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Cookies are meant to be shared—and that goes for the memories they bring as well.
100 Best Recipes from the Star Tribune’s Holiday Cookie Contest
Lee Svitak Dean and Rick Nelson | Photography by Tom Wallace
A fresh batch of deliciously distinctive recipes from the Star Tribune’s beloved annual cookie contest—with even more recipes, enticing photographs, and bakers’ stories
Cold winters call for warm kitchens and cookie baking, especially around the holidays. The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book, a compendium of Minnesota’s rich baking
traditions and innovative recipes, stirs up winning treats from twenty years of the Star Tribune’s popular holiday cookie contest.
Significantly expanding and updating its 2018 predecessor, The Great Minnesota Cookie Book, this collection features thirty-five new recipes, including Grasshoppers and Dark Chocolate Fig
The Ultimate Minnesota Cookie Book
MORE COOKBOOKS: PAGES 12–13, 18, 46–47
Rolls, Tiramisu Twists and Cardamom Cherry Buttons, Diablo Snowballs, Spumoni Squares, and Maple-Roasted Walnut Delights. This sweet-tooth treasure trove of cookie recipes will inspire bakers to discover how many ways flour, sugar, butter, and eggs (plus several unexpected ingredients) can be combined to create new favorites for the holidays—or any time of year.
beautiful photographs and baking tips, insights, and essays about favorite cookie memories. Indulge in these delightful, mouth-watering recipes while Minnesota’s best bakers share stories of cherished holiday traditions, recall memorable cookie moments, and celebrate how baking brings us together.
$21.00 $29.95 lithocase
ISBN 978-1-5179-1817-0
The best of the best, these contestwinning cookies are accompanied by
280 pages ● 114 color images ● 2024
I have spent nearly twenty years working as an environmental educator in the St. Croix River Watershed, and during this time I’ve fallen firmly and permanently in love.
Exploring the St. Croix River Valley Adventures on and off the Water
Angie Hong
An authoritative, accessible, and entertaining nature recreation guide to one of the most beautiful and awe-inspiring areas in the Midwest
The St. Croix River is a 169-mile ribbon of blue that cleaves the land between Minnesota and Wisconsin. In the surrounding area, you can find small towns vibrant with local art, music, and dining.
Set off in a kayak or canoe, however, and you could easily spend an entire day on the water without seeing another person. Close enough to the Twin Cities to be a pleasant day trip, yet vast enough to lose yourself for a week if you wish, the St. Croix River Valley is at once accessible and wild, beckoning adventurers, serious students of nature, family fun seekers, and sport enthusiasts all year.
In Exploring the St. Croix River Valley, environmental educator Angie Hong recommends specific places to explore the varied habitats—including prairies, forests, and lakes—and shows us myriad ways to get out and enjoy by hiking, paddling, biking, skiing, fishing, and more. With stops at Standing Cedars Community Land Conservancy, Sunfish Lake Park, and the Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest, readers will learn about the landscape and its history—groundwater geology and riverside land formations, ephemeral wildflowers and forests lost to logging—and the local fauna such as
skinks and osprey, red-headed woodpeckers, grouse, and elk. With its mix of stories, photographs, and practical information, Exploring the St. Croix River Valley makes an engaging companion for anyone venturing to this extraordinary place—as a visitor or as a reader.
“An especially spirited and knowledgeable guide to the scenic region.”
—Minnesota Conservation Volunteer
$24.50 $34.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1640-4
352 pages ● 243 color images ● 8 maps ● 2024
Huge bird nerds need huge bird books, and this one definitely fits the ‘bill.’ It’s fascinating.”
Lake Superior Magazine
The Breeding Birds of Minnesota History, Ecology, and Conservation
Lee A. Pfannmuller, Gerald J. Niemi, and Janet C. Green
Foreword by Francesca J. Cuthbert
The first comprehensive and in-depth assessment of Minnesota’s breeding birds in nearly a century, The Breeding Birds of Minnesota offers an unprecedented, extraordinarily detailed, finely illustrated account of 250 of those birds, including their historical and present breeding distribution, habitat, population abundance, and prospects for the future.
$42.00 $59.95 hardcover
ISBN 978-1-5179-0679-5
616 pages ● 1145 color images ● 14 tables ● 2024
A Natural Curiosity
The Story of the Bell Museum
Lansing Shepard, Don Luce, Barbara Coffin, and Gwen Schagrin
Since its start in 1872 as a one-room cabinet of curiosities, the University of Minnesota’s Bell Museum of natural history has become one of the state’s most important cultural institutions. This gorgeously illustrated book chronicles remarkable discoveries and personalities that have made the Bell Museum what it is today.
$24.50 $34.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-1036-5
288 pages ● 310 color images ● 2022
Loon Lessons
Uncommon Encounters with the Great Northern Diver
James D. Paruk
Written by one of the world’s foremost experts on the subject, Loon Lessons documents more than twenty-five years of research about the common loon.
“Anyone who has thrilled to the yodel of a loon on a moonlit lake will love this book.” —Scott Weidensaul, author of A World on the Wing
In the nearly half-century since the first publication of the landmark Birds in Minnesota, the state’s bird populations have undergone dramatic changes. This revised, expanded edition reflects the most recent advances in birding, making it the indispensable resource for birdwatchers in Minnesota, amateur and professional.
$24.50 $34.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0701-3
624 pages • 315 color images • 1,100 maps • 2020
Searching for Minnesota’s Native Wildflowers
A Guide for Beginners, Botanists, and Everyone in Between
Phyllis Root | Photography by Kelly Povo
Phyllis Root and Kelly Povo chronicle ten years they spent exploring Minnesota’s woods, prairies, hillsides, lakes, and bogs for wildflowers, taking pictures and notes, gathering clues for fellow flower hunters. Their tips, photographs, and stories place the waiting wonder of Minnesota’s wildflowers within easy reach.
$17.50 $24.95 lithocase ISBN 978-1-5179-0481-4
208 pages • 249 color images • 2018
A bracing collection of cautionary tales regarding the too-probable near future.”
Foreword
Reviews, starred
review
A deeply felt, deeply imagined collection of dispatches from the weirdest extrapolatory fringes of the world we’ve made.”
OMAR EL AKKAD, author of What Strange Paradise
Honeymoons in Temporary Locations
Ashley Shelby
Eclectic, experimental, and wildly imaginative climate fictions from a familiar world hauntingly transformed
In these dispatches from a weirding world, the absurd and fantastic are increasingly indistinguishable from reality. Exploring this liminal moment, Ashley Shelby’s collection of climate fictions imagines a near future that is both unnervingly familiar and subversively strange.
Featuring the Hugo-nominated novelette “Muri,” Honeymoons in Temporary Locations reengineers the dystopic bleakness that characterizes so much climate fiction, embracing humor, irony, and the inevitable bathos that characterizes the human experience.
$16.00 $22.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-1707-4 160 pages ● 2024
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South Pole Station
Ashley Shelby
● Lascaux Prize in Fiction
“Pithy and funny . . . combines science with literature to make a clever case for scientists’ and artists’ shared conviction.”
—NPR
$13.00 $18.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1841-5
372 pages ● 1 map ● 2024
—ELIZABETH RUSH, author of The Quickening and Rising “ “
A remarkably honest book . . . her encounters with herself may help you figure out how to live your own life.”
BILL M C KIBBEN, author of The End of Nature
Ought to be required reading for anyone interested in a career in the sciences.”
Core Samples A Climate
Scientist’s Experiments in Politics and Motherhood
Anna Farro Henderson
People live by their stories—how can we use them to accelerate action on climate change?
Climate scientist and policy expert Anna Farro Henderson embarks on a remarkable narrative journey in Core Samples, exploring how science is done, discussed, legislated, and imagined.
A love letter to science (including to far-flung expeditions and finding artistic inspiration in research) and a bracing, sometimes hilarious, portrait of the many obstacles women, mothers, and people digging for truth navigate, Core Samples illuminates the messy, contradictory humanity of our scientific and political institutions.
