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Mike Jay
The Air Loom Gang
The Strange and True Story of James Tilly Matthews and His Visionary Madness
"A wonderful book." Oliver Sacks |
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Juan Luis Arsuaga
The Neanderthals Necklace
In Search of the First Thinkers
Translated by Andy Klatt
A vivid account of one of science's greatest mysteries, now available in paperback. |
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David Britland and Gazzo
Phantoms of the Card Table
Confessions of a Cardsharp
"After carefully watching the super-clever work of the above-mentioned men, after seeing them under fire under all conditions, I have come to the conclusion that Scott is the greatest of them all." Eddie McGuire, professional cardsharp |
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Peter Crowther, editor
Cities
Novellas by China Miéville, Michael Moorcock, Paul Di Filippo, and Geoff Ryman
We're going to some places that you have most assuredly not visited before
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Susan Zakin, editor
Naked
Writers Uncover the Way We Live on Earth
An anthology
Including contributions by T.C. Boyle, Bruce Chatwin, and others, and original contributions by Edward Abbey, Elizabeth Royte, Jack Hitt, Lydia Millet, and others. |
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George Plimpton
The Curious Case of Sidd Finch
With a new preface by Jonathan Ames, including the original Sports Illustrated article.
"Elegant
unique.
a funny, knowing and poignant first novel that, like the split-fingered fastball, moves in ways finally astonishing to behold
A strike." A. Bartlett Giamatti, New York Times Book Review. |
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Gary Lutz
I Looked Alive
Stories
"Gary Lutz is the best writer you've never heard of. To certain stylists, he's a kind of prose god. Lutz
belongs to a category of sentence geniuses that includes Ben Marcus, Aleksandar Hemon, and David Foster Wallace."The (Seattle) Stranger |
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Dr. Gerry Cornelius
How To Be a Perfect Father
The Ultimate Guide for New Dads
In time for Father's Day
! If you buy only one book on parenthood, buy Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care. But if you buy two books, buy this one. Any new father or father-to-be is guaranteed to laugh when he reads it. Unless he cries. |
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Adam Spencer
Adam Spencer's Book of Numbers
Why is 70 weird, and what can we do about it? The answers to these questions, and many more, are contained in 100 bite-size chapters of no more than 2 pages each, all designed to give each number, 1 to 100, its place in the sun. |
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Colin Spencer
Vegetarianism
A History
Now in paperback!
"A fascinating history of the vegetarian diet and those who choose it. A great read for those who abstain and those who don't" Sara Moulton, host, The Food Network's "Sara's Secrets" |
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John Ralston Saul
On Equilibrium
Six Qualities of the New Humanism
A primer for aspiring humans: a number-one international bestseller, at once an attack on our weakness for ideologies and a manual for humanist action. |
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James S. Henry
The Blood Bankers
Tales from the Global Underground Economy
Introduction by Senator Bill Bradley
"A timely reminder of the urgent need to launch a new War on Global Poverty [that] is not only essential for our own peace and security, it also happens to be the right thing to do." Senator Bill Bradley |
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Cassandra Pybus
The Woman Who Walked to Russia
A Writers Search for a Lost Legend
"A strange and singular search for traces of a woman rumored to have walked from New York to Siberia some 75 years ago
One of those gladdening, unselfconsciously idiosyncratic travel narratives that are all too rare." Kirkus Reviews |
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Richard Calder
The Twist
The Matrix meets A Fistful of Dollars in this highly sexed, violent and insouciant novel. |
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Oswald Rivera
The Pharaohs Feast
From Pit-Boiled Roots to Pickled Herring, Cooking through the Ages with 110 Simple Recipes
By the author of the bestselling Puerto Rican Cuisine in America. |
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Edwin Black
War Against the Weak
Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race
"Groundbreaking
chilling
Edwin Black is a dangerous man. He tells us things we don't want to hear
. War Against the Weak is a scary and necessary book." Esquire |
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Richard Condon
The Manchurian Candidate
With a new introduction by Louis Menand
The classic thriller of assassination, brainwashing and treachery.
"Apocalyptic ... Condon is wickedly skillful." Time |
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Harvey Pekar
The New American Splendor Anthology
From off the streets of Cleveland
Basis of the new film starring Paul Giamatti and Hope Davis
Winner of the Grand Prize at Sundance.
Now back in stock! |