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English Passengers (Paperback)

By Matthew Kneale
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9780385497442
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Published: Anchor, 1/2001
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An arrogant vicar and a disturbingly elitist doctor unknowingly book passage on a rum smuggling ship bound for Tasmania. The captain & crew go to great lengths to disguise their true intentions, all the while a lone Tasmanian slave sows the seeds of revolt at their destination. A great literary adventure in the spirit of David Mitchell or Joseph Conrad.

The Restraint of Beasts (Paperback)

By Magnus Mills
$16.95
ISBN-13: 9780684865119
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Touchstone, 10/1999
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Two shiftless workers and their frustrated foreman travel from Scotland to England to construct chain link fences with varying degrees of success. Yes, that is what this book is about and it's one of my all-time favorites.

The great thing about Mills' writing is the way he pulls subtle little moments of humor and distress out of the completely mundane. Not quite black humor, but definitely grey.

This first novel was shortlisted for both the Whitbread and Booker prizes.

Atlas of Remote Islands (Hardcover)

By Judith Schalansky, Christine Lo
$30.00
ISBN-13: 9780143118206
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Penguin Books, 9/2010
Fascinating maps, timelines, and histories of 50 places you’ve never heard of. Telling stories of castaways, run-away slaves, pirates, naturalists, and salty lighthouse keepers - all put together in a really cool package.

Hiroshige: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Hardcover)

By Melanie Treade, Lorenz Bichler
$39.99
ISBN-13: 9783836521208
Availability: In the Warehouse (Usually ships to store or customer in 2-7 days. Call for time-sensitive orders)
Published: Taschen, 4/2010
This is a great gift for anybody. One hundred reprints of the famous Japanese woodblock prints on fine parchment paper, bound together in a beautiful hardcover ivory-clasp style book.

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (Hardcover)

By David Mitchell
$26.00
ISBN-13: 9781400065455
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Published: Random House, 6/2010
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Amazing, amazing, amazing. It’s been six years since his brilliant novel “Cloud Atlas” came out and Mr. Mitchell doesn’t disappoint with this epic follow-up that is every bit as touching and profound as you’d expect. This book is unmissable.