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Sacre Bleu: A Comedy D'Art by Christopher Moore Publisher Comments It is the color of the Virgin Mary's cloak, a dazzling pigment desired by artists, an exquisite hue infused with danger, adventure, and perhaps even the supernatural. It is . . . Sacre Bleu In July 1890, Vincent van Gogh went into a cornfield and shot... (read more) Your price: $26.99 New - Hardcover 
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Fifty Shades Freed (Fifty Shades Trilogy #3) by E L James Publisher Comments When unworldly student Anastasia Steele first encountered the driven and dazzling young entrepreneur Christian Grey it sparked a sensual affair that changed both of their lives irrevocably. Shocked, intrigued, and, ultimately, repelled by Christian’... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Bring Up the Bodies (John MacRae Books) by Hilary Mantel Publisher Comments The sequel to Hilary Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller, Wolf Hall delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne... (read more) Your price: $28.00 New - Hardcover
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The Chemistry of Tears by Peter Carey Publisher Comments An automaton, a man and a woman who can never meet, two stories of love — all are brought to incandescent life in this hauntingly moving novel from one of the finest writers of our time. London 2010: Catherine Gehrig, conservator at the... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach Staff Pick If it weren't for the Morning News Tournament of Books, I would never have read The Art of Fielding. Baseball? No, thanks. But have no fear — it's not really a book about baseball. Henry Skrimshander is a shortstop prodigy who lives and... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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State of Wonder (P.S.) by Ann Patchett Staff Pick State of Wonder is Ann Patchett's best book yet (yes, even better than Bel Canto). Brimming with mystery, philosophy, intrigue, ethical questions, the flora and fauna of the Amazon jungle, and absolutely beautiful prose, Patchett's new novel should be at... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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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 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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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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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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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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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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The Book of Jonas by Stephen Dau From Powells.com Featured in Indiespensable Volume 32! Powell's subscription club offers signed first editions, exclusive content, and unique handpicked gifts. Read about this installment on our blog!... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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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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Blue Asylum by Kathy Hepinstall Publisher Comments Amid the mayhem of the Civil War, Virginia plantation wife Iris Dunleavy is put on trial and convicted of madness. It is the only reasonable explanation the court can see for her willful behavior, so she is sent away to Sanibel Asylum to be restored to a... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $16.50 Used - Hardcover
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Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks Publisher Comments A New York Times bestselling tale of passion and belief, magic and adventure from the Pulitzer Prizeandndash;winning author Bethia Mayfield is a restless and curious young woman growing up in Martha's vineyard in the 1660s amid a small band of... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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When I Was a Child I Read Books by Marilynne Robinson Publisher Comments Ever since the 1981 publication of her stunning debut, Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson has built a sterling reputation as a writer of sharp, subtly moving prose, not only as a major American novelist (her second novel, Gilead, was awarded the Pulitzer... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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The Pale King: An Unfinished Novel by David Foster Wallace Staff Pick If I told you this book consists of 500+ pages detailing the inner workings of the massive bureaucracy that is the Internal Revenue Service as well as the interior lives of the people who work there, you'd probably tell me it sounds like a great way to... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Trade Paper
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The Newlyweds by Nell Freudenberger Publisher Comments A powerful, funny, richly observed tour de force by one of America’s most acclaimed young writers: a story of love and marriage, secrets and betrayals, that takes us from the backyards of America to the back alleys and villages of Bangladesh. In... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $18.17 Sale - Hardcover
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A Very Minor Prophet by James Bernard Frost Publisher Comments A Very Minor Prophet is the story of how Barth Flynn, a barista swimming upstream against purposelessness in Portland, Oregon, becomes the faithful scribe of Joseph Patrick Booker. Booker is a dwarf preacher who serves Voodoo donuts, Stumptown coffee... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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