Special Offers see all

More at Powell's

Interviews | Q&As | Essays

Employee Picks

Employee Picks
Reference

There are 33 books in this aisle.

Featured Titles in Employee Picks - Reference
Page 1 of 2 next

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'I bought A Poetry Handbook when I entered my first poetry-writing class as an undergrad. My professor was a notorious curmudgeon who didn\'t spare anyone\'s feelings and expected each progressive class in the term "to separate the sheep from the goats." I', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-05-02', 
 'placement' => '1', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksReference', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Reference', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'REF-WRITING', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '0', 
 'online_only' => '1', 
 'xeno_id' => '', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '6965031', 
 'isbn' => '9780156724005', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Harcourt', 
 'received_date' => '0', 
 'author_key' => 'olivermary', 
 'bookscape_id' => '0', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'A Poetry Handbook', 
 'price' => '8.00', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Mary Oliver', 
 'section' => 'Reference-Writing', 
 'title_key' => 'poetryhandbook', 
 'condition_code' => 'SO', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '3.50', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '65-9780156724005-2', 
 'list_price' => '14.00', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '65', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceWriting', 
 'create_date' => '0', 
 'qty' => '23', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780156724005' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'REF-WRITING', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '0', 
 'online_only' => '1', 
 'xeno_id' => '', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '6965031', 
 'isbn' => '9780156724005', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Harcourt', 
 'received_date' => '0', 
 'author_key' => 'olivermary', 
 'bookscape_id' => '0', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'A Poetry Handbook', 
 'price' => '8.00', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Mary Oliver', 
 'section' => 'Reference-Writing', 
 'title_key' => 'poetryhandbook', 
 'condition_code' => 'SO', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '3.50', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '65-9780156724005-2', 
 'list_price' => '14.00', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '65', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceWriting', 
 'create_date' => '0', 
 'qty' => '23', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

A Poetry Handbook
by Mary Oliver
Staff Pick
I bought A Poetry Handbook when I entered my first poetry-writing class as an undergrad. My professor was a notorious curmudgeon who didn't spare anyone's feelings and expected each progressive class in the term "to separate the sheep from the goats." I... (read more)

List Price $14.00
Your price: $8.00
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'I\'m really, really not just picking this because I have an essay in the collection. Really. This sweet, little book is wonderfully indie (printed solely and beautifully using an Espresso Book Machine, one of which lives at Powell\'s City of Books) and', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-05-02', 
 'placement' => '2', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksReference', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Reference', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'REF-WRITING217', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '0', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '217', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '1632956', 
 'isbn' => '9780988265707', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => '', 
 'received_date' => '20130423', 
 'author_key' => 'stanfilllaura', 
 'bookscape_id' => '15561237', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Brave on the Page: Oregon Writers on Craft and the Creative Life', 
 'price' => '11.50', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Laura Stanfill', 
 'section' => 'Reference-Writing', 
 'title_key' => 'bravepageoregonwriterscraftcreativelife', 
 'condition_code' => 'VG', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.25', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9780988265707-4', 
 'list_price' => undef, 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceWriting', 
 'create_date' => '20130423', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780988265707' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'REF-WRITING217', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '0', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '217', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '1632956', 
 'isbn' => '9780988265707', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => '', 
 'received_date' => '20130423', 
 'author_key' => 'stanfilllaura', 
 'bookscape_id' => '15561237', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Brave on the Page: Oregon Writers on Craft and the Creative Life', 
 'price' => '11.50', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Laura Stanfill', 
 'section' => 'Reference-Writing', 
 'title_key' => 'bravepageoregonwriterscraftcreativelife', 
 'condition_code' => 'VG', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.25', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9780988265707-4', 
 'list_price' => undef, 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceWriting', 
 'create_date' => '20130423', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

Brave on the Page: Oregon Writers on Craft and the Creative Life
by Laura Stanfill
Staff Pick
I'm really, really not just picking this because I have an essay in the collection. Really. This sweet, little book is wonderfully indie (printed solely and beautifully using an Espresso Book Machine, one of which lives at Powell's City of Books) and... (read more)

