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The Good Earth: Oprah Book Club #6 by Pearl S. Buck Publisher Comments Pearl S. Buck's epic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of a China that was -- now in a Contemporary Classics edition. Though more than sixty years have passed since this remarkable novel won the Pulitzer Prize, it has retained its popularity and become one of... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Attempting Normal by Marc Maron Publisher Comments People make a mess. Marc Maron was a parent-scarred, angst-filled, drug-dabbling, love-starved comedian who dreamed of a simple life: a wife, a home, a sitcom to call his own. But instead he woke up one day to find himself fired from his radio job... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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City of Thieves by David Benioff Staff Pick Set during the Germans' brutal siege of Leningrad in World War II, City of Thieves is a harrowing, surreal, and surprisingly funny odyssey through a land ravaged by war, where two young soldiers on an impossible mission encounter the best and worst of... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien Publisher Comments One of the first questions people ask about The Things They Carried is this: is it a novel, or a collection of short stories? The title page refers to the book simply as "a work of fiction," defying the conscientious reader's need to categorize this... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth by Mark Mazzetti Publisher Comments A Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter’s explosive account of the transformation of the CIA and America’s special forces into competing covert manhunting and killing operations — the new American way of war Osama bin Laden’s... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini Publisher Comments The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $1.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed Staff Pick I know this title is everywhere right now. I was very fortunate to get an advanced copy, and I immediately fell in love. Why? Well, like many, my favorite books are those that seem to have been written just for me. I deeply understood the raw ache of... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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On Mount Hood: A Biography of Oregon's Perilous Peak by Jon Bell Staff Pick Some 50 miles southeast of Portland lies the highest peak in the state of Oregon: Mount Hood, a 700,000-year-old stratovolcano. The fourth tallest in the Cascade range (around 11,240 feet high), Mount Hood is currently rated fourth by the U.S. Geological... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon Staff Pick The story of two young comic book artists in 1940s New York City, Jewish boys, one of whom fled the German steamroller heading toward his home in Czechoslovakia in a coffin, Chabon's third and best novel is utterly original, a generous fictional addition... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz Publisher Comments The most talked about — and praised — first novel of 2007, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Oscar is a sweet but disastrously overweight ghetto nerd who, from the New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sister,... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Sense of an Ending (Vintage International) by Julian Barnes Staff Pick Julian Barnes won the Man Booker Prize for this lyrical little tome, and, in spite of the controversy surrounding the prize and the 2011 shortlist, I believe he deserved the award. It's the kind of book that one races through, stopping every now and then... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel Staff Pick Do we really need another sweeping historical epic set in 16th-century England? One which possesses at its heart yet another subplot about Henry VIII and his volatile affections? We certainly do if the novel is written by Hilary Mantel. Written in a... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Staff Pick We didn't read this in high school. The assigned book was The Scarlet Letter, which was already a favorite of mine. Recently, however, I decided that I'd ignored To Kill a Mockingbird for too long. If you haven't read it, or if it's been awhile since you... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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The Lightning Thief: Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book One by Rick Riordan Staff Pick Percy Jackson is not normal. He's got ADHD and attention deficit, and he's been kicked out of every school he's ever attended. Now he discovers he's a half blood: half human, half Olympian god. But his problems are only beginning. Someone has stolen Zeus'... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Stud Book by Monica Drake Publisher Comments A sharp-edged satire of contemporary motherhood from a comic novelist on the rise. In the hip haven of Portland, Oregon, a pack of unsteady but loyal friends asks what it means to bring babies into an already crowded world. Sarah studies animal behavior... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein Staff Pick After the umpteenth customer recommended this book to me, I made it my book club pick. The first few lines made me a bit nervous (because it could have gone so terribly wrong, you see), but I was laughing and crying within the first three pages. I... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Glaciers (Tin House New Voice) by Alexis Smith Staff Pick Alexis Smith's diminutive novella lies somewhere between poetry and prose. So lyrical and so delicate, Glaciers slowly unspools as we follow Isabel on a routine day. Her inner life is rich and minutely detailed, and even though she is alone, her world... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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In the Body of the World: A Memoir by Eve Ensler Publisher Comments From the bestselling author of The Vagina Monologues and one of Newsweek's 150 Women Who Changed the World, a visionary memoir of separation and connection — to the body, the self, and the world. Playwright, author, and activist Eve Ensler has... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern Staff Pick Touted as an adult's version of Harry Potter, The Night Circus actually lives up to its hype. It's the story of a couple of magicians, a circus, and a duel. And, of course, it's so much more. Morgenstern's creation is astounding and intricate, delicate... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls Publisher Comments Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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