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1	Water for Elephants more books like this by Sara Gruen add to wishlist An atmospheric, gritty, and compelling novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932, by the bestselling author of "Riding Lessons. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived more books like this by Ralph D Helfer add to wishlist Modoc, the elephant, and Bram, his faithful companion and trainer, formed a bond that lasted their entire lives. Late in their relationship, Modoc was sold behind Bram's back and vanished for more than 20 years. This text records the heart-wrenching events that followed. see all copies from $3.49! new only from $7.54! \| SVS
3	Conspiracy Game more books like this by Christine Feehan add to wishlist GhostWalker Jack Norton is a genetically enhanced telepathic sniper on a mission to rescue his brother in the jungles of the Congo. Then he meets Briony, a beautiful rebel on a mission of her own--who is hiding secrets that a shadowy enemy would kill to discover. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.68! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Man Who Walked Between the Towers more books like this by Mordicai Gerstein add to wishlist The true story of street performer Philippe Petit's 1974 high wire walk between the two towers of New York City's World Trade Center. Color ink-and-oil illustrations accompany the text. Named one of the Best Children's Books 2003 by Publishers Weekly and selected by the New York Times Book Review as a 2003 Notable book and one of the Best ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.16! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Mirette on the High Wire more books like this by Emily Arnold McCully add to wishlist Mirette lives in a boarding house surrounded by actors, dancers, jugglers and mimes. Her life is filled with exciting stories and fascinating people. None as magical as the stranger Mirette discovers crossing the courtyard on air--a tightrope walker. Mirette becomes the stranger's pupil and learns to walk the wire. Features brilliant watercolor ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Nights at the Circus more books like this by Angela Carter add to wishlist 'Angela Carter has influenced a whole generation of fellow writers towards dream worlds of baroque splendour, fairy tale horror, and visions of the alienated wreckage of a future world. In "Nights at the Circus" she has invented a new, raunchy, raucous, Cockney voice for her heroine Fevvers, taking us back into a rich, turn of the 19th century ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Learned pigs & fireproof women more books like this by Ricky Jay add to wishlist A cult classic and a work of remarkable scholarship, this title is an investigation into the inspired world of side shows, circuses, and singularly talented performers. Jay's unparalleled collection of books, posters, photographs, programs, broadsides, and data about unjustifiably forgotten entertainers all over the world made this unique book ... see all copies from $5.70! new only from $132.78! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Harold's Circus more books like this by Crockett Johnson add to wishlist Harold, a lad of unusual talents, is at his finest in command of a large, laughter-filled circus. It all starts with a straight line, but from a line to a tightrope is an easy step which leads naturally to lions, elephants, a fat lady, a tall man, clowns and a lemonade man. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.24! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Circus in Winter more books like this by Cathy Day add to wishlist For over 50 years, the Great Porter Circus travels from France to a small Indiana town to spend the winter, and the circus folks and the townspeople, inevitably, affect each other's lives in many ways. Based on fact, and told by a member of a circus family, THE CIRCUS IN WINTER--a collection of stories--brings to life two very different worlds and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Circus of Dr. Lao more books like this by Charles Finney add to wishlist Abalone, Arizona, is a sleepy southwestern town whose chief concerns are boredom and surviving the Great Depression. That is, until the circus of Dr. Lao arrives and immensely and irrevocably changes the lives of everyone drawn to its tents. Expecting a sideshow spectacle, the citizens of Abalone instead confront and learn profound lessons from ... see all copies from $2.24! new only from $13.02! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Say Hola to Spanish more books like this by Susan Middleton Elya add to wishlist An introduction to reading and speaking Spanish. Color illustrations accompany the text which includes a glossary and a pronunciation guide. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	American Sideshow: An Encyclopedia of History's Most Wondrous and Curiously Strange Performers more books like this by Marc Hartzman add to wishlist The fascinating personalities of 200 performers from the past 160 years are celebrated through intimate biographies paired with stunning photographs to give readers a comprehensive and sometimes astonishing view of the history of the American sideshow. see all copies from $2.29! new only from $2.50! \| SVS