$13.00 $18.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1604-6 232 pages ● 2024
ALSO OF INTEREST
Medicine Wheel for the Planet A Journey Toward Personal and Ecological Healing
Dr. Jennifer Grenz
“This beautiful book can completely change how we approach science. “ Suzanne Simard, author of Finding the Mother Tree
$18.00 $25.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-1646-6 280 pages ● 2024
Appetite for Change
“
Delicacies
in this book
bridge the everyday and the celebratory with a heaping helping of Minnesota nice and the full heart of a hopeful community.”
—MICHAEL W. TWITTY, JAMES BEARD AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE COOKING GENE
Soulful Recipes from a North Minneapolis Kitchen Appetite for Change, Inc.
Delicious recipes and community spirit make Appetite For Change a force for good in North Minneapolis
Feeding the soul is what Appetite For Change does, working to improve the foodscape in its Northside community through youth-led urban gardens and farmers markets, cooking workshops and a meal box delivery service, and the
Breaking Bread Cafe. Sharing enticing recipes and heartfelt stories of sustenance, Appetite for Change is filled with soul food classics that feature light twists and local touches and show how multiple cultures can commingle within one cookbook—and even one plate.
There are recipes here for everyone: side dishes like Caribbean Coleslaw, Okra Suc-
cotash, and Curried Potato Bites; salads, including Purple Rain Salad and Beet It Salad; small plates, from Jackfruit Nachos to Fried Green Tomatoes; and family-favorite soups and stews like Lentil Sweet Potato Stew and Jambalaya. Breakfast options include Jerk Shrimp and Cheese Grits, Banana Pecan Bread, and a Big, Beautiful Frittata—and desserts range from Flourless Chocolate Cake to Cranberry Cream Cheese Bars. Healthy, affordable, easy, and delicious, all of these recipes connect with stories of
how the people and purpose behind Appetite For Change bring nourishing hope and new life to an entire community.
“Heart, soul, and deliciousness are what Appetite For Change has always delivered to the North Minneapolis community. Spread the love and great food by gifting this book to everyone you care about!”
— Zoë François, author of Zoë Bakes
Cakes and TV host of Zoë Bakes
$16.00 $22.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0981-9 224 pages ● 66 color images ● 2024
MORE COOKBOOKS: PAGES 4–5, 18, 46–47
Everyone, everywhere, needs to spend time with this book and find their own way to sing along with it or sit quietly and listen deeply to its songs.”
—BAO PHI, author of A Different Pond and Thousand Star Hotel
Anishinaabe Songs for a New Millennium
Marcie R. Rendon
Poem-songs summon the voices of Anishinaabe ancestors and sing to future generations
The ancestors who walk with us sing us our song. When we get quiet enough, we can hear them sing and make them audible to people today. In Anishinaabe Songs for a New Millennium, Marcie R. Rendon, a member of the White Earth Nation, summons those ancestors’ songs, and so begins the dream singing for generations yet to come. “The Anishinaabe heard stories in their dream songs,” Ojibwe author Gerald Vizenor wrote, and like those stories once inscribed in pictographs on birchbark scrolls, Rendon’s poem-songs evoke the world still unfolding around us, reflecting our place in time for future generations.
timeless.”
Through dream-songs and poem-songs responding to works of theater, choral music, and opera, Rendon brings memory to life, the senses to attention—to see the moonbeams blossoming on the windowsill, to feel the hold of the earth, to lie on the bones of ancestors and feel the rhythms of silence running deep.
$12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1743-2 80 pages ● 3 b&w images ● 2024
Perennial Ceremony
Lessons and Gifts from a Dakota Garden
Teresa Peterson
Travel through a garden’s seasons toward healing, reclamation, and wholeness—for us, and for our beloved relative, the Earth
Equally inspiring for gardeners and cooks and readers who love a good story.”
DIANE WILSON, author of The Seed Keeper
A powerful, necessary gift for our times.”
—MONA SUSAN POWER, author of A Council of Dolls “ “
ALSO OF INTEREST: PAGES 40–41
In this rich collection of prose, poetry, and recipes, Teresa Peterson shares how she found refuge from the struggle to reconcile her Christianity and Dakota spirituality, discovering solace and ceremony in communing with the earth. Observing and embracing the cycles of her garden, she awakens to the constant affirmation that healing and wellness can be attained through a deep relationship with land, plants, and waters. Dakota people call this way of seeing and being in the world mitakuye owasin: all my relations. Perennial Ceremony brings us into this relationship, as Peterson guides us through the Dakota seasons to impart lessons from her life as a gardener, gatherer, and lover of the land.
In this intimate seasonal cycle, we learn how the garden becomes a healing balm. Peterson encourages us to bring perennial ceremony into our own lives, inviting us on a journey that brings us full circle to makoce kiŋ mitakuye: the land is my relative.
Violent, intriguing, mysterious, old St. Paul comes alive in Larry Millett’s stories as only a former street reporter could make happen.”
JOHN SANDFORD, author of the Prey series
Vastly entertaining!”
ERIN HART, author of Haunted Ground
Tales of Old St. Paul Three Cases Featuring Shadwell Rafferty
Larry Millett
Tales of murder and revenge: the early exploits of detective Shadwell Rafferty
Shadwell Rafferty’s last case may have led to his murder, but naturally—and fortunately—there’s more to the story. Mysterious Tales of Old St. Paul gathers three novellas from Larry Millett, casting back to Rafferty’s beginnings to recount a trio of intriguing cases that honed his skills before he joined forces with Sherlock Holmes.
In “Death in the News,” St. Paul citizens find that the sign on downtown’s tallest building that reads PIONEER PRESS has been altered—at considerable effort—to LIARS. In “The Birdman of Summit Avenue,” cats are turning up dead in the yards of St. Paul’s prominent citizens. In “The Gold King,” an enigmatic stranger arrives in town, calling himself the Gold King and announcing his plans to unearth hidden treasure.
Spellbinding as ever, these stories also afford the curious pleasure of watching Rafferty find his footing on his way to becoming the consummate detective whose exploits have delighted readers again and again.
“Intriguing characters . . . a terrific read.” W. A. Winter
$10.50 $14.95 paper
ISBN 978-1-5179-1312-0
384 pages • 2023
Holmes is drawn back to Eisendorf to match wits with a fiendish opponent.
$12.00 $16.95 paper
ISBN 978-1-5179-0760-0
240 pages • 1 map • 2019
St. Paul, 1917. An impossible crime set during a bitter streetcar strike.
$10.50 $14.95 paper
ISBN 978-1-5179-1062-4
368 pages • 3 b&w images • 2020
Holmes and Watson come to Minnesota on the trail of the Kensington Rune.
$10.50 $14.95 paper
ISBN 978-0-8166-7704-7
336 pages • 2012
London, New York, Chicago: Holmes and Watson chase a kidnapper through elusive traps.
$10.50 $14.95 paper
ISBN 978-0-8166-6993-6
352 pages • 2012
1896, St. Paul’s Winter
Carnival: James J. Hill
summons Holmes and Watson on a case.
$10.50 $14.95 paper
ISBN 978-0-8166-7482-4
336 pages • 2011
Minneapolis, 1903. An heiress on trial, a tangled truth. “Absorbing.” —Publishers Weekly
$10.50 $14.95 paper
ISBN 978-1-5179-1061-7
280 pages • 2020
A presidential visit, a dark mystery packed with historical and architectural detail.
$10.50 $14.95 paper
ISBN 978-0-8166-7705-4
336 pages • 2012
The first in Millett’s series is set around the devastating Hinckley forest fire of 1894. “A classic.” —Steve Thayer
$10.50 $14.95 paper
ISBN 978-0-8166-7483-1
336 pages • 2011
Smoke on the Waterfront
The Northern Waters Smokehaus Cookbook
Northern Waters Smokehaus
Two decades of food preservation and recipes, workable with simple equipment. “Whether you need recipes for entertaining, a quick pickle, or plans for curing meats, this book will have you coming back for more and more and more.”
