Minnesota Historical Society Press

Minnesota's Black Community in the 21st Century, Hardcover - Minnesota Black Community Project

174,99 RON 187,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionWhile African Americans comprise just five percent of the total population of Minnesota today, the state boasts many successful, creativ...

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Dancing the Cows Home. Wisconsin Girlhood, Paperback - Sara De Luca

96,99 RON

Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press, U.S.Author(s): Sara De LucaIllustration(s): b/w photosNumber of pages: 232Collection: Midwest Reflec...

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Ron Schara's Minnesota: Mostly True Tales of a Life Outdoors, Paperback - Ron Schara

100,99 RON 108,99 RON

Reducere. Discover the gentle humor and astute observations of a true outdoorsman as he shares stories of natural wonders and personal revelations, family tr...

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Beware of Cat: And Other Encounters of a Letter Carrier, Paperback - Vincent Wyckoff

94,99 RON 101,99 RON

Reducere. One sunny day on his postal route, Vincent Wyckoff crosses the path of an elderly gentleman whistling for his lost parakeet. The old man is upset, ...

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Dakota Women's Work: Creativity, Culture, and Exile, Paperback - Colette A. Hyman

107,99 RON 115,99 RON

Reducere. A tiny pair of beaded deerskin moccasins, given to a baby in 1913, provides the starting point for this thoughtful examination of the work of Dakot...

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Mni Sota Makoce: The Land of the Dakota, Paperback - Gwen Westerman

140,99 RON 150,99 RON

Reducere. Much of the focus on the Dakota people in Minnesota rests on the tragic events of the 1862 U.S.-Dakota War and the resulting exile that sent the ma...

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Wild Rice and the Ojibway People, Paperback - Thomas Vennum Jr

261,99 RON 280,99 RON

Reducere. Wild rice has always been essential to life in the Upper Midwest and neighboring Canada. In this far-reaching book, Thomas Vennum, Jr., uses travel...

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Alone at the Top: Climbing Denali in the Dead of Winter, Paperback - Lonnie Dupre

86,99 RON 93,99 RON

Reducere. What goes through your mind when you're dropped alone in the middle of the Alaska Range, the cold and darkness surrounding you without another huma...

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The Ojibwa Dance Drum: Its History and Contruction, Paperback - Thomas Vennum Jr

111,99 RON 119,99 RON

Reducere. Hiding in a lake under lily pads after fleeing U.S. soldiers, a Dakota woman was given a vision over the course of four days instructing her to bui...

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Lincoln and the Indians: Civil War Policy and Politics, Paperback - David A. Nichols

106,99 RON 114,99 RON

Reducere. "Lincoln and the Indians has stood the test of time and offers this generation of readers a valuable interpretation of the U.S. government's Indian...

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When I Was a Child - Vilhelm Moberg

102,99 RON 110,99 RON

Reducere. At the beginning of the twentieth century, in the poverty-stricken Swedish region of Sm land, young Valter, the son of a soldier, explores the worl...

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Fort Snelling at Bdote Updated Edition: A Brief History, Paperback - Peter DeCarlo

92,99 RON 99,99 RON

Reducere. For millennia, the place where the Minnesota River joins the Mississippi has been a crossroads, a place of strategic power. In the 1820s, the newly...

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The Dog Says How, Paperback - Kevin Kling

87,99 RON 94,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionKevin Kling, best known for his popular commentaries on National Public Radio's All Things Considered and his storytelling stage shows l...

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Land of 10, 000 Plates: Stories and Recipes from Minnesota, Paperback - Patrice M. Johnson

141,99 RON 151,99 RON

Reducere. Woven into a northland year are food rituals that sustain us and connect us to our region, our climate, and one another. Meat raffles. Fish frys. P...

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Germans in Minnesota, Paperback - Kathleen Neils Conzen

90,99 RON 97,99 RON

Reducere. Minnesota is often associated with its Scandinavian heritage, but in fact Germans are the largest single immigrant group in Minnesota history and w...

