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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot Staff Pick The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells the tale of a woman whose cells were used — without her knowledge — in breakthrough medical research after her 1951 death. Skloot's moving story of faith, family, and science uses the past to teach us about... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover 
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Night and Day (Jesse Stone Novels) by Robert B Parker Publisher Comments Parker and Stone-back with another New York Times bestseller When the sun sets in Paradise, the women get nervous. A Peeping Tom is on the loose. According to the notes he sends Police Chief Jesse Stone, he's about to take his obsession one step further.... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin Staff Pick In a time when "experiment memoirs" are a dime a dozen, Rubin stands out with this inspiring and entertaining book. The Happiness Project is Eat, Pray, Love for us regular folks who don't have the time or money to go "find" ourselves in India. Poignant... (read more) Your price: $25.99 New - Hardcover
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The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (Vintage Departures) by David Grann Staff Pick Grann's riveting book, The Lost City of Z, delves into the intrepid life and mysterious disappearance of legendary British explorer Percy Fawcett. Armchair travelers will be whisked away to the Amazon on a wild ride with a surprising finish.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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How We Decide by Jonah Lehrer Publisher Comments From the acclaimed author of Proust Was a Neuroscientist, a fascinating look at the new science of decision-making and how it can help us make better choices. Since Plato, philosophers have described the decisionmaking process as either rational or... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea Handler Publisher Comments When Chelsea Handler needs to get a few things off her chest, she appeals to a higher power — vodka. You would too if you found out that your boyfriend was having an affair with a Peekapoo or if you had to pretend to be honeymooning with your... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Handmade Marketplace: How to Sell Your Crafts Locally, Globally, and Online by Kari Chapin Staff Pick Dreaming of quitting your day job and opening up an Etsy shop? Kari Chapin, with help from crafty experts like Amy Karol (Bend the Rules with Fabric) and Megan Reardon (notmartha.org), has written a timely and inspiring guide to starting, marketing, and... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson Publisher Comments On a hot summer day, Joanna Mason's family slowly wanders home along a country lane. A moment later, Joanna's life is changed forever... On a dark night thirty years later, ex-detective Jackson Brodie finds himself on a train that is both crowded and... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson Publisher Comments How can we give animals the best life — for them? What does an animal need to be happy? In her groundbreaking, best-selling book Animals in Translation, Temple Grandin drew on her own experience with autism as well as her experience as an animal... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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With Wings Like Eagles: The Untold Story of the Battle of Britain by Michael Korda Publisher Comments In the summer of 1940, fewer than three thousand young fighter pilots of the Royal Air Force stood between Hitler and the victory that seemed almost within his grasp. In this superb history of three epic months that saved the world, Michael Korda... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter by A. E. Moorat Staff Pick I picked up Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter not expecting to like it very much, but was sucked in despite my reservations. This is one of the funniest books I've read in some time, and it has an amazing cast of supporting characters, any one of whom is... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs Publisher Comments View our feature on Patricia Briggs’s Bone Crossed. Shapeshifter Mercy Thompson hit the #1 spot on the bestseller list with Iron Kissed... And she's planning a return trip. Marsilia, the local vampire queen, has learned that Mercy crossed her by... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly Publisher Comments The instant #1 bestseller from author Michael Connelly--the best mystery writer in the world (GQ)--brings back the hero of The Poet in a terrifying new thriller. Forced out of the Los Angeles Times amid the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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Incarceron by Catherine Fisher Staff Pick A prison that seems alive... a prisoner with no memory of who he is or why he's been imprisoned... and a young girl who's determined to uncover the secrets that Incarceron harbors.... Selected by the Times as its Book of the Year, Incarceron is a... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich Staff Pick Louise Erdrich's Shadow Tag is a disturbing, heartbreaking, and mesmerizing portrait of a troubled and intense marriage. Irene and Gil are depicted with psychological nuance and in gorgeous detail; it is impossible not to feel deeply about these... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Artisan Breads at Home with the Culinary Institute of America by Eric Kastel Staff Pick Artisan Breads at Home is the latest offering from the Culinary Institute, and it's a wonder to behold, with 170 gorgeous photographs to accompany the recipes, tips, and tricks. Keep your kitchen warm all winter trying out the dozens of recipes — or... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Hardcover
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The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell Publisher Comments Named one of the "100 Best Books of the Decade" by The Times of London "Oh my human brothers, let me tell you how it happened." A former Nazi officer, Dr. Maximilien Aue has reinvented himself, many years after the war, as a middle-class family man and... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Every Day Is Earth Day (Fancy Nancy) by Jane O'connor Publisher Comments Being green is important to Nancy—so important that she wants her family to take care of the Earth morning, noon, and night!... (read more) Your price: $3.99 New - Trade Paper
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Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (and Why We Don't Know about Them) by Bart D Ehrman Publisher Comments The Human Story Behind the Divine Book In this New York Times bestseller, leading Bible expert Bart Ehrman skillfully demonstrates that the New Testament is riddled with contradictory views about who Jesus was and the significance of his life. Ehrman... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Shanghai Girls by Lisa See Staff Pick An epic journey from Shanghai to Los Angeles frames this amazing tale from Lisa See. Sisters May and Pearl Chin survive and triumph over stark injustice and unspeakable horror. Complete with family secrets, tragedy, forbidden love, and a long history... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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