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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 Mary Roach
Powells.com Staff Pick Following her usual template, Mary Roach finds a subject in the scientific community that is equal parts fascinating and scandalous, and writes an extensively researched and thoroughly amusing book about it. Beyond the initial titillation stemming from a... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your Price $17.46 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Ursula K. Le Guin
Powells.com Staff Pick A living legend who leaps fearlessly across genre boundaries, Ursula Le Guin offers one of her very best novels to date in this retelling of Virgil's The Aeneid, told from a perspective that very often got lost in even the most compelling Greek myths... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your Price $16.80 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Paul Hawken
Powells.com Staff Pick Feeling crushed beneath the weight of ominous news, borderline-apocalyptic statistics, and global warming alerts that offer no recourse but panic? Paul Hawken's Blessed Unrest is the book you've been waiting for. Here is a call to arms with concrete... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your Price $11.20 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Pico Iyer
Powells.com Staff Pick In The Open Road, Pico Iyer gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the Dalai Lama. This is more than a history book, though. The author shares his personal day-to-day spiritual journey in a way that will speak to Westerners. It's a wonderful book; I couldn'... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your Price $16.80 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Kate Summerscale
Powells.com Staff Pick At once a mystery and a history of early mystery novels, The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher is a page-turner. Summerscale picks apart a famous Victorian murder, the murder that sparked "detective fever" and inspired Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins to... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your Price $17.46 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Per Petterson
Powells.com Staff Pick How we translate our past actions and experiences is at least as important as those actions and experiences themselves. Out Stealing Horses, itself superbly translated from the Norwegian, follows the arc of Trond Sander's life as he reflects during a... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your Price $9.80 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Diana Kennedy
Powells.com Staff Pick There is no advocate of Mexican cooking who is more informed than Diana Kennedy. Passionate home cooks will find this classic, now back in print, an essential reference for creating authentic Mexican food. From casual to festive, these reliable... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your Price $21.00 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Tony Horwitz
Powells.com Staff Pick With the same sly humor and neighborly curiosity he brought to Confederates in the Attic and Blue Latitudes, in A Voyage Long and Strange Tony Horwitz roams the New World, surveying the destinations of history's foremost explorers: Leif Eiriksson... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your Price $19.25 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
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by Leif Enger Publisher Comments A stunning successor to his best selling novel Peace Like a River, Leif Enger’s new work is a rugged and nimble story about an aging train robber on a quest to reconcile the claims of love and judgment on his life, and the failed writer who goes... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your Price $16.80 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Sloane Crosley Publisher Comments Wry, hilarious, and profoundly genuine, this debut collection of literary essays is a celebration of fallibility and haplessness in all their glory. From despoiling an exhibit at the Natural History Museum to provoking the ire of her first boss to... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your Price $9.80 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Taras Grescoe Publisher Comments An eye-opening look at aquaculture that does for seafood what Fast Food Nation did for beef. Dividing his sensibilities between Epicureanism and ethics, Taras Grescoe set out on a nine-month, worldwide search for a delicious — and humane —... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your Price $17.49 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Tan Twan Eng
Powells.com Staff Pick I loved The Gift of Rain and will recommend it to all my bookselling friends. It's a beautiful work of historical fiction, but its themes also make it timely and relevant — a look at the excruciating choices that war inflicts on civilians. A small... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your Price $16.76 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by Arthur Herman Publisher Comments In this fascinating and meticulously researched book, bestselling historian Arthur Herman sheds new light on two of the most universally recognizable icons of the twentieth century, and reveals how their forty-year rivalry sealed the fate of India and... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your Price $21.00 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
by David Gilmour
Powells.com Staff Pick What kind of father would allow his son to drop out of high school as long as the kid would agree to watch three movies of the father's choosing each week? Want to start an interesting conversation about parenting and education? Talk about what Gilmore... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your Price $15.39 (Sale - Hardcover) check for used copies
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