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Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
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The Flight: Charles Lindbergh's Daring and Immortal 1927 Transatlantic Crossing
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Dan Hampton
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, June 07, 2017
Riveting hour by hour account of Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic. Lindbergh was not "lucky" to accomplish this flight, he was calcuating and precise in everthing from the design and build of the plane, his route and his determination. What a feat!
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Real Food Fake Food: Why You Dont Know What Youre Eating and What You Can Do about It
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Larry Olmsted
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, November 16, 2016
Before you shop at your local grocery store you should read this book. Many of the foods you eat are not what you think they are. Fish is misidenified, lesser cuts of beef are labeled as angus beef, olive oil is diluted, sawdust put in your parmesan cheese. After reading this book you will want to know the growers of all your food.
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The Last Headbangers: NFL Football in the Rowdy, Reckless '70s: The Era That Created Modern Sports
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Kevin Cook
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, November 03, 2014
A must read for any football fan born before 1960. Read about the on and off field antics of the Steelers, Raiders, Dolphins and 49ers in the 1970s as they boozed and drugged their way to Super Bowl victories. This truly was the golden era of football before the corporate types corralled the spirit and care free ways of individual players.
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Renegade Amish Beard Cutting Hate Crimes & the Trial of the Bergholz Barbers
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Donald B Kraybill
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, October 30, 2014
A true story about infighting in an Ohio Amish community and physical attacks between Amish that included the cutting of men's beards. Very interesting.
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Whitey: The Life of America's Most Notorious Mob Boss (Large Print) (Thorndike Press Large Print Crime Scene)
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Gerard O'Neill and Dick Lehr
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, March 16, 2014
You can't make this story up. Irish mobster in Boston is protected by the FBI, his brother in the Massachusetts state Senate and others in the state police. He believes he has a license to kill and he does. Over 20 murders that the FBI knew about. Read the incredible story of a ruthless killer.
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Whisperer
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Donato Carrisi
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, January 22, 2012
Five young girls are reported missing, but six severed arms turn up in a forest clearing. Who did it and why? This crime thriller had me up all night turning pages wanting to solve the case with the author! There are numerous plot twists and turns that I didn't see coming. This book will be on every mystery reader's list this year!
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The Art Detective: Adventures of an Antiques Roadshow Appraiser
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Philip Mould
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, January 10, 2012
Best book I read this year. Follow the author as he finds lost and rare art, often "painted over" and forgotten for hundreds of years. Lost paintings by Rembrandt, Norman Rockwell and Winslow Homer are all featured in this whodunit of a story.
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Made By Hand
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Mark Frauenfelder
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, February 12, 2011
So you want to get back to a simpler life? Communicate with nature? Shed the shackles of today's life sitting at a computer for 8 hours each and every day? Be able to fix things? Raise chickens? Gain satisfaction from working with your hands like your father and grandfather? Then this is the book for you. Not a how to do book, but how to think about fixing things, living in the moment of today instead of schlepping off to the mall to replace a broken item.
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Fried Chicken An American Story
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John T Edge
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, December 22, 2010
You crave fried chicken? John T. Edge serves it up to you in his quest to find the best southern fried chicken. Lots of stories, 15 mouth watering recipes, and a yearning for just one more chicken dinner!
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Eiffel's Tower: The Thrilling Story Behind Paris's Beloved Monument and the Extraordinary World's Fair That Introduced It
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Jill Jonnes
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, October 18, 2010
Ms. Jonnes tells the story of Gustave Eiffel and how he built the iconic Tower just in time for the 1889 World's Fair in Paris. Read this book before you go to Paris, or when you return home. What a symbol of Paris!
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Man Who Loved Books Too Much
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Allison Hoover Bartlett
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, January 11, 2010
A lowlife with a sense of entitlement steals rare, valuable 1st Editions from booksellers across the country. Enter a "bibliodick" from Utah who vows to catch this crook. Interesting look into the world of 1st editions, rare books and the obsessed collector.
