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Glaciers (Tin House New Voice) by Alexis Smith Publisher Comments Isabel is a single, twenty-something thrift-store shopper and collector of remnants, things cast off or left behind by others. Glaciers follows Isabel through a day in her life in which work with damaged books in the basement of a library, unrequited... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $7.67 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus Publisher Comments In The Flame Alphabet, the most maniacally gifted writer of our generation delivers a work of heartbreak and horror, a novel about how far we will go, and the sorrows we will endure, in order to protect our families. A terrible epidemic has struck... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $18.17 Sale - Hardcover
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Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right by Thomas Frank Publisher Comments From the bestselling author of What's the Matter with Kansas?, a wonderfully insightful and sardonic look at why the worst economy since the 1930s has brought about the revival of conservatism Economic catastrophe usually brings social protest and... (read more) Your price: $24.00 New - Hardcover
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Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron Publisher Comments Running the Rift follows Jean Patrick Nkuba, a gifted Rwandan boy, from the day he knows that running will be his life to the moment he must run to save his life, a ten-year span in which his country is undone by the Hutu-Tutsi tensions. Born a Tutsi, he... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.47 Sale - Hardcover
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No One Is Here Except All of Us by Ramona Ausubel Publisher Comments In 1939, the families in a remote Jewish village in Romania feel the war close in on them. Their tribe has moved and escaped for thousands of years- across oceans, deserts, and mountains-but now, it seems, there is nowhere else to go. Danger is imminent... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Hardcover
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Chubster: A Hipster's Guide to Losing Weight While Staying Cool by Martin Cizmar Publisher Comments ARE YOUR SKINNY JEANS STARTING TO FEEL A LITTLE SNUG? You dont have the right clothes for the gym. You dont do protein powders, wonder berries, or green tea. The idea of going without beer makes you weak in the knees. But theres no denying you are one... (read more) Your price: $13.95 New - Trade Paper
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Women, Art, and Society (4TH 07 Edition) by Whitney Chadwick Publisher Comments This acclaimed study challenges the assumption that great women artists are exceptions to the rule who transcended their sex to produce major works of art. While acknowledging the many women whose contributions to visual culture since the Middle Ages... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The World We Found by Thrity Umrigar Publisher Comments The acclaimed author of The Space Between Us and The Weight of Heaven returns with a breathtaking, skillfully wrought story of four women and the unbreakable ties they share. As university students in late 1970s Bombay, Armaiti, Laleh, Kavita, and... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Evening Hour by Carter Sickels Publisher Comments Most of the wealth in Dove Creek, West Virginia, is in the earth-in the coal seams that have provided generations with a way of life. Born and raised here, twenty-seven-year-old Cole Freeman has sidestepped work as a miner to become an aide in a nursing... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The New Hate: A History of Fear and Loathing on the Populist Right by Arthur Goldwag Publisher Comments From "Birthers" who claim that Barack Obama was not born in the United States to counter-jihadists who believe that the Constitution is in imminent danger of being replaced with Sharia law, conspiratorial beliefs have become an increasingly common... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $19.57 Sale - Hardcover
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Anselm Kiefer: Salt of the Earth by Germano Celant Publisher Comments Over the past four decades, Anselm Kiefer has produced a diverse body of work in painting, sculpture, and installation that has made him among the most important artists of his generation. His subject matter includes sources as diverse as Teutonic... (read more) Your price: $80.00 New - Hardcover
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Scott Campbell: If You Don't Belong, Don't Be Long by Al Moran Publisher Comments Adored by celebrity patrons and admired by his peers in the industry, Scott Campbell is known not only for his amazing technique and vision as a tattoo artist, but also as a respected fine artist on the contemporary scene. Both Campbell’s artwork... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Hardcover
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Capturing the Moment in Oils by David Curtis Publisher Comments From award-winning painter David Curtis comes a fabulous on-the-page oil painting course, now in paperback, with all the techniques needed to work outdoors--in every type of weather--as well as in the studio. Through finished pieces and stage-by-stage... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Jackson Pollock (Icons of America) by Evelyn Toynton Publisher Comments Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) not only put American art on the map with his famous "drip paintings," he also served as an inspiration for the character of Stanley Kowalski in Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire—the role that made Marlon... (read more) Your price: $26.00 New - Hardcover
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Giotto by Francesca Flores D'arcais About the Author Over the course of her academic career, Francesca Flores d'Arcais made many contributions to the study of medieval and modern art, particularly concerning northern Italian painting and miniatures.... (read more) Your price: $135.00 New - Hardcover
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James Turrell by James (pht) Turrell Publisher Comments This Gagosian Gallery catalog of James Turrell’s recent exhibition with the London gallery features installations, light works, sculptures, and prints by the artist. For more than forty-five years, Turrell has explored the myriad possibilities of... (read more) Your price: $100.00 New - Hardcover
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The Art of the Secret World of Arrietty (Art of Arrietty) by Hiromasa Yonebayashi Publisher Comments Reads L to R (Western Style). Co-founded by the legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli films have enthralled and enchanted audiences across the world. The Art of series gives fans the opportunity to follow their favorite film from initial... (read more) Your price: $34.99 New - Trade Paper
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Scandinavian Design by Ingrid Sommar Publisher Comments Since the beginning of the 1990s a new generation of Scandinavian designers has appeared to international acclaim, and once again pushed the boundaries of modern design and innovation. Classic pieces such as Arne Jacobsen's Ant Chair have been... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Art of Medicine: Over 2,000 Years of Images and Imagination by Julie Anderson Publisher Comments Since ancient times people have depended on medical practitioners to enhance life, to treat illness and injuries, and to help reduce pain and suffering. The scientifically based discipline that we know today stands beside diverse traditions, belief... (read more) Your price: $50.00 New - Hardcover
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Stan Douglas: Abbott and Cordova, 7 August 1971 by Stan Douglas Publisher Comments This is an art book on the politics of urban conflict based around artist Stan Douglas' stunning photo installation of the same name, depicting a violent confrontation in 1971 between police and Vancouver's counterculture known as the Gastown Riot. The... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Hardcover
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