by Jon Krakauer  
Publisher Comments The extraordinary bestselling true story of a young man's uncompromising pilgrimage that ended in tragedy.... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your Price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
by Bill Bryson Publisher Comments Following an urge to rediscover his youth, Bill Bryson left his native Des Moines, Iowa, in a journey that would take him across 38 states. Lucky for us, he brought a notebook. With a razor wit and a kind heart, Bryson serves up a colorful tale of... (read more) Your Price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Erik Larson
Powells.com Staff Pick An amazing history that recounts the inconceivable events surrounding the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, Larson's tale captures a time and place that vividly come to life. The central characters in this tale are Daniel H. Burnham, the architect... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your Price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Andrew Doughty Publisher Comments USA Today calls it, "An authoritative and in-depth look at all that the island offers." The author is a resident who personally and anonymously reviews every facet of Maui. From restaurants to helicopter companies to scuba to beaches to trails, he sees... (read more) Your Price $16.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Simon Winchester Publisher Comments A burgeoning new city is built on the dreams of the American gold rush. It is also built upon a landscape that has been stretching, sliding and breaking apart for millennia. In 1906 the dreams of this city came crashing down beneath the rippling wave of... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Timothy Egan
Powells.com Staff Pick A fresh, stirring look at the Dust Bowl and Depression, Timothy Egan follows the personal dramas of a handful of families, allowing their voices to reveal the environmental and human tragedies that rocked the nation. Grippingly detailed, this exciting... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Kate Chynoweth Publisher Comments This edition features all-new rankings for every hotel and restaurant, indicated by the famous “lip” ratings. Updated with 20 percent new material, the book includes hundreds of reviews of the region’s most romantic inns, resorts, B&... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your Price $8.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by George Howe Colt Publisher Comments In this intimate and poignant history of a sprawling century-old summer house on Cape Cod, George Howe Colt reveals not just one family's fascinating story but a vanishing way of life. Faced with the sale of the treasured house where he had spent forty... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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Wednesday May 14, 2008
by Hampton Sides
Powells.com Staff Pick Hampton Sides's accounts of Kit Carson and the destruction of the Navajo nation are as gripping as fiction, but are horrifyingly true. This is a must-read for Southwest-history lovers. Recommended by Jeff F., Powells.com... (read more) Your Price $15.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Jen Lancaster Publisher Comments Jen Lancaster hates to burst your happy little bubble, but life in the big city isn't all it's cracked up to be. Contrary to what you see on TV and in the movies, most urbanites aren't party-hopping in slinky dresses and strappy stilettos. But lucky for... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your Price $6.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Michael Perry Publisher Comments The author of Population: 485 returns, delivering a truckload of humor, heart, and...gardening tips? Think Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, complete with stock cars, sexy vegetables, and a laugh track. "All I wanted to do was fix my old... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your Price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Rick Bragg
From Powells.com By the time he received the Pulitzer Prize in 1996, New York Times correspondent Rick Bragg had already received nearly every award available to an American journalist, including the American Society of Newspaper Editors Distinguished Writing Award... (read more) Your Price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Eric Peterson Publisher Comments Meticulously researched, with every recommendation based on personal experience, Frommer's Utah is the only guide you'll need to experience all the adventure and natural wonders of this amazing corner of the Southwest. Let Frommer's Utah show you all the... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your Price $13.29 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by James Donovan Publisher Comments In June of 1876, on a desolate hill above a winding river called the Little Bighorn, George Armstrong Custer and all 210 men under his direct command were annihilated by almost 2,000 Sioux and Cheyenne. The news of this devastating loss caused a public... (read more) Your Price $26.99 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
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