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Moby-Dick in Pictures: One Drawing for Every Page by Matt Kish Staff Pick In 2009, Matt Kish had an idea, a dream, a plan. Every day he would read a page from Moby-Dick, choose one passage, and then create an image based on the text — for all 552 pages! A year and a half later his epic quest came to an end, and Portland's... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $22.00 Used - Trade Paper 
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Proust Was a Neuroscientist by Jonah Lehrer Staff Pick The young Lehrer's keen portraits make for a winning read. Using Woolf, Stravinsky, Cézanne, Whitman, and a handful of others, he shows how art has given us as much insight into the human mind as science has.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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You Are Here by Katharine Harmon Staff Pick Maps are magical pieces of paper. Who doesn't love to pore over them and imagine traveling to New York, Paris, Amsterdam or even Weed, California? Maps are reassuring when you are lost, and they inspire you to dream when you're stagnant. Author Katherine... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Elliott Smith by Autumn De Wilde Staff Pick Fans and newcomers alike will be mesmerized by the ache and beauty of this remembrance of Portland's indelible songsmith, which combines photographs with interviews from those who were closest to him.... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Pictorial Webster's: A Visual Dictionary of Curiosities by John M. Carrera Staff Pick This "visual dictionary of curiosities" is charming, quirky, and endlessly entertaining. (It's also very hard to put down.) Fascinating images reproduced from wood engravings illustrate words from albatross and abracadabra to zibeth and zodiac."... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Backyard Ballistics by William Gurstelle Staff Pick As tempting as it sounds to spend the afternoon with the two digital puppies wrestling under Lara Croft's wife-beater, nothing is really more entertaining than plain ol' throwing rocks at stuff. Or, better still, shooting said rocks out of a homemade... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents Earth (the Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race by Jon Stewart Staff Pick You already know from the title whether you want this book. If you love The Daily Show, Jon Stewart, and their first book, America (the Book), then prepare yourself for a hilarious, tear-stained laugh-fest that will send neighbors running with alarm... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Firecrackers: The Art and History by Warren Dotz Staff Pick Your price: $18.75 New - Trade Paper
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Life by Keith Richards and James Fox Staff Pick This riveting autobiography by celebrated (and famously hard-living) guitar legend Keith Richards reads with the unforgettable hook and crisp ferocity of the best Rolling Stones songs — most of which you'll rush to replay after learning about their... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Postsecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives by Frank Warren Staff Pick In the movie, In the Mood for Love, Tony Leung whispers his most secret thoughts into a hole in the ruined temple of Angkor Wat. In Bethlehem, pilgrims write out their prayers and wishes and stuff them into tiny cracks between the bricks at the Western... (read more) List Price $28.99 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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Hatch Show Print: The History of a Great American Poster Shop with Poster by Jim Sherraden Staff Pick Music aside, if there was ever a reason to make a pilgrimage to Nashville, this is it. Hatch's amazing little print shop is a museum of musical culture and design. Compiling 123 years worth of incredible poster history, Chronicle Books has put together a... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Lost: Lost and Found Pet Posters from Around the World by Ian Phillips Staff Pick If you occasionally take pleasures in the innocent misfortune of others, this one is for you. Each page tells the story of desperation as owners resort to the one hope that someone will find and return their precious pets. If it weren't for lost snakes... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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United States of Americana: Backyard Chickens, Burlesque Beauties, and Handmade Bitters: A Field Guide to the New American Roots Movement by Kurt B. Reighley Staff Pick If you make your own bitters, dream of owning some chickens, and know what it means to "put up" food, odds are you'll fall in love with Kurt B. Reighley's field guide to the new American roots movement. Covering music, fashion, grooming (welcome back... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Inventory: 16 Films Featuring Manic Pixie Dream Girls, 10 Great Songs Nearly Ruined by Saxophone, and 100 More Obsessively Specific Pop-Culture Lists by A. V. Club Staff Pick The Onion can do little wrong, in my eyes, and this hilarious collection of pop-culture lists from the writers of the A. V. Club proves it once again. This book is perfect for anyone with a sense of humor who's ingested any pop culture in the last 30... (read more) List Price $20.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Judgment of Paris by Ross King Staff Pick With consummate skill, Ross King resurrects the rivalry between the French art establishment and the artists who gave birth to the Impressionist movement. Focusing on the decade between two famous exhibitions, the shocking Salon des Refusés in 1863 and... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Designer's Guide to Color Combinations by Leslie Cabarga Staff Pick List Price $27.99 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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High Style: Masterworks from the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Jan Reeder Staff Pick Party dresses! Party shoes! If you like the rich red dress on the cover, you'll adore the gowns on the inside: all extra-special wear for party girls from the 1760s through the 1980s. High Style features the collection from the Brooklyn Museum that... (read more) Your price: $50.00 New - Hardcover
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Charley Harper Birds and Words by Charley Harper Staff Pick Who knew birds could be so stylish? Charlie Harper's birds look like they just flew in from some future that was dreamed up in a 1960s living room. Also, the text is charming, hilarious, and weird enough for a double take.... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover
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Dreaming of Dior: Every Dress Tells a Story by Charlotte Smith Staff Pick Dreaming of Dior is one of the most engaging fashion books I've seen in years. It's filled with full-page illustrations based on Doris Darnell's extensive clothing collection, and each illustration comes with the factual story of the real woman who wore... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Testament: The Life and Art of Frank Frazetta by Frank Frazetta Staff Pick The third entry in the Frazetta trilogy, edited by Arnie and Cathy Fenner, Testament is not to be missed. Filled with the famous monsters, vixens, and warriors that Frazetta will always be remembered for, Testament lives up to its name.... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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