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The End of the World as We Know It: Scenes from a Life by Robert Goolrick Publisher Comments It was the 1950s, a time of calm, a time when all things were new and everything seemed possible. A few years before, a noble war had been won, and now life had returned to normal. For one little boy, however, life had become anything but "normal." To... (read more) List Price $21.50 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover 
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The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicles: Day One (Kingkiller Chronicles #01) by Patrick Rothfuss Publisher Comments The New York Times bestselling novel. This is the riveting first-person narrative of Kvothe, a young man who grows to be one of the most notorious magicians his world has ever seen. From his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a... (read more) Your price: $28.95 New - Hardcover
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The Book of Air and Shadows: A Novel by Michael Gruber Publisher Comments A distinguished Shakespearean scholar found tortured to death... A lost manuscript and its secrets buried for centuries... An encrypted map that leads to incalculable wealth... The Washington Post called Michael Gruber's previous work "a... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Ant Farm: And Other Desperate Situations by Simon Rich Publisher Comments In Ant Farm, former Harvard Lampoon president Simon Rich finds humor in some very surprising places. Armed with a sharp eye for the absurd and an overwhelming sense of doom, Rich explores the ridiculousness of our everyday lives. The world, he concludes,... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall Publisher Comments Eric Sanderson wakes up in a house one day with no idea who or where he is. A note instructs him to see a Dr. Randle immediately, who informs him that he is undergoing yet another episode of acute memory loss that is a symptom of his severe... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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The God of Animals: A Novel by Aryn Kyle Staff Pick Alice Winston is one of the most likable characters I've come across in a long time; smart, tough, and intuitive beyond her years, her voice is both utterly realistic and absolutely captivating. Aryn Kyle's extraordinary debut novel treats the reader to... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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Dog Years: A Memoir by Mark Doty Publisher Comments Why do dogs speak so profoundly to our inner lives? When Mark Doty decides to adopt a dog as a companion for his dying partner, he finds himself bringing home Beau, a large golden retriever, malnourished and in need of loving care. Beau joins Arden, the... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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Tallgrass by Sandra Dallas Publisher Comments During World War II, a family finds life turned upside-down when the government opens a Japanese internment camp in their small town. Part thriller, part historical novel, Dallas has written a riveting exploration of the darkest--as well as the best... (read more) Your price: $23.95 New - Hardcover
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Sister Mine by Tawni O'Dell Publisher Comments Tough, former cop Shae-Lynn Penrose has spent years building a life for herself and her son in Jolly Mount, Pennsylvania, the tiny coal-mining town in which she grew up, but her life is thrown into complete disarray by the arrival of the younger sister... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $2.50 Used - Hardcover
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Coal Black Horse by Robert Olmstead Publisher Comments When Robey Childs's mother has a premonition about her husband, a soldier fighting in the Civil War, she does the unthinkable: she instructs her only child to find his father on the battlefield and bring him home. At fourteen, wearing the coat his mother... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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Kindness Goes Unpunished: A Walt Longmire Mystery (Walt Longmire Mysteries) by Craig Johnson Publisher Comments LONGMIRE, a new A&E drama series New York Times bestselleing author Craig Johnson 's mystery series -starring Walt Longmire, the straight-shooting sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming-is attracting more and more fans with its distinctive blend of... (read more) List Price $23.95 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Camel Bookmobile: A Novel by Masha Hamilton Publisher Comments Fiona Sweeney wants to do something that matters, and she chooses to make her mark in the arid bush of northeastern Kenya. By helping to start a traveling library, she hopes to bring the words of Homer, Hemingway, and Dr. Seuss to far-flung tiny... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Colorful Apocalypse: Journeys in Outsider Art by Greg Bottoms Publisher Comments The Reverend Howard Finster was twenty feet tall, suspended in darkness. Or so he appeared in the documentary film that introduced a teenaged Greg Bottoms to the renowned outsider artist whose death would help inspire him, fourteen years later, to travel... (read more) List Price $18.75 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier Publisher Comments London 1792. The Kellaways move from familiar rural Dorset to the tumult of a cramped, unforgiving city. They are leaving behind a terrible loss, a blow that only a completely new life may soften. Against the backdrop of a city jittery over the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson Publisher Comments A Scottish minister who doesn't believe in God meets the devil in this beguiling American debut.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid Publisher Comments Praise for THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST "A brilliant book. With spooky restraint and masterful control, Hamid unpicks the underpinnings of the most recent episode of distrust between East and West. But this book does not merely excel in capturing a... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Vanora Bennett Publisher Comments The year is 1527. The great portraitist Hans Holbein, who has fled the reformation in Europe, is making his first trip to England under commission to Sir Thomas More. In the course of six years, Holbein will become a close friend to the More family and... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish by Elise Blackwell Publisher Comments As the waters of the Mississippi rise in 1927, the moneyed powers of Louisiana must decide which Parish to flood in order to save New Orleans.... (read more) List Price $22.25 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Love in a Torn Land: Joanna of Kurdistan: The True Story of a Freedom Fighter's Escape from Iraqi Vengeance by Jean P Sasson Publisher Comments As a young girl living in Saddam Hussein's Iraq, Joanna al-Askari had a dream: to fall in love with a Kurdish freedom fighter and join the battle for Kurdish independence. In Love in a Torn Land, bestselling author Jean Sasson tells the remarkable true... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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