Ten Best Small Towns In America - April 2024

Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

• ASIN: 1101947861
• ASIN: 1101947861
• ISBN: 1101947861
• Manufacturer: Knopf

Edie Browne's Cottage by the Sea: A heartwarming, hilarious romance read set in Cornwall!

‘Beautifully crafted and wrapped in romance’ Sunday Times bestseller Heidi SwainThose who don’t jump will never fly…Hurtling through the sky was supposed to be Edie Browne’s flight of independence. But when she falls head over champagne bucket while celebrating her successful landing, her life is changed in an instant.  But starting over has its benefits, and as Edie relearns the basics under the watchful eye of her Aunty Josie and an entire Cornish village of new friends and neighbours, she finds love and joy she never could have imagined in the unlikeliest of places… Come home... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0008356297
• ASIN: 0008356297
• ISBN: 0008356297
• Manufacturer: HarperImpulse

Fodor's London 25 Best (Full-color Travel Guide)

Compact and affordable, Fodor's 25 Best London 2019 is a great travel guide for those who want an easy-to-pack guidebook and map to one of the most exciting cities in Europe. Fodor's 25 Best Guides offer highlights of major city destinations in a compact package that includes a sturdy, detailed street map you can bring along with you to help you navigate when cell service is not available. By focusing only on top sights―all divided by neighborhood―we make planning your days easy. Save time and space by having London's top 25 sights and experiences in one convenient guidebook: •UPDATED FO... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1640970991
• ASIN: 1640970991
• ISBN: 1640970991
• Manufacturer: Fodor's Travel

24 Hours in Nowhere

“Reminiscent of Louis Sachar’s Holes with its quirky characters and unique desert setting, this is a middle-grade read that will easily transport readers somewhere special.” —School Library Journal (Starred review)When you come from Nowhere, can you ever really make it anywhere? Author Dusti Bowling (Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus) returns to the desert to create a gripping story about friendship, hope, and finding the power we all have within ourselves.​   Welcome to Nowhere, Arizona, the least livable town in the United States. For Gus, a bright 13-year-old with drea... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1454929243
• ASIN: 1454929243
• ISBN: 1454929243
• Manufacturer: Sterling Children's Books

Once Upon a Town: The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen

In search of "the best America there ever was," bestselling author and award-winning journalist Bob Greene finds it in a small Nebraska town few people pass through today—a town where Greene discovers the echoes of the most touching love story imaginable: a love story between a country and its sons. During World War II, American soldiers from every city and walk of life rolled through North Platte, Nebraska, on troop trains en route to their ultimate destinations in Europe and the Pacific. The tiny town, wanting to offer the servicemen warmth and support, transformed its modest railro... [Read More]

• ASIN: 006008197X
• ASIN: 006008197X
• ISBN: 9780060081973
• Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

This extraordinary work of investigative journalism takes readers inside America’s isolated Mormon Fundamentalist communities, where some 40,000 people still practice polygamy. Defying both civil authorities and the Mormon establishment in Salt Lake City, the renegade leaders of these Taliban-like theocracies are zealots who answer only to God. At the core of Krakauer’s book are brothers Ron and Dan Lafferty, who insist they received a commandment from God to kill a blameless woman and her baby girl. Beginning with a meticulously researched account of this appalling double murder, Krakauer... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1400032806
• ASIN: 1400032806
• ISBN: 1400032806
• Brand: Anchor
• Manufacturer: Anchor

The Mac + Cheese Cookbook: 50 Simple Recipes from Homeroom, America's Favorite Mac and Cheese Restaurant

• ASIN: 160774466X
• ASIN: 160774466X
• ISBN: 9781607744665
• Brand: Allison Arevalo
• Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press

Out of the Dust

Out of the Dust joins the Scholastic Gold line, which features award-winning and beloved novels. Includes exclusive bonus content!"Dust piles up like snow across the prairie. . . ."A terrible accident has transformed Billie Jo's life, scarring her inside and out. Her mother is gone. Her father can't talk about it. And the one thing that might make her feel better -- playing the piano -- is impossible with her wounded hands.To make matters worse, dust storms are devastating the family farm and all the farms nearby. While others flee from the dust bowl, Billie Jo is left to find peace in the ble... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0590371258
• ASIN: 0590371258
• ISBN: 0590371258
• Brand: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Manufacturer: Scholastic

A Civil Action

• ASIN: 0679772677
• ASIN: 0679772677
• ISBN: 9780679772675
• Brand: Vintage
• Manufacturer: Vintage

What's in it For Me? (Responsible Me!)

Noodle is always being told what to do. Pull the weeds. Make his bed. Kick the ball a certain way in soccer. Ugh! But he wonders, why? What's in it for him? Luckily, the adults in Noodle's life are there to teach him the importance of moving 'need tos' into 'I did Its!' Join Noodle as he learns the value of practicing small chores now, so he'll be ready for life's big challenges later.

