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The Better World Shopping Guide: How Every Dollar Can Make a Difference
by Ellis Jones  Publisher Comments This is the only comprehensive guide for socially and environmentally responsible consumers available. It contains over fifteen years of comprehensive research distilled into a pocket-sized, shopping-friendly format, ranking every product on the shelf...
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French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure (Vintage)
by Mireille Guiliano Publisher Comments The million copy, ultimate #1 bestseller that is changing the way Americans eat and live Don’t Diet Eat Chocolate Drink Wine Take Long Walks Enjoy Life Stay Slim the French way Experience the joie de vivre of French Women Don’t Get Fat by...
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Emergence : the Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software (01 Edition)
by Steven Johnson 
Publisher Comments A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK A VOICE LITERARY SUPPLEMENT TOP 25 FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR AN ESQUIRE MAGAZINE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR In the tradition of Being Digital and The Tipping Point, Steven Johnson, acclaimed as a "cultural critic with a poet's...
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Black Glasses Like Clark Kent Signed
by Terese Svoboda Publisher Comments According to the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), World War II veterans were expected to "put [their memories] behind them, forget the war, and get on with their lives." Triggered by various things, including deaths of loved...
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Squids Will Be Squids
by Jon Scieszka Publisher Comments Sure we'd all love to be able to go around telling stories about all the weird, scary, and just-plain-annoying people that we know. But the truth is, no one likes a gossip. Here, the irrepressible Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith have found a way around that...
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Pure Goldwater
by John Dean Publisher Comments Barry Goldwater was a defining figure in American public life, a firebrand politician associated with an optimistic brand of conservatism. In an era in which American conservatism has lost his way, his legacy is more important than ever. For over 50...
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Name All the Animals: A Memoir
by Alison Smith Publisher Comments A luminous, true story, Name All the Animals is an unparalleled account of grief and secret love: the tale of a family clinging to the memory of a lost child, and of a young woman struggling to define herself in the wake of his loss. As children...
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God Laughs and Plays: Churchless Sermons in Response to the Preachments of the Fundamentalist Right
by David James Duncan
Powells.com Staff Pick David James Duncan, the author of God Laughs and Plays, uses his collection of "churchless sermons" to build a rebuttal platform against conservative fundamentalist politicians and to illuminate the genuine teachings of Jesus. Without overtly making a...
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Empress
by Shan Sa Publisher Comments < p> Such is the voice of Shan Sa's unforgettable heroine in her latest literary masterpiece, < i> Empress< /i> . Empress Wu, one of China's most controversial figures, was its first and only female emperor, who emerged in the seventh...
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Switching Time: A Doctor's Harrowing Story of Treating a Woman with 17 Personalities
by Richard K. Baer Publisher Comments One afternoon in 1989, Karen Overhill walks into psychiatrist Richard Baer’s office complaining of vague physical pains and depression. Odder still, she reveals that she’s suffering from a persistent memory problem. Routinely, she “...
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The Dreaming Void
by Peter F. Hamilton Publisher Comments Reviewers exhaust superlatives when it comes to the science fiction of Peter F. Hamilton. His complex and engaging novels, which span thousands of years–and light-years–are as intellectually stimulating as they are emotionally fulfilling. Now,...
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Counting with Wayne Thiebaud
by Susan Goldman Rubin Synopsis Counting to 10 has never been so sweet Wayne Thiebaud's delectable paintings, etchings, and drawings make Counting with Wayne Thiebaud as much an introduction to contemporary art as it is a delicious first book of numbers....
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Very Short Introductions #79: Plato: A Very Short Introduction
by Julia Annas Publisher Comments This lively and accessible book focuses on the philosophy and argument of Plato's writings, drawing the reader into Plato's way of doing philosophy and the general themes of his thinking. It discusses Plato's style of writing: his use of the dialogue...
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Adios Amigos: Tales of Sustenance and Purification in the American West
by Page Stegner Publisher Comments Page Stegner’s extensive writings on American history have made him a popular and critical favorite. Adios Amigos maintains his high standard. These essays expertly interweave natural history, conservation polemic, ecology, and wilderness...
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Human Rights (07 Edition)
by Andrew Clapham Publisher Comments From the controversial incarceration of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, to the brutal ethnic cleansing being practiced in Darfur, to the widespread denial of equal rights to women in many areas of the world, human rights violations are a constant presence...
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Very Short Introductions #33: Hume: A Very Short Introduction
by Alfred Ayer Publisher Comments Hume's "naturalist" approach to a wide variety of philosophical topics resulted in highly original theories about perception, self-identity, causation, morality, politics, and religion, all of which are discussed in this stimulating introduction by A.J...
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The Joke
by Milan Kundera Publisher Comments Chapter One Ludvik So here I was, home again after all those years. Standing in the main square (which I had crossed countless times as a child, as a boy, as a young man), I felt no emotion whatsoever; all I could think was that the flat space, with the...
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Garden Gallery the Plants Art
by George Little Publisher Comments Celebrated internationally as artists and gardeners, Little and Lewis open the gates to their renowned Puget Sound garden and share their personal wisdom for what informs and inspires their wild fantasia of plants, hardscape, and art. Water features...
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Mountain Madness Signed
by Robert Birkby Publisher Comments "You're either cruisin' or you're bummin', so you might as well cruise." — Scott Fischer Mountain climber Scott Fischer's mantra would lead him to scale the highest and most treacherous peaks on earth. Best known as one of the guides who...
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The American Presidency: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
by Charles O Jones Publisher Comments The expansion of executive powers amid the war on terrorism has brought the presidency to the center of heated public debate. Now, in The American Presidency, presidential authority Charles O. Jones provides invaluable background to the current...
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