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Too Big to Fail
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Andrew Ross Sorkin
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, January 09, 2010
Riveting account of the near collapse of the US financial markets. Sorkin gets inside the boardrooms showing these Wall Street bankers and their massive egos who thought that they could do no wrong. All the players are here-Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers, AIG and Bear Stearns. Sorkin also has an inside view as to the decisions of Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, NY Federal Reserve head Tim Geithner and others as they try to fix the hole in the dike.
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Breaker Boys The NFLs Greatest Team & the Stolen 1925 Championship
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David Fleming
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, July 23, 2009
This book is a MUST read for the football fan in your household. I didn't know the true story of the 1925 Pottstown PA Maroons. This team of boys from coal country in northeastern Pennsylvania beat all the established NFL teams, but had the championship stolen from them. I can't believe that 74 years have passed, and this is a forgotten piece of sports history.
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A Pound of Paper: Confessions of a Book Addict
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John Baxter
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, February 28, 2009
Follow a book collector's travels as John Baxter starts in his boyhood country of Australia then criss crosses the globe, adding to his collection. As a fellow book collector, I excitedly turned each page in anticipation of each new treasure that turned up in a flea market, antique book store, or on a blanket at a Paris or London stall. During his travels, Baxter runs into a score of characters, dealers and punters, including Martin Stone, who is a subject for yet another book hopefully!
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Bringing Home the Birkin My Life in Hot Pursuit of the Worlds Most Coveted Handbag
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Michael Tonello
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, February 07, 2009
An American living in Barcelona goes on a worldwide undercover hunt to buy and re-sell the coveted Birkin handbag, made by Hermes. A witty romp through the high end handbag trade, with snooty salespeople, a high end bag held "hostage", sales to famous and the not so famous on Ebay, and a shopaholic's dream come true.
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Girl with No Shadow
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Joanne Harris
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, January 16, 2009
This is a satisfying sequel to Chocolat, and the further adventures of Vianne Rocher. I couldn't put it down.
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Fartiste
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Kathleen Krull
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, September 13, 2008
Yes, a book on farts and a master of farting! Every child will love this book. The story is funny and gross enough that little children will want to read it ONE MORE TIME! Adults will be amazed to learn that the book is based on a person who actually was the toast of Paris in the early 1900s! Beautiful illustrations throughout also.
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McMafia A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld
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Misha Glenny
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, August 15, 2008
From smuggled cigarettes to prostitution to heroin, organized crime groups circle the globe. This is an inside look at the interlinked tentacles of small but powerful groups that prey on the weak, pay no taxes and rule their turf ruthlessly.
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Fortune Cookie Chronicles Adventures in the World of Chinese Food
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Jennifer Lee
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, July 07, 2008
A breezy romp through the world of "American" chinese food, where the author discovers that General Tso really existed, fortune cookies are of Japanese (not Chinese) origin, and where all those brown packets of soy sauce that are in your drawers are manufactured. Informative, fun and full of quirky facts and firsts.
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Wandering Home A Long Walk Across Americas Most Hopeful Landscape Vermonts Champlain Valley & New Yorks Adirondacks
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Bill McKibben
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, June 30, 2008
Bill Mckibben is a wonderful writer who writes from the heart about his beloved home in the Adirondacks. This book follows a 3 week trek where he observes the forces of the wonderful outdoors and the encroaching McMansions, overdeveloped subdivisions and the pristine beauty that is nature. A great book to share with friends and family.
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Old Ball Game How John McGraw Christy Mathewson & the New York Giants Created Modern Baseball
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Frank Deford
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, May 12, 2008
Another great read from Mr. Deford. All youngsters should read about gentlemanly Christy Mathewson and his mark on the early years of professional baseball.
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Free for All Oddballs Geeks & Gangstas in the Public Library
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Don Borchert
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, April 13, 2008
A rare insight from the other side of the library desk. I pity the poor librarians who have to put up with the antics of fat over sugared children who don't read but want to play R rated video games on public internet access at the library, adults who wish to view pornography on public computers, homeless people who treat the library as a public shelter, and those people who mutilate, steal and deface PUBLIC library materials. This book is a real insight into the decline of reading in America and how librarians are treated today. Instead of dispensing information, they now are babysitters, internet policemen, and social workers.
