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1824: The Arkansas Warby Eric FlintISBN 0345465695 (0-345-46569-5)
Hardcover, Ballantine Books
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark TwainISBN 3895082104 (3-89508-210-4)
Hardcover, Koenemann Verlagsgesellschaft
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'Book summary:A seminal work of American literature that still commands deep praise and elicits controversy, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is essential to the understanding of the American soul. The recent discovery of the first half of Twain's manuscript, long thought to be lost, made front-page news. And this unprecedented edition, which contains for the first time omitted episodes and other variations present in the first half of the handwritten manuscript, as well as facsimile reproductions of thirty manuscript pages, is indispensable to a fuller understanding of the novel. The changes, deletions and additions made in the first half of the manuscript indicate that Mark Twain frequently checked his impulse to write an even darker, more confrontational book than the one he finally published. [via]
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The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarksby Donald HaringtonISBN 1592640737 (1-59264-073-7)
Softcover, Toby Pr
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- The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks: ISBN 0156078805 (0-15-607880-5)
Softcover, Harcourt - The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks: ISBN 0316346411 (0-316-34641-1)
Hardcover, Little, Brown - The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks: ISBN 0316347612 (0-316-34761-2)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co - The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks: ISBN 1592640737 (1-59264-073-7)
Softcover, Toby Pr
- The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks: ISBN 0156078805 (0-15-607880-5)
Arkansas and the New South 1847-1929by Carl H. MoneyhonISBN 1557284903 (1-55728-490-3)
Softcover, Univ of Arkansas Pr
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Arkansas Hiking Trails: A Guide to Seventy-Eight Selected Trails in the Natural Stateby Tim ErnstISBN 1882906128 (1-882906-12-8)
Softcover, Cloudland.Net
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Arkansas Odyssey: The Saga of Arkansas from Prehistoric Times to Present A Historyby Michael B. DouganISBN 0914546651 (0-914546-65-1)
Hardcover, Rose Pub Co Inc
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Arkansas: Off the Beaten Pathby Patti DelanoISBN 1564400131 (1-56440-013-1)
Hardcover, Globe Pequot Press
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Arkansas, 1800-1860: Remote and Restlessby S. Charles BoltonISBN 1557285195 (1-55728-519-5)
Softcover, Univ of Arkansas Pr
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Arkansas, Off the Beaten Path: Off the Beaten Pathby Patti DelanoISBN 1564406458 (1-56440-645-8)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Townby Dale BumpersISBN 1557287732 (1-55728-773-2)
Softcover, Univ of Arkansas Pr
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The Boys on the Tracks : Death, Denial and a Mother's Crusade to Bring Her Son's Killer to Justiceby Mara LeverittISBN 0312198418 (0-312-19841-8)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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Buffalo River Hiking Trailsby Tim ErnstISBN 1882906136 (1-882906-13-6)
Softcover, Cloudland.Net
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Buffalo River Wildernessby William McNamara, Tim ErnstISBN 1882906411 (1-882906-41-1)
Hardcover, Cloudland.Net
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Butterfly Weedby Donald HaringtonISBN 1592640974 (1-59264-097-4)
Softcover, Toby Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Butterfly Weed'Book summary:This is the life story of the colorful physician of Haringtons acclaimed Stay More novels, Doc Swain: how he becomes a physician without benefit of medical school education, how he winds up as a high-school teacher of hygiene and enamored of a pretty student, how his love for her ultimately leads him to face some heartbreaking choices. Bawdy, rich in language and detail, and very funny.[via]
The Cherry Pitby Donald HaringtonISBN 1592641784 (1-59264-178-4)
Softcover, Toby Pr
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The Choiring of the Treesby Donald HaringtonISBN 1592641032 (1-59264-103-2)
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Cockroaches of Stay Moreby Donald HaringtonISBN 1592640729 (1-59264-072-9)
Softcover, Toby Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cockroaches of Stay More'Book summary:With this wonderfully irreverent comic novel, Harington leaves off chronicling the human inhabitants of the Arkansas Ozark town of Stay More and turns his attention to its insect world. In depicting the cockroach community, who perambulate on gitalongs, apprehend their environment through sniff whips and commit unwitting malapropisms about the mysterious world of Man (and Woman), Harington unleashes a sprightly, antic imagination. [via]
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Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Threeby Mara LeverittISBN 0743417607 (0-7434-1760-7)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three'Book summary:*SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING REESE WITHERSPOON AND COLIN FIRTH *
The West Memphis Three. Accused, convicted&and set free. Do you know their story?