Your price: $11.50
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'Reading Like a Writer is a treasure chest. You can crack it open at any chapter and come away enriched. Prose is one of the best teachers around, and for the price of a paperback, you are getting an Ivy League education in writing. For people who love', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-05-02', 
 'placement' => '3', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksReference', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Reference', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'REF-WRITING', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '0', 
 'online_only' => '1', 
 'xeno_id' => '', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '4248779', 
 'isbn' => '9780060777050', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Harper Perennial', 
 'received_date' => '0', 
 'author_key' => 'prosefrancine', 
 'bookscape_id' => '0', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (P.S.)', 
 'price' => '8.00', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Francine Prose', 
 'section' => 'Reference-Writing', 
 'title_key' => 'readinglikewriterguidepeoplewholovebooksthosewhowantwritethemps', 
 'condition_code' => 'SO', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '3.50', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '65-9780060777050-2', 
 'list_price' => '13.99', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '65', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceWriting', 
 'create_date' => '0', 
 'qty' => '25', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780060777050' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'REF-WRITING', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '0', 
 'online_only' => '1', 
 'xeno_id' => '', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '4248779', 
 'isbn' => '9780060777050', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Harper Perennial', 
 'received_date' => '0', 
 'author_key' => 'prosefrancine', 
 'bookscape_id' => '0', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (P.S.)', 
 'price' => '8.00', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Francine Prose', 
 'section' => 'Reference-Writing', 
 'title_key' => 'readinglikewriterguidepeoplewholovebooksthosewhowantwritethemps', 
 'condition_code' => 'SO', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '3.50', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '65-9780060777050-2', 
 'list_price' => '13.99', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '65', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceWriting', 
 'create_date' => '0', 
 'qty' => '25', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them (P.S.)
by Francine Prose
Staff Pick
Reading Like a Writer is a treasure chest. You can crack it open at any chapter and come away enriched. Prose is one of the best teachers around, and for the price of a paperback, you are getting an Ivy League education in writing. For people who love... (read more)

List Price $13.99
Your price: $8.00
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'Lying is a craft, but bullshitting is an art. "Hence the familiar notion of the \'bullshit artist,\'" moral philosopher Harry Frankfurt reminds us in this fun, erudite treatise. On Bullshit surely ranks as one of the best gift books to come along in quite', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-05-02', 
 'placement' => '4', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksReference', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Reference', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'PHIL-GENERAL', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '2005', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '134', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '4092014', 
 'isbn' => '9780691122946', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'Princeton University Press', 
 'received_date' => '20130423', 
 'author_key' => 'frankfurtharryg', 
 'bookscape_id' => '13342255', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'On Bullshit', 
 'price' => '5.50', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Harry G. Frankfurt', 
 'section' => 'Philosophy-General', 
 'title_key' => 'onbullshit', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '1.00', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '2-9780691122946-7', 
 'list_price' => '9.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '2', 
 'sectionkey' => 'PhilosophyGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '20110325', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780691122946' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'PHIL-GENERAL', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '2005', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '134', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '4092014', 
 'isbn' => '9780691122946', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'Princeton University Press', 
 'received_date' => '20130423', 
 'author_key' => 'frankfurtharryg', 
 'bookscape_id' => '13342255', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'On Bullshit', 
 'price' => '5.50', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Harry G. Frankfurt', 
 'section' => 'Philosophy-General', 
 'title_key' => 'onbullshit', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '1.00', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '2-9780691122946-7', 
 'list_price' => '9.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '2', 
 'sectionkey' => 'PhilosophyGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '20110325', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

On Bullshit
by Harry G. Frankfurt
Staff Pick
Lying is a craft, but bullshitting is an art. "Hence the familiar notion of the 'bullshit artist,'" moral philosopher Harry Frankfurt reminds us in this fun, erudite treatise. On Bullshit surely ranks as one of the best gift books to come along in quite... (read more)

List Price $9.95
Your price: $5.50
Used - Hardcover

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'Wow! What a fascinating book about a fascinating man: John Gilkey, professional book thief. Hoover Bartlett seems to have a hard time untangling herself from her story, which gives the book an interesting discordant feel. It is practically impossible to', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-05-02', 
 'placement' => '5', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksReference', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Reference', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'REF-BOOKS ON BKS218', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '0', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '218', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '1520789', 
 'isbn' => '9781594484810', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Riverhead Books', 
 'received_date' => '20130416', 
 'author_key' => 'bartlettallisonhoover', 
 'bookscape_id' => '12765584', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession', 
 'price' => '7.95', 
 'class' => 'USED MARKDOWN', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Allison Hoover Bartlett', 
 'section' => 'Reference-Books on Books', 
 'title_key' => 'manwholovedbookstoomuchtruestorythiefdetectiveworldliteraryobsession', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '1.38', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9781594484810-3', 
 'list_price' => '15.00', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceBooksonBooks', 
 'create_date' => '20100924', 
 'qty' => '4', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9781594484810' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'REF-BOOKS ON BKS218', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '0', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '218', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '1520789', 
 'isbn' => '9781594484810', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Riverhead Books', 
 'received_date' => '20130416', 
 'author_key' => 'bartlettallisonhoover', 
 'bookscape_id' => '12765584', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession', 
 'price' => '7.95', 
 'class' => 'USED MARKDOWN', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Allison Hoover Bartlett', 
 'section' => 'Reference-Books on Books', 
 'title_key' => 'manwholovedbookstoomuchtruestorythiefdetectiveworldliteraryobsession', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '1.38', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9781594484810-3', 
 'list_price' => '15.00', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceBooksonBooks', 
 'create_date' => '20100924', 
 'qty' => '4', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
by Allison Hoover Bartlett
Staff Pick
Wow! What a fascinating book about a fascinating man: John Gilkey, professional book thief. Hoover Bartlett seems to have a hard time untangling herself from her story, which gives the book an interesting discordant feel. It is practically impossible to... (read more)

