Lars Eighner's US Bookstore

Visible Poor

The Visible Poor: Homelessness in the United States

by Joel Blau

The Visible Poor: Homelessness in the United States is an academic study of homelessness that came out about the same time as Travels with Lizbeth. I thought it was excellent and I learned a lot from it. I frequently referred to it in my speaking engagements.

The comparison of the on-the-ground and the over views has always struck me as very informative in itself.

Delights and Shadows

Delights and Shadows

by Ted Kooser

Delights and Shadows is laconic poetry about everyday things in small-town Nebraska.

Writing Books You Bought

The Classic Guide to Better Writing by Rudolf Flesch
100 Ways to Improve Your Writing by Gary Provost
Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction by Patricia Highsmith
The Poetry Home Repair Manual by Ted Kooser
The Essentials of MLA Style by Joseph F. Trimmer — be certain when buying a guide to academic style that is appropriate for your institution or department.

Some History

Workingmen's Democracy: The Knight's of Labor and American Politics by Leon Fink
The Wobblies: The Story of the IWW and Syndicalism in the United States by Patrick Renshaw
The Texas Rangers: Men of Valor and Action by Mkie Cox
Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas: 1836-1986 by David Montejano