— Nyanyika Banda, chef/owner of Martha’s Daughter
$24.50 $34.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-1015-0
208 pages • 101 color images • 2023
The Sioux Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen
Sean Sherman
With Beth Dooley
• A Time Magazine Most Influential Person of 2023
• Recipient of the 2023 Julia Child Award
• James Beard Award for Best American Cookbook
• Sherman’s restaurant Owamni received the James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant
“This book and what it offers is nothing short of thrilling.” —David Treuer
One-dish meals for any occasion from James Beard Cookbook Hall of Famer Beatrice Ojakangas, with her common sense and uncommon culinary flair.
“In her hands, the recipe not only gets a makeover, but the concept of a ‘casserole’ also gets a reboot.” —Star Tribune
$21.00 $29.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1343-4
624 pages ● 2022
Goodnight Loon
Abe Sauer
Illustrations by Nathaniel Davauer
Goodnight Loon moves the Goodnight Moon story that so many parents know by heart into Northwoods territory.
“A charming retelling of a children’s classic in a distinctly northwoods voice.”
—City Pages
$7.00 $9.95 board book ISBN 978-0-8166-9703-8
32 pages ● 14 b&w images ● 9 color images ● 2014
A reminder that love and music are divine uniting forces that continue to heal us.”
TERRY LEWIS
Got to Be Something Here
The Rise of the Minneapolis Sound
Andrea Swensson
Foreword by Jellybean Johnson
● Minnesota Book Award
$12.50 $17.95 paper
ISBN 978-1-5179-1199-7
256 pages ● 82 b&w images ● 2021
Deeper Blues
The Life, Songs, and Salvation of Cornbread Harris
Andrea Swensson
Afterword by Jimmy Jam
The emotional, epic story of James “Cornbread” Harris—a self-proclaimed “blessed dude” and one of Minneapolis’s most influential musicians
From the heart of the Minnesota blues comes the story of James “Cornbread” Harris Jr., the songwriter, pianist, and consummate bluesman whose seventy years making music helped to shape the Minneapolis Sound. Through conversations with Cornbread, Jimmy Jam, and many others, Andrea Swensson reveals a story of perseverance and unfailing grace, a firsthand account of making music in the face of racism and segregation, and a hard-won acceptance of the personal sacrifices that are often required when dedicating one’s life to making music.
The Minnesota Musicians behind Dylan’s Masterpiece
Paul Metsa and Rick Shefchik
“Give(s) unsung musicians their long-deserved due.” —Booklist
$17.50 $24.95 hardcover
ISBN 978-1-5179-1427-1
216 pages ● 14 b&w images ● 2023
Everybody’s Heard about the Bird
The True Story of 1960s
Rock ‘n’ Roll in Minnesota
Rick Shefchik
$21.00 $29.95 hardcover
ISBN 978-0-8166-9319-1
368 pages ● 130 b&w images ● 2015
The
Rise to the Challenge
A Memoir of Politics, Leadership, and Love
Marlene M. Johnson
The inspiring life story of Minnesota’s first woman lieutenant governor.
“Marlene is of a class of women who made important strides in DFL politics, and I’m grateful for her place in Minnesota’s history and for this book that tells that story.”
—Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan
$17.50 $24.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-1761-6
248 pages ● 15 b&w images ● 2024
Last Supper
Club
A Waiter’s Requiem
Matthew Batt
“Catnip for anyone who has ever worked in a restaurant.”
—The Washington Post “Splendidly written.”
—Booklist
$16.00 $22.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-1485-1
280 pages ● 1 b&w image ● 2023
The
Last Bookseller A Life in the Rare Book Trade
Gary Goodman
“A swashbuckling tale of thieves and forgers . . . (a) treasure trove of a memoir.”
—Star Tribune
$10.50 $14.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1661-9
200 pages ● 18 b&w images ● 2023
Days Like Smoke A
Minnesota Boyhood
Jon Hassler
Foreword by Will Weaver
Afterword by Peter A. Donahue
The memoir of a small-town childhood by one of Minnesota’s favorite writers.
$16.00 $22.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-73610-211-4
140 pages ● 8 b&w images ● 2021
Trauma Sponges
Dispatches from the Scarred Heart of Emergency Response
Jeremy Norton
“Powerful, by turns tender, brutal, and incisive, full of wisdom and wonder.” Sam Lipsyte, author of The Ask
$18.00 $25.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-1418-9
392 pages ● 2023
Flying Funny
My Life without a Net
Dudley Riggs
Foreword by Al Franken
Laughs and insights from the Brave New Workshop’s founder.
“Dudley Riggs made people think, but mostly he made them laugh their asses off.” —Louie Anderson
$16.00 $22.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-0167-7
200 pages • 23 b&w images • 2017
The
Senator Next Door
A Memoir from the Heartland
Amy Klobuchar
“Amy Klobuchar’s journey is one of incredible perseverance and success.” —Sheryl Sandberg, author of Lean In
$14.00 $19.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0227-8
384 pages ● 32 color images ● 2016
“
This book is a statement of truth to power, to the world beyond this one, and to the spirits waiting to enter.”
KAO KALIA YANG, author of Somewhere in the Unknown World
The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself Racial Myths and Our American Narratives
David Mura
“Fearless, illuminating, revolutionary.” —Marlon James
$17.50 $24.95 paper
ISBN 978-1-5179-1454-7
304 pages ● 2023
Traveling without Moving Essays from a Black Woman Trying to Survive in America
Taiyon J. Coleman
A stunning lyrical commentary on the constructions of race, gender, and class in the fraught nexus of a Black woman’s personal experience and cultural history
Taiyon J. Coleman shares intimate essays from her life. She writes about being the only Black student in a prestigious and predominantly White creative writing program, about institutional racism and implicit bias in writing instruction, about the violent legacies of racism in the U.S. housing market, about the maternal health disparities seen across the country. She explores what it means to write her story and that of her family—bringing forth the inherent contradictions between American ideals and Black reality.
$13.00 $18.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1329-8
176 pages ● 2024
We Are Meant to Rise Voices for Justice from Minneapolis to the World
Carolyn Holbrook and David Mura, editors
“Powerful and passionate.”
—Publishers Weekly
$13.00 $18.95 paper
ISBN 978-1-5179-1221-5
248 pages ● 2021
Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify Essays
Carolyn Holbrook
● Minnesota Book Award
● National Reading Group Selection
$13.00 $18.95 paper
ISBN 978-1-5179-0763-1
200 pages ● 2020
“
The first comprehensive biography of a creator whose reputation has only grown with time.”
The New York Times
Letters from Tove
Tove Jansson
Edited by Boel Westin and Helen Svensson; Translated by Sarah Death
● Bernard Shaw Prize for Translation
“Full of joy and thoughtfulness.”
—Seattle Times
$14.00 $19.95 paper
ISBN 978-1-5179-1010-5
496 pages ● 54 b&w images ● 2021
Tove Jansson
Life, Art, Words
Boel Westin
Translated by Silvester Mazzarella
A perceptive account of the unconventional life of the Moomins’ beloved creator, now available in the United States
In this acclaimed biography, Boel Westin relies on numerous conversations with Tove Jansson and unprecedented access to her journals, letters, and personal archives to present an engrossing and comprehensive review of the life and world of Scandinavia’s best-loved author. Jansson’s artistic and literary works reflected what was most important to her: the love of family and nature and the desire to pursue her art.
The fourth and final volume in the Nobel Prize–winning writer’s epic of one man’s fateful life in medieval Norway.
“Elegantly written and well translated.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Intends, for a time, to stop all the clocks around you.” —The Wall Street Journal
$12.50 $17.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1541-4
352 pages • 1 map • 2023
Olav Audunssøn III. Crossroads
Sigrid Undset | Translated by Tiina Nunnally
Crossroads finds Olav on a visionary journey that will send him far into the forest and deep into his soul. Questioning past decisions and future plans, he must grapple with his own perceptions of love and guilt, vengeance and forgiveness.
“Engrossing . . . fans of well-researched historical epics ought to check this out.”
—Publishers Weekly
$12.50 $17.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1334-2
256 pages • 1 map • 2022
Olav Audunssøn II. Providence
Sigrid Undset | Translated by Tiina Nunnally
As Norway moves into the fourteenth century, the kingdom continues to be racked by political turmoil and bloody family vendettas.
