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the outside world Chris Bolton appears to be a mild-mannered employee in the Web
Marketing department at Powell's. In truth, he developed superhuman abilities
during adolescence and lives a double life. His days are spent providing images
and content for Powells.com — but when the veil of night falls, he dons a cape
and tights to save the world and entertain friends. His powers have yet to fully
define themselves; they appear to have something to do with salted snack foods
and the color purple. In his secret identity he writes a web-comic called Smash with his artist brother, Kyle.
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by Irene Nemirovsky  
Powells.com Staff Pick A literary time capsule, Suite Française is a novel about wartime occupation written during the Nazi occupation of France. Irène Némirovsky's unfinished manuscript has been published more than 60 years after her death to worldwide... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
by Neil Gaiman
Powells.com Staff Pick Fantasy author Gaiman is at his best in this short story collection, which contains an embarrassing riches of storytelling that is at times dark, funny, terrifying, beautiful, and always brilliant. Recommended by Bolton, Powells.com... (read more) Your Price $14.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Jeff Smith Publisher Comments The Bone adventures tell the story of a young bone boy, Fone Bone, and his two cousins, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone, who are banned from their homeland of Boneville. When the cousins find themselves mysteriously trapped in a wonderful but often... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your Price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Malcolm Gladwell
Powells.com Staff Pick "Blink is riveting and entertaining, not to mention quite brief, which makes for a very fast read — but it stays with you....Few books can change your worldview or cause you to rethink your every action and response to the world around you. Not only... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your Price $5.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Louis Sachar
Publisher Comments Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnats. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, where... (read more) Your Price $1.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Mark Polish
Publisher Comments Less than a decade since they began working in the movies, Mark and Michael Polish have established themselves as critically acclaimed, award-winning independent filmmakers. Their innovative approach to art direction, use of digital photography, and... (read more) Your Price $6.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by George Pelecanos Publisher Comments Granville Oliver is a drug lord on trial for his life. Derek Strange is the private investigator, family man, and Pee Wee Football coach with his own reasons for helping him. With his quick-tempered partner Terry Quinn keeping him sharp, and the old... (read more) List Price $7.50 Your Price $4.95 (Used - Mass Market) check for new and sale copies
by Chuck Palahniuk Publisher Comments "The only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage," according to the "been there, done that" wisdom of Tender Branson, last surviving member of the Creedish Death Cult. At the opening of Chuck Palahniuk's hilariously unnerving second... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your Price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Susanna Clarke Publisher Comments An enchanting anthology of stories by the author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell is set in a mysterious, fantastical version of England populated by petulant princesses, vengeful owls, endless paths in the dark woods, and houses that never appear the... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your Price $8.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
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Wednesday May 14, 2008
by Chuck Palahniuk
Powells.com Staff Pick "This is arguably Palahniuk?s greatest gift: his ability to jab his finger right on the sharpest point of a nerve we might not even have known was exposed. In Fight Club, it was the growing dissatisfaction with a materialistic world bent on conformity... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your Price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Arturo Perez-Reverte Publisher Comments Lucas Corso is a book detective, a mercenary hired to hunt down rare editions for wealthy and unscrupulous clients. When a well-known bibliophile is found hanged, leaving behind part of the original manuscript of Alexandre Dumas's The Three Musketeers... (read more) Your Price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Alison Bechdel
Powells.com Staff Pick Alison Bechdel, creator of the Dykes to Watch Out For comic strip, uses the cartoon form to tell the story of her coming out and the discovery of her father's sexual orientation. The title refers to the funeral home where she grew up, and her parents... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your Price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Neil Gaiman
Powells.com Staff Pick "Anansi Boys is Neil Gaiman's best novel yet. It may lack the epic scope of American Gods, but page for page it provides a higher level of satisfaction. This is Gaiman at his wittiest, most uninhibited; we feel the author having fun with his creations... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your Price $4.95 (Used - Mass Market) check for new and sale copies
by Neil Gaiman
Powells.com Staff Pick The pinnacle of pop comix storytelling. These beautifully written stories, astonishing in their scope and emotional depth, revolutionized the comics industry. Together the initial ten volumes of Gaiman's epic comprise one of the greatest narratives in... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your Price $13.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Richard Russo
Powells.com Staff Pick In lieu of the driving narrative voice of Straight Man, Empire Falls delves into a large cast of strong characters who will live on in the reader's mind long after the novel proper has ended. Russo's sprawling Pulitzer Prize winner impresses on many... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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