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The Planets by Dava Sobel Staff Pick Using scientific facts and cultural background, Sobel continues in her witty and knowledgeable fashion with this absorbing ode to our solar system. Lyrical, personal, and engaging.... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin Staff Pick At times uproarious, often sentimental, and always laced with the wit and charm we've come to expect from Steve Martin, this is a warm and enjoyable portrait of his life in stand-up from childhood to his last show in 1981.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Bluelist: The Best in Travel 2007 by Editors of Lonely Planet Staff Pick Literary itineraries, paranormal destinations, low profile countries, snapshot summaries of every country in the world, and so much more fill these pages. A fun read, even if you can't afford the airfare.... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever Staff Pick "I finished ['The Swimmer'] remarkably satisfied, but piqued, and randomly began to consume the stories one after another. This collection contains pieces spanning more than thirty years of Cheever's career. He writes old-fashioned stories with dateless... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Into the Silent Land: Travels in Neuropsychology by Paul Broks Staff Pick "Into the Silent Land is a revealing study of the importance, as well as the limitations, of science in helping to define the nature of self. It's also a fascinating portrayal of bizarre and morbid medical accounts involving the physiology and anatomy of... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Decoding the Universe: How the New Science of Information Is Explaining Everything in the Cosmos, from Our Brains to Black Holes by Charles Seife Staff Pick Though the idea of information theory as the foundation of all of science is not new, Seife presents his argument in a fresh, compelling way that's practicable to the lay reader. The material covered is certainly absorbing, but it's Seife's fluid and... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Planets by Dava Sobel Staff Pick Using scientific facts and cultural background, Sobel continues in her witty and knowledgeable fashion with this absorbing ode to our solar system. Lyrical, personal, and engaging.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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Hermit in Paris (03 Edition) by Italo Calvino Staff Pick "In these essays, as in his other writing, Calvino's observations go beyond the surface and delve deep into the human experience. He can see in the dark. Astute, political, and urbane, Calvino is much more than a novelist; he's a philosopher of modern... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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After the Plague by T. C. Boyle Staff Pick "Boyle's writing is up-front, his subjects plucked directly from everyday America, though uniquely displayed through his skewed lens. The result is a font of emotionally and culturally observant stories. After the Plague is no exception to this rule, and,... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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How the Universe Got Its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space by Janna Levin Staff Pick Started as a series of letters to her mom, How the Universe Got Its Spots turned into Janna Levin's diary of her life as a scientist out to determine the size of the cosmos. Levin poetically mixes fascinating scientific details with personal anecdotes. A... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World by Jay Bahadur Staff Pick With continued civil and political unrest and a recent, unusually severe drought forcing food shortages and pandemic starvation, Somalia is a country with a complex history and an uncertain future. That makes Jay Bahadur's account of the infamous pirates... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Hardcover
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The Concise Oxford American Dictionary by Erin McKean Staff Pick As Erin McKean, editor in chief, remarks in the preface, "A dictionary should be a tool for daily use, not a dreaded last resort." I am here to confirm that McKean and Oxford have produced a dictionary that is anything but dreaded. In addition to clear... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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A Photographer's Life: 1990-2005 by Annie Leibovitz Staff Pick From one of the most famous and gifted photographers of our time, this exquisite compendium marries the artist's personal photographs with her professional work. Chilling, expansive, and, at times, breathtaking.... (read more) List Price $100.00 Your price: $45.00 Used - Hardcover
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1776 by David McCullough Staff Pick Staying in the territory of his acclaimed epic biography John Adams, David McCullough follows George Washington and the Continental Army through the tumultuous first year of war. An exceptional narrative historian, McCullough vividly examines the... (read more) List Price $32.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections (Vintage) by Nora Ephron Staff Pick The essays in Ephron's charming collection range from the very relatable (vignettes covering everything from egg yolks to Thomas Friedman) to the delightful and personal (as in "Journalism: A Love Story," which recounts her post-college days in a largely... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain by Diane Ackerman Staff Pick Diane Ackerman writes with grace and wisdom. Her prose is lyrical, sensuous, and utterly charming. I've never been disappointed in a work by Ackerman, but An Alchemy of Mind takes the cake. Here she covers neurochemistry and -physiology and the concept... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life by Steve Martin Staff Pick At times uproarious, often sentimental, and always laced with the wit and charm we've come to expect from Steve Martin, this is a warm and enjoyable portrait of his life in stand-up from childhood to his last show in 1981.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Hardcover
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One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer by Nathaniel Fick Staff Pick Possibly unequaled in its detail and candor, One Bullet Away takes readers to the depths of Marine life, in peacetime and in war, all the while avoiding the clichés generally associated with military memoirs. Nathaniel Fick's bracing and... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Outlander by Gil Adamson Staff Pick The Outlander by Gil Adamson is a wondrous vacation for your mind. With its eccentric characters and luminous prose, this novel is a romping escapade of big fun.... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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Simple Soirees: Seasonal Menus for Sensational Dinner Parties by Peggy Knickerbocker Staff Pick "Peggy Knickerbocker's Simple Soirées is a testament to good food and entertaining. Each menu includes tips for table decorating and a handy party planning guide, which details what can be done days or hours ahead of time. But the real treasure here are... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $9.74 Sale - Hardcover
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