“Shrouded in sorrow and Scandinavian gloom and a central part of a masterwork of modernist literature.” —Kirkus reviews, starred review
$12.50 $17.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1160-7
288 pages • 1 map • 2021
Olav Audunssøn I. Vows
Sigrid Undset | Translated by Tiina Nunnally
The first volume in the Nobel Prize–winning author’s epic story of medieval Norway.
“Tiina Nunnally’s new translation captures the dark imperatives of a land where clan loyalties and ancient codes of honor have become ensnarled in the struggle between rising powers: the church and the royal court.” —The New York Times Book Review
$12.50 $17.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1048-8
376 pages • 1 map • 2020
Prairie Edge
Conor Kerr
Set loose a herd of bison in downtown Edmonton: what could go wrong?
“A powerful novel about lives in flux amid the looming threat of cultural extinction.” —Foreword Reviews
“Filled with complexity and beauty.” —Chicago Review of Books
$18.00 $25.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-1723-4
272 pages ● 2024
A Song over Miskwaa Rapids A Novel
Linda LeGarde Grover
“Explores the complex evolving relationship between a place and the people who inhabit it.”
—Electric Literature
$15.50 $21.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-1462-2
160 pages ● 2023
The Ski Jumpers A Novel
Peter Geye
“Brilliantly captures connection to a landscape and to the moments when—despite incalculable loss—we bring the best of ourselves.” Peter Heller
$12.50 $17.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1350-2 408 pages ● 2023
Swede Hollow A Novel
Ola Larsmo
Translated by Tiina Nunnally
“Extensively researched and beautifully translated . . . an intimate look at the complexities of immigration.” —Booklist
$12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0452-4
328 pages ● 2020
The Road Back to Sweetgrass A Novel
Linda LeGarde Grover
● Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers award for Fiction
“Generous, ironic, often gutwrenching.” —Danielle Sosin
$10.50 $14.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-9916-2 208 pages ● 2016
Chronicles of a Radical Hag (with Recipes) A Novel
Lorna Landvik
“A real tribute to all of the small-town, warmhearted, bigmouthed ‘radical hags’ . . . a truly fun read.” —Washington Post
$11.00 $15.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0600-9 312 pages ● 2020
The Bohemian Flats A Novel
Mary Relindes Ellis
“Fascinating for what it tells us about the past and how world events, family secrets, and entrenched prejudice can follow us from country to country—and era to era.” —Minnesota Magazine
$12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-9220-0 336 pages • 2014
Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again
Shigeru
Kayama
Translated by Jeffrey Angles
The first English translations of the original novellas about the iconic kaijū Godzilla. “Godzilla is that which we can’t resolve, divine and ridiculous.” —Public Books
“A truly fascinating and historic release.” —FilmJuice
$14.00 $19.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1523-0
248 pages ● 2023
Troll Magic
Hidden Folk from the Mountains and Forests of Norway
Theodor Kittelsen
Translated by Tiina Nunnally
“A Nordic world of wonder, myth, and magic.”
—Pioneer Press
$15.50 $21.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-1139-3
104 pages • 24 b&w images • 2022
The Fall of the King
Johannes V. Jensen
Translated by Alan G. Bower
The masterpiece of one of Scandinavia’s preeminent literary figures and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
$12.50 $17.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-7754-2
284 pages ● 2011
Hakon of Rogen’s Saga
Erik Christian Haugaard
Illustrations by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon
A widely acclaimed work of historical fiction.
“Exciting and beautiful prose with the flavor of the old sagas.”
—Library Journal
$8.50 $11.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-8127-3
144 pages ● 15 b&w images ● 2013
By the Fire
Sami Folktales and Legends
Emilie Demant Hatt
Translated by Barbara Sjoholm
A unique glimpse into Sami culture and a testament to the enduring art of storytelling.
$12.50 $17.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0458-6
184 pages • 38 b&w images • 2022
Styrbiorn the Strong
E. R. Eddison
Afterword by Paul Edmund Thomas
“The greatest and most convincing writer of invented worlds that I have read.”
—J. R. R. Tolkien
$12.50 $17.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-7755-9
280 pages ● 2011
A Slave’s Tale
Erik Christian Haugaard
Illustrations by Leo Dillon and Diane Dillon
The dynamic sequel to Hakon of Rogen’s Saga
“An outstanding tale for older readers, with strength and poetry in its telling.”
—Chicago Tribune
$8.50 $11.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-8128-0
224 pages ● 13 b&w images ● 2013
We Miss You, George Floyd
Shannon Gibney
Illustrations by Leeya Rose Jackson
A young Black girl in Minneapolis grapples with the death of George Floyd
In this candid and powerful book, a young girl hears about an unfolding tragedy in her neighborhood. It’s on the news, on the radio, and talked about in her community, and she learns of the murder
of George Floyd—and about who he was. As she tries to reckon with the senseless violence of his killing, she finds solace at George Floyd Square. The space is filled with the art of protest and resistance, and she is moved to create her own signs and drawings, lifting her voice to harmonize with the outpouring: “We miss you, George Floyd.”
MORE CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: PAGES 28–29, 42, 51
For children working through George Floyd’s murder and the police violence plaguing our country, and for the grownups trying to help them, this book is an invitation to open up difficult conversations. With striking illustrations reflecting Floyd’s world and a child’s perspective,
Shannon Gibney’s clear-eyed account offers healing and inspiration for the strength and solidarity we need to build a more peaceful and just future.
“A heartening call for young readers to speak up and stay involved in the ongoing fight for justice and a moving cry for society to actively do and be better for the sake of our kids.” —Tameka Fryer Brown, award-winning author of That Flag and Not Done Yet
$12.50 $17.95 hardcover
ISBN 978-1-5179-1444-8
32 pages ● full color images ● 2024
Shannon Gibney Leeya Rose Jackson
Sam and the Incredible African and American Food Fight
Shannon Gibney
Illustrations by Charly Palmer
“A delightful read kids should enjoy savoring solo or with adults they adore.” —Shelf Awareness
$12.50 $17.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-0965-9
48 pages ● 45 color images ● 2023
Grandmother’s Pigeon
Louise Erdrich
Illustrations by Jim LaMarche
“Magical from beginning to end.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
$12.50 $17.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-1147-8
32 pages ● 18 color images ● 2021
The Big Island A Story of Isle Royale
Julian May
Illustrations by John Schoenherr
A story of the island’s beginning, the animals that came to populate it, and their effects on the pristine landscape.
$12.50 $17.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-1069-3
32 pages ● 15 color images ● 2021
Wake Up, Island
Mary Casanova
Woodcuts by Nick Wroblewski
In a picture book for all ages, lyrical language and elegant woodcuts celebrate the waking natural world on a North Woods island.
$10.50 $14.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-8935-4
40 pages ● 26 color images ● 2016
Johnny’s Pheasant
Cheryl Minnema
Pictures by Julie Flett
● Charlotte Zolotow Award from the Cooperative Children’s Book Center
“A delightful celebration of intergenerational love.” —Publishers Weekly
$12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0501-9
32 pages ● 15 color images ● 2019
The Range Eternal
Louise Erdrich
Illustrations by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher
The story of a girlhood lived in the glow of a woodstove.
“A good book for grandparents who remember and kids who love to listen to their stories.”
—Ely Winter Times
$12.50 $17.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-1098-3
32 pages ● 14 color images ● 2020
Great Wolf and the Good Woodsman
Helen Hoover
Woodcuts by Betsy Bowen
“So eye-catching that it will prove to be treasured picturebook reading all year round..” —Children’s Midwest Book Review/Bookwatch
$10.50 $14.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-4445-2
48 pages ● 30 b&w images ● 2005
Hush
Hush, Forest
Mary Casanova
Woodcuts by Nick Wroblewski
● Midwest Booksellers Choice Award
● Northeastern Minnesota Book Award
“A soothing and superb story.” —Kirkus Reviews
$12.00 $16.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-9425-9
40 pages ● 29 color images ● 2018
One Winter Up North
John Owens
“This wordless picture book introduces new delights on every page.”
—Foreword
“Makes me smile all the way through.”
