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Medicine Wheel for the Planet: A Journey Toward Personal and Ecological Healing Medicine Wheel for the Planet A Journey Toward Personal and Ecological Healing Jennifer Grenz 2024 Spring
A personal journey of bringing together Western science and Indigenous ecology to transform our understanding of the human role in healing our planet
Prairie Edge Prairie Edge Conor Kerr 2024 Spring
Set loose a herd of bison in downtown Edmonton: what could go wrong?
Traveling without Moving: Essays from a Black Woman Trying to Survive in America Traveling without Moving Essays from a Black Woman Trying to Survive in America Taiyon Coleman 2024 Spring
A stunning lyrical commentary on the constructions of race, gender, and class in the fraught nexus of a Black woman’s personal experience and cultural history
Worlds Built to Fall Apart: Versions of Philip K. Dick Worlds Built to Fall Apart Versions of Philip K. Dick David Lapoujade 2024 Spring
Philosophically analyzing the work of one of the twentieth century’s most popular and peculiar science fiction authors
Why We Left: Untold Stories and Songs of America's First Immigrants Why We Left Untold Stories and Songs of America's First Immigrants Brooks 2024 Spring
A grounded, tender, and mournful reckoning with the catastrophes that launched poor, white Anglos into their role as itinerant foot soldiers for modern imperialism—now in paperback with a new preface
Petroturfing: Refining Canadian Oil through Social Media Petroturfing Refining Canadian Oil through Social Media Jordan B. Kinder 2024 Spring
How social media has become a critical tool for advancing the interests of the Canadian oil industry
A Private Wilderness: The Journals of Sigurd F. Olson A Private Wilderness The Journals of Sigurd F. Olson Sigurd F. Olson 2024 Spring
The personal diaries of one of America’s best-loved naturalists, revealing his difficult and inspiring path to finding his voice and becoming a writer—now available in paperback
Microbial Resolution: Visualization and Security in the War against Emerging Microbes Microbial Resolution Visualization and Security in the War against Emerging Microbes Gloria Chan-Sook Kim 2024 Spring
Why the global health project to avert emerging microbes continually fails
Perennial Ceremony: Lessons and Gifts from a Dakota Garden Perennial Ceremony Lessons and Gifts from a Dakota Garden Teresa R. Peterson 2024 Spring
Travel through a garden’s seasons toward healing, reclamation, and wholeness—for us, and for our beloved relative, the Earth
Interactive Cinema: The Ambiguous Ethics of Media Participation Interactive Cinema The Ambiguous Ethics of Media Participation Marina Hassapopoulou 2024 Spring
Connecting interactive cinema to media ethics and global citizenship
Mevlido’s Dreams: A Post-Exotic Novel Mevlido’s Dreams A Post-Exotic Novel Antoine Volodine 2024 Spring
A postapocalyptic noir that asks if love and political ideals can survive civilizational collapse
Honeymoons in Temporary Locations Honeymoons in Temporary Locations Ashley Shelby 2024 Spring
Eclectic, experimental, and wildly imaginative climate fictions from a familiar world hauntingly transformed
Distracted: A Philosophy of Cars and Phones Distracted A Philosophy of Cars and Phones Robert Rosenberger 2024 Spring
Applying insights from philosophy and cognitive science to address the urgent issue of smartphone-induced distracted driving
Strike!: Twenty Days in 1970 When Minneapolis Teachers Broke the Law Strike! Twenty Days in 1970 When Minneapolis Teachers Broke the Law William D. Green 2024 Spring
The complex and dramatic history of an illegal teachers’ strike that forever altered labor relations and Minnesota politics
I Know You Are, but What Am I?: On Pee-wee Herman I Know You Are, but What Am I? On Pee-wee Herman Cait McKinney 2024 Fall
How Pee-wee and his playhouse help us reimagine our relationships to technology
Exploring the St. Croix River Valley: Adventures on and off the Water Exploring the St. Croix River Valley Adventures on and off the Water Angie Hong 2024 Spring
An authoritative, accessible, and entertaining nature recreation guide to one of the most beautiful and awe-inspiring areas in the Midwest
Appetite for Change: Soulful Recipes from a North Minneapolis Kitchen Appetite for Change Soulful Recipes from a North Minneapolis Kitchen Appetite For Change 2024 Spring
Delicious recipes and community spirit make Appetite For Change a force for good in North Minneapolis
Reading Autobiography Now: An Updated Guide for Interpreting Life Narratives, Third Edition Reading Autobiography Now An Updated Guide for Interpreting Life Narratives, Third Edition Sidonie Smith and Julia Watson 2024 Spring
A user-friendly guide to reading, writing, and theorizing autobiographical texts and practices for students, scholars, and practitioners of life narrative
Chaos and the Automaton Chaos and the Automaton Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi 2024 Spring
Facing real threats of extinction and futurelessness, a search for new ground on which to build projects toward emancipation
Anishinaabe Songs for a New Millennium Anishinaabe Songs for a New Millennium Marcie Rendon 2024 Spring
Poem-songs summon the voices of Anishinaabe ancestors and sing to future generations
F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Composite Biography F. Scott Fitzgerald A Composite Biography Niklas Salmose and David Rennie, Editors 2023 Fall
A comprehensive study of the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald, related in two-year chapters by twenty-three leading writers on the Jazz Age author
