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The Sorrows of an American
by Siri Hustvedt  
Powells.com Staff Pick Siri Hustevdt's new novel shines; she is writing at the peak of her powers. The Sorrows of American is intelligent, witty, and plumbs unusual depths. It is also very difficult to put down. With this work, Hustvedt should finally be recognized as one of...
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Everything Is Illuminated
by Jonathan Safran Foer
Powells.com Staff Pick This book has been out for a few years, and maybe everyone has already read it. It's a story told in three ways: Jonathan Safran Foer is looking for someone who helped his grandfather escape the Nazis during World War II; Alex is the translator Foer...
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Then We Came to the End: A Novel
by Joshua Ferris
Powells.com Staff Pick Then We Came to the End tells the story of an ad agency in decline, circa 2001. "We had a toy client, a car client, a long-distance carrier and a pet store," readers are told. We. Ferris uses the first person plural to present the agency's collective...
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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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So Brave, Young, and Handsome Signed
by Leif Enger
Powells.com Staff Pick An enchanting tale of Western life, pre-WWI. Enger spins a quixotic yarn which will touch your heart. The characters are rich; the dialogue is lively. It's a lovely book for a summer's day. Recommended by Beth, Powells.com...
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What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng (Vintage)
by Dave Eggers
Powells.com Staff Pick I can't lie — this is first Eggers book I've felt anything for. But I haven't read a novel that was so relevant, so timely, and so humane as this in a very long time. It's beautiful, horrible, sad, funny, real; it's impossible not to connect with...
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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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Odd Hours
by Dean Koontz
Powells.com Staff Pick Odd Hours continues the story of Dean Koontz's most likeable and quirky character, Odd Thomas, a young man who "sees dead people" as well as a few other spooky things. Koontz is at his best here, introducing several new characters just as quirky as Odd...
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The God Delusion
by Richard Dawkins
Powells.com Staff Pick A typically bold and incisive book from one of our great science writers, The God Delusion pulls no punches. I gave a hardcover copy to my cousin last year, and he hasn't stopped citing passages since. "There are lots of people out there," Dawkins notes...
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Divisadero (Vintage International)
by Michael Ondaatje
Powells.com Staff Pick Reading Ondaatje's new book, Divisadero, is like listening to great music. You are caught up in the moment, the elegiac writing, and propelled into a different reality. The crescendo brings it altogether, the passion, the years of hurt and pain, and the...
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The White Tiger
by Aravind Adiga
Powells.com Staff Pick A remarkable first novel ingeniously written in the form of a letter to the Chinese premier soon to visit India, Adiga's dark yet witty debut brings to Western readers the tense drama of a developing country and a character caught up in corruption and...
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I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith
Powells.com Staff Pick An utter delight. This enchanting tale has long been a favorite of mine. It has just been reissued to coincide with the soon to be released movie version. Set in 1930s England, this story of young love beguiles with moated castles, moonlight...
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The Bitch in the House: 26 Women Tell the Truth about Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage
by Cathi Hanauer
Powells.com Staff Pick Great essays like these give you an opportunity to look at the world through another person's eyes and re-examine your own experiences. The 26 included here take you on a journey through the a myriad women's lives. I laughed, I cried, I felt better about...
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The Gift of Rain
by Tan Twan Eng
Powells.com Staff Pick I loved The Gift of Rain and will recommend it to all my bookselling friends. It's a beautiful work of historical fiction, but its themes also make it timely and relevant — a look at the excruciating choices that war inflicts on civilians. A small...
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The Bible: A Biography (Books That Changed the World)
by Karen Armstrong
Powells.com Staff Pick Part of the Books that Changed the World series, this is a great overview of the history, writing, and translations of the Bible. Armstrong never fails to entertain and impress. Recommended by Robin, Powells.com...
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Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
by Steve Martin
Powells.com Staff Pick At times uproarious, often sentimental, and always laced with the wit and charm we've come to expect from Steve Martin, this is a warm and enjoyable portrait of his life in stand-up from childhood to his last show in 1981. Recommended by Ann, Powells....
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The Film Club: A Memoir
by David Gilmour
Powells.com Staff Pick What kind of father would allow his son to drop out of high school as long as the kid agreed to watch three movies of the father's choosing each week? Want to start an interesting conversation about parenting and education? Talk about what Gilmour did...
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2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl
by Daniel Pinchbeck
Powells.com Staff Pick From the wind-swept desert of Burning Man, to the Bwiti ceremonies of Gabon, to sipping ayahuasca in Brazil, Pinchbeck takes the reader on a psychedelic journey to discover just what in the universe is happening — and will happen — on December...
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
by Oliver Sacks
Powells.com Staff Pick Musicophilia is a fascinating look at music and its effects on our brains. Who but Oliver Sacks could make such a compulsively readable book? Recommended by Beth, Powells.com...
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I Am America (and So Can You!)
by Stephen Colbert
Powells.com Staff Pick Stephen Colbert is America — and since we live in America, we must also live in him. Think long and hard about that as you devour this book which should be required reading for all Americans, and by "Americans" I mean "Stephen Colbert's body parts."...
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