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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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Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Perry, Michael
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$25.99
Published: Harper, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Our favorite, home-spun memoirist is back with his most heart-felt, moving and always hilarious recollections of his new life on 'the farm', with a brand new baby, and of course, his long-awaited coop of chickens. A delight to read.--Diane Gressman, Books & Company (Oconomowoc, WI)
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The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet(Hardcover (Cloth))
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$27.95
Published: Penguin Press, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
In this book, which is full of observations and maps, we see the world through the eyes of a Cheerio-obsessed twelve-year-old with the wisdom of an old soul. It is funny, tender, heartwarming, heartbreaking, and full of insight. On every page there was something that I wanted to read aloud to anyone who would listen.--Jake Hallman, A Great Good Place for Books (Oakland, CA)
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Brooklyn(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Toibin, Colm
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$25.00
Published: Scribner Book Company, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
In a quiet and compassionate novel, Toibin gives us a rich and intricate story of a young Irish woman who unexpectedly leaves her small town and her family for a vibrant place in fifties America called Brooklyn. We watch her mature and change, and ultimately we witness her transgressive choice of what she will call love and home. This is a skillfully self-contained 'bildungsroman' which reads like an ode to both yearning and constancy.--Marie du Vaure, Vroman's Bookstore (Pasadena, CA)
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Not Becoming My Mother: And Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way(Hardcover (Cloth))
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$19.95
Published: Penguin Press, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Having read about Ruth Reichl's eccentric and long-suffering mother in Tender at the Bone, I wasn't sure I was ready to revisit this unusual (or not so) family. Ms. Reichl does a wonderful job of showing us the person at the heart of Miriam Reichl, a woman who struggled against the constraints of 1950's American culture, and who encouraged her daughter to enter a world which, in her own generation, Miriam so desperately wanted to belong but could not access. Most of this book is based on letters and diaries that Ruth found after her mother's death. How bittersweet that some of the most intimate insights about our loved ones take place after the grave separates us.--Lisa Stefanacci, The Book Works (Del Mar, CA)
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Cutting for Stone(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Verghese, Abraham
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$26.95
Published: Knopf Publishing Group, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Cutting for Stone resists easy categorization -- it is just as much the chronicle of a bond between twin brothers and family as it is a book about medicine, or a story of grace. Verghese's carefully drawn characters are compelling and unforgettable -- this is a book you will have to share with others, if you can bear parting with your copy.--Meredith Allison, Brazos Bookstore, Inc. (Houston, TX)
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Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Grandin, Temple,
Johnson, Catherine
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$26.00
Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
In Animals Make Us Human, Temple Grandin's special connection to animals is obvious once again, and she has written, with Catherine Johnson, a great reference for animal lovers and animal behaviorists. Like Helen Keller, the autistic author shows that having disabilities does not mean that you are an incapable human being -- rather, she proves the contrary.--Rachel Olin-Levy, Books & Books, Inc. (Coral Gables, FL)
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Cutting for Stone(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Verghese, Abraham
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$26.95
Published: Knopf Publishing Group, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Cutting for Stone resists easy categorization -- it is just as much the chronicle of a bond between twin brothers and family as it is a book about medicine, or a story of grace. Verghese's carefully drawn characters are compelling and unforgettable -- this is a book you will have to share with others, if you can bear parting with your copy.--Meredith Allison, Brazos Bookstore, Inc. (Houston, TX)
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Script and Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Florey, Kitty Burns
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$22.95
Published: Melville House Publishing, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Tracing the story from the earliest cave scribblings to the Palmer Method to today's text-message-composed novels, this is a great read for anyone who has ever agonized over their signature, wondered what the slant on their 'l' means, or deplored the state of penmanship in today's typing world.--Jenn Northington, The King's English Bookshop (Salt Lake City, UT)
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A Day and a Night and a Day(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Duncan, Glen
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$24.99
Published: Ecco, 2009
