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<title><![CDATA[Beatrice and Virgil]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781400069262</link>
<description><![CDATA[Fate takes many forms. . . .  When Henry receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist, it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. As he is pulled further into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes increasingly involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler monkey—named Beatrice and Virgil—and the epic journey they undertake together.With all the spirit and originality that made Life of Pi so beloved, this brilliant new novel takes the reader on a haunting odyssey. On the way Martel asks profound questions about life and art, truth and deception, responsibility and complicity. ]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Beatrice and Virgil]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yann Martel]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Spiegel & Grau]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781400069262]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Fate takes many forms. . . .  When Henry receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist, it poses a puzzle that he cannot resist. As he is pulled further into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes increasingly involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler monkey—named Beatrice and Virgil—and the epic journey they undertake together.With all the spirit and originality that made Life of Pi so beloved, this brilliant new novel takes the reader on a haunting odyssey. On the way Martel asks profound questions about life and art, truth and deception, responsibility and complicity. ]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9780679603733]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2010-04-13T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[One Good Dog]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780312571252</link>
<description><![CDATA[?One Good Dog is a wonderful novel: a moving, tender, and brilliantly crafted story about two fighters?one a man, one a dog? hoping to leave the fight behind, who ultimately find their salvation in each other. Susan Wilson’s clear and unflinching style is perfectly suited for her story that strips away the trappings and toys we all hide behind, and exposes our essential need to give and accept love in order to thrive.”?Garth Stein, New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain  Adam March is a self-made ?Master of the Universe.” He has it all: the beautiful wife, the high-powered job, the glittering circle of friends. But there is a price to be paid for all these trappings, and the pressure is mounting?until the day Adam makes a fatal mistake. His assistant leaves him a message with three words: your sister called. What no one knows is that Adam’s sister has been missing for decades. That she represents the excruciatingly painful past he has left behind. And that her absence has secretly tormented him all these years. When his assistant brushes off his request for an explanation in favor of her more pressing personal call, Adam loses it. And all hell breaks loose. Adam is escorted from the building. He loses his job. He loses his wife. He loses the life he’s worked so hard to achieve. He doesn’t believe it is possible to sink any lower when he is assigned to work in a soup kitchen as a form of community service. But unbeknownst to Adam, this is where his life will intersect with Chance. Chance is a mixed breed Pit Bull. He’s been born and raised to fight and seldom leaves the dirty basement where he is kept between fights. But Chance is not a victim or a monster. It is Chance’s unique spirit that helps him escape and puts him in the path of Adam. What transpires is the story of one man, one dog, and how they save each other?in ways they never could have expected. ]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[One Good Dog]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Susan Wilson]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[St. Martin's Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780312571252]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[?One Good Dog is a wonderful novel: a moving, tender, and brilliantly crafted story about two fighters?one a man, one a dog? hoping to leave the fight behind, who ultimately find their salvation in each other. Susan Wilson’s clear and unflinching style is perfectly suited for her story that strips away the trappings and toys we all hide behind, and exposes our essential need to give and accept love in order to thrive.”?Garth Stein, New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Racing in the Rain  Adam March is a self-made ?Master of the Universe.” He has it all: the beautiful wife, the high-powered job, the glittering circle of friends. But there is a price to be paid for all these trappings, and the pressure is mounting?until the day Adam makes a fatal mistake. His assistant leaves him a message with three words: your sister called. What no one knows is that Adam’s sister has been missing for decades. That she represents the excruciatingly painful past he has left behind. And that her absence has secretly tormented him all these years. When his assistant brushes off his request for an explanation in favor of her more pressing personal call, Adam loses it. And all hell breaks loose. Adam is escorted from the building. He loses his job. He loses his wife. He loses the life he’s worked so hard to achieve. He doesn’t believe it is possible to sink any lower when he is assigned to work in a soup kitchen as a form of community service. But unbeknownst to Adam, this is where his life will intersect with Chance. Chance is a mixed breed Pit Bull. He’s been born and raised to fight and seldom leaves the dirty basement where he is kept between fights. But Chance is not a victim or a monster. It is Chance’s unique spirit that helps him escape and puts him in the path of Adam. What transpires is the story of one man, one dog, and how they save each other?in ways they never could have expected. ]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-03-02T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[A Common Pornography]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780061766107</link>
