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When You Are Engulfed in Flames
by David Sedaris

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Always a delight, never a disappointment, David Sedaris has come out with his finest offering yet. He has a deft touch, moving between sarcasm and sadness or, in this collection, between redneck babysitters and quitting smoking. Recommended by Beth... (read more)
 
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The Gun Seller
by Hugh Laurie

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The Gun Seller reminds me of a well-made gin and tonic — crisp, hip, and refreshing, with a droll twist of lime. Recommended by Carrie, Powells... (read more)
 
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Kurt Vonnegut

Cat's Cradle (63 Edition)
by Kurt Vonnegut

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One of Vonnegut's major works, this is an apocalyptic tale of the planet's ultimate fate, featuring a cast of unlikely heroes.... (read more)
 
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The Friday Night Knitting Club
by Kate Jacobs

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The New York Times bestselling sensation that's Steel Magnolias set in Manhattan (USA Today)-now in paperback. Juggling the demands of her yarn shop and single-handedly raising a teenage daughter has made Georgia Walker grateful for her Friday Night... (read more)
 
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American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis

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Reissue with a new jacket of this modern classic.... (read more)
 
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Soon I Will Be Invincible
by Austin Grossman

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You don't have to have action figures on your desk to appreciate Austin Grossman's novel Soon I Will Be Invincible. Sure, superheroes and supervillains clash on a galactic scale, but it's not all about fighting for Truth and Justice. The reader gets an... (read more)
 
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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle Signed
by David Wroblewski

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Born mute, speaking only in sign, Edgar Sawtelle leads an idyllic life with his parents on their farm in remote northern Wisconsin. For generations, the Sawtelles have raised and trained a fictional breed of dog whose thoughtful companionship is... (read more)
 

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The Lemur
by Benjamin Black

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A new thriller from the Booker Prize-winning and Edgar-nominated author of Christine Falls and The Silver Swan. John Glass's life in New York should be plenty comfortable. He's given up his career as a journalist to write an authorized biography of... (read more)
 
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Possession :a romance
by A S Byatt

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"Possession" is an exhilarating novel of wit and romance, at once an intellectual mystery and a triumphant love story. It is the tale of a pair of young scholars researching the lives of two Victorian poets. As they uncover their letters, journals, and... (read more)
 
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  5. The Road (Oprah's Book Club Selection #57) by Cormac McCarthy
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  7. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
  8. A Man without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut
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On the Road 50th Anniversary Edition On the Road 50th Anniversary Edition
by Jack Kerouac

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A 50th anniversary hardcover edition of Kerouacs classic novel that defined a generation. Few novels have had as profound an impact on American culture as On the Road. Pulsating with the rhythms of 1950s underground America, jazz, sex, illicit drugs,... (read more)
 
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Harvesting the Heart Harvesting the Heart
by Jodi Picoult

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Jodi Picoult earned rave notices for her debut novel, Songs of the Humpback Whale. Now this gifted young writer turns her considerable literary talents to the story of a young woman overcome by the demands of having a family. Written with astonishing... (read more)
 
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The Great Fire
by Shirley Hazzard

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You may already be familiar with some of the fanfare associated with Shirley Hazzard's novel The Great Fire, as it was her first novel in twenty years. Aldred Leith is one of those living in what's left of the Pacific Theatre in the years immediately... (read more)
 
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P. G. Wodehouse

Much Obliged, Jeeves (Collector's Wodehouse)
by P G Wodehouse

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Spring brings four more antic novels by P. G. Wodehouse. In "Quick Service" a complicated chain of events is set into motion after Mrs. Chavender takes a bite of breakfast ham, and readers are reminded that disaster can be averted if you "Ring for Jeeves,... (read more)
 
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Charlotte and Emily Bronte: The Complete Novels
by Charlotte Bronte

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Five classic masterpieces showcase the beauty and passionate imagination of these two extraordinary nineteenth-century novelists. Includes Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Shirley, Villette, and The Professor.... (read more)
 
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Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry Jam: Season 1

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From the makers of Russell Simmons's Def Comedy Jam, comes an all-new series that showcases practitioners of one of the country's fastest-rising performing art forms — def poetry — in an intimate, uncensored format. Taped live at The Supper... (read more)
 
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Bookends
by Jane Green

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"With more warmth and fuzziness than Harrod's sweater department, up-and-comer Green offers a near-perfect — and near perfectly cliched — romantic wish-fulfillment fantasy, complete with perfect gay best friend, perfect bookshop, perfect... (read more)
 
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What I Talk about When I Talk about Running
by Haruki Murakami

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Offers sparkling insights not only about the author's life, but about life itself. Recommended by Gerry, Powells.com... (read more)
 
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