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by Harper Lee  Publisher Comments The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the... (read more) Your Price $3.50 (Used - Mass Market) check for new and sale copies 
by Roald Dahl 
Publisher Comments Roald Dahl was a champion of the underdog and all things little — in this case, an orphaned boy oppressed by two nasty, self-centered aunts. How James escapes his miserable life with the horrible aunts and becomes a hero is a Dahlicious fantasy of... (read more) Your Price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Toni Morrison Publisher Comments Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly. With this brilliantly imagined novel, Toni Morrison transfigures the coming-of-... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your Price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Luis Rodriguez Publisher Comments This award-winning and bestselling classic memoir about a young Chicano gang member is now updated with a new Introduction and reading group guide.... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Kurt Vonnegut Publisher Comments "Slaughterhous-Five is one of the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid... (read more) Your Price $2.50 (Used - Mass Market) check for new and sale copies
by Stephen Chbosky
Publisher Comments Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor. This haunting novel about the dilemma of passivity vs. passion marks the stunning debut of a provocative new voice in... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Barbara Kingsolver Publisher Comments "Animals dream about the things they do in the day time just like people do. If you want sweet dreams, you've got to live a sweet life." So says Loyd Peregrina, a handsome Apache trainman and latter-day philosopher. But when Codi Noline returns to her... (read more) Your Price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Mark Mathabane Publisher Comments Written with courage and conviction, Mark Mathbane's reveals the extraordinary memoir of growing up in a world under apartheid. B&W photo insert.... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Jenna Jameson Publisher Comments When the stewardess brought me off the plane in a wheelchair, I lowered my head. I was too scared to even look at my father. I didn't want to see the disappointment and horror on his face. All that hate I had accumulated for him over the years, all the... (read more) Your Price $32.50 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
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by Richard Preston Publisher Comments "Popular science writing at its best and the years most infectious page-turner" (People), this two-million-copy bestseller is "a top-drawer horror story...the best literary roller coaster of the fall" (Newsweek).... (read more) Your Price $3.75 (Used - Mass Market) check for new and sale copies
by Anne Rice as A. N. Roquelaure Publisher Comments From bestselling author Anne Rice, writing as A.N. Roquleaure. In the traditional folktale of 'Sleeping Beauty, ' the spell cast upon the lovely young princess and everyone in her castle can only be broken by the kiss of a Prince. It is an ancient story,... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Bret Easton Ellis Publisher Comments Now a major motion picture from Lion's Gate Films starring Christian Bale (Metroland), Chloe Sevigny (The Last Days of Disco), Jared Leto (My So Called Life), and Reese Witherspoon (Cruel Intentions), and directed by Mary Harron (I Shot Andy Warhol). <... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Jon Stewart
From Powells.com Why do we love America so much? For the much-celebrated naked pictures of Supreme Court justices? The flashbacks to those stultifyingly dull high school textbooks? Or can it be that seeing the polished irreverence of the Daily Show writers in book form... (read more) Your Price $8.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Robin Cody Publisher Comments Set in a fictional Oregon town in the late 1960s, Cody's superlative coming-of-age novel is the story of Wade, Lorna and Jesse — teenagers preparing to break out of their small-town lives. Wade is the local sports hero. Jesse is his friend, a... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your Price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by John Demilio Publisher Comments One of the most important figures of the American civil rights movement, Bayard Rustin taught Martin Luther King Jr. the methods of Gandhi, spearheaded the 1963 March on Washington, and helped bring the struggle of African Americans to the forefront of a... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your Price $17.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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