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The Chronology of Water: A Memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch Staff Pick Lidia Yuknavitch's memoir, The Chronology of Water, is fierce and voluptuous. Intimate and expansive. Hard, hard stuff presented in gorgeous language. I picked it up on impulse, read the first line, and was crying before I reached the end of the opening... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Round House by Louise Erdrich Staff Pick Exploring themes of crime, justice, and revenge, Erdrich spins a tale of the brutal rape of a Native American woman who lives on a reservation in North Dakota. When 13-year-old Joe's mother is raped and very nearly murdered, he watches as his family... (read more) Your price: $27.99 New - Hardcover
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Among Others by Jo Walton Staff Pick Serious readers spend half their lives consumed by what they are reading. I haven't seen a novel that so vividly illustrates this as Among Others does. I've been reading science fiction and fantasy since a young age, and I loved how Walton, a constant... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt Staff Pick This entertaining and heartbreaking story is told by a fabulous narrator, Eli Sisters. Eli and his brother Charlie are hired killers in late 19th-century Oregon and California, and this is the tale of their final job.... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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100 Love Sonnets/Cien Sonetos De Amor by Pablo Neruda Staff Pick A master at expressing the sublime melding of romantic and physical love, Neruda knows the agony, ache, joy, comfort, and desire that characterize our most heightened emotions.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney Staff Pick "I resignedly picked it up at last on the tail end of a history binge, telling myself, 'Okay, I'm finally going to slog through it. Just get it over with.' And I discovered all my trepidation had been for naught. This isn't an 'accessible for a scholarly... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Arcadia by Tom Stoppard Staff Pick Now this is important theatre. Yes, a play, and I recommend seeing it performed if you ever get the chance to, but read it beforehand if you want to have a chance of understanding it. I actually played Valentine in a production of Arcadia (I had a... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives by Lajos Egri Staff Pick If you begged me to give you the title of one "how-to" book on the topic of screenwriting and wouldn't give up until I told you, then it would have to be this classic introduction to the craft. Often used as a textbook in screenwriting classes, Lajos... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Flies (Lannan Literary Selections) by Michael Dickman Staff Pick Flies, Michael Dickman's second poetry collection, does not disappoint. The much acclaimed author of The End of the West startles and disturbs with beautiful, violent, honest poems that will be some of the finest you read this year.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Death and the Maiden: Tie-In Edition by Ariel Dorfman Staff Pick Reminiscent of the moral perplexities that became the distinctive feature of Greek drama, Death and the Maiden is an unabashed examination of the sometimes unexpected repercussions inherent in reconciliation with the past. Set in post-Pinochet Chile, or... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Birthday Party and the Room ((Rev)68 Edition) by Harold Pinter Staff Pick Written in 1957 while in his mid-20s, The Room and The Birthday Party were Harold Pinter's first two plays. The English dramatist's attempts at creating theatrical works were initially ridiculed, but Pinter is now acclaimed as one of the world's finest... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Pedro and the Captain: A Play by Mario Benedetti Staff Pick Though long revered throughout Latin America, when Mario Benedetti passed away in 2009, the great Uruguayan novelist, poet, playwright, and journalist was little known to the English-speaking world. Few, quite unfortunately, of his over 75 works are... (read more) Your price: $10.75 New - Trade Paper
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The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks Staff Pick The Notebook is the story of two men—one bought his wife a million-dollar ring, the other simply wrote a notebook and read from it. Read this book and you'll find out why true love can't be bought or duplicated. This is a wonderful love story that you... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Kissing the Mask: Beauty, Understatement and Femininity in Japanese Noh Theater by William T Vollmann Staff Pick Understatement isn't exactly characteristic of William T. Vollmann's writing. In his previous journalistic attempts to understand some of the more paradoxical and confusing aspects of the world, he has exercised such an unremitting onslaught of literary... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Shakespeare: The World as Stage (Eminent Lives) by Bill Bryson Staff Pick A well-researched, well-written journey through Shakespeare's England. And who better as your affable guide than Bill Bryson? This slim volume is a perfect stocking stuffer.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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