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Dozen selections —
twelve hand-picked titles that are 25% off for
the current month! We also have information on our Category
of the Month, with 20% off all
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Our latest addition includes details on the best-selling
books from the Carleton
Bookstore for the last season.
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Rebekah’s story Monster is included in this year’s
collection. This “great volume” highlights the “very
best of this year’s fiction, nonfiction, alternative comics,
screenplys, blogs and more” (OK!). Compiled by Dave Eggers
and students from his San Francisco writing center, it is “both
uproarious and illuminating” (Publishers Weekly).
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Paperback. $14.00 
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In June 2007, Erin McKittrick and her husband, Hig, embarked
on a 4,000-mile expedition from Seattle to the Aleutian Islands,
traveling solely by human power. This is the story of their unprecedented
trek along the northwestern edge of the Pacific Ocean—a
year-long journey through some of the most rugged terrain in
the world— and their encounters with rain, wind, blizzards,
bears, and their own emotional and spiritual demons.
Mountianeers Books. Paperback. $18.95
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In 1968, at the peak of the Vietnam War, centrist Congressman
Melvin Laird (Carleton Class of '44) agreed to serve as Richard
Nixon's secretary of defense. It was not, Laird knew, a move
likely to endear him to the American public—but as he later
said, “Nixon couldn’t find anybody else who wanted
the damn job.” For the next four years, Laird deftly navigated
the morass of the war he had inherited. In fighting to bring
the troops home faster, pressing for more humane treatment of
POWs, and helping to end the draft, Laird employed a powerful
blend of disarming Midwestern candor and Washington savvy, as
he sought a high moral road bent on Nixon's oft-stated (and politically
instrumental) goal of peace with honor.
University of Wisconsin Press. Hardcover. $35.00
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These are the recent bestselling
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Take Dad’s know-how with you everywhere you go! This Dad’s got all the answers to all the basics, so that you can get it done and move on. He knows how to hang, unclog, patch, drill, paint, mow, lube, edge, weed, sand, pack, and more. The
Portable Dad is the answer to those panicked late-night phone
calls: how to keep things running, how to maintain the stuff
you use, how to get by without getting in over your head.
Running Press Books. Paperback. $12.95
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In the dawning light of a late-summer morning, the people of lower Manhattan stand hushed, staring up in disbelief at the Twin Towers. It is August 1974, and a mysterious tightrope walker is running, dancing, leaping between the towers, suspended a quarter mile above the ground. In the streets below, a slew of ordinary lives become extraordinary in bestselling novelist Colum McCann’s stunningly intricate portrait of a city and its people.
Let the Great World Spin is the critically acclaimed author’s most ambitious novel yet: a dazzlingly rich vision of the pain, loveliness, mystery, and promise of New York City in the 1970s.
Random House. Paperback. $15.00
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In her most accomplished novel, Barbara Kingsolver takes us on
an epic journey from the Mexico City of artists Diego Rivera
and Frida Kahlo to the America of Pearl Harbor, FDR, and J. Edgar
Hoover. The
Lacuna is a poignant story of a man pulled between two nations
as they invent their modern identities. With deeply compelling characters, a vivid sense of place, and a clear grasp of how history and public opinion can shape a life, Barbara Kingsolver has created an unforgettable portrait of the artist—and
of art itself.
HarperCollins. Hardcover. $26.99
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From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography. With its breakneck tempo and raw candor, Open will be read and cherished for years. A treat for ardent fans, it will also captivate readers who know nothing about tennis. Like Agassi’s game, it sets a new standard for grace, style, speed, and power.
Knopf Publishing. Hardcover.
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Founder of a dynasty, builder of the original Grand Central, creator
of an impossibly vast fortune, Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt
is an American icon. Humbly born on Staten Island during George
Washington’s presidency, he rose from boatman to builder of the
nation’s largest fleet of steamships to lord of a railroad empire.
Lincoln consulted him on steamship strategy during the Civil War;
Jay Gould was first his uneasy ally and then sworn enemy; and Victoria
Woodhull, the first woman to run for president of the United States,
was his spiritual counselor. We see Vanderbilt help to launch the
transportation revolution, propel the Gold Rush, reshape Manhattan,
and invent the modern corporation—in fact, as T. J. Stiles elegantly
argues, Vanderbilt did more than perhaps any other individual to
create the economic world we live.
Knopf Publishing. Hardcover. $37.50
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Four years in the making, SuperFreakonomics asks not only the
tough questions, but the unexpected ones: What's more dangerous,
driving drunk or walking drunk? Why is chemotherapy prescribed
so often if it's so ineffective? Can a sex change boost your
salary? Levitt and Dubner mix smart thinking and great storytelling like no one else, whether investigating a solution to global warming or explaining why the price of oral sex has fallen so drastically. By examining how people respond to incentives, they show the world for what it really is—good, bad, ugly, and, in the final analysis, super freaky.
William Morrow & Co. Paperback. $29.99
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In this dramatic first-person narrative, Greg Mortenson picks up where Three
Cups of Tea left off in 2003, recounting his relentless,
ongoing efforts to establish schools for girls in Afghanistan;
his extensive work in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan after a massive
earthquake hit the region in 2005; and the unique ways he has
built relationships with Islamic clerics, militia commanders,
and tribal leaders even as he was dodging shootouts with feuding
Afghan warlords and surviving an eight-day armed abduction by
the Taliban.
Viking Books. Hardcover. $26.95
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Ten superb new stories by one of our most beloved and admired writers—the winner of the 2009 Man Booker International Prize.
With clarity and ease, Alice Munro once again renders complex, difficult events and emotions into stories that shed light on the unpredictable ways in which men and women accommodate and often transcend what happens in their lives.
Alfred A. Knopf. Hardcover. $25.95
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Clarkston, Georgia, was a typical Southern town until it was
designated a refugee settlement center in the 1990s, becoming
the first American home for scores of families in flight from
the world’s war zones—from Liberia and Sudan to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Suddenly Clarkston’s streets were filled with women wearing
the hijab, the smells of cumin and curry, and kids of all colors
playing soccer in any open space they could find. The town also
became home to Luma Mufleh, an American-educated Jordanian woman
who founded a youth soccer team to unify Clarkston’s
refugee children and keep them off the streets. These kids named
themselves the Fugees.
Set against the backdrop of an American town that without its consent had become
a vast social experiment, Outcasts United follows a pivotal
season in the life of the Fugees and their charismatic coach.
Spiegel and Grau. Paperback. $15.00
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Since the early 1980s, David Byrne has been riding a bike as
his principal means of transportation in New York City. Two
decades ago, he discovered folding bikes and started taking
them on tour. Byrne's choice was made out of convenience rather
than political motivation, but the more cities he saw from his
bicycle, the more he became hooked on this mode of transport
and the sense of liberation it provided. Convinced that urban
biking opens one's eyes to the inner workings and rhythms of
a city's geography and population, Byrne began keeping a journal
of his observations and insights.
Viking Books. Hardcover. $25.95 |
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