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Baking with the St Paul Bread Club: Recipes, Tips, and Stories, Paperback - Kim Ode

127,00 RON

Baking bread at home has enjoyed a resurgence in recent years. It can be therapeutic and build community. It is cost-effective and sustainable. And...

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Booth Girls: Pregnancy, Adoption, and the Secrets We Kept, Paperback - Kim Heikkila

103,99 RON 111,99 RON

Reducere. A thoughtful and emotional multigenerational story of contested motherhood and the stigma of adoption--equal parts biography, oral history, history...

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The Haymakers: A Chronicle of Five Farm Families, Paperback - Steven R. Hoffbeck

107,99 RON 115,99 RON

Reducere. Winner of the Minnesota Book Award and the Red River Heritage Award The Haymakers is an epic--the history of man's struggle with nature as well as ...

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Warrior Nation: A History of the Red Lake Ojibwe, Paperback - Anton Treuer

133,99 RON 143,99 RON

Reducere. The Red Lake Nation has a unique and deeply important history. Unlike every other reservation in Minnesota, Red Lake holds its land in common--and,...

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Original Local: Indigenous Foods, Stories, and Recipes from the Upper Midwest, Paperback - Heid E. Erdrich

128,99 RON 138,99 RON

Reducere. Local foods have garnered much attention in recent years, but the concept is hardly new: indigenous peoples have always made the most of nature's g...

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Hijinx and Hearsay: Scenester Stories from Minnesota's Pop Life, Paperback - Martin Keller

159,99 RON 171,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionIn the summer of 1979, while disco was dying and new wave and punk were rising from the underground, two twenty-something guys were thro...

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Double Exposure: Images of Black Minnesota in the 1940s, Hardcover - John Glanton

165,99 RON 177,99 RON

Reducere. After serving in World War II, John Glanton returned home to Minnesota and began taking his camera around the streets, parks, clubs, restaurants, a...

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The Thunder Before the Storm: The Autobiography of Clyde Bellecourt, Paperback - Clyde Bellecourt

111,99 RON 119,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionThe American Indian Movement burst onto the scene in the late 1960s as indigenous people across the country began to demand what is righ...

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Wild and Rare: Tracking Endangered Species in the Upper Midwest, Hardcover - Adam Regn Arvidson

126,99 RON 135,99 RON

Reducere. The elusive Canada lynx bears kittens in Minnesota's northeastern woods. In the far southeastern part of the state, the succulent Leedy's roseroot ...

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Shipwrecks Along Superior's North Shore: A Diver's Guide, Paperback - Stephen B. Daniel

136,99 RON 146,99 RON

Reducere. Northeastern Minnesota Book AwardBeneath the icy waters of Lake Superior lies a vast museum of maritime treasures, relics, and souls that in years ...

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Minnesota's Golden Age of Wrestling: From Verne Gagne to the Road Warriors, Paperback - George Schire

166,99 RON 178,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionWhy was Minnesota, a land known for its stoic farmers, reasonable politics, and comfortable casseroles, a hotbed of the wacky and wild w...

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Lake Superior's Historic North Shore: A Guided Tour, Paperback - Deborah Morse-Kahn

82,99 RON 88,99 RON

Reducere. Northeastern Minnesota Book AwardLake Superior's North Shore--the vast stretch between Duluth and Grand Portage--is nearly 150 miles long, with an ...

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Wildflowers of the Boundary Waters: Hiking Through the Seasons, Paperback - Betty Vos Hemstad

148,99 RON

Northeastern Minnesota Book AwardTravelers in the Boundary Waters find much to draw the eye, not least of which is a profusion of wildflowers at ev...

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Queer Voices: Poetry, Prose, and Pride, Paperback - Andrea Jenkins

102,99 RON 110,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionSince its beginnings in 1993, the Queer Voices reading series has featured both emerging and established Minnesota-based writers of the ...