In 2011, one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in American legal history was set right when Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley were released after eighteen years in prison. Award-winning journalist Mara Leveritts The Devils Knot remains the most comprehensive, insightful reporting ever done on the investigation, trials, and convictions of three teenage boys who became known as the West Memphis Three.
For weeks in 1993, after the murders of three eight-year-old boys, police in West Memphis, Arkansas seemed stymied. Then suddenly, detectives charged three teenagersalleged members of a satanic cultwith the killings. Despite the witch-hunt atmosphere of the trials, and a case which included stunning investigative blunders, a confession riddled with errors, and an absence of physical evidence linking any of the accused to the crime, the teenagers were convicted. Jurors sentenced Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley to life in prison and Damien Echols, the accused ringleader, to death. The guilty verdicts were popular in their home stateeven upheld on appealand all three remained in prison until their unprecedented release in August 2011.
With close-up views of its key participants, this award-winning account unravels the many tangled knots of this endlessly shocking case, one which will shape the American legal landscape for years to come. [via]
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Fatal Trust: The True Story of Arkansas Doctor Rebecca Johnson's Life and Shocking Deathby M.E. CooperISBN 0966202023 (0-9662020-2-3)
Softcover, Padlock Mystery Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fatal Trust: The True Story of Arkansas Doctor Rebecca Johnson's Life and Shocking Death'Book summary:The true story of Arkansas Doctor Rebecca Johnson's life and shocking death. When she vanished, she was known to be carrying one million, five hundred thousand dollars in cash. How this doctor, who was thought to be a good Samaritan, was conned and then killed for her money is the basis for this book. [via]
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The Governors of Arkansas: Essays in Political Biographyby Willard B. Gatewood, Timothy P. Donovan, Jeannie M. WhayneISBN 1557283311 (1-55728-331-1)
Hardcover, Univ of Arkansas Pr
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The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-Billed Woodpeckerby Tim GallagherISBN 0618456937 (0-618-45693-7)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker'Book summary:What is it about the ivory-billed woodpecker? Why does this ghost of the southern swamps arouse such an obsessive level of passion in its devotees, who range from respected researchers to the flakiest Loch Ness monster fanatics and Elvis chasers?[via]
Since the early twentieth century, scientists have been trying their best to prove that the ivory-bill is extinct. But every time they think they've finally closed the door, the bird makes an unexpected appearance. It happened in the 1920s, and its happened in almost every subsequent decade.
For more than 60 years, each sighting has been met with ridicule and scorn. Respected researchers and naturalists have been branded as quacks just for having the temerity to say that the ivory-bill still exists. Yet the reports still trickle in. Is there any truth to these sightings, or are they just a case of wishful thinking, misidentification, or outright fabrication?
To unravel the mystery, author Tim Gallagher heads south, deep into the eerie swamps and bayous of the vast Mississippi Delta, searching for people who claim to have seen this rarest of birds and following upsometimes more than 30 years after the facton their sightings. He meets a colorful array of characters: a cigar-chomping ex-boxer who took two controversial pictures of an alleged ivory-bill in 1971; a former corporate lawyer who abandoned her career to search for ivory-bills full time; two men who grew up in the ivory-bills last known stronghold in a final remnant of primeval forest in Louisiana.
