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Amber Waves of Grain: America's Farmland from AboveISBN 0060164638 (0-06-016463-8)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Amber Waves of Grain: America's Farmland from Above'Book summary:"In George Gerster's photographs, we're lying on our backs in the clouds, looking down at the land, a racially different view from the tractor seat or the Interstate. In these pictures, we're already floating. On our backs, in the clouds, we see constellations of rock, mythical topography, ancient shores, some shapes chosen and made by us, others prvidential, and the fragile shapes of farms, so earnest, naked, so eloquent of the hopes and labors of men and women. We look down to bless them." _ Garrison Keillor [via]
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The Book of Guysby Garrison KeillorISBN 0140233725 (0-14-023372-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Guys'Book summary:The Book of Guys features 22 very funny stories about "ordinary guys, gods, heroes, and dim bulbs," told in the friendly, conversational style of silver-tongued master storyteller Garrison Keillor, the host and writer of the popular radio show "Prairie Home Companion," author of Lake Wobegon Days, Happy To Be Here, and many other books.
"Guys are in trouble these days," says Keillor. "Years ago, manhood was an opportunity for achievement and now it's just a problem to be overcome. Guys who once might have painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling are now just trying to be Mr. O.K. All-Rite, the man who can bake a cherry pie, be passionate in a skillful way, and yet also lift them bales and tote that barge."
In the book's introduction, a bunch of guys are drinking whiskey in the woods and singing mournful songs. One of them says, "I ain't no misogynist or chauvinist but I got to say, women are getting awfully impossible to please these days. . . . I quit playing softball and deer hunting and took up painting delicate watercolors, still lifes mostly, and tossing salads, and learned how to discuss issues and feelings and concerns and not make jokes about them, and they're still angry at me. A guy can't win . . . . So don't worry about it. Live your life. Oya! we all yelled."
This book is truly a hoot, even if you're not a guy. [via]
Cat, You Better Come Homeby Garrison Keillor , Steve Johnson, Lou FancherISBN 0140562273 (0-14-056227-3)
Softcover, Puffin
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The Garrison Keillor Box: Lake Wobegon Days, Leaving Hone, Happy to Be Here, and We Are Still Marriedby Garrison KeillorISBN 0140953582 (0-14-095358-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Good Poemsby Garrison KeillorISBN 0142003441 (0-14-200344-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Good Poems'Book summary:Every day people tune in to The Writer's Almanac on public radio and hear Garrison Keillor read them a poem. And here, for the first time, is an anthology of poems from the show, chosen by Keillor for their wit, their frankness, their passion, their "utter clarity in the face of everything else a person has to deal with at 7 a.m."[via]
Good Poems includes verse about lovers, children, failure, everyday life, death, and transcendance. It features the work of classic poets, such as Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and Robert Frost, as well as the work of contemporary greats such as Howard Nemerov, Charles Bukowski, Donald Hall, Billy Collins, Robert Bly, and Sharon Olds. It's a book of poems for anybody who loves poetry whether they know it or not.More editions of Good Poems:
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Good Poems for Hard Timesby Garrison KeillorISBN 0143037676 (0-14-303767-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Good Poems for Hard Times'Book summary:Chosen by Garison Keillor for his readings on public radio's The Writer's Almanac, the 185 poems in this follow-up to his acclaimed anthology Good Poems are perfect for our troubled times. Here, readers will find solace in works that are bracing and courageous, organized into such resonant headings as "Such As It Is More or Less" and "Let It Spill." From William Shakespeare and Walt Whitman to R. S. Gwynn and Jennifer Michael Hecht, the voices gathered in this collection will be more than welcome to those who've been struck by bad news, who are burdened by stress, or who simply appreciate the power of good poetry.[via]More editions of Good Poems for Hard Times:
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Happy to Be Hereby Garrison KeillorISBN 0140131825 (0-14-013182-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Happy to Be Here'Book summary:Contains the author's reflections on life in the 20th century. Garrison Keillor is the author of "Leaving Home" and "We Are Still Married". [via]
