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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter # 7)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter # 7)
by J.K. Rowling
Staff Pick
The seeds planted throughout the series bear fruit in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. How did Dumbledore's nose get broken? Or his hand burned to a crisp? You will find all the answers here. This is the finest book in the series; the writing is... (read more)

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians #01: The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson and the Olympians #01: The Lightning Thief
by Rick Riordan
Staff Pick
Here was a surprise find: a modern-day story set in New York but heavy in Greek mythology. Percy Jackson, who is diagnosed ADHD and always having trouble in school, discovers that his teachers aren't quite who they seem to be... and soon discovers that... (read more)

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The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag: A Flavia de Luce Mystery
The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag: A Flavia de Luce Mystery
by Alan Bradley
Staff Pick
I let out a little sigh of relief when I realized that book two of the Flavia de Luce series is just as great as the first one: fears of a sophomore slump were unfounded. The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag finds Flavia again stumbling upon an... (read more)

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Mavericks at Work
Mavericks at Work
by William C. Taylor
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With access to thirty-two companies across a wide range of industries — from Craigslist to Southwest Airlines to Pixar Animation Studios — the cofounder of Fast Company teams with one of the magazine's senior editors to profile the most innovative... (read more)

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Assassination Vacation
Assassination Vacation
by Sarah Vowell
Staff Pick
Leave it to Sarah Vowell to roam across America in search of the motivations and culture of political murder. Obsessive, edifying, and, of course, witty, Assassination Vacation is unlike any other historical tourism or travel writing book you'll ever... (read more)

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Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice
by Thomas Pynchon
Staff Pick
Brothers and Sisters! Flare up a big, mouthwatering, medicinal spliff and take a trip with the great Thomas Pynchon and his immaculately stoned anti-hero detective "Doc" Sportello through post-Manson L.A. as they attempt to solve the mystery of the... (read more)

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The Troubled Man
The Troubled Man
by Henning Mankell
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The final installment in the Wallander series is a story about the transitory nature of memory. As Wallander sifts through the fading memories of witnesses and suspects to untangle the connections between recent events and those that occurred decades in... (read more)

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Nurtureshock: New Thinking about Children
Nurtureshock: New Thinking about Children
by Po Bronson
Staff Pick
Extraordinarily well-researched, Nurtureshock will change the way you parent or teach! I'm not either of those things, but it definitely changed the way I think about kids. Fascinating, gripping, and really a must-have for everyone who deals with kids.... (read more)

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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
by Cheryl Strayed
Staff Pick
I know this title is everywhere right now. I was very fortunate to get an advanced copy, and I immediately fell in love. Why? Well, like many, my favorite books are those that seem to have been written just for me. I deeply understood the raw ache of... (read more)

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A Tree Grow in Brooklyn
A Tree Grow in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
Staff Pick
A book dealer came into Powell's rare book room one day while I was working and bought a beautiful first edition of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. She said it was her favorite book and a birthday present to herself. From the look in her eye and the way she... (read more)

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Brick Lane CD
Brick Lane CD
by Monica Ali
Staff Pick
A phenomenally original novel that entwines Bangladeshi traditional beginnings with a gradual transformation into modern, multicultural life in contemporary London. Ali's narrator, Nazneen, holds all of her experiences close at hand and maintains a... (read more)

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1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
by Charles C. Mann
Staff Pick
As fascinating as his bestseller 1491, Mann's 1493 recounts how the world was forever changed by a "Columbian Exchange," when plants, animals, commodities, and people crossed oceans for the first time. Entertaining and insightful, this scientific history... (read more)

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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
by David Sedaris
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One of these days I'll find the time to construct an actual review of Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, but until I do let these words stand as my pledge: You will not regret purchasing this book. Further: You're unlikely to find more pure... (read more)

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Portnoy's Complaint
Portnoy's Complaint
by Philip Roth
Staff Pick
Okay, here's what you do: You buy these CDs of Ron Silver reading Philip Roth's first-person pervo classic, Portnoy's Complaint. You jam a walkman full of these CDs into the head of a stuffed animal or taxidermied granny or something. Press play, and for... (read more)

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Bookseller of Kabul
Bookseller of Kabul
by Asne Seierstad
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In this remarkable portrait, Norwegian journalist Åsne Seierstad recounts with brutal honesty the day to day lives of one Afghani family persevering through life in a country beset by chaos. With the assent of the Khan family with whom she lives... (read more)

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Dune (Dune)
Dune (Dune)
by Frank Herbert
Staff Pick
I'm sure other Powell's employees have chosen Dune as a staff pick, and for good reason: It's a science fiction classic. It is densely written and almost prophetic in nature. The spice, and the desert wars over it, sound so very much like our current... (read more)

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The White Tiger
The White Tiger
by Aravind Adiga
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A remarkable first novel, ingeniously written in the form of a letter to the Chinese premier soon to visit India, Adiga's dark yet witty debut brings to Western readers the tense drama of a developing country and a character caught up in corruption and... (read more)

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Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life
by Karen Armstrong
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A thoughtful guidebook designed to make for a kinder humanity, Armstrong's inspiring and transformative examination of altruism and empathy will hopefully reach the wide audience it rightly deserves.... (read more)

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A Series of Unfortunate Events #12: The Penultimate Peril CD
A Series of Unfortunate Events #12: The Penultimate Peril CD
by Lemony Snicket
Staff Pick
The stakes just got higher at Hotel Denouement — no orphan is safe, as plot twists abound and shudder-causing jeopardy is rife. Read this, the next-to-last installment, at your own risk!... (read more)

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Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win
Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win
by William C Taylor
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With access to thirty-two companies across a wide range of industries — from Craigslist to Southwest Airlines to Pixar Animation Studios — the cofounder of Fast Company teams with one of the magazine's senior editors to profile the most innovative... (read more)

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