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Sherman Alexie: Indian Killer Isabel Allende: Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses Isabel Allende: Paula Isabel Allende: Daughter of Fortune Reinhold Aman: Opus Maledictorum: A Book of Bad Words Martin Amis: Heavy Water and Other Stories Manu Ampim: Towards Black Community Development Kurt Andersen: Turn of the Century Robert Mailer Anderson: Boonville Walter Truett Anderson: The Future of Self: Inventing the Post-Modern Person Lori Andrews & Dorothy Nelkin: Body Bazaar: The Market for Human Tissue in the Biotechnology Age Tina McElroy Ansa: The Hand I Fan With Levi Asher & Christian Crumlish, editors: Coffeehouse Writings From the Web Bill Ayers: Fugitive Days Carolyn Baker: Reclaiming the Dark Feminine Kevin Baker: Dreamland Nick Bantock: The Museum at Purgatory Bill Barich: Carson Valley Allen Barra: Inventing Wyatt Earp Lynda Barry: Cruddy Ellen Bass & Kate Kaufman: Free Your Mind Thomas A. Bass: Vietnamerica: The War Comes Home Jo Ann Beard: The Boys of My Youth Paul Beatty: The White Boy Shuffle Michael A. Bellesiles: Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture Aimee Bender: An Invisible Sign of My Own Ronan Bennett: The Catastrophist Thomas Berger: The Return of Little Big Man Marshall Berman: Adventures in Marxism Edwin Black: IBM and the Holocaust Amy Bloom: Love Invents Us Victor Bockris: Transformer: The Lou Reed Story Sharon Boorstin: Let Us Eat Cake Adrian Boot & Chris Salewicz: Punk: The Illustrated History of a Music Revolution Paulina Borsook: Cyberselfish: A Critical Romp Through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech Susie Bright: Susie Bright's Sexual State of the Union Carol Brightman: Sweet Chaos: The Grateful Dead's American Adventure Leslie Brody: Red Star Sister Po Bronson: The Nudist on the Late Shift David Brooks, editor: Backward and Upward: The New Conservative Writing David Brooks: Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There Ruth Brown: Miss Rhythm: The Autobiography of Ruth Brown, Rhythm & Blues Legend Susan Brownrigg: The Metaphysical Touch Stephen L. Buchmann & Gary Paul Nabhan: The Forgotten Pollinators Lily Burana: Strip City: A Stripper's Farewell Journey Across America Carolyn Burke: Becoming Modern: The Life of Mina Loy Edgar Rice Burroughs & Joe R. Lansdale: Tarzan: The Lost Adventure Frederick Busch: A Dangerous Profession: A Book About the Writing Life Octavia E. Butler: Bloodchild Fox Butterfield: All God's Children: The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violence A.S. Byatt: The Biographer's Tale Greg Campbell: The Road to Kosovo: A Balkan Diary Jim Carlton: Apple: The Inside Story Emily Carter: Glory Goes and Gets Some Lan Samantha Chang: Hunger Wendy Chapkis: Live Sex Acts: Women Performing Erotic Labor Bell Gale Chevigny: Doing Time Andrei Codrescu: Messiah Leah Hager Cohen: Glass Paper Beans Maryse Condé: Crossing the Mangrove Tom Connor & Jim Downey: re>Wired Robert Coover: Ghost Town Ian Copeland: Wild Thing: The Backstage, on the Road, in the Studio, off the Charts Memoirs of Ian Copeland Anders Corrs: No Trespassing Charles Cross: Heavier than Heaven James Crumley: Bordersnakes John D'Agata: Halls of Fame Liza Dalby: The Tale of Murasaki Edwidge Danticat: The Farming of Bones Marc Darrow: Shrinking the Truth Mike Davis: Ecology of Fear Fernando del Paso: Palinuro of Mexico Mark Dery: Escape Velocity Mark Dery: The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium: American Culture on the Brink Junot Díaz: Drown Joan Didion: The Last Thing He Wanted Pat Dillon: The Last Best Thing Irene Dische: Strange Traffic Ivan Doig: Bucking the Sun Herbert Donald: Lincoln Eileen Drew: Ivory Crocodile Roddy Doyle: A Star Called Henry Daniel Duane: Looking for Mo Andre Dubus III: House of Sand and Fog Tananarive Due: My Soul to Keep Dominick Dunne: The Way We Lived Francine du Plessix Gray: At Home With the Marquis de Sade: A Life Melanie DuPuis: Nature's Perfect