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Original Essays | June 22, 2009
By Bethany Moreton
"In the 'culture wars' narrative of the Republican ascendancy, this slippage represents the greatest con in recent history: while you rush to defend marriage or protect the unborn, please pay no attention to the financier behind the curtain."
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 "I wish it were longer," Terry Pluto marveled in the Washington Post. Meanwhile, Library Journal praised Deford's "richly textured understanding of baseball and, no less, of estrangement, ambition, mendacity, and the search for one's destiny." And Sports Illustrated assured its readers that Frank Deford's new novel is "more than a terrific baseball book. It's a terrific book, period." Order signed editions of The Entitled while they last.
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FEATURED INTERVIEW
 GQ has called Frank Deford "the world's greatest sportswriter," which just about says it all. Six times, he's been voted Sportswriter of the Year by his peers. He has won an Emmy, a Peabody Award, a National Magazine Award — and the list goes on. Every week, his voice can be heard on National Public Radio. And yet, can you think of Deford without imagining his dapper clothes and suave mustache? At Powell's to introduce a great new novel, The Entitled, one of America's most celebrated journalists reflected upon Red Auerbach's earth tones, Red Barber's writing, Red Sox slugger Tony Conigliaro's truncated career, and plenty of non-Red-related subjects, in addition.
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 Shadow of the Silk Road by Colin Thubron
Shadow of the Silk Road records a journey along the greatest land route on earth. Acclaimed travel writer Colin Thubron follows the fabled route that connected central China with the Mediterranean Coast, passing through several former Soviet republics, as well as trouble spots in Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey, and explores its colorful history in this "illuminating account of a breathtaking journey" (Booklist).
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 The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke
Acclaimed author James Lee Burke's The Tin Roof Blowdown is set in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, as lawman Dave Robicheaux attempts to hunt down two serial rapists, a morphine-addicted priest, and a vigilante who may be more dangerous than the criminals looting the city, while wading through the devastating aftermath of a storm with greater impact than the bomb that struck Hiroshima. Booklist calls The Tin Roof Blowdown a kind of perfect storm brought together by the confluence of fictional and nonfictional realms."
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 Extras: Complete Second Season
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, creators of the original U.K. The Office, are back with season two of their latest hilarious series, Extras. What happens when an unknown actor who can't catch a break actually catches one? For Andy Millman (Gervais), who's just broken through with a TV sitcom, celebrity doesn't necessarily mean happiness — it just means your follies and faux pas get that much more attention. Get the second season of Extras, complete with outtakes and extra features — and remember, shipping on all DVDs is free at Powells.com!
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PAPERBACK
 Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace
Now in paperback, Consider the Lobster is the brilliant and hilarious new collection of essays from David Foster Wallace, the award-winning author of the bestselling Infinite Jest. Powell's own Dave Weich calls Wallace "arguably the most accessible, intelligent, versatile writer working today," while Kirkus Reviews calls Lobster savory, hard-thinking, wildly imaginative."
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 The Whole World Over by Julia Glass
The bestselling author of Three Junes returns with The Whole World Over, now in paperback, a rich and commanding story about the accidents, both grand and small, that determine our choices in love and marriage. The Oregonian calls it "a wise book, with breadth as well as depth."
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 A Dangerous Man by Candace Camp
In Candace Camp's A Dangerous Man, Eleanor Scarborough, dubbed "the bossy American" by most of London society, has been appointed trustee of her late husband's estate. Convinced that the young widow is nothing but a manipulative beauty, Lord Anthony Neale is wary of Eleanor, but he can't help but be drawn to her. "Four stars!" hails the Romantic Times. For a limited time, save 40% on A Dangerous Man, and on other featured titles in our special selection from Harlequin!
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9:31 pm, July 20, 2007:
Yes, this is how I spend my Friday nights. And why not? I'm not ashamed.
I'm at the flagship Powell's store, the City of Books in drizzly downtown Portland (yes, even in late July — it's Oregon, people) for the release of the final Harry Potter book. This promises to be the biggest — and last — event of its kind in the bookselling world.
The line started last night, when a couple of people asked to camp out in front of the store; they even brought tents, this being Oregon, and Oregon being what it is (yes, even in late July). By now there are TONS of people, many in costume, all awaiting the moment "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" finally goes on sale at 12:01 a.m. tonight.
I will bring you updates the whole time.
En route to the store I passed the park blocks and got my first glimpses of Harry Potter-mania: a group of enthusiasts in costume performing what I can only imagine are authentic medieval folk dances. Because what else could they possibly be?
Coming up the street I encountered a six-and-a-half-foot-tall witch who was retrieving blankets from the car for her kids. They'd been waiting all day.
Why she didn't just cast a warmth spell, I suppose muggles like myself aren't supposed to understand....
Click here to read more about Friday's Harry Potter festivities.
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The twelve stories in Kate Blackwell's debut collection, You Won't Remember This, illuminate the lives of men and women who appear as unremarkable as your next-door neighbor until their stories explode quietly on the page. Read our INK Q&A with Kate Blackwell and get You Won't Remember This at an unforgettable 30% off the publisher's price! |
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Dogs and car windows: what gives? Four cats occupy the rear of the station wagon, conjecturing. Chester and Zooey share the middle bench seat behind driver and passenger, one to a side.
"It's an olfactory frenzy," Bear wagers. "Complete immersion. Like IMAX, but for noses."
The dogs are in heaven; that much is clear.
"Explain the appeal," Fup shouts over the seat-back. The dogs only gulp more air.
Bagheera confides, "We should be so content. Look at them."
"There's a wide world beyond our sense of smell," Bear offers. "Scents we can't begin to imagine."
Oreo agrees. "Like when people say this or that tastes like chicken, because really their palates can't tell the difference? That's what I think sometimes about my nose. Everything smells like chicken, which is to say that nothing smells like anything."
Silence. Reflection. Zooey's ears flap in the wind.
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