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By: Nelson, Alondra
Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination
$18.95PaperbackAdd to cartBetween its founding in 1966 and its formal end in 1980, the Black Panther Party blazed a distinctive trail in American political culture. The Black Panthers are most often remembered for their revolu
- Author: Nelson, Alondra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: September 01 2013
- ISBN10: 0816676496
- Language: English
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Too Much Sea for Their Decks: Shipwrecks of Minnesota’s North Shore and Isle Royale
$24.95HardcoverAdd to cartShipwreck stories from along Minnesota’s north shore of Lake Superior and Isle Royale
Against the backdrop of the extraordinary history of Great Lakes shipping, Too Much Sea for Their Decks chronicle- Author: Schumacher, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: July 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1517912849
- Language: English
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The Road Back to Sweetgrass
$14.95PaperbackRead moreSet in northern Minnesota, The Road Back to Sweetgrass follows Dale Ann, Theresa, and Margie, a trio of American Indian women, from the 1970s to the present, observing their coming of age and the inte
- Author: Grover, Linda Legarde
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 01 2016
- ISBN10: 081669916X
- Language: English
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By: Sylvain Tesson
On the Wandering Paths
$19.95PaperbackRead moreA walking journey through France’s vast interior becomes a meditation on both personal recovery and the role of history in the present–more than 425,000 copies sold in France
After a free-climbing a
- Series: Univocal
- Author: Tesson, Sylvain
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: August 02, 2022
- ISBN10: 1517912814
- Language: English
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By: Undset, Sigrid
Olav Audunssøn: I. Vows
$17.95PaperbackAdd to cartThe initial volume in the Nobel Prize-winning author’s tumultuous, epic story of medieval Norway–the first new English translation in nearly a century
As a child, Olav Audunss n is given by his dyin- Author: Undset, Sigrid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 10 2020
- ISBN10: 151791048X
- Language: English
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By: Undset, Sigrid
Olav Audunssøn: III. Crossroads
$17.95PaperbackRead moreThe third volume in the Nobel Prize-winning writer’s epic story of medieval Norway, finely capturing Undset’s fluid, natural style in the first English translation in nearly a century
In the early fo
- Author: Undset, Sigrid
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1517913349
- Language: English
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By: Samuel R. Delany
The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village
$19.95PaperbackRead moreWinner of the Hugo Award for Non-fiction
Born in New York City’s black ghetto Harlem at the start of World War II, Samuel R. Delany marrie
The unexpurgated edition of the award-winning autobiography- Author: Delany, Samuel R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 584
- Publish Date: May 13, 2004
- ISBN10: 0816645248
- Language: English
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By: Carolyn Holbrook
We Are Meant to Rise: Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World
$18.95PaperbackRead moreA brilliant and rich gathering of voices on the American experience of this past year and beyond, from Indigenous writers and writers of color from Minnesota
In this significant collection, Indigenou
- Author: Holbrook, Carolyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1517912210
- Language: English
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By: Welby R. Smith
Ferns and Lycophytes of Minnesota: The Complete Guide to Species Identification
$39.95PaperbackRead moreThe definitive field guide for understanding and identifying ferns and lycophytes in Minnesota
Rapid advances in DNA studies have given scientists new understandings of ferns and lycophytes, making b
- Author: Smith, Welby R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1517914663
- Language: English
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By: Olson, Sigurd F.
The Singing Wilderness
$15.95PaperbackRead moreThe Singing Wilderness is Sigurd Olson’s first and best-selling book, with over 70,000 copies sold in hardcover since its release in 1956. Now available in paperback for the first time, this volume es… [more below]
- Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage
- Author: Olson, Sigurd F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 13 1997
- ISBN10: 0816629927
- Language: English
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Walking the Old Road: A People’s History of Chippewa City and the Grand Marais Anishinaabe
$21.95PaperbackAdd to cartThe story of a once vibrant, now vanished off-reservation Ojibwe village–and a vital chapter of the history of the North Shore
“We do this because telling where you are from is just as important as … [more below]
- Author: Drouillard, Staci Lola
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: December 10 2019
- ISBN10: 1517903408
- Language: English
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By: Ketchum, Liza
Begin with a Bee
$17.95HardcoverAdd to cartA Chicago Public Library’s Best Informational Books for Younger Readers selection
Begin with a Bee and its story of the life of one queen bee, a rusty-patched bumblebee, teaches us not only about bees- Author: Ketchum, Liza
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: May 25 2021
- ISBN10: 1517908043
- Language: English
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By: Boggs, Grace Lee
Living for Change: An Autobiography
$19.95PaperbackRead moreNo one can tell in advance what form a movement will take. Grace Lee Boggs’s fascinating autobiography traces the story of a woman who transcended class and racial boundaries to pursue her passionate
- Series: PostHumanities
- Author: Boggs, Grace Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: August 03 2016
- ISBN10: 1517901480
- Language: English
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By: Donna J. Haraway
Manifestly Haraway: Volume 37
$19.95PaperbackAdd to cartElectrifying, provocative, and controversial when first published thirty years ago, Donna Haraway’s “Cyborg Manifesto” is even more relevant today, when the divisions that she so eloquently challenges
- Series: PostHumanities #37
- Author: Haraway, Donna J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0816650489
- Language: English
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By: Shannon Gibney
Sam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight
$17.95HardcoverAdd to cartSix-year-old Sam, with his Liberian dad and African American mom, finds a way to bring everyone in his cross-cultural family together at the dinner table
Rice and okra soup: Sam’s auntie from Liberia m
- Author: Gibney, Shannon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: April 25, 2023
- ISBN10: 1517909651
- Language: English
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By: Paruk, James D.
Loon Lessons: Uncommon Encounters with the Great Northern Diver
$24.95HardcoverAdd to cartThe nature of the common loon, from biology to behavior, from one of the world’s foremost observers of the revered waterbird
Even those who know the loon’s call might not recognize it as a tremolo,
- Author: Paruk, James D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 29 2021
- ISBN10: 1517909406
- Language: English
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By: David Gissen
The Architecture of Disability: Buildings, Cities, and Landscapes Beyond Access
$24.95PaperbackAdd to cartA radical critique of architecture that places disability at the heart of the built environment
Disability critiques of architecture usually emphasize the need for modification and increased access,- Author: Gissen, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1517912504
- Language: English
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Making the Carry: The Lives of John and Tchi-Ki-Wis Linklater
$24.95PaperbackRead moreAn extraordinary illustrated biography of a M?is man and Anishinaabe woman navigating great changes in their homeland along the U.S.-Canada border in the early twentieth century
John Linklater, of An- Author: Cochrane, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1517913888
- Language: English
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By: Diggins, Jessie
Brave Enough
$16.95PaperbackAdd to cartTravel with Olympic gold medalist Jessie Diggins on her compelling journey from America’s heartland to international sports history, navigating challenges and triumphs with rugged grit and a splash of
- Author: Diggins, Jessie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: August 10 2021
- ISBN10: 1517908205
- Language: English
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By: Anatoly Liberman
Take My Word for It: A Dictionary of English Idioms
$22.95PaperbackRead moreThree centuries of English idioms–their unusual origins and unexpected interpretations
To pay through the nose. Raining cats and dogs. By hook or by crook. Curry favor. Drink like a fish. Eat crow. W- Author: Liberman, Anatoly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: January 03, 2023
- ISBN10: 1517914124
- Language: English










