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The Alchemist (Insight) by Paulo Coelho Staff Pick Whether you want to take a journey or to be reassured that life is filled with wonder and magic, this beautifully optimistic book is for you. Follow Santiago, a shepherd who follows a dream to find treasure hidden under the pyramids, but ends up finding... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Staff Pick Touted as an adult's version of Harry Potter, The Night Circus actually lives up to its hype. It's the story of a couple of magicians, a circus, and a duel. And, of course, it's so much more. Morgenstern's creation is astounding and intricate, delicate... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach Staff Pick In her remarkable debut, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, Mary Roach explored what happens to the body after death, and in the process brought the corpse to glittering life. In her follow up, she stakes out similar terrain. What happens to the... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker Staff Pick As if facing the everyday insecurities and turmoil of adolescence isn't enough, 11-year-old Julia lives within the reality of a post-apocalyptic situation as the earth's rotation begins slowing by measurable degrees each day. Relationships, personal and... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Natural Healing Wisdom and Know How: Useful Practices, Recipes, and Formulas for a Lifetime of Health by Amy Rost Staff Pick This guide is so comprehensive, you'll never have to Google again. Covering everything from naturopathy and homeopathy to mind-body healing and cures for specific ailments, Natural Healing Wisdom and Know-How is a great reference for natural-healing... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Saving Fish from Drowning (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Amy Tan Staff Pick Saving Fish from Drowning is a funny, almost magical look at group dynamics, altruism, and self-interest set against the beauty and repressive politics of Myanmar. Impressive and surprisingly moving.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $1.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Food of the Gods: The Search for the Original Tree of Knowledge a Radical History of Plants, Drugs, and Human Evolution by Terence Mckenna Staff Pick McKenna starts his radical revision of human evolution by positing the theory that we evolved from apes to humans because of brain changes brought about by ingesting psilocybin-containing mushrooms. This was, in his opinion, the birth of religion, and... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Defy Gravity: Healing Beyond the Bounds of Reason by Caroline Myss Staff Pick There is more to healing than modern and natural medicine can provide. Caroline Myss believes we also need spiritual healing. Defy Gravity offers an array of different spiritual paths to choose from when faced with difficult and distressing times.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Saving Fish from Drowning by Amy Tan Staff Pick Saving Fish from Drowning is a funny, almost magical look at group dynamics, altruism, and self-interest set against the beauty and repressive politics of Myanmar. Impressive and surprisingly moving.... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $0.98 Used - Hardcover
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Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi (Vintage) by Geoff Dyer Staff Pick Geoff Dyer, the author of books on subjects as diverse as jazz, D. H. Lawrence, photography, and World War I, is at the top of his game with his latest offering. Jeff in Venice, Death In Varanasi (the title is a play on Thomas Mann's Death in Venice) is... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson Staff Pick Military secrets are hard to come by, but when they reveal plans as bizarre as those of the U.S. Army's First Earth Battalion, just be grateful that Jon Ronson is doing the digging. His last book, Them, revealed Ronson to be an expert at revealing the... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $15.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Miracle Cures of Dr. Aira by Cesar Aira Staff Pick Embarking upon a newly translated César Aira novella is often as exciting an experience as the story itself. Given that the Argentine author is so astonishingly prolific, one never really knows quite what to expect from his fiction — save... (read more) Your price: $12.95 New - Trade Paper
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Life : a User's Manual (Rev 08 Edition) by Georges Perec List Price $22.95 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Meditations (91 Edition) by Marcus Aurelius List Price $12.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Spook Signed Edition by Mary Roach Staff Pick In her remarkable debut, Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, Mary Roach explored what happens to the body after death, and in the process brought the corpse to glittering life. In her follow up, she stakes out similar terrain. What happens to the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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