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New Arrivals

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    The Wild Things

    Dave Eggers
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    Big Man: Real Life & Tall Tales

    Clarence Clemons and Don Reo
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    My Dead Body

    Charlie Huston
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    But Not for Long

    Michelle Wildgen
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Anthologies
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Who Is Mark Twain? (With Free eBook)
Who Is Mark Twain? (With Free eBook)
by Mark Twain
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Purchase the hardcover edition of Who Is Mark Twain? and you'll immediately receive a link to the PDF eBook version of the book. Download the file (which can be read in any PDF reader, including Adobe Acrobat) and you'll be enjoying the book in... (read more)

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Science Fiction and Fantasy
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Turn Coat: Dresden Files #11
Turn Coat: Dresden Files #11
by Jim Butcher
Staff Pick
A supernatural whodunit wrapped up in sorcery and magic, Turn Coat is genius. Butcher manages some crafty plot twists, adds some very scary monsters, and throws in political intrigue with White Council machinations. Not only does Harry have to defeat the... (read more)

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Health and Medicine
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Natural Healing Wisdom and Know How: Useful Practices, Recipes, and Formulas for a Lifetime of Health
Natural Healing Wisdom and Know How: Useful Practices, Recipes, and Formulas for a Lifetime of Health
by Amy Rost
Staff Pick
This guide is so comprehensive, you'll never have to Google again. Covering everything from naturopathy and homeopathy to mind-body healing and cures for specific ailments, Natural Healing Wisdom and Know-How is a great reference for natural-healing enthusiasts and those just beginning to dabble.
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Literature
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Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories
Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories
by Tobias Wolff
Staff Pick
This collection of new and classic short stories shows why Wolff is one of today's preeminent storytellers. He's already a fixture in modern American literature textbooks — but Wolff's writing is too sharp, too alive, too urgent to be confined solely to school assignments.
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DVDs
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Reader (Widescreen)
Reader (Widescreen)
The Reader, set in post-WWII Germany, follows teenager Michael Berg as he engages in a passionate but secretive affair with an older woman named Hanna. Eight years after Hanna's disappearance, Michael is stunned to discover her again as she stands on trial for Nazi war crimes. The Reader is a haunting story about truth and reconciliation and how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another.... (read more)

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Adobe Digital Editions
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Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels
Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels
by Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan
Publisher Comments
The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name... We do it in the dark. Under the sheets. With a penlight. We wear sunglasses and a baseball hat at the bookstore. We have a "special place" where we store them. Let's face it: Not many folks are willing to publicly... (read more)

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Featured Titles
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Bicycle Diaries
Bicycle Diaries
by David Byrne
Staff Pick
Talking Heads fans will flock to this book. Bicycle enthusiasts will shove each other out of the way to get the first copy. But it's the cyclists who are also Talking Heads fans that you really have to watch out for, because they're going to be... (read more)

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Literature
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Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice
by Thomas Pynchon
Staff Pick
I'm no pro from Dover, but I think that there are as many ways of looking at a work by Pynchon as he has storylines in each book. Inherent Vice is definitely one of the more approachable works by a guy who can have the reader wading hip-deep through... (read more)

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Botany
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The Sibley Guide to Trees
The Sibley Guide to Trees
by David Allen Sibley
Staff Pick
In his new book, David Allen Sibley shifts his focus from birds to trees, including gorgeous illustrations and fascinating information. The Sibley Guide to Trees will dramatically change the way you look at your backyard, your neighborhood, and the... (read more)

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Current Affairs
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Staff Pick
In this thought-provoking and profoundly inspiring book, Kristof and WuDunn reveal the cruel and maddening reality faced by women who experience violence and oppression. Half the Sky will stir feelings of admiration and discomfort, and hopefully sow the... (read more)

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Nature Studies
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The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
by Richard Dawkins
Staff Pick
Just when you were almost out of topics to argue about, here comes Richard Dawkins with another defense of evolution. But hang on — The Greatest Show on Earth isn't some enraged polemic, but a well-reasoned, intriguing counter-attack on Intelligent... (read more)

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Sale Books
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A Partisan's Daughter (Vintage International)
A Partisan's Daughter (Vintage International)
by Louis de Bernieres
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From the acclaimed author of Corelli’s Mandolin and Birds Without Wings (“de Bernières has reached heights that few modern novelists ever attempt” —The Washington Post Book World) comes an intimate new novel, a love story at... (read more)

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Bestsellers

Friday, November 6, 2009
Bicycle Diaries
  1. Bicycle Diaries
    by David Byrne
  2. The Sibley Guide to Trees
    by David Allen Sibley
  3. Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
    by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
  4. Return to the Hundred Acre Wood
    by David Benedictus
  5. The Year of the Flood
    by Margaret Atwood
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