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Americana Deluxe!
 We're always increasing our inventory of used books — often by buying entire
collections, including estate sales, library overstock, and private collections.
Browse our latest acquisitions from a large Americana buy, which includes books
on American history, biography, and culture — from Alaska to West Virginia,
from cattle traders to pioneer women.
State by State (Book and DVD Set)
by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey and Out of the Book Films
From Powells.com
In association with Powell's Books, Out of the Book Films
presents State by State, based on
the 2008 collection edited by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey.
Screenings will be held in cities and towns across America during the
weeks leading up to the...
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List Price $37.94
Your Price $20.96
(Sale - Hardcover)
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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List Price $14.95
Your Price $8.00
(Used - Trade Paper)
State by State: A Panoramic Portrait of America
by Matt Weiland and Sean Wilsey
Special Offer
Buy the set! Order State by State now and receive the acclaimed 38-minute film featuring 19 of the book's contributors.
Starring:
Daphne Beal, Alison Bechdel, Will Blythe, Charles Bock, Anthony Bourdain,
Susan Choi, Joshua Ferris, Dagoberto Gilb...
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Your Price $29.95
New - Hardcover
Oregon (America)
by Whitecap Books
Publisher Comments
Liz Primeau was a gardening magazine journalist for 30 years and now gives regular lectures on gardens and garden design, including a special presentation on front yard gardens. She has led many gardening seminars and is a featured speaker at gardening...
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Your Price $19.95
New - Hardcover
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer
Publisher Comments
The extraordinary bestselling true story of a young man's uncompromising pilgrimage that ended in tragedy....
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Your Price $5.95
Used - Trade Paper
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
by Erik Larson
Powells.com Staff Pick
An amazing history that recounts the inconceivable events surrounding
the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, Larson's tale captures a time
and place that vividly come to life. The central characters in this
tale are Daniel H. Burnham, the architect...
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Your Price $4.00
Used - Trade Paper
Worst Hard Time: Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl (06 Edition)
by Timothy Egan
Powells.com Staff Pick
A fresh, stirring look at the Dust Bowl and Depression, Timothy Egan follows the personal dramas of a handful of families, allowing their voices to reveal the environmental and human tragedies that rocked the nation. Grippingly detailed, this exciting...
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List Price $14.95
Your Price $8.00
Used - Trade Paper
American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century
by Howard Blum
Powells.com Staff Pick
American Lightning is history at its most gripping. Fans of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood will not want to miss this one. The subject is the 1910 bombing of the Los Angeles Times offices, and Howard Blum’s narrative of America 100 years ago will appeal...
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Your Price $24.95
New - Hardcover
Maui Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook (Maui Revealed: The Ultimate Guidebook)
by Andrew Doughty
Publisher Comments
USA Today calls it, "An authoritative and in-depth look at all that the island offers." The author is a resident who personally and anonymously reviews every facet of Maui. From restaurants to helicopter companies to scuba to beaches to trails, he sees...
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Your Price $16.95
New - Trade Paper
A Crack in the Edge of the World
by Simon Winchester
Publisher Comments
Subtitled, "The Great American Earthquake Of 1906". From the bestselling author of "The Map That Changed The World" and "Krakatoa" comes this enthralling story of the extraordinary earthquake that took place in San Francisco in 1906. He brings together...
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Your Price $7.95
Used - Trade Paper
Truck: A Love Story (P.S.)
by Michael Perry
Publisher Comments
A follow-up to "Population: 485, Truck" chronicles a year in which Perry struggles to grow his own food, live peaceably with his neighbors, and sort out his love life. Hilarious and heartfelt, this memoir introduces readers to a wonderful and unique cast...
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Your Price $6.95
Used - Trade Paper
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