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December 01
Selected by Trevin from Arlington, Virginia
Trevin won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $60.
Anonymous Rex
by Eric Garcia
Trevin's comments:
"Want a hard boiled mystery novel with a twist? Try out Eric Garcia's wonderful series of books, starting with Anonymous Rex, the story of a hardboiled detective who just also happens to be a raptor (as in dinosaur) in disguise. Filled with excellent satire, lots of humor, and a pretty good detective story to boot." (read more)
Your price $5.95
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December 02
Selected by Sylvia from Brooklyn, New York
Sylvia won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
West of Then: A Mother, a Daughter, and a Journey Past Paradise
by Tara Bray Smith
Sylvia's comments:
"West of Then is a memoir about growing up in Hawaii with a mother who's addicted to heroin, about the author losing her mother at seven when her father gains custody, and about trying to find her mother again as an adult. It's NEVER overwritten or melodramatic or sentimental; the writing is exquisite throughout. It's the most powerful story about human beings I've read in years." (read more)
Your price $6.50
Used - Hardcover
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December 03
Selected by Ron from San Jose, California
Ron won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
Any Human Heart
by William Boyd
"Boyd has named his book Any Human Heart, but Mountstuart is not exactly Everyman: he is far more generous, forgiving, and free than most of us. He is also more amusing, and more amused by life; he makes an extremely attractive central character. Boyd is one of the most skillful and appealing writers at work today, endowed with both a great natural vitality and an increasingly sophisticated humanism." Brooke Allen, The Atlantic Monthly (read more)
Your price $3.95
Used - Trade Paper
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December 04
Selected by A. from Seattle, Washington
A. won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
December 05
Selected by Tom from Alexandria, Virginia
Black Dahlia Avenger: A Genius for Murder
by Steve Hodel
"Don't pick up this book for the jazzy rage of James Ellroy or the melancholy atmospherics of Raymond Chandler. At the same time, you'll be too busy clinging to the narrative to complain about the prose." David Thomson, The New York Times Book Review (read more)
Your price $7.50
Used - Trade Paper
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December 06
Selected by Jean from Portland, Oregon
December 07
Selected by Becky from Dixon, Illinois
Becky won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $60.
December 08
Selected by Nadja Dee from Lynnwood, Washington
Nadja Dee won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
December 09
Selected by Victoria from Marblehead, Massachusetts
Victoria won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
Citizen Girl: A Novel
by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
Victoria's comments:
"In a world where a college education qualifies you to make copies and coffee, Citizen Girl stands up to evil bosses everywhere. In the same style as their earlier Nanny Diaries, McLaughlin and Kraus are witty and smart, and say exactly what they should ? even if it gets Citizen Girl fired." (read more)
Your price $1.95
Used - Hardcover
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December 10
Selected by Rob from La Canada, California
Rob won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship
by Jon Meacham
"This is at once an important, insightful, and highly entertaining portrait of two men at the peak of their powers who, through their genius, common will, and uncommon friendship, saved the world. Jon Meacham?s Franklin and Winston takes its place in the front ranks of all that has been written about these two great men." Tom Brokaw, author of The Greatest Generation (read more)
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December 11
Selected by Wanda from Southern Pines, United States
Wanda won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
War Trash
by Ha Jin
"Ha Jin is one of the finest writers in America: subtle, huge-hearted, possessed of an utterly original, mind-altering vision of the world, and an exquisite, disciplined style. His work never fails to thrill me, and expand my ideas about life, and about the transformative powers of fiction." George Saunders (read more)
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Used - Hardcover
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December 12
Selected by Tom from Alexandria, Virginia
The Radioactive Boy Scout: The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard Nuclear Reactor
by Ken Silverstein
"These days, the phrase 'nuclear ambitions' is applied ominously to countries or heads of state. Yet it aptly describes an ordinary teenager in suburban Detroit named David Hahn. His experience is a frightening indication of how easily dangerous materials can be acquired -- and hidden.... The personal tragedy here sounds as disturbing as the potential public disaster." Tim Rauschenberger, The Christian Science Monitor (read more)
Your price $6.50
Used - Hardcover
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December 13
Selected by Robert from Pasco, Washington
Robert won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
The World According to Garp
by John Irving
"Nothing in contemporary fiction matches it.... Irving's blend of gravity and play is unique, audacious, almost blasphemous.... Brilliant, funny, and consistently wise; a work of vast talent." The New Republic (read more)
Your price $8.50
Used - Trade Paper
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December 14
Selected by Shirley from Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
Shirley won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
December 15
Selected by Robert from Pasco, Washington
Robert won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
Independence Day
by Richard Ford
"With a mastery second to none, Richard Ford has created, and continues to develop in Independence Day, a character we know as well as we know our next-door neighbors. Frank Bascombe has earned himself a place beside Willy Loman and Harry Angstrom in our literary landscape, but he has done so with a wry wit and a fin de siecle wisdom that is very much his own." Charles Johnson, New York Times Book Review (read more)
Your price $4.95
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December 16
Selected by Edwin from Reno, Nevada
Edwin won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
December 17
Selected by Joel from Santa Fe, New Mexico
December 18
Selected by Terry from Lansdale, Pennsylvania
Terry won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
A Tale of Love and Darkness
by Amos Oz
"Like his fiction, it's full of humour and lovely writing.... [T]he main story [is] of Amos and his parents. And here, though humour still touches everything, the darkness of the title prevails.... A Tale of Love and Darkness is an important book for students of Amos Oz, and a fascinating one in general." Carole Angier, Literary Review (read more)
Your price $10.95
Used - Hardcover
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December 19
Selected by Jill from Mobile, Alabama
December 20
Selected by Jonathan from Indianapolis, Indiana
December 21
Selected by Benjamin from San Francisco, California
Benjamin won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $60.
