Post-Modern Blues: love, lost loves, mortality, time, death, sex, connection, a soupçon of politics, the weather, and the vicissitudes of daily distraction—and yet more love, because obsessions do not change. […]
The State University of Iowa Scottish Highlanders | Heather Stockman | 144 page hardcover | Full Color | $25 A fascinating look into the Scottish Highlanders at the State University of Iowa. A remarkable and insightful book full of stories, history, and photography. To order contact thstockman@aol.com directly. […]
The Spirit Lake Incident in March of 1857 was a dark moment in Midwestern History, incited by indigenous resistance to their loss of homeland culture, and people. A number of white settlers in northwest Iowa’s lakes region were killed. Four female survivors were taken by lnkpaduta and his band of Dakota Sioux. […]
A long journey to homestead and in pioneer spirit the Dell’s moved from Iowa to the Dakota territory. Travel, food, children and hardships awaited them as they worked to achieve their dreams. Along the way, a friendship developed with well-known Lakota Chief Sitting Bull. A humble and educational story. […]
Wyman and the Florida Knights | Novel by Larry Baker | Isbn 9781948509299 | $19.99 | 364 pages | Fiction | Florida | Good write up in the Gazette: check it out here. Peter Wyman was the most famous portrait painter in America, but his fame had come with a high price—his mind and soul. […]
An extraordinary dream of biking across all fifty states becomes a reality, one remarkable ride after another. The winds of the Plains, beautiful ocean waves, Alaskan highways, memorable meals and conversations. A wise accounting of lifes up and downs from the perspective of a biker. A travel guide, a memoir, and cycling advice rolled into one. Friendships. Family, Determination. […]
Lyrical meditations on rural life braided with observations from her global public health and medical practice with struggles raising an autistic son and all the beauty and challenges brought by the creatures that surround her wild Iowa home. An instant environmental classic. An updated Leopold Land Ethics book. […]
… The Way of Nile C. Kinnick Jr.: Insights, Images, and Stories of Iowa’s 1939 Heisman Trophy Winner. 2018 marks the hundredth anniversary of one of Iowa’s most notable native sons. Read more… […]
Ralph James Savarese | 9781948509220 | $16.95 | 82 pgs | Pandemic | Health | Poetry | Release October, 2020 | Order now for a signed copy From the Preface: The poems in this collection function almost like diary entries. Things are pulled from the news: Tony Fauci, the Orange Man, murder hornets, mask mandates, […]
Jim O’Loughlin | $19.99 | Paperback | 172p | 9781948509206 | Political Science | Elections | Iowa | Release 10/1/2020 | PRE-ORDER now for a signed copy! In The Last Caucus in Iowa, Jim O’Loughlin does for the Iowa Caucus what Anthony Bourdain did for restaurants. For over a year, O’Loughlin aimed to see as […]
A true insider’s look into medicine and research. We start with the Malaria Project at the Stateville Penitentiary Joliet, Illinois; 1960’sand Nathan Leopold and the process and the men who volunteered for studies and served on the staff of the
Malaria Project, and to the doctors whose stories I tell with admiration and affection.
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An endearing account of a family’s loving wish to adopt a child from China, to care for a daughter and the support, hope, love, and inspiration they find all along the way. Who knew a simple wave and the care of people at the hospital would make such a huge difference. A heart breaking and heart warming and much needed story for our times. […]
Barbara Feller | $16.95 | Paperback | 80p | 9781948509183 | US History | Art History | Regionalism | Midwest: Iowa | Release 10/20 | Preorder Creation of an Artist: Grant Wood’s Boyhood Story is a fascinating look into the life of well known artist Grant Wood. This insightful book is almost entirely based on […]
A Certain Arc follows Hamilton through a university career where he encounters and participates in the culture of writers and writing. Beginning with “Hometown,” which portrays his origins, […]
A writer of fine intelligence and style, Stephanie Mills is known for her nature essays. This readable and relevant collection selects a handful of those as well as pieces on technological hubris, war resistance, reproductive rights and wrongs, and a sojourn in India. Varied, deep, and often witty, Mills’ writings deal with matters that concern […]
