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    Tomato Rhapsody: A Fable of Love, Lust, and Forbidden Fruit

    Adam Schell

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Powell's subscription club delivers the best new books, with special attention to independent publishers. Signed first editions. Inventive, original sets. Exclusive printings.... Every six weeks, another installment to read and admire.
VOLUME 12
Ships July 29
Into the Beautiful North
by Luis Alberto Urrea
(Little, Brown)
Indiespensable, Volume 12
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Subscribers also receive an exclusive, locally produced, autographed chapbook featuring the work of up-and-coming writers

"It only takes a few pages of Luis Alberto Urrea's thoroughly enjoyable Into the Beautiful North to start you wondering whether this book will break or warm your heart....So which is it?...A little of both, of course." Bookpage

Urrea's latest novel is a funny, moving, and gorgeously written tale of a young woman's journey to America, which Booklist calls "an outstanding reading treat."

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  1. "I belong in a field, next to a gate." By Dave  Jun. 26th, 2009

    When I started The Twin something else happened. I sat down and wrote the first sentence. Later that sentence ("I've put Father upstairs.") was praised by all kinds of critics, but it just rolled out. Tick-tick-tick and there it was one morning. Continue

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    Patricia Pritchard on 'How We Assembled Indiespensable #11'
    June 25, 2009

    Thank you for the pure pleasure I receive each time my Indiespensable package arrives. The Twin was such a good read that I went in search of the...

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    Rolvsbakken on 'How We Assembled Indiespensable #11'
    June 17, 2009

    Indiespensable. Still one of the best kept secrets in the book world... but it shouldn't be. If you've bought used modern fiction at our store in...

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    The Twin

    Gerbrand Bakker
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    Sara Gruen
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    Mudbound: A Novel

    Hillary Jordan
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    A Reliable Wife

    Robert Goolrick
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    Going Away Shoes

    Jill McCorkle
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    The End of the World as We Know It: Scenes from a Life

    Robert Goolrick
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    Leo Tolstoy
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    Glen David Gold

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The Twin
The Twin
by Gerbrand Bakker

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The TwinVOLUME 11
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The Twin
by Gerbrand Bakker
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To receive an Archipelago catalog, please email info@archipelagobooks.org.


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A Reliable Wife
A Reliable Wife
by Robert Goolrick

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Shipped May 5, 2009
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A Reliable Wife
by Robert Goolrick

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Sunnyside
Sunnyside
by Glen David Gold

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A Day's PleasureVOLUME 9
Shipped March 18, 2009
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Sunnyside / A Day's Pleasure
by Glen David Gold

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Tinkers
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The Lit-Journal CollectionVOLUME 8
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Tinkers
by Paul Harding

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The Crow Road
by Iain Banks

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The Crow Road
by Iain Banks

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Read the Powells.com interview with Iain Banks

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The Flying Troutmans
The Flying Troutmans
by Miriam Toews

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The Flying Troutmans VOLUME 5
Shipped September 30, 2008
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The Flying Troutmans
by Miriam Toews

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Clown Girl
Clown Girl
by Monica Drake
Clown Girl VOLUME 4
Shipped July 31, 2008
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Clown Girl
by Monica Drake

  • Hardcover special edition
  • Signed by the author

Read the INK Q&A with Monica Drake

Read the original essay by Monica Drake

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The Outlander
The Outlander
by Gil Adamson		 The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
by David Wroblewski
VOLUME 3
Shipped May 30, 2008
Only 500 copies available SOLD OUT!

The Outlander
by Gil Adamson

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
by David Wroblewski

  • Hardcover first editions
  • Signed by the author

Read the Powells.com interview with Adamson and Wroblewski

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Mudbound
Mudbound
by Hillary Jordan
Mudbound VOLUME 2
Shipped April 17, 2008
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Mudbound
by Hillary Jordan
(Algonquin Books)

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Read blog posts by Hillary Jordan

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How the Dead Dream
How the Dead Dream
by Lydia Millet
How the Dead Dream VOLUME 1
Shipped March 5, 2008
Only 200 copies available SOLD OUT!

How the Dead Dream
by Lydia Millet
(Counterpoint Press)

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  • Packaged in a custom, full-cloth slipcase
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Read the Powells.com interview with Lydia Millet

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