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I read widely. While I rarely read straight through a work of nonfiction, I search ceaselessly through many so that I can get at the heart of things, but I also love the unlikely details. Works of fiction, on the other hand, are books that I start and finish. I don't read quickly, so I don't continue any books that lose their appeal, if only for a few pages.

 

$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780385333504
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Published: Dial Press Trade Paperback, 09/01/1998

Nice twists and turns here. Inventive stories. Sometimes funny, usually provocative.


$13.95
ISBN-13: 9780061146619
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Published: HarperOne, 03/01/2007

This is a collection of sermons given by this powerful writer over a lifetime of incisive reflection and powerful feeling. Great for people within a religious tradition and also great for those who are not. His memoirs beginning with The Sacred Journey and continuing with Now & Then (the first book I purchased at Annie Bloom's...20 years ago!)and Telling Secrets were life-giving to me as I struggled with my inherited faith.


$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780767908184
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Broadway, 09/01/2004

A speedy romp from the big bang until yesterday. With his usual story-telling charm, and as the learner and teacher he is, Bryson teaches us much about natural history.


Erased (Paperback)

$14.95
ISBN-13: 9780980243673
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Published: Tin House Books, 05/01/2009

I fell in love with Jim Krusoe's writing with Iceland, a quirky but compelling and occasionally charming story. Erased is even weirder, but possibly even more magical. Try imagining Cleveland the way he does, and your brain might hurt nicely for a while.


$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780375709227
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Published: Vintage, 01/01/2001

A nicely written and accessible introduction to a bit of brain physiology as well as recognition of the power of our limbic brains both inside us and between us.


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ISBN-13: 9780375760396
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 05/01/2002

What a great exploration of history and natural history and folklore and biology and philosophy, all thru four plants: apple, tulip, marijuana, and potato.


All-American Poem (Paperback)

By Matthew Dickman, Tony Hoagland (Introduction by)
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780977639540
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Published: American Poetry Review, 09/01/2008

We are lucky to live in the same town as Matthew Dickman. Talented poet and reader. Funny and insightful and sometimes tangenting strangely. I loved most of these poems.


City of Thieves (Paperback)

$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780452295292
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Published: Plume, 04/01/2009
I loved the combination of sweetness and grimness and humor. A fast-moving story with great characters.

$20.00
ISBN-13: 9781931498555
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Published: Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 03/01/2004

This is the first of a trilogy. Quite powerful and a bit too much for some of my friends. But wow it worked for me.


The Brothers K (Paperback)

$17.00
ISBN-13: 9780553378498
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Published: Dial Press Trade Paperback, 06/01/1996

I read The River Why at a perfect point in my life. So, I was primed for this next novel of Duncan's. A great epic quality to these diverse and wonderful characters. And very funny too.


Saving Daylight (Paperback)

$16.00
ISBN-13: 9781556592676
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Published: Copper Canyon Press, 09/01/2007

Such evocative poetry.


Iceland (Paperback)

$15.70
ISBN-13: 9781564783141
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Published: Dalkey Archive Press, 06/01/2002

Among my favorite "quirky" books.


$16.95
ISBN-13: 9781578050833
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Published: Sierra Club Books, 08/01/2002

These essays/memoir/story range widely, but fit beautifully together.


$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780345417978
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Published: Ballantine Books, 06/01/1997

Though I read this book years ago, it's one I think about on occasion as one of my all-time favorites.


$14.95
ISBN-13: 9780767902892
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Published: Broadway, 01/01/1998
What a fantastic writer, and what a fantastic book. There are enuf mediocre books about American's experience in Vietnam, this is not one of those. Such insight and depth and "beauty" of writing. This is well worth the time.

$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780812979657
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 12/01/2008

I wish she would write more fiction, because this was beautiful and heart-breaking and strange, in such a finely-crafted way that I had to start it four times before I got into it...


The Highest Tide (Paperback)

$14.95
ISBN-13: 9781582346298
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Published: Bloomsbury USA, 05/01/2006

I'm a sucker for coming-of-age novels and this is one of my favorite. Wonder at the natural world, marine biology, Rachel Carson, family and friend drama, media, a cult and more. Miles is one of my favorite literary characters.


Speak (Paperback)

$11.99
ISBN-13: 9780142414736
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Published: Speak, 03/01/2009

This is a standard-bearer for quality teen fiction. This 10th anniversary edition attests to that. The voice true and distinct. An excellent read for teens and adults alike.


I And Thou (Paperback)

$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780684717258
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Published: Free Press, 02/01/1971

This has been a steady companion to me for several years. Poetic, mystical, some deep stuff in here.


$13.95
ISBN-13: 9780679724360
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Published: Vintage, 08/01/1990

A wonderful coming-of-age story by an aware and reflective author.


With (Paperback)

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ISBN-13: 9781592641505
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Published: Toby Press, 09/01/2009

This was my first Donald Harington novel. Since then, I've read three others and plan to read the other dozen. Funny, unpredictable storytelling, zany and clever narration...all of his books are set near the Ozark town of Stay More where the inhabitants are called Stay Morons. I don't know how to sell this book, but I loved it and I've got a lot of friends who loved it too.


Flash Burnout (Hardcover)

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ISBN-13: 9780547194899
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Published: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 10/01/2009

What fun. And what a fun window into Blake's life. Written by a Portlander, and with a distinct voice of a teen being forced to grow up quickly, and with plenty of fun and funniness; this book is well worth the read.


Feed (Paperback)

$7.99
ISBN-13: 9780763622596
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Published: Candlewick, 03/01/2004

Set in a bizarre future with similarities to our own time, Feed forces us to ask good questions about how we live. And it has one of my favorite opening sentences. "We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck."


Ten Little Indians (Paperback)

$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780802141170
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Published: Grove Press, 03/01/2004

Alexie's knack for juxtaposing the ugly and the beautiful, or the raw and the refined, or the gritty and the triumphant is amazing. These nine (haha) stories travel some pretty fascinating territory.


Ordinary Wolves (Paperback)

$14.95
ISBN-13: 9781571310477
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Published: Milkweed Editions, 08/01/2005

Set in the north of Alaska during a time of familial change for the narrator and a time of cultural change for the people who live in the nearest village, there's plenty to explore here.


$14.00
ISBN-13: 9781555973865
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Published: Graywolf Press, 11/01/2003

These are clever poems, but not too clever. They are just right. Try "America" on page 7.


Citizen Vince (Paperback)

$14.95
ISBN-13: 9780061577659
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Published: Harper Perennial, 06/01/2008

$16.95
ISBN-13: 9780295982939
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Published: University of Washington Press, 02/01/2003

Each chapter gives a small window into the elements of the natural world that we live with here in the Northwest. Informative and fun to read.


$11.95
ISBN-13: 9780312352196
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: St. Martin's Griffin, 06/01/2007

This was hilarious. Full of great social commentary. Start on p.148 with "The idea of cubicles..." and read a couple of pages and see what you think.


The Echo Maker (Paperback)

$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780312426439
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Published: Picador, 08/01/2007

Part mystery, part relationship conundrums, part meditation on neurology, part lyrical description of Platte River beauty.


Magic for Beginners (Paperback)

By Kelly Link, Shelley Jackson (Illustrator)
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780156031875
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Published: Mariner Books, 09/01/2006

Some of these are the weirdest stories I've read so far. But they sure worked their magic on me.


$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780743487481
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Published: Atria, 01/01/2005

Kohn has written much regarding education, it's nice to see his take on parenting. I've had lots of good discussions with parents based on Kohn's provocative ideas.


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