• ASIN: 1944882308
• ASIN: 1944882308
• ISBN: 1944882308
• Manufacturer: Boys Town Pr

Prodigal Summer: A Novel

• ASIN: 0060959037
• UPC: 784497378704
• ASIN: 0060959037
• ISBN: 9780060959036
• Brand: Harper Perennial
• Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire

Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire is the first book in a spellbinding middle grade fantasy adventure series by screenwriter John August.“A thrilling adventure full of magic and wonder. John August is a master storyteller.” ―Ransom Riggs, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar ChildrenSome trails lead to magic. Some lead to danger. As Arlo looked around, the walls of his room began to vanish, revealing a moonlit forest. Only his bed remained, and the frame of his window, through which he saw the girl. The world on her side of the glass was sparkling wi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1250294258
• ASIN: 1250294258
• ISBN: 1250294258
• Manufacturer: Square Fish

The Little House Books (2 Volume Set)

Originally published from 1932 to 1943, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books are classics of children’s literature, beloved by millions. But readers who last enjoyed them as children may be astonished at the quiet poetry of Wilder’s prose and the force and poignancy of her portrait of the lives of American pioneers. Now The Library of America and editor Caroline Fraser present a definitive boxed set that affirms Wilder’s place in the American canon, reintroducing these enduring works to readers young and old. Here, for the first time in two collectible hardcover volumes, are all e... [Read More]

• ASIN: 159853162X
• ASIN: 159853162X
• ISBN: 159853162X
• Brand: Library of America
• Manufacturer: Library of America

Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man: A Novel

“A hilarious, endearing novel.”—Los Angeles TimesIn Fannie Flagg’s high-spirited first novel, we meet Daisy Fay Harper in the spring of 1952, where she’s “not doing much except sitting around waiting for the sixth grade.” When she leaves Shell Beach, Mississippi, in September 1959, she is packed up and ready for the Miss America Pageant, vowing “I won’t come back until I’m somebody.” But in our hearts she already is. Sassy and irreverent from the get-go, Daisy Fay takes us on a rollicking journey through her formative years on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. There, at The ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0345485602
• ASIN: 0345485602
• ISBN: 0345485602
• Brand: Flagg, Fannie
• Manufacturer: Ballantine Books

Rick Steves Pocket Munich & Salzburg

Rick Steves Pocket guidebooks truly are a “tour guide in your pocket.” Each colorful, compact book includes Rick's advice for prioritizing your time, whether you're spending 1 or 7 days in a city. Everything a busy traveler needs is easy to access: a neighborhood overview, city walks and tours, sights, handy food and accommodations charts, an appendix packed with information on trip planning and practicalities, and a fold-out city map.Included in Rick Steves' Pocket Munich & Salzburg—Sights: Marienplatz, Viktualienmarkt, Hofbrahaus, The Residenz, the English Garden, Nymphenburg Palace, Dac... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1631210785
• ASIN: 1631210785
• ISBN: 1631210785
• Brand: Avalon Travel Publishing
• Manufacturer: Rick Steves

Making Your Move to One of America's Best Small Towns - eBook

For those looking to raise a family in a storybook American town, or a change of pace from hectic city life, this book is the

• UPC: 972366994

Putney: : World's Best Known Small Town

Putney, Vermont owes much to its early farming settlers who established the town's spirit of hard work and ingenuity, and to its mill workers whose labor sustained the town's economy for over 200 years. Agricultural

• UPC: 27209579

The Essential Writer's Guide : Spotlight on Bill Bryson, Including His Education, Analysis of His Best Sellers Such as the Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America, Notes from a Small Island, and Shakespeare: The World as Stage, and More

The Essential Writer's Guide

• UPC: 157215171

A Pronouncing Gazetteer by T. Baldwin Assisted by Several Other Gentlemen. to Which Is Added an Appendix Containing More Than Ten Thousand Additional Names Chiefly of the Small Towns and Villages, Etc. of the United States and Mexico. Ninth Edition.

New

• UPC: 334274145

Tiny Americans (Audiobook)

9781982610210

• UPC: 827786227

A Disposition to Be Rich: How a Small-Town Pastor's Son Ruined an American President, Brought on a Wall Street Crash, and Made Himself the Best-

A Disposition to Be Rich: How a Small-Town Pastor's Son Ruined an American President, Brought on a Wall Street Crash, and Made Himself the Best-Hated Man in the United States, Ward, Geoffrey

• UPC: 17476402
• Rating: 3.5

Making Your Move to One of America's Best Small Towns: How to Find a Great Little Place as Your Next Home Base

Making Your Move to One of America's Best Small Towns: How to Find a Great Little Place as Your Next Home

• UPC: 25234694