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The Adventures of Augie March
• Saul Bellow
• LITERATURE
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A celebrated tale of a poor Jewish boy, rich in the life and atmosphere of 1930's Chicago.
(USM27, $17.00)
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The Antelope Wife
• Louise Erdrich
• LITERATURE
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Erdrich's tale of urban Indians in Minneapolis is a graceful, multigenerational meditation on Ojibwa history and culture.
(USM52, $13.00)
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The Architects and the City: Holabirds & Riche of Chicago, 1180-1918
• Robert Bruegmann
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A marvelously illusrtated account of the work of the Chicago architectural firm, Holabird & Roche.
(USM21, $85.00)
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Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw, Travels in Search of Canada
• Will Ferguson
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Ferguson (Why I Hate Canadians) dredges up odd characters and amusing icons of Canadian history on his erratic travels across Canada from the west coast, across prairies to Churchill and its famous polar bears, culminating with a visit to the Viking site at L'Anse aux Meadows.
(CND236, $14.95)
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The Big Year, A Tale Of Man, Nature, And Fowl Obsession
• Mark Obmascik
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Obmascik, himself an over-the-edge birder, recounts with glee and page-turning detail the race to see the most birds in North America in a year. It's an utterly compelling account of a three-way race (roofing contractor, tycoon, software nerd), likely never again to be equaled.
(BRD29, $14.00)
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The Birdwatcher's Companion to North American Birdlife
• Christopher W. Leahy
• Gordon Morrison
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A handsome, fully illustrated survey of the birds of North America, organized A to Z, covering birds, bird biology, conservation and birdwatching.
(NAM21, $19.95)
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Black Elk Speaks
• Nicholas Black Elk
• John Neihardt
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The remarkable, celebrated biography of an Oglala Sioux spiritual leader (1863-1950), as recorded by John Neihardt.
(SWU133, $14.95)
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Boss, Richard J. Daley of Chicago
• Mike Royko
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A groundbreaking account of the man and his political machine by Chicago's favorite columnist, published in 1970 while Daley was still in office.
(USM28, $15.00)
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Brave Films, Wild Nights: 25 Years of Festival Fever
• Brain D. Johnson
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A history of the Toronto Film Festival.
(FLM07, $24.95)
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Canada: A People's History, Volume 1
• Don Gillmor
• Pierre Turgeon
• HISTORY
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An illustrated history of Canada from a distinctly Canadian perspective.
(CND160, $60.00)
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Canada: A People's History, Volume 2
• Don Gillmor
• Pierre Turgeon
• HISTORY
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An illustrated history of Canada from a distinctly Canadian perspective.
(CND161, $60.00)
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Chicago and the American Century
• Richard Ciccone
• HISTORY
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A profile of 100 well-known and influential Chicagoans and their impact of the America in the 20th Century.
(USM30, $17.95)
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Chicago Architecture and Design
• George Larson
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A handsomely illustrated survey of the architecture of Chicago from the building boom that followed the Great Fire of 1871 through the 1992 Harold Washington Library.
(USM23, $49.50)
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Chicago Map
• Borch Maps
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A colorful, laminated map of the city center of Chicago.
(USM19, $7.95)
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Chicago's Famous Buildings
• Franz Schulze
• Kevin Harrington
• GUIDEBOOK
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This pocket guide includes more than 160 of Chicago's classic legacy of buildings by Adler, Sullivan, Burnham, Root, Wright, and others.
(USM15, $14.00)
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Chicago, Growth of a Metropolis
• Harold Mayer
• Richard Wade
• HISTORY
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A classic, beautifully illustrated history of Chicago.
(USM34, $40.00)
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The Chippewas of Lake Superior
• Edmund Jefferson Danziger
• HISTORY
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A history of the Chippewa Indians covering up through the 1980s.