With his buddy Bobby Harrison, a true son of the South from Alabama, Gallagher hits the swamps, wading through hip-deep, boot-sucking mud and canoeing through turgid, mud brown bayous where deadly cottonmouth water moccasins abound. In most cases, they are clearly decades too late. But when the two speak to an Arkansas backwoods kayaker who saw a mystery woodpecker the week before and has a description of the bird that is too good to be a fantasy, the hunt is on.
Their Eureka moment comes a few days later as a huge woodpecker flies in front of their canoe, and they both cry out, Ivory-bill! This sightingthe first time since 1944 that two qualified observers positively identify an ivory-billed woodpecker in the United Statesquickly leads to the largest search ever launched to find a rare bird, as researchers fan out across the bayou, hoping to document the existence of this most iconic of birds.More editions of The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker:
The Grail Bird: The Rediscovery of the Ivory-Billed Woodpeckerby Tim GallagherISBN 061870941X (0-618-70941-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Singsby Maya AngelouISBN 0553279378 (0-553-27937-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'Book summary:In this first of five volumes of autobiography, poet Maya Angelou recounts a youth filled with disappointment, frustration, tragedy, and finally hard-won independence. Sent at a young age to live with her grandmother in Arkansas, Angelou learned a great deal from this exceptional woman and the tightly knit black community there. These very lessons carried her throughout the hardships she endured later in life, including a tragic occurrence while visiting her mother in St. Louis and her formative years spent in California--where an unwanted pregnancy changed her life forever. Marvelously told, with Angelou's "gift for language and observation," this "remarkable autobiography by an equally remarkable black woman from Arkansas captures, indelibly, a world of which most Americans are shamefully ignorant." [via]
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- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: ISBN 055338001X (0-553-38001-X)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: ISBN 0375507892 (0-375-50789-2)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: ISBN 0808510576 (0-8085-1057-6)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: ISBN 0553225472 (0-553-22547-2)
Softcover, Ballantine Books - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: ISBN 0553256157 (0-553-25615-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: ISBN 0394429869 (0-394-42986-9)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: ISBN 0553279378 (0-553-27937-8)
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I know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Blooms Guides)by Harold BloomISBN 0791077683 (0-7910-7768-3)
Softcover, Facts on File
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La Granja / a Painted Houseby John GrishamISBN 8466602690 (84-666-0269-0)
Softcover, Downtown Book Center Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Granja / a Painted House'Book summary:A story inspired by Grisham's own childhood in rural Arkansas. Seven-year old Luke Chandler lives in a little house in the cotton fields which his family farms. When the cotton is ready for harvesting, the family hires workers to help. Luke sees and hears things which are keeps to himself and unfortunately these secrets threaten the crop.
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"&¿Quién piensa en abogados? Grisham no, desde luego, al menos en esta cautivadora novela. Aquí, en lugar de abogados, encontramos sufridos granjeros, jornaleros miserables y un niño que va creciendo a lo largo de un libro tan rico en incidentes y conflictos como es habitual en Grisham, y más dotado de matices que nunca... Unos personajes inolvidables, un estilo más limpio y poderoso que en ninguna novela anterior, y una impresionante evocación de un tiempo y de un lugar que convierten esta historia en un clásico americano."& Publisher&s Weekly [via]
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Let Us Build Us a City: Eleven Lost Townsby Donald HaringtonISBN 0156505304 (0-15-650530-4)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Let Us Build Us a City: Eleven Lost Towns'Book summary:Let Us Build Us a City is a group portrait of 11 "lost towns" in Donald Harington's native Arkansas. Yet this is no mere backwoods travelogue. His book, the author tells us, is "the story of communities that aspired to dignity and achieved serenity." These are towns, in other words, whose ambitious founders never quite managed to merge imagination with reality. "How does a once-flourishing town aspiring to call itself 'City' endure the long days of its decline?" asks Harington. The answer, in most cases, is quite well--though not perhaps in the way its inhabitants intended. One need not be familiar with Arkansas to appreciate this tour of lonely highways; there are lost towns everywhere. But seldom are they explored with such joy and wonder as in this gem of a book.