List Price $15.00
Your price: $7.95
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'These volumes, The Dangerous Book for Boys and The Daring Book for Girls, are utterly brimming with tips, tools, maps, pictograms, glossaries, advice, game rules, blueprints... you name it! They\'re fantastic guidebooks for kids. And, truth be told, I', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-05-02', 
 'placement' => '6', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksReference', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Reference', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'CH-NF-REFERENCE', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '2007', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '216b', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '4038803', 
 'isbn' => '9780061243585', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'Collins', 
 'received_date' => '20130110', 
 'author_key' => 'connigguldenandhaliggulden', 
 'bookscape_id' => '15246011', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Dangerous Book for Boys', 
 'price' => '8.50', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden', 
 'section' => 'Children\'s Nonfiction-Reference', 
 'title_key' => 'dangerousbookboys', 
 'condition_code' => 'P', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '1.25', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '2-9780061243585-34', 
 'list_price' => '26.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '2', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ChildrensNonfictionReference', 
 'create_date' => '20130109', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780061243585' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'CH-NF-REFERENCE', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '2007', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '216b', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '4038803', 
 'isbn' => '9780061243585', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'Collins', 
 'received_date' => '20130110', 
 'author_key' => 'connigguldenandhaliggulden', 
 'bookscape_id' => '15246011', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Dangerous Book for Boys', 
 'price' => '8.50', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden', 
 'section' => 'Children\'s Nonfiction-Reference', 
 'title_key' => 'dangerousbookboys', 
 'condition_code' => 'P', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '1.25', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '2-9780061243585-34', 
 'list_price' => '26.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '2', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ChildrensNonfictionReference', 
 'create_date' => '20130109', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

The Dangerous Book for Boys
by Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden
Staff Pick
These volumes, The Dangerous Book for Boys and The Daring Book for Girls, are utterly brimming with tips, tools, maps, pictograms, glossaries, advice, game rules, blueprints... you name it! They're fantastic guidebooks for kids. And, truth be told, I... (read more)

List Price $26.95
Your price: $8.50
Used - Hardcover

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'The classic bible of grammar and clear writing, illustrated with the delightful art of Maira Kalman. A must-have and a great gift.', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-05-02', 
 'placement' => '7', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksReference', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Reference', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'Reference-Writing', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '0', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '1974515', 
 'isbn' => '9780143112723', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Penguin Books', 
 'received_date' => '0', 
 'author_key' => 'williamstrunkjrandebwhiteandmairakalman', 
 'bookscape_id' => '0', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Elements of Style', 
 'price' => '17.00', 
 'class' => 'NEW', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White and Maira Kalman', 
 'section' => 'Reference-Writing', 
 'title_key' => 'elementsstyle', 
 'condition_code' => '', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '9.61', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '62-9780143112723-0', 
 'list_price' => '17.00', 
 'class_external' => 'New', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '62', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceWriting', 
 'create_date' => '20070900', 
 'qty' => '45', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780143112723' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'Reference-Writing', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '0', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '1974515', 
 'isbn' => '9780143112723', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Penguin Books', 
 'received_date' => '0', 
 'author_key' => 'williamstrunkjrandebwhiteandmairakalman', 
 'bookscape_id' => '0', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Elements of Style', 
 'price' => '17.00', 
 'class' => 'NEW', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White and Maira Kalman', 
 'section' => 'Reference-Writing', 
 'title_key' => 'elementsstyle', 
 'condition_code' => '', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '9.61', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '62-9780143112723-0', 
 'list_price' => '17.00', 
 'class_external' => 'New', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '62', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceWriting', 
 'create_date' => '20070900', 
 'qty' => '45', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

The Elements of Style
by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White and Maira Kalman
Staff Pick
The classic bible of grammar and clear writing, illustrated with the delightful art of Maira Kalman. A must-have and a great gift.... (read more)

Your price: $17.00
New - Trade Paper

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'Drawing on folklore, tradition, and superstition, this amusing collection is packed with the wisdom you wish your grandparents had passed down to you. It includes methods to cure drunkenness, predict the sex of a baby, and make antidotes to poison — in', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-05-02', 
 'placement' => '8', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksReference', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Reference', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'Reference-General', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '0', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '6749215', 
 'isbn' => '9780550105219', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Larousse Kingfisher Chambers', 
 'received_date' => '0', 
 'author_key' => 'unamcgovernandpauljenner', 
 'bookscape_id' => '0', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Lost Lore: A Celebration of Traditional Wisdom from Foraging and Festivals to Seafaring and Smoke Signals', 
 'price' => '32.33', 
 'class' => 'NEW', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Una McGovern and Paul Jenner', 
 'section' => 'Reference-General', 
 'title_key' => 'lostlorecelebrationtraditionalwisdomforagingfestivalsseafaringsmokesignals', 
 'condition_code' => '', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '20.37', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '68-9780550105219-1', 
 'list_price' => '24.95', 
 'class_external' => 'New', 
 'newly_arrived' => '3', 
 'store' => '68', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '0', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780550105219' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'Reference-General', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '0', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '6749215', 
 'isbn' => '9780550105219', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Larousse Kingfisher Chambers', 
 'received_date' => '0', 
 'author_key' => 'unamcgovernandpauljenner', 
 'bookscape_id' => '0', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Lost Lore: A Celebration of Traditional Wisdom from Foraging and Festivals to Seafaring and Smoke Signals', 
 'price' => '32.33', 
 'class' => 'NEW', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Una McGovern and Paul Jenner', 
 'section' => 'Reference-General', 
 'title_key' => 'lostlorecelebrationtraditionalwisdomforagingfestivalsseafaringsmokesignals', 
 'condition_code' => '', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '20.37', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '68-9780550105219-1', 
 'list_price' => '24.95', 
 'class_external' => 'New', 
 'newly_arrived' => '3', 
 'store' => '68', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '0', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

