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Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power by Rachel Maddow Publisher Comments "One of my favorite ideas is, never to keep an unnecessary soldier," Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1792. Neither Jefferson nor the other Founders could ever have envisioned the modern national security state, with its tens of thousands of "privateers"; its... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Sale - Hardcover
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed Publisher Comments A powerful, blazingly honest memoir: the story of an eleven-hundred-mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe — and built her back up again. At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $18.17 Sale - Hardcover
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Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama by Alison Bechdel Publisher Comments From the best-selling author of Fun Home, Time magazines No. 1 Book of the Year, a brilliantly told graphic memoir of Alison Bechdel becoming the artist her mother wanted to be. Alison Bechdel's Fun Home was a pop culture and literary phenomenon. Now, a... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $15.40 Sale - Hardcover
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Imagine: How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer Publisher Comments New York Times best-selling author Jonah Lehrer shows us how we can all learn to be more creative. Did you know that the most creative companies have centralized bathrooms? That brainstorming meetings are a terrible idea? That the color blue can help... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $18.20 Sale - Hardcover
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The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt Staff Pick This entertaining and heartbreaking story is told by a fabulous narrator, Eli Sisters. Eli and his brother Charlie are hired killers in late 19th-century Oregon and California, and this is the tale of their final job.... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Chronology of Water: A Memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch Staff Pick Lidia Yuknavitch's memoir, The Chronology of Water, is fierce and voluptuous. Intimate and expansive. Hard, hard stuff presented in gorgeous language. I picked it up on impulse, read the first line, and was crying before I reached the end of the opening... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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A Sense of Direction: Pilgrimage for the Restless and the Hopeful by Gideon Lewis-Kraus Publisher Comments In medieval times, a pilgrimage gave the average Joe his only break from the daily grind. For Gideon Lewis-Kraus, it promises a different kind of escape. Determined to avoid the kind of constraint that kept his father, a gay rabbi, closeted until midlife,... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $18.87 Sale - Hardcover
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The Hunger Games Trilogy (Boxed Set) by Suzanne Collins Staff Pick The Hunger Games is the best series I've read in years. If you haven't read it, you're in for a dystopian treat. I recommend the boxed set because, as soon as you finish one book, you'll want to start the next one right away!... (read more) Your price: $53.97 New - Set Hardcover
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How to Grow More Vegetables, 8th Edition: And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine by John Jeavons Staff Pick If last year's vegetable garden left something to be desired, John Jeavons's How to Grow More Vegetables is the book for you. This thorough and accessible overview of the Grow Biointensive gardening method will show you how to get the most out of your... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Trade Paper
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Let's Pretend This Never Happened: A Mostly True Memoir by Jenny Lawson Publisher Comments For fans of Tina Fey and David Sedaris — Internet star Jenny Lawson, aka The Bloggess, makes her literary debut. When Jenny Lawson was little, all she ever wanted was to fit in. That dream was cut short by her fantastically unbalanced father (a... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Open City by Teju Cole Publisher Comments A haunting novel about national identity, race, liberty, loss, dislocation, and surrender, Teju Cole’s Open City seethes with intelligence. It is a profound work by an important new author who has much to say about our country and our world. Along... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything by Joshua Foer Publisher Comments The blockbuster phenomenon that charts an amazing journey of the mind while revolutionizing our concept of memory. An instant bestseller that is poised to become a classic, Moonwalking with Einstein recounts Joshua Foer's yearlong quest to improve his... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict (Mysterious Benedict Society) by Trenton Lee Stewart Publisher Comments Before there was a Mysterious Benedict Society, there was simply a boy named Nicholas Benedict. Meet the boy who started it all... Nine-year-old Nicholas Benedict has more problems than most children his age. Not only is he an orphan with an... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $12.59 Sale - Hardcover
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Insurgent (Divergent Trilogy #2) by Veronica Roth Publisher Comments One choice can transform you — or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves — and herself — while grappling with... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $12.59 Sale - Hardcover
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The Wind through the Keyhole: A Dark Tower Novel by Stephen King Publisher Comments In The Wind through the Keyhole, Stephen King returns to the rich landscape of Mid-World, the spectacular territory of the Dark Tower fantasy saga that stands as his most beguiling achievement. Roland Deschain and his ka-tet — Jake, Susannah, Eddie,... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $18.90 Sale - Hardcover
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Truth Like the Sun by Jim Lynch Publisher Comments A classic and hugely entertaining political novel, the cat-and-mouse story of urban intrigue in Seattle both in 1962, when Seattle hosted the World's Fair, and in 2001, after its transformation in the Microsoft gold rush. Larger than life, Roger Morgan... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Serpent's Shadow (Kane Chronicles #3) by Rick Riordan Publisher Comments He's b-a-a-ack! Despite their best efforts, Carter and Sade Kane can't seem to keep Apophis, the chaos snake, down. Now Apophis is threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness, and the Kanes are faced with the impossible task of having to... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $13.99 Sale - Hardcover
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The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying and Start Making by Alana Chernila Publisher Comments “This is my kitchen. Come on in, but be prepared — it might not be quite what you expect. There is flour on the counter, oats that overflowed onto the floor, chocolate-encrusted spoons in the sink. There is Joey, the husband, exhausted by the... (read more) Your price: $24.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Listeners by Leni Zumas From Powells.com Featured in Indiespensable Volume 33! Powell's subscription club offers signed first editions, exclusive content, and unique handpicked gifts. Read about this shipment on our blog!... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $11.17 Sale - Trade Paper
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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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