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Top 25 Nonfiction Trade Paperbacks

Congratulations to the authors and publishers of Under the Clock! Richmonders love Richmond!

Keep the local character of our city strong by shopping at local businesses that make us unique! Like us!

And woo hoo, Jason Tesauro: our favorite Modern Gentleman!

Kudos Art: our favorite bug guy!

Yay Dean: our favorite guy who tells stories about camel parasites!

OK...maybe I should stop now.

Under the Clock: The Story of Miller & Rhoads (Paperback)

By Earle Dunford, George Bryson
$19.99
ISBN-13: 9781596295292
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Published: History Press, 11/2008

The Modern Gentleman: A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy and Vice (Paperback)

By Phineas Mollod, Jason Tesauro
$15.99
ISBN-13: 9781580084307
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Ten Speed Press, 3/2004
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National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Insects and Spiders & Related Species of North America (Paperback)

By Arthur V. Evans, Craig Tufts
$19.95
ISBN-13: 9781402741531
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Published: Sterling, 6/2007

Best Garden Plants for Virginia (Paperback)

By Richard Nunally, Laura Peters
$16.95
ISBN-13: 9789768200136
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Published: Lone Pine Publishing, 2/2006

Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival (Paperback)

By Dean King
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780316159357
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Back Bay Books, 4/2005
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time (Paperback)

By Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780143038252
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Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 2/2007
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SKULLS (Paperback)

By Noah Scalin
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9781600593758
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Lark Books, 10/2008

Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Paperback)

By Shannon Brownlee
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9781582345796
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Bloomsbury USA, 9/2008
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A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Paperback)

By Eckhart Tolle
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780452289963
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Published: Plume Books, 1/2008
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Richmond Receipts: Past and Present (Paperback)

By Jan Carlton, Robyn Browder
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9780898653229
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Donning Company Publishers, 12/1983

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (Paperback)

By Michael Pollan
$17.00
ISBN-13: 9780143038580
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Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 9/2007
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Unwise Passions: A True Story of a Remarkable Woman---and the First Great Scandal of Eighteenth-Century America (Paperback)

By Alan Pell Crawford
$20.99
ISBN-13: 9780743264679
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Published: Simon & Schuster, 2/2005
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True Richmond Stories: Historic Tales from Virginia's Capital (Paperback)

By Harry Kollatz, Jr.
$19.99
ISBN-13: 9781596292680
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Published: History Press, 7/2007

Richmond, VA (Paperback)

By R. David Ross
$12.95
ISBN-13: 9781928662952
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Published: Palari Publishing, 11/2008

Memory Lane Richmond, VA Vol. 1 (Paperback)

By R. David Ross
$12.95
ISBN-13: 9781928662938
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Published: Palari Publishing, 11/2007

Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul (Paperback)

By Karen Abbott
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780812975994
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 6/2008
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Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar . . .: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes (Paperback)

By Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780143113874
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Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 7/2008
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This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession (Paperback)

By Daniel J. Levitin
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780452288522
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Published: Plume, 9/2007
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The Order of Things: Hierarchies, Structures, and Pecking Orders (Paperback)

By Barbara Ann Kipfer
$9.95
ISBN-13: 9780761150442
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Published: Workman Publishing, 11/2008
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (Paperback)

By Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, Steven L. Hopp
$15.99
ISBN-13: 9780060852566
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Published: Harper Perennial, 5/2008
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Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank: A Slightly Tarnished Southern Belle's Words of Wisdom (Paperback)

By Celia Rivenbark
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780312339944
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin, 9/2007
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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain (Paperback)

By Oliver Sacks
$15.95
ISBN-13: 9781400033539
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Published: Vintage, 9/2008
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Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance (Paperback)

By Barack Obama
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9781400082773
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Published: Broadway, 8/2004
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We're Just Like You, Only Prettier: Confessions of a Tarnished Southern Belle (Paperback)

By Celia Rivenbark
$13.99
ISBN-13: 9780312312442
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Published: St. Martin's Griffin, 2/2005
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If the Buddha Dated: A Handbook for Finding Love on a Spiritual Path (Paperback)

By Charlotte Kasl
$14.00
ISBN-13: 9780140195835
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Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 2/1999
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