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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott Publisher Comments "Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Blankets: An Illustrated Novel by Craig Thompson Publisher Comments From the author of the critically-acclaimed and best-selling graphic novel, Good-Bye, Chunky Rice, comes Craig Thompson's all-new masterpiece. Blankets — the most anticipated graphic novel of the year — is already being regarded as THE defining... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $22.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Staff Pick Best book of 2005, favorite book of the year...Slice the question any number of ways, but the book published last year that I'm most grateful for having read is The Year of Magical Thinking, a devastating affirmation of love and commitment, hope and... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris Staff Pick One of these days I'll find the time to construct an actual review of Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, but until I do let these words stand as my pledge: You will not regret purchasing this book. Further: You're unlikely to find more pure... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Hardcover
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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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The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear by Paul Rogat Loeb Publisher Comments In The Impossible Will Take a Little While, a phrase borrowed from Billie Holliday, the editor of Soul of a Citizen brings together fifty stories and essays that range across nations, eras, wars, and political movements. Danusha Goska, an Indiana... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets by Barbara G Walker Staff Pick "One of my favorite ways of reading is to pull a book off the shelf and open it at random. That's the great thing about reference books like dictionaries or encyclopedias. These books are treasure troves — dip in anywhere, let chance take you, lead... (read more) List Price $34.99 Your price: $17.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Staff Pick Once I started this book, I couldn't stop reading. Not only is this young adult book funny and touching — it feels so real. Anyone of any age who has struggled to know themselves and has fought for happiness will find resonance in the words and... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell Staff Pick Leave it to Sarah Vowell to roam across America in search of the motivations and culture of political murder. Obsessive, edifying, and, of course, witty, Assassination Vacation is unlike any other historical tourism or travel writing book you'll ever... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 by Steve Coll Publisher Comments The explosive first-hand account of America's secret history in Afghanistan With the publication of Ghost Wars, Steve Coll became not only a Pulitzer Prize winner, but also the expert on the rise of the Taliban, the emergence of Bin Laden, and the secret... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough and Michael Braungart Staff Pick "An eco-sustainable manifesto. The next Industrial Revolution will be Green!"... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan Publisher Comments The bestselling author of The Botany of Desire explores the ecology of eating to unveil why we consume what we consume in the twenty-first century. "What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another this simple question assails any creature... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv Publisher Comments andquot;I like to play indoors better 'cause that's where all the electrical outlets are,andquot; reports a fourth-grader. Never before in history have children been so plugged inand#8212;and so out of touch with the natural world. In this groundbreaking... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan Staff Pick True or false: One out of every four items for sale in the average American supermarket contains corn? (Think, think, think...) Believe it or not, it's true. If this unsettles you — or just plain doesn't make sense — pick up a copy of Michael Pollan... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.25 Used - Trade Paper
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Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins Publisher Comments Jitterbug Perfume is an epic. Which is to say, it begins in the forests of ancient Bohemia and doesn't conclude until nine o'clock tonight [Paris time]. It is a saga, as well. A saga must have a hero, and the hero of this one is a janitor with a missing... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Into Thick Air: Biking to the Bellybutton of Six Continents by Jim Malusa Synopsis With plenty of sunscreen and a cold beer swaddled in his sleeping bag, writer and botanist Jim Malusa bicycled alone to the lowest point on each of six continents, a six-year series of “anti-expeditions” to the “anti-summits.” His... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Complete Stories (71 Edition) by Flannery O'Connor Publisher Comments Winner of the National Book Award The publication of this extraordinary volume firmly established Flannery O'Connor's monumental contribution to American fiction. There are thirty-one stories here in all, including twelve that do not appear in the only... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Curve of Binding Energy by John Mcphee Publisher Comments Theodore Taylor was one of the most brilliant engineers of the nuclear age, but in his later years he became concerned with the possibility of an individual being able to construct a weapon of mass destruction on their own. McPhee tours American nuclear... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Portland Hill Walks: Twenty Explorations in Parks and Neighborhoods by Laura O. Foster Publisher Comments Portland Hill Walks is no ordinary guidebook. No restaurant ratings, no rehashed explanations of how the city got its name. Instead, in twenty meandering, view-studded strolls from forested canyons to cityscape peaks, this lively travelogue answers... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins Publisher Comments From the author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, comes an exposé of international corruption? and an inspired plan to turn the tide for future generations With a presidential election around the... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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