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My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop by Ronald Rice Publisher Comments In this enthusiastic, heartfelt, and sometimes humorous ode to bookshops and booksellers, 84 known authors pay tribute to the brick-and-mortar stores they love and often call their second homes. In My Bookstore our greatest authors write about the... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Visual Miscellaneum: The Bestselling Classic, Revised and Updated: A Colorful Guide to the World's Most Consequential Trivia by David McCandless Publisher Comments The bestselling classic has been revised and updated! A colorful guide to the world's most consequential trivia, The Visual Miscellaneum now includes 18 all new graphs and 23 updated ones. It is a reference book like no other helping us make sense of... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Naked, Drunk, and Writing: Shed Your Inhibitions and Craft a Compelling Memoir or Personal Essay by Adair Lara Publisher Comments The material is right there in front of you. You’ve known yourself for, well, a lifetime—and you finally feel ready to share your story with the world. Yet when it actually comes time to put pen to paper, you find that you’re stumped. ... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Help! for Writers: 210 Solutions to the Problems Every Writer Faces by Roy Peter Clark Publisher Comments The craft of writing offers countless potential problems: The story is too long; the story's too short; revising presents a huge hurdle; writer's block is rearing its ugly head. In HELP FOR WRITERS, Roy Peter Clark presents an owner's manual for writers,... (read more) List Price $22.99 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe by Theodore Gray Staff Pick Beautiful and informative, surprising and smart, The Elements will appeal to your inner geek (even if you didn't know you had one). With unique stories, bizarre facts, and dazzling photographs of the 118 elements in the periodic table, this book will... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Firefly's World of Facts (Firefly's World of Facts) by Russell Ash Publisher Comments Thoroughly revised and updated for 2010 Here are thousands of the most up-to-date facts on a world of topics -- answers that address almost every subject on earth. Every page is illustrated with photographs, illustrations, maps or charts, and every... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $4.97 Sale - Hardcover
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New Oxford American Dictionary by Oxford Publisher Comments The New Oxford American Dictionary sets the standard of excellence for lexicography in this country, offering comprehensive, authoritative, and richly descriptive coverage of current American English. With 350,000 entries and definitions, NOAD has been... (read more) List Price $60.00 Your price: $24.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason by Nancy Pearl Publisher Comments What to read next is every book lover's greatest dilemma. Nancy Pearl comes to the rescue with this wide-ranging and fun guide to the best reading new and old. Pearl, who inspired legions of litterateurs with "What If All (name the city) Read the Same... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Making Shapely Fiction by Jerome Stern Publisher Comments Here is a book about the craft of writing fiction that is thoroughly useful from the first to the last page--whether the reader is a beginner, a seasoned writer, or a teacher of writing. Jerome Stern maintains that learning to write spontaneously is the... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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All That the Rain Promises, and More...: A Hip Pocket Guide to Western Mushrooms by David Arora Publisher Comments Full-color illustrated guide to identifying 200 Western mushrooms by their key features.... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Nobel: A Century of Prize Winners by Michael Worek Publisher Comments The story of the winners of the world's most prestigious prize. The Nobel Prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious award one can receive. The Prize is administered by the Nobel Foundation, and the award ceremonies receive extensive media coverage.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $1.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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Mushrooms Demystified 2ND Edition by David Arora Publisher Comments CN... (read more) List Price $39.99 Your price: $24.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The American Century Thesaurus by American Century Publisher Comments Created by the Oxford University Press, this thesaurus contains over 250,000 synonyms and a guide to precise synonym choice.... (read more) List Price $4.99 Your price: $1.00 Sale - Mass Market
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El Artista Que Pinto un Caballo Azul by Eric Carle Publisher Comments A brilliant new Eric Carle picture book for the artist in us all.... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Schott's Miscellany 2008: An Almanac (Schott's Almanac) by Ben Schott Publisher Comments In the modern age, where information is plentiful but selection and analysis elusive, "Schotts Almanac" presents a unique biography of the year and distills information and opinions critically, giving readers an accurate biography of the year past.... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $2.97 Sale - Hardcover
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Getting Into Guinness: One Man's Longest, Fastest, Highest Journey Inside the World's Most Famous Record Book by Larry Olmsted Publisher Comments A fascinating mix of participatory journalism and history, Getting Into Guinnessis the never-before-told story of the bestselling copyrighted book of all time. Veteran reporter Larry Olmsted began a personal quest to break an existing world record, then... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $1.00 Sale - Hardcover
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The Quotable Sixties by Rob Kirkpatrick Publisher Comments The Quotable Sixties takes a look at some of the most humorous, memorable, and outrageous statements spoken during (and about) the decade. This book is full of fascinating quotes from icons that defined the times—John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $1.00 Sale - Hardcover
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The Enlightened Cyclist: Commuter Angst, Dangerous Drivers, and Other Obstacles on the Path to Two-Wheeled Trancendence by BikeSnobNYC Publisher Comments The joys of commuting by bike attract scores of new converts every year. But as fresh-faced cyclists fill the roads, they also encounter their share of frustrations: careless drivers, wide-flung car doors, zoned-out pedestrians, and aggressive fellow... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Hawke's Green Beret Survival Manual: Essential Strategies For: Shelter and Water, Food and Fire, Tools and Medicine, Navigation and Signaling, Surviva by Mykel Hawke Publisher Comments The perfect home-reference book for both seasoned outdoorsman and average citizens to learn comprehensive outdoor survival techniques. Includes illustrated instruction on shelter and water, food and fire, tools and medicine, navigation and signaling, and... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Social Movement in History Is Restoring Grace, Justice, and Beauty to the World by Paul Hawken 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 $17.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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