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The Book on Writing: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Well by Paula Larocque Publisher Comments Teaches the elements of good writing through the use of essential guidelines, literary techniques, and proper writing mechanics.... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper 
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Hell at the Breech by Tom Franklin Publisher Comments Based on incidents that occurred a few miles from the author's childhood home, this extraordinary first novel is set in 1897 Alabama at a time when residents formed a secret society, Hell-at-the-Breech, to punish townspeople for the murder of an aspiring... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Stitch N Bitch the Knitters Handbook by Debbie Stoller Publisher Comments It's the essential guide for chicks with sticks--from the tools of the trade to the knitty-gritty of techniques and patterns, all with easy-to-follow step-by-step illustrated techniques: • Stockinette stitch, rib stitch, seed stitch... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic by Jennifer Niven Publisher Comments From the author of "The Ice Master" comes the remarkable true story of a young Inuit woman who survived six months alone on a desolate uninhabited Arctic island in 1921.... (read more) List Price $34.25 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Sound of Paper: Starting from Scratch by Julia Cameron Publisher Comments The bestselling author of The Artist's Way draws on her many years of personal experience as both a writer and a teacher to uncover the difficult soul work that artists must do to find inspiration. In The Sound of Paper, Julia Cameron delves deep... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Last Time Around Cape Horn: The Historic 1949 Voyage of the Windjammer Pamir by William F Stark Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references and index.... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Last Crossing by Guy Vanderhaeghe Publisher Comments A #l best-seller in Canada and winner of the Canadian Booksellers Association's Fiction Book of the Year Award, The Last Crossing is a sweeping tale of breathtaking quests, adventurous detours, and hard-won redemption. Master storyteller Guy Vanderhaeghe... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Zingerman's Guide to Good Eating: How to Choose the Best Bread, Cheeses, Olive Oil, Pasta, Chocolate, and Much More by Ari Weinzweig Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [455]-457) and indexes.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Vintage Murakami by Haruki Murakami Publisher Comments Not since Yukio Mishima and Yasunari Kawabata has a Japanese writer won the international acclaim enjoyed by Haruki Murakami. His genre-busting novels, short stories and reportage, which have been translated into 35 languages, meld the surreal and the... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Cork Boat by John Pollack Publisher Comments A former White House speechwriter describes how he gave up his job to pursue his dream of constructing a boat made entirely of wine corks, the construction of his remarkable vessel, and his voyage down the Douro River in Portugal.... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi Publisher Comments Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher named Azar Nafisi secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. As Islamic morality squads staged... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier Publisher Comments Bewitching art experts and enthusiasts alike for centuries, the Lady and the Unicorn tapestries hang today in the Cluny Museum in Paris. In each, an elegant lady and a unicorn stand or sit on an island of grass surrounded by a rich background of... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $1.50 Used - Hardcover
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Playing with Fire: A Novel of Suspense by Peter Robinson Publisher Comments Fire. It violently destroys futures and pasts in a terrified heartbeat, devouring damning secrets while leaving even greater mysteries in its foul wake of ash and debris. The night sky is ablaze as fire engulfs two barges moored end to end on a Yorkshire... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Cave by Jose Saramago Publisher Comments A Los Angeles Times Best Book A New York Times Notable Book "[The Cave] is yet another triumph . . . for Portugal's, or even the world's, greatest living novelist. Read it."-The Washington Post Book World Cipriano Algor, an elderly potter, lives with his... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Something Rising (Light and Swift) by Haven Kimmel Staff Pick Cassie Claiborne is a street-smart Nine-Ball prodigy, a temperamental tomboy, too knowing to accept her surroundings and too circumscribed by them to find release. I was less than thirty pages into Something Rising and already I sensed I'd be missing her... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams by Alfred Lubrano Publisher Comments Limbo is a thought-provoking treatise on the lasting consequences of class mobility in America. Drawing on his own story as well as on dozens more from individuals who share his experience, award-winning journalist Alfred Lubrano sheds light on the... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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The 37th Hour by Jodi Compton Publisher Comments In a suspense novel of astounding power and depth, Jodi Compton unleashes a haunting tale of secrets and betrayal...and of one woman's search for her missing husband that spirals into a dark journey strewn with bitter truths and damged lives. Here debut... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Doga: Yoga for Dogs by Jennifer Brilliant Publisher Comments Dogs have always been natural yogis, and their tranquility of mind, ability to be in the moment, and contented outlook are widely considered to be the result of their long and devoted practice of doga. Dogis Benny, Buster, and Cricket practiced in... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Any Human Heart by William Boyd Staff Pick List Price $15.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America by Henry Wiencek Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-390) and index.... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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