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1	Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World more books like this by Vicki Myron, Bret Witter add to wishlist The charming story of Dewey Readmore Books, the beloved library cat of Spencer, Iowa, starts in the worst possible way. Only a few weeks old, on the coldest night of the year, he was stuffed into the returned book slot at the library. For the next 19 years, he never stopped charming the people of Spencer with his enthusiasm, warmth, humility, and, ... see all copies from $3.95! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship more books like this by Jeffrey Zaslow add to wishlist From the co-author of the bestselling "The Last Lecture" comes a moving tribute to female friendships, with the inspiring story of 11 girls and the women they became. see all copies from $9.23! new only from $12.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Weight of Silence more books like this by Heather Gudenkauf add to wishlist Masterfully written and beautifully told, Gudenkauf's debut is a stunning novel of family devotion, honesty, and regret that's sure to linger long after the last page is turned--a story of two families tied by the question of what had happened to their children. Original. see all copies from $6.95! new only from $7.92! \| SVS
4	Home more books like this by Marilynne Robinson add to wishlist The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Gilead" pens a moving and healing book about families, family secrets, and the passing of the generations. see all copies from $2.80! new only from $2.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression more books like this by Mildred Armstrong Kalish add to wishlist The story of a time, a place, and a way of life, this is a slice of Americana--set during the Great Depression--that shows readers, through the portrait of one high-spirited young girl, how the right stuff can make even a time of adversity seem like a good time. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.94! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Heartbreaker more books like this by Julie Garwood add to wishlist After trembling his way through a serial killer's confession over his obsession with the lovely Laurant Madden, Catholic priest Tom Madden turns to his friend, FBI agent Nick Buchanan. Tom and Laurant were separated as children following the death of their parents. Laurant grew up in a posh Swiss boarding school; Tom remained in America and was ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Gilead more books like this by Marilynne Robinson add to wishlist Marilynne Robinson's long-awaited second novel is named after the town in which it is set: Gilead, Iowa. The time is the 1950s, and John Ames, the town's beloved pastor, is dying of heart disease. Widowed early but recently remarried, John has a very young son. The novel is a final act of love: a letter to the boy, in which he looks back on his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Alice's Tulips more books like this by Sandra Dallas add to wishlist This epistolary novel consists of the letters a newlywed named Alice writes to her sister Lizzie. Alice's husband is off fighting for the Union; Alice is living with her mother-in-law, learning to quilt, and coping with her first pregnancy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Bridges of Madison County more books like this by Robert James Waller add to wishlist THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, the highly romantic tale of a roaming photographer and a lonely housewife, was Robert James Waller's first novel. Its sensitive exploration of a four-day encounter between star-crossed lovers touched hearts everywhere, and gallons of tears were shed at the sad ending. By the time its popularity began to ebb, the book ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist From one of the most beloved and bestselling authors in the English language comes a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the middle of the United States in the middle of the last century. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Thousand Acres more books like this by Jane Smiley add to wishlist Larry Cook isn't getting any younger, and he decides to divide his 1000 acres of prime Iowa farmland between his three very different daughters: Ginny, Rose, and Caroline. But Caroline, who tends to speak her mind, lacks the proper enthusiasm for the deal, and Larry impulsively disinherits her. Vividly set in Iowa farm country, Jane Smiley's saga ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Shoeless Joe more books like this by W P Kinsella add to wishlist Ray Kinsella, an insurance agent turned farmer, begins hearing voices--rather, a Voice. "If you build it, he will come," the Voice tells Ray, who intuitively knows that "he" is Shoeless Joe Jackson, banned from baseball along with the other 1919 "Black Sox." Ray builds a baseball stadium in his cornfield, and waits. But the Voice isn't finished. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	A Thousand Country Roads more books like this by Robert James Waller add to wishlist Robert Kincaid and Francesca Johnson meet again in a bittersweet follow-up to their initial tryst. