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January 01
Selected by Jenn from Los Angeles, California
January 02
Selected by Sam from St. Catharines, Canada
Sam won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
January 03
Selected by Bruce from Fullerton, California
Bruce won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
January 04
Selected by Kris from Vestal, New York
Kris won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
The Darling
by Russell Banks
"The Darling is not an easy story to read, but it's difficult to put down.... [A]n absorbing, deadly serious novel that forces us to face the complexity of saving others. Banks's exploration of international relations is no less compelling than his insight into the private bargains we make and break with those we love and abandon." Ron Charles, The Christian Science Monitor (read more)
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January 05
Selected by Kirk from Tigard, Oregon
Kirk won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
The World: Travels 1950-2000
by Jan Morris
"Travel writing by itself is not a legitimate calling. It is merely a mechanism for exploring history, politics, art, and other matters. Jan Morris's deft, shorthand descriptions work so magnificently because of the historical erudition she brings along with her on her travels. Few other voices communicate so quickly and easily the horrors, contradictions, anxieties, beauty, and hope that was the latter half of the twentieth Century." Robert D. Kaplan (read more)
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January 06
Selected by Sebastien from Orleans, Ontario
Sebastien won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
The Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Sebastien's comments:
"Sometimes, you are lucky enough to find that rare book that hits you on so many level. Shadow of the Wind is probably the best book I've read all year. This one has it all: dark suspense, horrifying elements, a very powerful and touching love story. Shadow of the Wind is a classic in the making it is completely original and different from anything you've read before. Truly a book lover's treasure chest." (read more)
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January 07
Selected by Pam from Oak Creek, Wisconsin
Pam won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
January 08
Selected by Charles from State College, Pennsylvania
Snow
by Orhan Pamuk
"[T]he political novel makes a triumphant return.... As if Nabokov and Rushdie had taken their circus act on the road, or Carlos Fuentes were Anatolian instead of Aztec, or Milan Kundera remembered how to laugh." John Leonard, Harper's Magazine (read more)
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January 09
Selected by Chico from Delta, Canada
Chico won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
January 10
Selected by George from New Orleans, Louisiana
January 11
Selected by Cecile from Boston, Massachusetts
The Divine Husband: A Novel
by Francisco Goldman
"The book has elements of confusion, but it's never dull. Goldman is a maximalist, and his challenging novel of love, migration, class and corruption shows off a gratifying literary dexterity." Los Angeles Times (read more)
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January 12
Selected by Lucia from St. Louis, Missouri
January 13
Selected by Mary from Albany, New York
The Final Solution: A Story of Detection
by Michael Chabon
"[T]he descriptive passages...are exceptional, on par with the best, most tightly written sections of [Kavalier and Clay]. And so Chabon makes good on his claim: a successful detective story need not be lacking in literary merit." Deborah Friedell, The New York Times Book Review (read more)
Your price $2.95
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January 14
Selected by Terri from Shoreview, Minnesota
Terri won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $100.
January 15
Selected by Lauren from Plainview, New York
Lauren won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
Little Children
by Tom Perrotta
Lauren's comments:
"Absorbing and fast paced, as if Desperate Housewives was infused with extraodinary literary merit and brought to life on the page." (read more)
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January 16
Selected by Chiara from Reggio Emilia, Italy
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
by Jared Diamond
"In his Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller 'Guns, Germs, and Steel,' geographer Diamond laid out a grand view of the organic roots of human civilizations in flora, fauna, climate and geology. That vision takes on apocalyptic overtones in this fascinating comparative study of societies that have, sometimes fatally, undermined their own ecological foundations." John Brockman and Katinka Matson, Publishers Weekly (read more)
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January 17
Selected by Lisa from Coatesville, Indiana
Lisa won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
Godless
by Pete Hautman
Lisa's comments:
"I am 36; my daughter is 13. We both loved this book. We live in a small town where there is one school, one grocery store/gas station, and one police officer ? but THREE churches. As someone who was raised by an atheist, I've always wanted my children to explore any interest they may have in any religion, but to be tolerant of the beliefs of others. We felt a special affinity with this book and its exploration of the nature of religion itself." (read more)
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January 18
Selected by Avana from Seattle, Washington
Avana won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro
"With a near stillness, a quiet passivity, Ishiguro's narrator tells the story of her and her two friends' eerie predestined fate; a fate that echoes throughout novels such as The Handmaid's Tale and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. What is revealed here is an important, wistful meditation on life and society. His books are marvels ? astonishing works of art."