Food: How Milk Became America's Drink Esther Dyson: Release 2.0: A Design for Living in the Digital Age Umberto Eco: The Island of the Day Before David Eggers: Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Terry Ehret: The Thought She Might: Picasso Portraits David Ehrenstein: Open Secret John Einarson & Richie Furay: There's Something Happening Here: The Story of Buffalo Springfield: For What It's Worth Helen Ellerbe: The Dark Side of Christian History Ralph Ellison: Juneteenth Larry Engelmann: Tears Before the Rain Richard W. Etulain: Reimagining the Modern American West: A Century of Fiction, History and Art Scott Eyman: Print the Legend: The Life and Times of John Ford Susan Faludi: Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man Ellen Fein & Sherrie Schneider: The Rules Helen Fielding: Bridget Jones's Diary Helen Fielding: Cause Celeb Ben Finney & James D. Houston: Surfing: A History of the Ancient Hawaiian Sport Bill Flanagan: A&R: A Novel David R. Ford: Marijuana: Not Guilty as Charged Dave Foreman: The Lobo Outback Funeral Home Charles Frazier: Cold Mountain David Frum: How We Got Here, the 70's: The Decade that Brought You Modern Life--for Better or Worse Molly Fumia: Honor Thy Children William Gibson: Idoru Steven Gilbar, editor: California Shorts Molly Giles: Iron Shoes Monique Gilmore: The Grass Ain't Greener Myla Goldberg: Bee Season Francisco Goldman: The Ordinary Seaman Jeff Goodell: Sunnyvale: The Rise and Fall of a Silicon Valley Family Martin Goodman: I was Carlos Castaneda: The Afterlife Dialogues Mary Gordon: Spending Ariel Gore: The Hip Mama Survival Guide Toni Graham: The Daiquiri Girls Shirley Ann Grau: The Black Prince James Grauerholz and Ira Silverberg, editors: Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader Susan Griffin: The Book of the Courtesans Jim Grimsley: Comfort and Joy Peter Guralnick: Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley Katie Hafner & Matthew Lyon: Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet John Hannigan: Fantasy City: Pleasure and Profit in the Postmodern Metropolis Ron Hansen: Hitler's Niece Jonathan Harr: A Civil Action Kent Haruf: Plainsong Kendall Haven: Close Encounters with Deadly Dangers Ellen Hawley: Trip Sheets Bill Hayes: Sleep Demons: An Insomniac's Memoir Richard Heinberg: A New Covenant with Nature Laura Hendrie: Remember Me Anne Hill with Starhawk and Diane Baker: Circle Round: Raising Children in Goddess Tradition Grant Hill: Change the Game Tom Hiney: Raymond Chandler: A Biography Etty Hillesum: An Interrupted Life and Letters from Westerbork Martha Honey: Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: Who Owns Paradise? bell hooks: Killing Rage: Ending Racism Christopher Hope: Darkest England Nick Hornby: About a Boy Nick Hornby: How to Be Good Karen Houppert: The Curse James D. Houston: In the Ring of Fire: A Pacific Basin Journey James D. Houston: The Last Paradise Daedalus Howell: The Late Projectionist Ted Hughes: Birthday Letters John Hulme & Michael Wexler: Baked Potatoes Herbert Huncke with Benjamin G. Schafer, editor: The Herbert Huncke Reader Joe Hutsko: The Deal Michael Ignatieff: Virtual War: Kosovo and Beyond Sherrie A. Inness: Tough Girls: Women Warriors and Wonder Women in Popular Culture Maurice Isserman: The Other American: The Life of Michael Harrington Kazuo Ishiguro: The Unconsoled Pico Iyer: The Global Soul: Jet Lag, Shopping Malls, and the Search for Home Ron Jacobs: The Way the Wind Blew: A History of the Weather Underground Tahar Ben Jelloun: Corruption Jewel: A Night Without Armor Mavis Jukes: It's a Girl Thing: How to Stay Healthy, Safe and in Charge Frida Kahlo with Sara M. Lowe: The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait Laura Kasischke: White Bird in a Blizzard Persis M. Karim and Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami : A World Between: Poems, Short Stories and Essays by Iranian-Americans Jonathon Keats: Pathology of Lies Pagan Kennedy: Indian Killer Randall