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1	My Ántonia more books like this by Willa Cather "My Antonia," by Willa Cather, is part of the "Barnes & Noble Classics"" "series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of "Barnes & Noble Classics": New introductions ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	O Pioneers more books like this by Willa Cather Willa Cather's masterful 1913 novel marks her return to the Nebraska of her youth, and to the stories of the immigrant settlers she had known during her childhood and teenage years in Red Cloud. This Norton Critical Edition brings to life--through Cather's words, and through the words and images of others--the uniquely American frontier experience ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Magician's Assistant more books like this by Ann Patchett Third -- and breakthrough -- novel by an acclaimed American writer with an enchanting, quirky voice. The Magician's Assistant is at once a love story and a brilliant portrayal of reinvention about a magician who dies leaving his assistant/wife to discover he has lied about his past. A magician (with one memorable appearance on the Johnny Carson ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Echo Maker more books like this by Richard Powers On a winter night on a remote Nebraska road, twenty-seven-year-old Mark Schluter flips his truck in a near fatal accident. His older sister, Karin, his only close kin, returns reluctantly to their hometown to nurse Mark back from a traumatic head injury. But when he emerges from a protracted coma, Mark believes that this woman - who looks, acts, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| first editions \| SVS
5	A Lost Lady more books like this by Willa Cather First published in 1923, "A Lost Lady" is one of Willa Cather's classic novels about life on the Great Plains. It harkens back to Nebraska's early history, and contrasts those days with an unsentimental portrait of the materialistic world that supplanted the frontier. In her subtle portrait of Marian Forrester, whose life unfolds in the midst of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.64! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Road to Omaha more books like this by Robert Ludlum The Hawk, hero or anti-hero of the book "The Road to Gondalfo", is back with a $40 million caper up his sleeve. Still a legend in his own lifetime, he is now 64 and showing no sign of retiring from the intrigue and politicking which has formed the basis of his life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Lantern in Her Hand more books like this by Bess Streeter Aldrich First published in 1928, "A Lantern in Her Hand" has outlasted literary fashions to touch generations of readers. In this classic story of a pioneer woman, Bess Streeter Aldrich modeled protagonist Abbie Deal on her own mother, who in 1854 had traveled by covered wagon to the Midwest. In "A Lantern in Her Hand", Abbie accompanies her family to the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.07! \| first editions \| SVS
8	One of Ours more books like this by Willa Cather This stirring novel about World War I won the Pulitzer Prize in 1922. In the lucid, unadorned prose that were her hallmark, Cather brings to life the simple Nebraska farm folk and their tranquil rural lifestyle, showing how the Great War, seemingly so far away on the Old Continent, eventually touches them all. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.14! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Road Home more books like this by Jim Harrison This is the story of Jim Harrison's captivating heroine, Dalva, and her peculiar and remarkable family. It encompasses the voices of Dalva's grandfather, John Northridge, the austere half-Sioux patriarch; Naomi, the widow of his favourite son and namesake; Paul, the first Northridge son, who lived in the shadow of his brother; and Nelse, the son ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	One False Move more books like this by Alex Kava Melanie Starks and her son, Charlie, have been running petty con jobs for as long as either can remember. Now, just as Melanie is ready to pull out and settle down, her brother, Jared Barnett, reenters their lives with a ballsy plan for the ultimate heist. Recently released after serving live years of a life sentence for murder, Jared is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.01! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Night of the Twisters more books like this by Ivy Ruckman When a tornado watch is issued one Tuesday evening in June, twelve-year-old Dan Hatch and his best friend, Arthur, don't think much of it. After all, tornado warnings are a way of life during the summer in Grand Island, Nebraska. But soon enough, the wind begins to howl, and the lights and telephone stop working. Then the emergency siren starts to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.40! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Old Jules more books like this by Mari Sandoz First published in 1935, "Old Jules" is unquestionably Mari Sandoz's masterpiece. This portrait of her pioneer father grew out of "the silent hours of listening behind the stove or the wood box, when it was assumed, of course, that I was asleep in bed. So it was that I heard the accounts of the hunts," Sandoz recalls. "Of the fights with the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.78! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Nebraska more books like this by Dana Fuller Ross The legendary caravan drives onward in a story of hard-won ideals, betrayal from within, and sabotage from British and Russian agents. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.00! \| first editions