Georgie, Powells.com
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January 19
Selected by Nancy from Porltand, Oregon
Nancy won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
The Birth of Venus
by Sarah Dunant
"A beautiful serpent of a novel, seductive and dangerous...full of wise guile, the most brilliant novel yet from a writer of powerful historical imagination and wicked literary gifts. Dunant's snaky tale of art, sex and Florentine hysteria consumes utterly — but the experience is all pleasure." Simon Schama (read more)
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January 20
Selected by Sandy from Seattle, Washington
Sandy won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It
by Jim Wallis
"Long before Democrats and progressives started thinking about the electoral importance of getting right with God ? that is to say, on or about November 3, 2004 ? Jim Wallis was trying to remind liberals of the contributions people of faith have made to the struggles for social justice, civil rights, and peace. This is Wallis at his usual passionate and brilliant self: he's eloquent and intellectually honest, and he will move you to examine your conscience and search your soul." E. J. Dionne, Jr., author of Stand Up, Fight Back
and Why Americans Hate Politics (read more)
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January 21
Selected by Birgit from Portland, Oregon
Birgit won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
January 22
Selected by Gary from Candler, North Carolina
Gary won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Malcolm Gladwell
"Gladwell writes about subtle yet crucial behavioral phenomena with lucidity and contagious enthusiasm.... [His] groundbreaking explication of a key aspect of human nature is enlightening, provocative, and great fun to read." Donna Seaman, Booklist (read more)
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January 23
Selected by Cara from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Cara won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
Bitten: Women of the Otherworld, Book 1
by Kelley Armstrong
Cara's comments:
"While most of the books in this genre feel trite and light weight glorified romance novels at best, this one had depth and strong characters complete with flaws and depths. An incredible experience for people who want more than the average shallow fantasy novel." (read more)
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January 24
Selected by John from Arlington, Virginia
John won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
January 25
Selected by Faith from Seattle, Washington
Faith won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
Bodily Harm
by Margaret Atwood
Faith's comments:
"I thoroughly enjoyed this wonderful novel by the brilliant Margaret Atwood. The story revolves around Rennie, a journalist, who suffers through a mastectomy and a failed relationship. After accepting the offer to do a travel piece in the Caribbean, she is forced to not only deal with her own inner demons, but is thrust into a world of political corruption, and encounters numerous shady characters. Atwood has the power to not only transport the reader to a far away place, but to make me feel as though I were walking in Rennie's shoes." (read more)
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January 26
Selected by Diana from Minneapolis, Minnesota
Diana won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
Auschwitz
by Laurence Rees
"Laurence Rees's compact, devastating new history of the infamous death factory distills a crucial lesson ? perhaps the crucial lesson ? of the 20th century: that the human capacity for mass murder is grotesquely widespread and must be faced squarely if we hope to resist it." Don Von Drehle, The Washington Post (read more)
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January 27
Selected by Kate from Portland, Oregon
Kate won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
by Seamus Heaney
Kate's comments:
"Heaney's choice of vocabulary makes the Dinosaur of Brit Lit an easy and delightful read. Readers begin to understand that Beowulf is truly poetry, not just a hurdle to pass on ones way to Chaucer and Shakespeare."
(read more)
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January 28
Selected by Phil from Chicago, Illinois
Phil won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
January 29
Selected by Catherine from Sacramento, California
Out
by Natsuo Kirino
Catherine's comments:
"There is a good reason this literary mystery has won awards in Japan and America. Read it and see why." (read more)
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January 30
Selected by Kristin from Phoenix, Arizona
January 31
Selected by Kevin from Portland, Oregon
Kevin won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $60.
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