Kennedy: Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word William Kennedy: The Exes Jack Kerouac: Book of Dreams Jamaica Kincaid: The Autobiography of My Mother Laurie R. King: A Darker Place Stephen King: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Paul Kingsbury: The Grand Ole Opry History of Country Music Barbara Kingsolver:The Poisonwood's Bible Walter Kirn:Thumbsucker Caroline Knapp: Drinking: A Love Story Brenda Knight: Women of the Beat Generation Kathe Koja: Extremities: Stories Jon Krakauer: Into the Wild Chris Kraus: I Love Dick Lawrence M. Krauss: The Physics of Star Trek Paul Kunkel & Rick English: AppleDesign Tom Lamarr: October Revolution Cynthia Lamb: Brigid's Charge Anne Lamott: Bird by Bird Anne Lamott: Traveling Mercies Jeff Land: Active Radio: Pacifica's Brash Experiment Susan Landauer: The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism William Langewiesche: Sahara Unveiled Elena Lappin: Foreign Brides Michael Lark: Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe: The Little Sister Erik Larson: The Devil in the White City Turk Le Clair: My Life in Art Gus Lee: Tiger's Tail James Ledbetter: Made Possible By ... The Death of Public Broadcasting in the United States Dick Lehr and Gerard O'Neill,: Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance between the FBI and the Irish Mob Tosca Lensi: Beloved Disciple; Daughter of Logos Jeffrey Lent: In the Fall Fredric Lieberman & Leta Miller: Lou Harrison: Composing a World Jonathan London: Froggy Plays Soccer, The Waterfall, Wiggle Waggle Bob Lorentzen and Richard Nichols: Hiking the California Coastal Trail, Volume Two: Monterey to Mexico Lorna Luft: Me and My Shadows Bruno Maddox: My Little Blue Dress Ben Macintyre: The Napoleon of Crime: The Life and Times of Adam Worth, Master Thief Robin Magowan: Memoirs of a Minotaur: From Merrill Lynch to Patty Hearst to Poetry devorah major: An Open Weave Vladimir Makanin: Escape Hatch & The Long Road Ahead Marilyn Manson with Neil Strauss: The Long Hard Road Out of Hell J. Nozipo Maraire: Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter Greil Marcus: Invisible Republic: Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes Morton Marcus: When People Could Fly Tomas Eloy Martinez: Santa Evita Ed McCarthy & Mary Ewing-Mulligan: Red Wine for Dummies Joyce Maynard: At Home in the World Terry McMillan: How Stella Got Her Groove Back Sandro Meallet: Edgewater Angels Joan Mellen: Hellman and Hammett: The Legendary Passion of Lily and Dash David Meltzer: San Francisco Beat: Talking with the Poets Walter Mercado: Beyond the Horizon Ellen Miller: Like Being Killed John Miller: Egotopia: Narcissism and the New American Landscape Joshua Miller: Democratic Temperament: The Legacy of William James Lydia Millet: Omnivores Lorrie Moore: Birds of America Toni Morrison: Paradise Walter Mosley: Blue Light John Mraz & Jaime Vélez Storey: Uprooted: Braceros in the Hermanos Mayo Lens Haruki Murakami: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Marnie Mueller: The Climate of the Country Janet H. Murray: Hamlet on the Holodeck Robert Musil: The Man Without Qualities Ted L. Nancy: Letters from a Nut Jill Nelson, editor: Police Brutality: An Anthology Marion Nestle: Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health Brad Newsham: Take Me with You Allen Noren: Storm: A Motorcycle Journey of Love, Endurance, and Transformation Sigrid Nunez: Mitz: The Marmoset of Bloomsbury Patrick O'Brian: Men-of-War: Life in Nelson's Navy Christopher O'Brien: Enter the Valley Jenny Offill: Last Things Andres Oppenheimer: Bordering on Chaos: Guerrillas, Stockbrokers, Politicians and Mexico's Road to Prosperity Susan Orlean: The Orchid Thief Richard North Patterson: Protect and Defend Phil Patton: Dreamland: Travel Inside the Secret World of Roswell and Area 51 Leonard Peltier: Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance Robert Peterson: All the Time in the World John Pierson: Spike, Mike, Slackers & Dykes: A