Kansas Notable Books

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Birds, Bones, and Beetles: The Improbable Career and Remarkable Legacy of University of Kansas Naturalist Charles D. Bunker Cover Image

Birds, Bones, and Beetles: The Improbable Career and Remarkable Legacy of University of Kansas Naturalist Charles D. Bunker (Paperback)

By Charles H. Warner
$24.95
ISBN: 9780700627738
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Published: University Press of Kansas - April 26th, 2019

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A Constellation of Roses (Hardcover)

By Miranda Asebedo
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062747105
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Published: HarperTeen - November 5th, 2019
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Crumbled! (The Misadventures of Nobbin Swill) Cover Image

Crumbled! (The Misadventures of Nobbin Swill) (Hardcover)

By Lisa Harkrader
$17.99
ISBN: 9781499809718
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Published: Yellow Jacket - August 27th, 2019
Follow Me Down to Nicodemus Town: Based on the History of the African American Pioneer Settlement Cover Image

Follow Me Down to Nicodemus Town: Based on the History of the African American Pioneer Settlement (Hardcover)

By A. LaFaye, Nicole Tadgell (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN: 9780807525357
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Published: Albert Whitman & Company - January 1st, 2019
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Headwinds: a memoir (Paperback)

By Edna Bell-Pearson
$21.95
ISBN: 9781732241060
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Published: Meadowlark Books - July 24th, 2019
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The Healer's Daughter (Library Binding)

By Charlotte Hinger
$25.95
ISBN: 9781432849665
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Published: Five Star Publishing - February 20th, 2019
How to Be a Family: The Year I Dragged My Kids Around the World to Find a New Way to Be Together Cover Image

How to Be a Family: The Year I Dragged My Kids Around the World to Find a New Way to Be Together (Hardcover)

By Dan Kois
$28.00
ISBN: 9780316552622
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - September 17th, 2019
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Journey to a Promised Land: A Story of the Exodusters Cover Image

Journey to a Promised Land: A Story of the Exodusters (Paperback)

By Allison Lassieur, Eric Freeberg (Illustrator)
$8.99
ISBN: 9781631632761
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Published: Jolly Fish Press - January 1st, 2019

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Kansas City Chiefs Legends: The Greatest Coaches, Players and Front Office Execs in Chiefs History Cover Image

Kansas City Chiefs Legends: The Greatest Coaches, Players and Front Office Execs in Chiefs History (Paperback)

By Jeff Deters
$19.99
ISBN: 9781733269704
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Published: Deters Publications - July 12th, 2019
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A Perfect Silhouette (Paperback)

By Judith Miller
$15.99
ISBN: 9780764232206
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Published: Bethany House Publishers - August 6th, 2019

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Petroglyphs of the Kansas Smoky Hills Cover Image

Petroglyphs of the Kansas Smoky Hills (Hardcover)

By Rex Buchanan, Burke Griggs, A01
$29.95
ISBN: 9780700628421
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Published: University Press of Kansas - September 17th, 2019
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The Reckless Oath We Made (Hardcover)

By Bryn Greenwood
$26.00
ISBN: 9780525541844
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - August 20th, 2019

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Steel Tide (Seafire #2) Cover Image

Steel Tide (Seafire #2) (Hardcover)

By Natalie C. Parker
$18.99
ISBN: 9780451478832
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Published: Razorbill - September 17th, 2019
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The Topeka School: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Ben Lerner
$27.00
ISBN: 9780374277789
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - October 1st, 2019
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What Color Is Night? (Hardcover)

By Grant Snider
$15.99
ISBN: 9781452179926
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Published: Chronicle Books - November 5th, 2019