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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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Kid What Happened After My Boyfriend & I Decided to Go Get Pregnant an Adoption Story
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Dan Savage
Eric Watson
, March 20, 2015
A hilarious and informative look into one couple's experiences with adoption. Dan Savage takes you through all of the steps that were involved in his own adoption process, including all of the awkward, funny, and sobering feelings and events that pop up along the way.
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Wicked The Life & Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
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Gregory Maguire
Eric Watson
, March 20, 2015
I was originally reluctant to read this book due to all of the hype surrounding Wicked, but it's truly an amazing story. The Wicked Witch's backstory is beatuifully crafted and brings wonderful depth to the Wizard of Oz universe. Often overlooked, I believe, are the themes within the book pertaining to animal rights. The story directly explores some of the issues of speciesism, which I think helps to emphasis the related, but much more commonly discussed, theme of "otherness".
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Crying of Lot 49
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Thomas Pynchon
Eric Watson
, March 20, 2015
One of my favorite books of all time! Definitely not for everybody, but Pynchon delivers a dense and powerful narrative. It's loaded with cryptic and intriguing symbols that propel the story from a banal mystery to a post-modern enigma, even if the symbols' ultimate meanings remain shrouded or confoundingly polysemic.
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Synaptic Self How Our Brains Become Who We Are
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Joseph Ledoux
Eric Watson
, March 20, 2015
This book provides a great introduction to neuroscience for the average reader. The author details many of the fundamental aspects of how our brains operate to form our memories, personalities, emotions, and sense of self. I came away from this book with a much better understanding of basic human neurology.
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Emperor of the Air
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Ethan Canin
Eric Watson
, March 20, 2015
Truly amazing! I've re-read this collection a number of times and each time I come away with a profound sense of the interdependencies between all of us. The author has an amazing way of authentically voicing a variety of characters. The stories illustrate snapshots of a diverse number of human experiences: loss of a spouse, the hardships of growing up, the joy of raising a child, and a sense of general awe with simply being alive.
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Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat & Other Clinical Tales
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Sacks, Oliver
Eric Watson
, March 20, 2015
Oliver Sacks takes the reader through a number of interesting case studies he's encountered. A great read for anyone who's interrested in the way we perceive the world around us. An amazing collection of stories!
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Live in a Better Way Reflections on Truth Love & Happiness
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Dalai Lama
Eric Watson
, March 20, 2015
This book is a wonderfully concise book of practical advice from the Dalai Lama. It provides a quick introduction to Buddhism and then surveys different mental exercises you can practice to improve your own outlook on life. One of my favorite aspects of this book is that the Dalai Lama provides advice knowing that not everyone is Buddhist. In fact, he tries to bridge the gaps between the different major religions and find their common grounds. His advice is largely simple in theme (although not always easy to incorporate into your life) and is largely compatible with the worldviews of all religions, centering on cultivating more happiness and compassion in your life.
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Samurais Tale
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Erik Chris Haugaard
Eric Watson
, March 18, 2015
Highly recommend this book to teens and adults, alike. This was one of all time favorite books as a middle-schooler. The author has the power to transport the reader to historic Japan and his ability to maintain suspense within the plot makes this a difficult book to put down!
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Global Political Ecology
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Michael Watts
Eric Watson
, March 18, 2015
This book provides some refreshing insight into global environmental issues! I had the amazing chance of having Dr. Peet as a professor while being introduce to this book and it was one of my favorite academic experiences in undergrad. The book focuses on the paradigm shiting discipline of "political ecology", the application of Marxist philosophy and political economic analysis to modern environmental problems. Many of the most eye-opening parts of the books involve deconstructing some of the common assumptions we have about our physical and social systems, and teasing them apart until we can find the true roots of modern environmental crises.
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Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
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David Sedaris
Eric Watson
, March 18, 2015
Sedaris has the power to take every-day experiences and, with a dash of sarcasm and neurotic slant, turn them into comic masterpieces. I always enjoying reading his works, and this one was no exception.
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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki & His Years of Pilgrimage
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Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel
Eric Watson
, February 24, 2015
I've read a lot of Murakami's works and this is one has quickly become one of my favorites. Although it's not the most surreal of his works, it definitely provides a healthy dose of his trademark whimsy. At its core it deals with how we experience feelings of loss and alienation, but in a way that truly only Murakami could explore.
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Stranger Things Happen
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Kelly Link
Eric Watson
, February 19, 2015
Kelly Link is probably my favorite short story author and this collection does not disappoint. My favorite story by her is "Stone Animals", which belongs to another collection. But the elements that make that short story my favorite (anxious anticipation, curious ambiguity, dark humor...) can be found in many of the stories in this book.
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