Cultural Region/Upper Midwest
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Black Hills
$10.99 Add to cartIn this #1 New York Times bestseller, Nora Roberts takes readers deep into the rugged hills of South Dakota, where the shadows keep secrets, hunters stalk the land, and a friendship matures into somet… [more below]
- Author: Roberts, Nora
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 25 2010
- ISBN10: 0515148040
- Language: English
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Wagon Wheels
$5.99 Add to cartBased on a true story, Wagon Wheels tells a powerful and overlooked story of the country’s post-Civil War era.
Formerly enslaved Ed Muldie and his family travel to Kansas in 1878 to claim land under th
- Series: I Can Read History Book
- Author: Brenner, Barbara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: May 23 1984
- ISBN10: 0064440524
- Language: English
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The Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago Cubs: A Decade-By-Decade History
$40.00 Add to cartThe Chicago Tribune Book of the Chicago Cubs is a decade-by-decade look at one of baseball’s most beloved if hard-luck teams, starting with the franchise’s beginnings in 1876 as the Chicago White Stoc… [more below]
- Author: Chicago Tribune
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 1572842172
- Language: English
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Amira & Hamza: The War to Save the Worlds: Volume 1
$8.99 Add to cartA Kirkus Best Middle Grade Book of 2021!
From New York Times and indie bestselling author Samira Ahmed comes a thrilling and magical adventure intertwining Islamic legend and history, perfect for fan- Series: Amira & Hamza
- Author: Ahmed, Samira
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 031654048X
- Language: English
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Wisconsin Impressions
$12.95 Add to cartIn this portrait of Wisconsin, photographer Darryl R. Beers captures what makes the Badger State one of the most unique places in the nation. The state’s cultural and natural history is presented in s… [more below]
- Author: Beers, Darryl R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: August 01 2006
- ISBN10: 1560373784
- Language: English
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A Raisin in the Sun
$20.00 Add to cart“Never before, the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of black people’s lives been seen on the stage,” observed James Baldwin shortly before A Raisin in the Sun opened on… [more below]
- Series: Modern Library (Hardcover)
- Author: Hansberry, Lorraine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 22 1995
- ISBN10: 679601724
- Language: English
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So Big
$17.99 Add to cartWinner of the Pulitzer Prize
“A masterpiece.” — Literary Review – “A novel to read and to remember.” —New York Times
Widely regarded as the masterwork of celebrated author and Algonquin Round Table ma
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Ferber, Edna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 15 2010
- ISBN10: 0061859982
- Language: English
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A Season of Gifts
$9.99 Add to cartOne of the most adored characters in children’s literature is the eccentric, forceful, bighearted Grandma Dowdel, star of the Newbery Award-winning A Year Down Yonder and Newbery Honor-winning A Long … [more below]
- Author: Peck, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 14 2010
- ISBN10: 0142417297
- Language: English
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The Weight of Silence
$18.99 Add to cartMasterfully written and beautifully told, Heather Gudenkauf’s debut is a stunning novel of family devotion, honesty and regret that will linger long after the last page is turned.
It happens quietly o… [more below]
- Author: Gudenkauf, Heather
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 28 2009
- ISBN10: 077832740X
- Language: English
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Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
$17.00 Read moreI tell of a time, a place, and a way of life long gone. For many years I have had the urge to describe that treasure trove, lest it vanish forever. So, partly in response to the basic human instinct t… [more below]
- Author: Kalish, Mildred Armstrong
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 29 2008
- ISBN10: 0553384244
- Language: English
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Chicago’s Wrigley Field
$24.99 Read moreWrigley Field is the second oldest ballpark currently in use in the major leagues, but it ranks first in the hearts of Cubs fans. Rooting for the home team from the corner of Clark and Addison to smal… [more below]
- Series: Images of Baseball
- Author: Peterson, Paul Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: March 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0738533750
- Language: English
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Torch
$18.00 Read moreThe debut novel from the internationally acclaimed author of Wild weaves a searing and luminous tale of a family’s grief after unexpected loss. – “A deeply honest novel of life after catastrophe, of i… [more below]
- Series: Vintage Contemporaries
- Author: Strayed, Cheryl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: October 12 2012
- ISBN10: 0345805615
- Language: English
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Rotters
$17.00 Add to cartFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Whalefall, The Shape of Water with Guillermo del Toro, Scowler, and more, comes Rotters.
Grave-robbing. What kind of monster would do such a thing? It’s tr… [more below]- Author: Kraus, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 10 2012
- ISBN10: 0385738587
- Language: English
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Oddball Iowa: A Guide to Some Really Strange Places
$16.99 Read moreThis zany travel guide presents a more peculiar state than the Iowa Tourism Office might like out-of-towners to imagine. Leaving out the traditional scenic trips to the Mississippi River bluffs and th… [more below]
- Series: Oddball
- Author: Pohlen, Jerome
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1556525648
- 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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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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Little
$17.00 Read moreBack in print, with a new introduction, the memorable debut by the author of The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee
The grave we dug for my brother Little remained empty even after we filled it back in. And no- Author: Treuer, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1644452073
- Language: English
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One Came Home
$8.99 Add to cartA Newbery Honor Book
“An adventure, a mystery, and a love song to the natural world. . . . Run out and re
An ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book
Winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Juvenile Novel- Author: Timberlake, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 07 2014
- ISBN10: 0375873457
- Language: English
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The Haunted Northwoods
$9.95 Add to cart“You’re not going to believe this, but . . .” is the beginning of most tales by Tom Hollatz. Ghost stories seem to grow from the pine-needle coated floor of the Northwoods. From haunted mansions on th… [more below]
- Series: Ohio
- Author: Hollatz, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0878391444
- 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
