Cultural Region/Midwest
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Tasting Minnesota: Favorite Recipes from the Land of 10,000 Lakes
$29.95 Add to cartFrom lake trout and walleye, duck, and venison, to farm-fresh pork, vegetables, and cheese curds, to wild rice, raspberries, and craft beer, celebrate the bounty of Minnesota’s local foods in 100 reci… [more below]
- Author: Nelson, Betsy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: September 27 2016
- ISBN10: 1560376554
- Language: English
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Michigan Wildlife: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Animals
$7.95 Read moreMichigan stretches from beech-maple hardwood forests at its southern end to spruce- and pine-dominated boreal forests at its northern reaches. Interspersed with these forests are sand dunes, beaches, … [more below]
- Series: Pocket Naturalist Guides
- Author: Kavanagh, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 12
- Publish Date: February 02 2017
- ISBN10: 1583552928
- Language: English
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Galena, Illinois: A Brief History
$21.99 Read moreWith 85 percent of its buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, Galena truly is a place drenched in history.
From the ancient burial mounds crowding the high banks of the Mississippi to t
- Series: Brief History
- Author: Marsh, DiAnn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 20 2010
- ISBN10: 1596297301
- Language: English
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In the Kitchen with Cleveland’s Favorite Chefs: 35 Fabulous Meals in about an Hour
$34.95 Add to cartA rare behind-the-scenes look at how Cleveland’s top toques entertain at home
Have you ever wondered what your favorite local chefs cook at home? What they prepare for their own family and friends? W
- Author: Isabella, Maria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: September 01 2012
- ISBN10: 1606351257
- Language: English
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100 Things to Do in Traverse City Before You Die
$16.00 Read moreIf one of life’s major quests is for balance, it’s no surprise that Traverse City keeps topping national best lists. Here, visitors and locals come for the life balance the serenity offered by the lap… [more below]
- Series: 100 Things to Do Before You Die
- Author: Schneider, Kim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 15 2018
- ISBN10: 168106099X
- Language: English
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Abandoned Cincinnati
$23.99 Read moreDust, shards of glass, gravel, and grit coat heavy vines that spiral down empty stairs. They’re more than concrete and steel–as nature takes over abandoned buildings, they come alive. Through journal
- Series: America Through Time
- Author: Smith, Samuel Wright
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 28 2020
- ISBN10: 1634992482
- Language: English
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The Prairie Gardener’s Go-To for Small Spaces
$15.00 Read moreThe fourth installation of the new gardening series Guides for the Prairie Gardener will teach you how to maximize your small-space garden in the prairies.
Not everyone in the prairies has a big, wide-
- Series: Guides for the Prairie Gardener #4
- Author: Melrose, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1771513462
- Language: English
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We Will Always Be Here: A Guide to Exploring and Understanding the History of LGBTQ+ Activism in Wisconsin
$15.00 Read moreThis inspiring and educational book presents examples of LGBTQ+ activism throughout Wisconsin’s history for young people to explore and discuss. Drawing from a rich collection of primary sources–incl… [more below]
- Author: Kalvaitis, Jenny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 15 2021
- ISBN10: 0870209612
- Language: English
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Strike!: Twenty Days in 1970 When Minneapolis Teachers Broke the Law
$19.95 Read moreThe complex and dramatic history of an illegal teachers’ strike that forever altered labor relations and Minnesota politics
When viewed from our turbulent times, the Minneapolis of fifty years ago mi
- Author: Green, William D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 1517912954
- Language: English
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My Three Dads: Patriarchy on the Great Plains
$19.00 Read moreSharp and thought-provoking, this memoir-meets-cultural criticism upends the romanticism of the Great Plains and the patriarchy at the core of its ideals.
For many Americans, Kansas represents a visi- Author: Crispin, Jessa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 16 2022
- ISBN10: 0226820106
- Language: English
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Break Point: Two Minnesota Athletes and the Road to Title IX
$19.95 Read moreHow two teenage girls in Minnesota jump-started a revolution in high school athletics
Peggy Brenden, a senior, played tennis. Toni St. Pierre, a junior, was a cross country runner and skier. All thes- Author: Brenden, Sheri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: December 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1517914582
- Language: English
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Trees of the Eastern and Central United States and Canada: The Identification, Habits, Distribution Woodlore and Uses of Conifers and Hardwoods, Both
$17.95 Read moreBest one-volume guide to 140 trees. Full descriptions, woodlore, range, more. Over 600 illustrations. Handy size.
- Author: Harlow, William M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 01 1957
- ISBN10: 0486203956
- Language: English
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Interior States: Essays
$18.00 Read moreWinner of The Believer Book Award for Nonfiction
“Meghan O’Gieblyn’s deep and searching essays are written with a precise sort of skepticism and a slight ache in the heart. A first-rate and riveting c- Author: O’Gieblyn, Meghan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 09 2018
- ISBN10: 0525562702
- Language: English
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Chicago Stadium
$24.99 Read moreBuilt in 1929, Chicago Stadium was the crowning achievement of local sports promoter Paddy Harmon. The largest sports arena in the world when it was built, the stadium was completed at a total cost of… [more below]
- Series: Images of Sports
- Author: Peterson, Paul Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 03 2011
- ISBN10: 0738583073
- Language: English
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Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair
$23.99 Read moreStep into the future of the past in Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair
What came to be known as the World’s Columbian Exposition was planned to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s 149
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Di Cola, Joseph M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 08 2012
- ISBN10: 0738594415
- Language: English
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100 Things to Do in Detroit Before You Die, 3rd Edition
$18.00 Read moreDetroit enjoys a rich history, having forged the American landscape with muscle cars and Motown music. But there’s more to love about Detroit than merely its history. And there’s never been a better t… [more below]
- Series: 100 Things to Do Before You Die
- Author: Eckert, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1681064987
- Language: English
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Forest Lake
$24.99 Read moreLike so many of the places that lined the route from St. Paul to Duluth, Forest Lake came of age as a railroad town and was first incorporated as a township in 1874. Situated on a lake by the same nam… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Brink, Justin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1467160253
- Language: English
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Drury University
$23.99 Read moreOn September 25, 1873, Dr. Nathan Jackson Morrison, the first president of Drury College, stood in the second-story window of an unfinished building and rang a borrowed boardinghouse dinner bell to an… [more below]
- Series: Campus History
- Author: Garvin, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1467109673
- Language: English
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The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water and the American Urban Tragedy
$19.99 Read moreWinner of The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism – 2019
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When the people of Flint, Michigan, turned on their faucets in April 2014, the water pouring out was poisoned with lead and other toxins.- Author: Clark, Anna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 23 2019
- ISBN10: 1250181615
- Language: English
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The North Shore Line
$23.99 Read moreAs late as 1963, it was possible to board high-speed electric trains on Chicago’s famous Loop “L” that ran 90 miles north to Milwaukee. This was the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad, commonly … [more below]
- Series: Images of Rail
- Author: Sadowski, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1467108960
- Language: English