For all its brilliance, Let Us Build Us a City is nearly impossible to classify. It fuses the travel narrative with history and cultural studies--yet it reads like a novel. It's also a love story that is in no way fictional. Harington begins with a letter from a woman named Kim, who writes to praise his earlier book, Some Other Place, the Right Place. (Since the latter work is itself about a young couple's exploration of ghost towns and their subsequent romance, things immediately get off to a metafictional start.) Kim's letter leads to regular correspondence, in which she details the research she's conducting in one-horse towns throughout Arkansas. The author encourages her, she inspires him, and they agree to collaborate on a book--this one. By the time they meet, they too have learned something of expectation and hope. (Yes, they do get married, although you'll have to read the acknowledgments for details of the ceremony.)
Ultimately, Harington's book is a search for the spirit of each individual place--which is to say, the people. These lost towns are populated by dreamers, outcasts, prevaricators, drunks, madmen, and hermits. There are tales of floods, fires, gold rushes, gunshots, feuds, booms and (mostly) busts, along with other tidbits so strange they could only be true. By themselves, these would be deeply entertaining yarns. In Harington's hands, however, they amount to eloquent requiems for all his stunted cities. And perhaps these Arkansans traded in their dashed dreams for something better. After all, serenity is an admirable quality in a town, even if it happens to be an accidental one. --Shawn Carkonen [via]
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Living Historyby Hillary Rodham ClintonISBN 0743222253 (0-7432-2225-3)
Softcover, Scribner
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Living History'Book summary:As with most books written by politicians while in office (or at least aiming for one), Living History is, first and foremost, safe. There are interesting observations and anecdotes, the writing is engaging, and there is enough inside scoop to appeal to those looking for a bit of gossip, but there are no bombshells here and it is doubtful the book will change many minds about this polarizing figure. This does not mean the work is without merit, however, for Hillary Clinton has much to say about her experience as first lady, which is the primary focus of the book. Those interested in these experiences and her commentary on them will find the book worth reading; those looking for revelations will be disappointed.
Beginning with a brief outline of her childhood, college years, introduction to politics, and her courtship with Bill Clinton, Clinton covers a wide variety of topics: life on the campaign trail, her troubled tenure as leader of the President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform, meeting with foreign leaders, and her work on human rights, to name a few. By necessity, she also addresses the various scandals that plagued the administration, from Travelgate to Whitewater to impeachment, though she does not go into great detail about each one; rather, she seems content to simply state her case and move on without trying to settle too many old scores.
Along the way, she offers many apologies, though perhaps not the kind some would expect. She does not shy away from her "vast right-wing conspiracy" comment, for instance, though she does wish that she had expressed herself differently. Regarding the Monica Lewinsky scandal, she maintains that her husband initially lied to her, as he did the rest of the country, and did not come clean until two days prior to his grand jury testimony. Calling his betrayal "the most devastating, shocking and hurtful experience of my life," she explains what the aftermath was like personally and why she has elected to stand by her man. In all, Living History is an informative book that goes a long way toward humanizing one of the most recognizable, and controversial, women of our age. Shawn Carkonen [via]
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- Living History: ISBN 0743262026 (0-7432-6202-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Mass Market - Living History: ISBN 0743222245 (0-7432-2224-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - Living History: ISBN 0743257723 (0-7432-5772-3)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - Living History: ISBN 0743222253 (0-7432-2225-3)
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- Living History: ISBN 0743262026 (0-7432-6202-6)
