Minnesota and the Upper Midwest

The Opposite of Cold The Northwoods Finnish Sauna Tradition Michael Nordskog 2010 Fall

A full-color history and celebration of Finnish sauna in the western Great Lakes

Journeys from Scandinavia Travelogues of Africa, Asia, and South America, 1840—2000 Elisabeth Oxfeldt 2010 Spring

How Scandinavians perceive and portray encounters with the non-European Other

A Porch Sofa Almanac Peter Smith 2010 Fall

An anthology of Peter Smith’s captivating musings on being Minnesotan

News to Me Adventures of an Accidental Journalist Laurie Hertzel 2010 Fall

The story of a journalist’s coming of age in Duluth during the boom days of print

North Country The Making of Minnesota Mary Lethert Wingerd 2010 Spring

The untold history of how the land of the Dakota and Ojibwe became the State of Minnesota

Minnesota Architects A Biographical Dictionary Alan K. Lathrop 2010 Spring

The first biographical guide to Minnesota architects from 1860 to the present

The Music of Failure Bill Holm 2010 Spring

The 25th anniversary edition of Bill Holm’s influential first book of essays

Nature and Revelation A History of Macalester College Jeanne Halgren Kilde 2010 Spring

Tells the story of one of the most prominent educational institutions in the Midwest

Carew Rod Carew and Ira Berkow 2010 Spring

The candid and compelling memoir of Rod Carew, one of baseball’s greatest players

We’re Gonna Win, Twins! Doug Grow 2010 Spring

From open air to the Dome to blue sky again in 2010, a half century of Twins baseball

Region Planning the Future of the Twin Cities Myron Orfield and Thomas F. Luce Jr. 2009 Fall

How can the Twin Cities become a model for responsible, just, and environmentally sound urban and suburban planning?

Our Neck of the Woods Exploring Minnesota's Wild Places Daniel J. Philippon, Editor 2009 Fall

From Minnehaha Creek to Lake Superior—Minnesota’s great outdoors beckons

The Bullhead Queen A Year on Pioneer Lake Sue Leaf 2009 Fall

An evocative memoir exploring the relationship between humans and nature through the liturgical calendar

“But He Doesn’t Know the Territory” Meredith Willson 2009 Fall

Chronicles the making of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man

And There I Stood with My Piccolo Meredith Willson 2009 Fall

The book that inspired Meredith Willson’s The Music Man

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