Cultural Region/Upper Midwest
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Atlas of Nebraska
$34.95 Add to cart2018 Nebraska Book Award
The state of Nebraska has a rich and varied culture, from the eastern metropolitan cities of Omaha and Lincoln to the ranches of the western Sand Hills. The first atlas of Ne- Author: Archer, J. Clark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1496227832
- Language: English
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Hiking Iowa: A Guide To Iowa’s Greatest Hiking Adventures
$30.00 Add to cartWith nearly fifty featured trails, Iowa’s verdant countryside is an excellent place for a hike, and this guide covers the state’s varied terrain with a focus on the state parks and recreation areas.
A… [more below]
- Series: State Hiking Guides
- Author: Hill, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0762722401
- Language: English
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The Franklin Scandal: A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse and Betrayal
$24.95 Add to cartA chilling expos of corporate corruption and government cover-ups, this account of a nationwide child-trafficking and pedophilia ring in the United States tells a sordid tale of corruption in high pl… [more below]
- Author: Bryant, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 648
- Publish Date: January 22 2012
- ISBN10: 1936296071
- Language: English
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Walking Chicago: 35 Tours of the Windy City’s Dynamic Neighborhoods and Famous Lakeshore
$16.95 Add to cartFeaturing 35 self-guided walking tours, Walking Chicago leads readers through some of the city’s most interesting, scenic, and historic places.
- Series: Walking
- Author: Loerzel, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 11 2020
- ISBN10: 0899976972
- Language: English
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Local Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps
$18.95 Add to cartTed Kooser describes with exquisite detail and humor the place he calls home in the rolling hills of southeastern Nebraska–an area known as the Bohemian Alps. Nothing is too big or too small for his … [more below]
- Series: American Lives
- Author: Kooser, Ted
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 153
- Publish Date: March 01 2004
- ISBN10: 080327811X
- Language: English
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Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota
$24.99 Add to cartEstablished as the Pine Ridge Agency in southwestern South Dakota between Nebraska and the Black Hills in 1878, Pine Ridge became a reservation in 1889. The second-largest reservation in the country, … [more below]
- Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
- Author: Sprague, Donovin Arleigh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0738533572
- Language: English
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City of Big Shoulders: A History of Chicago
$22.95 Add to cartCity of Big Shoulders links key events in Chicago’s development, from its marshy origins in the 1600s to today’s robust metropolis. Robert G. Spinney presents Chicago in terms of the people whose live
- Author: Spinney, Robert G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: May 15 2020
- ISBN10: 1501748963
- Language: English
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Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago
$22.00 Add to cart“A classic. I can’t recommend it enough.”–Chris Hayes
On Thursday, July 13, 1995, Chicagoans awoke to a blistering day in which the temperature would reach 106 degrees. The heat index, which measure- Author: Klinenberg, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 06 2015
- ISBN10: 022627618X
- Language: English
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Ghost Stories of Wisconsin
$12.95 Add to cartAuthor A.S. Mott takes a fun and quirky look at this spirit friendly state. If you’re a fan of spooky legends and lore, you will do well to pick up Ghost Stories of Wisconsin, where they will find the… [more below]
- Series: Ghost Stories
- Author: Mott, A. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 01 2006
- ISBN10: 9768200219
- Language: English
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The Big Book of Illinois Ghost Stories
$19.95 Add to cartTurn these pages and enter the world of the paranormal, where ghosts and ghouls alike creep just out of sight. From a gallows tree in Greene County where an apparition can still be seen hanging, to th… [more below]
- Series: Big Book of Ghost Stories
- Author: Taylor, Troy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 17 2019
- ISBN10: 1493043803
- Language: English
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Haunted Kenosha: Ghosts, Legends and Bizarre Tales
$31.99 Add to cartWhat unknown spirits lurk among the living in the Gateway to Wisconsin? Join Candice Shatkins, a founding member of the Paranormal Investigators of Kenosha, as she uncovers the spooky secrets and unli… [more below]
- Author: Shatkins, Candice
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 114
- Publish Date: September 25 2009
- ISBN10: 154022015X
- Language: English
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Weird Chicago
$20.00 Add to cartThe city of Chicago is unquestionably the weirdest and most haunted city in America With a history dating back to the early 1800s that is filled with violent events, mysterious happenings and a lot o… [more below]
- Series: Haunted Illinois
- Author: Taylor, Troy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: July 22 2008
- ISBN10: 1892523590
- Language: English
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Haunted Green Bay
$21.99 Add to cartGreen Bay has always been a city with a fierce sense of tradition complemented by a friendly atmosphere. Those qualities seem to attract not only living visitors but also spirits of the dead.
Tour the
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Freiss, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 24 2010
- ISBN10: 1596299851
- Language: English
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Vacationland
$16.95 Read moreOn a lake in northernmost Minnesota, you might find Naledi Lodge–only two cabins still standing, its pathways now trodden mostly by memories. And there you might meet Meg, or the ghost of the girl sh
- Author: Stonich, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 25 2013
- ISBN10: 816687668
- Language: English
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My Antonia
$27.00 Add to cartFrom A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers–featuring cover art by type superstar Jessica Hische
It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new s- Series: Penguin Drop Caps
- Author: Cather, Willa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 12 2012
- ISBN10: 143123157
- Language: English
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Immoral
$25.00 Add to cartIn a riveting debut thriller, Brian Freeman’s Immoral weaves obsession, sex, and revenge into a story that grips the reader with vivid characters and shocking plot twists from the first page to the la
- Series: Jonathan Stride Novels #1
- Author: Freeman, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 27 2006
- ISBN10: 1250054737
- Language: English
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Black Hills
$10.99 Read moreIn 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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Woe to Live on
$17.99 Add to cartSet in the border states of Kansas and Missouri, Woe to Live On explores the nature of lawlessness and violence, friendship and loyalty, through the eyes of young recruit Jake Roedel. Where he and his… [more below]
- Author: Woodrell, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 19 2012
- ISBN10: 0316206164
- Language: English
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Match Me If You Can
$8.99 Add to cartYou met star quarterback Kevin Tucker in This Heart of Mine. Now get ready to meet his shark of an agent, Heath Champion, and Annabelle Granger, the girl least likely to succeed.
Annabelle’s endured de
- Series: Chicago Stars #6
- Author: Phillips, Susan Elizabeth
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 29 2006
- ISBN10: 0060734566
- Language: English
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The Middlesteins
$21.99 Add to cartFor more than thirty years, Edie and Richard Middlestein shared a solid family life together in the suburbs of Chicago. But now things are splintering apart, for one reason, it seems: Edie’s enormous … [more below]
- Author: Attenberg, Jami
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 04 2013
- ISBN10: 1455507202
- Language: English
