2007 October
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The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
by David Halberstam  Special Offer Buy the set! Order The Coldest Winter now and receive the acclaimed 35-minute documentary about David Halberstam's last great effort. Starring Joan Didion, Bob Woodward, Robert Caro, Anna Quindlen, and Neil Sheehan....
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Run: A Novel
by Ann Patchett 
Powells.com Staff Pick Run, a worthy successor to Bel Canto, shows off Patchett's trademark gorgeous prose and emotional depth. Her characters are believably flawed, but ultimately good and decent human beings who you want to spend time with. Recommended by Jill, Powells...
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The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible
by A. J. Jacobs Publisher Comments From the bestselling author of The Know-It-All comes a fascinating and timely exploration of religion and the Bible. Raised in a secular family but increasingly interested in the relevance of faith in our modern world, A.J. Jacobs decides to dive in...
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The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop?
by Francisco Goldman Publisher Comments Bishop Juan Gerardi, Guatemala’s leading human rights activist, was bludgeoned to death in his garage on a Sunday night in 1998, two days after the presentation of a groundbreaking church-sponsored report implicating the military in the murders and...
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Bridge of Sighs: A Novel
by Richard Russo
Powells.com Staff Pick Russo is a modern master of absorbing characters, brilliantly sharp dialogue, and a warm-hearted yet strangely thrilling storytelling style. The only sighs this elegiac novel produces are of wistful satisfaction. Recommended by Bolton, Powells.com...
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Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter
by Phoebe Damrosch Publisher Comments Kitchen Confidential meets Sex and the City in this delicious, behind-the-scenes memoir from the first female captain at one of New York City's most prestigious restaurants While Phoebe Damrosch was figuring out what to do with her life, she supported...
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Whatever You Do, Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide
by Peter Allison
Publisher Comments Whatever You Do, Don’t Run is a hilarious collection of true tales from top safari guide Peter Allison. In a place where the wrong behavior could get you eaten, Allison has survived face-to-face encounters with big cats, angry elephants...
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The Almost Moon: A Novel
by Alice Sebold
Powells.com Staff Pick As you likely know if you're reading this, The Almost Moon opens with a startling confession: Helen Knightly has killed her mother — and the killing "came easily," she admits. What follows is a remarkable, tension-filled examination of aging and...
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Interred with Their Bones: A Novel
by Jennifer Lee Carrell Publisher Comments A long-lost work of Shakespeare, newly found. A killer who stages the Bard's extravagant murders as flesh-and-blood realities. A desperate race to find literary gold, and just to stay alive... On the eve of the Globe's production of Hamlet...
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How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else
by Michael Gates Gill
Publisher Comments In his fifties, Michael Gates Gill had it all: a big house in the suburbs, a loving family, and a top job at an ad agency with a six-figure salary. By the time he turned sixty, he had lost everything except his Ivy League education and his sense of...
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Breakfast with Buddha
by Roland Merullo Publisher Comments The only thing certain about a journey is that it has a beginning and an endandmdash;for you never knowwhat may happen along the way. And so it is with this journey into the minds and souls of two very different menandmdash;one of them in search of the...
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Down River: A Novel
by John Hart
Publisher Comments Everything that shaped him happened near that river.... Now its banks are filled with lies and greed, shame, and murder.... John Hart's debut, The King of Lies, was compelling and lyrical, with Janet Maslin of the New York Times declaring, "There...
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The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
by Maggie O'Farrell Publisher Comments In the middle of tending to the everyday business at her vintage-clothing shop and sidestepping her married boyfriend's attempts at commitment, Iris Lockhart receives a stunning phone call: Her great-aunt Esme, whom she never knew existed, is being...
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Matrimony: A Novel
by Joshua Henkin Publisher Comments In Matrimony, a man and woman meet in college, fall in love, and spend the next fifteen years finding their way through the ups and downs of marriage. It’s the second novel from author Joshua Henkin, and Matrimony reflects the maturing talent of a...
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The Art Thief
by Noah Charney Publisher Comments Rome: In the small Baroque church of Santa Giuliana, a magnificent Caravaggio altarpiece disappears without a trace in the middle of the night. Paris: In the basement vault of the Malevich Society, curator Geneviéve Delacloche is shocked to...
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Missing Witness: A Novel
by Gordon Campbell Publisher Comments In this electrifying debut thriller, a brilliant defense lawyer takes on a murder case with ingenious twists. Phoenix, Arizona, 1973. A beautiful woman, armed with a gun and accompanied by her twelve-year-old daughter, enters a house. Shots are fired....
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The Godmother
by Carrie Adams Publisher Comments There's nothing tying her down . . . but maybe that's the problem. Back from a five-week escape from her obsessive former boss (read: job over, phone number changed, doorman notified), Tessa King returns to London rested and ready to reclaim her life...
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Exit Ghost
by Philip Roth
Powells.com Staff Pick Exit Ghost continues the story of Roth's alter ego, Nathan Zuckerman, now back in New York and struggling with issues of old age, love, and illness. Roth once again gives us a character rendering that is tender, tough, and ultimately gratifying...
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The Pirate's Daughter: A Novel
by Margaret Cezair-Thompson
Publisher Comments In 1946, a storm-wrecked boat carrying Hollywood's most famous swashbuckler arrived dramatically and accidentally in Jamaica, and the glamorous world of 1940s Hollywood converged with that of a small West Indian society. After a long and storied career...
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The Book of Joby
by Mark J Ferrari Publisher Comments The Book of Joby is an epic fantasy complete in one volume. Lucifer and the Creator have entered, yet again, into a wager they’ve made many times before, but this time, the existence of creation itself is balanced on the outcome. Born in...
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