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The Conflicted Mission: Faith, Disputes, and Deception on the Dakota Frontier, Paperback - Linda M. Clemmons

123,99 RON 132,99 RON

Reducere. From the mid-1830s to the 1860s, the missionaries sent to Minnesota by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) wrote thous...

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The Good Berry Cookbook: Harvesting and Cooking Wild Rice and Other Wild Foods, Paperback - Tashia Hart

143,99 RON 154,99 RON

Reducere. Explore the natural history, ecological contributions, and cultural significance of manoomin (wild rice), and savor complementary wild foods and lo...

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Night Flying Woman: An Ojibway Narrative, Paperback - Ignatia Broker

86,99 RON 93,99 RON

Reducere. With the art of a practiced storyteller, Ignatia Broker recounts the life of her great-great-grandmother, Night Flying Woman, who was born in the m...

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Women of Mayo Clinic: The Founding Generation, Paperback - Virginia Wright-Peterson

105,99 RON 113,99 RON

Reducere. The story of Mayo Clinic begins on the Minnesota prairie following a devastating tornado in 1883. It also begins with the women who joined the grow...

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Minnesota, 1918: When Flu, Fire, and War Ravaged the State, Paperback - Curt Brown

99,99 RON 106,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1918, Minnesota and its residents were confronted with a series of devastating events that put communities to the test, forcing them ...

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Two Homelands: A Historian Considers His Life and Work, Paperback - Odd Lovoll

124,99 RON

Odd S. Lovoll has spent his career chronicling the stories of Norwegian immigrants to the United States and Canada. He, too, was an immigrant at a ...

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Shining Big Sea Water: The Story of Lake Superior, Paperback - Norman K. Risjord

90,99 RON 97,99 RON

Reducere. In Shining Big Sea Water, historian Norman K. Risjord offers a grand tour of Lake Superior's remarkable history, taking readers through the centuri...

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Northern Lights Revised Second Edition: The Stories of Minnesota's Past, Hardcover - Dave Kenney

559,99 RON 599,99 RON

Reducere. Northern Lights Revised Second Edition: The Stories of Minnesota's Past, Hardcover

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Crossing Hoffa: A Teamster's Story, Paperback - Steven J. Harper

96,99 RON 103,99 RON

Reducere. On a spring day in 1961, over-the-road trucker Jim Harper was en route from Mauston, Wisconsin, to his home in Minneapolis. At 70 miles per hour, w...

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Caring for American Indian Objects: A Practical and Cultural Guide, Paperback - Sherelyn Ogden

223,99 RON 239,99 RON

Reducere. Award NameMinnesota Book AwardAward categoryNonfictionAmerican Indian cultural objects, like most objects, deteriorate over time. Precious and irre...

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If You See Me: My Six-Decade Journey in Rock and Roll, Paperback - Pepé Willie

112,99 RON 120,99 RON

Reducere. From the 1960s R&B scene in New York City to the Minneapolis Sound of the 1980s, Pep Willie has been up close and personal with some of the most ex...

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A People's History of the Hmong, Paperback - Paul Hillmer

127,99 RON 136,99 RON

Reducere. Over the centuries, the Hmong have called many places home, including China, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, and most recently France, Australia, and the ...

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Remedies and Rituals: Folk Medicine in Norway and the New Land, Paperback - Kathleen Stokker

135,99 RON 145,99 RON

Reducere. Spells are conjured, herbs collected, and potions concocted in this fascinating history of the practices and beliefs of Norway's folk healers at ho...

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A Country Doctor's Chronicle: Further Tales from the North Woods, Paperback - Roger A. MacDonald M. D.

93,99 RON 100,99 RON

Reducere. House calls. Flu epidemics. Terminal illnesses. Coroner duties. Fishhook incidents. For more than three decades, Roger A. MacDonald served the peop...

