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Ghostman by Roger Hobbs Publisher Comments Stunningly dark, hugely intelligent and thoroughly addictive, Ghostman announces the arrival of an exciting and highly distinctive novelist. When a casino robbery in Atlantic City goes horribly awry, the man who orchestrated it is obliged to call in a... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp: An Autobiography by Richard Hell Publisher Comments The sharp, lyrical, and no-holds-barred autobiography of the iconoclastic writer and musician Richard Hell, charting the childhood, coming of age, and misadventures of an artist in an indelible era of rock and roll... From an early age, Richard Hell... (read more) Your price: $25.99 New - Hardcover
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The Flamethrowers: A Novel by Rachel Kushner Publisher Comments Rachel Kushner's first novel, Telex from Cuba, was nominated for a National Book Award and reviewed on the cover of The New York Times Book Review. Her second novel, even more ambitious and brilliant, is the riveting story of a young artist and the... (read more) Your price: $26.99 New - Hardcover
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The Stud Book by Monica Drake Publisher Comments A sharp-edged satire of contemporary motherhood from a comic novelist on the rise. In the hip haven of Portland, Oregon, a pack of unsteady but loyal friends asks what it means to bring babies into an already crowded world. Sarah studies animal behavior... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Sale - Hardcover
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Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt by Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco Staff Pick Chris Hedges's writing and reportage is consistently trenchant and unequivocal, notable for its discerning examinations and penetrating insights. Joe Sacco's award-winning work as a cartoonist is as distinctive as it is compassionate. Combining the... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Hardcover
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The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking by Oliver Burkeman Publisher Comments Self-help books don't seem to work. Few of the many advantages of modern life seem capable of lifting our collective mood. Wealth — even if you can get it — doesn't necessarily lead to happiness. Romance, family life, and work often bring as... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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This Is How: Surviving What You Think You Can't by Augusten Burroughs Publisher Comments From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Running With Scissors comes a groundbreaking book by Augusten Burroughs that explores how to survive what you think you can't. If you're fat and fail every diet, if you're thin but can't get... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $10.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi Publisher Comments Kweku Sai is dead. A renowned surgeon and failed husband, he succumbs suddenly at dawn outside his home in suburban Accra. The news of Kweku's death sends a ripple around the world, bringing together the family he abandoned years before. Ghana Must Go is... (read more) Your price: $25.95 New - Hardcover
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Point Your Face at This: Drawings by Demetri Martin Publisher Comments The New York Times bestselling author and comedian is back in a smaller, softer format. In his first book, This Is a Book, Demetri Martin introduced fans and readers to his unique brand of long-form humor writing. Now Demetri returns with an eclectic... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Japanese Farm Food by Nancy Singleton Hachisu Publisher Comments "Our life centers on the farm and the field. We eat what we grow." Nancy Singleton Hachisu Japanese Farm Food offers a unique window into life on a Japanese farm through the simple, clear-flavored recipes cooked from family crops and other... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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The Fun Parts: Stories by Sam Lipsyte Publisher Comments A hilarious collection of stories from the writer The New York Times called “the novelist of his generation” Returning to the form in which he began, Sam Lipsyte, author of the New York Times bestseller The Ask, offers up The Fun Parts... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $16.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth by Mark Mazzetti Publisher Comments A Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter’s explosive account of the transformation of the CIA and America’s special forces into competing covert manhunting and killing operations — the new American way of war Osama bin Laden’s... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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How Literature Saved My Life by David Shields Staff Pick David Shields's new book is a collagist's and lit lover's dream come true. Erudite and thoughtful, if you've ever lived or read a novel, you'll find much to admire and ruminate upon.... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Mary Coin by Marisa Silver Publisher Comments In her first novel since The God of War, the critically acclaimed author Marisa Silver takes Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother” photograph as inspiration for a breathtaking reinvention a story of two women, one famous and one forgotten... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Reenactments: A Memoir by Nick Flynn Staff Pick As with Nick Flynn's other major prose works, The Reenactments is a compelling, vignette-style memoir. Flynn's 2004 Another Bullshit Night in Suck City was adapted into a film (Being Flynn) earlier this year, starring Robert De Niro, Julianne Moore, and... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Marble Season by Gilbert Hernandez Publisher Comments The untold coming-of-age story from a contemporary comics master Marble Season is the semi-autobiographical novel by the acclaimed cartoonist Gilbert Hernandez, author of the epic masterpiece Palomar and co-creator, with his brothers... (read more) Your price: $21.95 New - Hardcover
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Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients by Ben Goldacre Publisher Comments Medicine is broken. We like to imagine that its based on evidence and the results of fair tests. In reality, those tests are often profoundly flawed. We like to imagine that doctors are familiar with the research literature surrounding a drug, when in... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend by Glenn Frankel Publisher Comments In 1836 in East Texas, nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanches. She was raised by the tribe and eventually became the wife of a warrior. Twenty-four years after her capture, she was reclaimed by the U.S. cavalry and Texas Rangers and... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $19.50 Used - Hardcover
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Fight Song by Joshua Mohr Publisher Comments When his bicycle is intentionally run off the road by a neighbor's SUV, something snaps in Bob Coffin. Modern suburban life has been getting him down and this is the last straw. To avoid following in his own father's missteps, Bob is suddenly desperate... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The God Problem: How A Godless Cosmos Creates by Howard Bloom Review "Truly awesome....Bursting with insights and ideas, delivered with delightful verve and zest....A tantalizing, fresh new view of the cosmos for humankind." Dudley Herschbach, Winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Hardcover
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