by Jhumpa Lahiri  
Powells.com Staff Pick Unaccustomed Earth is in many ways a deeply and authentically sad book. I would not advise reading the stories too quickly; they will each haunt you for days afterward (and, unusually in a collection like this, they are all equally strong). But Lahiri's... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your Price $17.50 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies 
by Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher Comments A Man without a Country is Kurt Vonnegut's hilariously funny and razor-sharp look at life (If I die — God forbid — I would like to go to heaven to ask somebody in charge up there, Hey, what was the good news and what was the bad news?), art (To... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Jeannette Walls Publisher Comments Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Barbara Kingsolver and Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver
Powells.com Staff Pick After 25 years in the Arizona desert, in 2004, Kentucky-bred Barbara Kingsolver moved back to the Appalachians, to a Virginia farm just hours from her childhood home. Family called. "Returning," she explains in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, "would allow my... (read more) Your Price $14.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Cormac McCarthy
Powells.com Staff Pick This may not be Cormac McCarthy's best book, or even one of the best books of the year (in fact, its construction is a bit incoherent), yet I remain a sucker for the peculiar blend of melancholy and savagery that permeates all of McCarthy's work... (read more) Your Price $9.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Orhan Pamuk
Synopsis In Istanbul, in the late 1590s, the Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and his empire, to be illuminated by the best artists of the day - in the European manner. But when one of the miniaturists goes missing and is feared... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by David Sedaris Synopsis With sarcasm mingled with an underlying empathy, this collection of stories capture the essence of our secret preoccupations and delusions.... (read more) Your Price $5.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Powells.com Staff Pick Okay, never mind that The Shadow of the Wind starts off in a wonderfully mysterious bookstore and that there's a romantic element that is not schmaltzy, but "timeless" in the best sense of the word. What I loved was how I thought I knew where the author... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Truman Capote
Powells.com Staff Pick This is my author fantasy: me, Truman Capote, a front porch on a summer afternoon that stretches lazily into evening, and of course, mint juleps. I can't think of anyone else whose stories I'd rather hear told. Word for word, measure for... (read more) Your Price $5.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
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Wednesday May 14, 2008
by Susan Richards Publisher Comments The horse Susan Richards chose for rescue wouldn’t be corralled into her waiting trailer. Instead Lay Me Down, a former racehorse with a foal close on her heels, walked right up that ramp and into Susan’s life. This gentle creature—... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Dave Eggers Synopsis Dave Egger's parents died from cancer within a month of each other when he was 21 and his brother, Christopher, was seven. They left the Chicago suburb where they had grown up and moved to San Francisco. This book tells the story of their life together.... (read more) Your Price $8.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Jon Fasman
Powells.com Staff Pick The hunt for alchemical treasure through the ages threads through this literary whodunit. A small town cub reporter is drawn into the dangerous hunt and encounters murders, smugglers and mayhem. Lots of fun! Recommended by Kathi, Powell's City of Books... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your Price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Jonathan Ames
Powells.com Staff Pick Wake Up, Sir! is a brilliant work of fiction that just happens to be laugh-out-loud funny, to boot (though it also has a stirring underlying sadness). Jonathan Ames is a daring and deeply honest writer whose work abounds with tender and heartbreaking... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Ralph Steadman Publisher Comments In the spring of 1970, artist Ralph Steadman went to America in search of work and found more than he bargained for when he met Hunter S. Thompson at the Kentucky Derby. Their remarkable collaboration resulted in the now-legendary Gonzo Journalism, which... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Audrey Niffenegger
Powells.com Staff Pick "Inspired by her grandparents' love story in which the grandmother outlived her husband by nearly three decades, Niffenegger has invented Henry and Clare, and their unique and complicated love story involving the ability to live in the past and future in... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your Price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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