BOOKS by Richard Ford

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1	Independence Day more books like this by Richard Ford add to wishlist INDEPENDENCE DAY is the sequel to Richard Ford's 1986 novel THE SPORTSWRITER. The story picks up six years later and finds the narrator, Frank Bascombe, still trying to make sense of life. Bascombe is no longer a sportswriter; he now sell real estate. Over the course of a Fourth of July weekend he takes a stab at settling some aspects of his life. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Lay of the Land more books like this by Richard Ford add to wishlist With "The Sportswriter," in 1985, Richard Ford began a cycle of novels that ten years later--after "Independence Day"--won both the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award. Now, Frank Bascombe's story resumes, in the fall of 2000, with the presidential election still hanging in the balance and Thanksgiving looming before him with all the perils ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The sportswriter more books like this by Richard Ford add to wishlist This novel set in America comes from the author of "A Piece of My Heart". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The New Granta Book of the American Short Story by Richard Ford (Editor) add to wishlist Richard Ford, who is among the very finest of American novelists and story writers, edited and introduced the first "Granta Book of the American Short Story", which Granta published in 1992. It became the definitive anthology of American short fiction written in the last half of the twentieth century - an 'exemplary choice' in the words of the ... see all copies from $6.90! new only from $9.98! \| SVS
5	Wildlife more books like this by Richard Ford add to wishlist In the autumn of 1960, Joseph Brinson lives alone with his mother while his father, recently laid off by the local country club where he had been a golf instructor, takes a job as firefighter in a neighboring town. In her husband's absence, Mrs. Brinson becomes involved with Warren Miller, a prominent local man who is considerably older than she. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.81! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Granta Book of the American Short Story more books like this by Richard Ford add to wishlist Ford selects stories by distinguished American writers, including Eudora Welty, Paul Bowles, William Gass, and T. C. Boyle. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	A Piece of My Heart more books like this by Richard Ford add to wishlist In Richard Ford's first novel, two men, each on his own separate quest, meet on an island in the Mississippi, and violence erupts. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.36! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Laughing Allegra: The Inspiring Story of a Mother's Struggle and Triumph Raising a Daughter with Learning Disabilities more books like this by Anne Ford, John-Richard Thompson add to wishlist Henry Ford's granddaughter, Anne, writes about her daughter Allegra's battles with severe learning disabilities over the course of 30 years. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.38! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Race Card: How Bluffing about Bias Makes Race Relations Worse more books like this by Richard Thompson Ford add to wishlist As the label of prejudice is applied to more and more situations, it loses a clear and agreed-upon meaning. Ford brings sophisticated legal analysis, lively and eye-popping anecdotes, and plain old common sense to this heated topic. see all copies from $4.05! new only from $4.48! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The essential tales of Chekhov more books like this by A. P. Chekhov, Richard Ford add to wishlist In this collection of 20 short stories, the editor Richard Ford has selected his personal favourites of Chekhov's work. Includes are "The Kiss", "The Darling", as well as lesser known tales such as "A Blunder", "Hush" and "Champagne". see all copies from $5.55! new only from $6.66! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Eudora Welty Complete Novels more books like this by Eudora Welty, Richard Ford (Editor), Michael Kreyling (Editor) add to wishlist This two-volume collection reveals the singular imaginative power of one of America's most admired Southern writers. "Complete Novels" gathers all of Welty's longer fiction, from "The Robber Bridegroom" (1942) to her Pulitzer Prize-winning "The Optimist's Daughter" (1972). see all copies from $16.78! new only from $19.10! \| first editions
12 view cover	Women with Men more books like this by Ford add to wishlist A trilogy of novellas by the author of INDEPENDENCE DAY and THE SPORTSWRITER. Two of the works ("The Womanizer" and "Occidentals") follow the domestic complications of American intellectuals living in Paris. The third piece ("Jealous") describes a trip to Seattle taken by a teenage Montana boy with his "fast" Aunt Doris. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Ultimate Good Luck more books like this by Richard Ford add to wishlist Vietnam veteran Tarry Quinn travels to Mexico to help his girlfriend's brother Sonny get out of the Oaxaca jail where he has been imprisoned for cocaine smuggling. In the course of bribing the judge to release Sonny, Terry discovers that two pounds of the cocaine Sonny was transporting have disappeared. This sets in motion a succession of events ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14	Rock Springs: Stories by Richard Ford add to wishlist A collection of short stories set mostly in the American West, by the author of INDEPENDENCE DAY and THE SPORTSWRITER. