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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 J D Salinger Publisher Comments Ever since it was first published in 1951, this novel has been the coming-of-age story against which all others are judged. Read and cherished by generations, the story of Holden Caulfield is truly one of America's literary treasures.... (read more) Your Price $4.50 (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 Tobias Wolff Publisher Comments This unforgettable memoir, by one of our most gifted writers, introduces us to the young Toby Wolff, by turns tough and vulnerable, crafty and bumbling, and ultimately winning. Separated by divorce from his father and brother, Toby and his mother are... (read more) Your Price $4.95 (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 $6.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used 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) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Marcus Sanders and Sandow Birk and Dante Alighieri Publisher Comments A faithful yet totally original contemporary spin on a classic, Dante's Inferno as interpreted by acclaimed artist Sandow Birk and writer Marcus Sanders is a journey through a Hell that bears an eerie semblance to our own world. Birk, hailed by the Los... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your Price $12.00 (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 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
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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 $9.95 (Used - Hardcover) 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) Your Price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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 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
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 $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Nancy Friday Publisher Comments The author of the groundbreaking bestseller My Secret Garden returns to the subject that made her famous to document and explore women's sexual fantasies of today. With actual transcripts of over 150 sexual fantasies, drawn from thousands of interviews... (read more) Your Price $3.95 (Used - Mass Market) check for new and sale copies
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