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Literature

Summerland Summerland
by Michael Chabon
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I started reading Summerland on a road trip and couldn't put it down. I was hooked from the moment Ethan and a ragtag group of characters — including a depressed Sasquatch and the rudest fairy princess you can imagine — embark on their quest to... (read more)

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Photography

Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War
by Deborah Copaken Kogan
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Fresh out of college and passionate about photography, Deborah Copaken Kogan moved to Paris in 1988 and began knocking on photo agency doors, begging to be given a photojournalism assignment. Within weeks she was on the back of a truck in Afghanistan... (read more)

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Children's

Olivia's Opposites Olivia's Opposites
by Ian Falconer
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Come and go with Olivia! In this enchanting board book, toddlers will join everyone's favorite piglet as they learn about opposites.... (read more)

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Science Fiction and Fantasy

Gardens of the Moon: Malazan  Book of the Fallen #01 Gardens of the Moon: Malazan Book of the Fallen #01
by Steven Erikson
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"Give me the evocation of a rich, complex and yet ultimately unknowable other world, with a compelling suggestion of intricate history and mythology and lore. Give me mystery amid the grand narrative. Give me a world in which every sea hides a crumbled... (read more)

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Religion Eastern

The Book of Tea The Book of Tea
by Okakura Kakuza
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In 1906 in turn-of-the century Boston, a small, esoteric book about tea was written with the intention of being read aloud in the famous salon of Isabella Gardner. It was authored by Okakura Kakuzo, a Japanese philosopher, art expert, and curator. Little... (read more)

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Popular Fiction

The Bourne Ultimatum The Bourne Ultimatum
by Robert Ludlum
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The world's two deadliest spies in the ultimate showdown. At a small-town carnival two men, each mysteriously summoned by telegram, witness a bizarre killing. The telegrams are signed, Jason Bourne. Only they know Bourne's true identity and understand... (read more)

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Mystery

Native Tongue Native Tongue
by Carl Hiaasen
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Hiaasen makes the top of my list for his bitingly funny writing. As a former Floridian who fled the land of greedy land developers and Yankees who dress in pink and green plaid, his story especially rings true to me. Recommended by... (read more)

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Graphic Novels

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
by Marjane Satrapi
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Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, where it elicited comparisons to Art Spiegelman's Maus, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black... (read more)

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Westerns

The Lonely Men: The Sacketts (Sacketts) The Lonely Men: The Sacketts (Sacketts)
by Louis Lamour
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The Lonely Men Tell Sackett had been lured into the Apache's mountain stronghold by the icy beauty of his brother's wife.  He didn't go alone.  John J. Battles, Spanish Murphy and the half-breed Tampico rode beside him.  ... (read more)

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World History

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood
by Alexandra Fuller
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In her 2001 debut, Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, Alexandra Fuller recalled in vivid, often excruciating detail coming of age in Rhodesia as a long civil war raged in neighboring Mozambique and her own country slid down the violent path toward an... (read more)

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Sports and Fitness

Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life
by Tony Dungy
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In this inspiring and reflective memoir, Dungy, the first African-American coach to win a Super Bowl title, tells the story of a life lived for God and family--and challenges readers to redefine their ideas of what it means to succeed.... (read more)

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Foreign Languages

La Casa En Mango Street (Vintage Contemporaries) La Casa En Mango Street (Vintage Contemporaries)
by Sandra Cisneros
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In celebration of the tenth anniversary of its initial publication, and with a new Introduction by the author, here is Sandra Cisneros's greatly admired and bestselling novel of a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago.... (read more)

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Humor

How to Build a Robot Army: Tips on Defending Planet Earth against Alien Invaders, Ninjas, and Zombies How to Build a Robot Army: Tips on Defending Planet Earth against Alien Invaders, Ninjas, and Zombies
by Daniel H. Wilson
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Come on, Humans, stop kidding yourselves. You know that the robots are growing in strength. The confrontation is inevitable. You are unprepared! Buy this book or die. You pathetic bag of water. Recommended by Eugene Lamb, Powells... (read more)

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