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Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings (Paperback)

By Christopher Moore

$15.99

ISBN: 9780060566685

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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - June 15th, 2004

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While you're whale watching this summer, keep an eye out for secret messages...Fluke is hilarious, a great story and a really fun read. If you haven't read Christopher Moore, this is a great place to start. And if you have, then luck you! And you know what you're getting into. Get ready for a crazy adventure that will make you re-think exactly what our marine friends are up to. 

Our Inner Ape: A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are (Paperback)

By Frans de Waal

$16.00

ISBN: 9781594481963

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Published: Riverhead Books - August 1st, 2006

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Is a great intro to primatology, our relationship with chimps AND bonobos, and how other primates are a great tool to learn about ourselves as homo sapiens. If you are at all interested in our evolutionary cousins, READ THIS! And bonobos are so cool! Teach/learn more about them, not just chimps!

-Kirsten

Woman on the Edge of Time: A Novel (Paperback)

By Marge Piercy

$17.00

ISBN: 9780449000946

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Published: Ballantine Books - June 23rd, 1997

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Is my ALL TIME FAVORITE BOOK! It has so much going  on that makes it perfection: feminist utopia/equality, science fiction, time-travel, alternative futures. ERHMAGAHD! Connie and her travels also question the treatment of those with mental illness and creates conversations that are so important! AND men can breastfeed! YES HUMANS! 

The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastards #1) (Mass Market)

By Scott Lynch

$8.99

ISBN: 9780553588941

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Published: Del Rey - June 26th, 2007

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Swashbuckling, mischievous fantasy at its finest Scott Lynch weaves a delicious achronological tale about the Gentleman Bastards an underground group that swindles criminals and the genteel alike. Pick this up for its mysterious post-alien setting and lovable characters! 

-Meghan F

Hunting and Gathering (Paperback)

By Anna Gavalda

$17.00

ISBN: 9781594481444

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Published: Riverhead Books - April 3rd, 2007

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A redemptive French novel about depressed weirdos who find fulfillment in their togetherness. Dark and heartwarming! The nice, wary feeling of slowly backing up from the lip of a deep hole.

-Meghan F

Saint Mazie: A Novel (Paperback)

By Jami Attenberg

$14.99

ISBN: 9781455599905

Availability: Backordered

Published: Grand Central Publishing - June 14th, 2016

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Meet Mazie. She drinks. She smokes. She fools around and falls in love in Jazz Age New York while still being besties with a teetolaling nun. But when the Great Depression hits she proves her mettle and earns her "sainthood" through acts of true courage. Attenburg effortlessly captures Mazie's tough and compassionate voice through diary excerpts and the perspectives of those who knew her. A heroine after my own heart!!!

Horns: A Novel (Paperback)

By Joe Hill

$16.99

ISBN: 9780061147968

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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - March 8th, 2011

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Imagine waking up hungover with a pair of horns on your head and the ability to hear people's inner demons speak to you upon touch (it's my typical Sunday morning, dunno about you). This pulpy page-turner will appeal to the devil in all of us, and once you pick it up you won't be able to resist the temptation to finish it all in one night.