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New Arrivals
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    Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Deluxe Edition

    Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
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    Last Words

    George Carlin
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Kitchen, Home, and Garden
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Introduction to Permaculture
Introduction to Permaculture
by B. C. Mollison
Publisher Comments
Written to introduce readers to Permaculture concepts and design strategies. Topics include: energy efficient site analysis, planning and design methods, house placement, design for temperate, dry-land and tropical regions, urban Permaculture garden... (read more)

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Children and Young Adults
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The Polar Express
The Polar Express
by Chris Van Allsburg
Staff Pick
Could a bookseller's favorite book really be a children's Christmas picture book? I am often asked to name my favorite book — an impossible question to answer, really — and I find myself mentioning The Polar Express time and again (not without... (read more)

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General Gift Books
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Olive Kitteridge
Olive Kitteridge
by Elizabeth Strout
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At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn’t always... (read more)

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Moleskine Notebooks City Guides
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Moleskine Paris City Notebook
Moleskine Paris City Notebook
by Moleskine
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A special guidebook, to buy for your own use or as a gift for your friends. Ideal for those who travel, whether to see the sights or for work, as a way of organizing your trip and to preserve it for your memory and your records. Perfect for those... (read more)

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Spirituality and Self Help
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A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
by Karen Armstrong
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In 1965, at the tender age of seventeen, Karen Armstrong took vows of poverty and chastity and entered a Catholic convent. However, she soon realized she was not suited to monastic life and left. Her 1981 memoir of her years as a novice became a... (read more)

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Gifts under $10
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Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
by Edward Abbey
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"A passionately felt, deeply poetic book. It has philosophy. It has humor. It has its share of nerve-tingling adventures...set down in a lean, racing prose, in a close-knit style of power and beauty." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOKREVIEW Edward Abbey... (read more)

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Magnetic Poetry
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The Poet Kit (Magnetic Poetry)
The Poet Kit (Magnetic Poetry)
by Magnetic Poetry
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This collection was specially selected from the lists of words sent to us by Magnetic Poets from around the world. Using these suggestions, we've created The Poet Kit, a set of words perfectly suited for creating evocative lines of poetry. This magnetic... (read more)

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Travel
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Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey Into Bhutan
Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey Into Bhutan
by Jamie Zeppa
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In 1989, Jamie Zeppa, a naïve, well-educated twenty-three-year-old from Sault Ste. Marie, commits to a two-year teaching contract in Bhutan against the wishes of both her fiancé, Robert, and her controlling grandfather. Following orientation here and... (read more)

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Moleskine Notebooks Sketchbooks and Fine Arts Notebooks
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Moleskine Large Sketchbook
Moleskine Large Sketchbook
by Moleskine
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The Moleskine Large Sketchbook is made with top quality heavy paper and is perfect for on the go drawings, sketches and tempera colors. Every Moleskine product is thread bound and has a cardboard bound cover with rounded corners, acid free paper, a... (read more)

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Holiday Books
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A Christmas Memory, One Christmas, & the Thanksgiving Visitor (Modern Library)
A Christmas Memory, One Christmas, & the Thanksgiving Visitor (Modern Library)
by Truman Capote
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Available for the first time in a single volume are the three holiday stories that Truman Capote regarded as among his greatest works of short fiction. Two of these childhood memoirs — "A Christmas Memory" and "The Thanksgiving Visitor" — center... (read more)

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Sale Books
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Lost: Lost and Found Pet Posters from Around the World
Lost: Lost and Found Pet Posters from Around the World
by Ian Phillips
Staff Pick
If you occasionally take pleasures in the innocent misfortune of others, this one is for you. Each page tells the story of desperation as owners resort to the one hope that someone will find and return their precious pets. If it weren't for lost snakes... (read more)

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Used Books
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Uncle Shelby's Abz Book
Uncle Shelby's Abz Book
by Shel Silverstein
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The notorious early Silverstein classic you WON'T want your children to read. I is for Ink Ink is black and wet. Ink is fun. What can you do with ink? What rhymes with ink? "D - R - __ - __ - __ ."... (read more)

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Bestsellers

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Introduction to Permaculture
  1. Introduction to Permaculture
    by B. C. Mollison
  2. The Polar Express
    by Chris Van Allsburg
  3. Olive Kitteridge
    by Elizabeth Strout
  4. The Outlander (P.S.)
    by Gil Adamson
  5. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
    by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
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