Minnesota and the Upper Midwest
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Swedish-American Borderlands New Histories of Transatlantic Relations Dag Blanck and Adam Hjorthén, Editors 2021 Spring
- Reframing Swedish–American relations by focusing on contacts, crossings, and convergences beyond migration
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Loon Lessons Uncommon Encounters with the Great Northern Diver James D. Paruk 2021 Spring
- The nature of the common loon, from biology to behavior, from one of the world’s foremost observers of the revered waterbird
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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
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A Private Wilderness The Journals of Sigurd F. Olson Sigurd F. Olson 2021 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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"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