Lost Lore: A Celebration of Traditional Wisdom from Foraging and Festivals to Seafaring and Smoke Signals
by Una McGovern and Paul Jenner
Staff Pick
Drawing on folklore, tradition, and superstition, this amusing collection is packed with the wisdom you wish your grandparents had passed down to you. It includes methods to cure drunkenness, predict the sex of a baby, and make antidotes to poison — in... (read more)

Your price: $32.33
New - Hardcover

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'Struck by the sudden realization that she possesses quite a few books she\'s never read, author Susan Hill decides to take a year off buying books so that she can read, and reread, the many treasures in her possession. Howards End Is on the Landing is the', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-05-02', 
 'placement' => '9', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksReference', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Reference', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'REF-READING208EndCap', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '2010', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '208EndCap', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '1529286', 
 'isbn' => '9781846682667', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Profile Books(GB)', 
 'received_date' => '20130427', 
 'author_key' => 'hillsusan', 
 'bookscape_id' => '13511506', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Howards End Is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home', 
 'price' => '10.95', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Susan Hill', 
 'section' => 'Reference-Reading', 
 'title_key' => 'howardsendlandingyearreadinghome', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.25', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9781846682667-3', 
 'list_price' => '15.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceReading', 
 'create_date' => '20110524', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9781846682667' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'REF-READING208EndCap', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '2010', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '208EndCap', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '1529286', 
 'isbn' => '9781846682667', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Profile Books(GB)', 
 'received_date' => '20130427', 
 'author_key' => 'hillsusan', 
 'bookscape_id' => '13511506', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Howards End Is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home', 
 'price' => '10.95', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Susan Hill', 
 'section' => 'Reference-Reading', 
 'title_key' => 'howardsendlandingyearreadinghome', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.25', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9781846682667-3', 
 'list_price' => '15.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceReading', 
 'create_date' => '20110524', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

Howards End Is on the Landing: A Year of Reading from Home
by Susan Hill
Staff Pick
Struck by the sudden realization that she possesses quite a few books she's never read, author Susan Hill decides to take a year off buying books so that she can read, and reread, the many treasures in her possession. Howards End Is on the Landing is the... (read more)

List Price $15.95
Your price: $10.95
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'Whether or not you read Stephen King\'s fiction, if you\'re interested in writing, you\'ll love this book. Now in a handsome paperback anniversary edition.', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-05-02', 
 'placement' => '10', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksReference', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Reference', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'HORR-GENERAL309', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '2010', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '309', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '6672015', 
 'isbn' => '9781439156810', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Scribner', 
 'received_date' => '20130428', 
 'author_key' => 'kingstephen', 
 'bookscape_id' => '12981640', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (10th Anniversary Edition)', 
 'price' => '10.95', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Stephen King', 
 'section' => 'Horror-General', 
 'title_key' => 'onwritingmemoircraft10thanniversaryedition', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.25', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9781439156810-5', 
 'list_price' => '16.00', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'HorrorGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '20101123', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9781439156810' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'HORR-GENERAL309', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '2010', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '309', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '6672015', 
 'isbn' => '9781439156810', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Scribner', 
 'received_date' => '20130428', 
 'author_key' => 'kingstephen', 
 'bookscape_id' => '12981640', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (10th Anniversary Edition)', 
 'price' => '10.95', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Stephen King', 
 'section' => 'Horror-General', 
 'title_key' => 'onwritingmemoircraft10thanniversaryedition', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.25', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9781439156810-5', 
 'list_price' => '16.00', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'HorrorGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '20101123', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (10th Anniversary Edition)
by Stephen King
Staff Pick
Whether or not you read Stephen King's fiction, if you're interested in writing, you'll love this book. Now in a handsome paperback anniversary edition.... (read more)

