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The History of Love: A Novel by Nicole Krauss Staff Pick In this brilliant work on love and loss, two stories, past and present, merge. With compassion and humor, Nicole Krauss writes a beautiful and incredibly imaginative novel, delivering readers through twists and turns to arrive at a wholly satisfying... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Hardcover 
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Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv Publisher Comments andquot;I like to play indoors better 'cause that's where all the electrical outlets are,andquot; reports a fourth-grader. Never before in history have children been so plugged inand#8212;and so out of touch with the natural world. In this groundbreaking... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Closers (Harry Bosch) by Michael Connelly Publisher Comments In Los Angeles in 1988, a sixteen-year-old girl disappeared from her home and was later found dead of a gunshot wound to the chest. The death appeared at first to be a suicide — but some of the evidence contradicted that scenario, and detectives... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Hardcover
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New Mercies by Sandra Dallas Publisher Comments Natchez, Mississippi, in 1933 is a place suspended in time. The silver and china is still dented and cracked from Yankee invaders. And the houses have names...and memories. Nora Bondurant is running away--from her husband's death, from his secrets, and... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Any Bitter Thing by Monica Wood Publisher Comments Richard Russo has celebrated Monica Wood's fiction as "thoroughly captivating?warm and wise and beautifully written," and Andre Dubus III praised it as "luminous and graceful?entertaining yet transcendent." Any Bitter Thing, Wood's brilliant new novel... (read more) List Price $22.25 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd Publisher Comments The luminous new novel from the author of the phenomenal bestseller The Secret Life of Bees. Sue Monk Kidd?s stunning debut, The Secret Life of Bees, has transformed her into a genuine literary star. Now, in her much-anticipated new novel, Kidd has... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Hardcover
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Big Hair and Flying Cows by Dolores J Wilson Publisher Comments Bertie Byrd, mechanic and tow truck driver in Sweet Meadow Georgia, has an unusual life and some very unusual friends. Once her exploits make the Letterman show, life will never be the same.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Hungry Tide: A Novel by Amitav Ghosh Publisher Comments The Hungry Tide is a very contemporary story of adventure and unlikely love, identity and history, set in one of the most fascinating regions on the earth. Off the easternmost coast of India, in the Bay of Bengal, lies the immense labyrinth of tiny... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Above the Thunder by Renee Manfredi Publisher Comments A wary, middle-aged widow numbed by loss and disappointment. A preternaturally intelligent little girl who eavesdrops on the dead. A charming, sybaritic gay man torn between his love for his partner and the anarchy of his desires.These are the charged... (read more) Your price: $13.50 New - Trade Paper
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Leeway Cottage: A Novel by Beth Gutcheon Publisher Comments In this beautifully written tour de force of a novel, Beth Gutcheon takes readers back to the coastal village of Dundee, Maine. There, in a Victorian summer house called Leeway Cottage, we witness the scenes of a long twentieth-century marriage. In... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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Lizzie's War by Tim Farrington Publisher Comments A stunning new novel from the author of the beloved The Monk Downstairs — hailed by critics and readers alike as "captivating" and "enthralling" (Books & Culture) and "tender [and] witty" (New York Times Book Review). Elizabeth O'Reilly, the wife of... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $6.75 Used - Hardcover
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Citizen Vince: A Novel by Jess Walter Publisher Comments From the highly acclaimed crime novelist and author of Over Tumbled Graves and Land of the Blind comes a story of witness protection, petty thievery, local politics, and murder — set against the turbulent backdrop of the 1980 presidential election... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Reluctant Tuscan by Phil Doran Publisher Comments In the witty tone that made Phil Doran a success as a writer in Hollywood, The Reluctant Tuscan will captivate a wide audience, from those who simply love a captivating travel narrative to anyone who loves the quirky humor of Bill Bryson, Dave Barry, and... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin Publisher Comments Mitch Cullin's engrossing A Slight Trick of the Mind is an original portrait of literature's most beloved detective, Sherlock Holmes, in the twilight of his illustrious life. Holmes — "a genius in whom scientific curiosity is raised to the... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Raising Hope by Katie Willard Synopsis In the tradition of "The Secret Life of Bees" and "The Joy Luck Club," this moving and heartwarming debut explores what it means to be a mother, a daughter, and a family.... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $3.48 Used - Hardcover
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The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw Staff Pick Sublime literary work. Marvelous characters reveal their inner depth. Faultless and flawless writing entices you.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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Robbing the Bees: A Biography of Honey: The Sweet Liquid Gold That Seduced the World by Holley Bishop List Price $24.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Loss of Leon Meed: A Novel by Josh Emmons Publisher Comments In Josh Emmons's inventive and utterly engaging debut, ten residents of Eureka, California, are brought together by a mysterious man, Leon Meed, who repeatedly and inexplicably appears — in the ocean, at a local rock music club, clinging to the roof... (read more) List Price $22.25 Your price: $4.25 Used - Hardcover
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The Evil B.B. Chow and Other Stories by Steve Almond Staff Pick The short stories collected here are witty, observant, and nuanced. If there is any justice in the world of letters, The Evil B.B. Chow will be the book that catapults Steve Almond from the ghetto of "cult writer" status into the realm of America's A... (read more) List Price $21.50 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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