 | The Tale of Murasaki: A Novel by Liza Dalby
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.44 A fascinating look into the lives and times of Heian Japan, told by the definitive expert.
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 | Geisha by Liza Dalby
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $2.20 Everything you ever wanted to know about Geisha, by someone who's been there and done that.
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 | A pageant of pattern for needlepoint canvas: Centuries of design, textures, stitches : a new exploration by Sherlee Lantz
Buy used from: $3.39 Maybe it's not a novel, but for those of us addicted to needlepoint, it's a must have.
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 | The Techniques of Japanese Embroidery by Shuji Tamura
Buy used from: $41.39 I'll probably never do any embroidery, much less Japanese embroidery, but this stuff is so wonderful!!
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 | The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte
Buy used from: $0.01 I would have probably sold my soul, too!!
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 | Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christopher Rilke by Rainer Maria Rilke
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $2.75 You might have to scour the used book stores, but you'll be glad you did.
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| Ballroom of the Skies by John D. MacDonald
Buy used from: $1.20 Amazing science fiction from a mystery author. Another book you'll have to find in a used book store.
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 | Caves of Steel (Robot City) by Isaac Asimov
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.00 Not his best effort, but you'll need to read it to understand the next ones in the series.
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 | The Naked Sun by Isaac Asimov
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.37 Here's the one to pay close attention to. Is this where we're headed?
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 | The Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.42 Third in the series, written many years later. Amazing stuff!!
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 | Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Buy used from: $0.01 How can anyone not fall in love with her?
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 | Memoirs of a Geisha: A Novel by Arthur Golden
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.01 OK, I'm fixated with Geisha. Read this and you'll know why.
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 | Kimono: Fashioning Culture by Liza Crihfield Dalby
Buy new: $19.67 / Used from: $16.69 I never knew kimono could be so beautiful. The history and traditions are fascinating.
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 | Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $2.98 Yet another historical heroine to fall in love with.
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 | Lady Luck: The Theory of Probability (Science Study Series.) by Warren Weaver
Buy new: $3.59 / Used from: $0.09 This book explains why we'll never win the lottery. Not for the math faint hearted!!
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 | The Origin of Species: By Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (Bantam Classic) by Charles Darwin
Buy new: $5.95 / Used from: $0.80 Even though Chuckie got it a little wrong, you'll never be the same after reading even a small part of this.
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 | The Name of the Rose: including the Author's Postscript by Umberto Eco
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.89 See if you can find one of the longest sentences in any book. Be careful turning those pages.
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 | The Key to The Name of the Rose: Including Translations of All Non-English Passages (Ann Arbor Paperbacks) by Adele J. Haft
Buy new: $15.26 / Used from: $9.00 You'll need this, unless you can read medieval languages.
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 | Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 First in the Rama series, it tells of a place beyond most people's imagination.
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 | Rama II by Arthur C. Clarke
Buy new: $13.22 / Used from: $3.49 I read this right after the fist one. Maybe it wasn't as good, but Clarke's imagination is still vivid.
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 | The Garden of Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 Clarke paints an astounding world, even though his people skills are lacking.
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 | The Handbook of Sailing by Bob Bond
Buy used from: $0.01 If you ever decide to study sailing, here's the book you'll need.
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