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The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America
by Bill Bryson  Publisher Comments Following an urge to rediscover his youth, Bill Bryson left his native Des Moines, Iowa, in a journey that would take him across 38 states. Lucky for us, he brought a notebook. With a razor wit and a kind heart, Bryson serves up a colorful tale of...
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
by Bill Bryson 
Publisher Comments Back in America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint himself with his native country by walking the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine. The AT offers an astonishing landscape of silent forests...
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How the States Got Their Shapes
by Mark Stein Publisher Comments Why does Oklahoma have that panhandle? Did someone make a mistake? We are so familiar with the map of the United States that our state borders seem as much a part of nature as mountains and rivers. Even the oddities — the entire state of Maryland(!)...
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The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith H
by Eliot Wigginton Publisher Comments Interviews and essays describe the way of life and crafts of pioneer America still surviving in the Appalachian region....
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
by Bill Bryson Publisher Comments From one of the most beloved and bestselling authors in the English language, a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the 1950s Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century—1951—in the middle of the...
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American Nomads: Travels with Lost Conquistadors, Mountain Men, Cowboys, Indians, Hoboes, Truckers, and Bullriders
by Richard Grant Publisher Comments Fascinated by the land of endless horizons, sunshine, and the open road, Richard Grant spent fifteen years wandering throughout the United States, never spending more than three weeks in one place and getting to know America's nomads, truckers, tramps...
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Brave Companions
by David McCullough Publisher Comments The bestselling author of Truman and John Adams, David McCullough has written profiles of exceptional men and women past and present who have not only shaped the course of history or changed how we see the world but whose stories express much that is...
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Portland Then and Now
by Linda Dodds Publisher Comments Featuring black-and-white archival photos from the first half of the last century paired with modern shots of the same areas, "Portland Then and Now" documents the city's changing face. 140 photos, 70 in color....
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What's the Matter with Kansas?: How Conservatives Won the Heart of America
by Thomas Frank Publisher Comments With a new afterword by the author The New York Times bestseller, praised as "hilariously funny...the only way to understand why so many Americans have decided to vote against their own economic and political interests" (Molly Ivins) Hailed as...
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Above the Clearwater: Living on Stolen Land
by Bette Lynch Husted Publisher Comments As "Above the Clearwater explores one family's joys and struggles on an Idaho homestead--on land taken from the Nez Perce Indian Reservation as a result of the Dawes Act--it illuminates the tangled relationship between the history of a particular place...
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The Oregon Story: 1850-2000
by Oregonian Publisher Comments Based on an intriguing illustrated series of articles in The Oregonian, this book offers a fascinating look at a remarkable state....
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Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States (New York Review Books Classics)
by George R Stewart Publisher Comments This beloved classic about place-naming in the United States was written during World War II in a conscious effort to pay tribute to the heritage of the nation's peoples. George R. Stewart's love of the surprising story, and his focus not just on...
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The American Frontier: Pioneers, Settlers & Cowboys, 1800-1899
by William C Davis Publisher Comments The author of "The Fighting Men of the Civil War" now masterfully chronicles the grand history of the territory beyond the Mississippi, with particular attention to exploration, expansion, conflict, and settlement....
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
by Bill Bryson
Powells.com Staff Pick I grew up in Minnesota, just north of Iowa where Bill Bryson's memoir is set. I laughed out loud at his descriptions of bundling up the children to face the Midwestern winters and other passages. He also beautifully captures the innocence and security...
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America after Twenty Years Away
by Bill Bryson
Publisher Comments The master humorist and bestselling author of A Walk in the Woods now guides us on an affectionate, hysterically funny tour of America's most outrageous absurdities. After living in Britain for two decades, Bill Bryson recently moved back to the...
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Albany Revisited (Images of America)
by Don Rittner Synopsis Albany is the fourth oldest city in America and the second oldest state capital in the United States. Located on the western banks of the Hudson River, about 150 miles north of New York City, Albany was originally explored by Henry Hudson in 1609 and...
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Images of America #1964: The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair: Creation and Legacy
by Bill (edt) Cotter Synopsis When the gates of the 1964a1965 New York Worldas Fair swung open on April 24, 1964, the first of more than 51 million lucky visitors entered, ready to witness the cutting edge of worldwide technology and progress. Faced with a disappointing lack of...
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Around Sylvan Beach (Images of America)
by Brandy Ann Publisher Comments On the sandy shores and calm waters of Oneida Lake rests Sylvan Beach. For many years, the entire region was simply known as Fish Creek, and it was settled by George Haskins in the early 1800s. When the Erie Canal was completed in 1825, the area began to...
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Agrarian Dreams : Paradox of Organic Farming in California (04 Edition)
by Julie Guthman Publisher Comments In an era of escalating food politics, many believe organic farming to be the agrarian answer. In this first comprehensive study of organic farming in California, Julie Guthman casts doubt on the current wisdom about organic food and agriculture, at...
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Constitution Island
by Ronnie Clark Coffey Synopsis Rugged in beauty and rich in history, Constitution Island lies at a picturesque bend in the Hudson River opposite West Point....
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