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Sportswriter-V325 more books like this by Richard Ford add to wishlist Frank Bascombe, a failed writer and divorced father, lives in the suburban New Jersey town of Haddam, a place as unremarkable and routine as Frank's own daily life. Solitary and melancholic, Frank goes through the motions of work and social life until he meets and begins an affair with Vicki Arcenault, a nurse at the local hospital who treats his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Writers Workshop in a Book: The Squaw Valley Community of Writers on the Art of Fiction more books like this by Professor Alan Cheuse (Editor), Lisa Alvarez (Editor), Richard Ford (Introduction by) add to wishlist Since 1969, the prestigious Squaw Valley Community of Writers has helped develop the art and craft of many who are now household names. Instructors such as Michael Chabon, Mark Childress, Diane Johnson, Anne Lamott, Robert Stone, and Amy Tan have distilled their advice and wisdom from seminars and lectures, and the result is a book that captures ... see all copies from $3.08! new only from $3.08! \| SVS
17 view cover	Rock Springs more books like this by Richard Ford add to wishlist A collection of short stories set mostly in the American West, by the author of INDEPENDENCE DAY and THE SPORTSWRITER. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Bascombe Novels more books like this by Richard Ford add to wishlist This trilogy--"The Sportswriter, Independence Day," and "The Lay of the Land"--charts the life and times of one of the most enduring characters in modern fiction: Frank Bascombe. With finely honed prose that captures the nuances of the human condition, Ford transforms this ordinary man's actions into a riveting, moving parable of life. see all copies from $14.99! new only from $21.38! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19	The Best American Short Stories 1990 more books like this by Richard Ford (Editor), Shannon Ravenel (Editor) add to wishlist Richard Ford is the editor of the 1991 volume of this venerable series. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $29.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Chemist's Companion: A Handbook of Practical Data, Techniques, and References more books like this by Arnold J Gordon, Richard A Ford add to wishlist The Chemist's Companion A Handbook of Practical Data, Techniques, and References Arnold J. Gordon and Richard A. Ford Contents Properties of Molecular Systems Properties of Solvents and Common Liquids Azeotropic Data Empirical Boiling Point--Pressure Relationships Properties of Selected Gases Properties of Representative Fused Salt Systems ... see all copies from $7.64! new only from $134.06!
21 view cover	Growing Up in Mississippi more books like this by Judy H Tucker (Editor), Charline R McCord (Editor), Richard Ford (Foreword by) add to wishlist With contributions from Elizabeth Aydelott, Fred Banks, Jimmy Buffett, Edward Cohen, Maggie Wade Dixon, Ellen Douglas, W. Ralph Eubanks, Richard Ford, Gwendolyn Gong, Carolyn Haines, Lorian Hemingway, Samuel Jones, Robert Khayat, B. B. King, John Maxwell, Alberto Mora, Donald Peterson, Noel Polk, Jerry Rice, George Riggs, Robert St. John, Sid ... see all copies from $10.55! new only from $18.11! \| SVS
22 view cover	Maine: The Seasons more books like this by Terrell S Lester, Ann Beattie, Richard Ford add to wishlist A celebration of Maine's natural beauties by a renowned photographer. see all copies from $9.96! new only from $19.74! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Quest for the Faradawn more books like this by Richard Ford add to wishlist Deep in the ancient forest that the creatures called the Wild Wood amid the scented bracken and towering beeches, there were whispers of a legend whose ending was lost in the mists of time. It told of a heroic journey and a saviour destined to possess the secret power of the Faradawn. And so it came to pass, in the time of man's great war, that a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.95! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Portraits of America more books like this by William Albert Allard, Richard Ford (Foreword by) add to wishlist Part of New National Geographic Insight Series featuring breathtaking photographic retrospectives by individual photographers on a variety of subjects. Photographers will be profiled in ongoing, daily segments of the same name on the new National Geographic Channel, reaching more than 100 million households worldwide. Portraits of America will ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.69! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Granta Book of the American Short Story, Volume 2 by Richard Ford (Editor) add to wishlist Richard Ford, one of the finest American novelists and short story writers, introduced the first "Granta Book of the American Short Story", which Granta published in 1992. It became the definitive anthology of American short fiction written in the last half of the twentieth century. In the fourteen years since, Ford has been reading new stories ... see all copies from $8.52! new only from $8.52! \| SVS

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