Staff Suggestions

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Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat (Hardcover)

By Grant Achatz, Nick Kokonas
$27.50
ISBN-13: 9781592406012
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Published: Gotham, 3/2011
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Let's Take the Long Way Home

$23.00
Model: 9781400067381

I loved this very powerful memoir of a friendship between two great women - both writers, dog lovers, reformed alcoholics, athletes - and both fiercely independent and smart. If you haven't met Caroline Knapp before, I urge you to also read Drinking: A Love Story.

- Karen

The Weird Sisters (Hardcover)

By Eleanor Brown
$24.95
ISBN-13: 9780399157226
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Published: Amy Einhorn Books/Putnam, 2/2011
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Minding Ben (Hardcover)

By Victoria Brown
$24.99
ISBN-13: 9781401341510
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Published: Hyperion, 4/2011
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The Night Season (Hardcover)

By Chelsea Cain
$24.99
ISBN-13: 9780312619763
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Published: Minotaur Books, 3/2011
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Live Wire (Hardcover)

By Harlan Coben
$27.95
ISBN-13: 9780525952060
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Published: Dutton Adult, 3/2011
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Layover in Dubai (Hardcover)

By Dan Fesperman
$25.95
ISBN-13: 9780307268389
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Published: Knopf, 7/2010
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This is the book for you if you are interested in:
- mystery
- travel writing/ foreign cities
- forbidden love (sort of)
- out of his element hero (really a CPA!)
- really good, old-fashioned writing.

- Peggy

Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook (Hardcover)

By Anthony Bourdain
$26.99
ISBN-13: 9780061718946
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Published: Ecco, 6/2010
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Mr. Bourdain is back and I must say, expletives aside, his bark is much worse than his bite. His explanation for his new-found mellowness is the presence of his daughter in his life. I also suspect his literary success has given him a confidence he did not have as a chef. This time around he writes about family, friends and foes but it's always the food that takes centerstage and proves his talent as a writer.

- Peggy

Star Island (Hardcover)

By Carl Hiaasen
$26.95
ISBN-13: 9780307272584
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Published: Knopf, 11/2010
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Okay, I've been waiting patiently (for me anyway) for Carl's newest. I like/tolerate his kids books and his golf memoir, but I need to head to the Everglades with my "friends." Skink is my favorite! I have to say that in this edition of the ongoing story of Florida's fiasco, Carl brings the naughty. He goes off the rails a bit and takes current pop culture, in the form of Miss Cherry Pye, and adds it to his twiested take on life in his home state.

- Peggy

My Name Is Memory (Hardcover)

By Ann Brashares
$25.95
ISBN-13: 9781594487583
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Published: Riverhead Hardcover, 6/2010
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Brashares's latest novel follows Daniel; he has lived and died many many times, always falling in love with the same soul - Sophia. Reminiscent of "Time Traveler's Wife," this is no ordinary romance. Follow Daniel's devotion through the then and now. Will fate finally be on his side? Like any good romance there is a villain. A great book to read before bedtime!
- Sarah