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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.) by Simon Winchester Publisher Comments The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary — and literary... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Four Souls (P.S.) by Louise Erdrich Publisher Comments A strange and compelling unkillable woman decides to leave home, and the story begins. Fleur Pillager takes her mother's name, Four Souls, for strength and walks from her Ojibwe reservation to the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. She is seeking... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $5.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Little, Big (P.S.) by John Crowley Publisher Comments John Crowley's masterful Little, Big is the epic story of Smoky Barnable, an anonymous young man who travels by foot from the City to a place called Edgewood — not found on any map — to marry Daily Alice Drinkawater, as was prophesied. It is... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (P.S.) by Michael Chabon Staff Pick Pulitzer Prize-winner Chabon's first novel (written for his master's thesis at UC Irvine) was published when he was twenty-five, and quickly became a bestseller. Set in the steel ciy, this hilarious coming-of-age story tells the tale of Art Bechstein's... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (P.S.) by Robert M. Pirsig Publisher Comments One of the most influential and provocative books of its generation, "Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" continues to attract and inspire readers of all ages with its intriguing blend of ancient and Eastern philosophy, cultural criticism, and... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.) by Betty Smith Staff Pick A book dealer came into Powell's rare book room one day while I was working and bought a beautiful first edition of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. She said it was her favorite book and a birthday present to herself. From the look in her eye and the way she... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters (P.S.) by Matt Ridley Publisher Comments The genome's been mapped. But what does it mean? Arguably the most significant scientific discovery of the new century, the mapping of the twenty-three pairs of chromosomes that make up the human genome raises almost as many questions as it answers... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Bride Stripped Bare (P.S.) by Nikki Gemmell Publisher Comments A woman disappears, leaving behind an incendiary diary chronicling a journey of sexual awakening. To all who knew her, she was the good wife: happy, devoted, content. But the diary reveals a secret self, one who's discovered that her new marriage... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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War by Candlelight: Stories (P.S.) by Daniel Alarcon Publisher Comments Something is happening around the globe: mass movements of peoples, dislocations of language and culture in the wake of war and economic crises — simply put, our world is changing. In this exquisite collection, Daniel Alarcón takes the reader... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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