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Unique and provocative selections from a great diversity of voices...all personally recommended by the independent booksellers of America.
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The Enemy: A Book about Peace(Hardcover (Cloth))
by
Cali, Davide,
Bloch, Serge
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$16.99
Published: Schwartz & Wade Books, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Do you see the two holes in the ground? Do you see the two soldiers in these holes? Do you see the manuals they've been given about The Enemy? What happens when one soldier discovers that he is also The Enemy? The soldiers have been told that there is only one way to end the war, but is that true?--Katie Capaldi , McLean & Eakin Booksellers (Petoskey, MI)
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Blueberry Girl(Hardcover (Cloth))
by
Gaiman, Neil,
Vess, Charles
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$17.99
Published: HarperCollins, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Neil Gaiman has written a beautiful, multicultural celebration. Three wise women (a maiden, mother, and crone) watch as an infant becomes a girl who transforms into a woman of strength and character. Warm and wonderful illustrations perfectly capture the text.--Ellen Richmond, Children's Book Cellar (Waterville, ME)
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The Chosen One(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Williams, Carol Lynch
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$16.95
Published: St. Martin's Griffin, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Carol Lynch Williams has written the suspenseful, realistic story of a 13-yearold girl in an isolated polygamous community whose enforced engagement to her 60-year-old uncle reveals the truth about the religious leadership's corrupt motives and controlling, misogynistic underpinnings. Williams has done an amazing job of bringing some ugly truths to light, while celebrating the resilience, love, and spirit of the young women who survive the experience.--Elizabeth Bluemle, The Flying Pig Bookstore (Shelburne, VT)
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The Curious Garden(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Brown, Peter
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$16.99
Published: Little, Brown Young Readers, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Peter Brown gives us the story of a boy who sets out to brighten his dingy bit of the world through the magical, transformative act of gardening. Beautiful and offbeat, readers will certainly fall in love with this irresistibly curious corner of the world.--Meghan Dietsche Goel, BookPeople (Austin, TX)
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Because I Am Furniture(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Chaltas, Thalia
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$16.99
Published: Viking Children's Books, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
This beautifully crafted novel in verse tells the story of 9th-grader Anke, whose brother and sister bear the brunt of their father's abuse while she is completely ignored. Thalia Chaltas deals with this difficult topic both delicately and honestly.--Suzanna Hermans, Oblong Books & Music (Rhinebeck, NY)
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Llama Llama Misses Mama(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Dewdney, Anna
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$16.99
Published: Viking Children's Books, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
It's Little Llama's first day at school. What could be harder than feeling all alone and missing your mama? As always, Dewdney's rhymes flow effortlessly, with a pacing and repetition that are sure to capture the attention of little llamas everywhere. This is my favorite new read-aloud title.--Lauren, Kepler's Books & Magazines (Menlo Park, CA)
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Dessert First(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Durand, Hallie,
Davenier, Christine
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$14.99
Published: Atheneum Books, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Dessert Schneider is lovable and believable little girl who is always getting into trouble, and learning how to accept the consequences of her actions. Dessert First is a sweet tale about learning lessons in life, especially how to wrong a right. Scrumptious!--Rebeka Leinberger, Blue Manatee Children's Bookstore (Cincinnati, OH)
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The 39 Clues Book 3: The Sword Thief
(39 Clues (Hardback), #3)(Hardcover (Cloth))
by
Lerangis, Peter
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$12.99
Published: Scholastic Inc., 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
In the third installment of this popular series, Amy and Dan Cahill have been located once again, and they seem to be tracking the life of one of the most powerful fighters the world has ever known.--Laura, Inkwood Books (Tampa, FL)
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Along for the Ride(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Dessen, Sarah
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$19.99
Published: Viking Children's Books, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
When Auden suddenly decides to spend the summer before college with her father, stepmother, and new baby stepsister, her whole life starts changing. When she meets Eli, a fellow insomniac/loner, it changes even more, as Auden starts questioning who she really is -- and who she wants to be. Sarah Dessen tells a great story, with characters that you cheer for.--Carol Schneck, Schuler Books (Okemos, MI)
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The Lace Makers of Glenmara(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Barbieri, Heather
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$24.99
Published: Harper, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Would you look for a new beginning in an old country? Kate Robinson does.Exhausted from devastating losses in every aspect of her life, young fashion designer and seamstress, Kate, travels to Ireland, making good on a promise to her dying mother to visit their ancestral home. Sadly unable to make the long planned and hoped for mother-daughter trip any longer, Kate travels alone, trying to outdistance her sadness and anger.Through Kate, the reader is introduced to Glenmara, a tiny, close-knit fishing community of determined inhabitants intent on maintaining their existence and their traditions. Stopping to rest on her pedestrian journey through Ireland, Kate is quickly accepted by the widow Bernie, who is part of a lace making group???caretakers of the hand-made lace craft passed along for generations in their community. As Kate is taught to make lace, she begins to ???pick up the thread??? of her life. Bringing her own talents to the lace makers??? lack of sales of traditional linens, tablecloths and towels, she is able to teach them to reimaging their craft. The reader is drawn into the circumstances of each of the lace makers, who discover that changing the lace, changes their lives.I easily recommend this book to others;??? no needlework experience required. The finely developed characters left this reader hoping for a sequel so that I might continue further into the life of Glenmara and the people that I???d come to know and appreciate.--JK Campbell, Colorado State University Bookstore (Fort Collins, CO)
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Everything Matters!(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Currie, Ron, Jr.,
Currie, Jr.
