Staff Picks

Our Staff loves to read! Here are our favorites this month:

A Discovery of Witches (Paperback)

By Deborah Harkness
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780143119685
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Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 12/2011
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"Magic, history, science, vampires and a love story! What more could you ask for?" - Mary

Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away (Paperback)

By Christie Watson
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9781590514665
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Published: Other Press, 5/2011
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"A great read where the reader cares about the characters who become like your own family. With each crisis the reader learns more about the strengths and weaknesses of the characters in the story." - Joe

Three Weeks in December (Mass Market Paperback)

By Audrey Schulman
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9781609450649
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Published: Europa Editions, 1/2012
"Two stories set in Africa 100 years apart but interwoven. Well done." - Archie

The Street Sweeper (Hardcover)

By Elliot Perlman
$28.95
ISBN-13: 9781594488474
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Published: Riverhead Hardcover, 1/2012
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"A novel about connections, the need to tell one's story and about listening, the holocaust and civil rights movement." - Annie

I Found This Funny: My Favorite Pieces of Humor and Some That May Not Be Funny at All (Paperback)

By Judd Apatow, James Agee, Jonathan Ames
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9781936365241
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Published: McSweeney's Books, 11/2011
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"A nice collection of amusing stories, essays, and screenplays only some of which are funny." - Cody

The One and Only Ivan (Hardcover)

By Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780061992254
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Published: HarperCollins, 1/2012
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"Friends come in strange places and strange ways. Heartwarming elementary book." - Taysie

The Odds: A Love Story (Hardcover)

By Stewart O'Nan
$25.95
ISBN-13: 9780670023165
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Published: Viking Adult, 1/2012
"In an attempt to save their marriage and home, Art and Marion gamble it all on a trip to Niagara Falls." - Mary

Hope: A Tragedy (Hardcover)

By Shalom Auslander
$26.95
ISBN-13: 9781594488382
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Published: Riverhead Hardcover, 1/2012
"Both haunting and irreverantly witty, "Hope: A Tragedy" will certainly be a unique read. What if Anne Frank survived and was living in someone's attic? The darkness is alleviated by the twisted humor so you won't be left depressed. Give it a try!" - Nicole

11/22/63 (Hardcover)

By Stephen King
$35.00
ISBN-13: 9781451627282
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Published: Scribner, 11/2011
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"Well written, intriguing story. The only Stephen King I've been tempted to read and I loved it!" - Annie

The Unremembered: Book One of The Vault of Heaven (Mass Market Paperback)

By Peter Orullian
$7.99
ISBN-13: 9780765364692
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Published: Tor Fantasy, 1/2012
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"Great first installment of 'The Vault of Heaven'. Can not wait for more!" - John

The Art of Fielding (Hardcover)

By Chad Harbach
$25.99
ISBN-13: 9780316126694
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Published: Little, Brown and Company, 9/2011
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Kevin's pick.

Under the Never Sky (Hardcover)

By Veronica Rossi
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780062072030
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Published: HarperCollins, 1/2012
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Pat's pick