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Looking for our live store inventory? You won't find it here. Here's where you can special order any of millions of in print books at 20% off the cover price. You can browse a portion of our real store inventory at www.thebooktable.com. It's not everything, so if you want to know for sure if we have what you're looking for, you still have to speak to a live person, either by emailing mail@booktable.net or calling us at 708-386-9800.

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Unique and provocative selections from a great diversity of voices...all personally recommended by the independent booksellers of America.

Into the Beautiful North Into the Beautiful North
by Urrea, Luis Alberto
What do you do if the men have left your village? Nayeli and her friends leave their Mexican village on a quest to bring a few good men home. Luis Alberto Urrea's latest novel is beautifully written, and is full of humor and humanity.--Deon Stonehouse, Sunriver Books &Music (Sunriver, OR)
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The Kindly Ones The Kindly Ones
by Littell, Jonathan
Massive in scope, horrific in subject matter, and shocking in its protagonist, Littell's prize-winning fictional memoir of a former Nazi officer who survived the war is intense and utterly original.
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