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Backyard Ballistics by William Gurstelle Staff Pick As tempting as it sounds to spend the afternoon with the two digital puppies wrestling under Lara Croft's wife-beater, nothing is really more entertaining than plain ol' throwing rocks at stuff. Or, better still, shooting said rocks out of a homemade... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong by Jen Yates Staff Pick In this day and age, any book that can make me laugh out loud earns top o' the list. Some of the pictures in this book are hilarious in themselves, but Yates adds captions with humor ranging from subtle to over-the-top. Keep Cake Wrecks handy for when... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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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: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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Lost: Lost and Found Pet Posters from Around the World by Ian Phillips Staff Pick If you occasionally take pleasures in the innocent misfortune of others, this one is for you. Each page tells the story of desperation as owners resort to the one hope that someone will find and return their precious pets. If it weren't for lost snakes... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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This Will Kill You: A Guide to the Ways in Which We Go by H P Newquist Staff Pick We all have to check out sometime, but some of us die more spectacularly than others. HP Newquist and Rich Maloof researched the painful particulars of what it's like to perish from any number of unfortunate events, including a shark attack, burning at... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Powr Mastrs, Volume One by C. F. Staff Pick Powr Mastrs is an experimental comic series that, in loose, penciled style, depicts the goings-on of a magical cast of characters in a magical land where the magical rules are ever-so-slowly revealed to the reader. At turns cryptic and plotty, geometric... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Airstream: The History of the Land Yacht by Bryan Burkhart Staff Pick Mid-century houses were better. So were mid-century cars. It would follow, then, that mid-century homes on wheels were better too. Well, they were. Not that RVs are really a category worth arguing about. But there is one fifth wheel that holds its place... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Black-Out Book: 500 Family Games and Puzzles for Wartime Entertainment by Evelyn August Staff Pick As war loomed in the winter of 1939 in Great Britain, citizens endured "blackout" regulations, imposed by the government so German planes wouldn't spot targets. In an age without television or computers, it was terribly important to keep children quiet... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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A Lifetime of Secrets: A Postsecret Book by Frank Warren Staff Pick Who doesn't love that feeling of looking through someone else's mail without the risk of getting caught? Here, Warren presents another collection of intimate confessions, shared secrets, and endless pleasure for voyeurs and students of the human... (read more) List Price $28.99 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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Hong Kong Apothecary: A Visual History of Chinese Medicine Packaging by Simon Go Staff Pick With the art of medicine in China changing with advancements of modern technology, many of these traditional medicaments are long gone. Marketing & packaging these ointments and tinctures, from dog bites to kidney stones are now beautifully covered in... (read more) Your price: $23.95 New - Trade Paper
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