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by William Stolzenburg Publisher Comments A provocative look at how the disappearance of the world’s great predators has upset the delicate balance of the environment, and what their disappearance portends for the future... (read more) Your price $17.49 (Sale - Hardcover) check for other copies
by Tana French Publisher Comments The eagerly anticipated follow-up to the New York Times bestselling psychological thriller In the Woods. Six months after the events of In the Woods, Detective Cassie Maddox is still trying to recover. She's transferred out of the murder squad and started a relationship with Detective Sam O'Neill, but she's... (read more) Your price $18.16 (Sale - Hardcover) check for other copies
by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence Publisher Comments When the Iraq war began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could think of only one thing: the fate of the Baghdad Zoo, located in the city center and caught in the war's crossfire. Once Anthony entered Baghdad he discovered... (read more) Your price $10.46 (New - Trade Paper) check for other copies
by Susan Mallery Publisher Comments Is there anything sweeter than a first love? Don't ask Claire Keyes. The twenty-eight-year-old piano prodigy has never had a regular boyfriend, much less a real romance. Her music career has left little room for friends or family which is just part of the reason she hasn't... (read more) Your price $5.59 (Sale - Microsoft eBook) check for other copies
by David Sedaris Powells.com Staff Pick 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) List Price $25.99 Your Price $17.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Joe Bageant Powells.com Staff Pick Deer Hunting with Jesus is a hilarious, depressing, and painfully honest chronicle of an America often cited but rarely listened to: rural lower-class whites. With brilliant, spot-on detail, Joe Bageant reports on the historical, economic, and... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your Price $9.76 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Ryszard Kapuscinski Powells.com Staff Pick Several months ago, I happened upon a copy of The Shadow of the Sun. From its opening pages, I understood why I'd been hearing such laudatory praise about Ryszard Kapuściński for years here was some of the most astonishing travel writing... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your Price $10.46 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Joe Bageant Publisher Comments After thirty years spent scratching together a middle-class life out of a "dirt-poor" childhood, Joe Bageant moved back to his hometown of Winchester, Virginia, where he realized that his family and neighbors were the very people who carried George W. Bush to victory. That was ironic, because... (read more) Your price $9.76 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for other copies
by Steven Galloway Publisher Comments A spare and haunting, wise and beautiful novel about the endurance of the human spirit and the subtle ways individuals reclaim their humanity in a city ravaged by war. In a city under siege, four people whose lives have been upended are...(read more) Your price 17.46 (Sale - Hardcover) check for other copies
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by Douglas Wolk Publisher Comments Suddenly, comics are everywhere: a newly matured art form, filling bookshelves with brilliant, innovative work and shaping the ideas and images of the rest of contemporary culture. In Reading Comics, critic Douglas Wolk shows us... (read more) Your price $11.86 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for other copies
Publisher Comments John Adams is a sprawling HBO miniseries event that depicts the extraordinary life and times of one of America's least understood and most underestimated founding fathers: the second President of the United States.... (read more) Your price $52.55 (Sale - DVD) check for other copies
by Johan Bruyneel and Bill Strickland and Lance Armstrong Publisher Comments On the tour and inside the mind of Johan Bruyneel, the winningest team leader in cycling history and the mastermind behind the success of the world's most celebrated champion, Lance Armstrong. Johan Bruyneel knows what it takes to win. In 1998, this... (read more) Your Price $25.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by William Gibson Powells.com Staff Pick Spook Country is Gibson at the top of his game, with gorgeous detail, page-turning suspense, and fascinating characters. If you've never read this author in the past because his work was categorized as science fiction, pick up this book, which is all too... (read more) Your Price $15.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Kiara Brinkman Publisher Comments When Sebby Lane asks his mother where he came from, she points to the trees high above their heads... In this startling and brave debut novel, Kiara Brinkman introduces an extraordinary.... (read more) Your price $8.40 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for other copies
by Laurie Notaro Publisher Comments Laurie Notaro has an uncanny ability to attract insanity and leave readers doubled over with laughter. Need proof? Check out The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death and try not to bust a gut. Join Notaro as she... (read more) Your price $14.00 (Sale - Hardcover) check for other copies
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