13 view cover	Madeleine Is Sleeping more books like this by Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum add to wishlist This debut novel enters the realm of the magical, taking place in the mind of the sleeping Madeleine, who is a spinoff from Ludwig Bemelmans's celebrated children's books about the little girl living in a convent. As her family tries to figure out why Madeleine sleeps so long, Madeleine's dreams take flight: she travels with a family of gypsies, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Olivia Saves the Circus more books like this by Ian Falconer add to wishlist The charming, energetic little pig, is back in a sequel to "Olivia". "What did you do over the holidays?" her teacher asks the class. And off goes Olivia into a fantasy world of lions, tigers, scooters and clowns as she recounts how she - and she alone - saved the circus! see all copies from $2.01! new only from $7.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Final Confession of Mabel Stark more books like this by Robert Hough add to wishlist This award-winning Canadian novel follows the life of a female tiger trainer, Mabel Stark (a.k.a. Mary Haynie), told in her own words. It takes her from her early days as an orphan in Kentucky, to her unfortunate marriage and the mental hospital where she was committed by her husband, to her life as a hoochy-coochy dancer in a carnival, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Circus Shoes more books like this by Noel Streatfeild add to wishlist When their snobbish Aunt Rebecca dies, leaving them alone and penniless, Peter and Santa are faced with the dreadful prospect of life in separate orphanages. Desperate, they run away to find their only living relative - Uncle Gus - who works in a circus. see all copies from $11.11! new only from $11.11! \| first editions
17 view cover	Randy's Dandy Lions more books like this by Bill Peet add to wishlist A rhyming text tells the tale of five circus lions who suffer from stage fright. When the lions refuse to perform in front of a crow, the owner of the circus makes a big change in their training. Will the lions perform now, or will this change just make them more uncomfortable? Colored pencil and ink illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.51! \| SVS
18 view cover	Lionboy more books like this by Zizou Corder add to wishlist Ten-year-old Charlie Ashanti is a young Brit with the unusual and amazing ability to speak Cat. This talent comes in handy when he arrives home one night to discover that his biologist parents have been kidnapped and that the neighborhood cats are the only trustworthy creatures he can turn to. After escaping Rafi, a neighborhood tough hot on his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Dan Rice: The Most Famous Man You've Never Heard of more books like this by David Carlyon add to wishlist Dan Rice (1823-1900), who started out as a circus clown, achieved unprecedented success when he transformed his act into the perfect mixture of comedy, music, and animal performance. An innovative entertainer, he helped inspire the golden age of vaudeville by his example. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Oliver more books like this by Syd Hoff (Illustrator) add to wishlist Eleven elephants cross the ocean on a ship so that they can join the circus. Unfortunately, once they arrive at their destination, the ringmaster wants only 10 elephants. Poor Oliver the Elephant is left all alone to try to find a place to call home. First he tries the zoo, then he tries to become the pet of a friendly woman but nothing seems ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.48! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas more books like this by Tracy Mack, Michael Citrin add to wishlist Sherlock Holmes stories captured readers' imaginations for more than a century. Now Tracy Mack and Michael Citrin will capture the hearts of a new generation with a unique new twist on these beloved mysteries. Few know: Holmes was assisted by a band of devoted boys, street urchins who loved to solve mysteries, called the Baker Street Irregulars. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Kite Rider more books like this by Geraldine McCaughrean add to wishlist Up and up the wind drew him. Haoyou could hear the fibres of the rope creaking. Perhaps his kite would burst apart. Perhaps there would be no air to breathe at the top of the sky. They called him Gou Tian, Sky Hook, the boy who flies. No one had ever seen anything like it. Crowds flocked to the Jade Circus to see the Bird Boy, the Sun Swallow, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.16! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Wizard of Karres more books like this by Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint, Dave Freer add to wishlist A trio of SF authors pick up where the late James Schmitz left off in this sequel to Schmitz's classic, humorous space opera, THE WITCHES OF KARRES. Pausert, captain of the spaceship Venture, is now a Witch of Karres attempting to get the hang of his burgeoning psychic powers. Accompanied by his much-younger Witch cousins, Goth (his future ... see all copies from $4.50! new only from $16.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
24	Spangle: Gary Jennings more books like this by Gary Jennings add to wishlist A picaresque novel about the adventures of a 19th-century circus, from the embittered post-Civil War South to the glittering and decadent capitals and courts of Europe. From the bestselling author of Aztec and The Journeyer. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $32.00! \| first editions
25 view cover	The Circus Fire more books like this by Stewart O'Nan add to wishlist This history of a tragic 1944 circus fire in Hartford, Connecticut recreates the heroic actions of some and the craven brutality of others as over 160 people perished, partly because of what may have been unsafe conditions and poor planning by the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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