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Not all summer reading should be required!   For your non-required reading pleasure, we have a "bookseller's dozen", 14 great middle reader and young adult titles, all 20% off through July 31. (We realize that some reading is required, so we have the Sunshine State books for 3rd-6th grade in stock, as well as the books on most area schools' reading lists.)

  BENJAMIN BUSCH will discuss and sign his widely acclaimed and completely original memoir, DUST TO DUST. Busch tells his life story from childhood curiousity to wartime high alert with breathtakingly detailed observations of the constant elements that make up his world - water, soil, blood, wood and more - showing up in different forms as time shapes them and him. With much time spent in solitary pursuits, there are almost no other humans here, but the reader goes deep into the mind of the adventurous boy and the thoughtful man, from toy soldiering to Iraq to acting in war movies. The reviews say it all: "Extraordinary…It is impossible to read any part of this work and not be moved…one to be savored. Don't fail to read it." New York Journal of Books "Beautifully told...There is not one bad sentence in this book...I cannot wait to see what [Busch] writes next." Library Journal "Busch carries us on a haunting, humorous, and poignant journey." Publishers Weekly "Elegiac, funny, wistful, deep, and wonderfully human, Dust to Dust moved me to laughter and tears, sometimes simultaneously…After reading this book, you will want to go outside and really look at our world." Karl Marlantes, author of Matterhorn and What It Is Like to Go to War "Dust to Dust is a wonderful book, original in concept and stunningly written, a soldier's memoir that is about soldiering and much else besides…a tour de force…" Ward Just "[Busch] writes with the precision of a stonemason, the courage of a combat veteran, and the inquisitiveness of an artist…A haunting meditation on time, memory, and death." Baltimore City Paper Benjamin Busch grew up in rural New York, served two tours in Iraq as a Marine infantry officer, and has appeared as an actor on numerous TV shows, including as Officer Anthony Coliccio on HBO's The Wire. His writing has been featured in Harper's and twice nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and he has been guest commentator on NPR's All Things Considered. Busch lives on a farm in Michigan with his wife and two daughters.