Cultural Region/Midwest
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Best Garden Plants for Kansas
$16.95 Add to cartThis practical, inspiring book will take the guesswork out of choosing the right plants for your yard. Gardeners all over Kansas will find this a useful guide when selecting a wide range of garden pla… [more below]
- Series: Best Garden Plants For…
- Author: Calovich, Annie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 12 2007
- ISBN10: 9768200324
- Language: English
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A Guide to 199 Michigan Waterfalls
$19.95 Read moreA Traveller’s Guide to 199 Michigan Waterfalls is a must-have resource for visitors and includes maps, descriptions, pictures, history, and directions for getting to the waterfalls. The 30th Anniversa
- Author: Penrose, Laurie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 169
- Publish Date: July 31 2018
- ISBN10: 1933272643
- Language: English
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Bathroom Book of Wisconsin Trivia: Weird, Wacky and Wild
$14.95 Add to cartThis entertaining collection of trivia includes such tidbits as the reason why Wisconsin is really called the Badger State, the state’s claim to being the milk capital of the US, the amazing record of… [more below]
- Series: Bathroom Book
- Author: Conard, Rachel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1897278349
- Language: English
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A Traveler’s Guide to 116 Michigan Lighthouses
$19.95 Read moreThe only guide to Michigan lighthouses that includes maps and directions. Includes a photo of each light, plus concise text that combines color description, fascinating history, and practical advice. … [more below]
- Author: Penrose, Laurie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 122
- Publish Date: April 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0976962918
- Language: English
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The Buzzard: Inside the Glory Days of WMMS and Cleveland Rock Radio: A Memoir
$18.95 Add to cart“Essential reading for musicians, entertainment industry leaders, and music fans alike … John Gorman describes in exclusive, behind-the-scenes detail the state of rock ‘n’ roll from the early ’70s t
- Author: Gorman, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: August 27 2008
- ISBN10: 1598510517
- Language: English
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False Start: How the New Browns Were Set Up to Fail
$15.95 Add to cart” A book] NFL fans in general and Browns’ fans in particular will definitely want to read … a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at how the new Browns were created and what’s kept them from making
- Author: Pluto, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 161
- Publish Date: July 28 2020
- ISBN10: 1938441966
- Language: English
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Midwest Gardener’s Handbook, 2nd Edition: All You Need to Know to Plan, Plant & Maintain a Midwest Garden
$26.99 Add to cartIn this revised and updated 2nd edition of Midwest Gardener’s Handbook, gardeners in the north central US are handed all the know-how they’ll need to grow a lush, productive garden.
If you live in Oh- Series: Gardener’s Handbook
- Author: Myers, Melinda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0785839526
- Language: English
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Graceland Cemetery: Chicago Stories, Symbols, and Secrets
$19.95 Read moreChosen for the 2024 Illinois Reads Program by the Illinois Reading Council
One of Chicago’s landmark attractions, Graceland Cemetery chronicles the city’s sprawling history through the stories of its
- Author: Selzer, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 0252086503
- Language: English
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Backroads & Byways of Wisconsin
$22.95 Read moreExperience Wisconsin in all its glory–beautiful lakes, gorgeous parks, delicious cheese, and happy people
This updated edition of Backroads & Byways of Wisconsin is the ultimate guide to exploring the
- Author: Revolinski, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 21 2020
- ISBN10: 168268525X
- Language: English
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The Fertile Earth and the Ordered Cosmos: Reflections on the Newark Earthworks and World Heritage
$24.95 Add to cartRising in quiet grandeur from the earth in an astoundingly engineered arrangement that ancient peoples mapped to the movements of the moon, Ohio’s Newark Earthworks form the largest geometric earthen … [more below]
- Series: Trillium Books
- Author: Weiser, M. Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: June 30 2023
- ISBN10: 0814258700
- Language: English
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Oldest Twin Cities: A Guide to Historic Treasures
$22.50 Read more- Series: Oldest
- Author: Severson, Julie Jo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1681064340
- Language: English
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Broken Icarus: The 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, the Golden Age of Aviation, and the Rise of Fascism
$29.95 Read more2022 History Book Festival Official Selection.
The 1930s still conjure painful images: the great want of the Depression, and overseas, the exuberant crowds motivated by self-appointed national saviors
- Author: Hanna, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: June 15 2022
- ISBN10: 163388676X
- Language: English
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Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
$17.00 Add to cartI 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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The House on Mango Street
$30.00 Add to cartA TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK
NATIONAL BESTSELLER – A coming-of-age classic about a young girl growing up in Chicago – Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught in sc- Author: Cisneros, Sandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 26 1994
- ISBN10: 067943335X
- 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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America’s Best BBQ: 100 Recipes from America’s Best Smokehouses, Pits, Shacks, Rib Joints, Roadhouses, and Restaurants
$19.99 Read moreHungry for something different? Then try America’s Best BBQ. Here, two of the world’s top barbecue experts present their favorite barbecue recipes from across America.
Only Ardie and Paul, the go-to s- Author: Davis, Ardie A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 12 2009
- ISBN10: 0740778110
- Language: English
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Hillsboro
$24.99 Read moreHillsboro was carved out of the thick woods of central Highland County in 1807. The small village soon built itself up from a collection of rough log buildings to a place of considerable prominence in… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Beery, Tara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1467160865
- Language: English
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Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio
$19.99 Add to cartFrom Derf Backderf, the bestselling and award-winning author of My Friend Dahmer and Trashed, comes the “deeply researched and gut-wrenching” (New Yorker) graphic novel chronicling the tragic and unfo… [more below]
- Author: Backderf, Derf
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1419765469
- Language: English
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Cycling in Chicago
$24.99 Read moreIn the late 19th and early 20th century, Chicago was the center of bicycle manufacturing in the United States. As an early industrial and transportation center, two-thirds of all bicycles manufactured… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: McAuliffe, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 30 2017
- ISBN10: 1467126020
- Language: English
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Hungry for Harbor Country: Recipes and Stories from the Coast of Southwest Michigan
$34.95 Read moreEscape to Harbor Country with 56 lake-life recipes and stories that capture the celebratory spirit of this Michigan vacation destination.
Hungry for Harbor Country is part cookbook, part travel guide- Author: Navama, Lindsay
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: May 12 2020
- ISBN10: 1572842873
- Language: English
