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The People's Apocalypse by Ariel Gore Everything from Christian fundamentalist rapture predictions to environmentalist utopian visions is included in this unique collection of writings about the end... More about this book »	Dead Men Don't Anwser by Charles A. Ray Another Al Pennyback mystery. Al is asked by a young woman to find out why her fiance, supposedly dead for six months, answered his phone. As he investigates, a... More about this book »
Season of the Wolf by Jeffrey J. Mariotte When Alex Converse, heir to a coal company fortune, visits Silver Gap, Colorado to make an environmentally themed documentary film, he's hoping to change some... More about this book »	The Language of Fiction by Brian Shawver This practical guide, created just for writers of fiction, will show you how to take your writing to the next level by exploring the finer points of language. The... More about this book »
Confessions of a Predatory Lender by Irma Fritz Meet Christy. She’s all about Palouse. She was born in the town of Palouse, in the Palouse region of Washington State. Her family name is Palus, and her father is a... More about this book »	The Love That Moves Me by Marilyn Kallet Marilyn Kallet's The Love That Moves Me is a collection of love poems inspired by Dante's Inferno, as well as by Rimbaud's relationship with Verlaine, and by... More about this book »
Why We Write: 20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What... by Meredith Maran Twenty of America's bestselling authors share tricks, tips, and secrets of the successful writing life. Anyone who's ever sat down to write a novel or even a story... More about this book »	Israela by Batya Casper In Israela, the lives of three women interweave with the story of their country. Ratiba, an Israeli journalist, turns her back on her heritage to marry an... More about this book »
Virgin Soul by Judy Juanita “We called it City, a raggedy, in-the-flatlands, couldn’t-pass-the-earthquake code, stimulating, politically popping repository of blacks who couldn’t get to... More about this book »	Walk! The Cathar Way by Charles Davis A full guide to the Cathar Way, a 250 kilometre trail crossing the Languedoc region of southern France from the foothills of the Pyrenees to the shores of the... More about this book »

Whispers From God (paperback of Oh The Hell Of It All) by Pat Montandon After an eleven year marriage to a man she loved beyond reason, a beautiful son, living at the top of the economic scale, an unexpected... More about this book »	Bouchon by Thomas Keller Thomas Keller, chef/proprieter of Napa Valley's French Laundry, is passionate about bistro cooking. He believes fervently that the real art of cooking lies in... More about this book »
Maximum Ride: The Final Warning by James Patterson Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride and the other members of "Flock"--Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel--are just like ordinary kids--only they have wings... More about this book »	The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie The Enchantress of Florence is the story of a mysterious woman, a great beauty believed to possess the powers of enchantment and sorcery, attempting to command her... More about this book »
Love and Biology at the Center of the Universe by Jennie Shortridge Written with keen insightand wit, Jennie Shortridge’s fiction is “rich, funny, sad, sensual, andhopeful.” Now comes a bittersweet novel that asks: how does a good... More about this book »	Leaving Atlanta by Tayari Jones "It was the end of summer, a summer during a two-year nightmare. African American children around Atlanta were vanishing, and twenty-nine would be murdered by... More about this book »
Reclaiming Honor in Jordan: A National Public Opinion Survey on... by Ellen R. Sheeley In early 2003, Ellen R. Sheeley began to educate herself about "honor" killings, particularly those that take place in Jordan. That summer she journeyed... More about this book »	Nothing But Red: The Anthology Inspired by the Death of Du... by Ellen R. Sheeley Nothing But Red is the anthology of literary and visual arts inspired by the impassioned plea of Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon in response to the... More about this book »
The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Relevant to today’s war-torn world, The Palace of Illusions takes us back to the time of the Indian epic The Mahabharat—a time that is half-history, half-myth, and... More about this book »	Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000: The Year's Finest Writing... by Susan Orlean The inaugural volume of an exciting new annual series--Da Capo Best Music Writing. A Da Capo Original: Best-selling author Peter Guralnick offers his choices for... More about this book »