February 2013

One Came Home (Hardcover)

By Amy Timberlake

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ISBN: 9780375869259

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Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - January 8th, 2013

True Grit meets Little House on the Prairie when 13-year-old Georgie Burkhardt goes looking for her missing sister Agatha. With her Springfield rifle in hand and Agatha's friend Billy McCabe trotting along to keep an eye on her, Georgie chases passenger pigeons, grifters, and rumors about Agatha all across southern Wisconsin -- and even though she's not looking for trouble, she finds plenty of that too.

Sarah

Travels with Epicurus: A Journey to a Greek Island in Search of a Fulfilled Life (Hardcover)

By Daniel Klein

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ISBN: 9780143121930

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Published: Penguin Books - October 30th, 2012

Taking Epicurus as his guide, Klein meditates on a philosophy of old age while on an extended visit to the Greek Island of Hydra. His choice of epigraph neatly sums up the heart of this little gem of a book, “Not what we have, but what we enjoy constitutes our abundance.”
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Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School #1) (Hardcover)

By Gail Carriger

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ISBN: 9780316190084

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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - February 5th, 2013

Wit and whimsy collide in Gail Carriger's young adult debut. Adventurous Sophronia isn't interested in being "finished," but that's before she learns that finishing school involves curtsying and throwing knives. At the same time. Throw in a mechanical dog named Bumbersnoot, pirates traveling by dirigible, and a mysterious missing prototype, and you have what is commonly known as a madcap adventure led by a one-of-a-kind heroine. Fans of Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series will recognize this steampunkified Victorian world where werewolves wear top hats and vampires are more foppish than bloodthirsty, and newcomers will fall in love for the first time.
Rebecca

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig (Paperback)

By Eugene Trivizas, Helen Oxenbury (Illustrator)

$8.99

ISBN: 9780689815287

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Published: Margaret K. McElderry Books - April 1st, 1997

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This very funny fractured fairy tale with delicious illustrations by the legendary Helen Oxenbury, will appeal to any young child who just loves knocking things down!   This big bad pig is a can-do kind of fellow and the wolves so post-modern in their choice of house building materials, that an unusual solution to the mayhem has to be found.   
Susannah

Rebecca (Paperback)

By Daphne Du Maurier

$16.99

ISBN: 9780380730407

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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - September 5th, 2006

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When it’s cold outside, cuddle up with this classic tale of psychological suspense about a naive young girl married to a mysterious older man and living with him in his elegant mansion, which seems to be haunted by the spirit of his dead wife. Is it haunted, or is it that the housekeeper is out to get her? Moody, atmospheric and guaranteed to keep you turning the pages, Rebecca is a gripping tale not to be missed.
Marie

Flimsy Little Plastic Miracles (Hardcover)

By Ron Currie, Jr.

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ISBN: 9780670025343

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Published: Viking Books - February 7th, 2013

Like being hit by a train. Emotionally. Repeatedly. In the way only brilliant books can hit you.
Josh

Pirates at the Plate (Hardcover)

By Aaron Frisch, Mark Summers (Illustrator)

$17.99

ISBN: 9781568462103

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Published: Creative Editions - August 29th, 2012

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This wild game of baseball is unlike any you will ever see. But with it’s memories of warm summer evenings, childhood games, and the distant voice of your mother calling you in for dinner, this book brings the season a little closer.
Robin

Lust for Life (Paperback)

By Irving Stone

$18.00

ISBN: 9780452262492

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Published: Plume - June 1st, 1984

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It’s February, and time to settle into a good book. This novel, based largely on his letters to his brother Theo, is an intimate view of the complicated and tumultuous life of Vincent Van Gogh. It was so captivating, that when the end drew near I put it down and walked away, unable to bear the thought of finishing it.
Robin

An Army of Phantoms: American Movies and the Making of the Cold War (Paperback)

By J. Hoberman

$19.95

ISBN: 9781595588333

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Published: New Press - September 4th, 2012

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A delicious sociopolitical examination/rumination of the Cold War US via popular culture.  Though primarily a film critic, Hoberman has always put his reviews (even back when he was the Village Voice film critic) in a larger cultural context.  It lives up to the cover art!

Gary

Gun Machine (Hardcover)

By Warren Ellis

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ISBN: 9780316187404

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Published: Mulholland Books - January 1st, 2013

A broken down cop leading a cluttered life, three of New York's most powerful men, a hunter, a random shooting, and ghosts of old Manhattan. Gun Machine is unlike any other cop and crime novel you've read. Warren Ellis turns his mad scientist's imagination on the genre, twisting old forms into sharper and smarter versions of themselves.

Josh