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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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Good In Bed
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Jennifer Weiner
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, April 28, 2008
If you read this: "larger woman," and think this: "fat girl," you will love this book. This is no formulaic chick-book, though. The clever, witty protagonist descends into a very believable darkness and. . . well, read the story.
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All We Know Of Love
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Katie Schneider
rwilson
, April 15, 2008
I bought this book, read it, and then immediately read it again. It reveals the artistic process in an uncanny way, especially since the author says she's not an artist! The complexities of first love, first sex, lifelong love and general romance are tenderly, perfectly rendered. I especially like the true connections of family and friends--deep but not saccharine. If you are an artist, aspiring or otherwise, you will be deeply heartened by this book. And everyone else--read it, enjoy it.
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Cradle to Cradle Remaking the Way We Make Things
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William McDonough
rwilson
, March 16, 2008
Open the package and pull out a book that feels like no other: smooth, heavy, cool and beautiful. Guess what: it's not a paper book at all, but a beautiful sewn-signature book made out of recyclable polymers! This book is the most useful and friendly volume on being "green" that I've ever seen. The authors encourage manufacturers to rethink how they design and make things, with an eye to real re-use rather than "downcycling," which is reusing materials in a less-aesthetic and less-valuable form. This way of rethinking manufacturing and use of materials is guilt-free, positive, upbeat, friendly, and seems very doable.
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Hummingbirds Daughter
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Luis Alberto Urrea
rwilson
, February 25, 2008
Author Luis Urrea says it took him a lifetime to write this book. It captures the humor and power of his "auntie" Teresita who was a real healer in Mexico. Urrea gives us Mexico as it surely must have existed, because he is funny and poignant by turns--pure mexicano. I love characterization of Teresa's dad, who is a half-wild coyote himself though he is the patron of a great ranch. This book gives us a Mexico we will always love--class inequities and all. This book will stay with you forever.
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Wicked The Life & Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
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Gregory Maguire
rwilson
, February 19, 2008
Forget what you may have heard about the Broadway musical by the same name: this book is a literate, sophisticated piece. Prepare for delicious language and complex characterization. In particular, the Wicked Witch of the West becomes an intelligent character worthy of respect and compassion, and Oz is--like most real places in any real world--a fascinating and layered combination of cultures and localities. I read this book very slowly because it is worth it!
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Master Pieces The Curators Game
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Thomas Hoving
rwilson
, January 14, 2008
This game seems simple enough if you're an art lover. Just look at the detail and identify the painting. Yep, some of them are easy to identify, but some are real stumpers. Historical and literary hints help some. This is endlessly interesting. Have fun!
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Shantaram
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Gregory David Roberts
rwilson
, January 03, 2008
If you're one of those readers that flies through a book, this one is for you. It's rich and literary, almost like poetry sometimes. It's autobiographical: who can resist this genuine voice? It's splendidly, hilariously, poignantly cultural, a stunning view of Bombay and Indian generally. And best of all--it's LONG. This is an amazing novel with great staying power. Don't miss it.
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Nineteen Minutes
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Jodi Picoult
rwilson
, September 24, 2007
This book will wring your heart and blow your mind. It's an inside view to school shootings, especially when the shooter has been bullied. You can read it as an adolescent novel or one for adults--it's genuine enough to work both ways. And if you are a teen--or you work with kids--you musn't miss this important book.
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Beautiful Mind The Life of Mathematical Genius & Nobel Laureate John Nash
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Sylvia Nasar
rwilson
, August 15, 2007
Seeing the movie made from this book and reading the book are two very different experiences! This is a book about math and a memoir, and author Sylvia Nascar somehow manages to render both beautifully. Even if you're not a "mathie" but you are a serious reader, this is a fascinating and thorough biography of a complex man. Once you understand that John Nash's abrasiveness and apparent cruelty come from his disability, you have to feel compassion for him and admiration that he accomplished all he did despite his handicap.
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Creating Handmade Books
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Alisa Golden
rwilson
, July 19, 2007
This looks like an arts/crafts book, but it is more. It is a beautiful bridge between reading and writing, a lifestory of a passionate book artist finding her way, a freeing pathway to making your own poems and books to hold them, and a treasurechest of many book structures you can make, some as simple as a piece of paper and scissors. Everybody loves making a book. Once you make your first blank journal or weddding register, you'll be hooked. Beautiful, clear illustrations and a delight to read and use.
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And a Body to Remember with
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Carmen Rodriguez
rwilson
, July 01, 2007
In her foreword, Carmen Rodriguez says she has reworked both the Spanish and English versions of this book many times, and it shows. Each sentence, though rendered in quiet prose, is poem-perfect. The stories render the horrors of the revolution in Chile, and the low-key style just points up the humanity of the victims in unthinkable circumstances. The difficulties of adjusting to Canadian life for Chilean transplants is equally heart-rendering. This is a must-read for youth and adults alike. I loved this book!
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Generation Me Why Todays Young Americans Are More Confident Assertive Entitled & More Miserable Than Ever Before
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Jean M Twenge
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, May 23, 2007
Parents, schoolteachers, college professors: here is the answer to your question: why are today's kids so different from generations past? so discourteous, self-centered, short-sighted? Twenge conducted research that pretty much proves the answer: when you were born, and when you were 10 years old, has much more influence over your lifeview and behavior than any other factor. Generation Me is written cleverly and passionately. It proves that the "you are special" generation has been badly served by its emphasis on the individual and proposes some interesting approaches to Generation-Me behaviors.
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Drown
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Junot Diaz
rwilson
, January 07, 2007
Everyone's hot for Diaz' _Drown_. True, he's been published in the _New Yorker_ and that gives him a boost up from most of us rarely published unknown fiction writers. But still. . . .his characterizations are haphazard and he plays the one-string pity-me button a little too often. I am not sure yet if this fiction works for me, but it is always good to know the new stuff.
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