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Home: A Short History of an Idea
Home: A Short History of an Idea
by Witold Rybczynski
Publisher Comments
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)

List Price $16.00
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Used - Trade Paper


A Reader's Manifesto: An Attack on Pretentiousness in American Literary Prose
A Reader's Manifesto: An Attack on Pretentiousness in American Literary Prose
by B. R. Myers
Publisher Comments
Available for the first time, the full-length, unexpurgated version of the essay that incited one of the most passionate literary controversies ever in American letters... When the Atlantic Monthly first published an excerpted version of B. R. Myers... (read more)

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Used - Trade Paper


The Ultimate Simpsons in a Big Ol' Box: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family Seasons 1-12
The Ultimate Simpsons in a Big Ol' Box: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family Seasons 1-12
by Matt Groening
Staff Pick
It's quite simple: If you like The Simpsons, this collection will keep you chortling for weeks and, further into the future, provide the answer to virtually any forgotten fact or trivia question about old episodes. (And if you don't like The Simpsons... (read more)

List Price $44.85
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Used - Set Softcover


The Double Bond: Primo Levi - A Biography
The Double Bond: Primo Levi - A Biography
by Carole Angier
Publisher Comments
One of the most eagerly awaited biographies of recent years: a searching life of the great Italian writer and witness to the Holocaust Perhaps the most important writer to emerge from the death camps, Primo Levi spent sixty-five of his sixty-seven years... (read more)

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Used - Hardcover


Pure Imagination
Pure Imagination
by Mel Stuart
Publisher Comments
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)

List Price $29.95
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Used - Hardcover


A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album
A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album
by Ashley Kahn
Publisher Comments
Bringing the same fresh and engaging approach to music that characterized his critically acclaimed Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece, Ashley Kahn has written an even more illuminating celebration of saxophone legend John Coltrane's... (read more)

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Used - Hardcover


The Founding Fish
The Founding Fish
by John Mcphee
Publisher Comments
A long-awaited new book by the nonfiction master, winner of the Pulitzer Prize Few fish are as beloved-or as obsessed over-as the American shad. Although shad spend most of their lives in salt water, they enter rivers by the hundreds of thousands in the... (read more)

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Used - Hardcover


Six Easy Pieces (94 - Old Edition)
Six Easy Pieces (94 - Old Edition)
by Richard P. Feynman
Publisher Comments
Richard P. Feynman (1918–1988) was widely recognized as the most creative physicist of the post–World War II period. His career was extraordinarily expansive. From his contributions to the development of the atomic bomb a Los Alamos during... (read more)

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International Bartender's Guide, Revised Edition
International Bartender's Guide, Revised Edition
by Joseph W Sora
Publisher Comments
Over 1200 recipes in handy A-Z listing, plus a guide to bar equipment and glassware, description of alcohols, mixers and garnishes and tips on wines, champagne, beer, and single-malt Scotch and non-alcoholic drinks.... (read more)

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Used - Trade Paper


Recipes from Home
Recipes from Home
by David Page
Publisher Comments
PRAISE FOR RECIPES FROM HOME Everything [at Home] that's good is wonderful: the stick country-style ribs. The crusty buttermilk fried chicken. A salad of smoked trout and apple slaw with horseradish dressing. Only a masochist could pass up dessert. (New... (read more)

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20th Century Art Book Mini Edition
20th Century Art Book Mini Edition
by Phaidon Press
Publisher Comments
Presenting a new and original way of bringing art alive, this mini edition offers a gallery of 500 artists and their works plus a jargon-free Glossary of artistic terms and an international directory of museums and galleries. 500 color illustrations.... (read more)

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The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-The-Pooh/Wtp
The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-The-Pooh/Wtp
by A A Milne
Publisher Comments
This 75th anniversary collector's edition presents Milne's complete stories and verse on Winnie the Pooh in one deluxe volume. Features a color bookplate, headbands, and foil stamping. Full color.... (read more)

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National Geographic Atlas of the World 7ed
National Geographic Atlas of the World 7ed
by National Geographic
Publisher Comments
You are looking at the authoritative edition of the atlas that has set the world's standard for more than a generation. Based on latest satellite technology and state-of-the-art digital data, this edition has new features, new graphics, and a new format.... (read more)

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Used - Hardcover


Olive, the Other Reindeer
Olive, the Other Reindeer
by J. Otto Seibold and Vivian Walsh
From Powells.com
J.otto Seibold and Vivian Walsh are the George and Ira Gershwin of children's books. Okay, maybe that's a stretch. But they are a remarkable team. In 1993 the husband and wife collaboration published their first book, Mr. Lunch Takes a Plane... (read more)

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Everyone Poops (My Body Science)
Everyone Poops (My Body Science)
Publisher Comments
With a straightforward text and illustrations showing beasts and bugs doing it, younger children are shown a natural part of life. "Elephants and mice, fish and raccoons, grown-ups and children, all in their own style do it. The candor is refreshing and... (read more)



45 RPM: A Visual History of the Seven-Inch Record
45 RPM: A Visual History of the Seven-Inch Record
by Spencer Drate
Publisher Comments
A visual history of the seven-inch record.... (read more)

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Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell
Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell
by Amy Sohn
Publisher Comments
Television's sauciest and sexiest program is nothing less than a national phenomenon. Now, after four wildly successful and critically acclaimed seasons, the show's winning formula of sex, glamour, humor, and candor is available in a one-of-a-kind... (read more)

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Used - Hardcover


Manhattan Unfurled
Manhattan Unfurled
by Matteo Pericoli and Paul Goldberger
Publisher Comments
Matteo Pericoli trained as an architect in Milan and then came to work in New York in 1995. His arrival preceded by just a few days the arrival of the biggest snowstorm of the decade, and the sense of the city in its wake–especially its silence... (read more)

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Skipping Towards Gomorrah: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Pursuit of Happiness in America
Skipping Towards Gomorrah: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Pursuit of Happiness in America
by Dan Savage
Publisher Comments
Dan Savage is irreverent, irrepressible, and opinionated. He's held his own on Politically Incorrect, told tales on This American Life, continues to write a beloved nationally syndicated column-and he's had it up to here (my hand is higher than my head... (read more)

List Price $23.95
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Used - Hardcover


In The Sweet Kitchen: The Definitive Baker's Companion
In The Sweet Kitchen: The Definitive Baker's Companion
by Daley
Publisher Comments
AH, DESSERT. It's the ultimate comfort food. A simple crumble, with all its memories of childhood. A slice of still-warm blueberry pie. That chocolate truffle with just a hint of chestnut melting away so mysteriously. Yet many cooks are intimidated by... (read more)

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Used - Hardcover


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