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The Secrets of Mary Bowser by Lois Leveen Publisher Comments Based on a remarkable true story, The Secrets of Mary Bowser is an inspiring tale of one daring woman's willingness to sacrifice her own freedom to change the course of history All her life, Mary has been a slave to the wealthy Van Lew family of Richmond,... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $11.19 Sale - Trade Paper 
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The Cove by Ron Rash Publisher Comments Here is a magnificent tale that captures the wondrous beauty of nature and love — and the darkness of superstition and fear — from one of America's most exciting contemporary novelists. With The Cove, Ron Rash, author of the acclaimed New... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection by A. J. Jacobs Publisher Comments New York Times bestselling author and king of "immersion journalism" A.J. Jacobs tackles his most challenging experiment yet: a yearlong mission to radically improve every element of his body and mind — from his brain to his fingertips to his abs... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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White Horse by Alex Adams Publisher Comments The world has ended, but her journey has just begun. Thirty-year-old Zoe leads an ordinary life until the end of the world arrives. She is cleaning cages and floors at Pope Pharmaceuticals when the president of the United States announces that human... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. for by Augusten Burroughs Publisher Comments From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Running With Scissors comes a groundbreaking book that explores how to survive the "un-survivable" and will challenge your notion of self-help books To say that Augusten Burroughs has lived an unusual... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Preservation Kitchen: The Craft of Making and Cooking with Pickles, Preserves, and Aigre-Doux by Paul Virant and Kate Leahy Publisher Comments The first canning manual and cookbook authored by a Michelin-starred chef and restaurant owner, The Preservation Kitchen reveals a world of endless flavor combinations using revolutionary ideas that bring homemade preserves deliciously to life. Pairing... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Hardcover
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The Social Conquest of Earth by Edward O. Wilson Publisher Comments Where did we come from? What are we? Where are we going? In a generational work of clarity and passion, one of our greatest living scientists directly addresses these three fundamental questions of religion, philosophy, and science while "overturning the... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Where Lilacs Still Bloom by Jane Kirkpatrick Publisher Comments One woman, an impossible dream, and the faith it took to see it through. German immigrant and farm wife Hulda Klager possesses only an eighth-grade education—and a burning desire to create something beautiful. What begins as a hobby to create an... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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Home by Toni Morrison Publisher Comments America’s most celebrated novelist, Nobel Prize-winner Toni Morrison extends her profound take on our history with this twentieth-century tale of redemption: a taut and tortured story about one man’s desperate search for himself in a world... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks by Ken Jennings Publisher Comments Record-setting Jeopardy! champion and New York Times bestselling author Ken Jennings explores the world of maps and map obsessives, "a literary gem" (The Atlantic) now available in paperback. It may come as no surprise that as a kid, Ken Jennings... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency #13: The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection by Alexander Mccall Smith Publisher Comments In this latest episode in the beloved, best-selling series, the kindest and best detective in Botswana faces a tricky situation when her personal and professional lives become entangled. Precious Ramotswe is haunted by a repeated dream: a vision... (read more) Your price: $24.95 New - Hardcover
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The Troubled Man by Henning Mankell Publisher Comments The much-anticipated return of Henning Mankell's brilliant, brooding detective, Kurt Wallander. On a winter day in 2008, Hakan von Enke, a retired high-ranking naval officer, vanishes during his daily walk in a forest near Stockholm. The... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $10.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik Larson Publisher Comments “Larson is a marvelous writer...superb at creating characters with a few short strokes.”—New York Times Book Review Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough Publisher Comments As David McCullough writes, “Not all pioneers went west.” In The Greater Journey, he tells the enthralling, inspiring—and until now, untold—story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, and... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $14.00 Sale - Trade Paper
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In One Person by John Irving Publisher Comments A compelling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love—tormented, funny, and affecting—and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences. Billy, the bisexual narrator and main... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Hardcover
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I Am a Pole (and So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert Publisher Comments "The sad thing is, I like it." Maurice Sendak "The perfect gift to give a child or grandchild for their high school or college graduation. Also Father's Day. Also, other times." Stephen... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $11.19 Sale - Hardcover
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Sweet Cream and Sugar Cones: 90 Recipes for Making Your Own Ice Cream and Frozen Treats from Bi-Rite Creamery by Kris Hoogerhyde Publisher Comments An irresistible guide to making 90 intensely flavorful handmade ice creams from the country's top artisanal ice cream shop, including the smash hits Salted Caramel and Balsamic Strawberry, plus other favorites. San Francisco’s Bi-Rite Creamery is... (read more) Your price: $24.99 New - Hardcover
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When Women Were Birds Signed Edition by Terry Tempest Williams Publisher Comments The beloved author of Refuge returns with a work that explodes and startles, illuminates and celebrates Terry Tempest Williams's mother told her: "I am leaving you all my journals, but you must promise me you won't look at them until after I'm gone... (read more) Available June 20, 2012 Your price: $23.00 New - Hardcover 
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What Money Can't Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets by Michael J Sandel Publisher Comments Should we pay children to read books or to get good grades? Should we allow corporations to pay for the right to pollute the atmosphere? Is it ethical to pay people to test risky new drugs or to donate their organs? What about hiring mercenaries to fight... (read more) Your price: $27.00 New - Hardcover
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The 50 Mile Bouquet: Seasonal, Local and Sustainable Flowers by Debra Prinzing Staff Pick Every February, supermarket floral departments overflow with a seemingly endless supply of nondescript red roses... but have you ever stopped to wonder where they all come from? Chances are, not from anywhere near where you live. Most "factory flowers... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Hardcover
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