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One Step Behind (Kurt Wallander Mysteries # 7 ) by Henning Mankell Staff Pick Discover Europe's favorite mystery writer. Sweden's Henning Mankell writes a first-rate police procedural that also serves as an indictment of contemporary society. His characters are fully drawn, full of frailties, unexpected courage, and are utterly... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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Fool's Errand: Book 1 of the Tawny Man by Robin Hobb Publisher Comments A new trilogy begins with this follow-up to the Liveship Traders trilogy. Living in exile for 15 years, FitzChivalry Farseer is sought by destiny. Prince Dutiful, the young heir to the Farseer throne, has vanished and FitzChivalry, possessor of the royal... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market
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Fingersmith: A Novel by Sarah Waters Publisher Comments In Victorian England, an orphan girl is sent to a country estate to work for-and ultimately woo-its young heiress, on behalf of a mysterious benefactor known as Gentleman.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.25 Used - Trade Paper
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Dare to Repair: A Do-It-Herself Guide to Fixing (Almost) Anything in the Home by Julie Sussman and Stephanie Glakas-Tenet Publisher Comments This is NOT your father's home repair book! And it's not your husband's, your brother's, your boyfriend's, or the guy's next door. Dare to Repair is a do-it-herself book for every woman who would rather be self-reliant than rely on a super or contractor.... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Kiln People by David Brin Publisher Comments In a perilous future, disposable duplicate bodies fulfill every citizen's legal and illicit whim. Life as a 24-hour "ditto" is cheap, as Albert Morris knows. A brash investigator with a knack for trouble, he's sent plenty of clay duplicates into deadly... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $2.50 Used - Mass Market
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Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig Publisher Comments Written in side-splitting and often cringe-inducing detail, Paul Feig takes you in a time machine to a world of bombardment by dodge balls, ill-fated prom dates, hellish school bus rides, and other aspects of public school life that will keep you... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Tender Ties Historical #01: A Name of Her Own by Jane Kirkpatrick Publisher Comments Based on the life of Marie Dorion, the first mother to cross the Rocky Mountains and remain in the Northwest, A Name of Her Own is the fictionalized adventure account of a real womans fight to settle in a new landscape, survive in a nation at war... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani Publisher Comments “FUNNY, CHARMING, AND ORIGINAL.” –FANNIE FLAGG Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, the tiny town of Big Stone Gap is home to some of the most charming eccentrics in the state. Ave Maria Mulligan is the town’s self... (read more) List Price $7.50 Your price: $3.98 Sale - Mass Market
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The Lunar Men by Jennifer S Uglow Publisher Comments In the 1760s a group of amateur experimenters met and made friends in the English Midlands. Most came from humble families, all lived far from the center of things, but they were young and their optimism was boundless: together they would change the... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 by Michael Azerrad Publisher Comments This is the story of post-punk indie rock in America and the bands whose do-it-yourself ethic paved the way for the grunge phenomenon of the 1990s. Without major label support, these bands depended on resourcefulness and creativity to survive.... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest by Aminatta Forna Publisher Comments Aminatta Forna's intensely personal history is a passionate and vivid account of an idyllic childhood that became the stuff of nightmare. As a child she witnessed the upheavals of postcolonial Africa, danger, flight, the bitterness of exile in Britain... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Every Tongue Got to Confess: Negro Folk-Tales from the Gulf States by Zora Neale Hurston Publisher Comments “ What treasures these are— mordantly clever and quintessentially human stories about God and the creation of the black race, the devil, preachers wily and foolish, animals, the battle between the sexes, and slaves who outsmart their masters... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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London Bridges by Jane Stevenson Publisher Comments A superbly entertaining, high-spirited novel, London Bridges gives a very contemporary spin to the classic English detective thriller. Set in 1990s London, the plot centers on a treasure lost in the Blitz and newly discovered by an unscrupulous lawyer... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Love of Stones by Tobias Hill Publisher Comments Burrowing through the goldsmiths quarters and hidden archives of London, Tokyo, and Istanbul, Katharine Sterne is on the trail of a ruby, diamond, and pearl brooch once worn by Queen Elizabeth I. Interwoven with the tale of her hunt is that of a pair of... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market
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Fifth Life of the Catwoman by Kathleen Dexter Publisher Comments The Catwoman is on her fifth life. She has survived witch hunts, ignorance, and poverty. And now, she seeks refuge amidst the company of fifty cats on her own private oasis, a mirage. But when a stranger named Angelo enters her isolated world, Kat is... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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High and Mighty: SUVs: The World's Most Dangerous Vehicles and How They Got That Way by Keith Bradsher From Powells.com The auto industry in Detroit was panicking during the oil crisis of the early 1970s. Higher oil prices lead to congress-mandated fuel economy standards, and car manufacturers were forced into creating smaller, more fuel efficient automobiles... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $3.25 Used - Hardcover
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Mr. Lincoln's Wars: A Novel in Thirteen Stories by Adam Braver Publisher Comments Mr. Lincoln's Wars marks the emergence of a remarkably gifted writer. In this wildly inventive, highly ambitious collection, Adam Braver explores Abraham Lincoln's inner life and personal turmoils -- while also reflecting on the indelible impact Lincoln... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $1.95 Used - Hardcover
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Death at the Priory: Love, Sex, and Murder in Victorian England by James Ruddick Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-203) and index.... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hail to the Chiefs: Presidential Mischief, Morals, and Malarkey from George W. to George W. by Barbara Holland Publisher Comments This book, a top Ten selection for the January/February BookSense 76 List of the American Booksellers Association, is a devastatingly funny take on all of our presidents — from George Washington to George W Bush. Like Dorothy, in the Wizard of Oz... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Prince of Lost Places by Kathy Hepinstall Publisher Comments "Forty million mothers would have followed me out here, if they had known this place existed." Martha's son, Duncan, is the light of her life. After a child is killed at Duncan's school, Martha decides that she must protect him from the world and from... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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