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Glen Duncan's A Day and a Night and a Day is one of the most challenging books I have read in years, pushing a reader to consider what it means to be human and to be moral in the world today. Combining a love story with contemporary politics, Duncan has crafted a flawlessly written story -- honest and unflinching -- as impossible to put down as it is to forget.--Leslie Reiner, Inkwood Books (Tampa, FL)
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The Little Giant of Aberdeen County(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Baker, Tiffany
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$24.99
Published: Grand Central Publishing, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Truly is definitely larger than life in body and in her personality. Motherless from birth, with a perfect sister, her life is mostly a disaster. Almost fairytale-like, this book has it all -- giants, wicked (sort of) step-mothers and magic, of course. How Truly makes sense of her life and finds a place in the world that just doesn't seem to have room for her makes for one splendid book. I truly could not put it down and kind of missed being with Truly when it was finished--Kym, Wellesley Booksmith (Wellesley, MA)
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Shelter Me(Trade Paperback)
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Fay, Juliette
Format: Trade Paperback
Price:
$14.99
Published: Avon a, 2009
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This debut novel features family, friends, and grief in a touchingly warm and funny way. These are real people going through the motions of daily living. Fay's characters run the gamut and could live next door to any of us. I cried and laughed with Janie as she figures out how to go on living without her beloved husband, Robby.--Judy Manzo, Book Ends (Winchester, MA)
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The Book of Unholy Mischief(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Newmark, Elle
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$26.00
Published: Atria Books, 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
I'd like to add my vote for The Book of Unholy Mischief by Elle Newmark. It's a delicious thriller set in Venice in 1498. Luciano is a street kid -- using his wits and his friends to survive until a master chef literally plucks him from the street and takes him to live in the doge's kitchen. There Luciano learns about food, life and integrity. He also learns about a mysterious book that everyone wants. The quest for the book and surviving it's impact bring chills and thrills. A mystery for foodies! It's fantastic!!!--Linda Dewberry, Whodunit? Books (Olympia, WA)
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Beat the Reaper(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Bazell, Josh
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$24.99
Published: Little Brown and Company, 2009
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Josh Bazell's BEAT THE REAPER goes down like a good Bloody Mary with a powerful kick. The briskly-paced thriller offers an entertaining plot. quirky characters and a shocking ending that will haunt the reader for a long while.--Amy Pierson, Toad Hall Bookstore (Rockport, MA)
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The Piano Teacher(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Lee, Janice Y. K.
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$25.95
Published: Viking Books, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Ms. Lee makes a powerful entry into the literary world with this lush, intriguing novel of Hong Kong on the edge of World War II and then its aftermath. Creating characters as exotic and mysterious as the story's locale she portrays a society that was lost, a facade that eventually brought horrific costs to most of its members.--Bill Cusumano, Nicola's Books (Ann Arbor, MI)
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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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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
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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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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
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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 Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Anderson, M. T.
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$22.99
Published: Candlewick Press (MA), 2008
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Sequel to the National Book Award winner, this historical novel transports the reader to the early days of America's revolution. The future is open, everything is up in the air, and the hardest choice is one of loyalty: should Octavian fight for the rebels who want to keep him a slave, or should he follow hope and side with the royalists who promise him personal freedom? Anderson's provocative story continues to enlarge the young-adult novel in thoughtful, glorious ways.--Mark David Bradshaw, Watermark Books (Wichita, KS)
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Theodosia and the Staff of Osiris
(Theodosia (Cloth))(Hardcover (Cloth))
by
Lafevers, R. L.
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$16.00
Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), 2008
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Rarely does a sequel stand up as well as this one does. Once again Theo battles the Serpents of Chaos but this time she must contend with her grandmother's determination to find her a suitable governess, some mysterious new artifacts at the museum and an overly helpful assistant curator. Theo is an immensely likable smart but prickly heroine.--Sara Carter, Children's Bookshop (Kent, WA)
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