Liz's Picks

Our Glenview operation's (known as The BookMarket at Hangar One) store manager and avid book-person, Liz has eclectic tastes. A little bit of everything is how we would describe Liz's interests. 

City of Thieves (Paperback)

By David Benioff
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780452295292
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Published: Plume, 4/2009
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Benioff follows up "The 25th Hour" with this hard-to-put-down novel based on his grandfather's stories about surviving World War II in Russia.

A Natural History of the Senses (Paperback)

By Diane Ackerman
$16.95
ISBN-13: 9780679735663
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Published: Vintage, 9/1991
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Diane Ackerman's lusciously written grand tour of the realm of the senses includes conversations with an iceberg in Antarctica and a professional nose in New York, along with dissertations on kisses and tattoos, sadistic cuisine and the music played by the planet Earth. "Delightful . . . gives the reader the richest possible feeling of the worlds the senses take in".--The New York Times.

High Fidelity (Paperback)

By Nick Hornby
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9781573225519
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Published: Riverhead Trade, 8/1996
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In a first novel as you could wish for" (GQ), a young pop music junkie finds that his myriad diversions after the breakup with his longtime girlfriend are not as entertaining as he thought they would be.

The Book Thief (Paperback)

By Markus Zusak
$12.99
ISBN-13: 9780375842207
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Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 9/2007
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Set during World War II in Germany, Zusaks groundbreaking novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing, encounters something she cant resist: books.

97 Orchard: An Edible History of Five Immigrant Families in One New York Tenement (Hardcover)

By Jane Ziegelman
$25.99
ISBN-13: 9780061288500
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Published: Smithsonian, 6/2010
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This delicious saga of how immigrant food became American food follows European immigrants on a remarkable journey from the Ellis Island dinning hall to tiny tenement kitchens, from Lower East Side pushcart markets and delicatessens out into the wider world of American cuisine.

In Cold Blood (Paperback)

By Truman Capote
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780679745587
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Published: Vintage, 2/1994
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With the publication of this book, Capote permanently ripped through the barrier separating crime reportage from serious literature. As he reconstructs the 1959 murder of a Kansas farm family and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, Capote generates suspense and empathy.

The Quiet Book (Hardcover)

By Deborah Underwood, Renata Liwska
$12.95
ISBN-13: 9780547215679
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Published: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 4/2010
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With kid-centric descriptions and irresistible artwork, this gentle picture book explores all the different quiets that can fill a child's days from morning to night.

The Snowy Day (Paperback)

By Ezra Jack Keats
$6.99
ISBN-13: 9780140501827
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Published: Puffin, 10/1976
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"In this book sparkling with atmosphere, a small boy experiences the joys of a snowy day. The brief, vividly expressed text points out his new awareness".Q

A Long Piece of String (Hardcover)

By William Wondriska
$15.99
ISBN-13: 9780811874939
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Published: Chronicle Books, 8/2010
Follows a piece of string through images that correspond to the letters of the alphabet.

I Want My Hat Back (Hardcover)

By Jon Klassen, Jon Klassen
$15.99
ISBN-13: 9780763655983
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Published: Candlewick, 9/2011
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The bear's hat is gone, and he wants it back. Patiently and politely, he asks the animals he comes across, one by one, whether they have seen it. Told completely in dialogue, this delicious take on the classic repetitive tale plays out in sly illustrations laced with visual humor.
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