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The Polar Express
The Polar Express
by Chris Van Allsburg
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Could a bookseller's favorite book really be a children's Christmas picture book? I am often asked to name my favorite book — an impossible question to answer, really — and I find myself mentioning The Polar Express time and again (not without... (read more)

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A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
A History of God: The 4000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
by Karen Armstrong
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In 1965, at the tender age of seventeen, Karen Armstrong took vows of poverty and chastity and entered a Catholic convent. However, she soon realized she was not suited to monastic life and left. Her 1981 memoir of her years as a novice became a... (read more)

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American Gods
American Gods
by Neil Gaiman
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Shadow is a man with a past. But now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his wife and stay out of trouble. Until he learns that she's been killed in a terrible accident.Flying home for the funeral, as a violent storm rocks the plane, a... (read more)

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Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness
by Edward Abbey
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"A passionately felt, deeply poetic book. It has philosophy. It has humor. It has its share of nerve-tingling adventures...set down in a lean, racing prose, in a close-knit style of power and beauty." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOKREVIEW Edward Abbey... (read more)

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Holidays on Ice
Holidays on Ice
by David Sedaris
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A new holiday classic from the author of the bestselling Naked and Barrel Fever! Holidays On Ice collects six of David Sedaris's most profound Christmas stories into one slender volume perfect for use as a last-minute coaster or ice scraper. This... (read more)

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The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity
by Robert Ludlum
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Jason Bourne. He has no past. And he may have no future. His memory is blank. He only knows that he was flushed out of the Mediterranean Sea, his body riddled with bullets. There are a few clues. A frame of microfilm surgically implanted beneath the... (read more)

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Seven Up (Stephanie Plum Novels)
Seven Up (Stephanie Plum Novels)
by Janet Evanovich
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Experience the bestselling phenomenon that is sweeping the nation! #1 New York Times #1 Wall Street Journal #1 Entertainment Weekly #1 Publishers Weekly #1 Booksense #1 Los Angeles Times BLOWN UP All New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum has to do is... (read more)

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Little Big Man
Little Big Man
by Thomas Berger
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The truth is always made up of little particulars which sound ridiculous when repeated. So speaks Jack Crabb, the 111-year-old narrator of Thomas Berger's masterpiece of American fiction, Little Big Man. Berger claimed the Western as serious literature... (read more)

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Pure Imagination
Pure Imagination
by Mel Stuart
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Wonka Bars...Oompa-Loompas...The Candy Man...The Gobstopper Machine...A Chocolate River...The Fizzy Lifting Room...Lickable Wallpaper... Revisit the magical world of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" in this behind-the-scenes look at one of the... (read more)

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter #3)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter #3)
by J. K. Rowling
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For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort. Now he has escaped, leaving only... (read more)

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Sunset Western Garden Book 7TH Edition
Sunset Western Garden Book 7TH Edition
by Sunset
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The sun is (here and there) peeking out from behind the clouds, the daffodils are bursting out of the hard winter earth, and the days are getting noticeably longer: spring is just around the corner. Which makes this a perfect time for picking up... (read more)

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Everyone Poops (My Body Science)
Everyone Poops (My Body Science)
by Taro Gomi
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Find this title in our Gross-O-Rama kids' gift pack, hand-selected by Powell's Kids' Team.... (read more)

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Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey Into Bhutan
Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey Into Bhutan
by Jamie Zeppa
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In 1989, Jamie Zeppa, a naïve, well-educated twenty-three-year-old from Sault Ste. Marie, commits to a two-year teaching contract in Bhutan against the wishes of both her fiancé, Robert, and her controlling grandfather. Following orientation here and... (read more)

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The Battle For God
The Battle For God
by Karen Armstrong
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"In The Battle for God, Armstrong brilliantly traces the struggle between the burgeoning Western secularism and the religious fundamentalism that has dogged its heels for the past five hundred years, culminating in that greatest of all fundamentalist... (read more)

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J.K. Rowling
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Harry Potter is midway through his training as a wizard and his coming of age. Harry wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the International Quidditch Cup. He wants to find out about the mysterious event that's supposed to take place... (read more)

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One River
One River
by Wade Davis
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In the 1940s, biologist Richard Evans Schultes uncovered many of the secrets of the rain forest, relying not only on his own prodigious investigations, but on the wisdom passed down by local tribes. Thirty years later his student, Wade Davis, followed in... (read more)

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A Christmas Memory, One Christmas, & the Thanksgiving Visitor (Modern Library)
A Christmas Memory, One Christmas, & the Thanksgiving Visitor (Modern Library)
by Truman Capote
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Available for the first time in a single volume are the three holiday stories that Truman Capote regarded as among his greatest works of short fiction. Two of these childhood memoirs — "A Christmas Memory" and "The Thanksgiving Visitor" — center... (read more)

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Dare to Repair: A Do-It-Herself Guide to Fixing (Almost) Anything in the Home
Dare to Repair: A Do-It-Herself Guide to Fixing (Almost) Anything in the Home
by Julie Sussman and Stephanie Glakas-Tenet
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< h4 align=center> This is NOT your father's home repair book < /h4> < p> And it's not your husband's, your brother's, your boyfriend's, or the guy's next door. < i> Dare to Repair< /i> is a do-it-herself book for every... (read more)

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
by Bill Jr Martin
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Nearly 30 years--and more than 2.5 million copies--after its conception, thistitle remains one of the most beloved children's books of all time. Now, thischarming tale is available in a board book format--just right for the tiniesthands. (Baby/Preschool)... (read more)

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Home: A Short History of an Idea
Home: A Short History of an Idea
by Witold Rybczynski
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This immensely popular, witty, and highly provocative book is changing people's attitudes about convenience, decor, and technology in home design and furnishing. 10 black-and-white illustrations.... (read more)

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