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Indie Next List
Unique and provocative selections from a great diversity of voices...all personally recommended by the independent booksellers of America.
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The Enemy: A Book about Peace
by
Cali, Davide,
Bloch, Serge
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$16.99
Published: Schwartz & Wade Books, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
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Do you see the two holes in the ground? Do you see the two soldiers in these holes? Do you see the manuals they've been given about The Enemy? What happens when one soldier discovers that he is also The Enemy? The soldiers have been told that there is only one way to end the war, but is that true?--Katie Capaldi , McLean & Eakin Booksellers (Petoskey, MI)
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Blueberry Girl
by
Gaiman, Neil,
Vess, Charles
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$17.99
Published: HarperCollins, 2009
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Neil Gaiman has written a beautiful, multicultural celebration. Three wise women (a maiden, mother, and crone) watch as an infant becomes a girl who transforms into a woman of strength and character. Warm and wonderful illustrations perfectly capture the text.--Ellen Richmond, Children's Book Cellar (Waterville, ME)
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The Hermit Crab
(Junior Library Guild Selection (Simon & Schuster))
by
Goodrich, Carter,
Goodrich, Carter
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$16.99
Published: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
A hermit crab makes his home in a broken action figure and learns that even a shy animal can become a hero in the right situation.--Katherine Fergason, Bunch of Grapes Bookstore (Vineyard Haven, MA)
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It's Useful to Have a Duck
by
ISOL,
ISOL
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$10.00
Published: Groundwood Books, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
A boy lists the many things he can do with a duck: use him as a hat, a nose, a whistle, or a straw. It's a sweet, funny, straightforward list ... until you flip the book over and discover that It's Useful to Have a Boy. Now, it's the duck's turn to report on everything the boy mentioned, but with a wonderful, ducky spin. This offbeat book, with funny illustrations by Argentine author/illustrator Isol, gets you thinking about seeing what seems to be the same thing from quite different points of view.--Jackie Lotsberg , Wild Rumpus (Minneapolis, MN)
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Llama Llama Misses Mama
by
Dewdney, Anna
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$16.99
Published: Viking Children's Books, 2009
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It's Little Llama's first day at school. What could be harder than feeling all alone and missing your mama? As always, Dewdney's rhymes flow effortlessly, with a pacing and repetition that are sure to capture the attention of little llamas everywhere. This is my favorite new read-aloud title.--Lauren, Kepler's Books & Magazines (Menlo Park, CA)
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Last Night in Montreal
by
Mandel, Emily St. John
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$29.95
Published: Unbridled Books, 2009
Inventory Status: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
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Last Night in Montreal is a rare achievement, a gripping, mysterious, and original literary novel about family secrets and the unbearable weight they place on young shoulders. Emily St. John Mandel is a wonderful and refreshingly unorthodox writer, and this should be the start of a brilliant career.--Rich Rennicks, Malaprop's Bookstore/Cafe (Asheville, NC)
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The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon
by
Grann, David
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$27.50
Published: Doubleday Books, 2009
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Reading more like a script for Indiana Jones than a work of nonfiction, this book vividly brings to life the British explorer Percy Fawcett and the Amazon he loved and explored. Grann seamlessly brings together elements of history, anthropology, and biography into a superb narrative.--Ann Carlson, Harborwalk Books (Georgetown, SC)
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The Mighty Queens of Freeville: A Mother, a Daughter, and the Town That Raised Them
by
Dickinson, Amy
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$22.99
Published: Hyperion Books, 2009
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Anyone who likes to start the day with some common sense from Amy Dickinson's advice column, 'Ask Amy' (her motto is 'I make the mistakes so you don't have to'), will delight in getting to know the small town and big-hearted family that made her who she is.--Ellen Sandmeyer, Sandmeyer's Bookstore (Chicago, IL)
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Bone by Bone
by
O'Connell, Carol
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$24.95
Published: Putnam Adult, 2009
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Best book yet from an incredibly talented writer. Characters are so human - great flaws alongside such courage. THis book main plot revolves around an old murder of a teenage boy, but there are several very intricate subplots that also work to keep the reader hooked - This is O'COnnell's 1st stand alone book and it is a winner. O'C has broken out of her Mallory books with this extraordinary thriller. I was thrilled to receive this galley from the latest white box.--Patricia Worth, River Reader LLC (Lexington, MO)
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Couch
by
Parzybok, Benjamin
Format: Trade Paperback
Price:
$16.00
Published: Small Beer Press, 2008
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Couch is a magical realism quest story for modern times that explores the aimlessness in our culture. Our society has become one of jobs instead of callings, with the widest array of opportunities and choices for occupation any society has ever seen, but without the philosophies and vocations we need to make meaningful decisions. It's a funny, touching novel, that shows one powerful response to our drifting modern life.--Josh Cook, Porter Square Books (Cambridge, MA)
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2666
by
Bolano, Roberto,
Wimmer, Natasha
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$30.00
Published: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2008
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2666 is the culmination of Roberto Bolano's expansive brilliance, as traces of such previous works as The Savage Detectives have been perfected and fused together seemlessly as part of a larger whole. This is a daring book that takes major risks throughout, and its overall impact is impossible to ignore or ever forget.--Nathan Halter, The Doylestown Bookshop (Doylestown, PA)
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Stitchin' and Pullin': A Gee's Bend Quilt
(Picture Book)
by
McKissack, Patricia C.,
Cabrera, Cozbi A.
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$17.99
Published: Random House Books for Young Readers, 2008
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Normally I wait to tout these great new poetry collections in the spring, but this one is too beautiful to wait. You'll be drawn in by, 'Mama told me, 'Cloth has a memory.' I hope the back corduroy remembers that it was once the pants my uncle wore to go vote for the first time, all clean & new'--and hooked by the perfect illustrations.--Angela K Sherrill, 57th Street Books (Chicago, IL)
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American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, Movie-Making, and the Crime of the Century
by
Blum, Howard
Format: Hardcover (Cloth)
Price:
$24.95
Published: Crown Publishing Group (NY), 2008
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Artfully blending narratives of Clarence Darrow, D.W. Griffith, and William Burns, Howard Blum has written a masterful account of the bombing of the offices of the Los Angeles Times and the trial of the McNamara brothers. Blum gives a strong portrayal of the labor unrest at the start of the 20th century in this excellent history of a society on the cusp of a new era.--Bill Cusumano, Nicola's Books (Ann Arbor, MI)
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