Geographic Orientation/Missouri
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Ste. Genevieve
$31.99 Add to cartIn the late 1600s and early 1700s, the French established forts, such as Fort de Chartres, in the mid-Mississippi Valley, as well as villages, such as River des Peres and Mine la Motte. Ste. Genevieve… [more below]
- Author: Deposki, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: November 26 2008
- ISBN10: 1531632335
- Language: English
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Storied & Scandalous Kansas City: A History of Corruption, Mischief and a Whole Lot of Booze
$19.95 Add to cartThis collection celebrates a storied history of one notorious city. Meet the mobsters and victims, bootleggers, madams, political bosses and raucous entertainers who brought the party to the plains. W… [more below]
- Author: Deel, Karla
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1493042432
- Language: English
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Prohibition in Kansas City, Missouri: Highballs, Spooners & Crooked Dice
$21.99 Add to cartLike most cities during Prohibition, Kansas City had illegal alcohol, bootleggers, speakeasies, cops on the take, corrupt politicians and moralizing reformers. But by the time the Eighteenth Amendment… [more below]
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Simonson, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 05 2018
- ISBN10: 1467138711
- Language: English
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The Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants, and a Wild Pennant Fight Made Baseball America’s Game
$19.99 Add to cartChris von der Ahe knew next to nothing about baseball when he risked his life’s savings to found the franchise that would become the St. Louis Cardinals. Yet the German-born beer garden proprietor wou… [more below]
- Author: Achorn, Edward
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 29 2014
- ISBN10: 1610393775
- Language: English
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A Country Year: Living the Questions
$18.99 Add to cartWhen her thirty-year marriage broke up, Sue Hubbell found herself alone and broke on a small Ozarks farm. Keeping bees, she found solace in the natural world. She began to write, challenging herself t
- Author: Hubbell, Sue
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 03 2012
- ISBN10: 0395967015
- Language: English
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Tales from the Kansas City Chiefs Sideline: A Collection of the Greatest Chiefs Stories Ever Told
$29.99 Add to cartRelive the best stories of Chiefs football—newly updated through the 2019-2020 season
Beginning with their founding as the Dallas Texans of the American Football League in 1960, the Kansas Ci… [more below]- Series: Tales from the Team
- Author: Gretz, Bob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 1683583817
- Language: English
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A Rip in Heaven
$20.00 Read moreThe acclaimed author of American Dirt reveals the devastating effects of a shocking tragedy in this landmark true crime book–the first ever to look intimately at the experiences of both the victims a… [more below]
- Author: Cummins, Jeanine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0451210530
- Language: English
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Ozark Magic and Folklore
$17.95 Read moreThe Ozark region of Missouri and Arkansas has long been an enclave of resistance to innovation and “newfangled” ideas. Many of the old-time superstitions and customs have been nurtured and kept alive … [more below]
- Author: Randolph, Vance
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 01 1964
- ISBN10: 0486211819
- Language: English
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Ghosts of Jefferson Barracks: History & Hauntings of Old St. Louis
$12.95 Add to cart- Author: Goodwin, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 116
- Publish Date: December 01 2001
- ISBN10: 1892523191
- Language: English
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The Twenty-Seventh City
$20.00 Add to cartThe debut novel of New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Franzen, the author of Crossroads, The Twenty-Seventh City is “a startling, scathing first novel about American ambition, power, politics,
- Author: Franzen, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1250826586
- Language: English
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Give Us a Kiss
$19.99 Add to cart“My imagination is always skulking about in a wrong place.” And now Doyle Redmond, thirty-five-year-old nowhere writer, has crossed the line between imagination and real live trouble. On the lam in hi… [more below]
- Author: Woodrell, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 15 2016
- ISBN10: 0316206202
- Language: English
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Tending Roses
$9.99 Read moreFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends and Before We Were Yours comes a heartfelt novel about the bonds of family and the power of second chances.
When Kate Bowman t- Series: Tending Roses
- Author: Wingate, Lisa
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: December 28 2021
- ISBN10: 0593438523
- Language: English
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Tending Roses
$19.00 Add to cartFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends and Before We Were Yours comes a heartfelt novel about the bonds of family and the power of second chances.
When Kate Bowman t- Series: Tending Roses #1
- Author: Wingate, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0451203070
- Language: English
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The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf
$19.99 Add to cartSyrian immigrant Khadra Shamy is growing up in a devout, tightly knit Muslim family in 1970s Indiana, at the crossroads of bad polyester and Islamic dress codes. Along with her brother Eyad and her Af… [more below]
- Author: Kahf, Mojha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0786715197
- Language: English
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Little House on Rocky Ridge
$11.99 Add to cartThe first book in the Rose Years series, the story of the spirited daughter of the author of the beloved Little House series.
Meet Rose Wilder, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s daughter, and the last of the Litt
- Series: Little House Sequel
- Author: MacBride, Roger Lea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 30 1993
- ISBN10: 0064404781
- Language: English
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S Is for Show Me: A Missouri Alphabet
$18.99 Read moreRoss & Judy Young’s combined belief that children comprehend intricate ideas at a very young age made it possible for them to seamlessly create “S is for Show Me: A Missouri Alphabet.” The husband and… [more below]
- Series: Discover America State by State (Hardcover)
- Author: Young, Judy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: September 17 2001
- ISBN10: 1585360260
- Language: English
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Compact Guide to Missouri Birds
$13.95 Add to cartMissouri is home to a diverse avian population. Over 400 bird species have been spotted in the state at one time or another. In this compact guide, 83 species of birds have been selected as birds that… [more below]
- Series: Compact Guide
- Author: Roedel, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 01 2006
- ISBN10: 9768200022
- Language: English
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Ghost Stories of Missouri: True Tales of Ghostly Hountings
$12.95 Add to cartEnjoy this collection of Missouri’s paranormal history. A young woman’s fiery death leads her spirit to haunt the Missouri State University dormitory named in her honor. A ghostly hermit haunts the ro… [more below]
- Series: Ghost Stories
- Author: Mott, A. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 01 2006
- ISBN10: 9768200170
- Language: English
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Best Garden Plants for Missouri
$16.95 Read moreA handy, easy-to-use reference of the plants best-suited for Missouri gardens and covering annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs, vines, climbers, roses, bulbs and herbs. St. Louis garden writer Anita Jo… [more below]
- Series: Best Garden Plants For…
- Author: Joggerst, Anita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 01 2007
- ISBN10: 976820012X
- Language: English
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Horse Diaries #3: Koda
$7.99 Add to cartFor anyone who has ever dreamed of hearing a horse’s story . . .
Independence, Missouri, 1846 Koda is a bay quarter horse with a white blaze. He loves to explore the countryside and run free with his- Series: Horse Diaries (Quality) #3
- Author: Hermes, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 27 2009
- ISBN10: 0375851992
- Language: English
