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Unique and provocative selections from a great diversity of voices...all personally recommended by the independent booksellers of America.

Cultivating Delight: A Natural History of My Garden
by Ackerman, Diane
Format:  Trade Paperback
Price:  $13.95
Published: Harper Perennial, 2002
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"In all my years of bookselling, I've never read a book whose title so accurately described its contents. Ackerman is a wonderful combination of naturalist and gardener. A delight indeed." - Debbie Clough, Scott's Bookstore, Mt. Vernon, WA

The Enigma of Anger: Essays on a Sometimes Deadly Sin
by Keizer, Garret
Format:  Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:  $22.95
Published: Jossey-Bass, 2002
Inventory Status: Out of Print

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"A thoughtful, intelligent, and accessible book of essays, especially welcome in this age where it seems people often fail to stop and reflect. This is an important book, and we are lucky to have Keizer living among us." - Linda Ramsdell, Galaxy Bookshop, Hardwick, VT

T'ongil: The Thirst for Love
by Winter, Julian
Format:  Trade Paperback
Price:  $19.95
Published: Stillmind Publishing, 2002
Inventory Status: Special Order - Subject to Availability

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"If you could read silk, this is how it would read: flowing, soft, sensuous. The story of a couple from disparate, yet similar cultures -- Native American and Korean, it is filled with symbolism and spirituality." - Cindy Blackshear, Pine Island Books, Matlacha, FL

Speaks the Nightbird
by McCammon, Robert R.
Format:  Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:  $29.95
Published: River City Publishing, 2002
Inventory Status: Special Order - Subject to Availability

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"Our staff and customers call this one of the best books we've ever read. McCammon has recreated 16th-century Carolina in his mainstream look at a beautiful and brilliant, foreign woman on trial as a witch." - Jake Reiss, The Alabama Booksmith, Homewood, AL

Jack Frake
(Sparrowhawk (Paperback), #1)

by Cline, Edward
Format:  Trade Paperback
Price:  $13.50
Published: MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2002
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days

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"The first in a series with a fresh perspective on the American Revolution. Frake is a Cornishman sentenced to 8 years of servitude in the Colonies. The author's style will keep you turning the pages." - Barbara Peters, Poisoned Pen, Scottsdale, AZ

Samuel Johnson Is Indignant: Stories
by Davis, Lydia
Format:  Trade Paperback
Price:  $14.00
Published: Picador USA, 2002
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"Each story here, a wicked little bit, is utterly attentive to every little thing and word." - Adam Munsey Tobin, Pegasus Books, Berkeley, CA

Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
by Azerrad, Michael
Format:  Trade Paperback
Price:  $16.99
Published: Little Brown and Company, 2002
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days

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"This book is a treasure and an education for any indie, alt-rock, or punk fan." - Frazer Dobson, Chapter 11 Books, Atlanta, GA

The Hope Valley Hubcap King
by Murphy, Sean
Format:  Mass Market Paperback
Price:  $5.99
Published: Dell Publishing Company, 2002
Inventory Status: Special Order - Subject to Availability

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"This is the most wondrous read since Life of Pi. I actually don't want to say much about it. Just open it up and read; you will not be disappointed." - Walter Conklin, Putnam Book Center, Carmel, NY

The Maquisarde
by Marley, Louise
Format:  Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:  $23.95
Published: Ace Books, 2002
Inventory Status: Special Order - Subject to Availability

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"Late in the 21st century, a flutist living with her family in Paris safely inside the 'Line of Partition' flees in grief after a tragedy and becomes a Maquisarde, a member of the resistance, and must face the truth about the forces which have brought evil to the world. Marley's strong women characters and compelling action will draw in even those who think they don't read this genre!." - Cheryl McKeon, Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, WA

Kiln People
by Brin, David
Format:  Mass Market Paperback
Price:  $7.99
Published: Tor Books, 2003
Inventory Status: Special Order - Subject to Availability

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"The story combines the archetypical detective story with classic SF themes. What is individuality in a world where people can make clay copies of themselves to serve their every need? I love the way that Brin combines a wonderful story with science, philosophy, and humor." - Rachel King, Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza, Albany, NY


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Fool's Errand: Book 1 of the Tawny Man
(Tawny Man, #1)

by Hobb, Robin
Format:  Mass Market Paperback
Price:  $7.99
Published: Spectra Books, 2002
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days

