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 A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah.
Hardcover sale book, was $22.00, now only $7.99!
Ed says: "It's hard to fathom a more horrific loss of innocence. A young boy--typical, precocious--living in Sierre Leone, ripped from his family and everything he once knew, is recruited as a boy soldier--once a child, now a killer. This first person account, a beyond-the-gates-of-hell-and-back story in which (almost unimaginably) Ishmael Beah survives with his humanity intact, carries an emotional intensity in its chronicling of both brutality and redemption." Highly Recommended!"
 Poet's Choice by Edward Hirsch.
Hardcover sale book, was $25.00, now $6.99!
Hirsch's learned, concise essays introduce the reader to a host of poets from all over the world. Each mini-essay contains illustrative work from one or more poems, making this a choice anthology as well. If you have an abiding interest in contemporary poetry or simply a desire to learn more, this book serves as an accessible seminar. In a section on the poet Ernst Stadler, Hirsch says, "There are times when we seem to be sleepwalking through our daily lives, superficially skating along the surface...We coast along until an old saying, or a phrase from a long-forgotten song, or a poem itself suddenly wells up and shocks us awake." Robert recommends!
 In the Merde for Loveby Stepehn Clarke.
Hardcover sale book, was $23.95, now only $6.99!
Attention Francophobes, Francophiles, and Nick Hornby fans! Paul West, the beloved British expat with an eye for the ladies and an inability to decipher the Gallic lifestyle, is BACK in a big way, with further Parisian misadventures. Ianni calls this "chick-lit, but for guys, " and "utterly hilarious." Publishers Weekly says that Clarke's work, "combines the gaffes of Bridget Jones with the boldness of James Bond."
 Exiles in America by Christopher Bram.
Hardcover sale book, was $24.95, now $6.99!
It's refreshing to read a novel depicting partnered gay men at midlife. Zack and David have been together many years, and find their personal and sexual lives tangled up with a talented and volatile Iranian painter and his strong-willed Russian wife. Bram's work touches on all the complex interactions between culture, sexuality, religion, and art, while giving us characters who feel utterly real, and an involving story. Robert recommends!
 The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin.
Hardcover sale book, was $25.00 now $6.99!
The fascinating first book in a new series, The Janissary Tree is set in 1936, during the waning days of the Ottoman Empire. And when did you last read a mystery where the detective was a eunuch? As such, Yashim Togalu is as comfortable navigating Istanbul's political intrigue as he is braving the intricacies of the Sultan's harem. Is there a link between a series of grisly murders and the Janissaries, a disloyal band of elite soldiers crushed by the Sultan 10 years earlier? As Yashim's search leads him through the opulent and labyrinthine Topkapi Palace as well as the myriad landmarks and back alleys of the bustling city, the reader is treated to a grand tour of another time and place, a fascinating cultural and historic study of an empire on the brink of change. Ed highly recommends!
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