The Rage of Replacement: Far Right Politics and Demographic Fear The Rage of Replacement Far Right Politics and Demographic Fear Michael Feola 2024 Spring
Tracing how the “Great Replacement” narrative has shaped far right extremism and propelled its dangerous political projects and acts of violence
The Impossibility of Muslim Boyhood The Impossibility of Muslim Boyhood Shenila Khoja-Moolji 2024 Fall
How the construction of Muslim boys as proto-terrorists is integral to the story of American racial capitalism
Imperial Policing: Weaponized Data in Carceral Chicago Imperial Policing Weaponized Data in Carceral Chicago Andy Clarno, Enrique Alvear Moreno, Janaé Bonsu-Love, Lydia Dana, Michael De Anda Muñiz, Ilā Ravichandran and Haley Volpintesta 2024 Fall
Exposing the carceral webs and weaponized data that shape Chicago’s police wars
Deeper Blues: The Life, Songs, and Salvation of Cornbread Harris Deeper Blues The Life, Songs, and Salvation of Cornbread Harris Andrea Swensson 2024 Spring
The emotional, epic story of James “Cornbread” Harris—a self-proclaimed “blessed dude” and one of Minneapolis’s most influential musicians
Movies under the Influence Movies under the Influence Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece 2024 Spring
A cultural history of the enduring relationship between film spectatorship and intoxicating substances
Chris Marker: Early Film Writings Chris Marker Early Film Writings Chris Marker 2024 Spring
Formative writings by French avant-garde filmmaker Chris Marker
Deepwater Alchemy: Extractive Mediation and the Taming of the Seafloor Deepwater Alchemy Extractive Mediation and the Taming of the Seafloor Lisa Han 2024 Fall
How underwater mediation has transformed deep-sea spaces into resource-rich frontiers
The Philosophy of Movement: An Introduction The Philosophy of Movement An Introduction Thomas Nail 2024 Fall
An influential thinker distills years of work on the philosophy of movement into one accessible account
Prosthetic Immortalities: Biology, Transhumanism, and the Search for Indefinite Life Prosthetic Immortalities Biology, Transhumanism, and the Search for Indefinite Life Adam R. Rosenthal 2024 Fall
Examining the links between today’s ideas of radical life extension and age-old notions of immortality
Computational Humanities Computational Humanities Lauren Tilton, David Mimno and Jessica Marie Johnson, Editors 2024 Fall
The first book to intervene in debates on computation in the digital humanities
Rise to the Challenge: A Memoir of Politics, Leadership, and Love Rise to the Challenge A Memoir of Politics, Leadership, and Love Marlene M. Johnson 2024 Fall
The inspiring life story of Minnesota’s first woman lieutenant governor: breaking political ground, navigating patriarchal tradition, and persevering through great personal loss
Trans Philosophy Trans Philosophy Perry Zurn, Andrea J. Pitts, Talia Mae Bettcher and PJ DiPietro, Editors 2024 Fall
Establishing trans philosophy as a unique field of inquiry, offering tools for our quest toward a more just and equitable world
Good Pictures Are a Strong Weapon: Laura Gilpin, Queerness, and Navajo Sovereignty Good Pictures Are a Strong Weapon Laura Gilpin, Queerness, and Navajo Sovereignty Louise Siddons 2024 Spring
What are the limits of political solidarity, and how can visual culture contribute to social change?
Mysterious Tales of Old St. Paul: Three Cases Featuring Shadwell Rafferty Mysterious Tales of Old St. Paul Three Cases Featuring Shadwell Rafferty Larry Millett 2024 Fall
Tales of murder and revenge: the early exploits of detective Shadwell Rafferty
Making Love with the Land: Essays Making Love with the Land Essays Joshua Whitehead 2024 Fall
A moving and deeply personal excavation of Indigenous beauty and passion in a suffering world
Assessing Police and Other Public Safety Personnel With the MMPI-3: A Practical Guide Assessing Police and Other Public Safety Personnel With the MMPI-3 A Practical Guide David M. Corey and Yossef S. Ben-Porath 2024 Fall
A hands-on guide for using the MMPI-3 when assessing suitability and fitness for duty of public safety personnel
Assembly by Design: The United Nations and Its Global Interior Assembly by Design The United Nations and Its Global Interior Olga Touloumi 2024 Spring
How the United Nations headquarters became the architectural instrument and broadcast medium of global diplomacy
Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right Speculative Whiteness Science Fiction and the Alt-Right Jordan S. Carroll 2024 Fall
Reveals the alt-right’s project to claim science fiction and—by extension—the future
Core Samples: A Climate Scientist's Experiments in Politics and Motherhood Core Samples A Climate Scientist's Experiments in Politics and Motherhood Anna Farro Henderson 2024 Fall
People live by their stories—how can we use them to accelerate action on climate change?
Instrumentality: On Technical Objects and Orientations in the Later Middle Ages Instrumentality On Technical Objects and Orientations in the Later Middle Ages J. Allan Mitchell 2024 Fall
From medieval to modern, exploring instrumental attitudes toward physical gadgets, diagrams, concepts, methods, and disciplines
Machine and Sovereignty: For a Planetary Thinking Machine and Sovereignty For a Planetary Thinking Yuk Hui 2024 Fall
Developing a new political thought to address today’s planetary crises
Radical Endurance: Growing Old in an Age of Longevity Radical Endurance Growing Old in an Age of Longevity Andrea Gilats 2024 Fall
A personal guide to the transformations, hard truths, profound pleasures, and infinite possibilities of aging