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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: On Our Shelves Now
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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I Hate New Music: The Classic Rock Manifesto(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Thompson, Dave
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$24.95
Published: Backbeat Books, 2008
Inventory Status: On Our Shelves Now
Dave Thompson has written a book for anyone who can remember being excited by an entire album and its artwork. Thompson is truly volcanic in his unadulterated contempt for modern pop/rock and goes to enormous and hilarious pains to explain why the classic rock of the late '60s - '70s is the Holy Grail of rock music.--Amjad Saleh Faur, Nightbird Books (Fayetteville, AR)
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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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The Elfish Gene: Dungeons, Dragons and Growing Up Strange(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Barrowcliffe, Mark
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$25.00
Published: Soho Press, 2008
Inventory Status: On Our Shelves Now
Mark Barrowcliffe's memoir of his teenage years playing fantasy role-playing games champions the cause of a widely unacknowledged population of geeks, nerds, and dorks. The Elfish Gene is touching, hilarious, and far too familiar.--Bridget Allison, Phoenix Books (Essex Junction, VT)
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The Private Patient
(Adam Dalgliesh Mysteries (Hardcover))(Hardcover (Cloth))
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James, P. D.
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$25.95
Published: Knopf Publishing Group, 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
The scorpion tail of P.D. James' prose has lost none of its sting in this, her 17th novel. The setting is a lovely English manor in Dorset that has been converted to a surgical clinic, and the victim is a well-known investigative journalist who has come to the clinic. The suspects are as deeply complex as any characters James has created, and Commander Dalgleish exposes their motives with a surgical finesse. The Private Patient is intricate, novelistic, and engrossing.--Betsy Burton, The King's English Bookshop (Salt Lake City, UT)
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An Irish Country Christmas
(Irish Country Books)(Hardcover (Cloth))
by
Taylor, Patrick
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$24.95
Published: Forge, 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Returning to Ballybucklebo, with its doctors and local life, is like slipping into your most comfy slippers and favorite robe. An Irish Country Christmas is winter reading at its most cozy and comforting.--Becky Milner, Vintage Books (Vancouver, WA)
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The Spy Who Came for Christmas(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Morrell, David
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$15.95
Published: Vanguard Press, 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
In The Spy Who Came for Christmas, David Morrell has woven the Christmas story into an entertaining, modern-day spy novel. This is a great little stocking stuffer for the thriller reader on your Christmas list!--Carl Wichman, NDSU Bookstore (Fargo, ND)
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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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Righting the Mother Tongue: From Olde English to Email, the Tangled Story of English Spelling(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Wolman, David
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$24.95
Published: Collins, 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
An informative and humorous look at how we ended up with our English orthography. This is a book for many of us who find that English words never look quite right -- even when correctly spelled. A wonderful weekend read!--Fran Wilson, Colorado State Univ. Bookstore (Fort Collins, CO)
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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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The Better World Shopping Guide: Every Dollar Makes a Difference
(Better World Shopping Guide: Every Dollar Can Make a Difference)(Trade Paperback)
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Jones, Ellis
Format: Trade Paperback
Price:
$9.95
Published: New Society Publishers, 2008
Inventory Status: On Our Shelves Now
The Better World Shopping Guide is an important little book that calls for changes in all our shopping habits. The book rates American companies based on 15 years' research of their records on the environment, human rights, community involvement, and other criteria. I'll soon be switching my credit card company, just one of the many changes I'll make to be a more responsible consumer.--Nancy, Quail Ridge Books & Music (Raleigh, NC)
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Stray Dog Winter(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Francis, David
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$24.00
Published: MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
David Francis has created a flashback to 1980s Communist Russia filled with suspense, intrigue, and a good deal of sexiness. Stray Dog Winter is a novel of breathless moments, passion, politics, and atmosphere so thick you can feel the cold.--Calvin Crosby, Books Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold Story of English(Hardcover (Cloth))
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McWhorter, John
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$22.50
Published: Gotham Books, 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
John McWhorter's Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue offers very interesting ideas about the history of the English language and why it has come to be the way it is today. This very readable book will make you think about English in a new way.--Catherine Carpenter, (, )
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A House in Fez: Building a Life in the Ancient Heart of Morocco(Trade Paperback)
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Clarke, Suzanna
Format: Trade Paperback
Price:
$15.00
Published: Pocket Books, 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Suzanna Clarke's account of restoring a dilapidated house in Fez is full of wonderful descriptions and characters. She's given us a refreshing change from the way we usually view the Muslim world.--Susan Porter, Maine Coast Book Shop (Damariscotta, ME)
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Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Godin, Seth
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$19.95
Published: Portfolio, 2008
Inventory Status: On Our Shelves Now
Not your parent's book on leadership. Seth Godin outlines the many aspects of leading a tribe -- a diverse group of people with a shared interest, none of whom may work for you. This is a handbook for anyone who seeks to influence others, is considering starting a blog, or has a hard time explaining their job at a party.--Rich Rennicks, Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe (Asheville, NC)
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Blood Island: A Matt Royal Mystery(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Griffin, H. Terrell
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$24.95
Published: Oceanview Publishing, 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Matt Royal, an ex-cop and retired lawyer, discovers in a bird sanctuary a dead body that will eventually be a clue in the case of his ex-wife's missing stepdaughter. I really enjoyed Blood Island and will be definitely recommending it.--Andra Tracy, Out Word Bound (Indianapolis, IN)
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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: On Our Shelves Now
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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Blindspot(Hardcover (Cloth))
by
Kamensky, Jane,
Lepore, Jill
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$24.95
Published: Spiegel & Grau, 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
In a masterpiece of teamwork, Kremensky and Lepore, both history professors, have brought alive pre-Revolutionary Boston in the most charming way imaginable by telling the story of an exiled Scottish portraitist and his surprising apprentice. Blindspot kept me guessing (and laughing) from beginning to end -- it is the most entertaining historical novel I've ever read.--Jake Hallman, A Great Good Place for Books (Oakland, CA)
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