Guided Tour Across a Decade of American Independent Cinema Daniel Pool: Dickens' Fur Coat and Charlotte's Unanswered Letters Alejandro Portes & Rubén G. Rumbaut: Immigrant America Ann Powers: Weird Like Us: My Bohemian America Richard Powers: Gain E. Annie Proulx: Accordion Crimes Robert D. Putnam: Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community Mario Puzo: The Last Don Thomas Pynchon: Mason and Dixon Joe Quirk: The Ultimate Rush Douglas Rankin: Queen Jane's Version: The Holy Bible for Adults Only Jonah Raskin: For the Hell of It: The Life and Times of Abbie Hoffman Anne Rice: The Vampire Armand Adrienne Rich: Midnight Salvage Gary Rivlin: Drive-By Mitch Roberson and Julie Dubner: Getting It On: A Condom Reader Jane Rogers: Mr. Wroe's Virgins Gerald Rosen: Mahatma Gandhi in a Cadillac Arundhati Roy: Power Politics Greg Ruggiero & Stuart Sahulka, editors: The New American Crisis: Radical Analyses of the Problems Facing America Today Greg Sarris: Watermelon Nights Mark Salzman: Lying Awake Richard Schickel: Clint Eastwood: A Biography David Sedaris: Me Talk Pretty One Day Lee Server: Asian Pop Cinema Jeff Shaara: Gods and Generals David Schmahmann: Empire Settings Laurie Gwen Shapiro: The Unexpected Salami Matthew Sharpe: Stories From the Tube Carol Shields: Larry's Party Elaine Showalter: Hystories Joel Simon: Endangered Mexico April Sinclair: Ain't Gonna Be the Same Fool Twice Carla Sinclair: Signal to Noise Chimo Scribner Lila Says Tavis Smiley: Hard Left: Straight Talk About the Wrongs of the Right Martin Smith: Time Release Gary Snyder: Mountains and Rivers Without End Amy Sohn : Run Catch Kiss Rebecca Solnit: Wanderlust: A History of Walking Diane Solway: Nureyev: His Life Ahdaf Soueif: The Map of Love Irini Spandou: Fear Clemens Starck: Journeyman's Wages James St. James: Disco Bloodbath Brad Stone: Gearheads: The Turbulent Rise of Robotic Sports David G. Stork, editor: HAL's Legacy: 2001's Computer as Dream and Reality Elizabeth Strout: Amy and Isabelle David Sweetman: Explosive Acts: Toulouse-Lautrec, Oscar Wilde, Félix Fénéon, and the Art and Anarchy of the Fin de Siécle Dick Swinnerton: We Passed This Way: A Coast-to-Coast Bicycle Trip with Historical Reflections Amy Tan: The Hundred Secret Senses Michelle Tea: The Passionate Mistakes and Intricate Corruption of One Girl in America Hunter S. Thompson: The Rum Diary D. K. Torteras: Rape of the Sleeping Woman William Trevor: After Rain Robin Troy: Floating Adrian Turner: Adrian Turner on Goldfinger Morris Turner III: America's Black Towns and Settlements Anne Tyler: A Patchwork Planet Linn Ullman: Before You Sleep V. Vale: Swing: The New Retro Renaissance Judy Van der Veer: November Grass Jeffrey Veen: Hot Wired Style: Principles for Building Smart Web Sites Mark Vieira: Sin in Soft Focus Ruhama Veltfort: The Promised Land Paul Virilio: Open Sky Elijah Wald: Narcocorrido: A Journey Into the Music of Drugs, Guns and Guerrillas Alice Walker: The Same River Twice: Honoring the Difficult Keith Walker: A Trail of Corn: A True Mystery David Wallace: A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again Jill Watts: Mae West: An Icon in Black and White Ken Weaver: Texas Crude David Weeks & Jamie James Villard: Eccentrics: A Study of Sanity and Strangeness David Wellman: The Union Makes Us Strong: Radical Unionism on the San Francisco Waterfront Irvine Welsh: Filth Paul West: O.K.: The Corral, the Earps, and Doc Holliday Curtis White: Memories of My Father Watching TV Julia Whitty: A Tortoise for the Queen of Tonga John Edgar Wideman: The Cattle Killing Elie Wiesel: All Rivers Run to the Sea Edmund Wilson: The Higher Jazz Tom Wolfe: The Man in Full Meg Wolitzer: Surrender Dorothy Mary Woronov: Swimming Underground Harry Wu with George Vecsey: Troublemaker: One Man's Crusade Against China's Cruelty Elizabeth Wurtzel : Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women Marilyn Yalom: A History of the Breast Mark Zepezauer & Arthur Naiman: Take the Rich Off Welfare