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The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets by Barbara G Walker Staff Pick "One of my favorite ways of reading is to pull a book off the shelf and open it at random. That's the great thing about reference books like dictionaries or encyclopedias. These books are treasure troves dip in anywhere, let chance take you, lead... (read more) List Price $34.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales by Ludmila Petrushevskaya Staff Pick Regarded as one of Russia's most talented contemporary writers, Petrushevskaya's collection of vignettes is far beyond the macabre, with characters who desperately cling to the past while living discreetly painful lives. Their souls dangle on the... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Woman's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects (More Crystals and New Age) by Barbara G Walker Staff Pick "One of my favorite ways of reading is to pull a book off the shelf and open it at random. That's the great thing about reference books like dictionaries or encyclopedias. These books are treasure troves dip in anywhere, let chance take you, lead... (read more) List Price $28.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me by Kate Bernheimer Staff Pick Neil Gaiman! Aimee Bender! Kelly Link! Michael Cunningham! It's impossible to list the contributors to this book without using exclamation points. This wickedly entertaining collection reclaims fairy tales from the children's library and reaffirms their... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Great Night by Chris Adrian Staff Pick Chris Adrian's inimitable flair for creating fantastic worlds just around the corner from our everyday routines is on full display in this modern adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream. No one is better at mingling such searing emotion with whimsical... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Where Bigfoot Walks: Crossing the Dark Divide by Robert Michael Pyle Staff Pick This book is as much about people and place as it is about the mythical hominid in our backyard. Pyle is a naturalist and a rational man thrust against doubt, and the beauty of the wild unknown flits through these pages like the shadow of his prey flits... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Nordic Hero Tales from the Kalevala by James Baldwin Staff Pick If you ever wondered where J. R. R. Tolkien got some of his major inspiration for The Lord Of The Rings, read the Kalevala. Even the Elvin language was based on Finnish. Then when you're in the lunchroom you can tell your friends how closely related the... (read more) Your price: $8.95 New - Trade Paper
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