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by Eric Schlosser  
Powells.com Staff Pick "What we eat has changed more in the last forty years than in the last forty thousand," Schlosser observes, yet most Americans know very little about how that food is made, where, by whom, and at what cost. Fast Food Nation traces the industry's... (read more) Your Price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
by Taro Gomi Publisher Comments With a straightforward text and illustrations showing beasts and bugs doing it, younger children are shown a natural part of life. "Elephants and mice, fish and raccoons, grown-ups and children, all in their own style do it. The candor is refreshing and... (read more) Your Price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Peter Robb  Publisher Comments In late 1995 Giulio Andreotti, seven-time prime minister of Italy and once called "the finest political mind in Europe," went on trial both for murder and for his association with the Sicilian Mafia. With hundreds of witnesses still to be called, there... (read more) Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for other copies 
by Philip Ball Powells.com Staff Pick This is one of those wonderful books that you can open up to any page and find something interesting. From why lightning looks like cracks in glass, to why trees look like river drainage systems, to how zebras get their stripes, this book never fails to... (read more) Your Price $84.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for other copies 
by Neil Gaiman
Publisher Comments Shadow is a man with a past. But now he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life with his wife and stay out of trouble. Until he learns that she's been killed in a terrible accident.Flying home for the funeral, as a violent storm rocks the plane, a... (read more) Your Price $2.95 (Used - Mass Market) check for new and sale copies
by Wade Davis Publisher Comments In the 1940s, biologist Richard Evans Schultes uncovered many of the secrets of the rain forest, relying not only on his own prodigious investigations, but on the wisdom passed down by local tribes. Thirty years later his student, Wade Davis, followed in... (read more) Your Price $9.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for other copies
by B. C. Mollison Publisher Comments Written to introduce readers to Permaculture concepts and design strategies. Topics include: energy efficient site analysis, planning and design methods, house placement, design for temperate, dry-land and tropical regions, urban Permaculture garden... (read more) Your Price $34.50 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Donna Tartt
Publisher Comments Richard Papen arrived at Hampden College in New England and was quickly seduced by an elite group of five students, all Greek scholars, all worldly, self-assured, and, at first glance, all highly unapproachable. As Richard is drawn into their inner... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Brian Greene
Powells.com Staff Pick "Brian Greene presents the bizarre world of quantum mechanics and string theory using language accessible to all while taking the reader on an exciting journey through a truly unusual universe." Blane, Powells... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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