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The Darkest Evening The Darkest Evening William Durbin 2011 Spring
An adventurous tale of one Finnish American family’s encounter with the “Red broom”
Crossing the Barriers: The Autobiography of Allan H. Spear Crossing the Barriers The Autobiography of Allan H. Spear Allan H. Spear 2010 Fall
The memoir of a prominent Minnesota politician and one of the country’s first openly gay elected officials
Queer Twin Cities Queer Twin Cities Twin Cities GLBT Oral History Project Kevin P. Murphy, Jennifer L. Pierce and Larry Knopp, Editors 2010 Fall
A pioneering look at the queer history, politics, and spaces of the Twin Cities
Fierce and True: Plays for Teen Audiences Fierce and True Plays for Teen Audiences Children’s Theatre Company Peter Brosius and Elissa Adams, Editors 2010 Fall
A collection of plays written for teenage audiences from the leading theater for young people and families in North America
This Is Not Florida: How Al Franken Won the Minnesota Senate Recount This Is Not Florida How Al Franken Won the Minnesota Senate Recount Jay Weiner 2010 Fall
The behind-the-scenes story of the historic Franken-Coleman Minnesota Senate recount
The Opposite of Cold: The Northwoods Finnish Sauna Tradition 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 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 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 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 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 Minnesota Architects A Biographical Dictionary Alan K. Lathrop 2010 Spring
The first biographical guide to Minnesota architects from 1860 to the present
Memory of Trees: A Daughter’s Story of a Family Farm Memory of Trees A Daughter’s Story of a Family Farm Gayla Marty 2013 Spring
An evocative memoir of life on a dairy farm in Minnesota’s St. Croix Valley
The Music of Failure 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 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 Carew Rod Carew and Ira Berkow 2010 Spring
The candid and compelling memoir of Rod Carew, one of baseball’s greatest players