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Carson Mccullers: Stories Plays and Other Writings (LOA #287) : Complete Stories / the Member of the Wedding: a Play / the Sojourner / the Square Root of Wonderful / Es 9781598535112 Used / Pre-owned

The Library of America turns its attention to Carson McCullers one of the Deep South s most iconic novelists to celebrate her centenary. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust... more

Super Sad True Love Story : A Novel (Paperback)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A deliciously dark tale of America s dysfunctional coming years--and the timeless and tender feelings that just might bring us back from the brink. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times - The... more

Pre-Owned The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon Gent. (Mass Market Paperback) 0451516141 9780451516145

A collection of timeless tales from one of America s foremost literary icons This collection of stories from Washington Irving includes some of America s best-known works of fiction--such as the famous Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow--... more

Pre-Owned The Conjure Stories : Norton Critical Edition 9780393927801

Fourteen conjure tales by one of America s most influential African American fiction writers. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included minimal wear to... more

Avalon : A novel (Paperback)

A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - A profound and singular story about a young woman searching for her place in the world from one of America s most original voices--the irresistible story of one teenager s reckoning with society at large and her... more

Jacob An Autobiographical Novel (Hardcover)

This book tells the story of Jacob a young Jewish man who navigates the challenges of life in early 20th-century America. It is a compelling thought-provoking work that offers insight into the immigrant experience and the struggle to find one s place... more

Pre-Owned Venus in Boston and Other Tales of Nineteenth-Century City Life (Paperback) 1558493263 9781558493261

This book reprints for the first time since the 1850s three short works by George Thompson (1823--c. 1873) one of antebellum America s most successful and prolific authors of sensational fiction. Beginning in the 1840s he wrote stories for sporting... more

Mother Bird Stories : a Book of the Best Bird Stories That Mothers Can Tell Their Children; With One Hundred and Thirty-four Illustrations (Paperback)

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United... more

Pre-Owned Walking to Listen: 4 000 Miles Across America One Story at a Time Paperback

Our books are pre-loved which means they have been read before. We carefully check all our books and believe them to be in a - USED - VERY GOOD Condition condition. If you re not completely satisfied please get in touch & we ll be happy to help.... more

Pre-Owned Walking to Listen: 4 000 Miles Across America One Story at a Time Paperback

Our books are pre-loved which means they have been read before. We carefully check all our books and believe them to be in a - USED - VERY GOOD Condition condition. If you re not completely satisfied please get in touch & we ll be happy to help.... more

Pre-Owned Once upon a Time in Shaolin : The Untold Story of Wu-Tang Clan s Million-Dollar Secret Album the Devaluation of Music and America s New Public Enemy No. 1 9781250125279

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Silver Like Dust : One Family s Story of America s Japanese Internment 9781605984148 Used / Pre-owned

CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included minimal wear to binding most of the pages undamaged(e.g. minimal creases or tears) highlighting / underlining... more

Wild Ones : A Sometimes Dismaying Weirdly Reassuring Story about Looking at People Looking at Animals in America 9781594204425 Used / Pre-owned

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So You Think You Know Gettysburg?: The Stories behind the Monuments and the Men Who Fought One of Americas Most Epic Battles Paperback James Gindlesperger Suzanne Gindlesperger

This is a Brand New book in excellent condition. Format: Paperback Author: James Gindlesperger Suzanne Gindlesp ISBN10: 0895873745 ISBN13: 9780895873743 In So You Think You Know Gettysburg? James and Suzanne Gindlesperger provide details for over 200... more

Pre-Owned The Pampered Chef : The Story of One of America s Most Beloved Companies 9780385515351

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Pre-Owned The Nordstrom Way : The Inside Story of America s #1 Customer Service Company 9780471161608

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Pre-Owned Alternadad : The True Story of One Family s Struggle to Raise a Cool Kid in America 9781400095582

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Pre-Owned The Bush Family Cookbook : Favorite Recipes and Stories from One of America s Great Families--From Kennebunkport to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue 9780743287760

CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included minimal wear to binding most of the pages undamaged(e.g. minimal creases or tears) highlighting / underlining... more

Pre-Owned Green River Running Red: The Real Story of the Green River Killer--America s Deadliest Serial Murderer (Mass Market Paperback) 0743460502 9780743460507

In her most personal and provocative book to date the #1 bestselling master of true crime presents her long-awaited definitive narrative of the brutal and senseless crimes that haunted the Seattle area for decades ( Publishers Weekly ). This is the... more

The Warmth of Other Suns : The Epic Story of America s Great Migration (Hardcover)

NATIONAL BEST SELLER - NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - NAMED ONE OF TIME S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE AND ONE OF BUZZFEED S BEST BOOKS OF THE DECADE A brilliant and stirring epic . . . Ms. Wilkerson does for the Great Migration... more

