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1	Coming of Age in Mississippi more books like this by Anne Moody add to wishlist Moody's famous autobiography is a classic work on growing up poor and Black in the rural South. Her searing account of life before the Civil Rights Movement is as moving as The Color Purple and as important as And Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. "A history of our time . . . (and) a reminder that we cannot now relax".--Senator Edward Kennedy. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Still Life with Crows more books like this by Douglas J Preston, Lincoln Child add to wishlist Medicine Creek, Kansas. In a town where nothing changes, where Main Street is a two-block stretch of old and dusty businesses, a peculiar and ghastly murder has taken place. The body was mutilated and placed carefully in an elaborate tableau in the middle of the endless cornfields. Cool-eyed and smooth FBI Agent Pendergast arrives to discover a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences more books like this by Truman Capote add to wishlist Truman Capote's masterpiece, IN COLD BLOOD, a sterling early example of the New Journalism, was part of an evolving genre that filtered events both big and small through the writer's own experiences and feelings. IN COLD BLOOD is the intensely researched story of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, and the two men who brutally murdered them on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America more books like this by Thomas Frank add to wishlist Liberal journalist Thomas Frank turns his witty and insightful pen on this nation's gradual drift to the right over the last 30 years of the 20th century, asking "Why?" The conservative movement, once the bastion of Bill Buckley, Barry Goldwater, and protected interests now appears to be the people's party, the party of populism, and Frank wants ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Amazing Gracie: A Dog's Tale more books like this by Dan Dye, Mark Beckloff, Meg Cundiff (Illustrator) add to wishlist Narrated by Dan Dye, co-owner of the Three Dog Bakery in Kansas City, this small book tells the true story of his canine inspiration, Gracie. Gracie is a Great Dane whose physical limitations could not contain her inimitable spirit, and who provided just the inspiration that two men needed to start a business. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Twister on Tuesday more books like this by Mary Pope Osborne, Salvatore Murdocca (Illustrator) add to wishlist In this episode of the Magic Tree House series, Jack and Annie travel back in time to the American pioneer period. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Gunmans Rhapsody more books like this by Robert B Parker add to wishlist Parker tries his hand at the Western genre in this tale of Wyatt Earp's passion for the beautiful Josie Marcus--who, unfortunately, is the moll of dangerous, smooth-talking Sheriff Johnny Behan. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.85! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	In Cold Blood more books like this by Truman Capote add to wishlist Truman Capote's masterpiece, IN COLD BLOOD, a sterling early example of the New Journalism, was part of an evolving genre that filtered events both big and small through the writer's own experiences and feelings. IN COLD BLOOD is the intensely researched story of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, and the two men who brutally murdered them on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Three Tenant Families more books like this by James Agee, Walker Evans (Photographer) add to wishlist This documentary work on the cotton sharecroppers of Alabama began as an article for Fortune magazine but was rejected because Agee refused to adopt the sterile, objective voice of conventional journalism. The resulting book, published in 1941 with photos by Walker Evans, ultimately reveals as much about Agee as it did about his subjects. It also ... see all copies from $3.92! new only from $5.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Dark Places more books like this by Gillian Flynn add to wishlist "Flynn is the real deal, a sharp, acerbic, and compelling storyteller with a knack for the macabre."--Stephen King. see all copies from $9.16! new only from $12.33! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World more books like this by Bob Sehlinger add to wishlist This "unofficial" (i.e. unbiased) assessment of Disney World, updated for 2002, offers concise descriptions of its various theme parks, along with area hotels, for the visitor. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Center of Everything more books like this by Laura Moriarty add to wishlist Evelyn Bucknow is highly intelligent, not pretty, and determined not to sink into the sea of loserhood that her relatives swim in. It's the 1980s, and her grandfather is a bigot, her grandmother is a mindless Reaganite, her single mother gets pregnant by her boss and produces a retarded child, and the boy Evelyn loves falls for her prettier best ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Airball: My Life in Briefs more books like this by L D Harkrader add to wishlist Kirby Nickel loves basketball. The only problem is he can't play the game. But coach has a plan for Kirby and the supremely untalented seventh-grade team. It involves the guys playing only in their briefs. An entertaining first novel.--"Booklist." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.16! \| SVS
