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At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson Staff Pick There is nothing on this planet that Bryson cannot make fascinating. In his hands, exploring the minutiae of his house becomes an adventure. (Granted, his house is a Victorian vicarage in Norfolk, England.) At Home is a joyful, chatty dip into the... (read more) This Edition: SOLD OUT add to wish list |
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In the Body of the World Signed Edition by Eve Ensler Publisher Comments From the bestselling author of The Vagina Monologues and one of Newsweek's 150 Women Who Changed the World, a visionary memoir of separation and connection — to the body, the self, and the world. Playwright, author, and activist Eve Ensler has... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Hardcover
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You Only Get Letters from Jail Signed Edition by Jodi Angel Publisher Comments Jodi Angel's second story collection, You Only Get Letters from Jail, chronicles the lives of young men trapped in the liminal space between adolescence and adulthood. From picking up women at a bar hours after mom's overdose to coveting a drowned girl... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Orphan Master's Son Signed 1st Edition by Adam Johnson Publisher Comments An epic novel that elevates its acclaimed author to a whole new level, The Orphan Master’s Son is a stunning work of fiction that follows a young man’s undercover journey in the world’s most mysterious dictatorship, North Korea. Pak Jun... (read more) Your price: $200.00 Used - Hardcover
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Telling Our Way to the Sea Signed Edition by Aaron Hirsh Publisher Comments A luminous and revelatory journey into the science of life and the depths of the human experience. Every year, the molecular biologist Aaron Hirsh leads a group of students to Baja, in the Sea of Cortez, one of the richest marine ecosystems in the world.&... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Hardcover
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Happy Talk Signed Edition by Richard Melo Publisher Comments Gun-slinging American student nurses and boozy New Yorkplaywrights-turned-educational-filmmakers find themselves stuck in the Haiti of 1955 as part of a government plan to pump up tourism and turn the Magic Island into the next Hawaii. The story... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Smarter Than You Think Signed Edition by Clive Thompson Publisher Comments It's undeniable technology is changing the way we think. But is it for the better? Amid a chorus of doomsayers, Clive Thompson delivers a resounding "yes." The Internet age has produced a radical new style of human intelligence, worthy of both... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover
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Sleepwalk with Me Signed 1st Edition by Mike Birbiglia Publisher Comments Expanded from the sensational hit one-man show produced by Nathan Lane, comedian Mike Birbiglia’s charming, laugh-out-loud funny memoir is a story about first love, denial, and the perils and pitfalls of being…himself. • Beloved by fans... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Wild Ones Signed Edition by Jon Mooallem Publisher Comments Field notes from an age of extinction, tracking the ever-shifting meaning of Americas animals throughout history to understand the current moment. Journalist Jon Mooallem has watched his little daughter's world overflow with animals butterfly... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Hardcover
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Kivalina Signed Edition by Christine Shearer Publisher Comments While corporate funded scientists continue their effort to spread doubt about global climate change, for one native village in Alaska, the price of further denial could be the complete devastation of their homes and culture. Kivalina must be relocated to... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $12.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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Firecracker Signed Edition by David Iserson Publisher Comments Astrid Krieger lives in a rocket ship in the backyard of her parents’ estate. She has a fake boyfriend named Lukas, whom she calls Pierre. She only loves her grandfather, a man who develops nuclear warheads for a living. She tells it... (read more) Your price: $17.99 New - Hardcover
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Flour, Too Signed Edition by Joanne Chang and Michael Harlan Turkell Publisher Comments The ideal companion to Flour — Joanne Chang's beloved first cookbook — Flour, Too includes the most-requested savory fare to have made her four cafés Boston's favorite stops for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Here are 100 gratifying... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Fevered Signed Edition by Linda Marsa Publisher Comments Beyond images of emaciated polar bears and drought-cracked lakes, there remains a major part of climate changes impact that the media has neglected: how our health will suffer from higher temperatures and extreme weather. From spiraling rates of asthma... (read more) Your price: $25.99 New - Hardcover
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The Universe Within Signed Edition by Neil Shubin Publisher Comments From one of our finest and most popular science writers, the best-selling author of Your Inner Fish, comes the answer to a scientific mystery story as big as the world itself: How have astronomical events that took place millions of years ago created the... (read more) Your price: $25.95 New - Hardcover
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Tales of the San Francisco Cacophony Society Signed Edition by Kevin Evans and Carrie Galbraith and John Law Publisher Comments This book will prove to be a template for pranksters, artists, adventurers and anyone interested in rampant creativity, for years to come. Tales of The San Francisco Cacophony Society is a retelling in period images and words of the history of the most... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Hardcover
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On Mount Hood Signed Edition by Jon Bell Staff Pick Some 50 miles southeast of Portland lies the highest peak in the state of Oregon: Mount Hood, a 700,000-year-old stratovolcano. The fourth tallest in the Cascade range (around 11,240 feet high), Mount Hood is currently rated fourth by the U.S. Geological... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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In the Shadow of Blackbirds Signed Edition by Cat Winters Publisher Comments In 1918, the world seems on the verge of apocalypse. Americans roam the streets in gauze masks to ward off the deadly Spanish influenza, and the government ships young men to the front lines of a brutal war, creating an atmosphere of fear and confusion... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Hardcover
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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) This Edition: SOLD OUT add to wish list |
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Bucko Signed Edition by Jeff Parker and Erika Moen Publisher Comments After discovering a dead body in an office bathroom, hungover job interviewee Rich "Bucko" Richardson becomes suspected of the murder. What he thinks is a quest to find the real killer turns into a weeklong romp through the wilds of Portland, Oregon... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Hardcover
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Trinkets Signed Edition by Kirsten Smith Publisher Comments Sixteen-year-old Moe's Shoplifters Anonymous meetings are usually punctuated by the snores of an old man and the whining of the world's unhappiest housewife. Until the day that Tabitha Foster and Elodie Shaw walk in. Tabitha has just about everything she... (read more) Your price: $17.99 New - Hardcover
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