Inside Delta Force : The Story of America s Elite Counterterrorist Unit 9780385732512 Used / Pre-owned

One of the founding operatives of America s elite counter terrorism unit Delta Force delivers this never-before-told inside story of how the unit came to be. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage... more

The Lucky Ones : One Family and the Extraordinary Invention of Chinese America 9780618651160 Used / Pre-owned

Through captivating family saga an award-winning historian delivers the story--provocative and thrillingly original--of one family s invention of middle-class Chinese America CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good... more

While America Sleeps : How Islam Immigration and Indoctrination Are Destroying America from Within (Paperback)

This book describes the practices and propaganda that are preparing the fall of America and guaranteeing that nothing will be done to stop it. Other books focus on one aspect of the problem; this book tells you the whole story. Other books give you... more

NRDC: Heroes of the Environment : True Stories of People Who Help Protect Our Planet (Edition 1) (Hardcover)

This inspiring book presents the true stories of 12 people from across North America who have done great things for the environment. Heroes include a teenage girl who figured out how to remove an industrial pollutant from the Ohio River a Mexican... more

Eddie Rickenbacker: Valiant Young Men-Heroes of Flight Book One (Paperback) by Susan Hancock Bryce Gibby

Book One of Valiant Young Men-Heroes of Flight the story of Eddie Rickenbacker America s legendary Ace of Aces of the famed 94th Aero Squadron. more

Behind the Secrets in the Fall of Jerusalem: Book 1 in the Seeker Trilogy (Paperback)

JEFF GAURA retired from corporate America while he s still young and healthy and has decided to put his love of Christ into stories. Jeff joined the Peace Corps at age twenty-one and he developed a relationship with the people of the Himalayan nation... more

Jon Kelley Wright Workers Memorial Books: The Labor Wars (Paperback)

One of America s great labor historians tells the stories of America s great labor struggles. more

Sunny Days : The Children s Television Revolution That Changed America (Hardcover)

One of the Best Books of the year from The Smithsonian The Washington Independent Review and more! From bestselling writer David Kamp the fun fascinating and surprisingly touching (People) behind-the-scenes story of the cultural heroes who created the... more

Pre-Owned Trials of the Century: A Decade-by-Decade Look at Ten Americas Most Sensational Crimes Paperback Mark J. Phillips Aryn Z. Phillips

In every decade of the twentieth century one sensational murder trial riveted public attention and at the time was called the trial of the century. This book tells the story of each murder case and the dramatic trial that followed. Starting with the... more

Pre-Owned Space Race : The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space 9780061176289

The basis for a four-part National Geographic series this spellbinding account of the race into space includes for the first time in history the Russian side of the story. Two 8-page inserts one in full color. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD... more

Amerigo : The Man Who Gave His Name to America 9781400062812 Used / Pre-owned

A groundbreaking biography of the man who gave his name to America Amerigo is delivered by one of the worlds most exciting historians who spins a grand narrative full of character and story. 4 maps. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better... more

America s Rite (Hardcover)

America s Rite is a compilation of stories bonded around one central figure with the end result being a cross between Arabian Nights and Aesop s Fables. However unlike the linear logic used in Arabic literature this book uses the circular logic of... more

Quilts - Their Story and How to Make Them (Paperback)

This book was the first book ever published in America on the subject of quilts and contains all the information one might want to know about the topic. The quilt has a tradition of long centuries of slow but certain progress. Its story is replete with... more

Quilts - Their Story and How to Make Them (Hardcover)

This book was the first book ever published in America on the subject of quilts and contains all the information one might want to know about the topic. The quilt has a tradition of long centuries of slow but certain progress. Its story is replete with... more

Pre-Owned Montreal Canadiens : Thrilling Stories from Canada s Famous Hockey Franchise 9781554390540

This is the story of the Montreal Canadiens -- one of the most sucessful sports franchises in North America. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included... more

The Story the Legend of Fearless Fred (Paperback)

Little Maurice is an energetic little boy who loves to play and listen to his Grandpa s stories. One night Grandpa Robinson tells Maurice a bedtime story that takes him on an exciting journey through America s illustrious Old West. Through this book... more

The Tempest Tales : A Novel-in-Stories (Paperback)

From the acclaimed bestselling author of the Easy Rawlins series deemed one of America s best mystery writers (The New York Times Book Review) comes a tale about a murdered man who does not want to go to heaven or hell--he d rather have his old life in... more

Pre-Owned An Enriched Classic--Pride and Prejudice (A Quokka Book) (Paperback) 0671490982 9780671490980

Austen s most popular novel the unforgettable story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Nominated as one of America s best-loved novels by PBS s The Great American Read Few have failed to be charmed by the witty and independent spirit of Elizabeth... more