Living in Little Rock With Miss Little Rockby Jack ButlerISBN 0140237135 (0-14-023713-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Maggody and the Moonbeamsby Joan HessISBN 0743202295 (0-7432-0229-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Singsby Harold BloomISBN 0791036669 (0-7910-3666-9)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'Book summary:Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings accomplishes a controlled poignance in representing a portrait of the young artist as a black woman. Her novel is the focus of this edition of Bloom's Notes. Along with a collection of some of the best criticism available on his work, this text includes a brief biography of the author, structural and thematic analysis, an index of themes and ideas, and more. This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School. These texts are the ideal aid for all students of literature, presenting concise, easy-to-understand biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on a specific literary work. Also provided are multiple sources for book reports and term papers with a wealth of information on literary works, authors, and major characters. [via]
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Mortal Remains in Maggodyby Joan HessISBN 0451403266 (0-451-40326-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Much Ado in Maggodyby Joan HessISBN 0451402685 (0-451-40268-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Much Ado in Maggody'Book summary:When Johanna Mae Nookim is denied the request to file sex discrimination charges, soon half the women in Maggody band together. Brother Verber thinks they are practicing witchcraft, but everybody learns the truth when the women stage a demonstration. Next, the bank turns to flames, and the head teller is found dead. [via]
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My Lifeby Bill ClintonISBN 140003003X (1-4000-3003-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'My Life'Book summary:Loved and reviled, respected and resented, Bill Clinton is one of the more polarizing and complex politicians of our age. As the 42nd President, he presided over a period of dizzying economic growth and technological progress, and achieved such foreign policy successes as the ratification of NAFTA, helping to bring several former Eastern Bloc nations into NATO, and assisting China's entrance into the World Trade Organization. His time in office was also marked by a string of scandals, most notably the Monica Lewinsky debacle and the subsequent impeachment trial, which largely overshadowed his triumphs.
Just 53 years old when he left office, Clinton continues to keep a high profile, having formed the William J. Clinton Presidential Foundation to focus on the battle against HIV/AIDS around the world; racial, ethnic, and religious reconciliation; economic empowerment of poor people; nd leadership development and citizen service. His memoir, My Life, due out on June 30, 2004, is an opportunity for Clinton to reveal his political philosophy and perspective on past events as well as a chance to influence his own place in history. [via]
Ouachita Trail Guideby Tim ErnstISBN 1882906349 (1-882906-34-9)
Softcover, Cloudland.Net
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Ozark Highlands Trail Guideby Tim ErnstISBN 188290639X (1-882906-39-X)
Softcover, Cloudland.Net
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A Painted Houseby John GrishamISBN 0385337930 (0-385-33793-0)
Softcover, Delta
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Painted House'Book summary:Ever since he published The Firm in 1991, John Grisham has remained the undisputed champ of the legal thriller. With A Painted House, however, he strikes out in a new direction. As the author is quick to note, this novel includes "not a single lawyer, dead or alive," and readers will search in vain for the kind of lowlife machinations that have been his stock-in-trade. Instead, Grisham has delivered a quieter, more contemplative story, set in rural Arkansas in 1952. It's harvest time on the Chandler farm, and the family has hired a crew of migrant Mexicans and "hill people" to pick 80 acres of cotton. A certain camaraderie pervades this bucolic dream team. But it's backbreaking work, particularly for the 7-year-old narrator, Luke: "I would pick cotton, tearing the fluffy bolls from the stalks at a steady pace, stuffing them into the heavy sack, afraid to look down the row and be reminded of how endless it was, afraid to slow down because someone would notice."
What's more, tensions begin to simmer between the Mexicans and the hill people, one of whom has a penchant for bare-knuckles brawling. This leads to a brutal murder, which young Luke has the bad luck to witness. At this point--with secrets, lies, and at least one knife fight in the offing--the plot begins to take on that familiar, Grisham-style momentum. Still, such matters ultimately take a back seat in A Painted House to the author's evocation of time and place. This is, after all, the scene of his boyhood, and Grisham waxes nostalgic without ever succumbing to deep-fried sentimentality. Meanwhile, his account of Luke's Baptist upbringing occasions some sly (and telling) humor:
I'd been taught in Sunday school from the day I could walk that lying would send you straight to hell. No detours. No second chances. Straight into the fiery pit, where Satan was waiting with the likes of Hitler and Judas Iscariot and General Grant. Thou shalt not bear false witness, which, of course, didn't sound exactly like a strict prohibition against lying, but that was the way the Baptists interpreted it.