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
by Z. Z. Packer
I read this whole collection more or less by accident, as I originally only intended on browsing the book. ZZ Packer's style is well-crafted, her writing flawless; and the stories are vivid, almost like stored memories you're only now recalling. It's a damn fine debut. Aubrey, Powells.com (read more)
Your price $3.95
Used - Trade Paper
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December 22
Selected by Cloe from Vancouver, British Columbia
Zappa: A Biography
by Barry Miles
"Despite sometimes tendentious overstatements, the book does indeed establish that Zappa, through his genre-shattering experiments, technical virtuosity and staggering productivity, deserves to be considered a central figure of late-20th-century American culture." Camille Paglia, The New York Times Book Review (read more)
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December 23
Selected by Vicky from Caseyville, United States
Vicky won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
The Polar Express
by Chris Van Allsburg
"Could a bookseller's favorite book really be a children's Christmas picture book? I am often asked to name my favorite book — an impossible question to answer, really — and I find myself mentioning 'The Polar Express' time and again (not without a small amount of embarrassment — aren't I supposed to come up something just a bit more erudite?). The Polar Express does exactly what every good book should do — it draws you in from the very first, pulls you along, and leaves you sad to turn the final page. But it will also give you a renewed appreciation for the importance of wonder and magic in our daily world. Chris Van Allsburg's mysterious yet enchanting illustrations will captivate you — with each reading I find myself poring over every page, exploring newfound details." Emily, Powells.com (read more)
Your price $1.00
Used - Hardcover
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December 24
Selected by Melissa from Ashland, Oregon
December 25
Selected by Anya from New Haven, Connecticut
Anya won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
Liquidation
"Not since Kafka or Beckett — both clear influences — has a writer packed so much metaphysics into so tight a space. At times almost playful, at times harrowing, the novel weaves multiple voices and textures into a meditation on reading and writing, activities here inseparable from life itself." Ruth Franklin, The New York Times Book Review (read more)
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December 26
Selected by A. V. from Seattle, Washington
A. V. won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
Tallulah!: The Life and Times of a Leading Lady
by Joel Lobenthal
"The word 'legend' gets tossed around so lightly these days that it's a treat to bite into the life of a real legend, Tallulah Bankhead, a sacred monster and scandalizer who tore down the curtain between onstage and off. Idol of drag queens, first countess of Camp, sexual devourer of men and women alike, she drags her mink coat through the pages of Joel Lobenthal's biography with the bravura that made her a star. It's all here, the extravagant highs and the lonesome lows. Tallulah! earns its exclamation mark." James Wolcott (read more)
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December 27
Selected by Don from Olympia, Washington
Old School
by Tobias Wolff
"Reading this novel a few more times than I really had to, I've come to admire all the more the artful, understated play of cruelty as a binding element of the plot....The bygone time feels Roman, both proud and untrustworthy." Chicago Tribune (read more)
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December 28
Selected by David from Boise, Idaho
Night
by Elie Wiesel
"The book that always makes me weep is Night by Elie Wiesel, because it brings up emotions of sorrow, horror and anger. And the book that unfailingly cheers me up is also Night by Elie Wiesel, because it shows me that there is never an excuse for not trying to overcome evil, and that there is no situation from which we cannot emerge with a determination to be productive." Alan M. Dershowitz, Washington Post Book World (read more)
Your price $2.95
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December 29
Selected by Nadja from Lynnwood, Washington
Johnny Got His Gun
by Dalton Trumbo
"Johnny Got His Gun is not merely a powerful antiwar document; it is also a powerful and brilliant work of the imagination... Mr. Trumbo has written a book that can never be forgotten by anyone who reads it." Saturday Review (read more)
Your price $17.25
New - Trade Paper
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December 30
Selected by Joel from San Francisco, California
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
by Richard Dawkins
"The book's accessibility is crucial to its success, helping to convince readers that, given a time span of millions of years, unlikely events, like animals passing from one continent to another, become practically inevitable. This clever approach to our extended family tree should prove a natural hit with science readers." Publishers Weekly (read more)
Your price $10.95
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December 31
Selected by Kirk from Tigard, Oregon
Kirk won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $100.
A Complicated Kindness
by Miriam Toews
Sharp and often howlingly funny ? but insistently generous -- A Complicated Kindness introduces sixteen-year-old Nomi Nickel, straining under the pressure of family, boys, and authority, common enough conflicts drawn here in extravagant, heartrending detail. Dave, Powells.com (read more)
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