“In this sequel to Plainsong, Haruf has gotten stronger as a writer. The writing is lyrical, the characters' stories--woven together with the landscape of the plains of Colorado--touch your heart and stay with you long after the last page is read.” -Gayle Shanks, Changing Hands Bookstore, Tempe, AZ

“After reading The Wisdom of Crowds, we might never make another decision on our own. Surowiecki supports his idea that groups can make better decisions than an expert on any given topic brilliantly.” -Jessilynn Krebs, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey, MI

“Lucy Grealy, who wrote Autobiography of a Face, endured a series of surgeries that removed half her jaw and left her disfigured. She always wanted people to look beyond her disfigurement to her thoughts and feelings. Thanks to Patchett's poignant and tender memoir we do.” –Mary Jane Beaufrand, Madison Park Books, Seattle, WA

“Ordinary Wolves is the story of Catuk–a white boy growing up with his father and siblings in a sod igloo in remote Alaska. This beautiful novel is forthright, compelling, and loving, as Kantner stirs our hunger to know our world more intimately, with all its beauty and danger.” –Erin Balch, Student Book Corp, Pullman, WA

“Crossing California is a bold and ambitious story, a multigenerational look at a group of Northside Chicago Jews working hard to improve their lot in 1979 and 1980. It's a fresh and funny story that is so well told I was shocked that this is Langer's first book.” –Mark LaFramboise, Politics & Prose Books & Coffee, Washington, DC