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The Last American Road Trip

3 weeks ago | powells.com | Sarah Kendzior

by $29.99 New Hardcover Ships in 1 to 3 days QtyStore2Burnside2Hawthorne Upcoming Event Sarah Kendzior, author of The View from Flyover Country, navigates a changing America as she and her family embark on a series of road trips, in a book that is part memoir, part history, and wholly unique. It is one thing to study the fall of democracy, another to have it hit your homeland — and yet another to raise children as it happens.
Sarah Kendzior: Hardcover: 9781250879882: Powell's Books

3 weeks ago | powells.com | Sarah Kendzior

The New York Times bestselling author of They Knew, Hiding in Plain Sight, and The View from Flyover Country navigates a changing America as she and her family embark on a series of road trips, in a book that is part memoir, part history, and wholly unique. It is one thing to study the fall of democracy, another to have it hit your homeland — and yet another to raise children as it happens.
Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk

4 weeks ago | powells.com | Faiz Siddiqui

SynopsisThe rise, fall, and revival of the Caesar of Silicon Valley. Elon Musk has cast himself as the savior of humanity, an altruistic force whose fortune is tied to noble pursuits from halting our dependence on fossil fuels to colonizing Mars.
The Disparate Ones: Essays On Being in the World but Not of the World

Jan 6, 2025 | powells.com | Marty Duren

Powell's Staff: Five Book Friday: In Memoriam (0 comment) Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter: Kate Conger and Ryan Mac: Hardcover: 9780593656136: Powell's Books

Sep 17, 2024 | powells.com | Kate Conger |Ryan Mac

Powell's Staff:Five Book Friday: In Memoriam(0 comment)Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
Norman Holmes Pearson at the Nexus of Poetry, Espionage, and American Power: Greg Barnhisel: Hardcover: 9780226647203: Powell's Books

Sep 12, 2024 | powells.com | Greg Barnhisel

An insightful biography of an unassuming literary scholar — and spy — who transformed postwar American culture. Although his impact on twentieth-century American cultural life was profound, few people know the story of Norman Holmes Pearson. His life embodies the Cold War alliances among US artists, scholars, and the national-security state that coalesced after World War II.
Suzanne Kamata: Trade Paperback: 9781954332515: Powell's Books

Aug 5, 2024 | powells.com | Suzanne Kamata

Powell's Staff:Five Book Friday: In Memoriam(0 comment)Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
Lev Grossman: Hardcover: 9780735224049: Powell's Books

Jul 15, 2024 | powells.com | Lev Grossman

by Release Date: 7/23/2024 Upcoming EventLev Grossman, bestselling author of the Magicians trilogy, returns with a triumphant reimagining of the King Arthur legend for the new millennium. A gifted young knight named Collum arrives at Camelot to compete for a spot on the Round Table, only to find that he’s too late. The king died two weeks ago at the Battle of Camlann, leaving no heir, and only a handful of the knights of the Round Table survive.
Star Trek Video Games: An Unofficial Guide to the Final Frontier

Jun 14, 2024 | powells.com | Mat Bradley-Tschirgi

Powell's Staff:Five Book Friday: In Memoriam(0 comment)Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
Ella Dawson: Hardcover: 9780593473771: Powell's Books

Jun 4, 2024 | powells.com | Carola Lovering |Ella Dawson

by Release Date: 7/1/2024 Upcoming EventIn Ella Dawson’s But How Are You, Really (Dutton), a burned-out bisexual confronts old demons, her estranged chosen family, and the ex she maybe shouldn't have walked away from when she attends her five-year college reunion. Charlotte Thorne does not want to go back to Hein University.