Cultural Region/Midwest
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Lutherans of Cole County, Missouri: A History
$24.99 Read moreThe Houses Lutherans Built
Large groups of German immigrants began arriving in Cole County in the 1830s. By 1843, thirty-seven of them banded together to establish the first Lutheran church in the
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: Amick, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 11 2023
- ISBN10: 146715489X
- Language: English
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100 Things to Do in Omaha Before You Die, 2nd Edition
$18.00 Read more- Series: 100 Things to Do Before You Die
- Author: Trudell, Tim And Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 30 2023
- ISBN10: 1681064278
- Language: English
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100 Things to Do in Indiana Before You Die
$22.50 Read moreIndiana offers life as fast as the Indy 500, as slow as watching bison on a prairie, and everything in between. 100 Things to Do in Indiana Before You Die will guide you to all the best spots in the s… [more below]
- Author: Ward, Jamie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1681063867
- Language: English
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Annuals for Ohio
$18.95 Read moreFeatures over 335 annuals best suited to growing conditions in Ohio. Gardeners will enjoy the more than 400 brilliant full-color photographs in the book. They’ll also benefit from the down-to-earth kn… [more below]
- Series: Annuals for . . .
- Author: Knapke, Debra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: May 16 2003
- ISBN10: 1551053888
- Language: English
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Ensemble: An Oral History of Chicago Theater
$35.00 Read moreChicago is a bona fide theater town, bursting with an explosive, innovative vitality that’s fed every sector of the entertainment industry–from Hollywood to Broadway to Studio 8H–for as long as it’s… [more below]
- Author: Larson, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: August 13 2019
- ISBN10: 1572842342
- Language: English
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The Great Water: A Documentary History of Michigan
$26.95 Add to cartMichigan’s location among the Great Lakes has positioned it at the crossroads of many worlds. Its first hunters arrived ten thousand years ago, its first farmers arrived about six thousand years after… [more below]
- Author: Thick, Matthew R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 298
- Publish Date: January 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1611862671
- Language: English
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Columbus Noir
$15.95 Add to cart“Perfect for fans of crime novels and mysteries. The book tells stories of Columbus’ dark doppelg舅ger, where greed and pride have run rampant.” —Columbus Monthly Magazine
Akashic Books continues its
- Series: Akashic Noir
- Author: Welsh-Huggins, Andrew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 1617757659
- Language: English
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If You Lived Here You’d Be Home by Now: Why We Traded the Commuting Life for a Little House on the Prairie
$19.99 Add to cartAn NPR Best Book of the Year
The hilarious, charming, and candid story of writer Christopher Ingraham’s decision to uproot his life and move his family to Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, population 1,400–t
- Author: Ingraham, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 15 2020
- ISBN10: 0062861484
- Language: English
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Historic Chicago Bakeries
$21.99 Add to cartAs immigrants came from outside the United States and settled in pockets around Chicago, each neighborhood had its own bakery–and sometimes several. At one time, more than seven thousand bakeries dot… [more below]
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Billock, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 27 2021
- ISBN10: 1467150118
- Language: English
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The House That Madigan Built: The Record Run of Illinois’ Velvet Hammer
$29.95 Read moreMichael Madigan rose from the Chicago machine to hold unprecedented power as Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. In his thirty-six years wielding the gavel, Madigan outlasted governors, … [more below]
- Author: Long, Ray
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0252044479
- Language: English
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Winfield’s Walnut Valley Festival
$23.99 Read moreLocal historian Seth Bate tells the story of the Walnut Valley Festival with reflections from staff, emcees, performers, campers, and characters from throughout its history.
The Festival was launched i
- Author: Bate, Seth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1467146056
- Language: English
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Never a City So Real: A Walk in Chicago
$18.00 Read more“Chicago is a tale of two cities,” headlines declare. This narrative has been gaining steam alongside reports of growing economic divisions and diverging outlooks on the future of the city. Yet to kee… [more below]
- Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions
- Author: Kotlowitz, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: May 16 2019
- ISBN10: 022661901X
- Language: English
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Big Belching Bog
$9.95 Read moreCold, wet, and acidic, bogs appear to be extremely hostile to life, yet numerous plants and animals have adapted in fascinating ways in order to survive there. In Big Belching Bog, Phyllis Root lets u… [more below]
- Author: Root, Phyllis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0816666822
- Language: English
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Hegewisch
$24.99 Read moreFounded in 1884 as the company town of the United States Rolling Stock Company, Hegewisch became Chicago’s most remote and isolated neighborhood in 1889. Surrounded by waterways and railroads, the com… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Ogorek, Cynthia L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1467160660
- Language: English
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The King of Skid Row: John Bacich and the Twilight Years of Old Minneapolis
$16.95 Read moreThe story of a much different Minneapolis, through the words and photographs of one of its most colorful characters–now in paperback
City blue laws drove the liquor trade and its customers–hard-dr
- Author: Shiffer, James Eli
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1517916593
- Language: English
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The Cleveland Creep: A Milan Jacovich Mystery
$13.95 Read more#15 in the Milan Jacovich mystery series …
A simple missing-person case gets complicated when Milan Jacovich (pronounced MY-lan YOCK-ovich) discovers that 28-year-old Earl Dacey left behind a strang
- Series: Milan Jacovich Mysteries (Paperback) #16
- Author: Roberts, Les
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 253
- Publish Date: August 14 2012
- ISBN10: 1598510606
- Language: English
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Haunted Kenosha: Ghosts, Legends and Bizarre Tales
$21.99 Read moreWhat unknown spirits lurk among the living in the Gateway to Wisconsin?
oin Candice Shatkins, a founding member of the Paranormal Investigators of Kenosha, as she uncovers the spooky secrets and unlike
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Shatkins, Candice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 25 2009
- ISBN10: 1596297174
- Language: English
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Daring to Struggle, Daring to Win: Five Decades of Resistance in Chicago’s Uptown Community
$24.95 Read moreHelen Shiller recounts her independent path of resistance: from the student anti-war movement of the 1960s to a Black Panther Party alliance to Mayor Harold Washington’s 26th vote to lonely voice agai
- Author: Shiller, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 500
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1642598429
- Language: English
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Kodachrome Milwaukee
$23.99 Read moreExplore long-lost and never-before-seen images of downtown, Mayfair Mall’s Ice Chalet, Brady Street, the Mitchell Park Domes, Milwaukee County Stadium, and much, much more. Introduced by Kodak in 1935… [more below]
- Series: The History Press
- Author: Levin, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1467153885
- Language: English
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American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Minnesota
$24.95 Read moreMinnesota lies at the crossroads of four major landscapes–prairie grasslands, deciduous woods, coniferous forest and aspen parkland. Each area has distinct habitats for plants and animals and offers … [more below]
- Series: American Birding Association State Field
- Author: Erickson, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1935622595
- Language: English
