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Credit: Douglas & McIntyre
Wildlives
Douglas & McIntyre; ISBN: 978-1553654094; Paperback Original
Price: $16.95, 20% off = $13.56
"Lila considers herself a caretaker of the land and only allows select people into her Canadian wilderness. Those who open up to the secrets of nature around them also discover the hidden nature within themselves."
--Reviewed by Percy
Credit: Doubleday
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Doubleday; ISBN: 978-1571310750; Price: $25.95, 20% off = $20.76
"The young narrator of this lovely book has an unusual attribute; she can taste the feelings of the cook in the foods she eats. As she serches for her place in the world, she discovers that she is not alone; the people all around her have secrets of their own."
--Reviewed by Tova
Credit: Del Rey
Kraken
Del Rey; ISBN: 978-030759262-0; Price: $26.00, 20% off = $20.80
"The London that comes to life in Kraken is a weird metropolis awash in secret currents of myth and magic, where criminals, police, cultists, and wizards are locked in a war to bring about--or prevent--the End of All Things."
--from publisher description
--Recommended by Barry
Credit: Atlantic Monthly Press
Father of the Rain
Atlantic Monthly Press; ISBN: 978-0802119490; Price: $24.00, 20% off = $19.20
"The story begins when Daley's parents divorce and is written from the child's perspective. This leads us to Daley as an adult and the revelations she has about her childhood and how that affects the decisions she makes as an adult. Great story of family, how it can define you and how you let it define you."
--Reviewed by Percy
Credit: Viking
The Dead Republic
Viking; ISBN: 978-0670021772; Price: $26.95, 20% off = $21.56
"It's 1946, and Henry has crawled into the desert of California's Monument Valley to die. He's stumbled onto a film set, though, and saved by none other than Henry Fonda...--the magnificent final act in the life of one of Roddy Doyle's most unforgettable characters."
--publisher description
--Recommended by Peter
Credit: Free Press
The Madonnas of Echo Park
Free Press; ISBN: 978-1439170809; Price: $23.00, 20% off = $18.40
"Brando Shyhorse's stunning debut is a novel of interconnected stories of Mexican Americans in Los Angeles that will take your breath away. This heartbreaking and powerful novel is about the loneliness and interconnectedness of its characters as well as being the story of isolation and place."
--Reviewed by Tova
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Credit: Twelve
Hitch-22: A Memoir
Twelve; ISBN: 978-0446540339; Price: $26.99, 20% off = $21.59
"Hitchens fascinates the reader with the life he has lived and observed and, as always, relates his story with precision and consideration."
--Bill Cusumano, Nicola's Books, Ann Arbor, MI
--Recommended by Peter S.
Credit: Penguin
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
Penguin; ISBN: 978-0374278175; Paperback;
Price: $16.00, 20% off = $12.80
"When Novella Carpenter moved to inner city Oakland and discovered a weed-choked, garbage-strewn abandoned lot next door to her house, she closed her eyes and pictured heirloom tomatoes and a chicken coop."
--from publisher description
--Recommended by Peter
Credit: Harper
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
Harper; ISBN: 978-0061452055; Price: $26.99, 20% off = $21.59
"A fast-moving, intelligent description of why human life has so consistently improved over the course of history, and a wonderful overview of how human civilizations move forward!"
--James Watson
--Recommended by Peter
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Credit: Palgrave Macmillan
The Government of Self and Others:
Lectures at the Collège de France 1982-1983
Palgrave Macmillan; ISBN: 978-1403986665; Price: $30.00, 20% off = $24.00
"This lecture, given by Michel Foucault at the Collège de France, launches an inquiry into the notion of parresia and continues his rereading of ancient pholosophy."
--from publisher description
--Recommended by Peter
Credit: W.W. Norton
Quantum
Einstein, Bohr, & the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality
W.W.Norton; ISBN: 978-0393078299; Price: $27.95, 20% off = $22.36
"A super-collider of a book, shaking together an exotic cocktail of free-thinking physicists, tracing their chaotic interactions and seeing what God-particles and black holes fly up out of the maelstrom..."
--Andy Martin, The Independent
--Recommended by Peter
Credit: University of Chicago Press
Law in the Laboratory
A Guide to the Ethics of Federally Funded Science Research
University of Chicago Press; ISBN: 978-0226101651; Paperback;
Price: $29.00, 20% off = $23.20
"A superb review of the complex laws, regulations, and generally accepted procedure that relate to the conduct of biomedical research in the United States."
--Katherine High, William Bennett Professor of Pediatrics
at the University of Pennsylvania
--Recommended by Peter
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Credit: Hyperion
The Red Pyramid:
The Kane Chronicles, Book 1
Hyperion; ISBN: 978-1423113386; Price: $17.99, 20% = $14.39
"On Christmas Eve, Sadie and Carter are reunited when their father brings them to the British Museum, with a promise that he's going to "make things right." But all does not go according to plan..."
--Book Jacket
--Recommended by Lori
Credit: Balzer + Bray
Seth Baumgartner's Love Manifesto
Balzer + Bray; ISBN: 978-0061827532; Price: $16.99, 20% off = 13.59
"If you're ever been dumped, you'll relate to this winning story about one ordinary boy's funny, flawed attempts at putting the pieces back together. Not just a breakup book, Seth's story is about the complications of love in many forms."
--Megan McCaffrey, author of Jessica Darling series
--Recommended by Lori
Credit: Hyperion
city dog, country frog
Hyperion; ISBN: 978-1432103004; Price: $17.99, 20% off = $14.39
"Mo Willems' spare, poignant text and Jon J. Muth's expressive watercolors team up to present a reflection on the natural course of friendship--and life--that will resonate with readers of all ages."
--from publisher description
--Recommended by Lori