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ABC for Book Collectors 8th Edition
by John Carter  Publisher Comments Eighth edition, completely revised and re-set, with additional information and an Introduction by Nicolas Barker. Shaken, Unsophisticated, Harleian Style, Fingerprint, E-book, Dentelle. Can you define these terms? If not, this is the book for you...
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Used: $3.50 Trade Paper List Price $5.00
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The Zinester's Guide to Portland (2007): A Low/No Budget Guide to Visiting and Living in Portland, Oregon
by Shawn Granton and Nate Beaty Publisher Comments Shawn Granton (Ten Foot Rule) and Nate Beaty (Brainfag Comics) edited a really comprehensive guide of things to do in Portland, OR. Features tons of information on various neighborhoods, bridges, eateries, hangouts, bars, places that sell zines, and how...
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Used: $6.95 Trade Paper List Price $14.00
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The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
by A J Jacobs Publisher Comments 33,000 PAGES 44 MILLION WORDS 10 BILLION YEARS OF HISTORY 1 OBSESSED MAN Part memoir and part education (or lack thereof), The Know-It-All chronicles NPR contributor A.J. Jacobs's hilarious, enlightening, and seemingly impossible quest to read the...
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The Man Who Made Lists: Love, Death, Madness, and the Creation of Roget's Thesaurus
by Joshua Kendall Publisher Comments The extraordinary true story of Peter Mark Roget and his legendary Thesaurus, Peter Mark Roget — polymath, eccentric, synonym aficionado — was a complicated man. He was an eminent scholar who absorbed himself in his work, yet he also possessed...
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The Official Overstreet Comic Book Companion (Official Overstreet Comic Book Companion)
by Robert M. Overstreet Publisher Comments America’s leading expert on comic book prices presents an all-new Comic Book Companion. This compact edition gives current values for all the new comics and a complete record of contemporary comic books and graphic novels. The Comic Book Companion...
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
by Simon Winchester 
From Powells.com Erudite noir. "A tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English Dictionary," as the book's subtitle explains, The Professor and the Madman tells the true story of Dr. W. C. Minor, a convicted murderer who from his book-lined cell at...
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Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason
by Nancy Pearl
Publisher Comments What to read next is every book lover's greatest dilemma. Nancy Pearl comes to the rescue with this wide-ranging and fun guide to the best reading new and old. Pearl, who inspired legions of litterateurs with "What If All (name the city) Read the Same...
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The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
by Simon Winchester
Publisher Comments Mysterious (mistî e · ries), a. f. L. mysté rium Mysteryi ous. Cf. F. mysté rieux. 1. Full of or fraught with mystery; wrapt in mystery; hidden from human knowledge or understanding; impossible or difficult to explain, solve, or...
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The the Joy of Reading: A Passionate Guide to 189 of the World's Best Authors and Their Works
by Charles Van Doren Publisher Comments Charles Van Doren has laid a feast before all of us that is irresistible. -Mortimer J. Adler This engaging love letter to reading follows the great authors and classics that transformed the world: from Aristotle and Herodotus in ancient Greece to...
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Writers in Paris: Literary Lives in the City of Light
by David Burke Publisher Comments No city has attracted so much literary talent, launched so many illustrious careers, or produced such a wealth of enduring literature as Paris. From the 15th century through the 20th, poets, novelists, and playwrights, famed for both their work and their...
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So Many Books!: Reading and Publishing in an Age of Abundance
by Gabriel Zaid
Publisher Comments "With cascades of books pouring down on him from every direction, how can the twenty-first-century reader keep his head above water? Gabriel Zaid answers that question in a variety of surprising ways, many of them witty, all of them provocative."-Anne...
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The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived: How Characters of Fiction, Myth, Legends, Television, and Movies Have Shaped Our Society, Changed Our
by Dan Karlan and Allan Lazar and Jeremy Salter Publisher Comments From Santa Claus to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, from Uncle Sam to Uncle Tom, here is a compelling, eye-opening, and endlessly entertaining compendium of fictional trendsetters and world-shakers who have helped shape our culture and our lives. The 101 Most...
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The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop: A Memoir, a History
by Lewis Buzbee Publisher Comments “I cannot remember when I read a book with such delight.” —Paul Yamazaki, City Lights Bookstore November, a dark, rainy Tuesday, late afternoon. This is my ideal time to be in a bookstore. The shortened light of the...
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Faint Praise: The Plight of Book Reviewing in America
by Gail Pool Synopsis Faint Praise takes a hard and long-overdue look at the institution of book reviewing. Gail Pool, herself an accomplished reviewer and review editor, analyzes the inner workings of this troubled trade to show how it works--and why it so often fails to...
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Outwitting History
by Aaron Lansky Publisher Comments In 1980 an entire body of Jewish literature--the physical remnant of Yiddish culture--was on the verge of extinction. Precious volumes that had survived Hitler and Stalin were being passed down from older generations of Jewish immigrants to their non...
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At Large and at Small: Familiar Essays
by Anne Fadiman Publisher Comments In At Large and At Small, Anne Fadiman returns to one of her favorite genres, the familiar essay — a beloved and hallowed literary tradition recognized for both its intellectual breadth and its miniaturist focus on everyday experiences. With the...
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Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World
by Lawrence Goldstone
Publisher Comments When Nancy Goldstone bought a vintage copy of "War and Peace" to win a birthday bet with co-author Larry, the couple began their journey into the world of book collecting, meeting a hilarious cast of eccentrics along the way. Part travel story, part love...
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Reluctant Capitalists: Bookselling and the Culture of Consumption (07 Edition)
by Laura J. Miller Publisher Comments Over the past half-century, bookselling, like many retail industries, has evolved from an arena dominated by independent bookstores to one in which chain stores have significant market share. Yet unlike other retail industries, bookselling, many people...
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More Book Lust (05 Edition)
by Pearl Publisher Comments The response to Nancy Pearl's surprise bestseller Book Lust was astounding: the Seattle librarian and winner of the 2004 Women's National Book Award even became the model for the now-famous Librarian Action Figure. Readers everywhere welcomed Pearl's...
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Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books (Vintage)
by Maureen Corrigan Publisher Comments “It’s not that I don’t like people,” writes Maureen Corrigan in her introduction to Leave Me Alone, I’m Reading. “It’s just that there always comes a moment when I’m in the company of others—even my...
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