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Life after Life
Life after Life
by Kate Atkinson
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What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is... (read more)

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Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
by Mary Roach
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"America’s funniest science writer" (Washington Post) takes us down the hatch on an unforgettable tour. The alimentary canal that Gulp explores is classic Mary Roach terrain: the questions inspired by our insides are as taboo, in their way, as the... (read more)

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Literature
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Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories
Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories
by Karen Russell
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From the author of the New York Times best seller Swamplandia! — a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize — a magical new collection of stories that showcases Karen Russell’s gifts at their inimitable best. A dejected teenager discovers that... (read more)

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General
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Vintage)
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Vintage)
by Cheryl Strayed
Staff Pick
I know this title is everywhere right now. I was very fortunate to get an advanced copy, and I immediately fell in love. Why? Well, like many, my favorite books are those that seem to have been written just for me. I deeply understood the raw ache of... (read more)

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The Burgess Boys
The Burgess Boys
by Elizabeth Strout
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Elizabeth Strout “animates the ordinary with an astonishing force,” wrote The New Yorker on the publication of her Pulitzer Prize–winning Olive Kitteridge. The San Francisco Chronicle praised Strout’s “magnificent gift for... (read more)

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Used Books
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Diaz
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The most talked about — and praised — first novel of 2007, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd who, from the New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sister,... (read more)

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Culture
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Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
by Michael Pollan
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Fire, water, air, earth — our most trusted food expert recounts the story of his culinary education In Cooked, Michael Pollan explores the previously uncharted territory of his own kitchen. Here, he discovers the enduring power of the four... (read more)

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Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier
Space Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier
by Neil deGrasse Tyson
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The great Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist, director of the Hayden Planetarium, PBS/Nova host, and ambassador to all sorts of interstellar and cosmic awesomeness, is also the author of nearly a dozen books. His newest, Space Chronicles: Facing the... (read more)

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Bestsellers

Thursday,
May 2, 2013
Life after Life
  1. Life after Life
    by Kate Atkinson
  2. Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
    by Mary Roach
  3. The Interestings
    by Meg Wolitzer
  4. Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories
    by Karen Russell
  5. Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield
    by Jeremy Scahill
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