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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
by Michael Pollan  Publisher Comments What to eat, what not to eat, and how to think about health: a manifesto for our times. "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food, the well-considered answers he provides to the...
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
by Michael Pollan 
Powells.com Staff Pick I talked about this book every morning at the water cooler and every evening at dinner. Pollan takes a possibly dry subject — agriculture — and makes it epic. Recommended by Beth, Powells.com (See all of our Staff Top 5s of 2006)...
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Gallop!: A Scanimation Picture Book
by Rufus Seder
Powells.com Staff Pick A book that will charm and amuse any little one on your list. The horse really gallops; the chimp really swings from a tree — all through the magic of "scanimation." Recommended by Lorraine, Powells.com...
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)
by Barbara Kingsolver and Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver
Powells.com Staff Pick After 25 years in the Arizona desert, in 2004, Kentucky-bred Barbara Kingsolver moved back to the Appalachians, to a Virginia farm just hours from her childhood home. Family called. "Returning," she explains in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, "would allow my...
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Heat : an Amateur's Adventures As Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-maker, and Apprentice To a Dante-quoting Butcher in Tuscany (06 Edition)
by Bill Buford Publisher Comments A highly acclaimed writer and editor, Bill Buford left his job at The New Yorker for a most unlikely destination: the kitchen at Babbo, the revolutionary Italian restaurant created and ruled by superstar chef Mario Batali. Finally realizing a long-held...
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Hell's Angels (96 Edition)
by Hunter S. Thompson Publisher Comments "California, Labor Day weekend . . . early, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists wearing chains, shades and greasy Levis roll out from damp garages, all-night diners and cast-off one-night pads in Frisco, Hollywood, Berdoo and...
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Perfumes: The Guide
by Luca Turin Publisher Comments The first book of its kind: a definitive guide to the world of perfume Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez are experts in the world of scent. Turin, a renowned scientist, and Sanchez, a longtime perfume critic, have spent years sniffing the worldas most elegant...
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The Farm to Table Cookbook: The Art of Eating Locally
by Ivy Manning Publisher Comments Farmer's markets are multiplying across the country, and their stalls are bursting with locally grown produce, artisanal breads and cheeses and naturally raised meats. As America's desire for local, natural ingredients continues to grow, Ivy Manning...
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Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It
by Elizabeth Royte Publisher Comments An incisive, intrepid, and habit-changing narrative investigation into the commercialization of our most basic human need: drinking water. Having already surpassed milk and beer, and second now only to soda, bottled water is on the verge of becoming the...
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The Fortune Cookie Chronicles: Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
by Jennifer 8. Lee Publisher Comments There are more Chinese restaurants in America than McDonald's, Burger Kings, and Wendy's combined. Egg rolls are as American as apple pie, and for New York Times reporter Jennifer 8. Lee, the story of the Chinese-American experience can be told through...
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Passion on the Vine: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Family in the Heart of Italy
by Sergio Esposito Publisher Comments As a young child in Naples, Italy, Sergio Esposito sat at his kitchen table observing the daily ritual of his large, loud family bonding over fresh local dishes and simple country wines. While devouring the rich bufala mozzarella, still sopping with milk...
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The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport
by Carl Hiaasen Publisher Comments Ever wonder how to retrieve a sunken golf cart from a snake-infested lake? Or which club in your bag is best suited for combat against a horde of rats? If these and other sporting questions are gnawing at you, The Downhill Lie, Carl Hiaasen's hilarious...
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Good Dog. Stay.
by Anna Quindlen Publisher Comments "The life of a good dog is like the life of a good person, only shorter and more compressed," writes Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anna Quindlen about her beloved black Labrador retriever, Beau. With her trademark wisdom and humor, Quindlen reflects on...
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Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog
by John Grogan Publisher Comments The heartwarming and unforgettable story of a family and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life. Now with photos and new...
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Plenty: Eating Locally on the 100-Mile Diet
by Alisa Smith Publisher Comments The remarkable, amusing and inspiring adventures of a Canadian couple who make a year-long attempt to eat foods grown and produced within a 100-mile radius of their apartment. When Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon learned that the average ingredient in a...
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Dogs We Love: With Jane Smiley, Edward Albee, Ann Beattie, Armistead Maupin, and Fourteen Other Dog People
by Michael Rosen Publisher Comments What we love about our dogs. Some of us just andquot;feel incomplete without the company of a dog or two,andquot; as Pulitzer Prizeand#8211;winning playwright Edward Albee puts it in this timeless collection of great writing about dogs. In fact, millions...
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Tell Me Where It Hurts: A Day of Humor, Healing and Hope in My Life as an Animal Surgeon
by Nick Trout Publisher Comments It's 2: 47 a.m. when Dr. Nick Trout takes the phone call that starts another hectic day at the Angell Animal Medical Center. Sage, a ten-year old German shepherd, will die without emergency surgery for a serious stomach condition. Over the next twenty...
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Feasting on Asphalt: The River Run
by Alton Brown Publisher Comments He’s on the road again. This time, Alton Brown and his motorcycle-mounted crew are off on a thousand-mile, south-to-north journey that follows America’s first “superhighway”—the Mississippi. Starting at the great river’...
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1080 Recipes
by Simone Ortega Synopsis The definitive book on traditional and authentic Spanish home cooking, trusted throughout Spain for more than 30 years, "1080 Recipes" contains recipes from all Spanish regions, covering everything from appetizers to stews, from vegetables to desserts....
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Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog
by Ted Kerasote Publisher Comments Now including a wonderful new photo insert chronicling Merle’s life, this national bestseller explores the relationship between humans and dogs. How would dogs live if they were free? Would they stay with their human friends? Merle and Ted found...
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