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Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter Staff Pick Jess Walter gets nearer the Pulitzer with Beautiful Ruins. Chance meetings during the 1962 filming of Cleopatra in Italy set in motion events that spiral into the present day. Walter captures perfectly how the best part of life is that it doesn't turn... (read more) Your price: $26.99 New - Hardcover
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Beautiful Ruins (P.S.) by Jess Walter Staff Pick Jess Walter gets nearer the Pulitzer with Beautiful Ruins. Chance meetings during the 1962 filming of Cleopatra in Italy set in motion events that spiral into the present day. Walter captures perfectly how the best part of life is that it doesn't turn... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems Staff Pick Cleverly expressive cartoons and photographic backdrops epitomize the hilarity and drama of young Trixie's lost-bunny crisis. Laugh-out-loud funny! Willems is a picture book genius.... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $9.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Best Recipes in the World: More Than 1,000 International Dishes to Cook at Home by Mark Bittman Staff Pick A must have for every home cook, Mark Bittman's fantastic anthology of world cuisine is a formidable collection of recipes on a broad range of cultures and cooking.... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $25.00 Used - Hardcover
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Native Tongue by Carl Hiaasen Staff Pick Hiaasen makes the top of my list for his bitingly funny writing. As a former Floridian who fled the land of greedy land developers and Yankees who dress in pink and green plaid, his story especially rings true to me.... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life by Tom Reiss Staff Pick Islamic prince, Hollywood intimate, Mussolini's biographer, Jewish tycoon's son, international bestselling author (Goebbels was a big fan), chummy with the Nabakovs and Pasternaks: Lev Nussimbaum (aka Kurban Said, aka Essad Bey) was all these things... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Junkyard Dogs (Walt Longmire Mysteries) by Craig Johnson Staff Pick Gripping, gritty, and hilarious, Junkyard Dogs is the sixth in the Walt Longmire series, but you can dive in and thoroughly enjoy it without reading the previous books. Though once you've read one Craig Johnson novel, you'll feel the need to read all of... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: A Classic Collectible Pop-Up by Lewis Carroll and Robert Sabuda Staff Pick "Robert Sabuda's most recent popup book is as spectacular as his last one (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Popup) a feat I didn't think possible. His three-dimensional version of Alice is so magical that it induces a sense of wonder that's rarely... (read more) List Price $29.99 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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March by Geraldine Brooks Staff Pick In her follow-up to Year of Wonders, Geraldine Brooks has taken historical fiction to another dimension altogether. Using America's Civil War as her frame, she plants a famous (but deeply mysterious) literary figure at its center: Mr. March, the absent... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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Barefoot in Paris: Easy French Food You Can Make at Home (Barefoot Contessa) by Ina Garten Staff Pick I love all of Ina Garten's cookbooks but this one changed my holiday life this year. Hollandaise over asparagus is a family Thanksgiving must and for years I've made it just like my mother did — copper bottomed pan, wooden spoon, and what seemed like... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $24.00 Used - Hardcover
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Lush Life : Biography of Billy Strayhorn (96 Edition) by David Hajdu Staff Pick This is a biography of the brilliant jazz composer and collaborator with Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, who created such classics as Lush Life and Take the A Train, as well as Boo Dah, a piece impossible to sit still to. Strayhorn's life was a... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Bible: A Biography (Books That Changed the World) by Karen Armstrong Staff Pick Part of the Books that Changed the World series, this is a great overview of the history, writing, and translations of the Bible. Armstrong never fails to entertain and impress.... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic by Joseph J. Ellis Staff Pick A riveting account of how the founding fathers created a new nation, examining their successes and failures for a fuller understanding of how our country became what it is today.... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo Staff Pick Russo is wickedly funny. Between this book and Straight Man, Russo has become one of my favorite writers. In Nobody's Fool he creates a world I didn't want to leave — even though it takes place in a town that's dying, and is filled with a host of... (read more) Your price: $18.89 New - Mass Market
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The Golden Compass: Deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition (His Dark Materials #01) by Philip Pullman Staff Pick A gorgeous new edition of a gripping book that's officially for children but adored by adult readers as well. New "document" additions to this edition include letters from Lord Asriel.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Bible (07 Edition) by Karen Armstrong Staff Pick Part of the Books that Changed the World series, this is a great overview of the history, writing, and translations of the Bible. Armstrong never fails to entertain and impress.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin Staff Pick While tracing Orwell's early career in Burma and its impact on his writing, Larkin provides a harrowing glimpse into how current day Burma hauntingly mirrors the worlds Orwell wrote about in 1984 and Animal Farm.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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Half Past Autumn #1: Half Past Autumn: A Retrospective by Gordon Parks List Price $40.00 Your price: $24.00 Used - Trade Paper
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