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At Large and at Small
by Anne Fadiman
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FEATURED INTERVIEW
 Anne Fadiman, author of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down and Ex Libris, turns her hand in her newest collection to the familiar essay, a form in which she excels. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly calls At Large and at Small "a perfectly faceted little gem," and Booklist raves, "A master of the tangential, a close observer, and a lover of language, Fadiman is blithely brilliant in her pursuit of beauty and meaning as she wrestles with questions of life, death, and rebirth." Before her reading at Powell's City of Books, Anne Fadiman stopped by our offices to discuss familiar essays, poetry, the collecting spirit, and balancing narcissism and curiosity.
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HARDCOVER
In New England White, the eagerly awaited, electrifying new novel from the author of The Emperor of Ocean Park, a murder begins to crack the veneer that has hidden the racial complications of a New England university town, revealing dark secrets underneath. "[An] irresistible — and highly intelligent — thriller," praises Kirkus Reviews.
Acclaimed comic book writer Mike Carey (Hellblazer, Lucifer) makes his fiction debut with The Devil You Know, the story of Felix Castor, a freelance exorcist who takes a seemingly straightforward job that rapidly turns into a "who can kill Castor first" competition with demons, were-beings, and ghosts all keen to claim the big prize. Publishers Weekly calls it "ingeniously multilayered.... Castor's wisecracking cleverness in the face of weird nemeses makes him the perfect hardboiled hero for a new supernatural noir series."
In the high-stakes thriller Breach, based on real events, a young FBI employee (Ryan Phillippe) is assigned to spy on his boss (Academy Award winner Chris Cooper), who's suspected of treason. The ensuing cat-and-mouse struggle ranks with the best conspiracy thrillers of the '70s, resulting in "a crackling tale of real-life espionage that doubles as a compelling psychological drama" (Los Angeles Times). As always, all DVDs ship free of charge.
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PAPERBACK
For the first time in the two hundred years since Lewis and Clark led their expedition from St. Louis to the Pacific, we hear the other side of the story — as we listen to nine descendants of the Indians whose homelands were traversed. Seen through the eyes of Native American writers, historians, and tribal leaders of today, Lewis and Clark through Indian Eyes is a thoughtful, provocative exploration of history.
Following his phenomenal debut novel, The Dante Club, Matthew Pearl has once again crossed pitch-perfect literary history with innovative mystery in The Poe Shadow, now in paperback — a beautifully detailed, ingeniously plotted tale of suspense that opens a new window on the truth behind the still-unsolved demise of Edgar Allan Poe. "[A] taut story line that delivers entertainment as well as insight," hails the Rocky Mountain News.
A breathless, gripping read from beginning to end, Chris Mooney's The Missing is an unforgettable story about a courageous woman whose past has literally come back to haunt her. Told with tremendous style at a breakneck pace, this is thriller writing at its best. "Scary story. Scary talent. I love this book," raves Lee Child, bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series.
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Kristin Hersh, lead singer of Throwing Muses and 50FootWave, blogs for Powells.com periodically — and her blogs are always a welcome surprise. She resurfaced on the blog last week with this amazing post:
My best friend in college was the movie actress Betty Hutton. She was too old to be in college and I was too young; this was all we really had in common, if you can call it that. Though she did like the fact that I was in a band.
"C'mon, Krissy," she'd say, patting the seat next to her in the student lounge, "sit down! Let's talk show biz!"
I had never heard of Betty Hutton, never seen any of her movies, and, frankly wondered if her Hollywood star persona wasn't invented. She was awfully... eccentric, to say the least. A gigantic woman who made herself seem even bigger by wearing rhinestone-studded turquoise cowboy boots and combing her white hair straight up, she smoked menthol cigarettes.
"Minty," I commented one afternoon.
"I don't like minty cigarettes," she said, "but I'm trying to quit chewing gum."
Read the rest of Kristin's post here and visit the Powells.com blog every day for book reviews, guest bloggers, Brockman's Book News, and more!
SARAH SUSANKA: ORIGINAL ESSAY
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The Not-So-Big Life: Making Room for What Really Matters
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SEAN KINGSLEY: ORIGINAL ESSAY
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God's Gold: A Quest for the Lost Temple Treasures of Jerusalem
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VICTORIA ZACKHEIM: ORIGINAL ESSAY
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The Other Woman
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JERRY STAHL: INK Q&A
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Love Without: Stories
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LAUREN KESSLER: GUEST BLOGGER
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Dancing with Rose: Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's
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KAREN ABBOTT: GUEST BLOGGER
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Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul
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| We welcome Bitch magazine as our guest for July. | Adventures from the rare book world. |
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1. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Literature)
2. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Travel Writing)
3. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver and Camille Kingsolver and Steven L. Hopp (Literature)
4. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Literature)
5. The Road by Cormac McCarthy (Literature)
6. The Assault on Reason by Al Gore (Politics)
7. The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud (Literature)
8. God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens (Philosophy)
9. Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky (Literature)
10. The Zinester's Guide to Portland (2007) by Shawn Granton and Nate Beaty (Small Press)
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JULY 20: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Party
JULY 24: Richard K. Morgan
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"You can't just take off like that," Bear warns him on their way back to the house. Clearly, Chester feels horrible for the trouble he's caused. Maybe not sorry yet, but horrible, sure.
"They'll lock you up," Oreo warns.
Later, the cats will regale friends with tales of Chester's escape and the search that followed — nearly two hours it took to find him, and then only thanks to their network of neighborhood pets. It's the summer's first truly memorable adventure. And what's summer without those? But they won't admit as much to the new dog.
At least not until they get some dirt about this Golden Retriever. She's cute, but c'mon — twenty blocks at a sprint?!
Fup reminds Chester, "They could do worse than lock you up," but Chester returns only a quizzical stare. "They could send you back to the pound."
Chester stops in his tracks. "Have they ever done that?"
"There's no rule against starting now."
Send questions, comments, suggestions, and your best guesses for which characters won't survive the final Harry Potter book to newsletter@powells.com. Show us how prescient you are, oh mighty soothsayers!
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