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by Khaled Hosseini Powells.com Staff Pick Never mind the sophomore slump this book devours that cliché. As well as illuminating the rich history and familial culture behind war-torn Afghanistan, A Thousand Splendid Suns is filled with authentic relationships and characters that are... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price $14.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Sara Gruen Powells.com Staff Pick Well, first, I am a sucker for any book set at the circus. But throw in the massive talent that Sara Gruen has and then tell me a love story? Far from the cliché book club pick, Water for Elephants will be read for your next club meeting and then you'll... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Denis Johnson Powells.com Staff Pick Ambition doesn't always translate into success, which is why some books that take authors nearly ten years to write become massive paperweights. Then there's Tree of Smoke, Denis Johnson's first novel in nine years and an unconditional masterpiece... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price $12.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Roberto Bolano Powells.com Staff Pick A decidedly Mexican novel that spans the entire globe, The Savage Detectives is Homer's Odyssey, Hemingway's A Moveable Feast and Borges's Ficciones all rolled into one and somehow becomes more than the sum of its parts in the process. Beautifully... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price $ (Used - ) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Thomas Frank Publisher Comments From the author of the landmark bestseller What’s the Matter with Kansas?, a jaw-dropping investigation of the decades of deliberate—and lucrative—conservative misrule In his previous book, Thomas Frank explained why working America... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $16.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Barack Obama Publisher Comments “A government that truly represents these Americans–that truly serves these Americans–will require a different kind of politics. That politics will need to reflect our lives as they are actually lived. It won’t be pre-packaged... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price $ (Used - ) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Kate Atkinson Powells.com Staff Pick It's hard to believe Kate Atkinson could follow up Case Histories with such a superb may I suggest even superior? novel: sly and witty, honest and humane, and, finally, complex and suspenseful. One could not ask for more than the whole... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price $10.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Dave Boling Publisher Comments An extraordinary epic of love, family, and war set in the Basque town of Guernica before, during, and after its destruction by the German Luftwaffe during the Spanish Civil War. Calling to mind such timeless war-and-love classics as Corelli's... (read more) Your price $26.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Doug Keister Publisher Comments Popularity meets affordability as America's favorite house style (according to a 2005 survey on About/Architecture.com) comes at a price point that every bungalow fan can afford. There is perennial interest in all things bungalow related. Every year... (read more) Your price $12.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by John Steinbeck Publisher Comments In his journal, John Steinbeck called East of Eden "the first book," and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of California's Salinas Valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $9.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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by Elizabeth Gilbert Powells.com Staff Pick Not long after her thirtieth birthday, on the heels of an ugly divorce, Elizabeth Gilbert traveled for a year, to Italy, India, and finally Indonesia. In Italy she wanted to explore the art of pleasure (pasta, wine, handsome men speaking a beautiful... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Stephenie Meyer Powells.com Staff Pick The Host, Stephenie Meyer's first book for an adult audience, is a fascinating story of love and betrayal set against the backdrop of an alien invasion. In this thought-provoking and captivating novel, in which alien parasites take over human bodies, the... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price $16.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Jeannette Walls Publisher Comments Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by F. Scott Fitzgerald Publisher Comments This is the definitive, textually accurate edition of a classic of twentieth-century literature, The Great Gatsby. The story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan has been acclaimed by generations of readers... (read more) List Price $11.00 Your price $4.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Joshua Ferris Powells.com Staff Pick Then We Came to the End tells the story of an ad agency in decline, circa 2001. "We had a toy client, a car client, a long-distance carrier and a pet store," readers are told. We. Ferris uses the first person plural to present the agency's collective... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Kim Edwards Publisher Comments Kim Edwardsas stunning family drama evokes the spirit of Sue Miller and Alice Sebold, articulating every motheras silent fear: what would happen if you lost your child and she grew up without you? In 1964, when a blizzard forces Dr. David Henry to... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $3.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Ian McEwan Special Offer Buy the set! Order On Chesil Beach now and receive the acclaimed 28-minute film about Ian McEwan for only $5 more.... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price $12.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Michael R Perry Publisher Comments A multitude of books and magazines help brides with decisions big and small--while the groom is left groping in the dark. But this one-of-a-kind guide offers indispensable advice on buying a ring, marriage licenses, dealing with the officiator, dealing... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $3.40 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Robert S. Cortright Publisher Comments A remarkable gallery of lavish photographs which elevate bridges from pieces of the roadway to pieces of art. With 306 colorful pictures from 28 countries across 6 continents, Cortright awakens the eye and mind to the beauty of bridges. These are... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price $25.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Jerome R. Corsi Publisher Comments In this thoroughly researched and documented book, the #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry explains why the extreme leftism of an Obama presidency would leave the United States... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price $18.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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