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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Synopsis Alexie's National Book Award winner chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he thought he was destined to live. Includes poignant drawings that reflect the character's art.... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Fool by Christopher Moore Publisher Comments "This is a bawdy tale. Herein you will find gratuitous shagging, murder, spanking, maiming, treason, and heretofore unexplored heights of vulgarity and profanity, as well as nontraditional grammar, split infinitives, and the odd wank....If that's the... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) by Jeff Kinney Publisher Comments The highly anticipated third book in the critically acclaimed and bestselling series takes the art of being wimpy to a whole new level. Lets face it: Greg Heffley will never change his wimpy ways. Somebody just needs to explain that to Gregs father.... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese Staff Pick I'm used to reading good authors, but Verghese is so good, he blew me away. He writes with such detached compassion that Ethiopia becomes your homeland, and Matron, Ghosh, Marion and Shiva Stone, and all the rest become your friends, your neighbors, and... (read more) Your price: $28.95 New - Hardcover
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Journey to Change the World... One Child at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin Publisher Comments This young readers edition of the worldwide bestseller Three Cups of Tea has been specially adapted for younger readers and updated by Greg Mortenson to bring his remarkable story of humanitarianism up to date for the present. Includes new photos and... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hold Tight by Harlan Coben Publisher Comments The #1 New York Times Bestseller Mike and Tia Baye decide to spy on their son Adam, who has become moody and withdrawn since his friend’s suicide. The software they install on his computer exposes every website visited, every e-mail and instant... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $1.95 Used - Mass Market
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The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby Publisher Comments Combining historical analysis with contemporary observation, Susan Jacoby dissects a new American cultural phenomenon — one that is at odds with our heritage of Enlightenment reason and with modern, secular knowledge and science. With mordant wit... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Lush Life by Richard Price Staff Pick It's a given that fans of Price's earlier novels will rush to read Lush Life. In addition, fans of the HBO series The Wire — or anyone who enjoys a gripping read, period — won't want to miss this fantastic novel, which peels back the shiny surface of... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Live through This: A Mother's Memoir of Runaway Daughters and Reclaimed Love by Debra Gwartney Publisher Comments An intensely emotional and redemptive memoir about a mother's mission to rescue her runaway daughters After a miserably failed marriage, Debra Gwartney moves with her four young daughters to Eugene, Oregon, for a new job and what she hopes will be... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Rodale's Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening: The Indispensable Green Resource for Every Gardener by Fern Marshall Bradley and Ellen Phillips and Barbara Ellis Staff Pick This book is the ultimate resource for beginners and skilled gardeners alike, including topics especially helpful to a city-dweller — like community gardening and recycling. Rodale's also offers helpful instructions on how to apply organic principles... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $16.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Breaks of the Game by David Halberstam Staff Pick Portland: Read this. The Breaks of the Game, finally back in print, is almost certainly one of the best books ever written about the NBA, but that statement hardly does it justice. Halberstam's subject far transcends any action on the court. In 1979... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cat by Matthew Van Fleet Publisher Comments In Matthew Van Fleet's irresisibly pettable, brillantly innovative and fun multi-concept book, watch twenty-three breeds of frolicking felines pounce, prance and parade through concepts, pull-tabs, textures and interactive surprises. And you'll never... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Board Book
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Tasting Beer: An Insider's Guide to the World's Greatest Drink by Randy Mosher Publisher Comments For everyone who has known the pleasure of a pint, Randy Mosher explores and explains the tasting experience, guiding readers to a better understanding of how every batch of beer is affected by recipe formulation, brewhouse procedures, yeasts... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult Publisher Comments Things break all the time. Day breaks, waves break, voices break. Promises break. Hearts break. Every expectant parent will tell you that they don't want a perfect baby, just a healthy one. Charlotte and Sean O'Keefe would have asked for... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $2.95 Sale - Hardcover
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What the Gospels Meant by Garry Wills Publisher Comments New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize- winner Garry Wills interprets the four Gospels Garry Wills's recent New York Times bestselling books What Jesus Meant and What Paul Meant were tour-de-force interpretations on Jesus and the Apostle... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Couch: A Novel by Benjamin Parzybok Staff Pick Are you looking for a page-turner that's humorous but substantive enough to remember and maybe even tell your friends about? Well, I wasn't when I came to read Couch — but I still found myself getting up in the morning and immediately continuing to... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Dreaming Void by Peter F Hamilton Publisher Comments Reviewers exhaust superlatives when it comes to the science fiction of Peter F. Hamilton. His complex and engaging novels, which span thousands of years–and light-years–are as intellectually stimulating as they are emotionally fulfilling. Now,... (read more) List Price $8.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market
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An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith by Barbara Brown Taylor Publisher Comments In her critically acclaimed Leaving Church ("a beautiful, absorbing memoir."—Dallas Morning News), Barbara Brown Taylor wrote about leaving full-time ministry to become a professor, a decision that stretched the boundaries of her faith. Now, in... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Brida (P.S.) by Paulo Coelho Publisher Comments Brida, a young Irish girl, has long been interested in various aspects of magic but is searching for something more. Her search leads her to people of great wisdom. She meets a wise man who dwells in a forest, who teaches her to trust in the goodness of... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Knockemstiff by Donald Ray Pollock Staff Pick This book, and its writer, came out of nowhere and knocked me square in the throat. You could see Knockemstiff as a dark, demented updating of Winesburg, Ohio, or you could simply notice it as the work of a new American master. Pollock goes where many... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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