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The Death of Bunny Munro
By Nick Cave
Macmillan $15.00

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An Object of Beauty
By Steve Martin
Grand Central Publishing $26.99

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The Unruly Alphabet
By Aaron McKinney
Random House $19.95

An alphabet book not for kids! This book is full of amazing illustrations, it reminds me a bit of Ralph Bakshi's work in Cool World.

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The Marbury Lens
By Andrew Smith
Macmillan $17.99

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An Index and Guide to Audubon's Birds of America
By Susanne M. Low
The American Museum of Natural History 1988
Our price used: $15.00

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Grounded
By Kate Klise
Macmillan $16.99

David Sedaris at Sam Wellers!

Only 4 days left until David Sedaris's appearance at Sam Weller's Bookstore, and boy are we excited! Come check out his latest, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk.

The reading is un-ticketed and will begin at 7:00 PM. After the reading, Mr. Sedaris will sign everyone's books. We are issuing free tickets for the signing in order to keep the signing line manageable. Tickets are available now with the purchase of any David Sedaris title from Sam Weller's Bookstore. Tickets will be available without a purchase on Saturday, November 27th.

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Just Kids
By Patti Smith
Harper Collins $16.00

This just won the National Book Award and it is so well deserved. This is one of the few times I like the paperback cover better than the hardback.

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Full Dark, No Stars
By Stephen King
Simon & Schuster $27.99

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For the Relief of Unbearable Urges
By Nathan Englander
Knopf 1999
Our price used: $9

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Eleanor Rigby
By Douglas Coupland
Bloomsbury 2005
Our price used: $12

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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto
By Chuck Klosterman
Simon & Schuster $14

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Nausea
By Jean-Paul Sartre
W. W. Norton $13.95

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The Way Through Doors
By Jesse Ball
Vintage Books 2009
Our price used: $7

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No One Belongs Here More Than You
By Miranda July
Simon & Schuster $14

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Wilson
By David Mamet
Overlook Press 2001
Our price used: $13.50

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Lowboy
By John Wray
Farrar, Straus and Giroux $14.00

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Everything Explained Through Flowcharts
By Doogie Horner
Harper $16.99

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Box 21
By Roslund Hellstrom
Picador $15.00

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Miss Lonelyhearts and The Day of the Locusts
By Nathanael West
New Directions $11.95

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The Colony
By Jillian Weise
Soft Skull Press $15.95

The Art of Non-Conformity

Sam Weller's will be hosting Chris Guillebeau's Unconventional Book Tour for The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World on Wednesday, November 10th, at 6:00 PM.

In 2008 Chris Guillebeau gained widespread attention for his online manifesto “A Brief Guide to World Domination,” which challenged readers to wake up, join “the living world” and create a passion-oriented life while serving others in a unique way. With his book The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World, Chris seeks to reach even more people and radically shift how readers think about earning a living and making a difference in the world.

To spread the message, Chris will visit all 50 states to meet readers on an “Unconventional Book Tour” between September 2010 and January 2011. Chris has also partnered with Charity: Water to raising $500,000 for wells in two Ethiopian communities. If readers buy his book during the tour, 100% of author royalties will go to the Ethiopia project.

Guillebeau simplifies his goal into one statement: “The mission is to help people live unconventional lives, make their own choices, and change the world.”

The Art of Non-Conformity is a “freedom manifesto” for anyone wanting to break out of an unremarkably average existence to create a meaningful, productive life. As Chris says, “I’m writing for believers, not cynics—and if you make some big changes as a result of the stories and ideas you read here, we will have both succeeded.”

Chris Guillebeau served as a volunteer for a medical charity in West Africa from 2002-2006. After relocated to the U.S. and entering graduate school at the University of Washington, he began actively traveling to countries like Burma, Uganda, Iraq and Pakistan. On his personal quest to visit every country in the world, Chris has currently visited 145 countries (only 47 to go!).

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The Gettysburg Address
By Abraham Lincoln
Penguin Books Great Ideas $10.00

The Great Ideas series from Penguin Books consistently has great covers, I just chose one of them.

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You're a Horrible Person, But I Like You
Edited by Eric Spitznagel
Vintage Books $13.95

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Oliver Twist
By Charles Dickens
Penguin Classics $20.00

Another jacket-less design! This series from Penguin Classics is neat.

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The Mind's Eye
By Oliver Sacks
Knopf $26.95

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The Genius of Design
By Penny Sparke
Overlook $45.00

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The Instructions
By Adam Levin
McSweeney's $29.00

I love this jacket-less design! More books need to be this way.