(GLK22, $19.95)
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Compass Guide Chicago
• Jack Schaedler
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, literate guide to Chicago
(USM35, $21.00)
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Compass Guide South Dakota
• Compass
• GUIDEBOOK
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This wonderfully written handbook includes archival photographs, literary excerpts and practical travel information.
(USW198, $21.95)
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Compass Guide Wisconsin
• Tracy Will
• Zane Williams
• GUIDEBOOK
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This compact book offers an overview of the region, with particular emphasis on history and visitor attractions.
(USM03, $21.00)
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The Emigrants
• Vilhelm Moberg
• Gustaf Lannestock
• LITERATURE
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The first in a series of four novels about Swedish emigrants who flee poverty and oppression to make a new life in Minnesota.
(SWE14, $18.95)
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The Falcon, A Narrative of the Captivity and Adventures of John Tanner
• Louise Erdrich
• John Tanner
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The autobiography of a white man who lived among the Ojibwa in the north woods of Minnesota in the early 19th century.
(GLK19, $15.00)
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Favorite Wildflowers of the Great Lakes and the Northeastern U.S.
• Richard E. Schinkel
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact guide to wildflowers of the region.
(GLK03, $16.95)
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Frank Lloyd Wright Field Guide, Metrochicago
• Thomas Heinz
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, illustrated guide to more than 100 Wright buildings in the Chicago area.
(USM24, $40.00)
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Grassland, The History, Biology, Politics and Promise of the American Prairie
• Richard Manning
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An environmental history of the great plains.
(USW178, $16.00)
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The Great Chicago Fire
• Robert Cromie
• HISTORY
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A brief account of the 1871 fire that consumed the city.
(USM16, $18.95)
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The Great Plains
• Walter Prescott Webb
• HISTORY
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Originally published in 1931, this classic and still provocative book traces the mindset and circumstances that pushed the settlers west.
(USW179, $21.95)
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How to be a Canadian, Even If You Already are One
• Ian Ferguson
• Will Ferguson
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A tongue-in-cheek portrait of Canadian people and society, written by two native sons. Not entirely (but mostly) in jest, the book is an insightful look at the Canadian national character.
(CND208, $19.95)
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The Idea of Louis Sullivan
• John Szarkowski
• Terence Riley
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A collection of architectural photographs of Sullivan's major buildings taken in the 1950s.
(USM31, $60.00)
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The Illustrated History of Canada
• Craig Brown
• HISTORY
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A good, nicely illustrated history of Canada, featuring contributions by six Canadian historians, along with hundreds of engravings, maps, photographs and illustrations.
(CND19, $32.95)
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Insiders' Guide to the Twin Cities
• Holly Day
• Sherman Wick
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide to the sites, history and culture of the Twin Cities, with black-and-white line drawings and photos throughout.
(GLK42, $18.95)
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Insight Guide Canada
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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An illustrated guide to Canada with essays on history, culture and nature.
(CND42, $23.95)
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Insight Guide Chicago
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, illustrated guide to Chicago.
(USM33, $19.95)
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Isle Royale National Park Map
• Trails Illustrated
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A hiker's map, printed on tear-resistant, waterproof paper, covering the park at a scale of 1:50,000.
(GLK37, $11.95)
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Isle Royale National Park, Foot Trails & Water Routes
• Jim DuFresne
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to hiking and paddling Isle Royale National Park. It also includes an overview of the park's history and wildlife.
(GLK38, $15.95)
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Kingbird Highway, The Story of a Natural Obsession That Got a Little Out of Hand
• Kenn Kaufman
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Kaufman's absorbing account of coming-of-age as a Wichita teenager on the road in 1973 with a summer's pay in his pocket and the goal of seeing as many birds as he could in a year.
(BRD27, $14.00)
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The Last Prairie, A Sandhills Journal
• Stephen Jones
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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In 20 elegant essays, Jones explores Nebraska's sandhills.
(USP01, $19.95)
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The Last Spike, The Great Railway, 1881-1885
• Pierre Berton
• HISTORY
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Part two in Berton's exhilarating narrative of the boldest project in Canadian history, the building of the transcontinental railroad.
