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This Moment on Earth, Signed 1st Edition by John Kerry and Teresa Heinz
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FEATURED INTERVIEW
 John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry really need no introduction. The 2004 Democratic Presidential nominee may not be best known for his environmental work, but both he and his wife have been active in the movement for decades. Even if you're well-informed on environmental issues, This Moment on Earth will teach you a thing or two, and give you both hope and positive suggestions for change. Al Gore praises it as "a book that is a profound challenge to all of us but contains...the clear hope that if we can embrace their resourcefulness, determination and essential patriotism we will prevail." |
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Christopher Buckley takes on the plight of aging baby boomers in this Swiftian comedy about generational warfare. "Boomsday chases each laugh with a small shudder," praises Powells.com's Hank. "Read it while it's still fiction!" Save 30% off the cover price now.
The first novel by J.R.R. Tolkien in three decades, The Children of Hurin reunites fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, dragons and Dwarves, Eagles and Orcs. Presented for the first time as a complete, standalone story.
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In the year 2027, eighteen years since the last baby was born, a disillusioned man (Clive Owen) becomes an unlikely champion of the human race when he escorts a young pregnant woman out of the country in Alfonso Cuaron's Oscar-nominated film, Children of Men, co-starring Julianne Moore and Michael Caine and based on the novel by P. D. James.
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In his second short story collection, award-winning writer Josh Goldfaden limns a magical, witty, and touching world of characters whose hidden compulsions and idiosyncrasies reveal their ultimate humanity. "They're some of the best stories I've read in years," promises Powells.com's Jill, "and you'll like them, too." Find out for yourself and get Human Resources for 30% off the cover price.
This week the literary world lost one of its most beloved authors when Kurt Vonnegut died at the age of 84. Rediscover the brilliance of Vonnegut with his final published book, A Man without a Country, a penetrating, introspective, incisive, and laugh-out-loud funny collection of essays featuring one of our great thinkers holding forth on life, art, sex, politics, and the state of America's soul. Save 30% off the publisher's price — and visit our Kurt Vonnegut page for more great books!
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Winner of the Book Sense Book Award for Nonfiction, Nora Ephron's I Feel Bad about My Neck offers a candid, hilarious look at women who are getting older and dealing with the tribulations of maintenance, menopause, empty nests, and life itself. "Crackling sharp," raves the Boston Globe.
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An anonymous source slipped me a transcript of the earlier courtroom proceedings, excerpted below.
OWL: Court will come to order. The prosecution may call its first witness.
RABBIT: Your Honor, I call Tigger to the stand!
[Witness takes the stand. After much bouncing up and down and declaring that taking oaths is what Tiggers do best, witness finally settles down.]
RABBIT: Mr. Tigger, do you recall the defendant signing an exclusive licensing deal with my client, the Walt Disney Company?
TIGGER: Well, I think he did only it's hard to tell 'cause I was standin' on my head 'cause that's what Tiggers do best, but Roo said I said bouncin' on our tails was what Tiggers do best and I said both is what we do best so I showed him by bouncin' on my head—
RABBIT: Your Honor, permission to treat this witness as hostile.
OWL: Granted.
RABBIT: Isn't it true that you and the defendant colluded to deny the Walt Disney Company its inalienable right to make billions of dollars on your likeness without giving you one penny? I WANT THE TRUTH!
TIGGER: [Breaks down crying.] Tiggers can't handle the truth!
RABBIT: I have nothing further, Your Honor.
OWL: Cross?
POOH: Oh, bother. Tigger, do you recall — tiddly pom — I can't even recall what I wanted you to recall. Oh, bother. Defense rests.
I hope to have a full transcript of testimony from Eeyore as soon as it's available.
DAVID SHIPLEY: ORIGINAL ESSAY
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J. PEDER ZANE: ORIGINAL ESSAY
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The Top Ten
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HARLAN COBEN: INK Q&A
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The Woods
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NEIL McMAHON: INK Q&A
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Lone Creek
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LIZZIE POST: GUEST BLOGGER
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How Do You Work This Life Thing?
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MARTHA McPHEE: GUEST BLOGGER
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L'America
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1. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
2. Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky
3. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
4. The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
5. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
6. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
7. Einstein by Walter Isaacson
8. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
9. Flight by Sherman Alexie
10. Grace (Eventually) by Anne Lamott
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APRIL 24: Curtis Sittenfeld
APRIL 25: Anchee Min
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The boys can't believe it. They've come all this way, to a bookstore, to the city. And now Fup, Bear, Oreo, and Bagheera — they're sleeping? All at once?
"Cats don't sleep," the younger sibling declares. Once last year his brother warned him to stay away from the robins in the back yard, lest they bite. He will not be fooled so easily again. Can't he just peek in the back room to see?
"I think it's time for some pizza," their mother suggests. "A slice of pepperoni? How's that sound?"
The older boy announces, "Cats do sleep. I want a cat."
"The cats are sleeping, dear," says his mother.
"Cats don't sleep."
"I want my own cat," the eldest clarifies.
"Birds don't bite."
Cats do sleep, true enough, though not so well when families argue outside their open door.
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