—Betsy Bowen
$12.50 $17.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-1292-5
36 pages ● 18 color images ● 2022
Begin with a Bee
Liza Ketchum, Jacqueline Briggs Martin, and Phyllis Root
Illustrations by Claudia McGehee
● Green Earth Book Award Picture Book Honor
● John Burroughs Association’s Riverby Award
“A great source of education for all ages.”
—Northern Wilds
$12.50 $17.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-0804-1
48 pages ● 30 color images ● 2021
Plant a Pocket of Prairie
Phyllis Root
Illustrations by Betsy Bowen
● John Burroughs Association’s Riverby Award
“Lets kids know that even small plots of native plants can replicate prairie conditions.”
—Publishers Weekly
$12.50 $17.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-7980-5
40 pages ● 30 color images ● 2014
Don’t Count Your Chicks
Ingri d’Aulaire and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
“A folk tale brought to new life with excellent pictures, rich in humorous detail.”
—The Nation
$12.50 $17.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-1446-2
40 pages ● 17 b&w images ● 20 color images ● 2023
One Summer Up North
John Owens
● Cooperative Children’s Book Center’s Best of the Year list
“Owens uses no words in these pages, and readers won’t miss them.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
$12.50 $17.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-0950-5
32 pages ● 16 color images ● 2020
$7.00
Big Belching Bog
Phyllis Root
Illustrations by Betsy Bowen
“A fascinating foray into a seldom explored environment.” —Minneapolis Observer Quarterly
$9.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-6682-9
40 pages ● 30 color images ● 2023
One North Star A Counting Book
Phyllis Root
Illustrations by Beckie Prange and Betsy Bowen
● John Burroughs Association’s Riverby Award
● Northeastern Minnesota Book Award
● Midwest Booksellers Choice Award
$12.00 $16.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-5063-7
36 pages ● 32 color images ● 2016
The ABC Bunny
Wanda
Gág
Hand Letters by Howard Gág
● Newbery Honor Book
An accident with an Apple drives Bunny from Bunnyland to Elsewhere. Every letter in the alphabet is represented in Bunny’s journey.
● Northeastern Minnesota Book Award Honorable Mention
“A truly lovely book that offers something for young and old alike.” —Duluth News-Tribune
$14.00 $19.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-7758-0
80 pages ● 38 b&w and 13 color images ● 2011
A Private Wilderness
The Journals of Sigurd F. Olson
Sigurd F. Olson | Edited by David Backes
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.
“There is an innocent romance in Olson’s essays, a sincere touch of the spiritual.”
—The Wall Street Journal
$16.00 $22.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1096-9 376 pages • 74 b&w images • 1 map • 2024
The Meaning of Wilderness
Essential
Articles and Speeches
Sigurd F. Olson
Edited and with an Introduction by David Backes
An indispensable collection of Olson’s rarest writings—at last in paperback.
$12.50 $17.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-3709-6
224 pages ● 2015 ● Fesler-Lampert Series
A Wild Path
Douglas Wood
“Filled with depth, heart, and wisdom, A Wild Path provides valuable lessons connected to the great outdoors.”
—Northern Wilds
$17.50 $24.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-0594-1
256 pages ● 24 b&w images ● 2023
Impermanence Life and Loss on Superior’s
South Shore
Sue Leaf
“An ode to the people and places of the South Shore, a lament for what is likely to come and, most importantly, a call to pay attention.” —Lake Superior Magazine
$14.00 $19.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1525-4
288 pages ● 5 b&w images ● 1 map ● 2024
Of Time and Place
Sigurd F. Olson
Illustrations by Les C. Kouba Olson’s last book, completed just before his death.
“Olson reflects on a life spent intimately with nature . . . ‘a lifetime of searching for meaning.’ ”
—Wall Street Journal
$11.00 $15.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-2995-4
188 pages ● 11 b&w images ● 1998 ● Fesler-Lampert
Fawn Island
Douglas Wood
Illustrations by Douglas Wood
Join the beloved author of Old Turtle as he embarks on journeys large and small.
“About paying attention, about being in the world.”
—Bloomsbury Review
$10.50 $14.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-3176-6
192 pages ● 35 b&w images ● 2018
A Love Affair with Birds
The Life of Thomas Sadler
Roberts
Sue Leaf
“Minnesota’s importance to birds and birders cannot be overstated.“ —BirdWatching
$12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-7565-4
296 pages ● 30 b&w images ● 2021
Hudson Bay Bound
Two Women, One Dog, Two Thousand Miles to the Arctic
Natalie Warren
Foreword by Ann Bancroft
“Spreads the gospel of outdoor adventure for teenage girls who feel like they don’t fit in.” —Outside
$12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1374-8
248 pages ● 22 b&w images ● 1 map ● 2022
Lake Superior
Grace Lee Nute
The captivating history of the world’s largest freshwater lake.
“Nute weaves the fact and fable of this body of water into a readable and intelligent book.” —The New Yorker
“Most of us rely on air conditioning for comfort, automobiles for travel, and television for entertainment. Bob Cary is more at home with sleeping bag, canoe, and fishing rod. I greatly enjoyed this book.” —Charles Kuralt
$11.00 $15.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4394-3
208 pages ● 2003
Born to Pull
The Glory of Sled Dogs
Bob Cary
Illustrations by Gail de Marcken
“A children’s book for adults, or an adult book that kids won’t be able to leave alone. So incredibly gorgeous.”
—MinnPost
$9.00 $12.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-6773-4
96 pages • 109 color images • 2009
Subterranean Twin Cities
Greg Brick
• St. Paul Heritage Commission’s Heritage Preservation Award
“Loaded with wit, local history, and adventure.”
—City Pages
$13.00 $18.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4597-8
248 pages ● 33 b&w images ● 2009
Midwest Marvels
Roadside Attractions across Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Wisconsin
Eric Dregni
“This guide to drive-to novelties may help take the sting out of high fuel prices.” —Bloomsbury Review
$12.50 $17.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4290-8
364 pages ● 2006
Minnesota’s Geology
Richard W. Ojakangas and Charles L. Matsch
A history of the past 3.5 billion years in the area’s development.
“Unusually well-written and well-balanced.”
—Science Books and Films
$21.00 $29.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-0953-6
268 pages ● 408 b&w images ● 1982
Canoe Country
Florence Page Jaques
Illustrations by Francis Lee Jaques
The classic and gorgeous account of two legendary naturalists’ weeks of solitude canoeing through the Boundary Waters.
$10.50 $14.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1272-7
88 pages ● 2021 ● Fesler-Lampert Heritage Series
The Street Where You Live
A Guide to the Place Names of St. Paul
Donald L. Empson
• American Association for State and Local History Award of Merit
St. Paul’s secrets revealed from pavement to park.
$14.00 $19.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4729-3
336 pages ● 126 b&w images ● 6 maps ● 2006
Minnesota Marvels Roadside Attractions in the Land of Lakes
Eric Dregni
“The book is perfect for adventurous road-trippers or Americana devotees.” —Utne
$12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-3632-7
364 pages ● 126 b&w images ● 2001
Archaeology of Minnesota
The Prehistory of the Upper Mississippi River Region Guy Gibbon
A precontact history of Minnesota that reveals the relevance of archaeology to our understanding of the world today.
$24.50 $34.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-7909-6
280 pages ● 57 b&w images ● 26 maps ● 2012
Snowshoe Country
Florence Page Jaques
Illustrations by Francis Lee Jaques
A New York sophisticate, Florence Page Jaques fell in love with northern Minnesota. She writes of the excitement of traveling by foot, canoe, snowshoe, and dogsled.
$10.50 $14.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1273-4
120 pages ● 2021 ● Fesler-Lampert Heritage Series
The pro-aging mindset that Andrea Gilats models and offers in Radical Endurance will add life to your years.”