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Homegrown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts from the Heart of Americaby Garrison KeillorISBN 0143037684 (0-14-303768-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Homegrown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts from the Heart of America'Book summary:In this thoughtful, deeply personal work, one of the nation's best-loved voices takes the plunge into politics and comes up with a book that has had all of America talking. Here, with great heart, supple wit, and a dash of anger, Garrison Keillor describes the simple democratic values-the Golden Rule, the obligation to defend the weak against the powerful, and others- that define his hard-working Midwestern neighbors and that today's Republicans seem determined to subvert. A reminiscence, a political tract, and a humorous meditation, Homegrown Democrat is an entertaining, refreshing addition to today's rancorous political debate.[via]
* A New York Times bestseller
* Updated and revised with a new introduction for the 2006 midterm elections
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How to Talk Minnesotanby Garrison KeillorISBN 0140092846 (0-14-009284-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Talk Minnesotan'Book summary:Based in part on material written for "A Prairie Home Companion," How to Talk Minnesotan will help visitors to Minnesota keep from sticking out like sore thumbs when they don't know the difference between "not too bad a deal" and "a heckuva deal." Illustrated with line drawings. [via]
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Joe's Got a Head Like a Ping Pong Ball: A Prairie Home Companion Folk Song Bookby Garrison KeillorISBN 0140109056 (0-14-010905-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Lake Wobegon Daysby Garrison KeillorISBN 0140129189 (0-14-012918-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lake Wobegon Days'Book summary:One of a series of titles first published by Faber between 1930 and 1990, and in a style and format planned with a view to the appearance of the volumes on the bookshelf. Keillor's tales present a wryly affectionate and humorous chronicle of an imaginary town in the American Midwest. [via]
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- Lake Wobegon Days: ISBN 0140131612 (0-14-013161-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Lake Wobegon Days: ISBN 0140092323 (0-14-009232-3)
Softcover, Penguin Books - Lake Wobegon Days: ISBN 0140099832 (0-14-009983-2)
Softcover, Penguin USA - Lake Wobegon Days: ISBN 0140129189 (0-14-012918-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
- Lake Wobegon Days: ISBN 0140131612 (0-14-013161-2)
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Lake Wobegon Summer 1956by Garrison KeillorISBN 0142000930 (0-14-200093-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lake Wobegon Summer, 1956'Book summary:The Doo Dads are singing "My Girl" on the radio and fourteen-year-old Gary is studying pictures of naked women, aware that Grandpa is looking down from heaven wondering how the boy turned out so badly. He has never so much as kissed a girl, except his rebellious cousin Kate, a sophisticate of seventeen who knows about The New Yorker and also how to swear and exhale smoke rings. But this is a summer of change for Gary: he fights back against his bullying born-again sister and his tyrannical teacher, and most significantly, he receives an Underwood typewriter-a typewriter that will help Gary believe he can become a writer. With his trademark gift for treading "a line delicate as a cobweb between satire and sentiment" (The Cleveland Plain Dealer), Keillor's touching and funny novel brilliantly captures a newly minted America and delivers an unforgettable comedy about the universal aspects of adolescence-from first loves to fear and fascination with bodily functions.[via] -
Leaving Homeby Garrison KeillorISBN 0140131604 (0-14-013160-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Leaving Home'Book summary:In the first collection of Lake Wobegon monologues, Keillor tells readers more about some of the people from Lake Wobegon Days and introduces some new faces.[via]"Leaving Home is a book of exceptional charm . . . delightful . . . genuinely touching" The Wall Street Journal
"Clean, down-to-earth, exquisitely good hearted, highly ludicrous." The New York Times
Love Meby Garrison KeillorISBN 0142004995 (0-14-200499-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Old Man Who Loved Cheeseby Garrison Keillor , Anne WilsdorfISBN 0316486108 (0-316-48610-8)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Old Man Who Loved Cheese'Book summary:"There was an old man named Wallace P. Flynn / Who lived in a house in the trees-- / You could smell him for several miles downwind / Because of his fondness for cheese." So begins silver-tongued storyteller Garrison Keillor's comical rhyming story The Old Man Who Loved Cheese. Mr. Flynn doesn't like mild cheese--he likes the stinkiest cheese available: "Some men want fame and their name on marquees. / Some men love money. I choose cheese," he proclaims to his frankly fed-up family. They scatter like leaves, and with his family gone, Mr. Flynn's life deteriorates as he spends more and more time at Easy Ed's Used Cheese Market. "The smell was so awful, so sour and vile / The skunks had to go and lie down for a while." It was only a matter of time before the cheese police moved in--smoking him out of his house with lemon meringue and butterscotch custard, both of which Mr. Flynn finds repulsive. In court, he finally agrees to forswear all cheese, convinced by the prospect of spending some time with his new grandson. Shortly after he is freed, he gets back together with his wife and they live happily ever after, sans fromage. Kids who laugh at all things smelly will certainly enjoy this rollicking tale, but it's perhaps even more suitable as comic relief for families experiencing the damaging effects of one family member's really bad habit. Illustrator Anne Wilsdorf's artwork is hilarious, cartoonish, appropriately gruesome, and jam-packed with details that adults and children alike will relish. (All ages) --Karin Snelson [via]
