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Marilynne Robinson


The Heretic's Daughter
Heretic's Daughter
Kathleen Kent

The Lace Reader
Lace Reader
Brunonia Barry

Nothing with Strings: NPR's Beloved Holiday Stories
Nothing With Strings
Bailey White

 
         

The Fire
The Fire
Katherine Neville


The Given Day
The Given Day
Dennis Lehane

Testimony
Testimony
Anita Shreve

 
True & Unusual
 
We Bought a Zoo: The Amazing True Story of a Young Family, a Broken Down Zoo, and the 200 Wild Animals That Changed Their Lives Forever
We Bought a Zoo
Benjamin Mee

The Necklace: Thirteen Women and the Experiment That Transformed Their Lives
The Necklace
Cheryl Jarvis



Of a Feather: A Brief History of American Birding
Of a Feather
Scott Weidensaul



Faberge's Eggs: The Extraordinary Story of the Masterpieces That Outlived an Empire
Faberge's Eggs
Toby Faber
The Sun and the Moon
The Sun & the Moon
Matthew Goodman
Racing Odysseus
Racing Odysseus
Roger Martin
The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Roam Confidently with the Cultured Class
Intellectual Devotional
David Kidder
Noah Oppenheim
The Intellectual Devotional: American History: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently about Our Nation's Past
Intellectual Devotional
American History

David Kidder
Noah Oppenheim

The Intellectual Devotional: Modern Culture: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently with the Culturati
Intellectual Devotional
Modern Culture

David Kidder
Noah Oppenheim



 
 
   
Geography
 
 
Cookbooks
 



Jacques Pepin More Fast Food My Way
More Fast Food My Way
Jacques Pepin



 



The Bon Appetit Fast Easy Fresh Cookbook
Bon Appetit Fast Easy FreshBarbara Fairchild



 
   
Just Plain Fun for the Holidays
 

Scared of Santa: Scenes of Terror in Toyland
Scared of Santa
Denise Joyce
Nancy Watkins


Mere Anarchy
Mere Anarchy
Woody Allen


 
   
Let the Sedaris Family Entertain You...
 
If you haven't picked up multiple copies of the latest David Sedaris please do, otherwise there is an updated Holidays on Ice with six new stories, and you can get it on CD and pretend NPR is having a Sedaris-a-Thon as you play it over and over. Let's not forget Amy whose take on entertaining is now in paperback. (We included Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell - technically not a Sedaris but a close NPR cousin. This time she tackles the Pilgrims.)

I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence
I Like You
Amy Sedaris


Holidays on Ice
Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris


The Wordy Shipmates
Wordy Shipmates
Sarah Vowell

 
   
Sports
 

Everything They Had: Sports Writing from David Halberstam
Everything They Had
David Halberstam


Cover Image
Black & Gold
Rob Simpson
Steve Babineau


Cover Image
Open Ice
Jack Falla


 
Poetry
 
 
The Truro Bear and Other Adventures: Poems and Essays
The Truro Bear & Other Adventures Poems & Essays
Mary Oliver
Ballistics: Poems
Ballistics
Billy Collins
100 Poems to Lift Your Spirits
100 Poems to Lift Your Spirits
ed. Leslie sPockell
   
Mystery
 
 
The Pyramid: And Four Other Kurt Wallander Mysteries
The Pyramid and Four Other Kurt Wallander Mysteries
Henning Mankell
The Snake Stone Snake Stone: A Novel a Novel
Snake Stone
Jason Goodwin
The Likeness
The Likeness
Tana French
   
Paperback Fiction
 
Uncommon Reader: A Novella
Uncommon Reader
Alan Bennett
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Elegance of the Hedgehog
Muriel Barbery
Cover Image
Fraction of the Whole
Steve Toltz
What Was Lost
What Was Lost
Catherine O'Flynn
One Vacant Chair One Vacant Chair: A Novel a Novel
One Vacant Chair
Joe Coomer
 
   
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