2006 December
There are 18 books in this aisle.
Featured Titles in Book Sense Picks-2006 December:
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American Bloomsbury: Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau: Their Lives, Their Work
by Susan Cheever  Publisher Comments Even the most devoted readers of nineteenth-century American literature often assume that the men and women behind the masterpieces were as dull and staid as the era's static daguerreotypes. Susan Cheever's latest work, however, brings new life to the...
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The Ladies of Grace Adieu: And Other Stories
by Susanna Clarke Publisher Comments An enchanting anthology of stories by the author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell is set in a mysterious, fantastical version of England populated by petulant princesses, vengeful owls, endless paths in the dark woods, and houses that never appear the...
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Bird Songs: 250 North American Birds in Song
by Les Beletsky Publisher Comments Drawing from the collection of the world-renowned Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bird Songs presents the most notable North American birds — including the rediscovered Ivory-billed Woodpecker — in a stunning new format...
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The Book That Changed My Life: 71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them
by Roxanne Coady and Joy Johannessen Publisher Comments Sixty-five concise and lively essays by some of today's most successful writers identify the books that proved pivotal to the shaping of their careers, in a volume that includes Harold Bloom on "Little, Big," Nelson DeMille on "Atlas Shrugged," and...
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Clay: The History and Evolution of Humankind's Relationship with Earth's Most Primal Element
by Suzanne Staubach Publisher Comments In the tradition of the bestselling books Salt and Cod: get the dirt on the humble substance that helped create the modern world. Clay has played a crucial role in the development of the culinary arts, international trade, the invention of writing, and...
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Love in a Fallen City (New York Review Books Classics)
by Eileen Chang Publisher Comments Eileen Chang was born in China and died in Los Angeles, living most of her life as an obscure, impoverished, and reclusive exile. She ran away from a troubled family to lead the bohemian life of a writer, and in the late Thirties and Forties her stories...
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The Woman at the Washington Zoo: Writings on Politics, Family, and Fate
by Marjorie Williams and Timothy Noah Publisher Comments Presents a collection of profiles and essays that describe the inner workings of the United States government....
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The Book of Lost Things: A Novel
by John Connolly 
Powells.com Staff Pick Equal parts creepy and compelling, this horror book has all the elements of a great read. A literary page-turner with well-honed characters and a story that has you reading at inappropriate times. Crack this one open when you have nothing else on your...
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The View from Castle Rock: Stories
by Alice Munro
Powells.com Staff Pick Munro's prose shines in this new collection inspired by her Scottish family history. With stories as subtle and lucid as always, this is her most personal fiction to date. Recommended by Jill, Powells.com...
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Kafka's Soup: A Complete History of World Literature in 14 Recipes
by Mark Crick Publisher Comments I needed a table at Maxim’s, a hundred bucks, and a gorgeous blonde; what I had was a leg of lamb and no clues. I took hold of the joint. It felt cold and damp, like a coroner’s handshake. I took out a knife and cut the lamb into pieces...
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The Android's Dream
by John Scalzi Publisher Comments To avoid an interstellar incident, ex-cop and hacker Harry Creek, aided by Brian Javna, a childhood friend turned AI, searches for a rare type of sheep to be used in an alien race's coronation ceremony, following a trail that leads to pet store owner...
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Thumbs, Toes, and Tears: And Other Traits That Make Us Human
by Chip Walter Publisher Comments The fascinating evolutionary links between six seemingly unremarkable traits that make us the very remarkable creatures we are. Countless behaviors separate us from the rest of the animal kingdom, but all of them can be traced one way or another to six...
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The Few: The American "Knights of the Air" Who Risked Everything to Fight in the Battle of Britain
by Alex Kershaw Publisher Comments By the summer of 1940 World War II had been under way for nearly a year. Hitler was triumphant and planning an invasion of England. But the United States was still a neutral country and, as Winston Churchill later observed, "the British people held the...
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The American Plague: The Untold Story of Yellow Fever, the Epidemic That Shaped Our History
by Molly Caldwell Crosby Publisher Comments Slave ships brought it to America as far back as 1648 and over the centuries, yellow fever epidemics plagued the United States. Carried along the mighty Mississippi River, it ravaged towns from New Orleans to St. Louis. New York City lost 2,000 lives in...
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One Hidden Stuff (Poets, Penguin)
by Barbara Ras Publisher Comments Using long-lined, imaginative leaps to connect the everyday with the miraculous, the intimate with the visionary, Barbara Rass poems surge across the page like waves crashing on a beach. She crafts the forty-one new poems in this collection with a zany...
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An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, & True Stories
by Ivan Brunetti Publisher Comments Comic artist Ivan Brunetti, the creator of Schizo, offers a best-of anthology of contemporary art comics, along with some classic comic strips and other historical materials that have retained a "modern" sensibility. As with Chris Ware's selections for...
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The Harbor Boys: A Memoir
by Hugo Hamilton Publisher Comments From the author of The Speckled People, one of the most lyrical and powerful memoirs of recent times, comes an exploration of another crucial moment in his early life: the summer he spent working at a harbor close to his home in Dublin, at a time of...
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The Blonde
by Duane Swierczynski
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