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Unique and provocative selections from a great diversity of voices...all personally recommended by the independent booksellers of America.
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And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Burroughs, William S.,
Kerouac, Jack
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$24.00
Published: Grove Press, 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Unlike most rediscovered works by well-known authors, this collaboration between two of the best-known Beat writers is well done and extremely readable. Based on actual events and told in alternating chapters, this will not disappoint fans of either writer.--Carol Schneck, Schuler Books (Okemos, MI)
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The Hour I First Believed(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Lamb, Wally
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$29.95
Published: Harper, 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
In The Hour I First Believed, Wally Lamb captures the essence of modern America through the events of the past decade. Though sweeping, the story resonates in a powerfully intimate and personal way, at once heart-wrenching and hopeful, with characters so deeply conceived that you will think of them and their lives long after you have finished reading the book.--Suzy Staubach, UConn Co-op (Storrs Mansfield, CT)
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American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Rinella, Steven
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$24.95
Published: Spiegel & Grau, 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
American Buffalo is a fascinating, panoramic account of buffalo, their evolution, and the long history of their relationship with humans. Rinella's enthusiasm for his subject is evident as he skillfully juxtaposes his personal experience as a proficient and dedicated hunter with sections on archaeology and history, all accessibly and engagingly written.--Lynne Almeida, Spellbound Children's Books (Asheville, NC)
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2666(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Bolano, Roberto,
Wimmer, Natasha
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$30.00
Published: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
2666 is the culmination of Roberto Bolano's expansive brilliance, as traces of such previous works as The Savage Detectives have been perfected and fused together seemlessly as part of a larger whole. This is a daring book that takes major risks throughout, and its overall impact is impossible to ignore or ever forget.--Nathan Halter, The Doylestown Bookshop (Doylestown, PA)
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Prince of Stories: The Many Worlds of Neil Gaiman(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Wagner, Hank,
Golden, Christopher,
Bissette, Stephen R.
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$29.95
Published: St. Martin's Press, 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
A bibliography, a biography, and a miscellany of Neil Gaiman and his work. For new readers or devotees, here's a host of background information and insights.--Brian Grover, Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop (Brookfield, WI)
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Made from Scratch: Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Woginrich, Jenna
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$20.95
Published: Storey Publishing, 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Jenna Woginrich writes an honest and humorous account of her efforts to bring more self-reliance into her life, and by not sparing us her beginner's mistakes, she really encourages the reader to plant a garden, raise some chicks, or learn to play an instrument. Woginrich provides amateur homesteaders an instructive start, and an entertaining read to boot!--Sherri Gallentine, Vroman's Bookstore (Pasadena, CA)
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There Are Cats in This Book(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Schwarz, Viviane,
Schwarz, Viviane
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$16.99
Published: Candlewick Press (MA), 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
It's a fun, fun lift-the-flap book--and full of cats! Who doesn't like cats? Okay, my mom doesn't like cats. But even she'd like this book.--Diana Portwood, Bob's Beach Books (Lincoln City, OR)
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The Unnameables(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Booraem, Ellen
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$16.00
Published: Harcourt Children's Books, 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
The well-ordered, rigid home of foundling, Medford Runyuin is an island called 'Island' because names should identify and usefulness is imperative. Feeling like an outcast, he struggles to conform until two very unconventional 'stinky' new friends enter his world and send everything awhirl. This is a marvelous tribute to change and creativity!--Kathy Carrigan, Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop (Brookfield, WI)
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Hunger Games(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Collins, Suzanne
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$17.99
Published: Scholastic Press, 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
This compelling, page-turning futuristic novel takes readers into a world that pits teenagers against each other in a fight to the death for the glory and well-being of their district. But when Katniss discovers the young man from her district is in love her, she is faced with having to kill him to survive or sacrificing herself to save him.--David Richardson, (, )
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Graceling(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Cashore, Kristin
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$17.00
Published: Harcourt Children's Books, 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
In a world where some people are born with extreme and often feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for redemption from her own horrifying Grace, that of killing, and teams up with another young fighter to save their land from a corrupt king. Action packed with a strong, feisty girl.--Kristi Tiedt, Butterfly Books (De Pere, WI)
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A Mercy(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Morrison, Toni
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$23.95
Published: Knopf Publishing Group, 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
With an economy of language that is both piercing and fine, Toni Morrison is a master in full stride as she takes us on a journey, set in 1680s America, where survival requires trust and dependence between people, particularly women, of different race and experience. Raising the question of the price of dominion, A Mercy explores the very art of thwarted mercy itself. This is a brilliant and flawless novel.--Sheryl Cotleur, Book Passage (Corte Madera, CA)
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The Eleventh Man(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Doig, Ivan
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$26.00
Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
A football team that makes the papers in 1941 goes to war in 1943, its players deployed from Europe to the Pacific -- all but the quarterback, who, son of a journalist, is assigned to chronicle their exploits for the wartime propaganda machine he loathes. Indelibly wrought characters and a plot that mixes love, treason, heroism, and history make this a blissfully good read.--Betsy Burton, The King's English Bookshop (Salt Lake City, UT)
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Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Myron, Vicki,
Witter, Bret
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$19.99
Published: Grand Central Publishing, 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
When a cold, wet kitten is pulled from a library book-return box on a winter day in Spencer, Iowa, no one could imagine what changes this very extraordinary cat would bring to a town and a library director -- both in need of some good news. More than a memoir, this book is a lesson in love, devotion, and a sense of community spirit.--Janet Hart, Bookpeople Of Moscow (Moscow, ID)
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Old Bear(Hardcover (Cloth))
by
Henkes, Kevin
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$17.99
Published: Greenwillow Books, 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
"Old Bear falls asleep and dreams of the seasons. The changing color palette of the delightful illustrations mimic the seasons, making this a visual treat for young eyes." --Lisa Fabiano, Wellesley Booksmith, Wellesley, MA
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