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December 01
Selected by Jerry from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship
by Jon Meacham
"With its keen, nuanced analysis and sympathetic insight, Meacham's book makes for intense and compelling reading. His achievement is memorable, even considering the innate drama of his topic. His heroes are charismatic giants, paladins in a titanic struggle between good and evil, and masters of the English language and the theatric moment." Daniel Davidson, The Washington Post (read more)
Your price $7.50
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December 02
Selected by Christy from Bozeman, Montana
Christy won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
Eragon (Inheritance Cycle #01)
by Christopher Paolini
Christy's comment:
"An excellent book if you like authors like J.K. Rowling or J.R.R. Tolkien. Even if you're not a teenager, you'll enjoy Eragon, the first in a trilogy by a very talented young author from Livingston, Montana who knows how to tell a great story." (read more)
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December 03
Selected by Sharon from Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Sharon won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
December 04
Selected by Tom from Cleveland, Ohio
December 05
Selected by Linda from Idaho Falls, Idaho
Linda won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
Inkheart
by Cornelia Funke
Linda's comments:
"Even adults will enjoy this imaginative tale about a bookbinder with the ability to read storybook characters to life, and his daughter Meggie, who has inherited this ability." (read more)
Your price $7.95
Used - Hardcover
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December 06
Selected by Bruce from Wichita, Kansas
Bruce won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
The Human Stain
by Philip Roth
Bruce's comments:
"Can professors on our college campuses really be so heartless, mean-spirited, shallow and narcissist? It's a good read. Then you can go out for dinner and catch the movie." (read more)
Your price $1.95
Used - Trade Paper
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December 07
Selected by Lanny from Bryson, Texas
December 08
Selected by Melanie from Manchester, New Hampshire
December 09
Selected by Christopher from New York, New York
Christopher won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $60.
Goya
by Robert Hughes
Christopher's comments:
"Carefully researched, Goya provides new insight into an enigmatic genius." (read more)
Your price $17.95
Used - Hardcover
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December 10
Selected by Joy from Columbus, United States
Joy won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
December 11
Selected by Mary from Memphis, Tennessee
The Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, Art
by Joyce Carol Oates
Mary's comments:
"People seem to either love love love Joyce Carol Oates, or consider her some sort of literary antichrist. I don't have a personal opinion, but as a writer I did find this book helpful, not to mention an enjoyable read." (read more)
Your price $11.50
Used - Hardcover
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December 12
Selected by Donna from Dublin, Texas
Donna won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
December 13
Selected by Albert from Burbank, California
Albert won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
by Walter Isaacson
Albert's comments:
"Isaacson paints a very colorful picture of Franklin but manages not to overdo the fanfest. The coverage on Franklin's early career as printer/writer, his lifelong goal of balancing vice and virtue, is fascinating. Franklin was a true lifelong student." (read more)
Your price $5.50
Used - Book Club Hardcover
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December 14
Selected by Sara from Manila, Philippines
Sara won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
December 15
Selected by Rule from Rosemary Beach, Florida
Bad Blood: A Memoir
by Lorna Sage
Rule's comments:
"A wry and touching coming-of-age-in-the-sixties memoir, beautifully written and never self-serving. A Best Book of 2002 in the New York Times Book Review." (read more)
Your price $3.95
Used - Trade Paper
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December 16
Selected by Jason from St. Paul, Minnesota
Fanny: a Fiction
by Edmund White
"Edmund White's fictional 'memoir'...does many things usually considered unforgivable in a historical novel....Yet Fanny is irresistible because it also has what every novel needs and so few these days possess: an entirely winning character who does all sorts of interesting things." Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com (read more)
Your price $9.95
Used - Hardcover
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December 17
Selected by John from Arlington, Virginia
John won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $60.
December 18
Selected by Don from Centralia, Washington
December 19
Selected by Steve from Las Vegas, Nevada
Steve won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
December 20
Selected by Ani from Sarasota, Florida
What Was She Thinking?: Notes on a Scandal
Ani's comments:
"This remarkable debut recently secured a place for Zoe Heller on the 2003 Man Booker shortlist. A solitary spinster schoolteacher tells the tale of her best friend, a fellow schoolteacher who heedlessly embarks on an affair with one of her high school students. Heller handles this difficult story with dignity and control." (read more)
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December 21
Selected by Judy from Milwaukie, Oregon
December 22
Selected by Evan from Milwaukee, Wisconson
God's Country
by Percival Everett
Evan's comments:
"I was first introduced to Percival Everett through his brilliant, underrated novel Erasure. God's Country is even better."
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Your price $18.25
New - Trade Paper
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December 23
Selected by Susan from Roanoke, Virginia
Susan won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $80.
December 24
Selected by Deborah from Newport News, Virginia
Deborah won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy And Other Stories
by Tim Burton
"[D]evilishly gruesome....[A] charming little book, in the way taxidermy is charming....Open the cover and enter, if you dare, the dark twisted world of Tim Burton. I've been there and I must confess that there is no one like him for the ability to make you laugh in spite of your cringing." Margo MacDonald, SFSite.com (read more)
Your price $8.95
Used - Hardcover
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December 25
Selected by Marcus from Amherst, Massachusetts
The Virgin Suicides
by Jeffrey Eugenides
"Displays a certain brilliance...Eugenides has a voice dreamy with mythology and a point of view carved from the poignancy of adolescence. The resulting sensibility is both elegant and quirky, and it infuses his first novel with a graceful, reasoned confidence....Wistful, gloomy, and chillingly funny at once...A fiercely antipastoral novel ? one with a shocking, elegiac sadness hidden in the eaves." Boston Globe (read more)
Your price $4.50
Used - Trade Paper
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December 26
Selected by Kelly from Arlington, Virginia
Kelly won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
December 27
Selected by Marty from Los Angeles, California
Marty won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
A Map of the World
by Jane Hamilton
Marty's comments:
"A psychological thriller about an ordinary family that's impossible to put down. The pages practically turn themselves. The characters and plot are drawn by a writer with maturity and talent that other writers will recognize and admire." (read more)
Your price $1.25
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December 28
Selected by Kimberly from Colorado Springs, Colorado
Kimberly won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
December 29
Selected by Ann from Williamsburg, Virginia
Ann won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
Yellow Dog
by Martin Amis
"Martin Amis at his best, in all his shifting registers, his drolleries and ferocities, his unsparing comic drive, his aesthetic dawdlings and beguilements, his wry, confident relish of his own astonishing effects." Alan Hollinghurst, The Guardian (U.K.) (read more)
Your price $9.95
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December 30
Selected by Gail from Bakersfield, California
December 31
Selected by Brian from Chicago, Illinois
The Quality of Life Report
by Meghan Daum
Brian's comments:
"Did you receive a book about the Founding Fathers for Christmas when what you really wanted was a hilarious, can't-put-it-down novel? Well, you'll just have to buy it for yourself. Try this one."
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