Perry, Michael

Summary: "A collection of previously published magazine pieces and essays by Michael Perry. Sources include Backpacker, Outside, Runner's World, Men's Health, No Depression, Oxford American, Best American Science Writing, Wisconsin Trails, Encyclopedia of the Midwest, Minnesota Monthly, liner notes from Blind Boys of Alabama album I'll Find A Way, Wisconsin Humanities Council newsletter."--Provided by...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wisconsin Historical Society Press 2017

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 PERRY, MICHAEL PER

Treuer, Anton

Summary: Today's Ojibwe people have maintained a dazzling array of deep, beautiful, adaptive ways of connecting to the spiritual, natural, and human beings around them. Variations in Ojibwe cultural practices are, of course, as diverse as their homelands, which stretch across the Great Lakes, Canadian shield, pine forests, and prairie potholes of four US states and three Canadian provinces. And Ojibwe...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Minnesota Historical Society Press 2021

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.897 TRE

Geist, William.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.9240 GEI

Kemp, Guy

Summary: As his life unfolds before you, Guy Kemp shares his experiences and life-changing decisions during his first 72 years, after his adoption at age four. Life with a new family, a new name, and frequent change of surroundings comes with challenges. But Guy faces the obstacles head-onand learns to handle adversity in his own, interesting -- and sometimes surprising ways. He takes you across the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Lovstad Publishing 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KEMP, GUY KEM

Sivertson, Howard

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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Superior Port Cities 1996

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 977.49 SIV

Jefferson, Margo

Summary: "Stunning for her daring originality, the author of Negroland gives us what she calls "a temperamental autobiography," comprised of visceral, intimate fragments that fuse criticism and memoir. Margo Jefferson constructs a nervous system with pieces of different lengths and tone, conjoining arts writing (poem, song, performance) with life writing (history, psychology). The book's structure is...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 JEFFERSON, MARGO JEF

Geist, William

Summary: Before there was 'tourism' and souvenir ashtrays became 'kitsch,' the Lake of the Ozarks was a Shangri-La for middle-class Midwestern families on vacation, complete with man-made beaches, Hillbilly Mini Golf, and feathered rubber tomahawks. It was there that television host Bill Geist spent summers in the sixties during his school and college years, working at Arrowhead Lodge -- a small resort...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GEI

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GEIST, WILLIAM GEI

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Recreation Geist

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Publisher / Publication Date: William B. Eerdmans Pub. 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.456 VAN

Williams, Marjorie

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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.3 WIL

Brower, Kate Andersen.

Summary: "America's first families are unknowable in many ways. No one has insight into their true character like the people who serve their meals and make their beds every day. Full of stories and details by turns dramatic, humorous, and heartwarming, [this book] reveals daily life in the White House as it is really lived through the voices of the maids, butlers, cooks, florists, doormen, engineers,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.3 BRO

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.3 BRO

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 975.3 BRO

Miller, Larry

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Publisher / Publication Date: Regan 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.0973 MIL

Naldrett, Alan.

Summary: Some of Michigan's most noteworthy yarns and compelling characters were lost down the corridors of history--until now. Discover the Nain Rouge, that "Demon from the Strait," spotted everywhere from the Battle of Bloody Run in 1763 to the Detroit Riot in 1967. Meet folks like Major Stickney, who named his sons One and Two and his youngest daughter Indiana. Inspect the Toledo War's ill-equipped...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The History Press 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 NAL

Hiaasen, Carl.

Summary: "A collection of Carl Hiaasen's best columns from the past twelve years, covering topics, like hurricanes, off-shore drilling, voting rights, and political corruption, that have become national issues. A VINTAGE PAPERBACK ORIGINAL. Dance of the Reptiles is Carl Hiaasen's third collection of the very best of his columns for the Miami Herald. Covering topics large and small, from local issues...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975.9 HIA

McClelland, Ted.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.704 MCC

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Trav USA McClelland

Summary: From more than ten thousand interviews, StoryCorps--the largest oral history project in the nation's history--presents a tapestry of American stories, told by the people who lived them to the people they love. StoryCorps began with the idea that everyone has an important story to tell. And since 2003, this remarkable project has been collecting the stories of everyday Americans from all ages,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.92 ISA

Summary: The first-ever animated feature from StoryCorps celebrates the transformative power of listening. Presents stories from ten years of the innovative oral history project, where everyday people sit down together to ask life's important questions and share stories from their lives.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV LIS

Liesch, Matthew.

Summary: Situated on the south shore of Lake Superior, the Gogebic Iron Range of Michigan and Wisconsin exudes a strong sense of place. During the 1880s, a mining boom lured settlers, investment, and controversy. Investors from Milwaukee, Chicago, and Cleveland hoped to become rich, but many were pulled into scams or poorly managed mines and ended up losing their money. After iron stocks crashed, mining...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcadia Pub. 2006

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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4983 LIE

Greene, Bob.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 1997

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.9 GRE

Summary: Eccentricity defines daily life in Rome, Wisconsin, where the Tin Man from "The wizard of Oz" is murdered, a student brings a severed hand to school for show-and-tell, and a woman runs over her husband with a steam roller pleading "not guilty by reason of menopause." Sheriff Jimmy Brock has seen it all. Indeed, behind the tidy picket fences of this quirky little town lie all the same problems...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2007

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Kohl, J. G. (Johann Georg)

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ross and Haines, Inc. 1956

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Perry, Michael

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.544 PER

Brownstein, Ronald

Summary: Documents the kaleidoscopic year during which transformative talents from Hollywood, Sunset Boulevard, and Beverly Hills heavily influenced pop culture, politics, and social movements.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 979.4 BRO

Morrison, Eliza

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Publisher / Publication Date: Ladyslipper Press 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.5 MOR