Cultural Region/Heartland
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Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker
$19.99 Add to cart“A tour de force. . . . Crouch has given us a bone-deep understanding of Parker’s music and the world that produced it. In his pages, Bird still lives.” — Washington Post
A stunning portrait of Charli
- Author: Crouch, Stanley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 21 2014
- ISBN10: 0062005618
- Language: English
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My Life and an Era: The Autobiography of Buck Colbert Franklin
$29.95 Add to cart“My father’s life represented many layers of the human experience–freedman and Native American, farmer and rancher, rural educator and urban professional.”–John Hope Franklin
Buck Colbert Franklin (- Author: Franklin, John Hope
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0807125997
- Language: English
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Blind Eye: The Terrifying True Story of a Doctor Who Got Away with Murder
$19.99 Add to cartA medical thriller from Pulitzer Prize-winning author James B. Stewart about serial killer doctor Michael Swango and the medical community that chose to turn a blind eye on his criminal activities.No … [more below]
- Author: Stewart, James B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 15 2000
- ISBN10: 0684865637
- Language: English
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Inside the Mind of BTK: The True Story Behind the Thirty-Year Hunt for the Notorious Wichita Serial Killer
$25.00 Add to cartA dramatic and compelling true-crime psychological thriller
This incredible story shows how John Douglas tracked and participated in the hunt for one of the most notorious serial killers in U.S. histo
- Author: Douglas, John E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0470325151
- Language: English
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History of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
$49.95 Add to cartIf you want an interesting look at railroading plus the social, financial, and political times over 130 years of America, consider this well-researched and documented book.–Stan Moore, Denver Posse o
- Author: Bryant Jr, Keith L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1496214102
- Language: English
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Bitter Harvest
$20.99 Add to cartTrue crime icon Ann Rule presents a “must-read” (People) New York Times bestseller–and inspiration behind the Lifetime movie A House on Fire–following a woman whose apparent perfect life hides a har… [more below]
- Author: Rule, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1668008718
- Language: English
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A Wrestling Life: The Inspiring Stories of Dan Gable
$18.00 Read moreWhat does it take to be an Olympic gold medalist and to coach a collegiate team to fifteen NCAA titles? In A Wrestling Life: The Inspiring Stories of Dan Gable, famed wrestler and wrestling coach Dan … [more below]
- Author: Gable, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 172
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1609383265
- Language: English
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No Place Like Home: Lessons in Activism from LGBT Kansas
$27.99 Add to cartFinalist: Lambda Literary Award for LBGTQ Nonfiction
Winner: Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize
A Kansas Notable Book
Far from the coastal centers of culture and politics, Kansas stands a
- Author: Janovy, C. J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 308
- Publish Date: March 20 2019
- ISBN10: 0700628347
- Language: English
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Prairyerth: A Deep Map
$24.99 Read moreNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. By the author of Blue Highways, PrairyErth is “a majestic survey of land and time and people in a single county of the Kansas plains” (Hungry Mind Review).
William Least Heat… [more below]
- Author: Heat Moon, William Least
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 634
- Publish Date: February 15 1999
- ISBN10: 039592569X
- Language: English
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Field Book of Wild Birds and Their Music: A Description of the Character and Music of Birds, Intended to Assist in the Identification of Species Commo
$18.95 Read moreIn this beautifully written and well-illustrated guide to birds’ songs from 1904, Mathews describes 127 bird species, mostly of Eastern United States, and their songs. This fieldbook contains descript… [more below]
- Series: Applewood Books
- Author: Mathews, F. Schuyler
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 406
- Publish Date: July 01 2001
- ISBN10: 1557095183
- Language: English
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Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography
$27.00 Add to cartMeryle Secrest’s Frank Lloyd Wright: A Biography focuses on Wright’s family history, personal adventures, and colorful friends and family. Secrest had unprecedented access to an archive of over one hu… [more below]
- Author: Secrest, Meryle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 652
- Publish Date: May 08 1998
- ISBN10: 0226744140
- Language: English
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Haunted Iowa
$19.99 Add to cartFollow a team of real-life ghost hunters on the trail of visitors to the Hawkeye State from the spirit world. You say you don’t believe in ghosts? Tell it to the woman who was thrown down the stairs b… [more below]
- Author: Vyn, Kathleen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 30 2019
- ISBN10: 1625361289
- Language: English
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Hiking Iowa: A Guide To Iowa’s Greatest Hiking Adventures
$30.00 Add to cartWith nearly fifty featured trails, Iowa’s verdant countryside is an excellent place for a hike, and this guide covers the state’s varied terrain with a focus on the state parks and recreation areas.
A… [more below]
- Series: State Hiking Guides
- Author: Hill, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0762722401
- Language: English
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Woe to Live on
$17.99 Add to cartSet in the border states of Kansas and Missouri, Woe to Live On explores the nature of lawlessness and violence, friendship and loyalty, through the eyes of young recruit Jake Roedel. Where he and his… [more below]
- Author: Woodrell, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 19 2012
- ISBN10: 0316206164
- Language: English
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The Iowa Baseball Confederacy
$19.99 Add to cartBearing W.P. Kinsella’s trademark combination of “sweet-natured prose and a richly imagined world” (Philadelphia Inquirer), The Iowa Baseball Confederacy tells the story of Gideon Clark, a man on a qu
- Author: Kinsella, W. P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 14 2003
- ISBN10: 0618340807
- Language: English
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The Honk and Holler Opening Soon
$16.99 Add to cartCaney Paxton wanted his cafe to have the biggest and brightest sign in Eastern Oklahoma-the “opening soon” part was supposed to be just a removable, painted notice. But a fateful misunderstanding gave… [more below]
- Author: Letts, Billie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0446675059
- Language: English
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Patterns of Love
$15.99 Add to cartMy dear Beth, Though Uppsala, Iowa, takes its name from a city in my native Sweden, life here is different from what I have known. With my parents’ blessing, I have taken employment in the home of Mr.
- Series: Coming to America #2
- Author: Hatcher, Robin Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 12 2001
- ISBN10: 0310231051
- Language: English
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Where the Heart is
$18.99 Add to cartTalk about unlucky sevens. An hour ago, seventeen-year-old, seven months pregnant Novalee Nation was heading for California with her boyfriend. Now she finds herself stranded at a Wal-Mart in Sequoyah… [more below]
- Series: Oprah’s Book Club
- Author: Letts, Billie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0446672211
- Language: English
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The Bridges of Madison County
$18.99 Add to cartFall in love with one of the bestselling novels of all time — the legendary love story that became a beloved film starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep.
If you’ve ever experienced the one true lov… [more below]- Author: Waller, Robert James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 07 2014
- ISBN10: 1455554294
- Language: English
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Sweet Land: New and Selected Stories
$18.95 Add to cartIn this paperback original, new stories by award-winning writer Will Weaver complement selected favorites from his original collection Gravestone Made of Wheat chronicling sweeping changes in Midweste… [more below]
- Author: Weaver, Will
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0873515560
- Language: English