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Trapping the Boundary Waters: A Tenderfoot in the Border Country, 1919-1920, Paperback - Charles Ira Cook Jr

100,99 RON 108,99 RON

Reducere. On May 4, 1919, Charlie Cook set off for a year of adventure in the Minnesota-Ontario Boundary Waters. Soon abandoned by his comfort-loving compani...

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The Four Hills of Life: Ojibwe Wisdom, Paperback - Thomas Peacock

104,99 RON 112,99 RON

Reducere. The Four Hills of Life tells the wise and beautiful Ojibwe story about the path we walk through the seasons of life, from the springtime of youth t...

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The Good Path: Ojibwe Learning and Activity Book for Kids, Paperback - Thomas Peacock

111,99 RON 119,99 RON

Reducere. Kids of all cultures journey through time with the Ojibwe people as their guide to the Good Path and its universal lessons of courage, cooperation,...

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Manitous: The Spiritual World of the Ojibway, Paperback - Basil Johnston

112,99 RON 120,99 RON

Reducere. Manitous lived in human form among the Ojibway in the early days, after Kitchi-Manitou (the Great Mystery) created all things and Muzzu-Kummik-Quae...

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Thank You for Shopping: The Golden Age of Minnesota Department Stores, Hardcover - Kristal Leebrick

181,99 RON 194,99 RON

Reducere. Throughout the twentieth century, department stores ruled the retail landscapes of downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul. More than just shopping cente...

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A Woman's War, Too: Women at Work During World War II, Paperback - Virginia Wright-Peterson

108,99 RON 116,99 RON

Reducere. World War II was a total war, devouring the military and civilian resources of nations. Women in Minnesota--like women across the country--made bol...

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Ojibwe Singers: Hymns, Grief, and a Native American Culture in Motion, Paperback - Michael D. McNally

108,99 RON 116,99 RON

Reducere. In the early nineteenth century, Protestant missionaries promoted the translation of evangelical hymns into the Ojibwe language, regarding this mus...

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Minnesota Vacation Days: An Illustrated History, Hardcover - Kathryn Strand Koutsky

213,99 RON 228,99 RON

Reducere. Greyhound buses and vintage suitcases, whitewashed cottages and wildlife souvenirs, fishing camps and bathing beauties adorn the pages of Minnesota...

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Christmas in Minnesota: A Celebration in Memories, Stories, and Recipes of Seasons Past, Paperback - Marilyn Ziebarth

99,99 RON 106,99 RON

Reducere. Like the warmth of a cabin fireplace and the twinkle of lights along the edge of a frozen lake, Christmas in Minnesota evokes memories of holidays ...

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The Bride Price: A Hmong Wedding Story, Paperback - Mai Neng Moua

94,99 RON 101,99 RON

Reducere. When Mai Neng Moua decides to get married, her mother, a widow, wants the groom to follow Hmong custom and pay a bride price, which both honors the...

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Norwegian American Women: Migration, Communities, and Identities, Paperback - Betty A. Bergland

137,99 RON 147,99 RON

Reducere. The history of Norwegian settlement in the United States has often been told through the eyes of prominent men, while the women are imagined in the...

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Across the Deep Blue Sea: The Saga of Early Norwegian Immigrants, Paperback - Odd S. Lovoll

105,99 RON 113,99 RON

Reducere. Across the Deep Blue Sea investigates a chapter in Norwegian immigration history that has never been fully told before. Odd S. Lovoll relates how Q...

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Keeping Christmas: Yuletide Traditions in Norway and the New Land, Paperback - Kathleen Stokker

168,99 RON 180,99 RON

Reducere. The modern Norwegian-American Christmas is a warm and regenerative family holiday for millions of Americans whose ancestors came from Norway--celeb...

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Closing Time: Saloons, Taverns, Dives, and Watering Holes of the Twin Cities, Hardcover - Bill Lindeke

140,99 RON 150,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1838, a rum trader named "Pig's Eye" Parrant built a small shack in a Mississippi bluff that became the first business in the city of...

