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The Space between Us (P.S.)
by Thrity Umrigar  Publisher Comments Poignant, evocative, and unforgettable, The Space Between Us is an intimate portrait of a distant yet familiar world. Set in modern-day India, it is the story of two compelling and achingly real women: Sera Dubash, an upper-middle-class Parsi housewife...
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A Good and Happy Child
by Justin Evans Publisher Comments Thirty-year-old George Davies can't bring himself to hold his newborn son. After months of accepting his lame excuses and strange behavior, his wife has had enough. She demands that he see a therapist, and George, desperate to save his unraveling...
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His Illegal Self
by Peter Carey 
Powells.com Staff Pick Peter Carey's latest manages to be both charming and disturbing; Dial and Che are unique and empathetic characters that will haunt you long after you put the book down. His Illegal Self also contains that rare achievement: an absolutely perfect ending....
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Exploring the Tualatin River Basin: A Nature and Recreation Guide
by Susan Peter Publisher Comments Washington County's Tualatin River Basin has some of the most appealing and least known natural areas in the greater Portland area. Intended for hikers, canoeists, naturalists, birders, and outdoor enthusiasts of all kinds, this beautifully illustrated...
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Garden Spells
by Sarah Addison Allen Synopsis In this luminous debut novel, Allen tells the story of an enchanted apple tree that bears prophetic fruit and edible flowers that are imbued with special powers--and the extraordinary people who tend it....
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Grayson
by Lynne Cox
Powells.com Staff Pick You'd swear from the synopsis that it's fiction, grist for an after-school special or Disney's latest blockbuster. But, no, seventeen-year-old long-distance swimmer Lynne Cox, training one morning off the California coast, discovered a baby gray whale...
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Tao Te Ching
by Lao Tzu And Mitchell Publisher Comments Lao-tzu's Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, is the classic manual on the art of living, and one of the wonders of the world. In eighty-one brief chapters, the Tao Te Ching looks at the basic predicament of being alive and gives advice that imparts...
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A Language Older Than Words
by Derrick Jensen Publisher Comments At once a beautifully poetic memoir and an exploration of the various ways we live in the world, "A Language Older Than Words" explains violence as a pathology that touches every aspect of our lives and indeed affects all aspects of life on Earth. This...
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On Guerrilla Gardening: A Handbook for Gardening without Boundaries
by Richard Reynolds
Powells.com Staff Pick The best book on the subject so far, On Guerrilla Gardening brings a lighter touch to political movement. Richard Reynolds gives us history and how-to in one book, just in time for spring! Recommended by Beth, Powells.com...
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A Spot of Bother (Vintage)
by Mark Haddon
Powells.com Staff Pick A second novel as good as the first. The follow-up to A Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is hilarious, dark, and entirely human. A Spot of Bother is the story of the highly dysfunctional Hall family: George, recently retired and going a bit...
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The Girl in the Flammable Skirt: Stories
by Aimee Bender
Powells.com Staff Pick When friends tell me to pick a book for them to read that I really like, this is the one I give most often. Brilliant, wacko, kooky, sharp short stories from one of my favorite writers. Dave, Powells...
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The Dawn Patrol
by Don Winslow
Powells.com Staff Pick This is a great summer read. In Southern California, part-time P.I. and full-time surfer Boone Daniels and his crew of fellow surf fanatics (the Dawn Patrol) take on criminals, giant waves, and the heroic demands of true friendship. It's an excellent...
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Soon I Will Be Invincible
by Austin Grossman
Powells.com Staff Pick You don't have to have action figures on your desk to appreciate Austin Grossman's novel Soon I Will Be Invincible. Sure, superheroes and supervillains clash on a galactic scale, but it's not all about fighting for Truth and Justice. The reader gets an...
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Proust Was a Neuroscientist
by Jonah Lehrer
Powells.com Staff Pick The young Lehrer's keen portraits make for a winning read. Using Woolf, Stravinsky, Cézanne, Whitman, and a handful of others, he shows how art has given us as much insight into the human mind as science has. Recommended by Josephine, Powells.com...
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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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The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food
by Judith Jones
Powells.com Staff Pick Judith Jones has lived an amazing life, and she shares it with the reader in a straightforward and almost matter-of-fact way. Jones has been in all of our kitchens, whether it was through her own recipes or the many cookbooks she has edited and helped...
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Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U.S. Navy
by Ian W. Toll
Powells.com Staff Pick The birth of the U.S. Navy and its coming-of-age engagements are the subject of this richly told and intriguing history. More than a maritime account, this action-filled read skillfully relates the struggles of our country in its infancy. Recommended...
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Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders (P.S.)
by Neil Gaiman
Powells.com Staff Pick Fantasy author Gaiman is at his best in this short story collection, which contains an embarrassing riches of storytelling that is at times dark, funny, terrifying, beautiful, and always brilliant. Recommended by Bolton, Powells.com...
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Company
by Max Barry Publisher Comments A bitingly funny take on corporate life by the author of acclaimed bestseller Jennifer Government. At Zephyr Holdings, no one has ever seen the CEO. The beautiful receptionist is paid twice as much as anybody else, but does no work. One of the sales...
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The Assault on Reason
by Albert Gore
Powells.com Staff Pick More astute and timely observations from my favorite candidate who isn't running for President. Recommended by Ted, Powells.com...
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