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American Gods by Neil Gaiman Publisher Comments 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) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Mass Market 
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter #3) by J. K. Rowling Publisher Comments 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) List Price $10.99 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness by Edward Abbey Publisher Comments "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) List Price $7.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Mass Market
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter #4) by J. K. Rowling Publisher Comments The paperback edition of the legendary, record-breaking, best-selling fourth Harry Potter novel. 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... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Dare to Repair: A Do-It-Herself Guide to Fixing (Almost) Anything in the Home by Julie Sussman and Stephanie Glakas-Tenet Publisher Comments This is NOT your father's home repair book! And it's not your husband's, your brother's, your boyfriend's, or the guy's next door. Dare to Repair is a do-it-herself book for every woman who would rather be self-reliant than rely on a super or contractor.... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum Publisher Comments 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) List Price $7.99 Your price: $2.50 Used - Mass Market
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A Hatful of Seuss: Five Favorite Dr. Seuss Stories by Dr Seuss Publisher Comments Come join us for the celebration of the Cat's fortieth birthday. Following the stunning success of Six by Seuss, which has sold over 734,000 copies, is the delightful debut of A Hatful of Seuss--304 pages of wonderfully nonsensical vintage material. This... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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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) List Price $11.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Why Cats Paint: A Theory of Feline Aesthetics by Burton Silver Publisher Comments An unprecedented photographic record of cat creativity that will intrigue cat lovers and art lovers alike.... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Prague by Arthur Phillips Review “An intricate and wordly-wise novel, with sly and acute perceptions on every page, Prague sets itself the challenge of extending the tradition of brainy Central European fiction from an American perspective, and succeeds handily.” Phillip... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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His Dark Materials Boxed Set: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman From Powells.com I read Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy back-to-back-to-back. By the time I'd reached the middle of the first book, The Golden Compass, I was content to exist half in my own world and half in Philip Pullman's. It seemed appropriate, if somewhat... (read more) List Price $35.85 Your price: $22.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers by Daniel Ellsberg Publisher Comments Daniel Ellsberg began his career as the coldest of cold warriors-a U. S. Marine company commander, a Pentagon analyst, and a staunch supporter of America's battle against Communist expansion. But in October 1969, Ellsberg-fully expecting to spend the... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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Series of Unfortunate Events #09: The Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket Publisher Comments Everybody loves a carnival! Who can fail to delight in the colourful people, the unworldly spectacle, the fabulous freaks? A carnival is a place for good family fun - as long as one has a family, that is. For the Baudelaire orphans,... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Dog Listener: A Noted Expert Tells You How to Communicate with Your Dog for Willing Cooperation by Jan Fennell Publisher Comments Jan Fennell's remarkable gifts have earned her the nickname "the dog whisperer." Her unique knowledge of the canine world and its instinctive language has enabled her to bring even the most desperate and troubled dogs to heel. This easy-to-follow guide... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles by Mike Davis Publisher Comments To its official boosters, "Los Angeles brings it all together." To its detractors, it is "The Big Nowhere." No one has better captured L.A.'s bizarre role as both utopia and dystopia than Davis, the author of this mordantly elegant and wide-ranging work... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris Publisher Comments 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) List Price $8.99 Your price: $3.25 Used - Trade Paper
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Charlotte's Web by E. B. White Publisher Comments Sixty years ago, on October 15, 1952, E.B. White's Charlotte's Web was published. It's gone on to become one of the most beloved children's books of all time. To celebrate this milestone, the renowned Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo has written a... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Shakey: Neil Young's Biography by Jimmy Mcdonough Publisher Comments "You can't go along from people to people, place to place, creating, changing, without hurting a lot of people. How can you do that? Can you think of an answer? I think I'm going a good job--even though it's painful sometimes." Neil Young is... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Russian Debutante's Handbook by Gary Shteyngart Publisher Comments The Russian Debutante's Handbook is infused with energy and wit and a brilliant use of language. Hilarious, extravagant, yet uncannily true to life, it follows the adventures of Vladimir, a young Russian-American immigrant, whose capitalist dreams and... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas by Edward Gorey Publisher Comments Gorey has never been funnier or more “impossible to resist” (Boston Herald) than in this peculiar retelling of Charles Dickenss A Christmas Carol.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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