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Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography by Lemony Snicket Publisher Comments In anticipation of the forthcoming release of The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events Book the Tenth)don't miss this depressing opportunity to warn even more readers off Lemony Snicket. Finally, here is the definitive – and only &ndash... (read more) List Price $11.99 Your price: $1.95 Used - Hardcover 
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The Book of Illusions by Paul Auster From Powells.com Paul Auster could be postmodernism's poster child. Structurally overt, intellectually complex, metaphorically self-conscious, Auster explores surfaces in order to dig deep and borrows classical forms in order to reveal contemporary dissonance... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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A Woman's Education by Jill Ker Conway Publisher Comments The beloved bestselling author of The Road from Coorain and True North continues her remarkable autobiography with an account of her decade as the first woman president of Smith College–a time when she was faced with the challenge of reinventing... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live by Tom Shales and James Andrew Miller From Powells.com "Live from New York is described as 'an uncensored history of Saturday Night Live' and that is exactly what you get: no mincing of words, no glancing blows....See the hatred that Jim Belushi still bears for Bob Woodward for writing about his brother... (read more) List Price $40.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Jr Martin Publisher Comments 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) List Price $7.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Board Book
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From a Buick 8 by Stephen King Publisher Comments The state police of Troop D in rural Pennsylvania have kept a secret in Shed B out back of the barracks ever since 1979, when Troopers Ennis Rafferty and Curtis Wilcox answered a call from a gas station just down the road and came back with an abandoned... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $2.95 Used - Hardcover
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Red Ranger Came Calling by Berkeley Breathed Publisher Comments While spending Christmas in 1939 with a well-meaning aunt, a young boy who does not believe in Santa Claus has an unusual experience that changes his thinking.... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Home: A Short History of an Idea by Witold Rybczynski Publisher Comments Walk through five centuries of homes both great and small—from the smoke-filled manor halls of the Middle Ages to today's Ralph Lauren-designed environments—on a house tour like no other, one that delightfully explicates the very idea of "home."... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Boilerplate Rhino: Nature in the Eye of the Beholder by David Quammen Publisher Comments In 1981 David Quammen began what might be every freelance writer's dream: a monthly column for Outside magazine in which he was given free rein to write about anything that interested him in the natural world. His column was called "Natural Acts," and... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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) List Price $27.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Founding Fish by John Mcphee Publisher Comments John McPhee's twenty-sixth book is a braid of personal history, natural history, and American history, in descending order of volume. Each spring, American shad-Alosa sapidissima-leave the ocean in hundreds of thousands and run heroic distances upriver... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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International Bartender's Guide, Revised Edition by Joseph W Sora Publisher Comments Our best-selling International Bartender's Guide is the only bartending guide that readers will ever need! Essential to hosts and guests alike, and brimming with every type of drink recipe imaginable from a Cosmopolitan to a Virgin Mary to the seasonal... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Six Easy Pieces Essentials of Physics Explained By Its Most Brilliant Teacher 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) List Price $15.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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) List Price $30.00 Your price: $3.50 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: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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) List Price $45.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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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) List Price $15.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Joy of Cooking: The Miniature Edition, 2000 by Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker Publisher Comments This delightful pint-size version of the nationally known and loved Joy of Cooking® contains excerpts highlighting the comprehensive nature of this indispensable kitchen resource. With all-American recipes, tips, charts, illustrations, listings of... (read more) List Price $4.95 Your price: $0.95 Used - Hardcover
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Peter Claus and the Naughty List by Lawrence David Publisher Comments Naughty or nice? Peter Claus thinks this yearly question is most unfair. As Santa’s son, he should know. For the second year in a row his name appears on the dreaded Naughty List. That means no presents for Christmas! But Peter doesn’t... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Enough Rope by Lawrence Block Publisher Comments In this collection that includes nearly a dozen new works, the acclaimed Lawrence Block offers mesmerizing tales of mystery and murder featuring Scudder, Keller, and Bernie, as well as a whole new cast of compelling and memorable characters. Arranged by... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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