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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 $5.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	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
3	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
4	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 $13.26! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	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! \| first editions \| SVS
6	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
7	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
8	Beast Master's Circus more books like this by Andre Norton, Lyn McConchie add to wishlist During a visit to Arzor, Laris, a young woman in bondage to the circus manager Dedran, stumbles upon her master's disturbing ties to the interstellar Thieves Guild, which seeks to create telepathic beasts for their own sinister purposes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Beast Master's Quest more books like this by Andre Norton, Lyn McConchie add to wishlist Laris, a young, orphaned, ex-refugee who has the beast master ability, has bonded with a remarkably intelligent and mysterious cat-like creature named Prauo. Having made a home for herself with the Ouades, a family of Arzor ranchers, Laris also becomes friends with beast masters Tani and Hosteen Storm. When Laris inherits a spaceship, she realizes ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.43! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Untamed more books like this by Nora Roberts add to wishlist A New York Times Bestselling Author It was magic and illusions. So lion trainer Jo told Keane, the new owner of the circus. Night after night he watched her fearlessly enter the lions' cage. Why couldn't he see how her heart did cartwheels at the very sight of him, and that for her the greatest wonder of them all was when he held her in his arms ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Whip more books like this by Catherine Cookson add to wishlist Emma inherited her father's skill with the whips and knives which he used in his act in an early-Victorian travelling show. This strange legacy was to play a significant part in shaping Emma's destiny after she'd been orphaned at seven and sent to live with an unknown grandmother in County Durham. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Carny Folk: The World's Weirdest Sideshow Acts more books like this by Francine Hornberger add to wishlist Here spectators will see Atasha the Gorilla Girl, Combustible Kira, Lionel the Lion-Faced Man, Otis the Frog Boy, Serpentina the Snake Girl, and more than forty other legendary sideshow acts. From P.T. Barnum's albinos and "Siamese" twins, to the traveling oddity museums linked to circuses and carnivals, to a whole new generation of "carny kids," ... see all copies from $5.74! new only from $7.82!
13	Under the Big Top more books like this by Bruce Feiler add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.80! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Under the Big Top: A Season with the Circus more books like this by Bruce Feiler add to wishlist The bestselling author of "Walking the Bible" renders "a stunning collective portrait of an ingrown community with its own history, hierarchy, and traditions" ("The New Yorker"). see all copies from $2.67! new only from $7.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	World of wonders more books like this by Robertson Davies add to wishlist A tale of fantasy and the stage, by the celebrated Canadian playwright and novelist. It describes the life and adventures of Magnus Eisengrim, the world's greatest magician, from his grim childhood in rural Canada to his years as a day-laborer and mechanic to his eventual triumph on the international stage. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Circus Excite more books like this by Nikki Magennis add to wishlist Julia Spark is a professional dancer, newly graduated. Jobs are hard to find and, after a curious audition, she finds herself running away with the circus, A circus of erotica. An adult show full of bizarre performers trained to arouse the audience. And not only does the ringmaster mesmerise his artists, but also seems to have taken a special ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.54! \| first editions
17 view cover	Memoirs of a midget more books like this by Walter de La Mare add to wishlist Miss M., a pretty and diminutive young woman with a passion for shells, fossils, flints, butterflies and stuffed animals, struggles to deal with her isolation from the rest of society due to her extraordinarily small size. When her father dies, she must make her own way in a world that treats her as an entertaining curiosity, a momentary diversion ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Aerialist more books like this by Richard Schmitt add to wishlist Gary joins the circus at its winter headquarters in Florida to work as a handyman. As he falls under the spell of the circus workers and their unique way of life, he is able to throw off his past and find a more glamorous existence than what he left behind. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Arcadio more books like this by William Goyen add to wishlist Completed while he was dying, William Goyen's Arcadio is one of the most affecting and imaginative farewells to life ever written. Arcadio, whose voice is inimitably Goyenesque, is a creature from beyond the normal walks of life. Half man, half woman, raised in a whorehouse and for years the veteran exhibitionist in an itinerant circus sideshow, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Golden Age of the Circus, the more books like this by Howard Loxton add to wishlist see all copies from $7.70! new only from $7.70! \| first editions
21 view cover	Embrace Me more books like this by Lisa Samson add to wishlist A scarred woman immersed in the strange world of a traveling circus finds love of another kind. A dread-locked and scarred local with a hidden history and a compelling present may provide Valentine with the embrace she longs for. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.83! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Every Inch a King more books like this by Harry Turtledove add to wishlist Turtledove is a Hugo Award-winning and critically acclaimed writer whose novel "Every Inch a King" is heralded for Rmanag[ing] the difficult feat of telling a story that is consistently funny--and wistful, exciting, tragic, and swashbuckling at the same timeS--S.M. Stirling. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Kaleidoscope more books like this by Darryl Wimberley add to wishlist Jack Romaine's addiction to speakeasies and cards has landed him in a tight spot - one which he can't use his good looks to get out of. With debts to dangerous men piling up, he becomes an unwilling recruit for a Cincinnati gangster needing an expendable tool to recover his stolen cash and railroad bonds. Unfortunately, Jack is not the only man on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Moira Orfei in Aigues-Mortes more books like this by Wayne Koestenbaum add to wishlist Peopled by pianists, prostitutes, muses, and manipulators, this debut novel by the noted poet and cultural critic hums with obsessive energy and examines one artist's choices at the crossroads of sex, death, and creativity. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.75! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Tattoo girl more books like this by Brooke Stevens add to wishlist Late at night in an empty Ohio shopping mall, a teenage girl is discovered by a security guard. Speechless and traumatised, she has also been tattooed all over her body with tiny black fish scales. As Lucy works to understand what has happened to her new daughter, she is forced to face her own demons. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $51.09! \| first editions

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