by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin  
Powells.com Staff Pick Nelson Mandela once said, "Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world." Mortenson and Relin's Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace... One School at a Time is a powerful contribution to that arsenal. If there... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
by Steven Johnson
Powells.com Staff Pick In 1854, as a cholera epidemic ravaged London, prevailing wisdom blamed "miasma"; in other words, "bad air" was spreading the disease. One prominent physician disagreed. It was Dr. John Snow's work outside of the lab, however — his innovative... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Ryszard Kapuscinski
Powells.com Staff Pick Several months ago, I happened upon a copy of The Shadow of the Sun. From its opening pages, I understood why I'd been hearing such laudatory praise about Ryszard Kapuściński for years — here was some of the most astonishing travel writing... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your Price $10.46 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Benjamin Wallace
Powells.com Staff Pick The Billionaire's Vinegar is a 2008 best buy. Wallace strikes an ideal balance between wine education and history lesson, leaving the reader with a pleasant and lingering aftertaste. I was fascinated by the journey of a 220-year-old bottle of wine, but... (read more) Your Price $24.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Jon Lee Anderson
Powells.com Staff Pick Che Guevara's face can seem ubiquitous these days. Knowing very little about him, I decided to pick up this rather hefty biography by Jon Lee Anderson. I was planning on scanning the 832-page book for the highlights, but after only twenty pages I was... (read more) Your Price $8.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Peter Hessler Publisher Comments A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle Bones, Peter Hessler explores the human side of China's transformation, viewing modern-day China... (read more) Your Price $7.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
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... (read more) Your Price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Naomi Klein Publisher Comments In this groundbreaking alternative history of the most dominant ideology of our time, Milton Friedman's free-market economic revolution, Naomi Klein challenges the popular myth of this movement's peaceful global victory. From Chile in 1973 to Iraq today,... (read more) Your Price $16.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Adam Nicolson Publisher Comments For the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, Nicolson draws from a wide range of sources to investigate the battle, and the ambitions, fears and principles that drove the British fleet to such a devastating victory.... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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Sunday July 6, 2008
by Catherine Merridale Publisher Comments A powerful, groundbreaking narrative of the ordinary Russian soldier's experience of the worst war in history, based on newly revealed sources. Of the thirty million who fought, eight million died, driven forward in suicidal charges, shattered by... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by John Kelly Publisher Comments La moria grandissima began its terrible journey across the European and Asian continents in 1347, leaving unimaginable devastation in its wake. Five years later, twenty-five million people were dead, felled by the scourge that would come to be called the... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Primo Levi Publisher Comments Levi's haunting memoir about his ten months in the German death camp Auschwitz is an unforgettable chronicle of systematic cruelty and miraculous survival. First published in 1947, this bestselling work now includes a new afterword--a fascinating, in... (read more) Your Price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Frantz Fanon Publisher Comments From one of the most important theorists of revolutionary struggle, colonialism, and racial difference in history comes this brilliant analysis of the psychology of colonized peoples and their path to liberation--now available in a new translation with... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your Price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Stephen Budiansky Publisher Comments Queen Elizabeth I and England's First Spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham's official title was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I, but in fact this pious, tight-lipped Puritan was England's first spymaster. A ruthless, fiercely loyal civil servant... (read more) Your Price $6.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Jared Diamond
Powells.com Staff Pick Diamond crafts a careful and thorough account of the environmental and cultural fragility of civilizations, from present-day Montana to the toppled statues of Easter Island. Collapse is both a fascinating study of humanity's ecological relationships and... (read more) Your Price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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