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Bossypants by Tina Fey Publisher Comments Before Liz Lemon, before Weekend Update, before Sarah Palin, Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Stoner (06 Edition) by John Williams Publisher Comments The NYRB Classics series is designedly and determinedly exploratory and eclectic, a mix of fiction and non-fiction from different eras and times and of various sorts. The series includes nineteenth century novels and experimental novels, reportage and... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Hiroshima by Laurence Yep Publisher Comments From Newbery Honor award-winning author Laurence Yep comes a boldly written, fictionalized account of the bombing of Hiroshima, as seen through the eyes of 12-year-old Sachi. Based on the actual accounts of Hiroshima survivors, this riveting novella... (read more) List Price $5.99 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk Publisher Comments "The only difference between suicide and martyrdom is press coverage," according to the "been there, done that" wisdom of Tender Branson, last surviving member of the Creedish Death Cult. At the opening of Chuck Palahniuk's hilariously unnerving second... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri Publisher Comments Navigating between the Indian traditions they've inherited and the baffling new world, the characters in Jhumpa Lahiri's elegant, touching stories seek love beyond the barriers of culture and generations. In "A Temporary Matter," published in the New... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett Staff Pick Ann Patchett's writing delves into a new world with each successive novel. This time she takes us on a captivatingly American journey of love, loss, and redemption. Patchett uses a delightfully modern story to explore timeless questions that will... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Bossypants 1st Edition by Tina Fey Staff Pick Readers sometimes lower the bar when it comes to the quality of celebrity memoirs, but, in this case, we can all breathe a sigh of relief. Tina Fey is a legitimately talented writer, and the stories from her personal life are just as zany and... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Gift : Poems By Hafiz, Great Sufi Master (99 Edition) by Hafiz Publisher Comments Chosen by author Elizabeth Gilbert as one of her ten favorite books, Daniel Ladinsky’s extraordinary renderings of 250 unforgettable lyrical poems by Hafiz, one of the greatest Sufi poets of all time More than any other Persian poet—even Rumi&... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver Publisher Comments "Animals dream about the things they do in the day time just like people do. If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life." So says Loyd Peregrina, a handsome Apache trainman and latter-day philosopher. But when Codi Noline returns to her... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis Publisher Comments Chapter One Hunger and cold take their toll The air stretched tight, quiet and cold over the vast land Tall spruce branches bung heavily laden with snow, awaiting distant spring winds. The frosted willows seemed to tremble in the freezing temperatures... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig Publisher Comments A New York Times Editors Choice A Washington Post Book World Best Book of the Year [quote side bar] "Flawless."O, the Oprah Magazine "Courageous."Washington Post Book World "Evocative."The New Yorker "Life-affirming."... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Swamplandia! by Karen Russell Staff Pick Russell's debut novel is in a literary class of its own. Swamplandia! is a mystical, fascinating coming-of-age story told from the perspective of the charming 13-year-old Ava. A shabby tourist attraction in Florida and unpredictable family members flavor... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $8.98 Used - Hardcover
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Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson Publisher Comments A modern classic, Housekeeping is the story of Ruth and her younger sister, Lucille, who grow up haphazardly, first under the care of their competent grandmother, then of two comically bumbling great-aunts, and finally of Sylvie, their eccentric and... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Eros the Bittersweet (American Literature) by Anne Carson Staff Pick Beginning with Sappho's description of Eros as "sweetbitter," Anne Carson traces the treatment and understanding of Eros in philosophy and literature, both classical and contemporary. Written in accessible, smart, and lyrical prose, Eros the Bittersweet... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister Publisher Comments A "heartbreakingly delicious" national bestseller about a chef, her students, and the evocative lessons that food teaches about life. Once a month, eight students gather in Lillian's restaurant for a cooking class. Among them is Claire, a young woman... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach Staff Pick If it weren't for the Morning News Tournament of Books, I would never have read The Art of Fielding. Baseball? No, thanks. But have no fear it's not really a book about baseball. Henry Skrimshander is a shortstop prodigy who lives and... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy Staff Pick One of the best works of contemporary literature. This rare work of fiction by Roy is a gem. Her intensity and intellect are felt in both her nonfiction and in her fiction.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih Publisher Comments '\'\\\'\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'The NYRB Classics series is designedly and determinedly exploratory and eclectic, a mix of fiction and non-fiction from different eras and times and of various sorts. The series includes nineteenth century novels and... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Tie That Binds by Kent Haruf Publisher Comments Colorado, January 1977. Eighty-year-old Edith Goodnough lies in a hospital bed, IV taped to the back of her hand, police officer at her door. She is charged with murder. The clues: a sack of chicken feed slit with a knife, a milky-eyed dog tied outdoors... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Heartburn by Nora Ephron Publisher Comments Is it possible to write a sidesplitting novel about the breakup of the perfect marriage? If the writer is Nora Ephron, the answer is a resounding yes. For in this inspired confection of adultery, revenge, group therapy, and pot roast, the creator of... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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