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Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegonby Garrison KeillorISBN 0143114107 (0-14-311410-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon'Book summary:Garrison Keillor makes his long- awaited return to Lake Wobegon with this New York Times bestseller[via]
The first new Lake Wobegon novel in seven years is a cause for celebration. And Pontoon is nothing less than a spectacular return to form?replete with a bowling ball-urn, a hot-air balloon, giant duck decoys, a flying Elvis, and, most importantly, Wally?s pontoon boat. As the wedding of the decade approaches (accompanied by wheels of imported cheese and giant shrimp shish kebabs), the good-loving people of Lake Wobegon do what they do best: drive each other slightly crazy.More editions of Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon:
A Prairie Home Companion: The Screenplayby Garrison Keillor , Ken LaZebnickISBN 0143038230 (0-14-303823-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Truckstop and Other Lake Wobegon Storiesby Garrison KeillorISBN 0146001095 (0-14-600109-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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We Are Still Marriedby Garrison KeillorISBN 0140131566 (0-14-013156-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'We Are Still Married'Book summary:"Garrison Keillor made it possible, after twenty years of black humor...to be both funny and nice, hip and winsome, scathing and loving, all in the flick of a single many-barbed quip--The Washington Post Book World"Keillor's literary style is as flexible and assured as his vocal delivery. It can slip from mood to mood so subtly and quickly you're never quite sure where you are.... [His] writing has the silvery slip of running water, so graceful and easy it's hard to believe it can carry so much that is jagged and unresolved. His integrity lies in his not smoothing away those rough edges in the swift current of his prose; they're bruisingly, sometimes cuttingly there." -The Village Voice [via]
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WLT: A Radio Romanceby Garrison KeillorISBN 0140103805 (0-14-010380-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'WLT: A Radio Romance'Book summary:In the spring of 1926, the Soderbjerg brothers, Ray and Roy, plunge into radio and launch station WLT (With Lettuce and Tomato) to rescuer their failing restaurant and become the Sandwich Kings of South Minneapolis. For the next quarter century, the Friendly Neighbor station produces a dazzling array of shows and stars, including Leo LaValley, Dad Benson, Wingo Beals, Slim Graves and Little Buddy, chain-smoking child star Marjery Moore, and blind baseball announcer Buck Steller.[via]Francis With, a shy young man from North Dakota, entranced by radio, gets into WLT through his uncle Art and quickly becomes the Soderbjerg's right hand. Soon Francis is a budding announcer adored by Lily Dale, the crippled nightingale of WLT kept hidden from her fans, whose firing contributes to the downfall of the station. And then comes television.
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Wobegon Boyby Garrison KeillorISBN 0140274782 (0-14-027478-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wobegon Boy'Book summary:A decade after he first explored the small-town precincts of Lake Wobegon, Minnesota, Garrison Keillor makes a comical return to his roots. Not that Wobegon Boy takes place entirely within Mist County. The narrator, John Tollefson, made an early exit from his hometown and has spent the last 20 years managing a college radio station in upstate New York. Here he seems to have put a healthy distance between himself and his Wobegonian past.
For the author, John's job is a handy pulpit, allowing him to fulminate against radio, New Age affectation, and campus politicking. Keillor remains a master of the cantankerous one-liner, yet there's a romance here, too--between John and a historian named Alida Freeman. And while Keillor can't resist roping Alida into his own pan-Scandinavian schtick--she's writing a scholarly study of a 19th-century Norwegian neuropath who administered high colonics to Lincoln himself--the love story is genuinely touching and gives the novel an extra emotional ballast.
So, too, does the magnetic pull of Lake Wobegon. John keeps describing life back in Minnesota as one long exercise in sensory (and emotional) deprivation: "We were not brought up to experience pleasure, so it doesn't register with us, like writing on glass with a pencil. Dullness is our stock-in-trade, dullness honed to its keenest edge." Nonetheless, he returns twice in the course of the novel, and his sojourns among the Lutherans are the source of not only comedy but home truths. [via]
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