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A True Story of Faith, Family and the Testament of Love Brenda's Wish: A True Story of Faith, Family and the Testament of Love is a unique story of...

A Memoir of the Land and Its Loss Journalist and educator Patricia Prijatel and her family built a tiny cabin in a remote Colorado mountain valley ...

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...

Entrepreneurship in the Connected Era You don't need this book, but when you're ready for a friendly jolt, this synthesized narrative is brewed as ...

Tony Harrington, Book #1 A horrific double murder in small town Iowa leads to the arrest and trial of the young man who owned the murder weapon. To...

A New Origin Story A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing ...

The residents of Haven, Wisconsin, have dined on the Fine Chao restaurant's delicious Americanized Chinese food for thirty-five years, content to i...

In this blazingly smart and voracious debut, an artist turned stay-at-home mom becomes convinced she's turning into a dog. One day, the mother was ...

Tony Harrington, Book #2 A late-night cry for help from a teenage girl puts Tony Harrington and his colleagues at a small-town newspaper onto the t...

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...

As people around the world celebrated man’s first steps on the moon, the astronauts of NASA’s Apollo 11 mission placed a silicon disc containing me...

Tony Harrington, Book #4 The violent death of a famous actress rocks the rural Iowa town of Orney, where a Hollywood movie company is filming on lo...

Stories of an Unapologetic Woman When Kristi Hemmer was 8, she was the Connect Four champ; nobody wanted to play with her. When she was 12, she was...

Raygun is a Des Moines, IA based company which has grown to a multi-location (and multi-state) Midwestern staple! All stickers are designed by Rayg...

This gripping drama follows Tom Duncan, the sole survivor of the largest cult mass suicide in U.S. history, as he works to rebuild his shattered li...

The Shimmering Secret sparkles with a delightful narrative and vibrant, full-color illustrations. Set in an ancient Chinese village, the tale provi...

Tony Harrington, Book #3 The unexpected death of a favorite cousin takes Iowa newspaper reporter Tony Harrington and his mother, Carlotta, to the A...

Later Gator is a Des Moines, IA art studio run by local mural artist & illustrator, Ally!  We are SO excited to be able to feature some of her ...

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An explosive and elevated exploration on love, longing, and loss, Many Small Hungerings is a timely and necessary collection of poetry from Des Moi...

The author of the Booker Prize finalist Real Life and the bestselling Filthy Animals returns with a deeply involving new novel of young men and wom...

Tony Harrington, Book #5 It began with a simple coin toss, which led to a mystery, which led to the unthinkable. The simple toss of a coin presents...

He knows there is something special in his hands, he just isn't sure exactly what it is. And even when he gets teased, he never EVER stops believin...

THIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER ONLY AND WILL BE RELEASED ON 26 MARCH 2024. Thirty-four-year-old Wren Waters believes that if you pay attentio...