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January 01
Selected by Adrea from Monterey, California
Adrea won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
January 02
Selected by Tami from Battle Ground, Washington
How to Be Good
by Nick Hornby
"A bitingly clever novel of ideas, on a subject almost no one else has written about....How to Be Good leaves you not knowing whether to laugh or cry...[a] profound, worrying, hilarious, sophisticated, compulsive novel."
The Sunday Times (London) (read more)
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January 03
Selected by Joe from Tucson, Arizona
Joe won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
January 04
Selected by Louis from Brooklyn, New York
The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil
by George Saunders
The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil has garnered many a comparison to Animal Farm. Fair enough: they're both novella-length, political fables written by men named George. But Saunders is so much funnier ? and more playful. If you haven't read his work, here's a perfect place to start.
Dave, Powells.com (read more)
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January 05
Selected by Michael from Seattle, Washington
January 06
Selected by Anna from Morley, Michigan
Anna won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $60.
The Lighthouse: An Adam Dalgliesh Mystery
by P. D. James
When one of the distinguished visitors to Combe Island is bizarrely murdered, Commander Adam Dalgliesh is called in. Hardly has his team begun to unravel the complicated motives of the suspects than there is a second brutal killing, and Dalgliesh faces a danger more insidious than murder. (read more)
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January 07
Selected by Bonnie from Sarasota, Florida
January 08
Selected by Dennis from Seattle, Washington
Dennis won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
Turtle Moon
by Alice Hoffman
This is Alice Hoffman's "captivating...truly original novel" (Cosmopolitan), the story of a divorced woman, her teenage son, and the events that change their lives.
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January 09
Selected by Caitlin from Oberlin, Ohio
The New Imperialism
by David Harvey
Recent events have placed the question of "American Empire" firmly on the agenda. In this closely argued and clearly written book, David Harvey, one of the leading social theorists of his generation, builds a conceptual framework to expose the underlying forces at work behind these momentous shifts in US policies and politics. The compulsions behind the projection of US power on the world as a "new imperialism" are here, for the first time, laid bare for all to see. (read more)
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January 10
Selected by Andy from Flagstaff, Arizona
House of Leaves: A Novel
by Mark Z. Danielewski
Andy's comments:
"Superbly creepy arthouse horror novel."
A family relocates to a small house on Ash Tree Lane and discovers that the inside of their new home seems to be without boundaries. (read more)
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January 11
Selected by Bill from Eden Prairie, Minnessotta
Bill won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $60.
January 12
Selected by Michael from Charlotte, North Carolina
Michael won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
January 13
Selected by Shawn from Vilseck, Germany
January 14
Selected by Jessica from Eugene, Oregon
Jessica won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
January 15
Selected by Dennis from Seattle, Washington
Dennis won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
Hitler's Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII
by John Cornwell
"Catholic himself, Cornwell was granted access to Vatican and Jesuit archives that had never been viewed by scholars outside of the Church. His intention was to clear Pope Pius XII of the indifference he had purportedly exhibited toward the Holocaust. Instead he found evidence he considered far more incriminating than had previously been known. If Cornwell's charges ? that Pacelli played a strategic role in clearing the path for Hitler's rise to power and, as Pope, was not only indifferent to Hitler's Final Solution but compliant with it ? are true, Hitler's Pope greatly changes the history of World War II as we know it."
Lilus, Powells.com (read more)
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January 16
Selected by Margo from Sacramento, California
Margo won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
England, England
by Julian Barnes
Margo's comments:
"England, England has to be one of Julian Barnes' overlooked gems. A biting commentary on the Disneyland mentality taken to an extreme I hope we never see in our lifetime." (read more)
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January 17
Selected by Marian from Garland, Texas
Marian won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
The Planets
by Dava Sobel
"Using scientific facts and cultural background, Sobel continues in her witty and knowledgeable fashion with this absorbing ode to our solar system. Lyrical and engaging."
Ann, Powells.com
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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 Gail from Vancouver, BC, Canada
January 20
Selected by Michelle from Grand Forks, North Dakota
Michelle won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
The Penelopiad
by Margaret Eleanor Atwood
"Atwood's brilliance emerges in the skillful way she has woven her own research on the anthropological underpinnings of Homer's epic into the patterns of her own stylized version of the poem." Chicago Tribune (read more)
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January 21
Selected by Liz from West Chester, Pennsylvania
Liz won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
January 22
Selected by Marian from Dallas, Texas
Marian won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
January 23
Selected by Chris from Citrus Heights, California
January 24
Selected by R from Wayne, New Jersey
R won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
January 25
Selected by Brian from Ladysmith, British Columbia
Brian won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
Sex, Death, and Fly-Fishing
by John Gierach
Brian's comments:
"A classic collection of freshwater fishing stories to while away the winter doldrums. Mr. Gierach spins a great yarn. Just the thing to while away the time and help you dream of an early spring." (read more)
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January 26
Selected by Elliott from Gastonia, North Carolina
Elliott won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
January 27
Selected by Dianne from Honolulu, Hawaii
Dianne won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
January 28
Selected by Rohini from Milpitas, California
Rohini won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri
"I don't read a lot of lit, because, honestly, I get bored easily; and even though I had a million little things nagging at me to put down this book, I couldn't. So I suppose that's about the best gauge of how good it is. The characters are so real, so human. I want to marry two of them."
Tom, Powells.com (read more)
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January 29
Selected by Brenda from Ayer, Massachussetts
Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities
by Alexandra Robbins
Now in paperback comes the New York Times bestseller that takes readers behind closed doors to see what "really" goes on in America's sororities. The author of Secrets of the Tomb offers a fast-paced...book that blows the lid off the intriguing world of mainstream sorority life. (read more)
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January 30
Selected by April from Fair Oaks, California
April won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $40.
January 31
Selected by Garrett from Albuquerque, New Mexico
Garrett won a Powells.com gift certificate worth $20.
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