Cultural Region/Midwest
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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 Toledo War: The First Michigan-Ohio Rivalry
$24.95 Read more“An engaging account of the Toledo War of 1835, a serious confrontation whose outcome established the borders of the state of Michigan. Faber expertly narrates the history of a dispute conducted by fa
- Author: Faber, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 10 2008
- ISBN10: 0472050540
- Language: English
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Dust Yourself Off: The Gravel Road to a Good Life
$24.95 Read moreDust Yourself Off chronicles the life of Muriel, a quintessential Norwegian American farm girl in Fort Ransom, North Dakota, and the mother of co-author Tom Sandhei. Forced to leave home at the age of… [more below]
- Author: Velure, Tricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: March 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1946163503
- Language: English
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Wisconsin Central: Regional Railroad Powerhouse in Review
$25.99 Read moreThe Wisconsin Central (WC) was a dynamic regional railroad that served the upper Midwest from 1987-2001. Despite lasting just short of fourteen years, WC packed a lot of changes and development into t
- Series: America Through Time
- Author: Sauvola, Dean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1634994825
- Language: English
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Lost Mackinac Island
$23.99 Read moreWhether prehistoric and glacially slow or swift and modern, countless changes to Mackinac Island have driven much of its history out of sight and memory. Eons ago, waves washed away soft rock to leave… [more below]
- Series: Lost
- Author: Pucci, Kelly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1467149187
- Language: English
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Hiking Minnesota: A Guide to the State’s Greatest Hiking Adventures
$24.95 Read moreThe classic guide to hiking the Land of 10,000 Lakes, now updated and in full color!
View the spectacular waterfalls, gorges, and canyons of the nationally known Superior Hiking Trail, step back into- Series: State Hiking Guides
- Author: Mosher, Mary Jo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1493035711
- Language: English
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Chicago’s Lost Ls
$23.99 Read moreChicago’s system of elevated railways, known locally as the L, has run continuously since 1892 and, like the city, has never stood still. It helped neighborhoods grow, brought their increasingly diver… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Sadowski, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 12 2021
- ISBN10: 146710602X
- Language: English
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Chicago’s Motor Row
$23.99 Add to cartChicago’s Motor Row earned a spot in the National Register of Historic Places by pioneering a new way to market an invention that was remaking America–the automobile.
From approximately 1905 to 1936, … [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Hogan, John F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 03 2022
- ISBN10: 146710762X
- Language: English
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Secret Northwest Indiana: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure
$22.50 Read more- Series: Secret
- Author: Pete, Joseph S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: April 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1681063662
- Language: English
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Hoosiers: A New History of Indiana
$28.00 Read moreWho are the people called Hoosiers? What are their stories? Two centuries ago, on the Indiana frontier, they were settlers who created a way of life they passed to later generations. They came to valu
- Author: Madison, James H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: February 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0253023440
- Language: English
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Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age
$21.00 Read moreAn electrifying story of the sensational murder trial that divided a city and ignited the civil rights struggle
In 1925, Detroit was a smoky swirl of jazz and speakeasies, assembly lines and fistfight- Author: Boyle, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0805079335
- Language: English
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Big Time: The History of Big Ten Basketball, 1972-1992
$20.00 Add to cartFor some of us, Big Ten basketball will always mean the original ten great teams that comprised the league. But for all fans, the teams during this time period bring back memories of some of the best
- Author: Nelson, Murry R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 258
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1684352185
- Language: English
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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 Read more“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
