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Wendy
Wendy is the Events Manager for the store. When she's not pursuing authors to fill our busy schedule, she is riding her electric bike (it's a cruiser!) to work and around town. If you are interested in weight lifting she would love to talk to to you about proper form...all day long. She has also has become a paleo/primal diet fanatic. She reads historical fiction (with a focus on royalty), Cultural Revolution memoirs, Daniil Kharms and other absurdists and always makes room for dystopian fiction on her nightstand. She was briefly obsessed with religious polygamy.
$15.99
ISBN-13: 9780765312860
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Published: Tor Books, 6/2007
I looked at this cover for years, always on my way down the aisle towards the restroom. Each time I saw it, I vowed to read it... 7 years later I did. It is a fun jaunt through a magical world filled with fairies, shapeshifters, and the humans that are attuned to them and it has a great cover!
$18.00
ISBN-13: 9780547745015
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Published: Mariner Books, 8/2011
Rich with historical details Oliver Potzsch takes you into the world of his ancestors, a long line of executioners. Filled with harrowing suspense and action you will stay up reading late into the night. And, good luck!, there will be more from Oliver Potzsch soon!
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ISBN-13: 9780140185850
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Published: Penguin Books, 8/1993
I discovered this book by doing a Google search on 'dystopian fiction', my favorite kind. We is a timeless classic, a must read if you often wonder what will happen to us after the end times.
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ISBN-13: 9780312426392
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Published: Picador, 11/2006
I never pictured myself falling in love with a group of French revolutionaries that have been dead for about 200 years, but I did. Hilary Mantel brings that period of French History and the men involved to life. Danton earned a particularly special place in my heart. What a life!
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ISBN-13: 9780394744209
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Published: Pantheon, 3/1986
I am embarrassed to say that I had never heard of Harry Mulisch before he recently passed away. I chose to read one of his novels as a memorial for him. The Assault grabs your heart in a fist like grip and doesn't let go. It was a perfect introduction to a fantastic writer.
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9781933633121
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Published: Melville House, 2/2007
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ISBN-13: 9781582344157
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Published: Bloomsbury USA, 7/2004
Having not read any Douglas Coupland prior and to be perfectly honest starting this with preconceived notions of what to expect, I was pleasantly surprised to find myself incredibly moved by this novel. The last few pages express loss and regret in a way that stunned me. I can pick up this novel at any time, read the last 4 pages and immediately start crying.
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ISBN-13: 9781400078776
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Published: Vintage, 3/2006
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9780156028776
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Published: Mariner Books, 9/2003
I am a huge historical fiction fan. You will embrace this book when you are finished...not wanting to let go just yet.
$17.00
ISBN-13: 9780385495622
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Published: Anchor, 5/2002
$29.95
ISBN-13: 9781891830433
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Published: Top Shelf Productions, 8/2003
Craig Thompson is one of my favorite artists. Blankets is an incredibly sweet coming of age story, filled with the complex issues of religion & family dynamics - Gorgeous.
$23.00
ISBN-13: 9780375759161
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Published: Modern Library, 4/2002
$19.95
ISBN-13: 9781560974703
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Published: Fantagraphics Books, 1/2002
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ISBN-13: 9780375714689
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Published: Pantheon, 7/2006
Wonderfully drawn, moving.
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780802170446
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Published: Black Cat, 2/2008
This is a wonderful love story, filled with the unique complications of living under Chairman Mao.
$12.99
ISBN-13: 9780060534264
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks, 3/2004
I'm glad that I didn't read this when I was 16, I would most certainly have tried to run away and join the circus. Amanda Davis has created rich characters, real and imagined, that stay with you. Wendy
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780425166871
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Published: Berkley Trade, 3/1999
Anchee Min's memoir is one of my top recommended books and inspired me to take a year of Mandarin. A career high, was recently welcoming Anchee Min to our store and being given te opportunity to introduce her.
$13.00
ISBN-13: 9781596921207
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Published: MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 6/2005
Brilliant. Adrian Mole and Ignatius Riley rolled into one.
$12.00
ISBN-13: 9781931561846
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Published: MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 10/2004
Joey Goebel brings you an interesting group of characters. From a near psychotic 8-yr old to an ex-Iraqi soldier searching for redemption from the soldier he shot in the first Gulf War - with a sexy grandma and a disabled stripper in the middle. They form a band and rock it like Chuck Norris on the tilt-a-whirl.
$12.95
ISBN-13: 9781932234688
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Published: Vertical, 2/2007
This book make me want to explode. The projects are too cute, my words couldn't do them justice. I often find myself flipping through the pages, freaking out.
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9781590200421
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Published: Overlook Press, 7/2009
$17.00
ISBN-13: 9780345425508
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Published: Ballantine Books, 10/1999
There are many, many, many books written about Elizabeth I, and Alison Weir's is the best. She brings her sharp skills and perspective to the amazing story of a "bastard" child born to a soon-to-be beheaded queen that survives against all odds and becomes one of the most powerful rulers in all Europe. It's ironic that as Henry VIII disposed of wives left & right in his pursuit for a male heir, Elizabeth was there all along. I like to think of it as Anne Bolyen's revenge.
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780767927574
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Published: Broadway, 12/2008
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ISBN-13: 9780060559151
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks, 1/2007
I listen to quite a bit of audio, with a commute of up to an hour, and this novel was one of the best audio books I have listened to. The suspense & intrigue had me gripping my steering wheel all the way to work. It was so good, that I ended up bouncing back & forth between the actual book & audio version, because I couldn't wait.
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ISBN-13: 9781582343761
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Published: Bloomsbury USA, 11/2003
I LOVE everything miniature. I have an actual physical reaction that causes me to break out in a goofy smile, or worse - giggles. This is just the book to bring that out in me. I could look at it for hours - and I have.
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780143118589
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Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 3/2011
Shades of Grey is fantastic! Jasper Fforde brings us an exciting and imaginative (of course, it's Jasper Fforde!) new world. This is out in January, mark your calendars and come see him when he reads in February on the Third Place Stage!!
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ISBN-13: 9780684838465
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Published: Simon & Schuster, 10/2000
One of my all time favorite books. With some of the best lines. "Dazzle camouflage, Clyde. Dazzle camouflage."
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9781590172698
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Published: NYRB Classics, 7/2008
A wonderful novel - written in '74 it has that classic scifi movie feel to it. You can almost see Charlton Heston. You are kept in the dark as much as the main character and the world slowly unfolds for you as he discovers the secrets of the city! A great read.
Wendy is the Events Manager for the store. When she's not pursuing authors to fill our busy schedule, she is riding her electric bike (it's a cruiser!) to work and around town. If you are interested in weight lifting she would love to talk to to you about proper form...all day long. She has also has become a paleo/primal diet fanatic. She reads historical fiction (with a focus on royalty), Cultural Revolution memoirs, Daniil Kharms and other absurdists and always makes room for dystopian fiction on her nightstand. She was briefly obsessed with religious polygamy.
