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I Remember Nothing: And Other Reflections by Nora Ephron Staff Pick The essays in Ephron's charming collection range from the very relatable (vignettes covering everything from egg yolks to Thomas Friedman) to the delightful and personal (as in "Journalism: A Love Story," which recounts her post-college days in a largely... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover 
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The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand Publisher Comments When The Fountainhead was first published, Ayn Rand's daringly original literary vision and her groundbreaking philosophy, Objectivism, won immediate worldwide interest and acclaim. This instant classic is the story of an intransigent young architect... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $4.50 Used - Mass Market
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The Cove by Ron Rash Publisher Comments Here is a magnificent tale that captures the wondrous beauty of nature and love — and the darkness of superstition and fear — from one of America's most exciting contemporary novelists. With The Cove, Ron Rash, author of the acclaimed New... (read more) List Price $26.99 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls Publisher Comments “Nothing short of spectacular” (Entertainment Weekly), The Glass Castle is the bestselling, critically acclaimed, highly publicized, and celebrated memoir by Jeannette Walls.Millions of readers have been transformed by Jeannette Walls’s... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. for by Augusten Burroughs Publisher Comments From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Running With Scissors comes a groundbreaking book that explores how to survive the "un-survivable" and will challenge your notion of self-help books To say that Augusten Burroughs has lived an unusual... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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A Wedding in Haiti by Julia Alvarez Publisher Comments Julia Alvarez has been called "a one-woman cultural collision" by the Los Angeles Times Book Review, and that has never been truer than in this story about three of her most personal relationships — with her parents, with her husband, and with a... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Publisher Comments Slaughterhous-Five is one of the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Mass Market
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Swamplandia! (Vintage Contemporaries) by Karen Russell Staff Pick Russell's debut novel is in a literary class of its own. Swamplandia! is a mystical, fascinating coming-of-age story told from the perspective of the charming 13-year-old Ava. A shabby tourist attraction in Florida and unpredictable family members flavor... (read more) This Edition: SOLD OUT add to wish list |
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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 $27.00 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Survival in Auschwitz: The Nazi Assault on Humanity by Primo Levi Publisher Comments In 1943, Primo Levi, a twenty-five-year-old chemist and Italian citizen of Jewish race, was arrested by Italian fascists and deported from his native Turin to Auschwitz. Survival in Auschwitz is Levi's classic account of his ten months in the German... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Cutting for Stone (Vintage) by Abraham Verghese Staff Pick I'm used to reading good authors, but Verghese is so good, he blew me away. He writes with such detached compassion that Ethiopia becomes your homeland, and Matron, Ghosh, Marion and Shiva Stone, and all the rest become your friends, your neighbors, and... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay Publisher Comments Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a 10-year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel dHiv roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the family's apartment, thinking that she will be back within a... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $4.95 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: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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Mink River by Brian Doyle Staff Pick I haven't enjoyed a book this much in so long! Set in a tiny coastal Oregon town, this story is populated with characters who seem to leap off the page and speak their lines into your ear. They are that real. Brian Doyle breaks all the so-called "rules... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick Staff Pick Come a day, you might get sick of hearing about A Reliable Wife — so many people will have read it and raved to you about it. Here's some preventative medicine: read it first. Seduction, marriage, money, sex, drugs, murder... when Catherine Land... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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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 $26.95 Your price: $18.50 Used - Hardcover
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When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead Staff Pick My first thought when I closed the covers of this book was, Wow. My second thought was, I want to read this again. My third thought was, How can I possibly describe this book to anyone else? When You Reach Me is like one of those great books/movies... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Sense of an Ending 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 $23.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald Publisher Comments The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. This exemplary novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon Staff Pick Okay, never mind that The Shadow of the Wind starts off in a wonderfully mysterious bookstore and that there's a romantic element that is not schmaltzy, but "timeless" in the best sense of the word. What I loved was how I thought I knew where the author... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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