RICHARD
LEIDER, author of The Power of Purpose
After Effects A Memoir of Complicated Grief
Andrea Gilats
“Illuminating, thoughtful and beautifully written.” —Pioneer Press
$14.00 $19.95 paper
ISBN 978-1-5179-1218-5
224 pages ● 1 b&w image ● 2022
Radical Endurance
Growing Old in an Age of Longevity
Andrea Gilats
A personal guide to the transformations, hard truths, profound pleasures, and infinite possibilities of aging
Radical Endurance is a candid, clear-eyed journey of discovery through the pitfalls and possibilities of aging. Andrea Gilats explores her fears of failing health and loss of independence while navigating the terrain of an ageist culture. She also encounters the singular pleasures of finding fresh and unexpected ways of understanding herself and making meaning during this new era of her life.
Alive to the sadness and joy of time passing, Radical Endurance is a guide and a companion through the experience of growing old as well as an unconventional coming-of-age story, celebrating a new stage of life when we need it most.
Writers Respond to the Science of Animal Conservation
Christopher Kondrich, Lucy Spelman, and Susan Tacent, editors
A collection of new literary works by prominent writers (including Charles Baxter, Beth Piatote, Maggie Smith, and more) paired with excerpts from scientific articles, this innovative anthology engages the collaborative spirit and energy that is necessary to address the impact of humans on all other creatures on our planet.
$14.00 $19.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1831-6
272 pages ● 6 b&w images ● 2025 ● List of contributors: z.umn.edu/9p94
Remember, You Are Indigenous
Memories of a Native Childhood
Evelyn Bellanger
With unflinching honesty, Evelyn Bellanger tells a vivid account of her childhood in Pine Point, Minnesota, and relates her experiences to the networked histories of marginalization and oppression faced by Indigenous people in the United States.
$11.00 $15.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1666-4
88 pages ● 1 b&w image ● 2025
Accidental Shepherd
How a California Girl Rescued an Ancient Mountain Farm in Norway
Liese Greensfelder
A summer job turns serious when a young woman takes charge on a remote farm.
“Accidental Shepherd keeps an open, smart, frank tone, and Liese Greensfelder’s good humor shines as she works through problems.” —Gary Snyder
$19.50 $27.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-1766-1
280 pages • 28 color images • 1 map • 2025
Gentlemen of the Woods
Manhood, Myth, and the American Lumberjack
Willa Hammitt Brown
“You’ll never think about lumberjacks the same way. From their complicated and hidden narratives to their significant historical impact and larger-than-life lore, the restless ghosts of the North Woods are finally getting their due.” —Susan Marks
By the Ore Docks A Working People’s History of Duluth
Richard Hudelson and Carl Ross
A compelling history of the people who built Duluth and their fight for fair labor.
$13.00 $18.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4637-1
360 pages ● 85 b&w images ● 2006
The Tootin’ Louie A History of the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
Don L. Hofsommer
“The most comprehensive, informative, and entertaining railroad history a reader could want.” —Western Historical Quarterly
$28.00 $39.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4366-0
392 pages ● 97 b&w images ● 10 maps ● 2005
Minneapolis
and
the Age of Railways
Don L. Hofsommer
“A real treat for the history and rail buff.” —The Great Northern Goat
$21.00 $29.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4502-2
352 pages ● 224 b&w images ● 17 maps ● 2012
Harriman vs. Hill Wall Street’s Great Railroad War
Larry Haeg
Inside the battle for control of the Northern Pacific Railway.
“A vivid picture of the Gilded Age in splendor and in turmoil.”
—The Wall Street Journal
$21.00 $29.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-8364-2
392 pages ● 20 b&w images ● 2 maps ● 2013
Too Much Sea for Their Decks
Shipwrecks
of
Minnesota’s North Shore and Isle Royale
Michael Schumacher
Chronicles shipwrecked schooners, wooden freighters, early steel-hulled steamers, passenger vessels, whalebacks, and bulk carriers—all lost in Lake Superior.
“Evocatively written and deeply knowledgeable . . . a must-read for Midwestern history buffs.” —Publishers Weekly
$17.50 $24.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-1284-0
256 pages • 80 b&w images • 2023
The Trial of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Eyewitness Accounts from the U.S. Coast Guard Hearings
Michael Schumacher, editor
A documentary drawn from testimony at the Coast Guard’s official inquiry looks anew at one of the most storied, and mysterious, shipwrecks in American history.
“If you think you have read everything there is that’s worth reading on the Fitzgerald, think again.” —Detroit Marine Historian
● Outstanding Achievement Award from the Wisconsin Library Association
“The allure of this doomed ship and its missing men remains as strong as ever.” —Wall Street Journal
$12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-8081-8 256 pages ● 2012 ● Fesler-Lampert Heritage Series
Torn in Two
The Sinking of the Daniel J. Morrell and One Man’s Survival on the Open Sea
Michael Schumacher
A gripping tale of one of the worst shipwrecks in Great Lakes history.
$12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0448-7
200 pages ● 53 b&w images ● 1 map ● 2018
November’s Fury
The Deadly Great Lakes Hurricane of 1913
Michael Schumacher
“A masterful storyteller, Schumacher brings the human actors alive in the context of nature and society.” —Shepherd Express
$12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-8720-6
216 pages • 77 b&w images • 1 map • 2014
NEW
Louis Sullivan
An American Architect
Patrick F. Cannon
Photographs by James Caulfield
A gorgeous full-color photographic review of every remaining structure designed by Louis Sullivan (1856–1924), long considered the father of the skyscraper.
An illustrated tour through the most-visited public residence in Minnesota.
$21.00 $29.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-1376-2
304 pages ● 73 b&w images ● 2023
Boathouses of Lake Minnetonka
Karen Melvin and Melinda Nelson
Foreword by Chris Lee
An insider’s view into enchanting boathouses of Lake Minnetonka.
$35.00 $49.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-9892627-5-0
256 pages • 400 color images • 2022
Distributed for Big Picture Press
Once There Were Castles
Lost Mansions and Estates of the Twin Cities
Larry Millett
“Inspiring, tragic, humorous, and scandalous, the assembled building biographies reflect the extremes of their times.”
—Architecture Minnesota
$28.00 $39.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-7430-5
376 pages • 268 b&w images • 2011
The Opposite of Cold
The Northwoods Finnish Sauna Tradition
Michael Nordskog
Photography by Aaron W. Hautala
Foreword by David Salmela; Introduction by Arnold R. Alanen
• Minnesota Book Award for General Nonfiction
$24.50 $34.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-5682-0
208 pages ● 167 color images ● 2010
Great Houses of Summit Avenue and the Hill District
Karen Melvin, Paul Clifford Larson, Bette Hammel, Melinda Nelson, and Dave Kenney
Foreword by Garrison Keillor
$38.50 $54.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-9892627-0-5
280 pages • 400 color images • 2022
Distributed for Big Picture Press
St. Paul’s Historic Summit Avenue
Ernest R. Sandeen
Foreword by Larry Millett
A lively history of the bestpreserved Victorian boulevard in America, from its pre–Civil War origins to its fashionable height at the turn of the century.
An exhibition companion and collaboration between the Katherine E. Nash Gallery and the grassroots organization Memorialize the Movement, Art and Artifact features 100 color images of murals that were created in the Twin Cities in 2020 following the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police.
$21.00 $29.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1898-9
128 pages • 100 color images • 2024 • Distributed for the Katherine E. Nash Gallery
A Nation Takes Place
Navigating Race and Water in Contemporary Art
Tia-Simone Gardner and Shana M. griffin, editors
A companion to the exhibition A Nation Takes Place at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum, this catalog situates archival images, artworks, and texts within the visual convention of maritime art, offering artistic perspectives on the connections between water and nation, sovereignty and ecology.
$28.00 $39.95 lithocase ISBN 978-1-5179-1892-7
128 pages • 33 b&w and 25 color images • 2024 • Distributed for the Minnesota Marine Art Museum
Dreaming Our Futures
Ojibwe and
Očhéthi Šakówiŋ Artists
Brenda J. Child and Howard Oransky, editors
and Knowledge Keepers
Featuring twenty-eight Native painters, primarily Dakota and Ojibwe, Dreaming Our Futures presents full-color reproductions of art, along with bilingual artist statements, biographies, and essays on the representation of Indigenous people in historical context; storytelling and the creative process; and scholarship.
