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		<title>2008 Employee Favorites: Christian Benito</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. The Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt
It appears that Mr. Hunt crawled inside my head and mined out all of my favorite tropes before setting out to write this book. Here is an alternate world of Victorian steam punk replete with a race of sentient robots, daring young orphan adventurers, masked avengers, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book News for Tuesday, January 6, 2009</title>
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 Obama Reads Here: Even if I weren't an unabashed Obama supporter, I suspect the novelty of reading about a book-loving president would thrill me to no end, especially after the Illiteracy Zone that's plagued the White House for the past eight years.
But since I am an Obama-lovin' lunatic, it thrills me to no end [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.powells.com/blog/?p=4368</link>
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		<title>Sharing a Bathroom with Chickens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We all have our own personal telltale signs of spring. For some, it's really specific. Something slightly weird but still uniquely their own &#8212; like the smell of Pledge simonizing the house or some hideous pastel-dyed, coffee-inspired foodstuff back on the board at Starbucks. Whatever it is, we have them. They are the wonky (but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living for the City</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  Robert Clifton Weaver and the American City: The Life and Times of an Urban Reformer by Wendell E. Pritchett
  Reviewed by Kim Phillips-Fein
  The Nation
  In July 2000 a ceremony was held to commemorate the renaming of the headquarters of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Squirrel&#8217;s Name? Morrison</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In all, 414 people entered our name-the-squirrel contest. Some submitted only a name, but most included stories to support their choices (including a colorful, fake Wikipedia entry).
Why Morrison? Do you really have to ask?
Okay. Because we liked it. Hah!
In fact, the guy who designed the squirrel image &#8212; that'd be Trent &#8212; winnowed 414 entries [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.powells.com/blog/?p=4352</link>
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		<title>Emperor Penguins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This early reader is full of fun facts about emperor penguins — their lifecycle, habitat, predators, and even what they like to do for fun. With easy-to-understand explanations and plenty of illustrations, Emperor Penguins is a great choice for young animal lovers.

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		<link>http://www.powells.com/blog/?p=4364</link>
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		<title>2008 Employee Favorites: Jill Saginario</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. Paper Towns by John Green
After I read an advanced copy of this book, the anticipation of its release seemed almost unbearable. And, apparently, I was not alone: soon after the book came out, customers started leaving notes in our stock, urging other people to read it! John Green has set a new standard for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.powells.com/blog/?p=4361</link>
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		<title>Snow Wonder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With so much to do — like sledding, ice skating, and cookie-baking with grandma — it's "snow" wonder that this brother-and-sister duo has such a great day of wintery fun.  Early readers will love Snow Wonder for its rhyming story, sticker sheets, and colorful illustrations. (The little dog is especially cute!)

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		<link>http://www.powells.com/blog/?p=4360</link>
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		<title>Less Stuff, More Substance</title>
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		<link>http://www.powells.com/blog/?p=4356</link>
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		<title>Book News for Monday, January 5, 2009</title>
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 Reminder: You only have the rest of today to submit your word to win a FREE set of the 20-volume The Oxford English Dictionary!
And don't forget to add why you picked the word.  Good luck!
 In Memoriam: Glenn Goldman, owner of the renowned L.A.-area independent bookstore Book Soup, passed away over the weekend [...]]]></description>
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