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Reducere. Attentive young Sophie lives with her family at a lighthouse on the shore of Lake Superior. At this essential outpost, everyone has a job to do, wh...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Photographer: Allen BeaulieuForeword by: Dez DickersonIntroduction by: Jim WalshPhotographer Allen Beaulieu worked with Prince from...

Reducere. Josie dreams of dancing at next summer's powwow. But first she needs many special things: a dress, a shawl, a cape, leggings, moccasins, and, perha...

Reducere. Look at the natural world around you. Closer now. Can you find the letter "A" in a jumble of tree roots, the letter "I" in a cattail, the letter "O...

Reducere. DescriptionAs the sun sets over the fields, a little girl and her father begin the evening milking. The girl gathers the cows--a "Holstein parade"-...

Reducere. Moonbeam Children's Book AwardFrom winter hunts to picnic foraging, Coyote makes his deliberate way through the seasons in his urban habitat. His a...

Reducere. DescriptionKevin Kling's first book, The Dog Says How, brought readers into his wonderful world of the skewed and significant mundane. Kling does i...

Reducere. The expansive squash family includes a host of versatile gourds just waiting for a creative cook's touch. Summer varieties fill gardens and overflo...

Reducere. Rhoda is on a long, long hike with her aunt and uncle, each of them carrying backpacks of gear as they walk through the north woods. While Auntie J...

Reducere. David, the last of Rosa's five sons, was born with Down syndrome. Unable to care for himself, he and the indomitable Rosa were to be forever bound ...

Reducere. Insects are everywhere and easy to find--if you know where to look. Minnesota Bug Hunt puts you on the trail for insects big and small, fierce and ...

Reducere. Forgetting Ireland is both a history and mystery, a story of western Ireland's Connemara coast and of Graceville, a small town in western Minnesota...

Reducere. Below white pines, at water's edge, in guarded nest of mud and sedge, squeezed inside an olive egg, beak meets wing meets folded leg. With these fe...

Reducere. For Jewish and non-Jewish customers alike, the Lincoln Del was a Minneapolis version of Cheers--at the Del everybody knew your name. Folks hardly m...

Reducere. In the Midwest, winter means freezing temperatures, shorter days, and piles of snow. For some, the logical response is to curl up under the blanket...

Reducere. Born near Lee's Summit, Missouri, Thomas Coleman (``Cole``) Younger (1844-1916) rode with William Clarke Quantrill's Confederate raiders during the...

Reducere. In St. Paul, where they were outnumbered by Germans immigrants, they nonetheless left a lasting legacy, so that today most Minnesotans think of St....

Reducere. In late December, snow blankets the landscape and the daylight hours are brief. Bundled up against the cold, a child and an adult explore the sloug...

The earliest arrivals were German Jews who came when the territory was newly created. By the 1880s they were joined by immigrants from eastern Euro...

Reducere. While making up a smaller percentage of Minnesota's population compared to national averages, African Americans have had a profound influence on th...

Reducere. Duluth, the beautiful city at the head of the world's largest freshwater lake, has gone from boom to bust to boom and back again. In this richly te...

Reducere. The Voyageur is the authoritative account of a unique and colorful group of men whose exploits, songs, and customs comprise an enduring legacy. Fre...

Reducere. The Norwegians, who first arrived in territorial days, created lasting farming settlements, especially in the Red River Valley. Their Lutheran chur...

Reducere. With insight and candor, noted Ojibwe scholar Anton Treuer traces thousands of years of the complicated history of the Ojibwe people--their economy...

Reducere. DescriptionThe doctors gathered around, passing the stethoscope from hand to hand, taking turns listening to my chest. Finally, the lead doctor sai...

Reducere. Drawing together a century of widely scattered scientific and technical reports, as well as 25 years of first-hand experience in the field, Scott A...

Reducere. This historical novel set at Old Fort Snelling in the 1830s is a rich and romantic re-creation of the early settlement period in Minnesota's histor...

Reducere. I am a powerful waterfall. I listen. I pay attention. I have a long memory. You might find it hard to believe, but I have moved through time. My Mi...

." . . the memory of my mother came to me like a drifting scent in the breeze, swirling through the branches of a nearby cedar tree. I was drawn ba...

Reducere. In recent years, Minnesota has developed one of the most vibrant and original beer scenes in the nation. Home to more craft breweries per capita th...

Reducere. The Midwest is home to streams and lakes and even inland seas, and these assorted freshwater sources offer up much bounty, from classic panfish and...

Reducere. Minnesota has always been a land of immigrants. Successive waves have each made their own way, found their place, and made it their home. The Hmong...

"Because of their relative stability, streets offer an incomparable framework for looking at the urban past and comparing it to the present, " writ...

Reducere. From the colorful supermercados of St. Paul's West Side to the rural communities of the Red River Valley, Mexican Americans have left an indelible ...

Reducere. Dayton's was in its prime, the new Nicollet Mall was full of people, the Foshay Tower was still king, and the IDS Center was beginning its rise. Bu...