$24.50 $34.95 lithocase ISBN 978-1-5179-1497-4
192 pages ● 2 b&w images ● 126 color images ● 2024 ● Distributed for the Katherine E. Nash Gallery
Grace & Grit
A History of Ballet in Minnesota
Georgia Finnegan | Foreword by Rochelle Zide-Booth
“An easy read of the history of ballet in Minnesota and one that any aficionado of dance would enjoy, especially any student of this art form.” —Anna-Marie Holmes, international ballerina, stager, and teacher
$24.50 $34.95 paper ISBN 978-1-73610-213-8
152 pages ● 40 b&w images ● 25 color images ● 2024 ● Distributed for Afton Historical Society Press
The Sky Watched Poems of Ojibwe Lives
Linda LeGarde Grover
● Heartland Booksellers Award for Poetry
A collective memoir in poetry of an Ojibwe family and tribal community.
“A heartbreaking symphony of many voices, all coming together with their own sorrowing but merciful hands.” —Erika Wurth, author of Crazy Horse’s Girlfriend
$11.00 $15.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1451-6 128 pages ● 2022
Gichigami Hearts
Stories and Histories from Misaabekong
Linda LeGarde Grover
● Finalist for the Heartland Booksellers Award in Nonfiction
Lives unfold, some in myth, some in the author’s family history, all with a deep and tenacious bond to the land, one another, and the Ojibwe culture.
“Gichigami Hearts is for fans of history and story alike.” —Book Riot
$10.50 $14.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1193-5
160 pages ● 8 b&w images ● 2021
Onigamiising
Seasons of an Ojibwe Year
Linda LeGarde Grover
● Minnesota Book Award ● Northeastern Minnesota Book Award
● Native American Literature Symposium Electa Quinney Award
Essays evoke the four seasons of the year, and of life, for the Ojibwe in northeastern Minnesota.
$10.50 $14.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0344-2 216 pages ● 2017
Voices of Rondo
Oral Histories of Saint Paul’s Historic Black Community
As Told to Kate Cavett
Foreword by David Vassar Taylor
Reflections on the historic Rondo neighborhood from thirty-three former residents.
Early Accounts of the Anishinaabeg and the North Shore Fur Trade
Timothy Cochrane
● Northeastern Minnesota Book Award for Nonfiction
“Fascinating personal, local, cultural, and economic details provide insight into how both cultures were buffeted by and in the grip of political and economic forces not much different from those familiar to us today..” —Chel Anderson
Now in an expanded, updated edition, this authoritative chronicle of five centuries of Scandinavian history incorporates the geopolitical developments and momentous events that have marked the Nordic world in recent decades.
$21.00 $30.00 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0931-4
$84.00 $120.00 library cloth ISBN 978-1-5179-0930-7
448 pages ● 21 b&w images ● 9 maps ● 2023
The Palace of the Snow Queen Winter Travels in Lapland and Sápmi
Barbara Sjoholm
“Tak(es) readers into a magical winter wonderland.”
—The Norwegian American
$13.00 $18.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1514-8
352 pages ● 1 map ● 2023
Tales
from
a Finnish Tupa
James Cloyd Bowman and Margery Bianco
Illustrations by Laura Bannon
Translated by Aili Kolehmainen
An irresistibly charming and wonderfully illustrated collection of folktales.
$11.00 $15.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-6768-0
288 pages ● 66 b&w images ● 8 color images ● 2009
Leif the Lucky
Ingri d’Aulaire and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
A delightful tale of the young Viking explorer Leif Erikson.
“Mr. and Mrs. d’Aulaire are at their enchanting best.”
—New York Times
$12.50 $17.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-9545-4
60 pages ● 26 b&w images ● 26 color images ● 2014
From Lapland to Sápmi
Collecting and Returning Sámi Craft and Culture
Barbara Sjoholm
A cultural history of Sápmi and the Nordic countries told through objects and artifacts.
“An outstanding overview of canoes with a lot of information that isn’t covered anywhere else.” —Benson Gray, Wooden Canoe Heritage Association historian
$28.00 $39.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-8117-4 408 pages ● 95 b&w images ● 228 color images ● 2016
Fishing Minnesota
Angling with the Experts in the Land of 10,000 Lakes
Greg Breining
An insider’s look at the skills and thrills of fishing.
$11.00 $15.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4176-5
160 pages ● 17 b&w images ● 2003
By the Waters of
Minnetonka
Eric Dregni
Explore the unruly history of Lake Minnetonka—Minnesota’s most famous lake.
The story of Nordic skiing in the Midwest—its origins and history, star athletes and races, and its place in the region’s social fabric and the nation’s winter recreation.
“Generously illustrated, this is an engaging look at the earliest ski teams and touring clubs.” —The Timberjay
$24.50 $34.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-0934-5
400 pages ● 306 b&w images ● 2021
Brave Enough
Jessie Diggins
With Todd Smith
“An inspiring story, worthy of gold.” —Jackie Joyner-Kersee
“An uplifting sports memoir told with compassion and vulnerability.” —Booklist
$12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0820-1
296 pages ● 26 color images ● 2021
Town Ball
The Glory Days of Minnesota Amateur Baseball
Armand Peterson and Tom Tomashek
The golden era of Minnesota’s town team baseball from 1945 to 1960.
$21.00 $29.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4676-0
424 pages ● 210 b&w images ● 2 tables ● 2023
The Vikings Reader
Armand Peterson, editor
Relive fifty years of glory and defeat as a Vikings fan.
“The best collection of purple prose I’ve ever read.”
—Steve Rushin
$18.00 $25.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-5337-9
384 pages ● 56 b&w images ● 2009
Break Point
Two Minnesota Athletes and the Road to Title IX
Sheri Brenden
Two girls jump-started a revolution in high school athletics. “Nuanced, infuriating, and inspirational.” —Pioneer Press
$14.00 $19.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1458-5
200 pages ● 15 b&w images ● 2022
Tony Oliva
The Life and Times of a Minnesota Twins Legend Thom Henninger
Foreword by Patrick Reusse
“This is a story that was worth telling.” —Sport Literature Association
$14.00 $19.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0970-3
288 pages • 46 b&w images • 13 tables • 2019
Gophers Illustrated
The Incredible Complete History of Minnesota Football
Alfred C. Papas Jr.
A unique graphic history of Gopher football.
$17.50 $24.95 lithocase ISBN 978-0-8166-6756-7
224 pages ● 200 b&w images ● 2009
Breakfast with Beatrice
250 Recipes from Sweet Cream Waffles to Swedish Farmer’s Omelets
Beatrice Ojakangas
“The definitive greatest-hits compilation from an American culinary hall of famer.” —The Washington Post
$14.00 $19.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0495-1
240 pages ● 2018
The
Great Scandinavian
Baking Book
Beatrice Ojakangas
• James Beard Foundation Kitchenaid Cookbook Hall of Fame Award
Recipes for authentic morsels from the north country.
$13.00 $18.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-3496-5
332 pages ● 46 b&w images ● 1999
Quick Breads
Beatrice Ojakangas
Scrumptious breads perfect for today’s busy cook. Beatrice Ojakangas presents more than sixty tasty and inventive recipes, including Cheddar Apple Bread and Sour Cream Cinnamon Coffee Cake.
$10.50 $14.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4228-1 128 pages ● 24 b&w images ● 2003
Pot Pies
Beatrice Ojakangas
Forty recipes for the ultimate comfort food, from Finnish Country Vegetable Pie to Herbed Leek and Chèvre Tart, Seafood Gumbo Pie, Venison Pot Pie, and Pizza Pot Pie.
$10.50 $14.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4227-4
112 pages ● 2003
Homemade Finnish Rye, Feed Sack Fashion, and Other Simple Ingredients from My Life in Food
Beatrice Ojakangas
• Northeastern Minnesota Book Award for Memoir
$12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0447-0
216 pages ● 40 b&w images ● 2018
Scandinavian Cooking
Beatrice Ojakangas
True Scandinavian home cooking that features the best of what’s in season: smørrebrød, smörgåsbord, breads, seafood, and more.
