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The inimitable Quirke — the irascible, formerly hard-drinking Dublin pathologist — returns in another spellbinding crime novel, in which a young woman's dubious suicide sets off a new string of hazards and deceptions. The Silver Swan fully lives up to the promise of last year's Christine Falls and firmly establishes Benjamin Black (a.k.a. Man Booker Prize-winner John Banville) among the greatest of crime writers.
Hailed by critics as "eloquent, subversive" (Booklist), "dense, dark, impressively controlled" (Kirkus Reviews), and "startling and original" (Entertainment Weekly), Ceridwen Dovey's clever, magnetic debut novel, Blood Kin, will resonate with fans of J. M. Coetzee, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Gabriel García Márquez.
Nominated for two Academy Awards, Into the Wild, Sean Penn's film adaptation of Jon Krakauer's phenomenal bestseller, was one of last year's most acclaimed films. Roger Ebert calls it "a reflective, regretful, serious film about a young man swept away by his uncompromising choices," while Rolling Stone raves, "Into the Wild represents Penn's most assured and affecting work yet as director." Pick up the two-disc collector's edition of Into the Wild — and remember, all DVDs ship for free from Powells.com!
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A polymathic descendant of Borges and Pynchon, Roberto Bolaño traces the hidden connection between literature and violence in a world where national boundaries are fluid and death lurks in the shadow of the avant-garde. Now out in paperback, The Savage Detectives is a dazzling original, the first great Latin American novel of the 21st century.
With "echoes of Of Mice and Men" (The Bookseller), The Motel Life explores the frustrations and failed dreams of two Nevada brothers — on the lam after a hit-and-run accident — who, short on luck and hope, desperately cling to the edge of modern life. With his extraordinary debut, Willy Vlautin "transmits a quiet sense of resilience and hopefulness," praises Publishers Weekly.
New to eBook: The highly anticipated follow-up to the 2,000,000-copy bestselling inspirational book The Power of Now, and the latest selection from Oprah's Book Club, Eckhart Tolle's A New Earth is a profoundly spiritual manifesto for a better way of life and for building a better world.
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Last week's guest blogger, Knockemstiff author Donald Ray Pollock, opened the floor to a conversation that's near and dear to our book-loving hearts.
Here in the next couple of weeks, I'm going to have to start signing some books, something I've never done before (except for a few review copies). Though I was vaguely aware that I would probably be doing this when my book came out, it really didn't concern me until Brenda, the lady at the only bookstore in my town, asked if I would do a "signing" at Book World.
Now I can understand people wanting to have their copies signed because I've been sort of a hit-and-miss collector of signed books myself for the past few years. And now, because I want to do the job "right," I'm going to show my ignorance and ask for advice (yes, I can be a friggin' nut case at times). But I figure if the people who read the blog on Powell's website don't know if there's a "proper" way to sign a book, then probably nobody does.
So what do most people want when they ask a writer to sign his/her book? Do they want them inscribed with something goofy or profound or scandalous? Do they want the typed name marked out under the title page and the name signed underneath it, or just signed right over the type? Do they want the signature dated? Do they like little drawings (God, I hope not, not little drawings, Jesus!)?
I guess what I'm asking, at the risk of sounding repetitive, is this: if you were going out and signing books at a store next week, what approach would you take? Is there a proper way to sign a book that satisfies everyone? Is there something you should never do, something that pisses people off? Maybe use the wrong type of pen? Misspell the person's name? Denounce Bush on the title page?
Comment on this post to let Donald know how you feel! And check out our blog for daily Book News and Review-a-Day, a new guest blogger each week, Tavis's Read It Before They Screen It posts, and more.
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Zooey steals Chester's puzzle toy. Chester steals it back, and this time he carries it straight into the kitchen for safekeeping. Zooey, no surprise, follows.
But Chester won't let Zooey take it again, you can see it in his eyes. He's focused.
Then suddenly: Look, water.
Chester opens his mouth. The toy crashes. Water leaps from the bowl.
Right away Chester's pawing and pawing to scoop the toy out. The original puddle spawns three distinct coves as it spreads across the tile. Zooey is too amused to taunt Chester further.
It takes so little to fluster him.
Oreo hollers: "Use your mouth!"
So Chester does. He plucks the toy and retreats to the corner, dripping all the way.
Lo, the commotion is enough to start Bear talking again. "Fup came back," he reminds everyone. His voice quiets the room. The promise of resolution (or at least an end to this long break in the story) even stops Chester from fretting. But it's as if Bear is reminding himself as much as anyone else when he says it again: "She did come back."
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