2005 June
There are 19 books in this aisle.
Featured Titles in Book Sense Picks-2005 June:
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner  
Powells.com Staff Pick "What makes this book fascinating is the way that Levitt uses advanced economic techniques — the kind that would knock me unconscious quicker than chloroform if I had to read them in a textbook — and applies them to seemingly unexplainable...
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On Bullshit
by Harry G. Frankfurt
Powells.com Staff Pick Lying is a craft, but bullshitting is an art. "Hence the familiar notion of the 'bullshit artist,'" moral philosopher Harry Frankfurt reminds us in this fun, erudite treatise. On Bullshit surely ranks as one of the best gift books to come along in quite...
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The Historian: A Novel
by Elizabeth Kostova
Powells.com Staff Pick This is the perfect summer read — I promise. From Anne Rice to Stephen King to Bram Stoker and beyond, desire for tales from the crypt never seems to die. Even if you believe the Dracula legend has been bludgeoned to the thinnest pulp, you will be...
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The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life
by Steve Leveen Publisher Comments Do not set out to live a well-read life but rather your well-read life. No one can be well-read using someone else's reading list. Unless a book is good for you, you won't connect with it and gain from it. Just as no one can tell you how to lead your...
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Pocketful of Names
by Joe Coomer Publisher Comments “Coomer writes so well, with such freshness and authenticity, that we hate to put the book down.” —The Boston Globe The first thing Hannah said to the dog: “I don’t know if there’s enough room for you on this island. I&...
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If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name: News from Small-Town Alaska
by Heather Lende Publisher Comments Tiny Haines, Alaska, is ninety miles north of Juneau, accessible mainly by water or air— and only when the weather is good. There's no traffic light and no mail delivery; people can vanish without a trace, and funerals are community affairs...
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The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases
by Jeff Vandermeer Publisher Comments “Imagine if Monty Python wrote the Mayo Clinic Family Health Book, and you sort of get the idea. Afraid you’re afflicted with an unknown malady? Finally you have a place to turn!” —Book Sense You hold in your hands the most...
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The Bright Forever
by Lee Martin Publisher Comments On an evening like any other, nine-year-old Katie Mackey, daughter of the most affluent family in a small town on the plains of Indiana, sets out on her bicycle to return some library books. This simple act is at the heart of The Bright Forever, a...
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Company Man
by Joseph Finder Publisher Comments CRITICAL PRAISE FOR JOSEPH FINDER AND PARANOIA "There's a new John Grisham in town!" - People "Jet-propelled. . . this twisting, stealthily plotted story...weaves a tangled and ingeniously enveloping web...[with a] killer twist for the end." -The New...
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The Practice of Deceit
by Elizabeth Benedict Publisher Comments When Eric Lavender meets the attorney Colleen O'Brien Golden, his position as one of Manhattan's chic psychotherapists and most eligible bachelors suddenly loses its appeal. The sexy, stylish Colleen lures him to live with her and her young daughter in...
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They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan
by Benson Deng Synopsis A stunning literary memoir from three of Sudan's Lost Boys recounts a harrowing, horrific journey across an unforgiving landscape and mourns the culture that they left behind....
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Year in the Merde (05 Edition)
by Stephen Clarke Publisher Comments An urban antidote to A Year in Provence, Stephen Clarke's book is a laugh-out-loud account of a year in the life of an expat in Paris-for Francophiles and Francophobes alike. A Year in the Merde is the almost-true account of the author's adventures as an...
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Hunting Unicorns
by Bella Pollen Publisher Comments A stylish, screamingly funny, razor-sharp look at the British aristocracy in decline, Hunting Unicorns introduces us to the owners of the vast Bevan estate: the Earl and Countess-charming and possibly round the bend; Daniel, their eldest son-funny and...
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Dark Harbor
by David Hosp Publisher Comments Scott Finn, rising star at a Boston law firm, has worked hard to pull himself out of the Charleston projects. When the body of his co-worker and old flame, Natalie Caldwell, floats to the surface of Boston Harbor, Finn is grief stricken. But almost...
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The Third Secret: A Novel of Suspense
by Steve Berry Publisher Comments Explosive in both its pace and its revelations, The Third Secret is a remarkable international thriller. Bestselling author Steve Berry tackles some of the most controversial ideas of our time in a breakneck journey through the history of the Church and...
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Sabbath Night in the Church of the Piranha: New and Selected Stories
by Edward Falco Publisher Comments For a long time now, Edward Falco has quietly established his place among the absolute best American storytellers. Those who haven't yet read him don't want to miss this chance. That's why we're so excited to offer the very best of his work, gathered...
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The Night Garden
by Pamela Holm Publisher Comments A story of love, lust, and pest control set against the changing seasons of San Francisco. When Dawn leaves her boyfriend of five years — charismatic, larger-than-life David — she leaves behind their cozy, artsy home, their rose garden, and...
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Zorro: A Novel
by Isabel Allende
Powells.com Staff Pick When was it decided that literary writers shouldn't write about adventure? Once upon a time authors like Stevenson and Dumas were associated with swashbucklers, now classics, Treasure Island and The Three Musketeers; today they'd be laughed right out of...
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People I Wanted to Be: Stories
by Gina Ochsner Publisher Comments In her eagerly anticipated collection, Gina Ochsner deftly examines the harrowing moments after a life or a love slips away and discovers that the human heart can be large enough for anything. In "Halves of a Whole," twin sisters learn the trade of...
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