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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
by Haruki Murakami

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Haruki Murakami is generally considered the greatest Japanese writer of his generation, but at times he seems more in tune with the culture of the West than of his native country. Throughout his work, the food, music, movies, and literature... (read more)

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No Country for Old Men No Country for Old Men
by Cormac McCarthy

Powells.com Staff Pick
This may not be Cormac McCarthy's best book, or even one of the best books of the year (in fact, its construction is a bit incoherent), yet I remain a sucker for the peculiar blend of melancholy and savagery that permeates all of McCarthy's work... (read more)

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
by Hunter S Thompson

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When Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer bought the Modern Library in 1925, its mission was ? and still is ? to provide attractive, hardcover editions of important works of literature and thought to serious readers on a budget. The Modern Library became... (read more)

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High Fidelity High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby

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In the nineties, while Americans were looking to cloying John Gray to explain the differences between men and women, the Brits were having a much better time learning about the foibles of gender from two of their best satirists. Taken together... (read more)

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Dogwalker: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) Dogwalker: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries)
by Arthur Bradford

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From O. Henry Award-winning short story writer Arthur Bradford comes this strangely outlandish yet compassionate collection that signals a major new voice in fiction. One young man steals his blind friend's truck and is caught by the cops, while another... (read more)

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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by Eric Schlosser

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"What we eat has changed more in the last forty years than in the last forty thousand," Schlosser observes, yet most Americans know very little about how that food is made, where, by whom, and at what cost. Fast Food Nation traces the industry's... (read more)

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Annals of the Former World Annals of the Former World
by John McPhee

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In 1978, New Yorker science writer John McPhee set out on a series of road trips with prominent geologists. In each case, they remained close to Interstate 80, which spans the country at about the 40th parallel. McPhee's purpose was to write an... (read more)

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Kingdom of Shadows Kingdom of Shadows
by Alan Furst

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Many Alan Furst fans ? and their numbers are growing rapidly ? are under the mistaken impression that he is English. This is due to the fact that Furst, a native New Yorker, established his initial reputation on the other side of the Atlantic. It's... (read more)

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In the City of Shy Hunters In the City of Shy Hunters
by Tom Spanbauer

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In 1991, Tom Spanbauer X-ed his spot on the literary map with The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon, a boisterous, bawdy romp through an alternative Old West peopled by uptight Mormons, big-hearted whores, and one unforgettable bisexual Indian. The book... (read more)

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The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century The Great Unraveling: Losing Our Way in the New Century
by Paul Krugman

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Though Paul Krugman has been sounding the alarm twice a week in his New York Times column, he is no alarmst. That such a distinguished economist has become so distressed about current policies should concern citizens of all political persuasions. That he... (read more)

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Soul Mountain Soul Mountain
by Gao Xingjian

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Born in 1940, Gao Xingjian was still a young man when China's decade long Cultural Revolution began in 1966. This disastrous period represented China's bizarre attempt to create a utopian society by both erasing its extensive history and obliterating... (read more)

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Tomcat in Love Tomcat in Love
by Tim Obrien

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Tim O'Brien is known as a "Vietnam" writer, primarily because his novels and stories about that particular catastrophe and its aftermath are without question among the finest ever written. O'Brien won the 1979 National Book Award... (read more)

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The Quiet American The Quiet American
by Graham Greene

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Whenever someone asks me to recommend a novel that deals with cultural collision, this is my first choice. Having lived amongst lots of different peoples, I have a prejudice toward books on cross-culture mishap, and am continually amazed that given... (read more)

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The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism
by Fritjof Capra

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After a quarter of a century in print, Capra's groundbreaking work still challenges and inspires. This updated edition of The Tao of Physics includes a new preface and afterword in which the author reviews the developments of the twenty-five years since... (read more)

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How To Be Your Dogs Best Friend: The Classic Training Manual for Dog Owners How To Be Your Dogs Best Friend: The Classic Training Manual for Dog Owners
by The Monks of New Skete

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"[T]he Monks of New Skete have completely revised and updated their original work to include 'the most current ideas about training and dog care' while remaining 'faithful to what we have learned through our experience.' Given the changes in the dog... (read more)

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The Battle For God The Battle For God
by Karen Armstrong

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"In The Battle for God, Armstrong brilliantly traces the struggle between the burgeoning Western secularism and the religious fundamentalism that has dogged its heels for the past five hundred years, culminating in that greatest of all fundamentalist... (read more)

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Jack Maggs Jack Maggs
by Peter Carey

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When Booker Prize-winning author Peter Carey first read Charles Dickens's classic, Great Expectations, he brought with him the point of view of his fellow Australians, whose ancestors had been exiled from England and sent to what was then a penal... (read more)

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Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine: Stories Sonny Liston Was a Friend of Mine: Stories
by Thom Jones

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Thom Jones has no hope of being selected for Oprah's celebrated book club. Jones's raw stories of Haldol-fogged vets, self-deluded boxers, and advertising men in existential crisis smell too strongly of testosterone, sweat and despair for the daytime TV... (read more)

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Pastoralia Pastoralia
by George Saunders

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In an era that boasts Jerry Springer, Tammy Faye Baker, and "Survivor Africa," it's difficult to make it as a satirist. Any effort to exaggerate the world's ridiculous contractions — the satirist's stock in trade — falls flat... (read more)

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How to Lose Friends & Alienate People How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
by Toby Young

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In 1995 high-flying British journalist Toby Young left London for New York to become a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. Other Brits had taken Manhattan-Alistair Cooke then, Anna Wintour now-so why couldn't he? But things didn't quite go according to... (read more)

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