Reducere. Minnesota's written history goes back only to the 1600s, when the first European visitors recorded the locations of native American populations. Th...

Reducere. "Sherri Gerbert Fuller provides us with a rare look at Chinese immigrant lives and aspirations in Minnesota, proudly reclaiming their voices as par...

Reducere. The Weyerhaeuser name looms large in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Washington, and Arkansas, attached to paper mills, cabinet factories, and vast tracts of...

Award NameMinnesota Book AwardAward categoryHistory/Biography"Let's eat out "Minnesotans have always loved to, in the opulent dining rooms of fancy...

Reducere. How did the city of St. Paul come to be where and what it is, and what does that show us about the city today? In eight place-based chapters, Bill ...

Reducere. From 21A, the one-man show that launched a career and a whole new perspective on riding the bus, to a sneak peek at the new Minnesota Public Radio-...

Reducere. In 1834 Samuel W. Pond and his brother Gideon built a cabin near Cloud Man's village of the Dakota Indians on the shore of Lake Calhoun--now presen...

Reducere. Gardening in a northern clime has its own unique set of challenges. Yet, despite the shorter growing season, gardening remains a popular passion fo...

Reducere. "I was not prone to drastic actions. I did not rush into the unknown. After fifteen years as a more or less effective lawyer, I approached decision...

Reducere. The game of lacrosse is a gift from the Creator, given to the American Indians in the long ago. But Travis Skinaway doesn't know the full story of ...

Reducere. What does an environmentalist do when she realizes she will inherit mineral rights and royalties on fracked oil wells in North Dakota? How does she...

Reducere. How does an ordinary person make a sophisticated, crowd-pleasing cake in a snap? With a bundt pan, of courseFoodie Susanna Short brings back the be...

Reducere. Lois Phillips Hudson eloquently portrays George Custer, a determined and angry man who must battle both the land and the landlord; his hard-working...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this poignant collection of oral histories, four Indian elders recount their life stories in their own quiet but uncompromising words...

Charles Eastman (1858-1939) straddled two worlds in his life and writing. The author of Indian Boyhood was raised in the traditional Dakota (Sioux)...

Reducere. Minnesota Book AwardStripped of its original Tiffany light fixtures, lamps, and stained-glass panels, a Lowry Hill mansion was returned to its orig...

Reducere. As the primary songwriter for Soul Asylum, Dave Pirner has penned hundreds of songs over the course of nearly four decades and has helped to shape ...

Reducere. Fort Snelling, a foundational place in the story of Minnesota, was built 200 years ago at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers, a...

Reducere. The potential benefits of wild plants for human health and well-being are wide-ranging. But, knowing which plants to use, and how, for edible and m...

Reducere. DescriptionMinnesota has long been home to people from the Korean Peninsula--from early arrivals in the mid-twentieth century to their expanding fa...

Reducere. Chippewa Customs, first published in 1929, remains an authoritative source for the tribal history, customs, legends, traditions, art, music, econom...

Reducere. What do Paul Bunyan, Charles Lindbergh, and Jesse Ventura have in common? Minnesota, of courseIn A Popular History of Minnesota, historian Norman K...

Reducere. In this collection of more than 200 stunning and storied photographs, ranging from daguerreotypes to studio portraits to snapshots, historian Bruce...

Reducere. Karhu the bear lives in the piney north woods near the bustling burg of Finn Town. When he sees a billboard advertising "Mukluk Ball: Come One, Com...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the 1840s through the end of the Civil War, leading Minnesotans invited slaveholders and their wealth into the free territory and f...

Reducere. AwardsNortheastern Minnesota Book AwardDescriptionThe topics of the day fly fast and furious over Jim Northrup's moccasin telegraph: The game warde...

Reducere. DescriptionGerald Vizenor, named to Utne Reader's list of one hundred "people who could change your life, " has been a significant force in Native ...

Reducere. What do you get when you mix Tater Tots, ground beef, and cream of mushroom soup? Tater Tot Hot Dish, of course Retired Minneapolis Star Tribune Ta...

Reducere. From the rocky, mist-enshrouded shores of Norway to the bustling streets of Minneapolis, O. E. Rolvaag lyrically chronicles the experiences of Nils...

Reducere. Daybreak Woman, also known as Jane Anderson Robertson, was born at a trading post on the Minnesota River in 1812 and lived for ninety-two years in ...

Reducere. Split Rock Lighthouse is a Minnesota icon: a handsome structure perched atop a cliff on Lake Superior's North Shore, gorgeous in every weather, a l...

Reducere. In January 1966, navy nurse Lieutenant Kay Bauer stepped off a pan am airliner into the stifling heat of Saigon and was issued a camouflage uniform...

Reducere. Life is a circle, just like the seasons, from youth through old age. The circle of the year brings seasonal rituals: a winter of preparation follow...

Reducere. Long out of print, this classic work on the Dakota language offers extensive information on Dakota grammar and contains a bilingual selection of Da...

Reducere. Description"Nooko's spirit is there in the stars, " says Niigaanii to his younger brother, Bineshiinh, as they sprawl in a meadow, gazing skyward. ...