific, as good as anything Harris has done; and the last, teasing paragraph, done with the lightest of touches, is masterly." The Sunday Telegraph (read more)
Your price $16.50
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