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Watership Down by Richard Adams Staff Pick Bunnies, community, fantasy, adventure, danger — a classic pick for anyone who likes Brian Jacques, C. S. Lewis, or Erin Hunter.... (read more) List Price $7.50 Your price: $5.95 Used - Mass Market 
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Watership Down: A Novel by Richard Adams Staff Pick Bunnies, community, fantasy, adventure, danger — a classic pick for anyone who likes Brian Jacques, C. S. Lewis, or Erin Hunter.... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason by Alfie Kohn Staff Pick A must read! Parenting has come around to attachment again, and moved far, far away from the punitive cruelties of Victorian caregivers. Alfie Kohn has applied, in academic terms, the reasons to parent unconditionally. We have evolved!... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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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Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Staff Pick Having devoured as much Daphne du Maurier as I could get my hands on as a teenager (after my sisters were done, of course), I can confidently recommend Rebecca as the best gothic love story and mystery I have ever read.... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier Staff Pick Having devoured as much Daphne du Maurier as I could get my hands on as a teenager (after my sisters were done, of course), I can confidently recommend Rebecca as the best gothic love story and mystery I have ever read.... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market
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Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan Staff Pick A young adult novel that appeals to adults, Tender Morsels is a nightmare fairytale story of redemption that will reach across your subconscious much like Jeanette Winterson's work. Lanagan's prose is delightfully crafted, careful, imaginative, and... (read more) List Price $11.99 Your price: $5.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott Staff Pick Michael Scott's The Alchemyst series hit us like a ton of gold bricks! Mr. Scott has already published several books of folktales, and this little venture into the life and time of Nicholas Flamel is full of great gods and myths. If you haven't had a run-... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Rabbit Hill (Puffin Newberry Library) by Robert Lawson Staff Pick Written in 1944, this is one of the classics of children's literature. The animals of Rabbit Hill and the folks who live in the big house learn about coexisting, giving us all something to think about in terms of how we interact with the world around us.... (read more) Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Young People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn Publisher Comments A Young People's History of the United States brings to US history the viewpoints of workers, slaves, immigrants, women, Native Americans, and others whose stories, and their impact, are rarely included in books for young people. A Young People's History... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Feed by M. T. Anderson Staff Pick If you had your iPod touch, email, bank account, and family business all organized and recorded in an implant at the base of your neck, what would your world look like? Would you even bother talking? Would you care? Take a peek at our future and ask the... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Celebrating the Great Mother: A Handbook of Earth-Honoring Activities for Parents and Children by Cait Johnson Staff Pick This is a book for those people who want a little woo-woo in their lives but don't believe in Santa Claus. My son and I have found solace in our practice of the Silver Cave, when the longest night seems to go on forever and we need to find hope in the... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Men and Gods: Myths and Legends of the Ancient Greeks (New York Review Books Classics) by Rex Warner Staff Pick Did I say Greek myths were in? When were they ever out? This collection will rock your socks — with outstanding illustrations, to boot. Even the most experienced Greek god or goddess will pore over Men and Gods with abundant enthusiasm.... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Hardcover
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Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly Staff Pick Revolution is a rich and complex story of a young woman dealing with her grief over a lost brother. With stellar attention to detail and pacing, Donnelly takes us through the French Revolution in a graceful blend of realistic fiction, historical fiction,... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Hikaru No Go: Volume 1: Descent of the Go Master by Yumi Hotta Staff Pick Hikaru No Go is a fabulous story of learning to play Go, sportsmanship, and — my favorite part — nobody gets beaten up! The spirit of a Go master joins Hikaru when he gets a hold of his grandfather's Go board one day, after which things are more than... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Tales from the North by Kay Nielsen Staff Pick I loved this book so much as a child that I stole my mother's copy and, then, left it out in the rain! I have since replaced it with an old collectible volume. Now you can enjoy East of the Sun and West of the Moon in beautiful reproduction, with... (read more) Your price: $40.00 New - Hardcover
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Yakitate!! Japan #01 by Takashi Hashiguchi Staff Pick If you're the type to take things too seriously, don't bother with this graphic novel series, Yakitate!! Japan. Instead of killing each other, our characters are competing with rolls, loaves, and pastries. With famous lines like "I was distracted by his... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $6.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Kids on Strike! by Susan Campbell Bartoletti Staff Pick Bartoletti's triumph! A must read! Now hear this! Newspaper kids on strike? When its youngest citizens spoke up, New York City experienced one of its finest hours.... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $6.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley Staff Pick An exquisite fantasy adventure set in a desert country.... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market
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The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu Staff Pick For a good vacation read, try Shadow Thieves. Anne Ursu's somewhat dark, mythological thriller is the first in the Cronus Chronicles, so if you enjoy it, there's more to look forward to. Ursu's work dances between humor, gothic suspense, and family... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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