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Over the years, Larry Schug has "spit out" 111 nail poems. His most recent book, Nails, is the rusty coffee can that holds them. The nails in these poems are staunchly, relentlessly physicalâ2 penny, 8 penny, horseshoe, railroad spikes, straight or bent, shiny or rusty, discarded or wedded to wood. Because Larry trusts the potency of the material world, the nails remain themselves and still become much moreâthe bond between father and son, a l...

1873 Minnesota. Evan and Inga Jacobson struggle to raise their family in the midst of bank failures, grasshoppers and lingering effects of the 1862 Uprising. Harsh economic realities force them to relocate to Otter Tail County where they must begin again in a hostile environment. Ragna Larson, their foster daughter, grows up haunted by her missing sister, Birdie. Though both girls were kidnapped by the Sioux during the Uprising, only one retur...

Russ, an eighty-two-year old widower, is awakened one blustery winter night by a phone alert from an emergency monitoring centerâhis best friend Rich has pressed the Help button. The situation that night is more than just some quick action for Russ. It's a wake-up call to the dark reality of Rich's failing health. Now Russ will have to consider his loyalty to the remaining cohorts in his self-made support group of old guys eating together. Lim...

In The Shadow Loom Poems Mary Hughes traces a full, generous lifethe memory of her poet-mother at the end of a long day speaking her poems into the dark, young love, the sorrows and joys of a large family, the rich harvest years both welcomed and resisted. These poems are personal, even intimate, but the precise, sensual language gives every reader a place to stand that is both familiar and surprisingly new. Family, friends, and an ecstatic ce...

Ghosts love to go camping. It provides them a nice break from having to spend most of their ghostly lives alone in broken-down old houses waiting for anyone dumb enough to come in and get scared. Taking an outing to a cemetery isn't much of an improvement. Those places are just as lonely, especially at night. Campgrounds, though, are filled with people, who, from the stories they tell around their campfires, seem to enjoy getting scared. The e...

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1862 was a tumultuous year in Minnesota history. The youngest state in the Union, Minnesota was one of the first to send men to fight in the Civil War. With the men gone, women and children were left to fend for themselves. The Civil War drained soldiers formerly stationed in Minnesota military outposts leaving the state undermanned and unprotected. Budget woes related to war expenses caused treaty payments to be very late. Indian Agents at th...

Birders always hope for a rarity when they go on a Birding Weekend, but when Bob White finds the weekend leader sporting bullet holes in his chest, he realizes that more than an unusual bird is at stake. To make matters worse, Bob must contend with a lost love, big cats, ATV enthusiasts, and small-town intrigue as he sets out to find a killer, along with an elusive Northern Bobwhite, in Minnesota's Fillmore County. In this third Birder Murder ...

When fourteen-year-old Rene stepped off the streetcar in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1949, he entered a situation he could never have imagined. His mother had taken a position as head nurse at the Salvation Army's Booth Memorial Home and Hospital where they would live on campus. For the next year he would be surrounded by ten women who had dedicated their lives to God, and fifty young girls -- all pregnant -- all unmarried. To hide that embarrassin...

The Assignment: In the conclusion of the search for the Golden Monkey, the Crypto-Capers, Granny, Max, Mia and Morris, find more than what they bargained for. From the very beginning, their resolve will be tested. Having found two of the pieces to open the treasure room in book 3, they soon come to realize they only have half of the puzzle solved. Their search for the other two pieces, will become more exigent. The Panther is hot on their trai...

Red dust mixed with soggy air as it drifted through the open window of a battered white Toyota pickup on that late August night in Kenya. The sole occupant of the truck tugged at the brace which cushioned his neck from the bumps and crevices of the roadway that had evolved from eons of travel. The man peered intently into the darkness, praying to spot the object of his search, desperately hoping that what had brought him onto this desolate roa...

The Crypto-Capers are off on another adventure, but this time it is because of their adversary, the Panther. Max, Mia, Granny and Morris, must rise to his challenge. If they don't, the infamous Panther will surely win. The Legend of the Golden Monkey leads the Crypto-Capers to the ancient ruins of Chichen Itza, a once flourishing Mayan city where secrets abound. Sent to the Riviera Maya on the request of a friend, the Crypto-Capers find themse...

Practices are a little like a classroomâyou're teaching, " says John Gagliardi. Since 1953, John, as head football coach at Saint John's University, has been "teaching" young men how to play ­winning football. His "classroom" has been the ­beautiful natural bowl of Clemens Stadium. His college teams have won 471 games, 63 more than those of his closest rival.

Down in Acorn Valley, just before the 42nd Annual Pie Festival could begin, a crime was committed. Someone stole Miss Cluck's Blueberry Pie that she was going to enter into the Pie Contest. Who did she call to come to her aid? She called the best detectives in the valley of course, Joe-Joe Nut and Biscuit Bill Animal Detectives. As they discover clues and gather facts, the hunt begins and Joe-Joe and Biscuit follow animal tracks that lead them...

Whenever I tell someone around the Senate that I'm from Minnesota, they always remember Paul. Not just the senators, but the secretaries, police officers, and tram drivers, too. Paul was there for everyone. This collection of his Senate floor speeches will educate and inspire, reconnecting us with the unique spirit that Paul brought to his work in the U.S. Senate." â U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar

On August 17, 1862, four young warriors hungry and resentful over broken treaties, unkempt promises, and mistreatment had murdered five white settlers near Acton in central Minnesota. This isolated and random event swept like wildfire ravaging the prairie. From the agency reservations to Fort Ridgely to towns and settlers cabins, the rampage spread from the Minnesota River Valley and spilled onto the prairies north and south of the river. Hund...

The Team: In this story siblings Max and Mia Holmes, along with their good friend Morris and their flamboyant Granny Holmes, are known as The Crypto-Capers. They are a group of detectives who unravel crimes by solving cryptograms that criminals leave behind. Mia is an expert puzzle solver. Max is great at deduction and reasoning. Morris is a computer genius, and Granny . . . well, Granny is the muscle of the group. Don't let her size or age fo...

For birder Bob White, May in Minnesota means three things: counseling high school students with spring fever, coaching the girls tenth grade softball team and finding every warbler species during spring migration. But when his mother discovers a body in the midst of a morning of birding, disturbing items get added to Bobs seasonal list: murder, gambling addictions, shady politics, and controversial land deals, not to mention the possibility of...

Endlessly Fascinating.... The ultimate 'I was there' book. I have read many books about Scandinavians coming to America in the turbulent 1860s, but thanks to author Candace Simar, this is the first time I was ever transported from my easy chair right into the book to experience it with them. The images of courage, cruelty, intolerance, discovery, and simple pleasures have stayed with me. This is one book I won't forget." -John Koblas, author L...