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The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow Staff Pick Heartbreaking in its honesty, this perfect jewel of a novel mirrors the real life of the author, who grew up biracial in Portland, Oregon, in the 1980s. After an accident claims her family, Rachel is sent to live with her grandmother in a predominantly... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Hardcover 
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The Devil's Star: A Harry Hole Novel by Jo Nesbo Publisher Comments In the heat of a sweltering Oslo summer, a young woman is found murdered in her flat — with one of her fingers cut off and a tiny red star-shaped diamond placed under her eyelid. An off-the-rails alcoholic barely holding on to his job, Detective... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Invisible Bridge (Vintage Contemporaries) by Julie Orringer Staff Pick The Invisible Bridge is jaw-droppingly impressive. Orringer is a hugely talented writer, able to wrangle epic themes — love and war, tragedy and redemption — and tame them with her deft, evocative prose. Her debut novel is cinematic, heart-wrenching,... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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Swamplandia! by Karen Russell Staff Pick Russell's debut novel is in a literary class of its own. Swamplandia! is a mystical, fascinating coming-of-age story told from the perspective of the charming 13-year-old Ava. A shabby tourist attraction in Florida and unpredictable family members flavor... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates by Wes Moore Staff Pick The Other Wes Moore is the fascinating tale of two men who shared a name and a birthplace; their lives started out in similar circumstances and ended up very differently (one a Rhodes Scholar, the other serving a life sentence in jail). A moving... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Percy Jackson & the Olympians #05: The Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Five: Last Olympian by Rick Riordan Publisher Comments All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds are against them. Kronos is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, his power only grows. ... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Fates Will Find Their Way by Hannah Pittard Staff Pick Told through melodic, purposeful prose from a first-person-plural perspective, Hannah Pittard's stunning debut novel is an eerie, perfectly pitched recounting of adolescence that skillfully captures the blurred line between the tangible and the imagined.... (read more) List Price $22.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Clean: The Revolutionary Program to Restore the Body's Natural Ability to Heal Itself by Alejandro Junger Publisher Comments A life-changing medical breakthrough Clean is an M.D.'s program designed to be easily incorporated into our busy schedule while providing all the practical tools necessary to support and rejuvenate our bodies. The effect is transformative: nagging... (read more) Your price: $14.99 New - Trade Paper
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Shadow Tag by Louise Erdrich Staff Pick When Irene discovers that her husband is reading her diary, she starts using it to manipulate him. This is a searing portrait of a troubled marriage unraveling at the seams. Louise Erdrich gives us the best thing she has ever written. It is astonishing.... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto (Vintage) by Jaron Lanier Staff Pick Proceed carefully. Reading this book is like biting into a jalapeño jelly bean that you thought was pear flavored. Startling, eye-opening, and a bit unnerving, Lanier's manifesto could be the key to preserving autonomy as increased technological... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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13, Rue Therese by Elena Mauli Shapiro Publisher Comments American academic Trevor Stratton discovers a box full of artifacts from World War I as he settles into his new office in Paris. The pictures, letters, and objects in the box relate to the life of Louise Brunet, a feisty, charming Frenchwoman who lived... (read more) List Price $23.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan Staff Pick Grennan's story is a wonderfully written account of hope, persistence, and accomplishment against all odds. If you liked Three Cups of Tea, you'll need to read Little Princes, too — it's a bright spot in our increasing awareness of the mistreatment of... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis Staff Pick Lewis describes the causes of the financial crisis with clarity, while putting it all in a very human context by focusing on a few of the individuals involved. It would have been easy for Lewis to second guess — in retrospect, it seems crazy to have... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Terror of Living by Urban Waite Staff Pick Make sure you've got a few hours to kill the moment you pick up this book. Urban Waite has produced a breathlessly paced debut that's over-the-top in the best possible way, featuring a villain who's one of the most brutal, real, and haunting characters I'... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Fire by Kristin Cashore Publisher Comments It is not a peaceful time in the Dells. In King City, the young King Nash is clinging to the throne, while rebel lords in the north and south build armies to unseat him. War is coming. And the mountains and forest are filled with spies and thieves. This... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Wake Trilogy #03: Gone by Lisa Mcmann Publisher Comments Things should be great for Janie—she has graduated from high school and is spending her summer with Cabel, the guy she’s totally in love with. But deep down she’s panicking about how she’s going to survive her future when... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Dream of Perpetual Motion by Dexter Palmer Publisher Comments Imprisoned for life aboard a zeppelin that floats high above a fantastic metropolis, greeting-card writer Harold Winslow pens his memoirs. His only companions are the disembodied voice of Miranda Taligent, the only woman he has ever loved, and the... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Country Driving: A Chinese Road Trip (P.S.) by Peter Hessler Publisher Comments One of The Economist's Best Books of the Year From the bestselling author of Oracle Bones and River Town comes the final book in his award-winning trilogy on the human side of the economic revolution in China. Peter Hessler, whom the Wall Street Journal... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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Growing a Farmer: How I Learned to Live off the Land by Kurt Timmermeister Staff Pick Seattle chef Kurt Timmermeister is living the dream (my dream, anyway). In this charming memoir he chronicles, missteps and all, how he turned four overgrown acres on Vashon Island into a bona fide farm. A practical and honest account from a self-made... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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I Am an Emotional Creature (11 Edition) by Eve Ensler Publisher Comments In this daring book, internationally acclaimed author and playwright Eve Ensler offers fictional monologues and stories inspired by girls around the globe. Fierce, tender, and smart, I Am an Emotional Creature is a celebration of the authentic voice... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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