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Summer Blonde by Adrian Tomine Staff Pick A friend of mine once picked up a copy of Optic Nerve #9 off of the floor of my apartment. Forty-five minutes later she handed it to me, her eyes wide and starving: "I want more!" she said. Sadly, most of Tomine's stories leave you this way; emotionally... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover 
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Suffragettes to She-Devils: Women's Liberation and Beyond by Liz McQuiston Staff Pick You need to have this book on your coffee table, to stimulate good conversation, offend, and rejoice. Liz McQuiston has put together a beautiful collection of the shocking, honest, and sassy graphics that have illustrated the journey of women in our... (read more) List Price $59.95 Your price: $44.00 Used - Hardcover
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A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe Staff Pick If you like your books to be a punch in the face, then consider A Personal Matter a good nose bleed of a novel. This is a depiction of human frailty, alienation, despair, and ultimate triumph. Coming to grips with the narrator proved to be quite a... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Holy Skirts: A Novel of a Flamboyant Woman Who Risked All for Art (P.S.) by Rene Steinke Staff Pick My coworker Adrienne recommended this book to me, and I just gobbled it up whole. It's based on the life of the Baroness Elsa, a mess of a woman who did everything unthinkable, including unabashedly eating the heart out of the American art world. She's... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Bake Shop Ghost by Jacqueline K. Ogburn and Marjorie Priceman Staff Pick Two very exciting things in this world are tiramisu and spiritual beings, and The Bake Shop Ghost has both. Annie Washington is our fearless heroine, challenged to a celestial bake-off in an attempt to appease a stubborn ghost. Marjorie Priceman's jaunty... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Hardcover
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Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi Staff Pick I must admit I read this, the second installment of Satrapi's illustrated autobiography, before reading the first. Without the full premise of how she left her native country of Iran for Europe, it was easy to think that I had found a interesting... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hand-Grenade Practice in Peking: My Part in the Cultural Revolution by Frances Wood List Price $35.00 Your price: $18.00 Used - Hardcover
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