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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain Staff Pick One-third of the world's population are introverts, and we are quietly going to take over the world while you extroverts are busy yapping it up and not paying attention. Don't say you haven't been warned.... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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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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Broken Open: How Difficult Times Can Help Us Grow by Elizabeth Lesser Staff Pick Bring out the tissue paper, because Elizabeth Lesser's Broken Open will help you realize that your tears will only strengthen your love for this world that, at times, can feel oh so bad.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore Staff Pick The Other Wes Moore is the fascinating tale of two men who shared a name and a birthplace; their lives started out in similar circumstances and ended up very differently (one a Rhodes Scholar, the other serving a life sentence in jail). A moving... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Year of Magical Thinking (Vintage International) by Joan Didion Staff Pick Best book of 2005, favorite book of the year...Slice the question any number of ways, but the book published last year that I'm most grateful for having read is The Year of Magical Thinking, a devastating affirmation of love and commitment, hope and... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Lit: A Memoir (P.S.) by Mary Karr Staff Pick The best way I can describe this work is to say that it's absolutely delicious. More than a mere memoir, this fascinating jewel contains universal truths, with delicate and elegant phrasing, and, despite the subject matter, there's no sense of frivolous... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Geek Dad: Awesomely Geeky Projects and Activities for Dads and Kids to Share by Ken Denmead Staff Pick This book is awesome! You don't even need a kid to enjoy the imaginative and techie activities in Geek Dad. Sure, kids will love it, but don't let that stop you from picking up a copy for yourself.... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui by Karen Kingston Staff Pick If you want your home to be a clean, clutter-free space but have difficulty getting rid of unneeded belongings and unwanted gifts, Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui is the book for you; fifty pages in and you'll be eager to put the book down and start... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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How to Live: A Search for Wisdom from Old People (While They Are Still on This Earth) by Henry Alford Staff Pick Henry Alford's How to Live is a funny, candid book chock-full of wisdom from fascinating people. You'll want to savor it one remarkable chapter at a time.... (read more) List Price $23.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Hardcover
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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert Staff Pick Not long after her thirtieth birthday, on the heels of an ugly divorce, Elizabeth Gilbert traveled for a year, to Italy, India, and finally Indonesia. In Italy she wanted to explore the art of pleasure (pasta, wine, handsome men speaking a beautiful... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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How We Choose To Be Happy by Rick Foster Staff Pick One of the reasons happy people are special is that they have an unusual answer to the classic question: "Is the glass half full or half empty?" Their answer, which sets them apart from the rest of us, is that the glass is both half empty and half full... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Staff Pick Best book of 2005, favorite book of the year...Slice the question any number of ways, but the book published last year that I'm most grateful for having read is The Year of Magical Thinking, a devastating affirmation of love and commitment, hope and... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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Oh the Glory of It All by Sean Wilsey Staff Pick Strangely compelling, Sean Wilsey's bare-all memoir about his terribly eccentric family is as disturbing as it is entertaining. You know those moments in life when you think "this can't be happening"? Wilsey's life seems composed entirely of those... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Closing Time: A Memoir by Joe Queenan Staff Pick In Closing Time, Joe Queenan turns his acerbic perspective toward his own childhood, and tells the funny, bitter, honest story of how his father's alcoholism affected the family. There is no happy ending, no redemptive scenes of forgiveness. Queenan... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin Staff Pick In a time when "experiment memoirs" are a dime a dozen, Rubin stands out with this inspiring and entertaining book. The Happiness Project is Eat, Pray, Love for us regular folks who don't have the time or money to go "find" ourselves in India. Poignant... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage by Elizabeth Gilbert Staff Pick Elizabeth Gilbert has some explaining to do. After requiring a year-long sabbatical to recover from the tumultuous aftermath of her first marriage, she does the unthinkable: she gets married again. Don't panic! Gilbert can still write. Expect the voice... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink Staff Pick Without being preachy or didactic, Daniel H. Pink shows readers how to direct their own lives, improve their work, and do something that really matters — and he provides all the motivation they'll need to get up and do it. Better than a how-to, this... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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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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Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven by Susan Jane Gilman Staff Pick Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven is the true story of Claire and Suzie, two young Ivy League graduates who naively navigate Communist China in 1986. Popping a tape of a-ha's "Take on Me" into their Sony Walkmans, the girls venture into a world unseen... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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