14 view cover	Horse of a Different Color more books like this by Ralph Moody add to wishlist Ralph Moody's books "should be read aloud in every family circle in America." - "Sterling North." "A book I would especially recommend for someone with a problem. It is not a bit 'preachy,' but it warms your heart. It would be as appropriate for a secluded retreat for keyed-up executives as for a junior high library." - "Best Sellers." "Ralph ... see all copies from $4.83! new only from $10.83! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Persian Pickle Club more books like this by Sandra Dallas add to wishlist A novel about a quilting circle in 1930s Kansas. ("Persian pickle" is another name for paisley fabric.) see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Pioneer Women more books like this by Joanna Stratton, Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. (Designer) add to wishlist Never before has there been such a detailed portrait of women's courage. Here are the stories of wilderness mothers, schoolmarms, Indian squaws, immigrants, homesteaders and circuit riders. And their recollections of prairie fires, locust plagues, Indian raids, cowboy shootouts, blizzards and more. Photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.69! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Middle of Somewhere more books like this by J B Cheaney add to wishlist Veronica Sparks is hitting the road! She has practically memorized "Seize the Way: Ten Weeks to SuperSize Your Life! "and she is going to shake the dust of her little town off her shoes and see the world! Well, someday. For now she's hitting the road in an RV with her cantankerous grandfather at the wheel and her hyperactive little brother in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.83! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Waiting for Summer's Return more books like this by Kim Vogel Sawyer add to wishlist All alone on the Kansas prairie, Summer Steadman has few options. With her husband and children lost to illness, she has no desire to continue on farther west to where she and her husband planned to build their future. Instead, she seeks employment in a small Mennonite community in order to be near the graves of her family. Widower Peter ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.88! \| SVS
19 view cover	Bygones more books like this by Kim Vogel Sawyer add to wishlist Widower Marie Koeppler and her grown daughter Beth reluctantly return to the Mennonite community Marie abandoned 23 years ago. Soon after their arrival in Sommerfield, a series of mysterious thefts raises the community's suspicions against the "outsiders." Can Marie prove their innocence? see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Bring on the Blessings more books like this by Beverly Jenkins add to wishlist The all-black town of Henry Adams, Kansas, is in dire financial straits. To save the town, the mayor puts it up for sale--on the Internet! But they know nothing about the new owner. Will this be the death of Henry Adams--or its rebirth? see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
21 view cover	Prairyerth: A Deep Map more books like this by William Least Heat Moon add to wishlist Bill McKibben has called this book "the deepest map anyone ever made of an American place"--a majestic survey of land and time and people in a single county of the Kansas plains. It takes the author--by car, on foot, and in mind--into the core of our continent and backward and forward through a brilliant spectrum of time and place. There is no ... see all copies from $2.99! new only from $5.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Something Like Love more books like this by Beverly Jenkins add to wishlist The "Blackboard" bestselling author returns with this lush, unforgettable romance. The beautiful, strong-willed mayor of a tiny, all-black Kansas town cannot fight her attraction for a brazen sexy outlaw. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	One More Sunrise more books like this by Michael Landon, Jr., Tracie Peterson add to wishlist Explores the nature of faith and the wonder of miracles in the life of a man who is given a second chance at life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Prison Writings: My Life is My Sun Dance more books like this by Leonard F Peltier, Harvey Arden (Editor), Chief Arvol Looking Horse (Introduction by) add to wishlist In this memoir, a Sioux American Indian who has been in federal prison since 1977 for killing two FBI agents proclaims his innocence, describes life behind bars, and discusses several issues pertaining to American Indian politics. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.38! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Charlatan: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam more books like this by Pope Brock add to wishlist In 1917, America's most brazen young con man arrived in the tiny town of Milford, Kansas. Quackbuster Morris Fishbein vowed to put the country's "most daring and dangerous" charlatan out of business. This work offers a marvelous portrait of an audacious rogue on the loose in an America that was ripe for the bamboozling. see all copies from $2.02! new only from $2.22! \| first editions \| SVS

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