14 view cover	Great Plains more books like this by Ian Frazier 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 $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Perfect Evil more books like this by Alex Kava On July 17 convicted serial killer Ronald Jeffreys was executed for three heinous murders. Three months later, another body is found near Platte City, Nebraska -- killed in the same style as Jeffreys'. It takes the expertise of FBI profiler Maggie O'Dell to reveal that Jeffreys may have been executed for two murders he didn't commit...and that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Dandelions more books like this by Eve Bunting, Greg Shed (Illustrator) Embarking on a new life, Zoe and her family journey west to the Nebraska Territory in the 1800s. When Zoe and her family arrive at their claim, nothing distinguishes it from the miles and miles of surrounding prairie. Even after they build their soddie, the home can't be seen from any distance. Zoe has never seen Papa so happy or Mama so sad. But ... see all copies from $2.93! new only from $5.49! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	My Daniel more books like this by Pam Conrad Julia goes to visit her two grandchildren and, as they wander through the natural history museum, she tells them of her childhood. Julia tells them of her life on a farm and how she and her brother Daniel were involved in adventures during the days when people searched for dinosaur remains. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Local Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps more books like this by Ted Kooser Ted Kooser describes with exquisite detail and humour the place he calls home in the Bohemian Alps of southeastern Nebraska. Like many other people in this rural area, he has what he calls "wolf vision"-he sees every change in the landscape around him. Nothing is too big or too small for his attention. Memories of his grandmother's cooking are ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.18! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	All She Wanted more books like this by Aphrodite Jones Teena Brandon leaves home in search of a place that will accept her for who she really is -- a 21-year-old woman living as a man. In Falls City, Nebraska, she calls herself "Brandon" and soon wins the heart of a beautiful girl. Now she is living the life she's always wanted -- until the unveiling of her true sexual identity leads to a terrifying ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.43! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Room One: A Mystery or Two more books like this by Andrew Clements, Mark Elliott (Illustrator) A young boy living in rural western Nebraska investigates the connection between a mysterious face in the window of an empty house and the possible closing of the one-room school he attends. Illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.60! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Dalva more books like this by Jim Harrison From her home on the California coast, Dalva hears the broad silence of theNebraska prairie where she was born and longs for the son she gave up foradoption years before. Beautiful, fearless, tormented, at forty-five she has lived a life of lovers and adventures. Now, Dalva begins a journey that will take her back to the bosom of her family, to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Ribbon in the Sky more books like this by Dorothy Garlock Love is put to the ultimate test as spritely Letty Pringle is banished by her cruel father to raise her son on a desolate farm in Nebraska in the early 1900's. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.68! \| first editions \| SVS
23	Not by the Sword: How the Love of a Cantor and His Family Transformed a Klansman more books like this by Kathryn Watterson A moving and inspirational story of love triumphing over bigotry: a Jewish cantor confronts a Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon with compassion and transforms hate into a remarkable friendship. Eight pages of black-and-white photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Savage Dance more books like this by Cassie Edwards Half-Indian and half-white, Kiriki, adopted by a Pawnee chief as a child, is on the verge of womanhood. She longs to spend her life as Sun Eagle's woman. He, in turn, aches to claim her. But when Kiriki is chosen as the sacrifice in a Pawnee ritual and kidnapped, Sun Eagle's ardor turns to rage. And as he seeks to free her and make her his wife, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Years of the Forest more books like this by Helen Hoover These are some of the items that Adrian Hoover jotted down on his to-do list, soon after he and his wife, Helen, gave up urban comforts for the deeper delights of the wilderness in 1954. The Years of the Forest by Helen Hoover elaborates on that deceptively short list and describes the difficulties inherent in accomplishing each of those tasks. In ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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