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The Braindead Megaphone
by George Saunders  
Powells.com Staff Pick Yes, some of these essays will make you laugh; George Saunders is freakin' hilarious. (If you doubt this, please see his Strange Letter Regarding Uranus.) But he is also a brilliant writer whose characters, even the non-fictional ones, will break your...
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Away
by Amy Bloom
Powells.com Staff Pick Lyrical and moving, terribly sad but funny, too, Away is a major accomplishment and a pleasure to read. Amy Bloom's language is precise and graceful, and her characters and their journeys make America in the 1920s shine with life. Recommended by Tessa,...
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Baltimore; or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire
by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden
Powells.com Staff Pick A work of Gothic perfection, Baltimore could very nearly pass for a genuine "lost classic" of the Penny Dreadful era. Fans of Mike Mignola's Hellboy, the supernatural novels of Christopher Golden, and vampire fiction with a Victorian bite will sink...
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
by Hunter S Thompson
Powells.com Staff Pick When Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer bought the Modern Library in 1925, its mission was ? and still is ? to provide attractive, hardcover editions of important works of literature and thought to serious readers on a budget. The Modern Library became...
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Collected Fictions
by Jorge Luis Borges
Powells.com Staff Pick In 1938, Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges suffered a severe head wound that left him near death and unable to speak. Though he made a complete recovery, the experience appears to have tapped into the author's deepest creative reservoirs, for...
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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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The Raw Shark Texts
by Steven Hall Publisher Comments The Raw Shark Texts, called “clever, playful . . . sharp and clear” by the Los Angeles Times and “a horror-dystopic-philosophical mash-up” by the New York Times Magazine, is a novel unlike any other. Eric Sanderson wakes up...
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War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
by Chris Hedges
Powells.com Staff Pick "War is seductive," Hedges tells readers in this powerful and intelligent book. Throughout our history, it has appealed to the human mind by providing a false sense of purpose and the opportunity to rise above everyday life. Using examples from his...
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The Traveler: A Novel (Fourth Realm Trilogy #01)
by John Twelve Hawks Publisher Comments In London, Maya, a young woman trained to fight by her powerful father, uses the latest technology to elude detection when walking past the thousands of surveillance cameras that watch the city. In New York, a secret shadow organization uses a victim's...
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Bee Season
by Myla Goldberg
Publisher Comments Eliza Naumann, a seemingly unremarkable nine-year-old, expects never to fit into her gifted family: her autodidact father, Saul, absorbed in his study of Jewish mysticism; her brother, Aaron, the vessel of his father's spiritual ambitions; and her...
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Sight Hound
by Pam Houston Publisher Comments The long-awaited novel--a very special love story--from the best-selling author of Cowboys Are My Weakness. This is the story of a woman, Rae, and her dog, Dante, a wolfhound who teaches his human that love is stronger than fear (the dog has always known...
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Simple Sewing: Patterns and How-To for 24 Fresh and Easy Projects with Pattern(s)
by Lotta Jansdotter Publisher Comments A quick-and-easy manual of sewing presents twenty-four popular sewing patterns--in reusable pattern sheets and lay-flat spiral-bound format--for tote bags, aprons, bed linens, and more, along with step-by-step instructions, photographs, creative design...
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The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink
by Andrew F Smith
Powells.com Staff Pick The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink is an enormous, encyclopedic reference dedicated to both the larger trends and the minutiae of American cuisine, with articles on subjects ranging from Crisco to restaurant labor unions. With beautiful...
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The Razor's Edge
by William Somerset Maugham Publisher Comments Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of his spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brilliant characters — his fiancée Isabel whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions...
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(Not That You Asked): Rants, Exploits, and Obsessions
by Steve Almond
Powells.com Staff Pick Funny. Really, really funny. I have been a fan of Steve Almond's books for what seems like forever, but Not That You Asked is the show-stopper of them all. A hilarious tome, with lots of laugh-out-loud details. Recommended by Danielle, Powells.com...
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Citizen Vince (P.S.)
by Jess Walter
Powells.com Staff Pick It's 1980 and Vince Camdon is caught between the worlds of criminal New York and sleepy, law abiding Spokane, Washington. And he can't even decide who to vote for in the upcoming election. With characters that recall Richard Russo at his finest, Jess...
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Thunderstruck
by Erik Larson
Powells.com Staff Pick In this remarkable follow-up to his hit thriller Devil in the White City, Erik Larson applies his considerable skill to craft a story of invention and murder. A tightly written page-turner. Recommended by Michal, Powells...
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Thirteen
by Richard K. Morgan
Powells.com Staff Pick Thirteen is a futuristic techno-thriller and a sci-fi masterpiece. I was reminded of Dan Simmons's Hyperion — the world and its people are that richly drawn. At once gripping and thoughtful, this is a novel worthy of the top awards. It's got my vote....
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How Proust Can Change Your Life
by Alain de Botton
Publisher Comments As relevant today as they were at the turn of the century, Proust's life and work are transformed here into a no-nonsense guide to, among other things, enjoying your vacation, reviving a relationship, achieving original and uncliched articulation, being...
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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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