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Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip -- Confessions of a Cynical Waiter by The Waiter Staff Pick Waiter Rant is a delightful look at restaurant life from the other side of the tablecloth. The Waiter will enlighten and instruct you while sometimes grossing you out. Comparisons to Kitchen Confidential can’t be avoided, and Waiter Rant is a welcome... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover 
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The Sharing Knife: Beguilement, Volume 1 by Lois McMaster Bujold Staff Pick Fawn and Dag are an unlikely pair but the chemistry between them is unmistakable! With The Sharing Knife Lois McMaster Bujold starts us on a new series — same great writing and boundless imagination but with a good dose of romance thrown in. I raced... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Long for This World: The Strange Science of Immortality by Jonathan Weiner Staff Pick The new work from acclaimed science writer Jonathan Weiner is a remarkable book about a remarkable idea: immortality. As globe-trotting as a Dan Brown novel, Long for This World introduces an international cast of scientists, researchers, and dreamers... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them by Francine Prose Staff Pick Reading Like a Writer is a treasure chest. You can crack it open at any chapter and come away enriched. Prose is one of the best teachers around, and for the price of a paperback, you are getting an Ivy League education in writing. For people who love... (read more) List Price $23.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Way the Crow Flies (P.S.) by Ann-Marie MacDonald Staff Pick Ann-Marie MacDonald writes beautifully; her words wrap around you and envelop you. The Way the Crow Flies is engaging and evocative. She captures the pure joy and pain of childhood better than anyone since Margaret Atwood. That would be enough but then... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell Staff Pick Leave it to Sarah Vowell to roam across America in search of the motivations and culture of political murder. Obsessive, edifying, and, of course, witty, Assassination Vacation is unlike any other historical tourism or travel writing book you'll ever... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Thirteen by Richard K. Morgan Staff Pick Thirteen is a futuristic techno-thriller and a sci-fi masterpiece. I was reminded of Dan Simmons's Hyperion — the world and its people are that richly drawn. At once gripping and thoughtful, this is a novel worthy of the top awards. It's got my vote.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks Staff Pick Musicophilia is a fascinating look at music and its effects on our brains. Who but Oliver Sacks could make such a compulsively readable book?... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter # 7) by J.K. Rowling Staff Pick The seeds planted throughout the series bear fruit in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. How did Dumbledore's nose get broken? Or his hand burned to a crisp? You will find all the answers here. This is the finest book in the series; the writing is... (read more) List Price $79.95 Your price: $40.00 Used - Compact Disc
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Aubrey-Maturin: Master and Commander by Patrick Obrian Staff Pick Imagine Jane Austen wrote nautical fiction. That gives you a feel for the first several volumes in the series. Patrick O'Brian isn't writing about the beginning of the 19th century; he's writing as if he's in the 19th century. Wonderful characters... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $15.50 Used - Hardcover
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Stuff White People Like: A Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions by Christian Lander Staff Pick Have you ever wondered what white people are all about? From modern furniture to Oscar parties to self-deprecating humor, hardwood floors, irony, and knowing what's best for poor people, the white race is finally demystified thanks to Christian Lander's... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Baudolino by Umberto Eco Staff Pick Baudolino was just plain old fun. I love history and getting what amounts to a con man's eye-view of the Crusades was a blast.... (read more) List Price $36.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Harry Potter Box Set (Books 1-7 ) by J. K. Rowling Staff Pick The series that launched a hundred million library cards gets the royal treatment! If you have waited to buy all the books, this is your set, beautifully housed in a lockable trunk-style box. Every kid needs this under the tree.... (read more) Your price: $195.00 New - Hardcover
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Home: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson Staff Pick Set in the same time and place as Gilead, Marilynne Robinson's new masterpiece is at once profoundly sad and hopeful.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell Staff Pick Leave it to Sarah Vowell to roam across America in search of the motivations and culture of political murder. Obsessive, edifying, and, of course, witty, Assassination Vacation is unlike any other historical tourism or travel writing book you'll ever... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Compact Disc
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The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama by Pico Iyer Staff Pick In The Open Road, Pico Iyer gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the Dalai Lama. This is more than a history book, though. The author shares his personal day-to-day spiritual journey in a way that will speak to Westerners. It's a wonderful book; I couldn'... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science by Natalie Angier Staff Pick Another winner from one of the best science writers around, The Canon, like Bill Bryson's Short History of Nearly Everything, provides a pleasurable understanding of science.... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian Staff Pick Imagine Jane Austen wrote nautical fiction. That gives you a feel for the first several volumes in the series. Patrick O'Brian isn't writing about the beginning of the 19th century; he's writing as if he's in the 19th century. Wonderful characters... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says about Us) by Tom Vanderbilt Staff Pick We've all been stuck in traffic and wondered Why me!? Tom Vanderbilt has the answers. If you are wondering why everyone in front of you is braking, or why it’s impossible to merge, he’ll tell you why. Traffic is a compulsively readable book. I could... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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American Presidency (04 Edition) by Alan Brinkley Staff Pick For history buffs or anyone who wants to understand the presidency better, pick up The American Presidency. Each president gets a chapter; each chapter is written by a different historian. With this format, the book offers a unique look at how our views... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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