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Kira-Kira more books like this by Cynthia Kadohata add to wishlist Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem glittering and shining. But when Lynn becomes desperately ill, and the whole family begins to fall apart, it is up to Katie to find a way to remind them all that there is always something glittering in the future. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.70! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Jasmine more books like this by Bharati Mukherjee add to wishlist When Jasmine Vijh is widowed in India at 17, she seems fated to a life of isolation in an Indian village. But she flees to America where she becomes Jane Ripplemeyer, resident of Iowa, married and adoptive mother of a Vietnamese refugee. The author also wrote The Middleman and Other Stories . see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Slow waltz in Cedar Bend more books like this by Robert James Waller add to wishlist A romance erupts on a Iowa campus between rebellious economics professor Michael Tillman and Jellie Braden, who is married to the new professor in town. Although they quickly realize that they were destined for one another, Michael must follow Jellie to India in in order to be with her. Jellie has gone there in an attempt to resolve some dark ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	What's Eating Gilbert Grape more books like this by Peter Hedges add to wishlist Gilbert Grape, a resident of provincial Endora, Iowa, endures the eccentricities of his family and neighbors--including his mother, who is eating herself to death; his Elvis-fanatic sister; his retarded brother; and his married lover. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Hit and Run more books like this by Lawrence Block add to wishlist Fingered for a murder he didn't commit, a hit man goes on the run to save his life, in this stunning new work from the "New York Times"-bestselling master of mystery. Top-notch crime fiction.--"Chicago Sun Times." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Leap of Faith more books like this by Danielle Steel add to wishlist Marie-Ange, a French-American woman with a tragic past, learns that her husband may be plotting to kill her. Her childhood friend, farmhand Billy Parker, comes to her aid. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Postville: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America more books like this by Stephen G Bloom add to wishlist When a Lubavitcher Jew from Brooklyn moves to Postville, Iowa, the townspeople welcome his business, a slaughterhouse that renews the economy of the area. But when Lubavitchers relocate in numbers, and power begins to shift in the community, resentment arises among the older residents, who eventually take strong measures after accusations arise ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Patterns of Love more books like this by Robin Lee Hatcher add to wishlist Inga is the Plain Jane of the Linberg sisters, and as the dutiful oldest daughter, she is resigned to a quiet life helping her father with his Lutheran ministry in Iowa. Enter Dirk Bridges, a dairy farmer looking for help in caring for two young nieces and ailing mother. When Inga agrees to be his live-in housekeeper, she really doesn't expect to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Great Plains more books like this by Ian Frazier add to wishlist A travelogue of the Great Plains, from the site of Sitting Blue's cabin on the Grand River in South Dakota, to a rock shop made of fossilized dinosaur bones; from an abandoned house where Bonnie and Clyde terrorized the inhabitants in 1933, to the house of the murders in Capote's "In Cold Blood". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Oxford Project more books like this by Peter Feldstein (Photographer), Stephen G Bloom (Text by) add to wishlist In 1984, photographer Peter Feldstein set out to photograph every single resident of his town, Oxford, Iowa. In 2004, Feldstein decided to do it again and invited writer Stephen Bloom to join him. Together they went in search of the same Oxford residents Feldstein had originally shot two decades earlier. see all copies from $20.75! new only from $31.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Crossing Over: One Woman's Escape from Amish Life more books like this by Ruth Irene Garrett, Rick Farrant add to wishlist Chronicles the author's departure from the strict Old Order Amish community in Kalona, Iowa, and how she escaped a lifetime of rigid rules, privacy, abuse, and oppression to join the modern world while keeping alive her Christian faith. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town more books like this by Nick Reding add to wishlist "Methland" tells the story of Oelwein, Iowa, which, like thousands of other small towns across the country, has been affected by one of the most dangerous drugs in the world. see all copies from $17.90! new only from $17.90! \| first editions \| SVS

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