LaRaie's Picks

LaRaie is our extraordinary jack-of-all-trades who has worked for us for nearly 3 years.

 

Timbuktu (Paperback)

$10.25
ISBN-13: 9780312428945
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Published: Picador, 04/01/2009
A novel about homelessness, told from the point of view of a schizophrenic man nearing the end of his life, and his dog. More emotive than other Auster novels.

$11.95
ISBN-13: 9780679750536
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Published: Vintage, 06/01/1994
A short story collection that is as hilarious as it is surreal.

Grayson (Paperback)

$10.25
ISBN-13: 9780156034678
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Published: Mariner Books, 02/01/2008
Professional swimmer, Lynne Cox, is in the Pacific Ocean very early one morning and finds a lost baby whale. This extraordinary true story is about their journey to find the whale's mother.

$11.99
ISBN-13: 9780143112129
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Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 05/01/2007
Coming-of-age novel meets murder mystery. The story is complete with footnotes, literary allusions and a few drawings which made the characters that much more fascinating and believable.

$10.95
ISBN-13: 9780618871711
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Published: Mariner Books, 06/01/2007
A beautiful memoir told via Graphic Novel. Darkly humorous, confessional work.

The History of Love (Paperback)

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ISBN-13: 9780393328622
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company, 04/01/2006
A quirky, lonely, and poetic novel about a young girl who misses her dead father, a widow translating a lost work of fiction, and a lonely old man who wishes to be noticed.

Into the Wild (Paperback)

$11.95
ISBN-13: 9780385486804
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Published: Anchor, 01/01/1997
Chris McCandless gave away everything he owned to live in the wild. The author retraces his adventures through those that knew him and journal entries left by Chris. The book challenges notions of the quality and meaning of life.

The Gargoyle (Paperback)

$11.95
ISBN-13: 9780307388674
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Published: Anchor, 08/01/2009
Dark psychological surreal/historical fiction, with epic journeys through various time periods. Also a great love story.