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Shuffle through Powell's City of Books – it's never the same place twice! Below, you'll find a random selection of used books available today at Powells.com. Each time you shuffle, you'll find eight more! |
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by Mckay Jenkins  Publisher Comments When World War II broke out in Europe, the American army had no specialized division of mountain soldiers. But in the winter of 1939–40, after a tiny band of Finnish mountain troops brought the invading Soviet army to its knees, an amateur skier... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
by Fred Hunter Publisher Comments After spotting an old college flame starring in a rented porn film, Alex Reynolds tracks him down to an L.A. address-only to find him murdered on his apartment floor. Suddenly, his occasional CIA contact is very interested, and the odd spy team of Alex... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by W J Rorabaugh Publisher Comments Berkeley, California stood at the center of the political, social, and cultural upheaval that made the 1960s a unique period in American history. In Berkeley at War, W.J. Rorabaugh, who attended the graduate school of the University of California at... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Mark L Gardner Synopsis When General Stephen Watts Kearny's Army of the West marched into Santa Fe, New Mexico, on August 18, 1846, Richard Smith Elliott, a young Missouri volunteer, was included in its ranks. In addition to Lieutenant Elliott's duties in the Laclede Rangers... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your Price $13.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Christ De Bellaigue Publisher Comments Beside the highway that leads south from Tehran, the necropolis of Ayatollah Rudollah Khomeini rises from the sweating tarmac like a miraculous filling station supplying fuel for the soul. However, the paint is peeling even before the complex has been... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your Price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Afshin Molavi Synopsis Death to America, the bearded student chants as television cameras roll; when the cameras leave, the students accosts Afshin Molavi: I hear you have come from America! How can I get a green card? This is Iran, the culmination of 2,600 years of Persian... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your Price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Lawrence Venuti Publisher Comments Italy’s rising literary stars join some of its best-known writers — including Nobel-laureate Luigi Pirandello, Natalia Ginzburg, Alberto Moravia, and Antonio Tabucchi — to take the reader on a panoramic tour of both city and countryside,... (read more) Your Price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Louis Auchincloss Publisher Comments An intimate portrait of the first president of the 20th century The American century opened with the election of that quintessentially American adventurer, Theodore Roosevelt. Louis Auchincloss's warm and knowing biography introduces us to the man behind... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your Price $10.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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