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Although it was his fifth book (and fourth novel), 2004's Little Children finally put Tom Perrotta on the map for many critics and readers — and the screenplay adaptation he co-wrote earned him an Oscar nomination. With his terrific new novel, The Abstinence Teacher, Perrotta proves his long-awaited success was no fluke. The story of a beleaguered sex-ed instructor who comes into conflict with her daughter's soccer coach, an evangelical Christian who ignites a powder keg with a public prayer, The Abstinence Teacher is a searingly assured, absorbing novel that manages to be both thrilling and hilarious as it plunges fearlessly into the culture war being waged across our nation. In this Powells.com interview, Perrotta discusses how he researched both sides of the religious divide, why presidential elections have inspired so much of his work, and how writing is like football.

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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of Backlash and Stiffed comes The Terror Dream, an unflinching dissection of the mind of America after 9/11. Faludi's new work shows what that horrific day revealed about us — and offers the opportunity to look at ourselves anew, in a book that Publishers Weekly calls "brilliant, unsentimental, often darkly humorous." Save 30% on The Terror Dream from Powells.com.

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In 1989, Follett astonished the literary world with The Pillars of the Earth, a sweeping epic novel set in 12th-century England that centered on the building of a cathedral and the hundreds of lives it affected. Three years in the writing, and nearly eighteen years since its predecessor, World without End picks up two centuries later, breathing new life into the epic historical novel. "[A]mazingly well-researched, intricately plotted, richly detailed," praises Booklist.

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Arriving on DVD just in time for Halloween, 28 Weeks Later, the terrifying sequel to the hit 28 Days Later takes place in a ravaged London where the military has regained control over the infected zombies. Or has it? Starring Robert Carlisle (Trainspotting), 28 Weeks Later is "a rare example of a horror sequel that is every bit as scary — sometimes even more so — than its predecessor" (IGN.com). Save 30% when you buy 28 Weeks Later from Powells.com — and as always, shipping on all DVDs is free!

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Now in paperback, national bestseller The Ghost Map is a thrilling historical account of the worst cholera outbreak in Victorian London — and a brilliant exploration of how Dr. John Snow's solution revolutionized the way we think about disease, cities, science, and the modern world. "By turns a medical thriller, detective story and paean to city life, Johnson's account of the outbreak and its modern implications is a true page-turner," praises the Washington Post. Save 30% when you order The Ghost Map from Powells.com!

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The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

In the rousingly good ghost story The Thirteenth Tale (last year's surprise bestseller, now in paperback), Diane Setterfield rejuvenates the genre with a closely plotted, clever foray into a world of secrets, confused identities, lies, and half-truths. "A wholly original work told in the vein of all the best gothic classics," praises Booklist. "Lovers of books about book lovers will be enthralled." Summon your copy of The Thirteenth Tale at 30% off the publisher's price.

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Amidst our bounty of October Harlequin bundles, Stephenie Meyer's Eclipse is the perfect eBook for Halloween! The author of the New York Times bestsellers Twilight and New Moon delivers the much-anticipated third novel in her engrossing young adult series. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella Swan once again finds herself surrounded by danger. Download all the thrills in eBook format!

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In The Fires, NPR's All Things Considered book commentator Alan Cheuse offers two finely honed novellas linked so skillfully that they achieve the intensity of a single novel in which two questing souls travel very different landscapes on their ways toward new understandings of love and loss. Publishers Weekly cheers, "Cheuse approaches his subjects from interesting angles, making these novellas of grief strangely compelling."

A. J. Jacobs, author of The Know-It-All, follows up his New York Times-bestselling account of reading the entire Encyclopedia Britannica with another improbable adventure: a year spent living, as literally as possible, by the rules of the Bible. The Year of Living Biblically is a "hilarious, quixotic, thought-provoking memoir" (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

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