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Jeremy

Jeremy Garber is a used book buyer at Powell's City of Books. In addition to the printed word, he has a lasting affinity for vinyl records, alphabet hotels, hummingbirds, fresh berries, and baseball (Go, Phils!). He believes Jose Saramago is deserving of a second Nobel Prize.

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Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
by Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco
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Chris Hedges's writing and reportage is consistently trenchant and unequivocal, notable for its discerning examinations and penetrating insights. Joe Sacco's award-winning work as a cartoonist is as distinctive as it is compassionate. Combining the... (read more)

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by Michael Chabon
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Since winning the Pulitzer Prize for his spectacular 2000 novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Michael Chabon has gone on to write a diverse array of books restrained by neither style nor genre. Of the distinctive qualities to be found... (read more)

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The Savage Detectives
by Roberto Bolano
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Fire at Eden's Gate: Tom McCall and the Oregon Story
by Brent Walth
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Speaking of great Republicans, Fire at Eden's Gate, the biography of Tom McCall, is tonic to those who wonder why conservation is no longer a principle espoused by our fearless leaders on the right. Send one to the White House while you're at it. McCall... (read more)

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Upside Down
by Eduardo Galeano
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Journalist, historian, poet, author — there is no other writer whose style is comparable to that of Eduardo Galeano. The Uruguayan penner, best known for his acclaimed Memory of Fire trilogy, further indicts our culture of privilege in Upside Down... (read more)

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The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean
by Susan Casey
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It has long been asserted that we know more about the surface of the moon than we do the vast seascapes that cover some 70 percent of our planet. Susan Casey's seductive book, The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean, goes a... (read more)

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Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology
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