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Book Sense Picks
1999 November/December
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The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle Publisher Comments According to Tolle, accessing the deepest self, the true self, can be learned by freeing ourselves from the conflicting, unreasonable demands of the mind and living "present, fully and intensely, in the Now."... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover 
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The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Staff Pick Okay, never mind that The Shadow of the Wind starts off in a wonderfully mysterious bookstore and that there's a romantic element that is not schmaltzy, but "timeless" in the best sense of the word. What I loved was how I thought I knew where the author... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cloud Atlas: A Novel by David Mitchell Staff Pick While it was hard to narrow down my list to just five "best of" picks, I didn't have to think twice about what would be my favorite book of the year. In Cloud Atlas Mitchell again uses the format of connecting short stories with recurring motifs into a... (read more) Your price: $15.00 New - Trade Paper
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A Series of Unfortunate Events #01: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket Publisher Comments Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky. In the first two books alone, the three youngsters... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $2.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Feast of Love by Charles Baxter Staff Pick If you have ever loved, buy this book! How's that for a strong recommendation? Charles Baxter is, in my opinion, one of the most under-appreciated contemporary American authors on the scene. He is remarkably talented. This novel, set in Ann Arbor... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder Staff Pick Beautifully told, and entirely inspiring, Mountains Beyond Mountains is an exceptional look at the heroic life of Dr. Paul Farmer. Providing health care for hundreds of thousands in a remote, impoverished region of Haiti, Farmer's incomparable dedication... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie Staff Pick The Gun Seller reminds me of a well-made gin and tonic — crisp, hip, and refreshing, with a droll twist of lime.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters by Elisabeth Robinson Publisher Comments Olivia Hunt's Hollywood life has come to a grinding halt. A hotshot producer accustomed to first-class amenities, Olivia has just been unceremoniously fired after her last movie tanked. Her boyfriend, Michael, has dumped her. And she's not the blonde she... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy Publisher Comments Set along a bloody frontier in our own time, this is Cormac McCarthy's first novel since Cities of the Plain completed his acclaimed, best-selling "Border Trilogy." Llewelyn Moss, hunting antelope near the Rio Grande, instead finds men shot dead, a... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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