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Eggs in the Coffee Sheep in the Corn: My 17 Years as a Farmwife, Paperback - Marjorie M. Douglas

87,99 RON 94,99 RON

Reducere. The world turned upside down for city-bred Marjorie Douglas when, in 1943, her young husband moved her and their baby, Anne, from suburban St. Paul...

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Norwegians on the Prairie: Ethnicity and the Development of the Country Town, Paperback - Odd S. Lovoll

126,99 RON 135,99 RON

Reducere. " Here] we listen to stories of individual settlers and . . . watch and interact with them as each community evolves through the decades." Ann M. L...

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Tourney Time: Stories from the Minnesota Boys State Hockey Tournament, Paperback - David La Vaque

155,99 RON 166,99 RON

Reducere. Every spring, the state of Minnesota--from urban metropolises to remote Canadian borderlands--is riveted by the spectacle of the boys' high school ...

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One Drop in a Sea of Blue: The Liberators of the Ninth Minnesota, Paperback - John B. Lundstrom

160,99 RON

Soldiers in the Union Army volunteered for many reasons--to reunite the country, to put down the southern rebellion. For most, however, slavery was...

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The Minnesota Book of Skills: Your Guide to Smoking Whitefish, Sauna Etiquette, Tick Extraction, and More, Paperback - Chris Niskanen

96,99 RON 103,99 RON

Reducere. Minnesotans are a highly skilled bunch, whether pursuing traditional activities like wild ricing and pickling, or tastefully displaying taxidermy, ...

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Kitchi-Gami: Life Among the Lake Superior Ojibway, Paperback - Johann Georg Kohl

163,99 RON 175,99 RON

Reducere. ``Johann Kohl was an educated, urbane, and well-trained German geographer, ethnologist, and popular writer. During his visit with the Lake Superior...

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Sights, Sounds, Soul: The Twin Cities Through the Lens of Charles Chamblis, Hardcover - Charles Chamblis

183,99 RON 196,99 RON

Reducere. During the 1970s and '80s, photographer Charles Chamblis captured the vibrant social and artistic life of the Twin Cities African American communit...

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Chinese-ness: The Meanings of Identity and the Nature of Belonging, Hardcover - Wing Young Huie

165,99 RON 177,99 RON

Reducere. Is Chinese identity personal, national, cultural, political? Does it migrate, become malleable or transmuted? What is authentic, sacred, kitsch? Us...

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The Lyncher in Me: A Search for Redemption in the Face of History, Paperback - Warren Read

94,99 RON 101,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionIn June 1920, in Duluth, Minnesota, a mob of over 10, 000 convened upon the police station, inflamed by the rumor that black circus work...

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Minnesota Book of Days: An Almanac of State History, Paperback - Tony Greiner

92,99 RON 99,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionThe Minnesota Book of Days is a entertaining and educational day-by-day account of Minnesota history, chronicling important events, famo...

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A Prairie Kitchen: Recipes, Poems and Colorful Stories from the Prairie Farmer Magazine, 1841-1900, Paperback - Rae Katherine Eighmey

84,99 RON 90,99 RON

Reducere. Developing recipes and sharing the results has been a lifelong vocation for Rae Katherine Eighmey. Today her kitchen library has thousands of recip...

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Murder in Minnesota: A Collection of True Cases, Paperback - Walter N. Trenerry

84,99 RON

"My investigation of Minnesota murders over the years revealed no new motives for killing anyone. The old ones are perfectly satisfactory. . . . I ...

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North Star Cocktails: Johnny Michaels and the North Star Bartenders' Guild, Paperback - Johnny Michaels

88,99 RON

Recognized as one of the twin cities' best drink makers, Johnny Michaels is the cocktail connoisseur's answer to a gourmet chef. His home base is t...

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