List Price $16.00
Your price: $10.95
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'Though listed as a reference book, The Lifespan of a Fact is really a heated and often hilarious battle between essayist John D\'Agata and his fact checker at the Believer, Jim Fingal. John\'s flippant responses frustrate Jim so much that he retaliates by,', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-05-02', 
 'placement' => '11', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksReference', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Reference', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'REF-WRITNG NONFC217', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '2012', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '217', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '1574271', 
 'isbn' => '9780393340730', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'W. W. Norton & Company', 
 'received_date' => '20130126', 
 'author_key' => 'johndagataandjimfingal', 
 'bookscape_id' => '15279542', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Lifespan of a Fact', 
 'price' => '8.98', 
 'class' => 'REMAINDERS', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'John D\'Agata and Jim Fingal', 
 'section' => 'Reference-Writing Nonfiction', 
 'title_key' => 'lifespanfact', 
 'condition_code' => '', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.75', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9780393340730-2', 
 'list_price' => '17.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Sale', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceWritingNonfiction', 
 'create_date' => '20130122', 
 'qty' => '5', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780393340730' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'REF-WRITNG NONFC217', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '2012', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '217', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '1574271', 
 'isbn' => '9780393340730', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'W. W. Norton & Company', 
 'received_date' => '20130126', 
 'author_key' => 'johndagataandjimfingal', 
 'bookscape_id' => '15279542', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Lifespan of a Fact', 
 'price' => '8.98', 
 'class' => 'REMAINDERS', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'John D\'Agata and Jim Fingal', 
 'section' => 'Reference-Writing Nonfiction', 
 'title_key' => 'lifespanfact', 
 'condition_code' => '', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.75', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9780393340730-2', 
 'list_price' => '17.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Sale', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceWritingNonfiction', 
 'create_date' => '20130122', 
 'qty' => '5', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

The Lifespan of a Fact
by John D'Agata and Jim Fingal
Staff Pick
Though listed as a reference book, The Lifespan of a Fact is really a heated and often hilarious battle between essayist John D'Agata and his fact checker at the Believer, Jim Fingal. John's flippant responses frustrate Jim so much that he retaliates by,... (read more)

List Price $17.95
Your price: $8.98
Sale - Trade Paper

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'Equal parts art book and recipe collection, this darling volume is everything you\'d expect from the lovely Nikki McClure. Featuring her iconic paper-cut illustrations along with simple recipes, the artist\'s rendition of her "perfect food day" will', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-05-02', 
 'placement' => '12', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksReference', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Reference', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'COOK-PNW526', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '0', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '526', 
 'dustjacket' => '/', 
 'id' => '1535022', 
 'isbn' => '9781570616860', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Sasquatch Books', 
 'received_date' => '20130406', 
 'author_key' => 'mcclurenikki', 
 'bookscape_id' => '15512572', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'How to Cook the Perfect Day', 
 'price' => '10.50', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Nikki McClure', 
 'section' => 'Cooking and Food-US Pacific Northwest', 
 'title_key' => 'howcookperfectday', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.00', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9781570616860-14', 
 'list_price' => '15.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'CookingandFoodUSPacificNorthwest', 
 'create_date' => '20130406', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9781570616860' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'COOK-PNW526', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '0', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '526', 
 'dustjacket' => '/', 
 'id' => '1535022', 
 'isbn' => '9781570616860', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Sasquatch Books', 
 'received_date' => '20130406', 
 'author_key' => 'mcclurenikki', 
 'bookscape_id' => '15512572', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'How to Cook the Perfect Day', 
 'price' => '10.50', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Nikki McClure', 
 'section' => 'Cooking and Food-US Pacific Northwest', 
 'title_key' => 'howcookperfectday', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.00', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9781570616860-14', 
 'list_price' => '15.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'CookingandFoodUSPacificNorthwest', 
 'create_date' => '20130406', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

How to Cook the Perfect Day
by Nikki McClure
Staff Pick
Equal parts art book and recipe collection, this darling volume is everything you'd expect from the lovely Nikki McClure. Featuring her iconic paper-cut illustrations along with simple recipes, the artist's rendition of her "perfect food day" will... (read more)

List Price $15.95
Your price: $10.50
Used - Hardcover

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'Debbi Fields on baking chocolate chip cookies, Bob Vila on how to paint a room, Ira Glass on how to tell a story... Life lessons from those who know best.', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-05-02', 
 'placement' => '13', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksReference', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Reference', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'REF-GEN', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '2004', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '306', 
 'dustjacket' => 'G', 
 'id' => '4123246', 
 'isbn' => '9781400052561', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'Clarkson N Potter Publishers', 
 'received_date' => '20120221', 
 'author_key' => 'ettussamantha', 
 'bookscape_id' => '13798710', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Experts\' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do', 
 'price' => '5.50', 
 'class' => 'USED MARKDOWN', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Samantha Ettus', 
 'section' => 'Reference-General', 
 'title_key' => 'expertsguide100thingseveryoneshouldknowhowdo', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '1.19', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '2-9781400052561-6', 
 'list_price' => '19.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '2', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '20110824', 
 'qty' => '4', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9781400052561' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'REF-GEN', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '2004', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '306', 
 'dustjacket' => 'G', 
 'id' => '4123246', 
 'isbn' => '9781400052561', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'Clarkson N Potter Publishers', 
 'received_date' => '20120221', 
 'author_key' => 'ettussamantha', 
 'bookscape_id' => '13798710', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Experts\' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do', 
 'price' => '5.50', 
 'class' => 'USED MARKDOWN', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Samantha Ettus', 
 'section' => 'Reference-General', 
 'title_key' => 'expertsguide100thingseveryoneshouldknowhowdo', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '1.19', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '2-9781400052561-6', 
 'list_price' => '19.95', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '2', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceGeneral', 
 'create_date' => '20110824', 
 'qty' => '4', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