(CND179, $24.95)
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Lost Chicago
• David Garrard Lowe
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A magnificent collection of photographs of grand buildings, now long gone, along with a history of the city.
(USM32, $29.95)
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The Lost Continent, Travels in Small Town America
• Bill Bryson
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Heading out from his native Des Moines, Bryson makes his way through 38 of these United States, tossing off hilarious observations of the American character and roadscapes. Forgive Bryson's cheap shots at fat people and "hicks," he's an acerbic, witty guide to the country with an irrepressible sense of the absurd.
(USW180, $14.95)
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Louis Sullivan and the Chicago School
• Nancy Frazier
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A brief survey of Sullivan and his work with color and black-and-white illustrations.
(USM29, $19.95)
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Mammals of North America
• Roland W. Kays
• Don E. Wilson
• FIELD GUIDE
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The most comprehensive guide to mammals found north of Mexico.
(NAM11, $19.95)
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Michigan, A History of the Wolverine State
• Willis F. Dunbar
• HISTORY
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The third edition of the standard textbook history of Michiga, covering from prehistoric times to the mid-1990s.
(USM85, $36.00)
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The Middle Ground, Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815
• Richard White
• HISTORY
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A historical account of the relationship between the Indians and Europeans of the Great Lakes region.
(GLK18, $30.99)
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Montcalm and Wolfe, The French and Indian War
• Francis Parkman
• Caleb Carr
• John Keegan
• HISTORY
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This volume, a reprint of the original 1884 edition by the great Francis Parkman, is an extensively researched account of the French and Indian War and of the great generals Montcalm and Wolfe.
(CND16, $24.95)
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Moon Handbook Michigan
• Tina Lassen
• GUIDEBOOK
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This practical guidebook features traveling information on the Great Lakes and the Upper Peninsula regions of Michigan.
(USM04, $17.95)
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Moon Wisconsin
• Thomas Huhti
• GUIDEBOOK
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A no-nonsense practical guide in the Moon series, jam-packed not only with travel necessities (hotels, restaurants, sights), but also with a good overview of history, flora and fauna and geology.
(GLK45, $21.95)
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Moose
• Valerius Geist
• Michael H. Francis
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A natural history and photographic portrait of the moose.
(BST56, $21.95)
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Mushrooms of Northeast North America, Midwest to New England
• George Barron
• FIELD GUIDE
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A highly recommended field guide to identifying mushrooms in the northeastern United States.
(USE325, $24.95)
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The National Dream, The Great Railway, 1871 to 1881
• Pierre Berton
• HISTORY
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An exhilarating narrative of the boldest project in Canadian history, the building of the transcontinental railroad. The first of two parts, this book follows the railway from idea to the beginning of construction.
(CND178, $24.95)
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Native Universe, Voices of Indian America
• Clifford E. Trafzer
• ANTHOLOGY
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This sumptuously illustrated cultural history, written exclusively by Native Americans, is published in celebration of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.
(USA95, $22.00)
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Nature's Metropolis, Chicago and the Great West
• William Cronon
• HISTORY
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A masterly thought provoking history of the transformation of Chicago from backwater to economic powerhouse.
(USM17, $19.95)
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Newcomb's Wildflower Guide
• Lawrence Newcomb
• FIELD GUIDE
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A classic identification guide, which uses a simple dichotomous key for identification. With 1,075 mostly black-and-white drawings, it covers the Northeast and Great Lakes region, south to Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, and most of Tennessee.
(FG36, $19.99)
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PrairyErth, An Epic History of the Tallgrass Prairie Country
• William Least Heat Moon
• HISTORY
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A survey of the nature and culture of the tall grass prairie focused on Chase County Kansas.
