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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire Publisher Comments When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her side of the story. But what about her arch-nemesis, the mysterious witch? Where did she come from? How did she become so wicked? And what is the... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire Publisher Comments < P> < i> Is this new land a place where magics really happen?< /P> < P> < /i> From Gregory Maguire, the acclaimed author of < i> Wicked, < /i> comes his much& ndash; anticipated second novel, a brilliant and... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.48 Used - Trade Paper
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser Publisher Comments Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled American cultural imperialism abroad. That's a lengthy list of charges, but here Eric Schlosser makes them stick... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Brooklyn: A State of Mind by Michael W Robbins Publisher Comments Celebrate America's hometown in a rollicking portrait from Brooklyn's legion of writers, artists, raconteurs and neighborhood savants. Arthur Miller on Midwood, Spike Lee on Fort Greene, Susan Brownmiller as a Flatbush girl, David Levine's portraits of... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson Publisher Comments With the memorable characters and plot twists she brings to her best-selling fantasies, Eva Ibbotson has written a hair-raising novel, set in turn-of-the-last-century Brazil. Maia, an orphan, is sent from England to live with unfamiliar cousins on a... (read more) Your price: $17.99 New - Hardcover
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Outlander by Diana Gabaldon Publisher Comments Unrivaled storytelling ... unforgettable characters ... rich historical detail ... these are the hallmarks of Diana Gabaldon's work. Her New York Times bestselling Outlander novels have earned the praise of critics and captured millions of readers. Here... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Voyager by Diana Gabaldon Publisher Comments In this rich, vibrant tale, Diana Gabaldon continues the story of Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser that began with the now-classic novel Outlander and continued in Dragonfly in Amber. Sweeping us from the battlefields of eighteenth-century Scotland to the... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky Publisher Comments Homer called salt a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. Today we take salt for granted, a common, inexpensive substance that seasons food or clears ice from roads, a word used casually in expressions ("salt of the earth,"... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon Publisher Comments New York Times bestselling author of Outlander Diana Gabaldon mesmerized readers with her award-winning Outlander novels, four dazzling New York Times bestsellers featuring 18th-century Scotsman James Fraser and his 20th-century time-traveling wife... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Brunelleschi's Dome: How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture by Ross King Staff Pick Of the many transformations that architecture has undergone throughout history, none is more important to the Renaissance than Filippo Brunelleschi's dome design for the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral in Florence. Few books have introduced Renaissance... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Secret Parts of Fortune: Three Decades of Intense Investigations and Edgy Enthusiasms by Ron Rosenbaum Publisher Comments One part intellectual and one part private eye, Ron Rosenbaum takes readers into "the secret parts" of the great mysteries, controversies, and enigmas of our time, including:the occult rituals of Skull and Bones, the legendary Yale secret society that... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Soul Mountain by Xingjian Gao Publisher Comments In 1983 Chinese playwright, critic, fiction writer, and painter Gao Xingjian was diagnosed with lung cancer and faced imminent death. But six weeks later, a second examination revealed the cancer was gone, and he was thrown back into the world of the... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey Publisher Comments Peter Carey, Booker Prize-winning author of "Oscar and Lucinda, " powerfully evokes the legend of 19th-century Australian outlaw Ned Kelly in this novel narrated in defiantly descriptive prose by the barely literate bushranger himself. 1 map & 3... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon Publisher Comments With her now-classic novel Outlander, Diana Gabaldon introduced two unforgettable characters — Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser—delighting readers with a story of adventure and love that spanned two centuries. Now Gabaldon returns to that... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-Tales from the Gulf States by Zora Neale Hurston Publisher Comments "Imagine the situations in which these speech acts occur. Recall a front stoop, juke joint, funeral, wedding, barbershop, kitchen: the music, noise, communal energy, and release. Dream. Participate the way you do when you allow a song to transport you... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Hiding Place by Trezza Azzopardi Publisher Comments This exceptional novel about family, love, and the innocence and terror of childhood was one of the most applauded and auspicious debuts of the last year. Set in a Maltese immigrant community in Cardiff, Wales, and peopled with sharp-edged, luminously... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Peddler's Grandson: Growing Up Jewish in Mississippi by Edward Cohen Publisher Comments Edward Cohen was among the tiny minority of Jews in Jackson, Mississippi, the heart of the Bible Belt. As a child, he grew up singing “Dixie”in his segregated school and saying shma in synagogue. And in his powerful, luminous memoir, Cohen... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Looking for Alaska by Peter Jenkins Publisher Comments More than twenty years ago, a disillusioned college graduate named Peter Jenkins set out with his dog Cooper to look for himself and his nation. His memoir of what he found, A Walk Across America, captured the hearts of millions of Americans. Now, Peter... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon Publisher Comments In this breathtaking novel—rich in history and adventure—The New York Times bestselling author Diana Gabaldon continues the story of Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser that began with the now-classic novel Outlander and continued in... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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E=mc2: A Biography of the World's Most Famous Equation by David Bodanis Publisher Comments Already climbing the bestseller lists-and garnering rave reviews—this "little masterpiece" sheds brilliant light on the equation that changed the world. Bodanis begins by devoting chapters to each of the equation's letters and symbols, introducing... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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