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Iowa is a great place.
That's why I started this web site....to bring together some of the best Iowa has to offer and share it with those who understand how special Iowa is. You'll find works by Iowans, as well as books and DVDs that tell special stories about Iowans.
So take a look around, come back often to see new offerings, and support the uniquely Iowa way of life.
---Jeff Stein
This Week's Featured Items
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Through special arrangement with the publisher, you can get two top-selling, award-winning books at a major discount!
"Making Waves: The People & Place of Iowa Broadcasting" and "One Week in June: The Iowa Floods of 2008" are available for the first time at this special price! Just $15.00 for both, including sales tax, plus $7.00 shipping and handling (USPS Media Mail) - $22.00 total, a savings of $8.00 if ordered separately! |
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"The Floppy Show"--by Jeff Stein
In 1957, WHO-TV asked staff performer Duane Ellett to come up with an idea to help teach children how to better care for their pets. Ellett created Floppy, a high-voiced beagle dog puppet that became his sidekick for the next 30 years. Together, the iconic duo made 200 personal appearances every year at community festivals and events. The Floppy Show aired weekday afternoons in part of four decades, featuring a live studio audience of children telling Floppy riddles, beeping his nose for luck, and watching cartoons. On weekends, the duo appeared in a variety of programs over time, from the S.S. Popeye in earlier years to The Floppytown Gazette in the 1980s, featuring Floppy and other puppets Ellett created. Thousands of Iowans outside of Des Moines discovered the duo from their performances at the Iowa State Fair. Even now, 30 years after their last television appearance, Duane and Floppy still hold a warm place in the hearts of baby boomers across America. Author Jeff Stein is recognized as Iowa's leading broadcast historian. He is the author of five books, including three on Iowa broadcasting. Part of Arcadia Publishing's noted "Images of America" series.Paperback; 183 photos; 128 pages. (Arcadia Publishing, 2018) $23.55 including sales tax, plus $6.00 shipping and handling = $29.55 |
"Harker's Courthouses--Visions of an Iowa Icon" by Michael P. Harker
Michael P. Harker, well-known and popular Iowa documentary photographer, partnered with WDG Publishing to publish the third book in his series of Iowa landmarks, Harker’s Courthouses--Visions of an Iowa Icon. A look at the historic, stately county courthouses of Iowa in beautiful black and white photography, this book highlights significant pre-1940 edifices. Harker is also known for his successful documentary volumes Harker's Barns and Harker's One-Room Schoolhouses. The book also contains an introductory essay by Loren Horton, who retired as senior historian after twenty-four years of working for the State Historical Society of Iowa. Paperback, 84 pages. (WDG Publishing, 2009) LIMITED COPIES REMAINING...NOW AT HALF-OFF THE ORIGINAL PRICE! $15.00 including sales tax, plus $5.00 shipping and handling = $20.00 |
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