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Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri Publisher Comments Navigating between the Indian traditions they've inherited and the baffling new world, the characters in Jhumpa Lahiri's elegant, touching stories seek love beyond the barriers of culture and generations. In "A Temporary Matter," published in the New... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Staff Pick An utter delight. This enchanting tale has long been a favorite of mine. It has just been reissued to coincide with the soon to be released movie version. Set in 1930s England, this story of young love beguiles with moated castles, moonlight swims, high... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Kindred by Octavia E Butler Publisher Comments Dana, a modern black woman, is celebrating her twenty-sixth birthday with her new husband when she is snatched abruptly from her home in California and transported to the antebellum South. With more than 100,000 copies in print, Kindred is a classic... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Birds of America by Lorrie Moore Staff Pick When friends tell me to pick a book for them to read that I really like, this is the one I give most often. Brilliant, wacko, kooky, sharp short stories from one of my favorite writers.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver From Powells.com Very rarely does a novel have as significant an impact as has The Poisonwood Bible. Though it has received a great deal of critical recognition – it was, after all, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize – what has really distinguished... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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My Year of Meats by Ruth L. Ozeki Publisher Comments The perfect fiction companion to The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food Now that Michael Pollan's New York Times bestsellers have opened up a national dialogue about where food really comes from, conscientious readers everywhere will want to... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Last Place on Earth: Scott and Amundsen's Race to the South Pole (Modern Library Exploration) by Roland Huntford Publisher Comments The definitive account of the contest between Britain's Robert Scott and Norway's Raoul Amundsen for the most coveted prize in the age of modern exploration: Antarctica. "One of the great debunking biographies."--"The New York Times Book Review."... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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A Little More about Me by Pam Houston Publisher Comments "Pam Houston catches the voice of an entire generation of adventurous young women whose intrepid hearts lead them into deep water," says Elle magazine. Now, with the gift of "speaking to Everywoman" (Library Journal), Houston treats us to a celebration... (read more) List Price $22.25 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Sweet Soul Music (99 Edition) by Peter Guralnick Publisher Comments SWEET SOUL MUSIC profiles the legendary artists--among them Sam Cook, Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, and Al Green--who merged gospel and rhythm and blues. "The best history of '60s soul music. . . . Sooner or later, it is going to be... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland Publisher Comments The smashingingly successful novel about a supposed Vermeer painting that is traced back through the centuries to the moment of its inspiration.... (read more) List Price $17.50 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Shocking Miss Pilgrim: A Writer in Early Hollywood by Frederica Sagor Maas Publisher Comments Freddie Maas's revealing memoir offers a unique perspective on the film industry and Hollywood culture in their early days and illuminates the plight of Hollywood writers working within the studio system. An ambitious twenty-three-year-old, Maas moved... (read more) Your price: $47.95 New - Hardcover
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Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear Publisher Comments A 2000 HUGO AWARD NOMINEE Greg Bear's powerfully written, brilliantly inventive novels combine cutting-edge science and unforgettable characters, illuminating dazzling new technologies--and their dangers. Now, in Darwin's Radio, Bear draws on state-of... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Foreign Student by Susan Choi Publisher Comments Plot Summary Susan Choi's story of improbable love brings together a displaced Korean student and a rebellious young American woman, two outsiders who seek solace and escape from the afflictions of their pasts. Chang Ahn has experienced first-hand the... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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That's Mr. Faggot to You: Alec Baldwin Doesn't Love Me and Other Trials from My Queer Life by Michael Thomas Ford Publisher Comments Michael Thomas Ford wants to be Wynonna Judd. "Yes, it's true. I want to have big jouncing breasts and masses of thick red hair. I want full, pouty lips that curl up in an Elvis sneer. I want to caress my guitar while thousands of lesbians squeal in... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Homestead by Rosina Lippi Publisher Comments Each life has its place, and every variation ripples the surface of the tiny alpine village called Rosenau. Be it a mysteriously misaddressed love letter or a girl's careless delivery of two helpless relatives into Nazi hands, the town's balance is ever... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Reason for Hope: A Spiritual Journey by Jane Goodall Publisher Comments Dr. Jane Goodall's revolutionary study of chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe preserve forever altered the very, definition of humanity.Now, in a poignant and insightful memoir, Jane Goodall explores her extraordinary life and personal spiritual odyssey... (read more) List Price $33.25 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Wake Up, World! by Beatrice Hollyer Publisher Comments Shakeel rides to school in an autorickshaw. Sasha builds houses in the snow. Cidinha helps her mother crack nuts to trade at the market. All around the world children are waking up, going to school, helping their families, and playing with their friends.... (read more) Your price: $18.99 New - Hardcover
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Faults by Terri De La Pena Publisher Comments Chapter Three December 31: Morning Toni A monotonous hum wakes me, but I'm afraid to open my eyes to verify my surroundings. I lie still. Am I on the train? Did I simply dream I came home? I am stationary, not rocking with the ceaseless motion of the... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Dog Star by Donald Windham Publisher Comments Fifty years after its original publication in 1950, "The Dog Star", one of the classics of Southern literature, is restored to print. The story of 15-year-old Blackie Pride, "The Dog Star" chronicles the life and hardships of this young boy as he roams... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Tall Pine Polka by Lorna Landvik Publisher Comments Life, they say, is a state of mind. In the small northwoods town of Tall Pine Minnesota, that state of mind is found at the Cup O'Delight café, where the robust and very beautiful Lee O'Leary makes a cup of coffee that's balm for the heart. The O'... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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