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Citizen Swain: Tales from a Minnesota Life Citizen Swain Tales from a Minnesota Life Tom H. Swain 2021 Fall
An entertaining personal history of the state, told by one of its leading citizens
The Perennial Kitchen: Simple Recipes for a Healthy Future The Perennial Kitchen Simple Recipes for a Healthy Future Beth Dooley 2021 Spring
Recipes and resources connect thoughtfully grown, gathered, and prepared ingredients to a healthy future—for food, farming, and humankind
Watershed: Attending to Body and Earth in Distress Watershed Attending to Body and Earth in Distress Ranae Lenor Hanson 2021 Spring
A personal health crisis, stories from environmental refugees, and our climate in danger prompt a meditation on intimate connections between the health of the body and the health of the ecosystem
Hope in the Struggle: A Memoir Hope in the Struggle A Memoir Josie R. Johnson 2021 Spring
How a Black woman from Texas became one of the most well-known civil rights activists in Minnesota, detailing seven remarkable decades of fighting for fairness in voting, housing, education, and employment
The Children of Lincoln: White Paternalism and the Limits of Black Opportunity in Minnesota, 1860–1876 The Children of Lincoln White Paternalism and the Limits of Black Opportunity in Minnesota, 1860–1876 William D. Green 2021 Spring
How white advocates of emancipation abandoned African American causes in the dark days of Reconstruction, told through the stories of four Minnesotans
Nellie Francis: Fighting for Racial Justice and Women’s Equality in Minnesota Nellie Francis Fighting for Racial Justice and Women’s Equality in Minnesota William D. Green 2020 Fall
The life and work of an African American suffragist and activist devoted to equality and freedom
Minnesota’s Natural Heritage: Second Edition Minnesota’s Natural Heritage Second Edition John R. Tester, Susan M. Galatowitsch, Rebecca A. Montgomery and John J. Moriarty 2021 Spring
The definitive work on Minnesota’s natural history and ecology—updated, expanded, and copiously illustrated to account for profound changes to the state’s natural landscape over the past twenty-five years
Fear and Loving in South Minneapolis Fear and Loving in South Minneapolis Jim Walsh 2020 Fall
A veteran Twin Cities journalist and raconteur summons the life of the city after reporting and recording its stories for more than thirty years
The Magic Bullet: A Locked Room Mystery Featuring Shadwell Rafferty and Sherlock Holmes The Magic Bullet A Locked Room Mystery Featuring Shadwell Rafferty and Sherlock Holmes Larry Millett 2020 Fall
The thrilling sixth novel in local historian Larry Millett’s renowned mystery series
The Soup and Bread Cookbook The Soup and Bread Cookbook Beatrice Ojakangas 2020 Fall
More than one hundred delectable and satisfying soup and bread pairings from beloved James Beard Cookbook Hall of Famer Beatrice Ojakangas
Fix What You Can: Schizophrenia and a Lawmaker's Fight for Her Son Fix What You Can Schizophrenia and a Lawmaker's Fight for Her Son Mindy Greiling 2020 Fall
One mother’s fight to support her son and change a broken system
"But He Doesn't Know the Territory": The Story behind Meredith Willson’s The Music Man "But He Doesn't Know the Territory" The Story behind Meredith Willson’s The Music Man Meredith Willson 2020 Fall
Chronicles the creation of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man—reprinted now as the Broadway Edition
“But He Doesn’t Know the Territory”: The Story behind Meredith Willson’s The Music Man “But He Doesn’t Know the Territory” The Story behind Meredith Willson’s The Music Man Meredith Willson 2020 Fall
Chronicles the creation of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man—reprinted now as the Broadway Edition
Strongwood: A Crime Dossier Strongwood A Crime Dossier Larry Millett 2020 Fall
The seventh in Larry Millett’s thrilling mystery series pursues the tangled truth behind the killing of the spoiled young heir to an industrial fortune
One Summer Up North One Summer Up North John Owens 2020 Fall
A wordless picture-book journey through the Boundary Waters, canoeing and camping with a family as they encounter the northwoods wilderness in all its spectacular beauty