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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (P.S.) by Betty Smith Staff Pick A book dealer came into Powell's rare book room one day while I was working and bought a beautiful first edition of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. She said it was her favorite book and a birthday present to herself. From the look in her eye and the way she... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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The Way It Is: New and Selected Poems by William Stafford Staff Pick I think of William Stafford as part grandfather/part favorite college professor. Although he was neither to me, his poems have a quiet truth that I both admire and adore. I wish I could have heard him teach at Lewis and Clark College or read as Oregon's... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith Staff Pick A book dealer came into Powell's rare book room one day while I was working and bought a beautiful first edition of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. She said it was her favorite book and a birthday present to herself. From the look in her eye and the way she... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Modern Classics) by Betty Smith Staff Pick A book dealer came into Powell's rare book room one day while I was working and bought a beautiful first edition of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. She said it was her favorite book and a birthday present to herself. From the look in her eye and the way she... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Secret Life of Plants by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird Staff Pick I can't believe I hadn't heard about this book before I found it on the shelf. Published in the 1970s, it explores the relationship between humans and plant life. Numerous scientific studies with lie detector tests, electrodes, and other '70s high-tech... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Giants in the Earth : a Saga of the Prairie (27 Edition) by Ole Edvart Rolvaag Staff Pick Suspecting I was born in the wrong era, I have always been fascinated by pioneer life. As a child, I read Little House on the Prairie and imagined a simpler time. Rölvaag captures that feeling for me with the story of Per Hansa, who travels from Norway... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food by Mark Bittman Staff Pick You must use the Bittman. Normally, I like lots of glossy photos and little banter in cookbooks, but How to Cook Everything is the exception. I've used it to cook a twenty-pound turkey, make sushi, and prepare all the strange vegetables that tempt me at... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $22.00 Used - Hardcover
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A Country Year: Living the Questions by Sue Hubbell Staff Pick Sue Hubbell makes me yearn to be a beekeeper in the Ozarks — to rely on a place for my survival and my happiness. Divorced and alone on her hundred acre farm, Hubbell heals as she writes about her work as a commercial beekeeper and her peninsula of... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Tree Grow in Brooklyn by Betty Smith Staff Pick A book dealer came into Powell's rare book room one day while I was working and bought a beautiful first edition of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. She said it was her favorite book and a birthday present to herself. From the look in her eye and the way she... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Compact Disc
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The Way We Live: An Ultimate Treasury for Global Design Inspiration by Stafford Cliff Staff Pick This massive interior design book is amazing with page after page of striking and detailed images. Photos are arranged by subject, with pages dedicated to archways, or fireplaces, or kitchen tables from all over the world. The photographs are indexed and... (read more) Your price: $75.00 New - Hardcover
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn: New Classic Edition by Betty Smith Staff Pick A book dealer came into Powell's rare book room one day while I was working and bought a beautiful first edition of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. She said it was her favorite book and a birthday present to herself. From the look in her eye and the way she... (read more) Your price: $85.95 New - Audio Cassette 
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