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The Master Butchers Singing Club (P.S.)

by Louise Erdrich

What happens when a trained killer discovers that his true vocation is love? Having survived the killing fields of World War I, Fidelis Waldvogel returns home to his quiet German village and marries the pregnant widow of his best friend who was killed in action. With a suitcase full of sausages and a master butcher's precious set of knives, Fidelis sets out for America, getting as far as North Dakota, where he... (more)

The Plague of Doves: A Novel

by Louise Erdrich

Louise Erdrich's mesmerizing new novel, her first in almost three years, centers on a compelling mystery. The unsolved murder of a farm family haunts the small, white, off-reservation town of Pluto, North Dakota. The vengeance exacted for this crime and the subsequent distortions of truth transform the lives of Ojibwe living on the nearby reservation and shape the passions of both communities for the next... (more)

Downtown Owl

by Chuck Klosterman

New York Times Bestselling Author Chuck Klosterman's First Novel Somewhere in North Dakota, there is a town called Owl that isn't there. Disco is over, but punk never happened. They don't have cable. They don't really have pop culture, unless you count grain prices and alcoholism. People work hard and then they die. They hate the government and impregnate teenage girls. But that's not nearly as awful as it... (more)

Tracks

by Louise Erdrich

Set in North Dakota at a time in this century when Indian tribes were struggling to keep what little remained of their lands, Tracks is a tale of passion and deep unrest. Over the course of ten crucial years, as tribal land and trust between people erode ceaselessly, men and women are pushed to the brink of their endurance--yet their pride and humor prohibit surrender. The reader will experience shock and... (more)

The Children's Blizzard (P.S.)

by David Laskin

Thousands of impoverished Northern European immigrants were promised that the prairie offered "land, freedom, and hope." The disastrous blizzard of 1888 revealed that their free homestead was not a paradise but a hard, unforgiving place governed by natural forces they neither understood nor controlled, and America’s heartland would never be the same. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into... (more)

Love Medicine: A Novel (P.S.)

by Louise Erdrich

The stunning first novel in Louise Erdrich's Native American series, Love Medicine tells the story of two families -- the Kashpaws and the Lamartines. Written in Erdrich's uniquely poetic, powerful style, it is a multigenerational portrait of strong men and women caught in an unforgettable drama of anger, desire, and the healing power that is love medicine. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of... (more)

Cross Country: Fifteen Years and 90,000 Miles on the Roads and Interstates of America with Lewis and Clark, a lot of bad motels, a moving van, Emily Post, ... kids, and enough coffee to kill an elephant

Cross Country: Fifteen Years and 90,000 Miles on the Roads and Interstates of America with Lewis and Clark, a lot of bad motels, a moving van, Emily Post, ... kids, and enough coffee to kill an elephant

by Robert Sullivan

From the bestselling author of Rats , a personal and national history of one of America ’s favorite pastimes: driving across the country. The cross-country trip is the trip that often whizzes past us on our way to quaint back roads and scenic parks; it’s an America of long, looping highways, strip malls, fast-food depots, and road rage, but also one that is wide-open, awe-inspiring, and heartwarmingly... (more)

The Big Rock Candy Mountain (Contemporary American Fiction)

The Big Rock Candy Mountain (Contemporary American Fiction)

by Wallace Stegner

Bo Mason and his wife and two boys live a transient life of poverty and despair; drifting from town to town, the violent, ruthless Bo seeks his fortune. Stegner has created a masterful, harrowing saga of a family trying to survive during the lean years of the early 20th century.

