2000 May/June
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Stardust: Being a Romance Within The Realms of Faerie
by Neil Gaiman  
Publisher Comments In the sleepy English countryside of decades past, there is a town that has stood on a jut of granite for six hundred years. And immediately to the east stands a high stone wall, for which the village is named. Here in the town of Wall, Tristran Thorn...
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How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?
by Jane Yolen
Publisher Comments What if a dinosaur catches the flu?Does he whimper and whine between each "At-choo"?Does he drop dirty tissues all over the floor?Does he fling his medicine out of the door? Just like kids, little dinosaurs hate being sick. And going to the doctor can be...
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Jim the Boy
by Tony Earley
Synopsis A ten-year-old boy takes his first tentative steps toward adulthood in a tiny southern town in the early 20th century, measuring himself against the high standards set by his mother and uncles and the long shadows cast by his dead father....
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Nobody's Fool
by Richard Russo
Powells.com 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...
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The Rings of Saturn
by W. G. Sebald
Publisher Comments A fictional account of a walking tour through England's East Anglia, Sebald's home for more than twenty years, The Rings of Saturn explores Britain's pastoral and imperial past. Its ten strange and beautiful chapters, with their curious archive of...
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Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type
by Doreen Cronin
Publisher Comments Farmer Brown has a problem. His cows like to type. All day long he hears Click, clack, MOO. Click, clack, MOO. Clickety, clack, MOO. But Farmer Brown's problems REALLY begin when his cows start leaving him notes.... Doreen Cronin's understated text and...
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The Essential Rumi
by Rumi
From Powells.com "I don't mean to claim a special relationship with Rumi...but a poet of such astonishing range and depth needs many translators and interpreters. Mystical poetry tries to reveal the apple orchard within the mist of language (Rumi's image). I hope these...
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How It All Vegan!: Irresistible Recipes for an Animal-Free Diet
by Tanya Barnard
Publisher Comments Vegan food is fabulous food, full of flavor and all the nutrients you need. With fun illustrations and a cool, punky sensibility, How It All Vegan! will tempt you to join the Vegan Empire. "Written with sass, style, and a sense of humor. More than just a...
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Strange Fruit Billie Holiday Cafe Societ
by David Margolick
Publisher Comments From four-time Pulitzer Prize nominee David Margolick, STRANGE FRUIT explores the story of the memorable civil rights ballad made famous by Billie Holiday in the late 1930s. The song's powerful, evocative lyrics-written by a Jewish communist...
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Girls Think of Everything: Stories of Ingenious Inventions by Women
by Catherine Thimmesh
Publisher Comments In kitchens and living rooms, in garages and labs and basements, even in converted chicken coops, women and girls have invented ingenious innovations that have made our lives simpler and better. Their creations are some of the most enduring (the...
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I should have stayed home :the worst trips of great writers
by Roger Rapoport
Publisher Comments In this hilarious anthology 50 top travel writers, novelists and journalists, including Isabel Allende, Jan Morris, Barbara Kingsolver, Paul Theroux, Mary Morris, Dominique Lapierre, Eric Hansen, Rick Steves, Tony Wheeler and Helen Gurley Brown, tell the...
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My Dog Tulip
by J R Ackerley
Publisher Comments A fascinating, tender and true story of a friendship between one man and his dog....
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Strong for Potatoes
by Cynthia Thayer
Publisher Comments Cynthia Thayer's acclaimed debut novel, Strong for Potatoes, is the resonant story of the difficult youth of Blue Willoughby, a remarkable girl growing up in eastern Maine. In a life beset by tragedy, beginning with the death of her twin sister Berry...
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Cereus Blooms at Night
by Shani Mootoo
Publisher Comments Set on a fictional Caribbean island in the town of Paradise, Cereus Blooms at Night unveils the mystery surrounding Mala Ramchandin and the tempestuous history of her family. At the heart of this bold and seductive novel is an alleged crime committed...
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Blue Angel
by Francine Prose
Review "A peerlessly accomplished performance, at once tingingly contemporary and timelessly funny." Publishers Weekly...
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Crazy Ladies
by Michael Lee West
Publisher Comments From the author of Mad Girls in Love comes this lively multigenerational tale of six charming, unforgettable Southern women -- a novel of love and laughter, pain and redemption. Though she was born in Tennessee, Miss Gussie is no country fool. A woman...
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The Herbfarm Cookbook
by Jerry Traunfeld
Publisher Comments Not so long ago, parsley was the only fresh herb available to most American cooks. Today, bunches of fresh oregano and rosemary can be found in nearly every supermarket, basil and mint grow abundantly in backyards from coast to coast, and garden centers...
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Chinese Gold Murders :Judge Dee
by Robert Van Gulik
Publisher Comments Soon after taking up his first magisterial post in the godforsaken district of Peng-lai, Judge Dee must look into the murder of his predecessor. His job is complicated by the simultaneous disappearnce of his chief clerk and the new bride of a wealthy...
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The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
by Wayne Johnston
Publisher Comments A mystery and a love story spanning five decades, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams is an epic portrait of passion and ambition, set against the beautiful, brutal landscape of Newfoundland. In this widely acclaimed novel, Johnston has created two of the...
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Sweeping Changes: A Practical Guide to Zen in Your Home
by Gary Thorp
Publisher Comments Your home is an extension of yourself; therefore when your home is in turmoil, your life is in turmoil. However, when you attend to your home, you begin to feel less hurried and more in tune with your life. There is delight and calm to be found in the...
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