<description><![CDATA[In 2003 Kevin Sampsell authored a chapbook memoir of the same title. It was written as a kind of "memory experiment," in which he recollected luminous details from his childhood in independently amusing chapters. It functioned as an experiential catalogue of American youth in the 70s and 80s.  In 2008 Kevin?s estranged father died of an aneurysm. When he returned home to Kennewick, Washington for the funeral, Kevin?s mother revealed to him disturbing threads in their family history -- stories of incest, madness, betrayal, and death -- which retroactively colored Kevin?s memories of his upbringing and youth. He learned of his mother?s first two husbands, the fathers of his three older, mythologized half-siblings, and the havoc they wreaked on his mother. He learned of his own father?s seething resentment of his step-children, which was expressed in physical, pyschological, and sexual abuse. And he learned more about his oldest step-sister, Elinda, who, as a young girl, was labeled "feebleminded" by a teacher. When she became a teenager, she was sent to a psychiatric hospital. She entered the clinic at 98 pounds. She left two years later 200 pounds, diabetic, having endured numerous shock treatments. Then, after finally returning home, she was made pregnant by Kevin?s father. Only at the end of the book do we learn what chance in life a person like this has.  While his family?s story provides the framework of the book, what?s left in between is Kevin?s story of growing up in the Pacific Northwest. He tells of his first jobs, first bands, first loves, and one worn, teal blue suitcase filled with the choicest porn in all of Kennewick, Washington.   Employing the same form of memoir as he did in his previous book, Kevin intertwines the tragic with the everyday, the dysfunctional with the fun, lending A COMMON PORNOGRAPHY its undeniable, unsensationalized reality. The elastic conceit of his "memory experiment" captures the many shades and the whole of the Sampsell family -- both its tragedy and its resiliency. Kevin relates this history in a charming, honest, insightful, and funny voice.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[A Common Pornography]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Sampsell]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Harper Perennial]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780061766107]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[In 2003 Kevin Sampsell authored a chapbook memoir of the same title. It was written as a kind of "memory experiment," in which he recollected luminous details from his childhood in independently amusing chapters. It functioned as an experiential catalogue of American youth in the 70s and 80s.  In 2008 Kevin?s estranged father died of an aneurysm. When he returned home to Kennewick, Washington for the funeral, Kevin?s mother revealed to him disturbing threads in their family history -- stories of incest, madness, betrayal, and death -- which retroactively colored Kevin?s memories of his upbringing and youth. He learned of his mother?s first two husbands, the fathers of his three older, mythologized half-siblings, and the havoc they wreaked on his mother. He learned of his own father?s seething resentment of his step-children, which was expressed in physical, pyschological, and sexual abuse. And he learned more about his oldest step-sister, Elinda, who, as a young girl, was labeled "feebleminded" by a teacher. When she became a teenager, she was sent to a psychiatric hospital. She entered the clinic at 98 pounds. She left two years later 200 pounds, diabetic, having endured numerous shock treatments. Then, after finally returning home, she was made pregnant by Kevin?s father. Only at the end of the book do we learn what chance in life a person like this has.  While his family?s story provides the framework of the book, what?s left in between is Kevin?s story of growing up in the Pacific Northwest. He tells of his first jobs, first bands, first loves, and one worn, teal blue suitcase filled with the choicest porn in all of Kennewick, Washington.   Employing the same form of memoir as he did in his previous book, Kevin intertwines the tragic with the everyday, the dysfunctional with the fun, lending A COMMON PORNOGRAPHY its undeniable, unsensationalized reality. The elastic conceit of his "memory experiment" captures the many shades and the whole of the Sampsell family -- both its tragedy and its resiliency. Kevin relates this history in a charming, honest, insightful, and funny voice.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Stones into Schools]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780670021154</link>
<description><![CDATA[From the author of the #1 bestseller Three Cups of Tea, the continuing story of this determined humanitarian's efforts to promote peace through educationIn this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where Three Cups of Tea left off in 2003, recounting his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005; and the unique ways he has built relationships with Islamic clerics, militia commanders, and tribal leaders even as he was dodging shootouts with feuding Afghan warlords and surviving an eight-day armed abduction by the Taliban. He shares for the first time his broader vision to promote peace through education and literacy, as well as touching on military matters, Islam, and women-all woven together with the many rich personal stories of the people who have been involved in this remarkable two-decade humanitarian effort. Since the 2006 publication of Three Cups of Tea, Mortenson has traveled across the U.S. and the world to share his vision with hundreds of thousands of people. He has met with heads of state, top military officials, and leading politicians who all seek his advice and insight. The continued phenomenal success of Three Cups of Tea proves that there is an eager and committed audience for Mortenson's work and message.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Stones into Schools]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg  Mortenson]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Viking Adult]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780670021154]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[From the author of the #1 bestseller Three Cups of Tea, the continuing story of this determined humanitarian's efforts to promote peace through educationIn this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where Three Cups of Tea left off in 2003, recounting his relentless, ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan; his extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a massive earthquake hit the region in 2005; and the unique ways he has built relationships with Islamic clerics, militia commanders, and tribal leaders even as he was dodging shootouts with feuding Afghan warlords and surviving an eight-day armed abduction by the Taliban. He shares for the first time his broader vision to promote peace through education and literacy, as well as touching on military matters, Islam, and women-all woven together with the many rich personal stories of the people who have been involved in this remarkable two-decade humanitarian effort. Since the 2006 publication of Three Cups of Tea, Mortenson has traveled across the U.S. and the world to share his vision with hundreds of thousands of people. He has met with heads of state, top military officials, and leading politicians who all seek his advice and insight. The continued phenomenal success of Three Cups of Tea proves that there is an eager and committed audience for Mortenson's work and message.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-12-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307454546</link>