$13.00 $18.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-3867-3
320 pages • 2003
Great Whole Grain Breads
Beatrice Ojakangas
Illustrations by Susan Gaber
“Possibly the best such bread book on the market. Every recipe a winner.” —Jane Brody
$13.00 $18.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4150-5
368 pages • 87 b&w images • 2002
Great Old-Fashioned American Recipes
Beatrice Ojakangas
American classics filled with country goodness—Swedish Meatballs to ChocolateApplesauce Cake.
“Delightful.” —Publishers Weekly
$13.00 $18.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4810-8
216 pages • 34 b&w images • 2005
The Steger Homestead Kitchen
Simple Recipes for an Abundant Life
Will Steger and Rita Mae Steger | With Beth Dooley
An inspiring collection of meals and memories at the home of explorer Will Steger.
“Whether curious about cooking chicken or corn over an open fire, searching for new bread recipes, or in need of ideas to feed a crowd, there is something for everyone across a variety of tastes and dietary requirements.” —Shelf Awareness
$19.50 $27.95 lithocase ISBN 978-1-5179-0974-1
192 pages ● 48 color images ● 2022
The Soup and Bread Cookbook
Beatrice Ojakangas
More than one hundred delectable and satisfying soup and bread pairings.
“Perfect for traditional holiday recipes or impromptu get-togethers, every ingredient contains only in-season vegetables or fruits. Ojakangas’s creative and flavorful recipes are a soulful reminder of the ‘pleasure of soup and bread.’”
—Publishers Weekly
$14.00 $19.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1041-9
280 pages • 2020
The Perennial Kitchen
Simple Recipes for a Healthy Future
Beth Dooley | Photography by Mette Nielsen
Recipes and resources connect thoughtfully grown, gathered, and prepared ingredients to a healthy future—for food, farming, and humankind.
“A cookbook that manages to be both universal and forward-looking.” —Civil Eats
$19.50 $27.95 lithocase ISBN 978-1-5179-0949-9
264 pages ● 48 color images ● 2021
Cooking from the Heart
The Hmong Kitchen in America
Sami Scripter and Sheng Yang
“The authors have opened the kitchen window into Hmong life with a fascinating book containing fresh, inspiring recipes.” —Star Tribune
“A magnificent resource.” —Bryan Wood, Executive Director, Audubon Center of the North Woods
$28.00 $39.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0275-9
696 pages • 1,100 color images • 248 maps • 2018
Growing Shrubs
and Small Trees in Cold Climates
Revised and Updated Edition
Debbie Lonnee, Nancy Rose, Don Selinger, and John Whitman
Foreword by Edward R. Hasselkus
$28.00 $39.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-7594-4
448 pages ● 256 color images ● 1 map ● 2011
The Lichen Museum
A. Laurie Palmer
“Invites readers to slow down long enough to contemplate their environment and the many living things in it that they ignore every day, at their mutual peril.” —California Review of Books
$17.50 $24.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0867-6
184 pages ● 21 b&w and 19 color images ● 2023
Take My Word for It
A Dictionary of English Idioms
Anatoly
Liberman
Three centuries of English idioms—their unusual origins and unexpected interpretations.
“Take My Word for It, while impressively scholarly, is also a highly entertaining read.” —Star Tribune
$16.00 $22.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1412-7 336 pages ● 2023
The
King of Skid Row
John Bacich and the Twilight Years of Old Minneapolis
James Eli Shiffer
The story of a much different Minneapolis—now in paperback.
$12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1659-6
192 pages ● 57 b&w images ● 2 maps ● 2023
F. Scott Fitzgerald A
Composite Biography
Niklas Salmose and David Rennie, editors
“Ample proof that there is still much to be said about this important American author.”
—Ramsey County Historical Society
$21.00 $29.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-1585-8
432 pages ● 78 b&w images ● 2024
Greed, Rage, and Love Gone Wrong Murder in Minnesota
Bruce Rubenstein
Unearths evidence from ten Minnesota murders. “Un-put-downable.”
—Minnesota Law and Politics
$11.00 $15.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-4338-7
224 pages ● 25 b&w images ● 2006
The Infamous Harry Hayward A True Account of Murder and Mesmerism in Gilded Age Minneapolis
Shawn Francis Peters
“A thrilling page-turner that’s almost too shocking to believe—but you can believe it.” —City Pages
$13.00 $18.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0375-6
304 pages ● 50 b&w images ● 1 map ● 2018
Days on the Family Farm From the Golden Age through the Great Depression
Carrie A. Meyer
A story both intimate and epic that paints a vivid picture of Midwestern farm life.
$12.50 $17.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-5033-0
264 pages ● 38 b&w images ● 3 maps ● 2007
Lost Minnesota Stories of Vanished Places
Jack El-Hai
Tour forgotten landmarks throughout the state.
“Recreates the values, lifestyles and landscapes of bygone eras.” —Architecture Minnesota
$14.00 $19.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-3515-3
224 pages ● 100 b&w images ● 2000
The Big Sugar
A Brigid Reardon Mystery
Mary Logue
● Foreword INDIES Award: Gold Winner for Mystery
A move to Cheyenne, Wyoming, in 1881 presents Brigid Reardon a new mystery.
“The glimpse of what life might have been like for women in the West is fascinating.” —The New York Times Book Review
$11.00 $15.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1370-0
200 pages ● 2024
The Streel A Deadwood Mystery
Mary Logue
From “the reigning royalty of Minnesota murder mysteries” (The Rake) comes a striking new heroine caught in a deadly plot in nineteenth-century Deadwood.
“I loved every stunning line of this fine story.” —William Kent Krueger, author of This Tender Land
$11.00 $15.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0860-7
224 pages ● 2021
Laurentian Divide A Novel
Sarah Stonich
● National Reading Group Month’s Great Group Reads 2019 Selection
● Minnesota Book Award for Novel & Short Story
“Hilarious, smart, moving, and kind.”
—Richard Russo
$12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0249-0
272 pages ● 2019
Fishing! A Novel
Sarah Stonich
“Sarah Stonich is at the height of her powers. Fishing! is laugh-out-loud funny.”
—Superior Reads
$11.00 $15.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0898-0
328 pages ● 2020
Vacationland
Sarah Stonich
“Funny, haunting, heartbreaking . . . finds the universal in the specific, the deeply human in the parochial and peculiar.”
—Peter Bognanni, author of The House of Tomorrow
$12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-8766-4
320 pages ● 2013
Reeling A Novel
Sarah Stonich
RayAnne takes public television’s first all-women fishing talk show on the road in a story with a lighthearted surface and surprising depths.
$11.00 $15.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0899-7
288 pages ● 2021
Let Me Take You Down
Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields Forever
Jonathan Cott
“A must-read for Beatles fans.” —BeyondChron
$16.00 $22.95 hardcover ISBN 978-1-5179-1448-6
168 pages • 3 b&w images • 2024 It Won’t Be Easy An Exceedingly Hontest (and Slightly Unprofessional) Love Letter to Teaching
Tom Rademacher
“Honest, inspiring, and often humorous.”—Booklist
$12.50 $17.95 paper ISBN 978-0-8166-0112-7
208 pages ● 2017
The Lost Forest Phyllis Root Illustrations by Betsy Bowen
● Honorable Mention: National Outdoor Book Award
The story of a forest “lost” by a surveying error—and all the flora and fauna to be found.
$12.50 $17.95 hardcover ISBN 978-0-8166-9796-0
40 pages • 30 color images • 2019
My Life in the Purple Kingdom
BrownMark
With Cynthia M. Uhrich Foreword by Questlove
● A Kirkus and Rolling Stone Best Music Books selection
“Page-turning.” —Library Journal
$12.00 $16.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1375-5
176 pages ● 18 color images ● 2022
Opioid Reckoning Love, Loss, and Redemption in the Rehab State
Amy C. Sullivan
“Addiction care must change— and this book shows why.”
—Maia Szalavitz, author of Unbroken Brain
$13.00 $18.95 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-1467-7
288 pages ● 2022
Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Illustrations by Claudia McGehee
● New York Public Library: A Top 100 Best Book for Kids
● Green Earth Book Award
The true story of how a creek can be brought back to life, and how Mike Osterholm did it.
