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Search below to order any one of millions of new titles, most of which we'll offer you at a 20% discount. Please note that this is NOT in sync with our store inventory, but rather a database supplied by our distributor. If we have the book on hand in the store, it will probably be cheaper. If so, we'll let you know!

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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.

Book Sense Picks Read more...
Unique and provocative selections from a great diversity of voices...all personally recommended by the independent booksellers of America.

Unaccustomed Earth Unaccustomed Earth
by Lahiri, Jhumpa
Jhumpa Lahiri's new collection of stories overflows with insights about the secrets we can hide. While these stories examine the crossing and commingling of Indian and Western cultures, the feelings of pride, love, and loneliness ring true in any society. They are jewels.--Rosemary Pugliese, Quail Ridge Books &Music (Raleigh, NC)
Strengthening a Vibrant Local Economy Read more...
Informative titles on the importance of building and strengthening a vibrant local economy.

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
by Kingsolver, Barbara, Kingsolver, Camille
“Tracing the food year, Kingsolver—with her characteristic candor, poetry, and grace—brings us meditations on asparagus, turkeys, tomatoes, and mulch as she and her family try to eat locally as much as they can. This is a distinct hybrid of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Under the Tuscan Sun, and Walden.” —Matt Plies, Annie Bloom’s Books, Portland, OR
Used Book Buying Policy
We buy used books extremely selectively.
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Quote of the Day
"Bread and books: food for the body and food for the soul--what could be more worthy of our respect, and even love?"

- Salman Rushdie
Imaginary Homelands
From The Quotable Book Lover (Lyons Press)
Author Birthday
Robert Surtees was born on this date in 1803.