The Experts' Guide to 100 Things Everyone Should Know How to Do
by Samantha Ettus
Staff Pick
Debbi Fields on baking chocolate chip cookies, Bob Vila on how to paint a room, Ira Glass on how to tell a story... Life lessons from those who know best.... (read more)

List Price $19.95
Your price: $5.50
Used - Hardcover

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'Reading Like a Writer is a treasure chest. You can crack it open at any chapter and come away enriched. Prose is one of the best teachers around, and for the price of a paperback, you are getting an Ivy League education in writing. For people who love', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-05-02', 
 'placement' => '14', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksReference', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Reference', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'REF-WRITING217', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '2006', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '217', 
 'dustjacket' => 'G', 
 'id' => '1097311', 
 'isbn' => '9780060777043', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'HarperCollins Publishers', 
 'received_date' => '20130323', 
 'author_key' => 'prosefrancine', 
 'bookscape_id' => '15465977', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them', 
 'price' => '7.50', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Francine Prose', 
 'section' => 'Reference-Writing', 
 'title_key' => 'readinglikewriterguidepeoplewholovebooksthosewhowantwritethem', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '1.75', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9780060777043-11', 
 'list_price' => '23.99', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceWriting', 
 'create_date' => '20130321', 
 'qty' => '2', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780060777043' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'REF-WRITING217', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '2006', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '217', 
 'dustjacket' => 'G', 
 'id' => '1097311', 
 'isbn' => '9780060777043', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'HarperCollins Publishers', 
 'received_date' => '20130323', 
 'author_key' => 'prosefrancine', 
 'bookscape_id' => '15465977', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them', 
 'price' => '7.50', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Francine Prose', 
 'section' => 'Reference-Writing', 
 'title_key' => 'readinglikewriterguidepeoplewholovebooksthosewhowantwritethem', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '1.75', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9780060777043-11', 
 'list_price' => '23.99', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceWriting', 
 'create_date' => '20130321', 
 'qty' => '2', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them
by Francine Prose
Staff Pick
Reading Like a Writer is a treasure chest. You can crack it open at any chapter and come away enriched. Prose is one of the best teachers around, and for the price of a paperback, you are getting an Ivy League education in writing. For people who love... (read more)

List Price $23.99
Your price: $7.50
Used - Hardcover

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'Ever wonder if you have what it takes to write a poem? Sage Cohen says, "Yes, you can!" Cohen, a Portland-based teacher and author of the poetry collection Like the Heart, the World, insists that poetry is available to anyone and everyone. She offers a', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-05-02', 
 'placement' => '15', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksReference', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Reference', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'REF-WRITNG POETR217', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '2009', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '217', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '6901228', 
 'isbn' => '9781582975573', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'Writers Digest Books', 
 'received_date' => '20130323', 
 'author_key' => 'cohensage', 
 'bookscape_id' => '11925688', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Writing the Life Poetic: An Invitation to Read and Write Poetry', 
 'price' => '8.50', 
 'class' => 'USED MARKDOWN', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Sage Cohen', 
 'section' => 'Reference-Writing Poetry', 
 'title_key' => 'writinglifepoeticinvitationreadwritepoetry', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.00', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9781582975573-4', 
 'list_price' => '18.99', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceWritingPoetry', 
 'create_date' => '20100328', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9781582975573' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'REF-WRITNG POETR217', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '2009', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '217', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '6901228', 
 'isbn' => '9781582975573', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'Writers Digest Books', 
 'received_date' => '20130323', 
 'author_key' => 'cohensage', 
 'bookscape_id' => '11925688', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Writing the Life Poetic: An Invitation to Read and Write Poetry', 
 'price' => '8.50', 
 'class' => 'USED MARKDOWN', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Sage Cohen', 
 'section' => 'Reference-Writing Poetry', 
 'title_key' => 'writinglifepoeticinvitationreadwritepoetry', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.00', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9781582975573-4', 
 'list_price' => '18.99', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceWritingPoetry', 
 'create_date' => '20100328', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

Writing the Life Poetic: An Invitation to Read and Write Poetry
by Sage Cohen
Staff Pick
Ever wonder if you have what it takes to write a poem? Sage Cohen says, "Yes, you can!" Cohen, a Portland-based teacher and author of the poetry collection Like the Heart, the World, insists that poetry is available to anyone and everyone. She offers a... (read more)