<description><![CDATA[An international publishing sensation, Stieg Larsson's The Girl  with the Dragon Tattoo combines murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial  intrigue into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel. Harriet  Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families disappeared over forty years  ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires  Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction,  to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander.  Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stieg Larsson]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Vintage]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780307454546]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[An international publishing sensation, Stieg Larsson's The Girl  with the Dragon Tattoo combines murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial  intrigue into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel. Harriet  Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families disappeared over forty years  ago. All these years later, her aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires  Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel conviction,  to investigate. He is aided by the pierced and tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander.  Together they tap into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9780307272119]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2009-06-23T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Girl Who Played with Fire]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307454553</link>
<description><![CDATA[Part blistering espionage thriller, part riveting police procedural, and part piercing exposé on social injustice, The Girl Who Played with Fire is a masterful, endlessly satisfying novel.  Mikael Blomkvist, crusading publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation. On the eve of its publication, the two reporters responsible for the article are murdered, and the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to his friend, the troubled genius hacker Lisbeth Salander. Blomkvist, convinced of Salander’s innocence, plunges into an investigation. Meanwhile, Salander herself is drawn into a murderous game of cat and mouse, which forces her to face her dark past. From the Paperback edition.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Girl Who Played with Fire]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stieg Larsson]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Vintage]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780307454553]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Part blistering espionage thriller, part riveting police procedural, and part piercing exposé on social injustice, The Girl Who Played with Fire is a masterful, endlessly satisfying novel.  Mikael Blomkvist, crusading publisher of the magazine Millennium, has decided to run a story that will expose an extensive sex trafficking operation. On the eve of its publication, the two reporters responsible for the article are murdered, and the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to his friend, the troubled genius hacker Lisbeth Salander. Blomkvist, convinced of Salander’s innocence, plunges into an investigation. Meanwhile, Salander herself is drawn into a murderous game of cat and mouse, which forces her to face her dark past. From the Paperback edition.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9780307272300]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2010-03-23T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Food Rules]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143116387</link>
<description><![CDATA[ A pocket compendium of food wisdom-from the author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food  Michael Pollan, our nation's most trusted resource for food-related issues, offers this indispensible guide for anyone concerned about health and food. Simple, sensible, and easy to use, Food Rules is a set of memorable rules for eating wisely, many drawn from a variety of ethnic or cultural traditions. Whether at the supermarket or an all-you-can-eat-buffet, this handy, pocket-size resource is the perfect guide for anyone who would like to become more mindful of the food we eat.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Food Rules]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael  Pollan]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Penguin (Non-Classics)]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780143116387]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[ A pocket compendium of food wisdom-from the author of The Omnivore's Dilemma and In Defense of Food  Michael Pollan, our nation's most trusted resource for food-related issues, offers this indispensible guide for anyone concerned about health and food. Simple, sensible, and easy to use, Food Rules is a set of memorable rules for eating wisely, many drawn from a variety of ethnic or cultural traditions. Whether at the supermarket or an all-you-can-eat-buffet, this handy, pocket-size resource is the perfect guide for anyone who would like to become more mindful of the food we eat.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-12-29T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Omnivore's Dilemma]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143038580</link>
<description><![CDATA[A New York Times bestseller that has changed the way readers view the ecology of eating, this revolutionary book by award winner Michael Pollan asks the seemingly simple question: What should we have for dinner? Tracing from source to table each of the food chains that sustain us-whether industrial or organic, alternative or processed-he develops a portrait of the American way of eating. The result is a sweeping, surprising exploration of the hungers that have shaped our evolution, and of the profound implications our food choices have for the health of our species and the future of our planet.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Omnivore's Dilemma]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael  Pollan]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Penguin (Non-Classics)]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780143038580]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[A New York Times bestseller that has changed the way readers view the ecology of eating, this revolutionary book by award winner Michael Pollan asks the seemingly simple question: What should we have for dinner? Tracing from source to table each of the food chains that sustain us-whether industrial or organic, alternative or processed-he develops a portrait of the American way of eating. The result is a sweeping, surprising exploration of the hungers that have shaped our evolution, and of the profound implications our food choices have for the health of our species and the future of our planet.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2007-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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