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Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power by Rachel Maddow Publisher Comments "One of my favorite ideas is, never to keep an unnecessary soldier," Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1792. Neither Jefferson nor the other Founders could ever have envisioned the modern national security state, with its tens of thousands of "privateers"; its... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Sale - Hardcover
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Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama by Alison Bechdel Publisher Comments From the best-selling author of Fun Home, Time magazines No. 1 Book of the Year, a brilliantly told graphic memoir of Alison Bechdel becoming the artist her mother wanted to be. Alison Bechdel's Fun Home was a pop culture and literary phenomenon. Now, a... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $15.40 Sale - Hardcover
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The Newlyweds by Nell Freudenberger Publisher Comments A powerful, funny, richly observed tour de force by one of America’s most acclaimed young writers: a story of love and marriage, secrets and betrayals, that takes us from the backyards of America to the back alleys and villages of Bangladesh. In... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $18.17 Sale - Hardcover
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A Sense of Direction: Pilgrimage for the Restless and the Hopeful by Gideon Lewis-Kraus Publisher Comments In medieval times, a pilgrimage gave the average Joe his only break from the daily grind. For Gideon Lewis-Kraus, it promises a different kind of escape. Determined to avoid the kind of constraint that kept his father, a gay rabbi, closeted until midlife,... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.87 Sale - Hardcover
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To Be Sung Underwater by Tom McNeal Publisher Comments Judith Whitman always believed in the kind of love that picks you up in Akron and sets you down in Rio. Long ago, she once experienced that love. Willy Blunt was a carpenter with a dry wit and a steadfast sense of honor. Marrying him seemed like a... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $10.49 Sale - Trade Paper
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed Publisher Comments A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe — and built her back up again. At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $18.17 Sale - Hardcover
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Imagine: How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer Publisher Comments New York Times best-selling author Jonah Lehrer shows us how we can all learn to be more creative. Did you know that the most creative companies have centralized bathrooms? That brainstorming meetings are a terrible idea? That the color blue can help... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $18.20 Sale - Hardcover
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Insurgent (Divergent Trilogy #2) by Veronica Roth Publisher Comments One choice can transform you — or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves — and herself — while grappling with... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $12.59 Sale - Hardcover
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The Wind through the Keyhole: A Dark Tower Novel by Stephen King Publisher Comments In The Wind through the Keyhole, Stephen King returns to the rich landscape of Mid-World, the spectacular territory of the Dark Tower fantasy saga that stands as his most beguiling achievement. Roland Deschain and his ka-tet — Jake, Susannah, Eddie,... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $18.90 Sale - Hardcover
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The Serpent's Shadow (Kane Chronicles #3) by Rick Riordan Publisher Comments He's b-a-a-ack! Despite their best efforts, Carter and Sade Kane can't seem to keep Apophis, the chaos snake, down. Now Apophis is threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness, and the Kanes are faced with the impossible task of having to... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $13.99 Sale - Hardcover
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I Am a Pole (and So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert Publisher Comments "The sad thing is, I like it." Maurice Sendak "The perfect gift to give a child or grandchild for their high school or college graduation. Also Father's Day. Also, other times." Stephen... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $11.19 Sale - Hardcover
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Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson Publisher Comments For fans of Tina Fey and David Sedaris — Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, makes her literary debut. When Jenny Lawson was little, all she ever wanted was to fit in. That dream was cut short by her fantastically unbalanced father (a... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $18.17 Sale - Hardcover
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The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough Publisher Comments As David McCullough writes, “Not all pioneers went west.” In The Greater Journey, he tells the enthralling, inspiring—and until now, untold—story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, and... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $14.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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Railsea by China Mieville Publisher Comments On board the moletrain Medes, Sham Yes ap Soorap watches in awe as he witnesses his first moldywarpe hunt: the giant mole bursting from the earth, the harpoonists targeting their prey, the battle resulting in one’s death and the other's glory. But... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $12.60 Sale - Hardcover
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The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict (Mysterious Benedict Society) by Trenton Lee Stewart Publisher Comments Before there was a Mysterious Benedict Society, there was simply a boy named Nicholas Benedict. Meet the boy who started it all... Nine-year-old Nicholas Benedict has more problems than most children his age. Not only is he an orphan with an... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $12.59 Sale - Hardcover
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The Troubled Man by Henning Mankell Publisher Comments The much-anticipated return of Henning Mankell's brilliant, brooding detective, Kurt Wallander. On a winter day in 2008, Hakan von Enke, a retired high-ranking naval officer, vanishes during his daily walk in a forest near Stockholm. The... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $10.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Psychopath Test: A Journey through the Madness Industry by Jon Ronson Publisher Comments They say one out of every hundred people is a psychopath. You probably passed one on the street today. These are people who have no empathy, who are manipulative, deceitful, charming, seductive, and delusional. The Psychopath Test is the New York Times... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $11.20 Sale - Trade Paper
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2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson Publisher Comments The year is 2312. Scientific and technological advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer humanity's only home; new habitats have been created throughout the solar system on moons, planets, and in between. But in this... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $18.19 Sale - Hardcover
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The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems Publisher Comments The Duckling asks for a cookie — and gets one! Do you think the Pigeon is happy about that?... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $11.19 Sale - Hardcover
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The Invaders (Brotherband Chronicles #2) by John Flanagan Publisher Comments The adventure continues in the Ranger's Apprentice companion trilogy! Hal and the Herons have done the impossible. This group of outsiders has beaten out the strongest, most skilled young warriors in all of Skandia to win the Brotherband competition. But... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $13.29 Sale - Hardcover
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