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$25.95
Published: Viking Books, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
What would you do if you knew the hour and the day that earth was to be destroyed by a meteor? This is the struggle of Junior Thibodeaux. As he reaces against time to save everything he loves the reader will be transfixed and ultimately transformed by this big-hearted, brilliant novel--christopher bowe, Longfellow Books (Portland, ME)
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The Angel's Game(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Ruiz Zafon, Carlos
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$26.95
Published: Doubleday Books, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
In the tradition of Dickens, who wrote books that enjoyed massive success in their time, The Angel's Game is a guaranteed page turner with many twists and turns of plot, a touch of horror, and much suspense. The story takes us back to the gothic universe of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, the Sempere and Son bookshop, and the winding streets of Barcelona's old quarter, in a masterful tale about the magic of books and the darkest corners of the human soul. The book is an examination of the power of books to change our lives in ways we don't even realize.--Milane Christiansen, The Book Works (Del Mar, CA)
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Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Lewis, Michael
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$23.95
Published: W. W. Norton & Company, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Michael Lewis has written a hilarious, yet moving account of his coming to terms with fatherhood. No mushy tribute to the joys of fatherhood, Lewis' book addresses the good, the bad, and the merely baffling about having kids. A wonderful read.--Mitch Gaslin , Food For Thought Books (Amherst, MA)
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The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane(Hardcover (Cloth))
by
Howe, Katherine
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$25.99
Published: Hyperion Books, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Connie Goodwin should be writing her Ph.D. dissertation. Instead, her mother has asked her to handle the sale of Connie's grandmother's abandoned home near Salem, Massachusetts. While cleaning up the years of dust and cobwebs, Connie makes discoveries that lead her back to the world of the Salem witch trials. Howe does a superb job at combining modern day language with the 17th century voices, pulling you even deeper into a story of mystery and witches. Marvelous and terrifying at the same time. I loved it!--Annie Philbrick, Bank Square Books (Mystic, CT)
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The Strain
(Strain Trilogy, #1)(Hardcover (Cloth))
by
del Toro, Guillermo,
Hogan, Chuck
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$26.99
Published: William Morrow & Company, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
The Strain begins with a newly landed plane stopping dead on the runway. When the rescue crews arrive, they discover that all the passengers and crew are dead in their seats, with their necks cut and their bodies devoid of blood. This utterly original novel is absolutely fantastic and like no vampire novel I've read. You will love it!--Jon Tobin, Saturn Booksellers (Gaylord, MI)
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Shanghai Girls(Hardcover (Cloth))
by
See, Lisa
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$25.00
Published: Random House, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Beginning in prewar Shanghai of the 1930s, Shanghai Girls tells an emotional story of two sisters who are 'pawned' in arranged marriages and sent to America as payment for a family debt. Lisa See has written a novel of sacrifice and newfound dreams that you must read.--Carol Hicks, Bookshelf At Hooligan Rocks (Truckee, CA)
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Gone Tomorrow
(Jack Reacher Novels (Hardcover))(Hardcover (Cloth))
by
Child, Lee
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$27.00
Published: Delacorte Press, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Jack Reacher is back. It's 2:00 a.m. on a New York City subway, and something is not quite right, as Jack spots a passenger who might not be what she seems. In his most intensely gripping novel yet, Lee Child takes us on the ride of a lifetime through the dark warrens of NYC.--Jennie Turner-Collins, Joseph-Beth Booksellers (Cincinnati, OH)
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Vanessa & Virginia(Hardcover (Cloth))
by
Sellers, Susan
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$23.00
Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Vanessa & Virginia is written from the point of view of Vanessa Bell, Virginia Woolf's sister, and the novel reads as a lyrical account of their relationship. Sibling rivalries, artistic collaborations, and tender moments between the sisters are contrasted by the individual events (both good and bad) that influence their moods, their relationships, and their works.--Roni K Devlin, Literary Life Bookstore & More (Grand Rapids, MI)
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Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival(Hardcover (Cloth))
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Ollestad, Norman
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$25.99
Published: Ecco, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Crazy for the Storm is a riveting account of survival. Norman Ollestad weaves the story of his unconventional early childhood and the details of a horrible airplane crash into a brilliant tribute to his adventurous father.--Jamie Robinson, Bestsellers Books & Coffee Co. (Mason, MI)
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Coop: A Year of Poultry, Pigs, and Parenting(Hardcover (Cloth))
by
Perry, Michael
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$25.99
Published: Harper, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Our favorite, home-spun memoirist is back with his most heart-felt, moving and always hilarious recollections of his new life on 'the farm', with a brand new baby, and of course, his long-awaited coop of chickens. A delight to read.--Diane Gressman, Books & Company (Oconomowoc, WI)
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