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Cutting for Stone (Vintage) 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) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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1Q84 by Haruki Murakami Staff Pick Part of the thrill was the anticipation. After waiting for over a year for its publication, I grabbed 1Q84 and swallowed it whole. While it read simply and progressed slowly, it filled like a three-course meal. Being a long-term Murakami fan, I have seen... (read more) List Price $30.50 Your price: $21.35 Sale - Hardcover
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The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger Staff Pick "Inspired by her grandparents' love story in which the grandmother outlived her husband by nearly three decades, Niffenegger has invented Henry and Clare, and their unique and complicated love story involving the ability to live in the past and future in... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs by Patricia B. McConnell Ph.D Staff Pick Overturn some of your most cherished ideas concerning your best friend. Not a how-to or training manual, but a key to revolutionize the way you and your dog comport yourselves at either end of the leash.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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) List Price $28.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Scribbles: A Really Giant Drawing and Coloring Book by Taro Gomi Staff Pick At fifty-one years old, I found this book festive and relaxing, a field day of merriment! We just don't take enough time to amuse ourselves.... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Brick Lane by Monica Ali Staff Pick A phenomenally original novel that entwines Bangladeshi traditional beginnings with a gradual transformation into modern, multicultural life in contemporary London. Ali's narrator, Nazneen, holds all of her experiences close at hand and maintains a... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Coal: A Human History by Barbara Freese Staff Pick Coal generates over half of the electricity we consume yet we know little about this charred material save a few mining songs and horror stories about canaries and black lungs. In this sumptuous book we follow the black rock through time and discover its... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Out by Natsuo Kirino Staff Pick I ventured into Out having gone on a detective murder mystery kick — the great Raymond Chandler, the invincible Dorothy L. Sayers... So it was no surprise that I next turned to Japan's queen of crime writing. Out is a can't-stop-reading, classy... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Old School by Tobias Wolff Staff Pick In this novel we see vulnerable and clumsy youth parallel to the polished and comfortable status which class and money provide. We meet determination, impersonation, and observation as the future opens and closes with perennial flair.... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Hell to Pay by George P Pelecanos Staff Pick "Pelecanos's is a voice that never loses its power. It has an edge and an obscureness that other mystery writers only dream about."... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll: The Search for Dare Wright by Jean Nathan Staff Pick The fey daughter of a successful portrait artist and sister to a fishing lure inventor, Dare Wright conducted her life like an actress in an autobiographical production. Juxtaposed between innocence and erotica she created nineteen children's books, had... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Book of Joe by Jonathan Tropper Staff Pick Capturing the sensitivity felt for one's home town and the repercussions of the callow time warp known as "high school," this little novel is the kind of book you just want to put into the hands of every male you grew up with and a few you know now.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt Staff Pick Poignant and erotic, this sumptuous novel is Hustvedt's best yet.... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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I'm Not Scared by Niccolo Ammaniti Staff Pick Winner of the 2001 Viareggio-Repaci Prize for Fiction, this hauntingly powerful novel has been on the bestseller list in Italy for months. It is unforgettable, passionate and has a range of depth that grapples with your conscience.... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Nineteen Weeks: America, Britain, and the Fateful Summer of 1940 by Norman Moss Staff Pick Gifted journalist Norman Moss gives us an important slice of history that sixty-three years later gives us a clearer view of current events. The forties were dominated by World War II. Hitler's conquest in Europe softened America's isolationist stand and... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Name All the Animals by Alison Smith Staff Pick Eighteen years ago, I lost someone that I'd never had closure with. In my own grief I was at a loss to help his family, especially his little sister. I watched as an otherwise healthy family took a dysfunctional turn that they never quite recovered from.... (read more) Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Brick Lane CD by Monica Ali Staff Pick A phenomenally original novel that entwines Bangladeshi traditional beginnings with a gradual transformation into modern, multicultural life in contemporary London. Ali's narrator, Nazneen, holds all of her experiences close at hand and maintains a... (read more) Your price: $36.95 New - Compact Disc
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You Remind Me of Me: A Novel by Dan Chaon Staff Pick The gift of this novel is the aftershocks it effects. While enduring the jolts of its dark and stormy plot you roll with the punches, but when the commotion ceases you add it to your list of survival stories.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Name All the Animals: A Memoir by Alison Smith Staff Pick Eighteen years ago, I lost someone that I'd never had closure with. In my own grief I was at a loss to help his family, especially his little sister. I watched as an otherwise healthy family took a dysfunctional turn that they never quite recovered from.... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $2.50 Used - Hardcover
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