Farley's Picks - Used Books
There are 383 books in this aisle.
There are 383 books in this aisle.
Featured Titles in Farley's Picks-Used Books:
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by Jonathan Lethem  
Powells.com Staff Pick The narrator, Lionel Essrog, known as The Human Freakshow, suffers with Tourette's syndrome and though you might not want to know him in real life, he's got to be one of the most brilliant characters ever created. His quirky rants put me off at first... (read more)  List Price $13.95 Your price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by John McPhee
From Powells.com In 1978, New Yorker science writer John McPhee set out on a series of road trips with prominent geologists. In each case, they remained close to Interstate 80, which spans the country at about the 40th parallel. McPhee's purpose was to write an... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price $11.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Graham Greene
Powells.com Staff Pick Whenever someone asks me to recommend a novel that deals with cultural collision, this is my first choice. Having lived amongst lots of different peoples, I have a prejudice toward books on cross-culture mishap, and am continually amazed that given... (read more) Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Pema Chodron
Powells.com Staff Pick Buddhism is one of the fastest growing religions in the West, and as it has grown in popularity, a handful of teachers have emerged as international celebrities. Thich Nhat Hanh, Shunryu Suzuki, Chögyam Trungpa and, of course... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Bruce Schulman
Powells.com Staff Pick "Insightful, comprehensive, and readable, this history of the 'Me Decade' is a boon for anyone interested in the seventies in particular or American history in general. Schulman makes a convincing case that the seventies marked the turning point of a... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $10.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Publisher Comments No Ordinary Time is a monumental work, a brilliantly conceived chronicle of one of the most vibrant and revolutionary periods in the history of the United States. With an extraordinary collection of details, Goodwin masterfully weaves together a striking... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Susan Faludi
Powells.com Staff Pick With the publication of Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women in 1992, Susan Faludi became a feminist icon. When current trends put economic theory or genetic programming at the center of the dialogue on gender issues, Faludi... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Tim Sandlin
Powells.com Staff Pick "This is a great one for a sleepy weekend on the couch. In the grand tradition of Carl Hiaasen, Elmore Leonard, and even Christopher Buckley, this political satire is so implausible you'll be rolling your eyes — as you whip through the pages... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Jacques Barzun
Publisher Comments Chapter One The West Torn Apart The Modern Era begins, characteristically, with a revolution. It is commonly called the Protestant Reformation, but the train of events starting early in the 16C and ending-if indeed it has ended-more than a century later... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Margaret Atwood
Powells.com Staff Pick Ever since The Edible Woman was first published in 1969, novelist and poet Margaret Atwood has regularly reaffirmed her position at the head of the table. Atwood possesses extraordinary literary gifts. When she simultaneously taps her world-class... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David Brooks
Powells.com Staff Pick For the past two hundred years, bohemians and bourgeois have loved to hate one another. To the moneyed classes, concerned with stability and respectability, bohemians had dubious morals and unsightly hair. And for the artists and intellectuals... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Chang-rae Lee
Publisher Comments "A Gesture Life" is the story of a proper man, an upstanding citizen, who has come to epitomize the decorous values of his New York suburban town. Courteous, honest, hardworking, and impenetrable, Franklin Hata, a Japanese man of Korean birth, is careful... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $3.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Ron Hansen
Powells.com Staff Pick While reading Mariette in Ecstasy, I was reminded of the scene in Robert Graves's classic historical novel, I, Claudius, where cunning Livia Augusta speaks frankly ? for once ? with her fascinated nephew about why she spent the previous 300-odd pages... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $5.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Ann Coulter Publisher Comments "The immutable fact of politics in America is this: liberals hate conservatives." Ann Coulter, whose examination of the Clinton impeachment was a major national bestseller and earned widespread praise, now takes on an even tougher issue. At... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael Cunningham
Powells.com Staff Pick After completing his first two books, Michael Cunningham's writing career was right on track. Both novels had received excellent reviews, and Cunningham had established a small, loyal following among readers of literary fiction. He then decided to... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $2.48 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by C Parkhurst
Powells.com Staff Pick Despite a few annoying detours — the story's romance is actually kindled in Disneyland — Parkhurst's story moves both mind and heart. What else does a novel need? If your answer is "a soulful Rhodesian Ridgeback named Lorelei," then this is the... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price $4.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Michael Cunningham
Powells.com Staff Pick After completing his first two books, Michael Cunningham's writing career was right on track. Both novels had received excellent reviews, and Cunningham had established a small, loyal following among readers of literary fiction. He then decided to... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $3.48 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Judith Miller and Stephen Engelberg and William Broad From Powells.com In December 1997, the Pentagon decided to vaccinate all US military personnel against the anthrax virus. Puzzled by the motive and the timing of the decision, Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg, and William Broad, three seasoned New York Times... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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