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Shock Doctrine : the Rise of Disaster Capitalism (07 Edition)
by Naomi Klein  
Powells.com Staff Pick To be honest, I could not finish this book. It made me too angry. These are the stories about our country you don't want to know. Naomi Klein has cast a spotlight on the dark secrets lurking beneath the surface of the American dream. The Shock Doctrine...
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The Jungle (100th Anniversary Edition)
by Upton Sinclair Publisher Comments The classic 1906 novel, a political commentary on the conditions endured by factory laborers in Chicago that eventually led to the national reform of the meat packing industry and passage of pure food laws, presents the story of an immigrant family who...
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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by Tracy Kidder
Powells.com Staff Pick "It's won the Pulitzer and for good reason; it's beautifully written, inspired, and gives you something to think about the rest of the year." Hilary, Powells...
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Under the Banner of Heaven : Story of Violent Faith (03 Edition)
by Jon Krakauer
Powells.com Staff Pick "Under the Banner of Heaven is not a typical Krakauer book that takes you on an adventure into the wilderness. Instead, it delves into a world that is misunderstood by most of America, the world of Mormonism and Fundamental Mormonism...
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Killing Floor
by Lee Child Publisher Comments While passing through a small Georgia town, former cop Jack Reacher is arrested for murder. Jack knows that he didn't kill anybody. But he doesn't stand a chance of convincing anyone. Reissue....
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The Savage Detectives
by Roberto Bolano
Powells.com Staff Pick Take one part Tom Robbins, one part James Joyce, add a dose of '70s nostalgia, and stir. What you get is the journey of a poetic soul across the broken landscape of our world. The Savage Detectives is at once illuminating and introspective, riveting and...
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A Thousand Splendid Suns: A Novel
by Khaled Hosseini
Powells.com Staff Pick Never mind the sophomore slump — this book devours that cliché. As well as illuminating the rich history and familial culture behind war-torn Afghanistan, A Thousand Splendid Suns is filled with authentic relationships and characters that are...
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
by John Perkins
Publisher Comments From the author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, comes an exposof international corruptionand an inspired plan to turn the tide for future generations With a presidential election around the corner...
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Suite Francaise: A Novel
by Irene Nemirovsky
Powells.com Staff Pick A literary time capsule, Suite Française is a novel about wartime occupation written during the Nazi occupation of France. Irène Némirovsky's unfinished manuscript has been published more than 60 years after her death to worldwide...
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After Dark (Vintage International)
by Haruki Murakami
Powells.com Staff Pick More menace than melancholy, readers will find After Dark a deliciously dark entry in Murakami's oeuvre. Recommended by Gerry, Powells.com...
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America America
by Ethan Canin
Powells.com Staff Pick America America is a sweeping, epic story that more fully explores themes Canin has written about previously — class, politics, fatherhood, wealth, and power — in a seamless and beautiful multigenerational American saga. Both an important work...
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The Story of a Marriage
by Andrew Sean Greer
Powells.com Staff Pick "With an amazingly deft hand, Andrew Sean Greer has pulled back the seemingly blissful curtain enshrouding the 1950s, the poodle skirts and happy days, and set his love story in the conflicted class, racial, and sexual constraints of post-WWII California....
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This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession
by Daniel J. Levitin
Powells.com Staff Pick A revelation for music buffs and science geeks — and all the better if you happen to be both. How do memory and music work together? What makes timbre? How do writers like Lennon and McCartney, or John Coltrane and Miles Davis, manipulate our...
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Sometimes a Great Notion
by Ken Kesey
Powells.com Staff Pick Reading Sometimes a Great Notion (I finally made it past the first 100 labyrinthine pages after many failed attempts) had such a profound impact on me; it spoke so directly to my core and to what brought me to the land of big trees and ocean breeze (I'm...
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
by David Sedaris
Powells.com Staff Pick Completely autobiographical and, as always, hilarious, Me Talk Pretty One Day is my favorite of all the David Sedaris collections. The first half of the book focuses on his childhood in North Carolina and his very unusual family; the second half details...
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A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present (P.S.)
by Howard Zinn
Powells.com Staff Pick For anyone who sat in a high school history class feeling like there was something more going on than you were being told, this book is a revelation. As engaging as a white-knuckled novel, Zinn's astonishing record of U.S. history from the perspective of...
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A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole
Powells.com Staff Pick If ever a book deserved to be made into a movie, it is this one. Join in the follies of Ignatius J. Reilly as he fights for personal justice. He is a hilarious and often misunderstood character, one you won't easily forget. Recommended by...
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The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story
by Diane Ackerman
Powells.com Staff Pick Ackerman's bestselling books, including A Natural History of the Senses and An Alchemy of Mind, are illuminating windows into the human condition, and are distinguished not only by Ackerman's graceful and exuberant prose but by her inclusion of her own...
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Stuff White People Like: A Definitive Guide to the Unique Taste of Millions
by Christian Lander
Powells.com Staff Pick Have you ever wondered what white people are all about? From modern furniture to Oscar parties to self-deprecating humor, hardwood floors, irony, and knowing what's best for poor people, the white race is finally demystified thanks to Christian Lander's...
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People of the Book: A Novel
by Geraldine Brooks
Powells.com Staff Pick Give me a mystery (one that is structured around an antiquarian book, no less!), a historical setting, and an exquisite writer like Geraldine Brooks, and I am suddenly avoiding daily rituals like sleep and food. Nothing could deter me from turning the...
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