The Wedding Dress

by Carrie Young

These finely wrought stories unfold in the Dakotas during the struggling pioneer days and bone-dry landscape of the thirties as well as the verdant years that followed, where the nighttime plains are bathed by softly radiant harvest moons shining down from dazzling northern skies. Young's absorbing narratives begin with the pleasant sense of "Once upon a time..." anticipation, but the firmly sketched details,... (more)

Always Jan (Coming Home to Brewster)

by Roxanne Henke

Jan Jordan is having a birthday—a birthday she’s been dreading since she learned to count...surely life can be nothing but downhill from here. Kenny Pearson is old enough to know better, but he doesn’t care. As long as he can still knock a softball out of the park and brag about it over a beer with the guys afterward, life is good. Ida Bauer is old and doesn’t mind saying so. Her husband... (more)

With Love, Libby (Coming Home to Brewster)

With Love, Libby (Coming Home to Brewster)

by Roxanne Henke

The concluding book in the popular Coming Home to Brewster series follows the faith journey of Libby Marsden, who faces the question, “What happens when a dream comes true?” After she accomplishes her goal of writing a book Libby must figure out if her desire to write has clouded her understanding of purpose. Vicki Johnson has big dreams for her daughter, Angie, who is about to graduate from high... (more)

Adele & Simon in America

by Barbara McClintock

Adèle and her younger brother, Simon, have just arrived in New York City to visit their Aunt Cécile and prepare for a grand train trip around America. “ Please try not to lose anything on our trip,” Adèle tells her brother with a sigh. But how can Simon remember to keep an eye on his belongings when there are so many wonderful distractions and astounding sights to take in? The endearing team from Adèle &... (more)

Bitch Factor -Chris Rogers -

Bitch Factor -

by Chris Rogers -

Black Hills

by Nora Roberts

#1 New York Times –bestselling author Nora Roberts takes us deep into the rugged Black Hills of South Dakota, where the shadows keep secrets, hunters stalk the land, and a childhood friendship matures into an adult passion. A summer at his grandparents’ South Dakota ranch is not eleven-year-old Cooper Sullivan’s idea of a good time. But things are a bit more bearable now that he’s discovered the neighbor girl,... (more)

A literary tour guide to the United States, West and MidwestRita Stein

A literary tour guide to the United States, West and Midwest

by Rita Stein

by Carrie Young

In Prairie Cooks, Carrie Young shares 72 delightful recipes from her family and many fond memories of the Norwegian-American food of her childhood, along with reminiscences of her homesteading parents and their neighbors. The book includes recipes for Harvester's Coffee, Dakota Pound Cake, Sour Cream Doughnuts and Buttermilk Biscuits, all of which Carrie'smother served to the threshers in the harvest seasons.... (more)

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Noted Fitzgerald biographer Matthew J. Bruccoli draws upon years of research to present the Fitzgerald's Jazz Age romance exactly as he intended according to the original manuscript, revisions, and corrections--with explanatory notes. Reprint.

The Horizontal World: Growing Up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere: a Memoir

The Horizontal World: Growing Up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere: a Memoir

by Debra K. Marquart

In the tradition of John McPhee and Kathleen Norris, a wry, moving memoir about a family farm, a father, and a daughter, and why it's so hard to go home again Debra Marquart grew up on a family farm in rural North Dakota-on land her family had worked for generations. From the earliest age she knew she wanted out; surely life had more to offer than this unyielding daily grind, she thought. But she was never able... (more)

The Beet Queen: A Novel (P.S.)

by Louise Erdrich

On a spring morning in 1932, young Karl and Mary Adare arrive by boxcar in Argus, North Dakota. After being orphaned in a most peculiar way, they seek refuge in the butcher shop of their aunt Fritzie and her husband, Pete; ordinary Mary, who will cause a miracle, and seductive Karl, who lacks his sister's gift for survival, embark upon an exhilarating life-journey crowded with colorful, unforgettable characters... (more)

Frommer's National Parks of the American West (Park Guides)

Frommer's National Parks of the American West (Park Guides)

by Eric Peterson

Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer. Frommer's. The best trips start here. Outdoor adventures for everyone, from hiking and horseback riding to sea kayaking and white-water rafting. Outspoken opinions on what's worth your time and what's not. Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip whatever your budget. Off-the-beaten-path experiences and... (more)

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by Louise Erdrich

by Louise Erdrich

by Chuck Klosterman

by Louise Erdrich

by David Laskin

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by Robert Sullivan

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by Rita Stein

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