Cultural Region/Midwest
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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
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Under Penalty of Death: The Untold Story of Machine Gun Kelly’s First Kidnapping
$30.00 Read moreAn FBI cover-up spanning nearly a century. A victim and his family sworn to secrecy. Machine Gun Kelly’s first kidnapping, a crime that changed America before it was swept under the rug of history.
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- Author: Meredith, Kevin E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 374
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1684351995
- Language: English
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Rockhounding Wisconsin: A Guide to the State’s Best Sites
$24.95 Read moreExplore the mineral-rich region of Wisconsin with veteran rockhound Robert Beard’s Rockhounding Wisconsin and unearth the state’s best rockhounding sites, ranging from popular and commercial sites to … [more below]
- Series: Rockhounding
- Author: Beard, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: June 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1493028545
- Language: English
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100 Things Notre Dame Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
$16.95 Read moreThe storied Notre Dame football program has long been full of pride and passionate fans, as the Fighting Irish have provided decades of incredible memories for its legion of alumni and followers, and … [more below]
- Series: 100 Things… Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
- Author: Heisler, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1600788726
- Language: English
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Cleveland on Foot: 50 Walks & Hikes in Greater Cleveland
$18.95 Read moreDiscover some of the most beautiful and interesting places in Greater Cleveland–on foot. These 50 delightfully varied and carefully planned walking tours will lead you through historic urban neighbor
- Author: Hoskins, Patience
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 327
- Publish Date: May 18 2004
- ISBN10: 1886228841
- 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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Wicked Cleveland
$21.99 Read moreAward-winning true crime author Jane Turzillo brings together the strippers, gangsters, robbers, shady politicians, and more from Cleveland’s rough and rowdy past.
From world-class museums and popular
- Series: Wicked
- Author: Turzillo, Jane Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 27 2022
- ISBN10: 146715024X
- Language: English
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The Name of the World
$16.99 Add to cartThe acclaimed author of Jesus’ Son and Already Dead returns with a beautiful, haunting, and darkly comic novel. The Name of the World is a mesmerizing portrait of a professor at a Midwestern universit
- Author: Johnson, Denis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0060929650
- Language: English
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Moo
$19.00 Read moreNATIONAL BESTSELLER – From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres comes “an uproariously funny and at the same time hauntingly melancholy portrait of a college community in the Midwest”… [more below]
- Author: Smiley, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 24 2009
- ISBN10: 0307472760
- Language: English
