2003 November/December
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Love
by Toni Morrison  
Powells.com Staff Pick For the female protagonists of Toni Morrison's slim but superb novel, the notion of love — benevolent or passionate — is centered around the charismatic deceased Bill Cosey. Kirkus describes this multi-layered, mysterious novel as "a heartening...
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The Stories of Richard Bausch
by Richard Bausch
Publisher Comments Few writers of the past quarter-century have so consistently surprised, startled, and delighted their readers as has the masterful Richard Bausch, whom the Washington Post Book World calls "a virtuoso of language and literary grace." His nine critically...
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My Life as a Fake
by Peter Carey
Powells.com Staff Pick One of Jill's Top Five picks for 2004. To read more staff Top Five lists click here....
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Population: 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time
by Michael Perry
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Lord John and the Private Matter (Lord John Grey Novels)
by Diana Gabaldon
Publisher Comments In her New York Times bestselling Outlander novels, Diana Gabaldon introduced millions of readers to a dazzling world of history and adventure — a world of vibrant settings and utterly unforgettable characters. Now one of these characters, Major...
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The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings
by Amy Tan
Publisher Comments Amy Tan was born into a family that believed in fate. In The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings, she explores this legacy, as well as American circumstances, and finds ways to honor the past while creating her own brand of destiny. She discovers answers...
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Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery: The U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842
by Nathaniel Philbrick
Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-436) and index....
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Nine Hills to Nambonkaha: Two Years in the Heart of an African Village
by Sarah Erdman
Publisher Comments A portrait of a resilient African village, ruled until recently by magic and tradition, now facing modern problems and responding, often triumphantly, to change. When Sarah Erdman, a Peace Corps volunteer, arrived in Nambonkaha, she became the first...
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The German Money
by Lev Raphael
Publisher Comments "Lev Raphael is a daring writer-one who will not be -restrained by genre, but who tells his story with all the tools at his command. The German Money combines all of Raphael's estimable talents, delivering an emotional thriller about a totally believable...
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Quicksilver: Volume One of The Baroque Cycle
by Neal Stephenson
Publisher Comments “ Sprawling, irreverent, and ultimately profound.”...
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The Lady, the Chef, and the Courtesan
by Marisol
Publisher Comments According to a Latin American proverb, in order for a woman to discover her power over men, she must learn to be a lady in the living room, a chef in the kitchen, and a courtesan in the bedroom. After perfecting the grace and elegance of each, a woman...
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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
by Chuck Klosterman
Powells.com Staff Pick "Part memoir, part meditation on crappy television, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs is a raucous ride through the cultural wasteland of Generation X. Don't think, though, that this book's obsession with meaningless trivia is worthless. Chuck Klosterman's...
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Cooking by Hand
by Paul Bertolli
Publisher Comments One of the most respected chefs in the country, Paul Bertolli earns glowing praise for the food at California’s renowned Oliveto restaurant. Now he shares his most personal thoughts about cooking in his long-awaited book, Cooking by Hand. In this...
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Mirror Mirror: A Novel
by Gregory Maguire
Powells.com Staff Pick Maguire's latest retelling of a classic fairy tale is Snow White set in Renaissance Italy and features Lucrezia Borgia as the wicked stepmother. Intriguing, surreal, exotic, and sensual, the author's style is mature, assured, and utterly engaging. This...
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A Short History of a Small Place
by T R Pearson
Powells.com Staff Pick One of my favorite books of all time. Pearson captures the characters in this amazingly engaging story with complete heart and soul. If you love Faulkner and McCullers and have never read his books, make room for Pearson. Recommeded by Amy Antonio...
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Our Lady of the Forest
by David Guterson
From Powells.com A sense of place strongly informs David Guterson's work; he has often written about the Pacific Northwest, most notably in Snow Falling on Cedars, and his natural settings help forge the events in his characters' lives. In his newest novel, Our...
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Poems of the Masters: China's Classic Anthology of T'Ang and Sung Dynasty Verse
by Red (edt) Pine
Publisher Comments Poetry is China's greatest art, and for the past eight centuries Poems of the Mastershas been that country's most studied and memorized collection of verse. For the first time ever in English, here is the complete text, with an introduction and extensive...
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Alfred E. Smith: The Happy Warrior
by Christopher Finan
Publisher Comments The meteoric rise and dramatic fall of Alfred E. Smith, the brash, Catholic anti-Prohibitionist from New York's Lower East Side, are well known. His job at the Fulton Fish Market through his years in the state legislature and as four-time governor of New...
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How Soon Is Never?
by Marc Spitz
Publisher Comments There is a light and it never goes out . . . or is there? Welcome to the big Reagan ’80s, where ketchup is a vegetable and the Cold War looms large and chilly. If like Joe Green you were coming of age during this boom era, your main concerns...
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The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
by Simon Winchester
Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-253) and index....
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