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Gift To Be Simple Life In Amish Country
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Bill Coleman
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, February 10, 2008
Bill Coleman has been taking pictures of the Amish for over 25 years. His portraits of a culture that exists outside of our modern world are simply wonderful. This book shows a religious group that prospers in a 21st century without the technology we think that we need. It is refreshing to view these images of a thriving culture built on family, mutual assistance and agrarian labor.
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How to Cheat at Everything A Con Man Reveals the Secrets of the Esoteric Trade of Cheating Scams & Hustles
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Simon Lovell
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, January 16, 2008
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The Art of Cheating: A Nasty Little Book for Tricky Little Schemers and Their Hapless Victims
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Jones, Jessica Dorfman
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, December 26, 2007
The all encompassing guide to how to cheat on everything in life, including exams, diets, taxes or your online dating profile! Send a copy to the weasel in your life!
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Steve Earle Fearless Heart Outlaw Poet
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David Mcgee
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, October 25, 2007
The best biography on one of our generation's great singer-songwriters. Steve has battled demons and addictions, been through five or six marriages (I've lost count), but has consistently written some of the best songs over the past 25 years.
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Roadfood Sandwiches Recipes & Lore from Our Favorite Shops Coast to Coast
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Jane Stern
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, August 08, 2007
If you love ROADFOOD and the places that the Sterns take us, now you can recreate the sandwiches in your kitchen. A wonderful read, a great book, a resource for your family!
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Amish The Art Of The Quilt
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Robert Hughes
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, June 21, 2007
The finest book on Amish quilts ever published. Stunning color photos of the best Amish quilts ever made. Commentary gives an insight to these plain people, their lives, and the quilts themselves. Printed in Japan, this book comes in a slipcase to protect the book.
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Arrogance Of The French Why They Cant
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Richard Z Chesnoff
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, May 18, 2007
A country that awards Jerry Lewis (yes, of Nutty Professor Fame) the highest civilian medal is an easy target to hate. As David Letterman once said, the French are a country of cheese eating surrender monkeys!
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Donuts An American Passion
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John T Edge
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, May 08, 2007
A trip through the origins of fried bread and recipes to boot! As Homer Simpson would drool, D'Ohnuts....
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Ghosty Men
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Franz Lidz
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, April 19, 2007
A true story of two brothers who were packrats to the extreme. So much junk was jammed into their brownstone that they had to tunnel through the mess. Only in New York could this make the front page of all the papers.
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Test Kitchen Favorites The 2007 Companion Cookbook to the Hit TV Show
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Americas Test Kitchen, Cooks Illustrated
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, April 02, 2007
The best cookbook out there. Step by step instructions that make either a chef or the most inexperienced cook shine in the kitchen. This is the only cookbook series that I keep in the kitchen. Invaluable!!!!!
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Clemente The Passion & Grace Of Baseballs Last Hero
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David Maraniss
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, March 09, 2007
Finally a book that reveals a complex and humble man, who happened to be one of baseball's greatest players. It is a shame that Clemente's name is not mentioned with those of Aaron, Mays, and Robinson. Arriba Roberto!
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Theories of Everything Selected Collected & Health Inspected Cartoons 1978 2006
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Roz Chast
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, February 28, 2007
Finally the complete works of Roz Chast are available in one book. You will want to share this book with your friends and family, and my sister, the girl with the sensible shoes! Buy two copies-one for that special friend with the offbeat sense of humor, and one for yourself.
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Brainiac Adventures in the Curious Competitive Compulsive World of Trivia Buffs
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Ken Jennings
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, February 22, 2007
Light and breezy read about the history of trivia. Jennings weaves in a few tales of his 75 game run on Jeopardy, but this book mainly concerns itself about the history of trivia books and contests. As a bonus, there are stumpers throughout the book, with the answers at the end of each chapter.
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Complete Calvin & Hobbes
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Bill Watterson
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, December 26, 2006
The best Christmas present ever! A boy, his tiger, and his over the top imagination! Thank you Santa!
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Beautiful Cigar Girl Mary Rogers Edgar Allan Poe & The Invention of Murder
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Daniel Stashower
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, October 21, 2006
A beautiful girl murdered. A city in panic. No leads in the case, untl Edgar Allan Poe decides to look into the case. A marvelous detective story!
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