Cultural Region/Upper Midwest
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A Raisin in the Sun
$18.99 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 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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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 Add to cartThe 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
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A Lantern in Her Hand
$8.99 Add to cartThe classic story of Abbie and Will Deal–pioneers who left everything behind for a new life on America’s frontier.
Abbie Mackenzie dreamed of becoming a fine lady like her aristocratic grandmother,- Series: Puffin Classics
- Author: Aldrich, Bess Streeter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0140384286
- 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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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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Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series
$19.99 Add to cartFirst published in 1963, Eliot Asinof’s Eight Men Out has become a timeless classic of a scandalous world series.
The headlines proclaimed the 1919 fix of the World Series and attempted cover-up as “th- Author: Asinof, Eliot
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0805065377
- Language: English
