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by Ursula K. Le Guin  
Powells.com Staff Pick A living legend who leaps fearlessly across genre boundaries, Ursula Le Guin offers one of her very best novels to date in this retelling of Virgil's The Aeneid, told from a perspective that very often got lost in even the most compelling Greek myths... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your Price $16.80 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies 
by Mary Roach
Powells.com Staff Pick Following her usual template, Mary Roach finds a subject in the scientific community that is equal parts fascinating and scandalous, and writes an extensively researched and thoroughly amusing book about it. Beyond the initial titillation stemming from a... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your Price $17.46 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Jhumpa Lahiri
Powells.com Staff Pick Unaccustomed Earth is in many ways a deeply and authentically sad book. I would not advise reading the stories too quickly; they will each haunt you for days afterward (and, unusually in a collection like this, they are all equally strong). But Lahiri's... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your Price $17.50 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Per Petterson
Powells.com Staff Pick Hailed by critics across the globe, showered with awards, Out Stealing Horses is a book that true lovers of the written word will hold close to their hearts. With its captivating prose and characters who burrow under your skin and refuse to come out, Per... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your Price $9.80 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Paul Hawken
Powells.com Staff Pick Feeling crushed beneath the weight of ominous news, borderline-apocalyptic statistics, and global warming alerts that offer no recourse but panic? Paul Hawken's Blessed Unrest is the book you've been waiting for. Here is a call to arms with concrete... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your Price $11.20 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Sloane Crosley
Powells.com Staff Pick Funny, charming, and self-effacing, Sloane Crosley's essays will resonate with you, whether or not you grew up playing The Oregon Trail on the computer or have ever locked yourself out of your house — twice in the same day. Crosley's voice is... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your Price $10.55 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Stephenie Meyer Publisher Comments The author of the Twilight series of #1 bestsellers delivers her brilliant first novel for adults: a gripping story of love and betrayal in a future with the fate of humanity at stake. Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your Price $18.19 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Graham Roumieu
Powells.com Staff Pick In my many years of gallivanting through the forest with my dear friend Sasquatch, we've often discussed fictional portrayals of him in books and on film. Somehow, these depictions always miss the essential bigfootiness of my huge, hairy companion. But... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $10.50 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Tony Horwitz
Powells.com Staff Pick With the same sly humor and neighborly curiosity he brought to Confederates in the Attic and Blue Latitudes, in A Voyage Long and Strange Tony Horwitz roams the New World, surveying the destinations of history's foremost explorers: Leif Eiriksson... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your Price $19.25 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
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Tuesday May 20, 2008
by Simon Winchester
Powells.com Staff Pick A truly fascinating book. Winchester captures the mood of China during the chaos of WWII and shows just how enormous an endeavor Joseph Needham undertook in writing his scientific history "for an audience already highly prejudiced against China and the... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your Price $19.56 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Leif Enger
Powells.com Staff Pick An enchanting tale of Western life, pre-WWI. Enger spins a quixotic yarn which will touch your heart. The characters are rich; the dialogue is lively. It's a lovely book for a summer's day. Recommended by Beth, Powells.com... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your Price $16.80 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Arthur Herman
Powells.com Staff Pick An ambitious and masterful work of history, Herman's sweeping narrative details the 40-year rivalry between two incredible figures. Recommended by Chandler, Powells.com... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your Price $21.00 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Taras Grescoe Publisher Comments An eye-opening look at aquaculture that does for seafood what Fast Food Nation did for beef. Dividing his sensibilities between Epicureanism and ethics, Taras Grescoe set out on a nine-month, worldwide search for a delicious — and humane —... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your Price $17.49 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by David Gilmour
Powells.com Staff Pick What kind of father would allow his son to drop out of high school as long as the kid agreed to watch three movies of the father's choosing each week? Want to start an interesting conversation about parenting and education? Talk about what Gilmore did... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your Price $15.39 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Tom Rob Smith
Powells.com Staff Pick I stayed up long past my bedtime to get to the end. I get a lot of debut crime/thriller/suspense fiction across my desk, and every book and author is hyped as the next big thing. This is the first one where I think that might be true. Usually, with a... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your Price $17.49 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
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