HACKER SAFE certified sites prevent over 99.9% of hacker crime.

DON'T MISS...

BROWSE »

Gift Cards: 11 Different Designs

BESTSELLERS»

Updated Hourly
  1. The Wordy Shipmates Signed by Sarah Vowell
  2. Indiespensable Subscription
  3. The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell
  4. The Rest Is Noise by Alex Ross
  5. The New Best Recipe by Cooks Illustrated

NEW ARRIVALS

Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure [Title Page Only] Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure [Title Page Only]
by Michael Chabon (trade paper)

SIGNED EDITIONS»

signed editions! Hundreds of authors visit Powell's stores every year. Now you can preorder signed copies from virtually every author that comes to visit!

REVIEW-A-DAY»

How Fiction Works How Fiction Works by James Wood reviewed by The Virginia Quarterly Review.


PowellsBooks.BLOGPowellsBooks.BLOG

Tavis:
Read It Before They Screen It: Jonah Hex, W., and The Fantastic Mr. Fox (0 comments)
Jonah Hex — the disfigured "thinking man's killer" who made his first appearance in...
Brockman:
Book News for Friday, October 10, 2008 (4 comments)
Thomas Kostigen:
How To Redirect Your Butterfly Effect On The Planet (0 comments)

ENTER to WIN $250 in BOOKS!

Just try one or more of our free newsletters.
Email:
Select from the following:
PB.news Kids' Books Technica
Local Events Daily Dose Specials
Review-a-Day    
Read about our privacy policy here.

RECOMMENDED READING

DAILY DOSE»

The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion Michaeleen from Tucson, Arizona, picks The King Arthur Flour Baker's Companion by King Arthur Flour. Congratulations, Michaeleen, for claiming your $40 gift certificate!

STAFF PICKS»

A Lifetime of Secrets: A Postsecret Book Who doesn't love that feeling of looking through someone else's mail without the risk of getting caught? Here, Warren presents another collection of intimate confessions, shared...

HOSTED BOOKSHELVES»

Hey Mr. Green: Sierra Magazine's Answer Guy Tackles Your Toughest Green Living Questions Sierra recommends Hey Mr. Green: Sierra Magazine's Answer Guy Tackles Your Toughest Green Living Questions by Bob Schildgen

FROM THE AUTHORS

Out of the Book Films

INTERVIEWS»

Iain Banks Iain Banks talks about death, music, writing, and The Crow Road, his bestselling novel which has just been released in the United States.

Q&As»

Dave Zirin Save 30% on A People's History of Sports in the United States, a rollicking, rebellious, myth-busting history of sports in America.

ORIGINAL ESSAYS»

Kathleen Kent Save 30% on The Heretic's Daughter, Kathleen Kent's novel of the Salem witch trials that is a "fresh, bracing and unconventional take" (Publishers Weekly).

IN THE STORES

Sell Us Your Books Online!

CALENDAR OF EVENTS»

10.13: David Macaulay
 10.13: Thea Hillman & Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
 10.13: Mason-Dixon Knitting Outside the Lines
 10.14: Sarah Vowell
 10.14: Science Fiction Book Group
10.14: Tango: An Argentine Love Story
 10.15: CFI/Freethinkers Book Club
 10.15: Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go
 10.15: Betty Fussell
10.16: R. A. & Geno Salvatore

RECENTLY ARRIVED USED BOOKS»

Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (59 Edition)
Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (59 Edition) by Erving Goffman
$8.00 (List: $13.95)
Add to Cart | Trade Paper

More recently arrived used books in Sociology


The Tokyo Look Book
The Tokyo Look Book by Philomena Keet and Yuri Manabe
$20.50 (List: $29.95)
Add to Cart | Trade Paper

More recently arrived used books in Beauty and Fashion