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Shopgirl by Steve Martin Publisher Comments From the actor, comedian, and New York Times bestselling author comes a bittersweet story of modern day love and romance. One of our country's most acclaimed and beloved entertainers, Steve Martin is quickly becoming recognized as "a gorgeous writer... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh Staff Pick Wow! A first novel with an intriguing plot and totally believable characters. An excellent writer who allows you to empathize with a protagonist who is not always deserving.... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Who's Your Caddy?: Looping for the Great, Near Great, and Reprobates of Golf by Rick Reilly Publisher Comments The funniest and most popular sportswriter in America abandons his desk at Sports Illustrated to caddy for some of the worlds most famous golfers, and some celebrity duffers, recounting it all in this hilarious and revealing look at the world of golf... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Everybody Dies (Matthew Scudder Mysteries) by Lawrence Block Publisher Comments Matt Scudder is finally leading a comfortable life. The crime rate's down and the stock market's up. Gentrification's prettying-up the old neighborhood. The New York streets don't look so mean anymore. Then all hell breaks loose. Scudder quickly... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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The Ape in the Corner Office: Understanding the Workplace Beast in All of Us by Richard Conniff Publisher Comments Tired of swimming with the sharks? Fed up with that big ape down the hall? Real animals can teach us better ways to thrive in the workplace jungle. You’re ambitious and want to get ahead, but what’s the best way to do it? Become the biggest... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Arthur and George: A Novel by Julian Barnes Staff Pick Can I already announce the best book of 2006 in January? If so, here it is! With his customary elegant prose and intricate and wry observational skill, Julian Barnes narrates the true story of the relationship between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and George... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Book of Revelation: A Novel by Rupert Thomson Publisher Comments In an edgy psychological thriller that is as mesmerizing as it is profound, Rupert Thomson fearlessly delves into the darkest realm of the human spirit to reveal the sinister connection between sexuality and power. Stepping out of his Amsterdam studio... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Before I Say Goodbye: Recollections and Observations from One Woman's Final Year by Ruth Picardie Publisher Comments By turns humorous and heart-rending, an unforgettable account of a young woman's spiritual triumphs over breast cancer in the last year of her life Ruth Picardie was only thirty-three when she died, a month after her twins' second birthday and just under... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Aftermath: A Novel of Suspense by Peter Robinson Publisher Comments The anonymous report of a domestic disturbance sends two young Yorkshire officers into a local couple's home; they expect to encounter a violent scene. But even the most intense training cannot prepare them for the horror they discover. A young wife lies... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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The House of Sleep by Jonathan Coe Publisher Comments Like a surreal and highly caffeinated version of The Big Chill, Jonathan Coe's new novel follows four students who knew each other in college in the eighties. Sarah is a narcoleptic who has dreams so vivid she mistakes them for real events. Robert has... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Seventy-eight Reasons Why Your Book May Never Be Published and Fourteen Reasons Why It Just Might by Pat Walsh Publisher Comments An industry insider's blunt, practical, and laugh-out-loud funny guide for the unpublished, filled with advice that may actually help them get into print. For the hundreds of thousands who buy writers' guides every year, at last there's one that... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Torment of Others: a Novel by Val Mcdermid Publisher Comments New York Times bestselling author Val McDermid resurrects two of her most compelling characters in her most chilling novel yet... THE VOICE SEEPS LIKE BLOOD... Two years ago, Derek Tyler confessed to a sickening quartet of murders. Now the... (read more) Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Ice House by Minette Walters Publisher Comments With this stunning debut--a marvelous marriage of classic convention and contemporary sophistication--Minette Walters sets a new standard of excellence for the mystery novel. The three women living in seclusion at an elegant Hampshire country house have... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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Observatory Mansions by Edward Carey Publisher Comments "Easily the most brilliant fiction I've seen this year -- it proves the potential brilliance of the novel form." -- John Fowles,... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Big Cats: Stories by Holiday Reinhorn Publisher Comments Big Cats opens with "Charlotte," in which a young girl with a broken pelvis spies on her voluptuous neighbor during a long, hot summer night, setting the tone of irrepressible curiosity and yearning that is evident throughout the collection. In "Get Away... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Mysterious Secret of the Valuable Treasure: Stories by Jack Pendarvis Staff Pick Pendarvis devises small worlds inhabited by the strangest people: A teenager reveals his ingenious idea for a revenge comic book series called "Sex Devil"; the mercilessly redundant owner of a "High, Squeaky Voice" dreams of his audio book career; and... (read more) List Price $19.75 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Hell Hath No Fury: Women's Letters from the End of the Affair by Anna Holmes Publisher Comments In this extensively researched collection, editor Anna Holmes has amassed an inspirational, historical, and highly entertaining collection of letters from women across the centuries (both known and unknown, fictional and real). From Heloise (of Abelard... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $2.48 Used - Hardcover
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The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century by Paul Krugman Publisher Comments From irrational exuberance to corporate scandals, from the war in Iraq to the looting of California to the false pretenses used to sell an economic policy that benefits only a small elite, Krugman tells the uncomfortable truth like no one else. The... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Speak for England by James Hawes Publisher Comments MacAdam/Cage is thrilled to publish James Hawes, a brilliant satirist from the UK. His wonderful new novel begins with its protagonist Brian Marley, a divorced, ineffectual teacher, all alone in a jungle about to die on live television. A reluctant... (read more) List Price $21.50 Your price: $2.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Best DVDs You've Never Seen, Just Missed or Almost Forgotten: A Guide for the Curious Film Lover by New York Times Publisher Comments For movie fans seeking a guide to intelligent, engaging films, this handbook by five "New York Times" film critics offers newly updated reviews of 500 movies, all available on DVD.... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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