Books

The Speculative City: Art, Real Estate, and the Making of Global Los Angeles The Speculative City Art, Real Estate, and the Making of Global Los Angeles Susanna Phillips Newbury 2021 Spring
A forensic examination of the mutual relationship between art and real estate in a transforming Los Angeles
The Spiv and the Architect: Unruly Life in Postwar London The Spiv and the Architect Unruly Life in Postwar London Richard Hornsey 2010 Spring
Explores how London’s queer culture was influenced by postwar efforts to create model citizens
The Spoonriver Cookbook The Spoonriver Cookbook Brenda Langton and Margaret Stuart 2012 Spring
A celebration of Brenda Langton’s award-winning Spoonriver restaurant and the local farms and vendors of the neighboring Mill City Farmers Market
The Sports Show: Athletics as Image and Spectacle The Sports Show Athletics as Image and Spectacle David E. Little 2012 Spring
Documenting the role of photographers and filmmakers in transforming sports from leisure activities to modern-day spectacle
The Stakes of Exposure: Anxious Bodies in Postwar Japanese Art The Stakes of Exposure Anxious Bodies in Postwar Japanese Art Namiko Kunimoto 2017 Spring
The first major English-language study of Japan’s most important postwar artists
The Stars The Stars Edgar Morin 2005 Spring
The legendary work on the mythic nature of movie stardom
The State University, Its Work and Problems: A Selection from Addresses Delivered Between 1921 and 1933 The State University, Its Work and Problems A Selection from Addresses Delivered Between 1921 and 1933 Lotus Delta Coffman None None
The Steger Homestead Kitchen: Simple Recipes for an Abundant Life The Steger Homestead Kitchen Simple Recipes for an Abundant Life Will Steger and Rita Mae Steger 2021 Fall
Personal and simple, earthy and warm—recipes and stories from the Steger Wilderness Center in Minnesota’s north woods
The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself: Racial Myths and Our American Narratives The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself Racial Myths and Our American Narratives David Mura 2022 Fall
Uncovering the pernicious narratives white people create to justify white supremacy and sustain racist oppression
The Straight Line: How the Fringe Science of Ex-Gay Therapy Reoriented Sexuality The Straight Line How the Fringe Science of Ex-Gay Therapy Reoriented Sexuality Tom Waidzunas 2015 Fall
The consequences, for science as well as public policy, of relegating ex-gay therapies to the scientific fringe
The Strange Case of William Mumler, Spirit Photographer The Strange Case of William Mumler, Spirit Photographer Louis Kaplan 2008 Fall
The story of the birth of spirit photography and the controversy surrounding its discovery
The Stranger in Medieval Society The Stranger in Medieval Society Frank. R. P. Akehurst and Stephanie Cain Van D’Elden, Editors 1997 Fall
Examines the presence of outsiders in medieval Europe.
The Stray Bullet: William S. Burroughs in Mexico The Stray Bullet William S. Burroughs in Mexico Jorge García-Robles 2013 Fall
A compelling account of William S. Burroughs’s experiences in Mexico City from 1949 to 1952 and their influence on his personal and literary life
The Stream of Life The Stream of Life Clarice Lispector 1989 Spring
This novel is considered the greatest work of fiction by the Brazilian writer the New York Times Book Review called “the premier Latin American woman prose writer of this century.” An intense and lyrical work, it chronicles its female protagonist’s journey of self-discovery and self-affirmation. “Whether as novelist or short story writer, Lispector always seemed to be involved with the ambiguities of living, the pleasures derived from it as well as its tragic aspects.” --San Francisco Review of Books
The Streams and Rivers of Minnesota The Streams and Rivers of Minnesota Thomas F. Waters 1980 Spring
Everyone who canoes, fishes, and enjoys Minnesota’s waterways will find this an indispensable guide. “Belongs in the traveling bag of every Minnesotan and every visitor.” --St. Paul Pioneer Press “Delightfully written.” --Minnesota History
The Streel: A Deadwood Mystery The Streel A Deadwood Mystery Mary Logue 2021 Fall
From “the reigning royalty of Minnesota murder mysteries” (The Rake) comes a striking new heroine: a young Irish immigrant caught up in a deadly plot in nineteenth-century Deadwood
The Street Where You Live: A Guide to the Place Names of St. Paul The Street Where You Live A Guide to the Place Names of St. Paul Donald L. Empson 2006 Fall
St. Paul’s classic street guide revised and expanded—coming soon to a neighborhood near you
The Structural Allegory: Reconstructive Encounters with the New French Thought The Structural Allegory Reconstructive Encounters with the New French Thought John Fekete, Editor 1984 Fall
The Sub: A Study in Witchcraft The Sub A Study in Witchcraft Thomas M. Disch 2010 Fall
A black comedy tour-de-force now in paperback
The Subaltern Ulysses The Subaltern Ulysses Enda Duffy 1994 Fall
Reveals that James Joyce's Ulysses can be seen as a guerrilla text written to resist colonialism.