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"Signal thanks to journalist Swift for this authoritative
biography of Charles Albert Bender, the early 20th-century
pitcher who managed to shine in both the big leagues and in
life while confronting poverty and racism. Swift sets aside
the myths about this most famous American Indian player while
vividly describing him in the context of the famed Carlisle
Indian School, baseball's Golden Age, Connie Mack and his Athletics,
and the effects of gambling and alcoholism on sports. For all
interested in the First Nations, quite apart from baseball."
Library Journal, starred review
Hardcover. $24.95 
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The late Minnesota author Paul Gruchow was often described
as beautifully intense, bard-like and prophetic. While
plying his talents as seer and naturalist, Gruchow was also
a master of trenchant insight into the right ways of living,
as well as the foibles and hypocrisies of modern society.
This collection honors of the memory of Paul Gruchow through
the words of the many he touched as mentor, teacher, colleague,
friend.
Ice Cube Press. Paperback. $16.95
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This beautiful oversized art book catalogs the Scandinavian
Exhibition which ran at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts during
the summer of 2007. Here we can follow the development
of Nordic landscape painting from the early 19th century to
the decades surrounding the beginning of the 20th century.
During this time “the significance of landscape painting
as a vehicle of cultural expression grew and it developed new
aspirations as a bearer of symbolic meaning, often with national
overtones.” The exhibition and, thus, the catalog,
brings together much of the best from the heyday of Nordic
landscape painting.
Narayana Press. Hardcover. $59.95
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2008. Some days the grumpies just take over. So don't let that
anger build up — embrace your feelings, overcome your aggression,
and be your best self. Bell Hooks' honest text radiates positivity
while Chris Raschka's dynamic art adds humor to a book that
is perfect for all ages.
Hyperion. Hardcover. $16.99
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In this wonderfully original collection of autobiographical
stories, popular storyteller and NPR commentator Kevin Kling
deftly weaves pitch-perfect scenes of childhood antics and
adulthood absurdities with themes of overcoming tragedy, forging
lifelong friendships, and living with disabilities in a complex
world. Many classic and never-before-told tales are collected
in The Dog Says How.
Borealis Books. Hardcover. $22.95
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Where do you listen for God? In this new collection of stories
and essays, the challenge is to pay attention everywhere. Listening
for God is a resource intended to help readers investigate
how life and faith merge in surprising ways and places. Contemporary
American literature may not be the most predictable place to
listen for God, but it may well turn out to be among the most
rewarding.
Paperback. $13.99
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From the land where the hot dish began comes a delicious array
of kitchen-tested recipes featuring traditional favorites and
modern meals for today’s casserole cook.
Paperback. $16.95
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This book discusses differences between African and American
culture, to help prevent cultural miscommunications which
might poison or ruin relationships.
Paperback. $14.00
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This Is Your Brain on Music explores cultures in which
singing is considered an essential human function, patients
who have a rare disorder that prevents them from making sense
of music, and scientists studying why two people may not have
the same definition of pitch. At every turn, this provocative
work unlocks deep secrets about how nature and nurture forge
a uniquely human obsession.
Paperback. $15.00
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The lake cabin. Early mornings on the sleeping porch, lunches
on the dock, late-night cleanings in the fish house. Minnesota’s
seasonal getaways aren’t limited to its bountiful lakes:
vacationers trek to hideaways in the woods, to ice shacks along
the Mississippi River; even out to cottages beside the highways,
relics from the days when farmers rented vacation places along
cornfields and cow pastures. This charming survey of Minnesota’s
treasured getaways features more than 120 color photographs
of cabins by Doug Ohman and witty prose by well-known writer
Bill Holm.
Paperback. $15.00
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Joe Shaw '49, author of Dear Old Hill, joined the St.
Olaf faculty in 1957 and taught in the Department of Religion
until his retirement in the spring of 1991. Joe's interest
in St. Olaf history has continued from the writing of the Centennial
volume, History of St. Olaf College 1874-1974, to the
present.
Paperback. $8.95
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From Stephen Colbert, the host of television's highest-rated
punditry show The Colbert Report, comes the book to fill the
other 23.5 hours of your day. I Am America (and So
Can You!) contains all of the opinions that Stephen doesn't have
time to shoehorn into his nightly broadcast.
Hardcover. $26.99
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This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve
among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how
she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings
of modern American success (marriage, house in the country,
career) and find, instead, what she truly wanted from life.
Setting out for a year to study three different aspects of
her nature amid three different cultures, Gilbert explored
the art of pleasure in Italy and the art of devotion in India,
and then a balance between the two on the Indonesian island
of Bali.
Penguin Books. Paperback. $15.00
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This jewel of a book celebrates the wonders of winter, from snow dancing
across branches to the scrape of an ice skate across a pond to the whoosh
of a sled down a hill. With magnificent pop-ups by legendary writer,
artist, and paper engineer Robert Sabuda, this book is a joy to share
and a perfect book to give to celebrate the winter season in all its
glory.
Pop-Up. $12.99
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Joseph M. Shaw is a professor emeritus of religion at St. Olaf College. Graduating
from St. Olaf with a major in English in 1949, he did further study at Luther
Seminary and at Princeton Theological Seminary, where he received the Ph.D. degree.
Shaw joined the Department of Religion at St. Olaf in 1957 and taught until his
retirement in 1991. Th. N. Mohn: First President of St. Olaf College is a companion
volume to Shaw’s Bernt Julius Muus: Founder of St. Olaf College (1999).
Paperback. $15.95
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