Thieves in the Garden
As gardening rises in popularity, so do garden thefts. Not just the statues and tools but the very plants! Do we have to put iron gates around our gardens and padlocks on the plants? Could be. . . John Adney of Marion, Iowa was not too surprised ... [... more]
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Frances de Pontes Peebles
Frances de Pontes Peebles was born in Pernambuco, Brazil. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she has received several awards, including Brazil's Sacatar Artist's Fellowship and the Michener-Copernicus ... [... more]
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Susan Diamond
Susan Diamond was a fellow at the Iowa Writers' Workshop and spent seventeen years at the Los Angeles Times as a feature writer and columnist. She has worked for numerous publications, including The New Yorker, Time, People, and the Village ... [... more]
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Ryan Coonerty
This poignant, first-of-its-kind book celebrates words that define America's storied past and symbolize the drive of its people—from the boardrooms of Manhattan to the farm fields of Iowa. Author Ryan Coonerty highlights profound phrases ... [... more]
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Tracy Kidder
Tracy Kidder graduated from Harvard, studied at the University of Iowa, and served as an army officer in Vietnam. He has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Award, and many other literary prizes. He lives in ... [... more]
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Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa ...
 The World We Left Behind: My father grew up on a farm in Illinois during the years this book describes. He would have been one of the Big Kids in the book. Dad had five younger siblings, and this book helped me to see their lives through Professor Kalish' [... more]
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A Good Day's Work: An Iowa Farm in the Great Depression
Author: Dwight W. Hoover Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 977.784033092 EAN: 9781566637022 ISBN: 1566637023 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: 2007-06-25 [... more]
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Patchwork: Iowa Quilts and Quilters
Author: Jacqueline Andre Schmeal Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 746.4609777 EAN: 9780877458654 ISBN: 0877458650 Number Of Pages: 160 Publication Date: 2003-11 [... more]
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Iowa Off the Beaten Path, 7th
Author: Lori Erickson Author: Tracy Stuhr Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 917.77 EAN: 9780762734641 Edition: Seventh ISBN: 0762734647 Number Of Pages: 208 Publication Date: 2004-11-01 [... more]
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Amazing Iowa
Author: Janice Beck Stock Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 977.7 EAN: 9781558539600 ISBN: 1558539603 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: 2004-05-15 UPC: 031869009606 [... more]
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Baptism of Fire: The Republican Party in Iowa, 1838-1878
Author: Robert Cook Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 324.27770409034 EAN: 9780813819389 Edition: 1 ISBN: 0813819385 Number Of Pages: 324 Publication Date: 2002 [... more]
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Gardening with Arthritis
This is the story of a former horticulturist who has changed his gardening style due to the problems caused by severe arthritis. John Adney is a former horticulturist from Iowa. He had to give up his profession due to arthritis. Now he teaches ... [... more]
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