List Price $18.99
Your price: $8.50
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => '"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 &#151; dip in anywhere, let chance take you, lead', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-05-02', 
 'placement' => '16', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksReference', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Reference', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'MYTH-WOMENS MYTH', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '1988', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '132b', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '4040110', 
 'isbn' => '9780062509239', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'HarperSanFrancisco', 
 'received_date' => '20130411', 
 'author_key' => 'walkerbarbarag', 
 'bookscape_id' => '15525087', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Woman\'s Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects (More Crystals and New Age)', 
 'price' => '7.95', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Barbara G Walker', 
 'section' => 'Mythology-Womens', 
 'title_key' => 'womansdictionarysymbolssacredobjectsmorecrystalsnewage', 
 'condition_code' => 'P', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.75', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '2-9780062509239-18', 
 'list_price' => '28.99', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '2', 
 'sectionkey' => 'MythologyWomens', 
 'create_date' => '20130410', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780062509239' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'MYTH-WOMENS MYTH', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '1988', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '132b', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '4040110', 
 'isbn' => '9780062509239', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'HarperSanFrancisco', 
 'received_date' => '20130411', 
 'author_key' => 'walkerbarbarag', 
 'bookscape_id' => '15525087', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The Woman\'s Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects (More Crystals and New Age)', 
 'price' => '7.95', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Barbara G Walker', 
 'section' => 'Mythology-Womens', 
 'title_key' => 'womansdictionarysymbolssacredobjectsmorecrystalsnewage', 
 'condition_code' => 'P', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '2.75', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '2-9780062509239-18', 
 'list_price' => '28.99', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '2', 
 'sectionkey' => 'MythologyWomens', 
 'create_date' => '20130410', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

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

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => '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', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-05-02', 
 'placement' => '17', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksReference', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Reference', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'DRAMA-PROD/PLYW907', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '1960', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '907', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '1230380', 
 'isbn' => '9780671213329', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'Touchstone Books', 
 'received_date' => '20130418', 
 'author_key' => 'egrilajos', 
 'bookscape_id' => '15548496', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives', 
 'price' => '5.95', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Lajos Egri', 
 'section' => 'Drama-Playwriting', 
 'title_key' => 'artdramaticwritingitsbasiscreativeinterpretationhumanmotives', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '1.25', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9780671213329-28', 
 'list_price' => '15.00', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'DramaPlaywriting', 
 'create_date' => '20130418', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780671213329' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'DRAMA-PROD/PLYW907', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '1960', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '907', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '1230380', 
 'isbn' => '9780671213329', 
 'op_code' => 'YE', 
 'publisher' => 'Touchstone Books', 
 'received_date' => '20130418', 
 'author_key' => 'egrilajos', 
 'bookscape_id' => '15548496', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Art of Dramatic Writing: Its Basis in the Creative Interpretation of Human Motives', 
 'price' => '5.95', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Lajos Egri', 
 'section' => 'Drama-Playwriting', 
 'title_key' => 'artdramaticwritingitsbasiscreativeinterpretationhumanmotives', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '1.25', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9780671213329-28', 
 'list_price' => '15.00', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'DramaPlaywriting', 
 'create_date' => '20130418', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

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

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'It\'s a rare book that can both haunt and inspire. The lead characters\' efforts to recover from shattering events are traced with compassion, deep intelligence, and an almost miraculous hope. As if that weren\'t enough, the home life of the psychotherapist', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-05-02', 
 'placement' => '18', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksReference', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Reference', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'LIT-K204', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '0', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '204', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '1535204', 
 'isbn' => '9781608194674', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Bloomsbury Publishing PLC', 
 'received_date' => '20130131', 
 'author_key' => 'kennedythomase', 
 'bookscape_id' => '15314111', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'In the Company of Angels', 
 'price' => '7.95', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Thomas E Kennedy', 
 'section' => 'Literature-A to Z', 
 'title_key' => 'incompanyangels', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '1.50', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9781608194674-3', 
 'list_price' => '15.00', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'LiteratureAtoZ', 
 'create_date' => '20130131', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9781608194674' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'LIT-K204', 
 'binding' => 'Trade Paper', 
 'copyright' => '0', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '204', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '1535204', 
 'isbn' => '9781608194674', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Bloomsbury Publishing PLC', 
 'received_date' => '20130131', 
 'author_key' => 'kennedythomase', 
 'bookscape_id' => '15314111', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'In the Company of Angels', 
 'price' => '7.95', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'Thomas E Kennedy', 
 'section' => 'Literature-A to Z', 
 'title_key' => 'incompanyangels', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '1.50', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9781608194674-3', 
 'list_price' => '15.00', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'LiteratureAtoZ', 
 'create_date' => '20130131', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

In the Company of Angels
by Thomas E Kennedy
Staff Pick
It's a rare book that can both haunt and inspire. The lead characters' efforts to recover from shattering events are traced with compassion, deep intelligence, and an almost miraculous hope. As if that weren't enough, the home life of the psychotherapist... (read more)