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"Hobb returns to the story of a tormented assassin with powers he doesn't quite understand, drawing together the threads of her previous fantasies into one grand epic." - Chris Aylott, The Space-Crime Continuum, Northampton, MA

The Woman Who Wouldn't Talk
by McDougal, Susan, Harris, Pat, Thomas, Helen
Format:  Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:  $25.00
Published: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2002
Inventory Status: Out of Print

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"I am one that is very skeptical of political tell-all books, but this one is different. It is a story of strength, courage and loyalty, something very much lacking in recent history." - John Presta, Reading on Walden Bookstore, Chicago, IL

Soul of Nowhere
by Childs, Craig
Format:  Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:  $22.95
Published: Sasquatch Books, 2002
Inventory Status: Special Order - Subject to Availability

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"Childs explores the less visited sections of the American West, where he disappears for weeks at a time. An enthusiastic, adventurous, and open writer, the mystery and grandeur of these places comes alive beautifully in Childs' new book." - Curt Witteveen, Annie Bloom's, Portland, OR

Sixteen Scandals with CD (Audio)
by Strauss, William, Strauss, Stephen, Newport
Format:  Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:  $24.95
Published: Sourcebooks Mediafusion, 2002
Inventory Status: Out of Print

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"Few are more hilariously adept at poking fun at the foibles of our political leaders than the Capitol Steps, whose ability to set embarrassing moments to music have made them an institution. This collection features their greatest and most acerbic hits of the last twenty years." - Joe Murphy, Olsson's, Washington, DC

Rowing to Latitude: Journeys Along the Arctic's Edge
by Fredston, Jill A.
Format:  Trade Paperback
Price:  $15.00
Published: North Point Press, 2002
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"Fredston talks about the 15 years of rowing in the Arctic she and her husband have done. Her descriptions of the land are superb, her insights into the risk of this type of travel are deeply thoughtful, and her adventures are downright incredible." - Barb Wieser, Amazon Bookstore Cooperative, Minneapolis, MN

A Name of Her Own
(Tender Ties Historical (Paperback), #1)

by Kirkpatrick, Jane
Format:  Trade Paperback
Price:  $13.99
Published: Waterbrook Press, 2002
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"Marie Dorion was the only woman with the first group of white men to travel overland from Missouri to Oregon after the Lewis and Clark expedition. It's also an early feminist tale: Marie, a young Native American mother who's only called 'femme,' seeks to create her own identity as she struggles to keep her family intact and alive. A must-read for all the fans of Ambrose's work." - Jeanne Anderson, Dark Horse Books, Teton Valley, ID

Memoirs: A Twentieth Century Journey in Science and Politics
by Teller, Edward, Schoolery, Judith, Shoolery, Judith
Format:  Trade Paperback
Price:  $18.95
Published: Basic Books, 2002
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"A fascinating read by and about a brilliant man who has been involved in some of the most important events of this century." -Joanne Crenshaw, Front Street Books, Alpine, TX

The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World
by Uglow, Jenny, Uglow, Jennifer S.
Format:  Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:  $30.00
Published: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2002
Inventory Status: Out of Print

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"In the 1760s, a group of friends, including Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgewood, met monthly for an exchange of ideas and experiments, essentially starting the Industrial Revolution. A wonderful work of history that reads like a novel." - John Potterat, Chinook Bookshop, Colorado Springs, CO

High and Mighty: Suvs-The World's Most Dangerous Vehicles and How They Got That Way
by Bradsher, Keith
Format:  Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:  $28.00
Published: PublicAffairs, 2002
Inventory Status: Out of Print

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"I feel in danger every day I commute; I welcome this important expose of the very powerful and ruthless automobile industry." - Matt Astrella, UCI Bookstore, Irvine, CA

The Frozen-Water Trade: A True Story
by Weightman, Gavin
Format:  Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:  $23.95
Published: Hyperion Books, 2003
Inventory Status: Out of Print

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"A great retelling of one's man dream to harvest and sell ice. It's a wonderful story about the guts and obstinacy it took to be an entrepreneur in the early 19th century." - Jim Bolce, Joseph-Beth Booksellers, Cincinnati, OH

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