J. Ruth Gendler
Janet Ruth Gendler wears orange socks, arranges her clothes by color in the closet, keeps the herbs in alphabetical order, and doesn't understand the separation between work and play. Gendler was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska and received ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Very Best of: Hooray for Captain Spaulding
 Artist: Marx Brothers Binding: Audio CD EAN: 5014293133029 Format: Import Format: Best of Original Release Date: 2005-01-01 Release Date: 2005-05-12 Tracks: Hooray for Captain Spaulding - Ken Lane Singers, Groucho Marx Show Me a Rose - Ken Lane Singers, [... more]
CDN$11.99
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Vernon J. Baker
Orphaned at age four, Vernon J. Baker was raised in Wyoming by his grandparents, in a town with just a dozen other black families. During adolescence, he spent two years at Father Flanagan's Boys Home in Omaha, Nebraska. He graduated from high ... [... more]
Random House |
Rachel Shukert
Growing up in white-bread Omaha, Nebraska, Rachel Shukert was one of thirty-seven students (circa 1990) in Nebraska's only Jewish elementary school. She spent her days dreaming of a fantasy Aryan boyfriend named Chris McPresbyterian, a tall blond ... [... more]
Random House |
Eric Konigsberg
Eric Konigsberg grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, and he lives in New York City with his wife and son. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and Tin House. [... more]
Harper Collins |
In Search of the Elusive Peace Corps Moment: ...
Viewpoint of a Toronto Esto: I ordered 2 copies of the book as Christmas presents. It arrived at my office & I started glimpsing at different parts of the book. It ended up, that I couldn't put it down. Hillarious! It was also an interesting way to [... more]
CDN$22.06
Amazon CA |
Premiere Recordings
Wonderful anthology of Barber first recordings!!!!: When my wife and I were traveling to Omaha, Nebraska, I suddenly had an urge to listen to the Barber 1st Symphony. I hadn't packed one in my music collection for the trip, so I visited a local cd store, [... more]
CDN$21.99
Amazon CA |
Greatest Hits '93-'03
the best of the best: I just got back from an awesome concert put on by 311 today here in there hometown of omaha nebraska. it was a free concert for the city of omaha s 150th bithday. well they played a lot of the songs of this album, and in my opinion [... more]
CDN$21.99
Amazon CA |
About Schmidt
From Amazon.com: Albert Schmidt is a retired lawyer who misses his recently deceased wife, has an unhealthy diet, is a mild anti-Semite and owns a nice home in the Hamptons he feels compelled to offer to his daughter as a wedding present. Said daughter, [... more]
CDN$21.00
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The Man Who Ate the 747
The Book of Wonders indeed...: I love this book. I know that is sort of a banal comment, but I can't express it any other way. Ironically, I was trying to set a record of my own (# of books in 2 weeks) and this was the record breaker (#10). How [... more]
CDN$15.00
Amazon CA |
An Empire Wilderness: Travels into America's Future
From Amazon.com: Robert Kaplan has reported from locales as diverse and chaotic as shantytowns in the Ivory Coast, death camps in Cambodia, and the frontlines of the war-ravaged Balkans, but his most challenging assignment may have been covering his own [... more]
CDN$21.00
Amazon CA |
The Adventures of Blue Avenger
From Amazon.com: Irony, silliness, and the deepest questions of the human soul blend together delightfully in this funny, original novel by Norma Howe. The day David Schumacher turns 16, he decides to ease the pain of his father's death by legally [... more]
CDN$8.75
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