(USW182, $19.95)
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Remember D-Day, Both Sides Tell Their Stories
• Ronald J. Drez
• David Eisenhower
• HISTORY
• YOUNG ADULTS
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An engaging and well-constructed history of the D-Day invasion for readers in grades 5 to 8, complete with anecdotes from soldiers, black-and-white photographs and plenty of historical information.
(USA96, $17.95)
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Return to Wild America, A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul
• Scott Weidensaul
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An eye-opening trek in the footsteps of conservation pioneers Roger Tory Peterson and James Fisher, whose 1953 journey across America resulted in the classic Wild America.
(USA123, $15.00)
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Roadside Plants and Flowers, A Traveler's Guide to the Midwest and Great Lakes Area
• Marian Edsall
• FIELD GUIDE
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A slim guide to commonly encountered flowers.
(FG35, $17.95)
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A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
• Aldo Leopold
• NATURAL HISTORY
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Leopold memorably opens this much-loved, essential collection of essays on land and nature and his farm in Wisconsin, first published in 1948, with the statement: "there are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot." The book has lost none of its power or beauty over the years. The book is also available in a commemorative hard cover gift edition (NAT111, $40.00) with 85 color photographs.
(NAT02, $15.95)
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Schooner Passage, Sailing Ships and the Lake Michigan Frontier
• Theodore J. Karamanski
• HISTORY
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A history of the Lake Michigan schooner trade.
(GLK31, $39.95)
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The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America
• David Sibley
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact, geographically-specific version of the Sibley Guide with all-new range maps, the same glorious illustrations and expanded, extremely valuable descriptions of each bird with status, habitat, range, voice and identifying marks.
(USE262, $19.95)
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The St. Lawrence River
• Tim McNeese
• HISTORY
• YOUNG ADULTS
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An examination of the St. Lawrence river as a corridor for exploration, cultural exchange, trade and economic development.
(USM120, $32.50)
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Stolen Continents, 500 Years of Conquest and Resistance in the Americas
• Ronald Wright
• HISTORY
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A powerful history of imperialism and resistance in the Americas, with a focus on the Aztec, Maya, Inca, Cherokee and Iroquois. Wright draws on an impressive range of archival material in reconstructing this classic account.
(NAM20, $17.00)
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To See Every Bird On Earth: A Father, A Son, And A Lifelong Obsession
• Dan Koeppel
• NATURAL HISTORY
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In this enormously appealing memoir of a life devoted to birds. Koeppel chronicles his father's growing obsession and accomplishment as an elite birdwatcher, one of a handful of people who have tallied 7,000 species.
(BRD28, $14.00)
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Toronto Map
• Borch Maps
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A map of the city center of Toronto.
(CND88, $7.95)
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Trees of North America
• Christian Frank Brockman
• FIELD GUIDE
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A compact guide covering 730 species.
(NAM07, $14.95)
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The Verb to Bird, Sightings of an Avid Birder
• Peter Cashwell
• NATURAL HISTORY
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A memoir of the birding life, its pleasures, obsessions and pitfalls. Based in the Carolinas (where he teaches English), Cashwell recounts in these essays the birds he's encountered, the why and wherefores of the birding life and some very entertaining anecdotes.
(BRD26, $14.95)
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Views of Mackinac Island
• Thomas Kachadurian
• NATURAL HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
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A coffee-table book of color photographs of the houses and landscapes of Mackinac Island.
(GLK36, $39.95)
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Winter Sign
• Jim Dale Huot-Vickery
• NATURAL HISTORY
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The author discusses the geology, wildlife, and climate of Northeast Minnesota, weaving in touches of his own life and insights.
(GLK40, $16.95)
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The Wolves of Isle Royale
• David Mech
• NATURAL HISTORY
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First published in 1966, this is a classic study written by a noted wolf biologist. Mech spent three years on Isle Royale researching its wolves.
(GLK39, $22.50)
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Wolves of Minnesota
• David Mech
• NATURAL HISTORY
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An illustrated overview of the wolves Minnesota and of Isle Royale with text by a leading researcher.
(USM99, $16.95)
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