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U-Turn: What If You Woke Up One Morning and Realized You Were Living the Wrong Life?
by Bruce Grierson
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Bruce Grierson has written a beautiful, intelligent book about what constitutes a meaningful life; it is often funny, though never flippant, and its overriding tone is one of urgent curiosity: how do we end up doing what we feel we are meant to do... (read more)

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Amnesia Moon
by Jonathan Lethem
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In Amnesia Moon, Jonathan Lethem imagines an American wasteland where the remaining small pockets of civilization are centered around strong, psychic personalities who acquired their powers after a forgotten cataclysm. His survivors siphon gas and hoard... (read more)

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Babylonne
by Catherine Jinks
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Between Here and April
by Deborah Copaken Kogan
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"The highest praise I can give Between Here and April is that I had to put it down several times in order to take a deep breath and savor what I had just read. Rarely has a book made me think as deeply, weep as openly, and recommend as heartily as I will... (read more)

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The Night of the Gun: A Reporter Investigates the Darkest Story of His Life. His Own.
by David Carr
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After years of sobriety, each of David Carr's daughters wrote a personal essay at college, and the stories they told about their lives didn't jibe with his memory. How much did he remember? How much did he ever know? Carr decided to report his past. The... (read more)

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The Horse Boy: A Father's Quest to Heal His Son
by Rupert Isaacson
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An extraordinary tale filled with heart, The Horse Boy tells the moving story of the Isaacson family’s quest to heal their son Rowan of autism. An inspiring journey for every reader.... (read more)

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Sestets: Poems
by Charles Wright
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Goldengrove
by Francine Prose
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The death of her teenage sister sends 13-year-old Nico, along with her parents, into a gigantic tailspin. All three are shocked into immobility and pain, and turn to dangerous diversions. Nico finds herself submitting uncomfortably to the strange... (read more)

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1000 Tattoos (Taschen 25)
by Henk Schiffmacher
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If you're looking for the perfect tiny butterfly to grace your ankle, you won't find it here. Brimming with images that will inspire, impress, amuse, intrigue, and perhaps offend, 1000 Tattoos is not for the faint of heart. Then again, neither is getting... (read more)

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The Earth Hums in B Flat
by Mari Strachan
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Gwennie struggles against her neighbor's death, her teacher's grief, the village gossips, and her mother's bizarre behavior. To escape it all, she flies above the humming earth in her dreams. The Earth Hums in B Flat is a rare find: a superbly written... (read more)

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Roads to Quoz: An American Mosey
by William L Heat Moon
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Summertime
by J. M. Coetzee
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The Man in the Picture: A Ghost Story
by Susan Hill
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Death with Interruptions
by Jose Saramago
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The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present
by Scott Plagenhoef and Ryan Schreiber
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The End of Dreams: Poems
by Floyd Skloot
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Pacific Northwest Reader
by Carl Lennertz
Staff Pick
This terrific book is the second in a new series of anthologies spawned by the success of State by State. In it are tales about the relationship of an author to a state in the Pacific Northwest, written by brilliant writers who also just happen to be... (read more)

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The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog
by Dave Barry
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Astonishing X-Men #05: Ghost Box
by Warren Ellis
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I have to give it to Joss Whedon. He has rebooted the X-men, again, in a very enjoyable way. Undoubtedly a fan-boy himself, he has attempted to take the X-men seriously. Not to say that the story isn't as outlandish as any other X-Men — it just tries... (read more)

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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
by Susanna Clarke
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A fantasy book of manners? Yes, and it works! Original and clever, this lush novel comments on the society and culture of magic. Strange and Norrell have opposing viewpoints on magic's role, and their clash provides a fabulous backdrop for this wonderful... (read more)

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