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Shivana is a New England transplant and incurable bookworm. She reads too much, sleeps too little and is sarcasm flavored.

You may contact me via email @ Shivana@outwritebooks.com

Books That I Recommend:

Unfamiliar Fishes (Hardcover)

By Sarah Vowell
$25.95
ISBN-13: 9781594487873
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Published: Riverhead Hardcover, 3/2011
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After uncovering the stranger-than-we-thought lives of the original Mayflower pilgrims, Vowell is back with a look into Hawaiin history. From the incestuous lineage of Hawaiin royalty to destructive colonization, to the last Hawaiin queen singing at Obama's inauguration. Sara Vowell has a knack for subtracting the "boring" from historical non-fiction.

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Paperback)

By Seth Grahame-Smith
$13.99
ISBN-13: 9780446563079
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Published: Grand Central Publishing, 4/2011
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For those looking for a little more reappropriated classics, Grahame-Smith has penned a surprisingly good take on the genre. Hilarious, glib, and starring the sixteenth president as an exceedingly tall, bearded, presidential Buffy, it's a clever read. You'll find yourself liking it despite yourself.

I'm Down: A Memoir (Hardcover)

By Mishna Wolff
$23.95
ISBN-13: 9780312378554
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Published: St. Martin's Press, 5/2009
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Mishna Wolff's father is black. Well, not really. In a clever, tongue-in-cheek memoir, Wolff explains just how her white father raised his girls as "honorary" black men. Insightful without being dry or critical (mostly fond), Mishna re-evaluates the merits of a totally culturally unique upbringing.

Phyllida and the Brotherhood of Philander (Paperback)

By Ann Herendeen
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9780061451362
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Published: Harper Paperbacks, 5/2008
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Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman's Co-creator Joe Shuster (Hardcover)

By Craig Yoe, Joe Shuster
$27.50
ISBN-13: 9780810996342
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Published: Harry N. Abrams, 4/2009
Famous as a founding father of the iconic Superman senes, Joe Shuster is a big name in the comic book world, but few know about the flip side of Shuster's repertoir: erotic bondage art. Recently discovered it adds an interesting edge to both the artist and the nature of comic book art alike.

The Poisonwood Bible (Paperback)

By Barbara Kingsolver
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780061577079
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Published: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 6/2008
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Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals (Hardcover)

By Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson
$26.00
ISBN-13: 9780151014897
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Published: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1/2009
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A thorough book from an astonishing woman. Animals Make Us Human addresses the finer points of animal/human relationships with understanding that Grandin is famous for. As both an acclaimed animal behaviorist and autism advocate being autistic herself- Temple Grandin shows us that what brings us closer to animals is what also makes us human.

Severance: Stories (Hardcover)

By Robert Olen Butler
$22.95
ISBN-13: 9780811856140
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Chronicle Books, 8/2006
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Known for winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Butler draws upon the historically beheaded-famous, infamous, unknown-to bring to life the last 240 words and thoughts of the freshly severedheads. Poetic in a way that finds a bit of bittersweetin total morbidity.

When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present (Hardcover)

By Gail Collins
$27.99
ISBN-13: 9780316059541
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Published: Little, Brown and Company, 10/2009
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A retrospective of the burgeoning Women's Rights Movement from inception/1960's onwards. Collins, currently one of the best op/ed columnist for the NY Times, is a sharp wit who offers an intelligent perspective with wry, elegant commentary. A required read for everyone.

False Colors: An M/M Romance (Paperback)

By Alex Beecroft
$12.95
ISBN-13: 9780762436583
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Published: Running Press, 4/2009
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In the tradition of the finest harlequin romance novels, False Colors follows an epic regency affair on the high seas. John Cavendish is the brooding captain of the HMS Meteor; his ship is embroiled in stopping the slave trade while he reconciles his long-smoldering flame for his right-hand man, "Alfie" Donwell. Danger, action, drama, and yes- there's sex. What more could you want?

The Torturer's Wife (Paperback)

By Thomas Glave
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9780872864665
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Published: City Lights Publishers, 1/2009
A collection of poignant vignettes into the lives of characters both flawed and beautiful. Glave handles the tales of victims of anti-gay violence, widows, slaves... all with deft sensitivity. A poet and scholar, Thomas Glave's work will resonate within you.
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