Whether Grisham will continue along these lines, or revert to the judicial shark tank for his next book, is anybody's guess. But A Painted House suggests that he's perfectly capable of telling an involving story with nary a subpoena in sight. --James Marcus [via]More editions of A Painted House:
- A Painted House: ISBN 044023722X (0-440-23722-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books - A Painted House: ISBN 038550120X (0-385-50120-X)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group - A Painted House: ISBN 0613494512 (0-613-49451-2)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - A Painted House: ISBN 044029598X (0-440-29598-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books - A Painted House: ISBN 0385501218 (0-385-50121-8)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing - A Painted House: ISBN 0385337930 (0-385-33793-0)
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Shakespeare's Landlordby Charlaine HarrisISBN 0425206866 (0-425-20686-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shakespeare's Landlord'Book summary:Lily Bard is a loner. Other than the day-to-day workings of her cleaning and errand-running service, she pays little attention to the town around her. But when her landlord is murdered, Lily is singled out as the prime suspect, and proving her innocence will depend on finding the real killer in quiet, secretive Shakespeare. [via]
Summer of My German Soldierby Bette GreeneISBN 014130636X (0-14-130636-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Summer of My German Soldier'Book summary:[via]The summer that Patty Bergen turns twelve is a summer that will haunt her forever. When her small hometown in Arkansas becomes the site of a camp housing German prisoners during World War II, Patty learns what it means to open her heart. Even though she's Jewish, she begins to see a prison escapee, Anton, not as a Nazi, but as a lonely, frightened young man with feelings not unlike her own.
In Anton, Patty finds someone who softens the pain of her own father's rejection and who appreciates her in a way her mother never will. While patriotic feelings run high, Patty risks losing family, friends even her freedom for this dangerous friendship. It is a risk she has to take and one she will have to pay a price to keep.More editions of Summer of My German Soldier:
- Summer of My German Soldier: ISBN 0142406511 (0-14-240651-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Summer of My German Soldier: ISBN 0786273615 (0-7862-7361-5)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr - Summer of My German Soldier: ISBN 0803728697 (0-8037-2869-7)
Hardcover, Dial Books for Young Readers - Summer of My German Soldier: ISBN 0440218926 (0-440-21892-6)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books - Summer of My German Soldier: ISBN 0553272470 (0-553-27247-0)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books - Summer of My German Soldier: ISBN 3464068021 (3-464-06802-1)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc - Summer of My German Soldier: ISBN 014130636X (0-14-130636-X)
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- Summer of My German Soldier: ISBN 0142406511 (0-14-240651-1)
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Trees, Shrubs, & Vines of ArkansasISBN 0912456191 (0-912456-19-1)
Softcover, Univ of Arkansas Pr
Find This BookBook summary:This is a complete, illustrated guide to Arkansas's woody plants and nonwoody vines. The text for each species appears next to its photograph. In all, 325 species are described along with descriptions of sixty-eight plant families and drawings of plant parts. The book also includes a glossary and complete index. [via]
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Warriors Don't Cryby Melba Pattillo BealsISBN 0671866397 (0-671-86639-7)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Warriors Don't Cry'Book summary:You've gotta learn to defend yourself. Never let your enemy know what you are feeling.
-- The soldier assigned to protect Melba
Please, God, let me learn how to stop being a warrior. Sometimes I just need to be a girl.
-- Melba's diary, on her sixteenth birthday
In 1957 Melba Pattillo turned sixteen. That was also the year she became a warrior on the front lines of a civil rights firestorm. Following the landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board Education, she was one of nine teenagers chosen to integrate Little Rock's Central High School. This is her remarkable story.