List Price $15.00
Your price: $7.95
Used - Trade Paper

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => 'This is a great family dictionary with wonderful color pictures and a thumb index. A perfect addition to any home library.', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-05-02', 
 'placement' => '19', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksReference', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Reference', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'REF-DICTIONARIES', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '2006', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '105C', 
 'dustjacket' => 'G', 
 'id' => '2842634', 
 'isbn' => '9780618701728', 
 'op_code' => 'OP', 
 'publisher' => 'Houghton Mifflin Company', 
 'received_date' => '20130308', 
 'author_key' => 'americanheritage', 
 'bookscape_id' => '15429506', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language)', 
 'price' => '19.95', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'American Heritage', 
 'section' => 'Reference-Dictionaries', 
 'title_key' => 'americanheritagedictionaryenglishlanguageamericanheritagedictionaryenglishlanguage', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '4.00', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '7-9780618701728-4', 
 'list_price' => '60.00', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '7', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceDictionaries', 
 'create_date' => '20130308', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780618701728' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'REF-DICTIONARIES', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '2006', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '105C', 
 'dustjacket' => 'G', 
 'id' => '2842634', 
 'isbn' => '9780618701728', 
 'op_code' => 'OP', 
 'publisher' => 'Houghton Mifflin Company', 
 'received_date' => '20130308', 
 'author_key' => 'americanheritage', 
 'bookscape_id' => '15429506', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language)', 
 'price' => '19.95', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'American Heritage', 
 'section' => 'Reference-Dictionaries', 
 'title_key' => 'americanheritagedictionaryenglishlanguageamericanheritagedictionaryenglishlanguage', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '4.00', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '7-9780618701728-4', 
 'list_price' => '60.00', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '7', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceDictionaries', 
 'create_date' => '20130308', 
 'qty' => '1', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language)
by American Heritage
Staff Pick
This is a great family dictionary with wonderful color pictures and a thumb index. A perfect addition to any home library.... (read more)

List Price $60.00
Your price: $19.95
Used - Hardcover

add to wish list

$VAR1 = { 
 'blurb' => '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."', 
 'enter_date' => '2013-05-02', 
 'placement' => '20', 
 'section_url' => 'EmployeePicksReference', 
 'section' => 'Employee Picks-Reference', 
 'stock' => { 
 'sq1_section' => 'REF-DICTIONARIES217', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '2009', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '217', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '1297004', 
 'isbn' => '9780811867184', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Chronicle Books', 
 'received_date' => '20130421', 
 'author_key' => 'carrerajohnm', 
 'bookscape_id' => '11791091', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Pictorial Webster\'s: A Visual Dictionary of Curiosities', 
 'price' => '24.00', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'John M. Carrera', 
 'section' => 'Reference-Dictionaries', 
 'title_key' => 'pictorialwebstersvisualdictionarycuriosities', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '4.75', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9780811867184-6', 
 'list_price' => '35.00', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceDictionaries', 
 'create_date' => '20100225', 
 'qty' => '2', 
 'notes' => '' 
 }, 
 'has_blurb' => '1', 
 'img_maybe' => '1', 
 'sub' => undef, 
 'type' => 'Staff Pick', 
 'isbn' => '9780811867184' 
}; 
$VAR1 = { 
 'sq1_section' => 'REF-DICTIONARIES217', 
 'binding' => 'Hardcover', 
 'copyright' => '2009', 
 'online_only' => '0', 
 'xeno_id' => '217', 
 'dustjacket' => '', 
 'id' => '1297004', 
 'isbn' => '9780811867184', 
 'op_code' => '', 
 'publisher' => 'Chronicle Books', 
 'received_date' => '20130421', 
 'author_key' => 'carrerajohnm', 
 'bookscape_id' => '11791091', 
 'sold_out' => '0', 
 'title' => 'Pictorial Webster\'s: A Visual Dictionary of Curiosities', 
 'price' => '24.00', 
 'class' => 'USED', 
 'attributes' => '0', 
 'COG_basis' => '0.00', 
 'author' => 'John M. Carrera', 
 'section' => 'Reference-Dictionaries', 
 'title_key' => 'pictorialwebstersvisualdictionarycuriosities', 
 'condition_code' => 'G', 
 'preorder' => '0', 
 'COG' => '4.75', 
 'slipcase' => '', 
 'inkey' => '1-9780811867184-6', 
 'list_price' => '35.00', 
 'class_external' => 'Used', 
 'newly_arrived' => '0', 
 'store' => '1', 
 'sectionkey' => 'ReferenceDictionaries', 
 'create_date' => '20100225', 
 'qty' => '2', 
 'notes' => '' 
};

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)

List Price $35.00
Your price: $24.00
Used - Hardcover

add to wish list

1 2 next»

There are 33 books in this aisle.

This way to more aisles in Employee Picks

Follow us on...

RSS 2.0
Log Off

Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.

Special Offers see all

Enter to WIN!

More at Powell's

Employee Picks

Employee Picks Reference

Employee Picks
Reference