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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 $24.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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Plainsong by Kent Haruf Publisher Comments A heartstrong story of family and romance, tribulation and tenacity, set on the High Plains east of Denver. In the small town of Holt, Colorado, a high school teacher is confronted with raising his two boys alone after their mother retreats first to the... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Bark, George by Jules Feiffer Publisher Comments "Bark, George," says George's mother, and George goes: "Meow," which definitely isn't right, because George is a dog. And so is his mother, who repeats, "Bark, George." And George goes, "Quack, quack." What's going on with George? Find out in this... (read more) Your price: $17.99 New - Hardcover
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Sector 7 by David Wiesner Publisher Comments Only the person who gave us Tuesday could have devised this fantastic tale, which begins with a school trip to the Empire State Building. There a boy makes friends with a mischievous little cloud, who whisks him away to the Cloud Dispatch Center for... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris Publisher Comments A new holiday classic from the author of the bestselling Naked and Barrel Fever! Holidays On Ice collects six of David Sedaris's most profound Christmas stories into one slender volume perfect for use as a last-minute coaster or ice scraper. This... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Women by Annie Leibovitz Publisher Comments The photographs by Annie Leibovitz in Women, taken especially for the book, encompass a broad spectrum of subjects: a rap artist, an astronaut, two Supreme Court justices, farmers, coal miners, movie stars, showgirls, rodeo riders, socialites, reporters,... (read more) List Price $75.00 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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Basket Moon by Mary Lyn Ray Publisher Comments In a lyrical, elegant coming-of-age picture book, a boy begins to doubt his heritage when he hears taunts of "hillbilly" and "bushwhacker, " while accompanying his father to the big city. Color illustrations throughout.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Bust Guide to the New Girl Order by Marcelle Karp Publisher Comments Both a literary magazine and a chronicle of girl culture, Bust was born in 1993. With contributors who are funny, fierce, and too smart to be anything but feminist, Bust is the original grrrl zine, with a base of loyal female fans all those women... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire by John N. Maclean Publisher Comments When, on the morning of July 3, 1994, the site of a forest fire on Storm King Mountain in Colorado was wrongly recorded as taking place at South Canyon, it became the first of a series of seemingly small human errors that, three days later, led to the... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel Publisher Comments Inspired by a long fascination with Galileo, and by the remarkable surviving letters of Galileo's daughter, a cloistered nun, Dava Sobel has written a biography unlike any other of the man Albert Einstein called "the father of modern physics- indeed of... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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20th Century Children's Poetry Treasury (99 Edition) by Jack (ed.) Prelutsky Publisher Comments Illustrated by brilliant watercolors, a collection of more than 200 poems are featured, written by such modern poets as Ted Hughes, Karla Kiskin, Eve Merriam and Shel Silverstein.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Hardcover
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Lanterns by Marian Wrig Edelman Publisher Comments I am grateful beyond words for the example of the lanterns shared in this memoir whose lives I hope will illuminate my children's, your children's, and the paths of countless others coming behind.--Marian Wright Edelman, from the Preface Marian Wright... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $2.50 Used - Hardcover
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Moosewood Restaurant Daily Special: More Than 250 Recipes for Soups, Stews, Salads & Extras by Moosewood Collective Publisher Comments A steaming bowl of soup with fresh bread and a green salad, a tempting combo plate of crisp, complementary salads--these Daily Specials have been staples of Moosewood's ever-changing menu board since the restaurant opened its doors more than twenty-five... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Asian Grocery Store Demystified: A Food Lover's Guide to All the Best Ingredients (Take It with You Guides) by Linda Bladholm Publisher Comments A food lover's guide to all the best ingredients. Do you want to prepare an Asian meal as delectable as those in restaurants? Are you too intimidated by the exotic ingredients to try? And what's inside those mysterious bottles, bags, and boxes in your... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard by Kiran Desai Publisher Comments Sampath Chawla was born in a time of drought that ended with a vengeance the night of his birth. All signs being auspicious, the villagers triumphantly assured Sampath's proud parents that their son was destined for greatness. Twenty years of failure... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Too Good to Be True: The Colossal Book of Urban Legends by Jan Harold Brunvand Publisher Comments A fabulously entertaining book from the ultimate authority on those almost believable tales that always happen to a "friend of a friend." Alligators in the sewers? A pet in the microwave? A tragic misunderstanding of the function of cruise control? No... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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A Bitter Feast by S J Rozan Publisher Comments Joining the company of Sue Grafton, Jonathan Kellerman, and Patricia Cornwell, Shamus Award-winner S.J. Rozan now owns a coveted Anthony Award for Best Novel for her No Colder Place. The Washington Post has called her Bill Smith/Lydia Chin novels...a... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market
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River Horse: The Logbook of a Boat Across America by William Least Heat-Moon Publisher Comments In RIVER-HORSE, the preeminent chronicler of American back roads -- who has given us the classics BLUE HIGHWAYS and PRAIRYERTH -- recounts his singular voyage on American waters from sea to sea. Along the route, he offers a lyrical and ceaselessly... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Headlong by Michael Frayn Publisher Comments An unlikely con man wagers wife, wealth, and sanity in pursuit of an elusive Old Master. Invited to dinner by the boorish local landowner, Martin Clay, an easily distracted philosopher, and his art-historian wife are asked to assess three dusty paintings... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride (99 Edition) by Pam Munoz Ryan Publisher Comments A fictionalized account of a true event--the night Amelia Earhart flew Eleanor Roosevelt over Washington, D.C., in an airplane. Three-color illustrations.... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $10.00 Used - Hardcover
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