You will listen to the cruel taunts of her schoolmates and their parents. You will run with her from the threat of a lynch mob's rope. You will share her terror as she dodges lighted sticks of dynamite, and her pain as she washes away the acid sprayed into her eyes. But most of all you will share Melba's dignity and courage as she refuses to back down. [via]
Water from the Wellby Myra McLareyISBN 0802137164 (0-8021-3716-4)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Womenfolks: Growing Up Down Southby Shirley AbbottISBN 0395901448 (0-395-90144-8)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Zero at the Bone: The True Story of the Ronald Gene Simmons Christmas Family Massacreby Paul Williams, Bryce MarshallISBN 0671685112 (0-671-68511-2)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Zero at the Bone: The True Story of the Ronald Gene Simmons Christmas Family Massacre'Book summary:On December 22, 1987 ex-staff sergeant Ronald Gene Simmons herded his four youngest children up Mockingbird hill to a ram-shackle house in the Ozarks, promising them a "Christmas surprise." Leading each of them in separately, he garroted them with a nylon rope. - Earlier that day, with a .22 caliber pistol, he had executed his wife, son and granddaughter. Lastly he would kill Sheila, the daughter he loved obsessively, who at 18 had given birth to his child. When Sheila had escaped her sexually abusive father by marrying another man, Simmons -- debt-ridden and unable to hold a job -- had gone into a total decline. 'Zero at the Bone' details the horrifying events that led to one of the worst homicidal rampages in American History. From Simmons troubled youth to his murder of 14 family members and his explosive trial, this chilling account takes you inside the mind of a man who violated the darkest taboos of our society. [via]
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La Granja / a Painted Houseby John GrishamISBN 8466305920 (84-663-0592-0)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Granja / a Painted House'Book summary:A story inspired by Grisham's own childhood in rural Arkansas. Seven-year old Luke Chandler lives in a little house in the cotton fields which his family farms. When the cotton is ready for harvesting, the family hires workers to help. Luke sees and hears things which are keeps to himself and unfortunately these secrets threaten the crop.
Description in Spanish:
"&¿Quién piensa en abogados? Grisham no, desde luego, al menos en esta cautivadora novela. Aquí, en lugar de abogados, encontramos sufridos granjeros, jornaleros miserables y un niño que va creciendo a lo largo de un libro tan rico en incidentes y conflictos como es habitual en Grisham, y más dotado de matices que nunca... Unos personajes inolvidables, un estilo más limpio y poderoso que en ninguna novela anterior, y una impresionante evocación de un tiempo y de un lugar que convierten esta historia en un clásico americano."& Publisher&s Weekly [via]
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Historia Viva / Living Historyby Hillary Rodham ClintonISBN 0743260864 (0-7432-6086-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Historia Viva / Living History'Book summary:FonoLibro se enorgullece en presentar el audiolibro el bestseller "Historia Viva" de Hillary Rodham Clinton, en una excelente producción con una hermosa música.
En Historia Viva, Hillary Rodham Clinton describe con franqueza, humor, pasión sobre su formación como mujer durante una agitada época de cambios sociales y políticos en los Estados Unidos y sobre sus años en la Casa Blanca. Cuenta la historia de su aventura de treinta años en el amor y la política junto a Bill Clinton, en la que logró sobrevivir a traiciones personales, investigaciones partidistas sin tregua y el escrutinio constante del público. Y ofrece también un reflejo claro de sus ideas y opiniones acerca de los temas políticos de mayor actualidad: salud, relaciones internacionales, derechos humanos, de la mujer y mucho más. Historia Viva, un audiolibro íntimo, poderoso e inspirador, captura la esencia de esta mujer excepcional y el proceso arduo a través del cual llegó a definirse y encontrar su propia voz como madre, esposa y una de las figuras más formidables en la historia de la política estadounidense.
"Historia Viva es la vida de la ex primera dama de los Estados Unidos. Y, como era de esperarse, habla de todo: desde como conoció a Bill Clinton hasta su sorpresa y enojo cuando se enteró del romance con Mónica Lewinsky. Es el libro de una mujer fuerte, que quiere dejar atrás el pasado, porque su futuro pudiera estar algún día, otra vez en la Casa Blanca." Jorge Ramos, autor, periodista. [via]More editions of Historia Viva / Living History:
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