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What Book!?: Buddha Poems from Beat to Hiphop (edited by Gary... by Peter Coyote Peter Coyote wrote the foreword and contributed to this anthology of modern, mindful poetry on Western Buddhism. Edited by Gary Gach, it features selections from... More about this book »	Japanese by Spring by Ishmael Reed Reed’s satire of academia as cultural battleground takes on targets ranging from Eurocentrism to antiporn feminists. – Publishers Weekly More about this book »
The Freelance Pallbearers by Ishmael Reed More about this book »	New and Collected Poems 1964-2006 by Ishmael Reed First poetry collection in nearly twenty years. In language that is pointed, innovative and profoundly optimistic, Reed weaves politics and war with Nigerian poetry... More about this book »
Ten Days in the Hills by Jane Smiley A glorious new novel from the Pulitzer Prize winner: a big, smart, bawdy tale of love and war, sex and politics, friendship and betrayal—and the allure of the... More about this book »	Haroun and the Sea of Stories by Salman Rushdie Set in an exotic Eastern landscape peopled by magicians and fantastic talking animals, Salman Rushdie’s classic children’s novel Haroun and the Sea of Stories... More about this book »
The End (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 13) by Daniel Handler Picking up from the final pages of the Pentultimate Peril, this farewell installment to the ridiculously (and deservedly!) popular A Series of Unfortunate Events... More about this book »	The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature: The Collected... by Neal Pollack It should come as no surprise that the Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature is the inaugural title from McSweeney’s Books, the publishing arm of Dave... More about this book »
Saints and Sinners by Lawrence Wright In this fascinating book about religion in America, one of this country’s most probing yet sympathetic journalists puts forth stories not only of real grace but of... More about this book »	City Children, Country Summer: A Story of Ghetto Children Among... by Lawrence Wright City Children, Country Summer is the story of black and Latin kids from the ghettos of New York who spend the summer with Amish and Mennonite farm families in... More about this book »

Deadly Bones by Terry Odell A dog finding a bone is no big deal—until it turns out to be human. Mapleton Police Chief Gordon Hepler and the mayor can’t agree about what being a cop... More about this book »	Data Insights: New Ways to Visualize and Make Sense of Data by Hunter Whitney Data Insights offers multi-disciplinary perspectives and useful information about how visualizations can open your eyes to data. This thought-provoking... More about this book »
Good Date, Bad Date by Marla Martenson Good Date, Bad Date is every single woman's dating coach—steering readers clear of pitfalls, guiding them to successful and fun dates. With her signature... More about this book »	Diary of a Beverly Hills Matchmaker by Marla Martenson In Diary of a Beverly Hills Matchmaker, Marla takes her readers for a hilarious romp through her days as an L.A. matchmaker and her daily struggles to keep her self... More about this book »
Swann Dives In by Charles Salzberg Swann's last case nearly killed him, emotionally and physically. Now he's sworn off his old profession and taken a steady gig. But climbing stairs to... More about this book »	Dangerously Ever After by Dashka Slater Not all princesses are made of sugar and spice--some are made of funnier, fiercer stuff Princess Amanita laughs in the face of danger. Brakeless bicycles, pet... More about this book »
BETTER ANGELS by Geoffrey Thorne It was supposed to be so simple: just scam the local Russian mobster out of some money and drugs, then skip out of town before he knows he's been fleeced. It looked... More about this book »	Messages from Mother.... Earth Mother by Mare Cromwell <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch... More about this book »
Geographies of Light by Lisa Suhair Majaj This collection spans geographies of war, homelessness, homemaking, longing, and hope as it travels through Palestinian, Lebanese, Jordanian, American and... More about this book »	For the City That Nearly Broke Me by Barbara Jane Reyes These 28 poems are Barbara Jane Reyes at her urban political and poetic best. Of the collection, M. Evelina Galang, author of HER WILD AMERICAN SELF and ONE... More about this book »