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A gripping set of stories about the forces that shape girls and the adults they become. A wise and brilliant guide to transforming the self and our...

"What do diseases, floods, weddings and babies all have in common? Life... it's a journey." In Go...Make...Ripples... not only does Jennifer take r...

A Story of Faith, Loss, and Renewal in Middle America In the wake of the 2016 election, Lyz Lenz watched as her country and her marriage were torn ...

It's a beautiful day for a drive, and Grandma and Grandpa are out for a ride in their minivan. But when Grandpa rolls the windows down, it's a litt...

These gorgeous greeting cards are perfect for all occasions! Cards are blank inside. Made by local artist Joel Hensley!

These beautiful, handmade bookmarks are one-of-a-kind! Pictures show a variety of available options, but each one is truly unique. Created with hig...

Handmade polymer clay (heishi bead) bracelets, handmade made right here in Grimes by AlexaLyn Designs!

Handmade polymer clay (heishi bead) bracelets sets, handmade made right here in Grimes by AlexaLyn Designs!

Hannah Banana Fabrics is a small, women-owned business making handmade book sleeves in Des Moines, Iowa! All Hannah Banana book sleeves (you can ca...

Embark on a magical journey with Hannah's Magic Adventures: Around the Globe. Follow Hannah as she discovers a magical map hidden in her grandma's ...

From the bestselling author of The Girl He Used to Know comes a love song of a story about starting over and second chances.Love doesn’t always wai...

An Obama Biden Mystery, Book #1 The New York Times Best Seller - An Official Summer Read of Publishers Weekly and The Interrobang - A 2018 Goodread...

An Obama Biden Mystery, Book #2 In the sequel to the New York Times best-selling novel Hope Never Dies, Obama and Biden reprise their roles as BFFs...

The Huebinger series of automotive publications were popular a century ago as adventurous motorists braved the primitive roads and uncertain terrai...

A Direct Road From Iowa's Capital To Her Beautiful Lake Country The Huebinger series of automotive publications were popular a century ago as adven...

The Huebinger series of automotive publications were popular a century ago as adventurous motorists braved the primitive roads and uncertain terrai...

Here's Your Menu! How and What You Will Eat on MarsThe focus is the food, food supply and the methods and machinery that will need to be developed ...

From relish trays and Old Fashioned cocktails to prime rib and fried fish, supper clubs are a quintessential part of midwestern dining culture. In ...

A memoir of political violence across Iowa mixed with a variety of horror stories from punk sub-culture to Iowa gangsters to the politics of the Io...

What is lurking in the corn fields? In the lane? In the village? In the glens and barrows? Under the rivers' thrashing waters? In your darkest desi...

Ladies of Munro, Book #5 Pride comes before her fall. Love helps her stand again. Irene Sangford has willingly cast herself as the villain of her o...

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! Hop in the tractor and ride along with a corn farmer in this rhyming read-aloud full of things that...

"I want to be . . ." Young animals think about how they want to be different. The monkey wants to be a turtle. The squirrel wants to be a giraffe. ...

Ladies of Munro, Book #4 When worlds collide, can love survive? Lewis Bradford is the spare to the heir. Every aspect of his life has been a remind...