Items in the News is a collection of topical poems laid out like a newspaper, with sections for national, international, local, and miscellaneous subjects. From the Japanese -American internment camps
Firstborn is a book of poems and anecdotes which starts where Tracks on Damp Sand leaves off. Here we find that the firstborn eaglet to that pair of bald eagles we met in Tracksis a female who leaves
Wisconsin has over 200 lost, long ago, and nearly gone places. Why they began, why they faded or died encompasses many issues, many reasons. For Rhonda, her love of lost towns and long ago places bega
When a teenage boy sets out to prove his bravery, he becomes trapped in an ordeal of survival and ignites a struggle with darkness from which he might never escape. In Perfume River Nights, eighteen-y
A summer boating excursion on Lake Pepin takes a nasty turn when the five members of the No Ordinary Women book club discover a body aboard the Wayward Wind. Louise and Robin begin to suspect murder,
St. Joseph, Minnesota, police officer Brian Klinefelter was gunned down on January 29, 1996, leaving behind a wife and infant daughter. His death in the midst of a crime spree by three local men shock
Here is a fine companion for any paddler, wanderer, or dreamer with a love for the wild. What you have here is not one more how-to manual for paddlers. These pages comprise a why-do volume exploring t
Friendship.Danger.Murder. Grant O’Grady wants nothing more than to be a major league baseball pitcher. He’s only thirteen, but his dream seems possible . . . until Big Joe turns his life upside down.
Everybody wants Homer Grimstead’s land. Unfortunately, someone was willing to kill for it.The Otter Tail Bird Watching and Conservation Society, or the O.T.B.W.A.C.S., wants to protect and watch birds
Russ, an eighty-two-year old widower, is awakened one blustery winter night by a phone alert from an emergency monitoring center—his best friend Rich has pressed the Help button. The situation that ni
“I read Dean Urdahl’s amazing, haunting book,Retribution. Like Lincoln, it has gotten hold of me in many ways and I can’t let it go.” –Mark Ritchie, Minnesota Secretary of State
"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 ev
"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 t
Ghost stories put a tingle up the spine, goose bumps down the arms. What better place to enjoy them than while camping? Away from familiar places, with only a campfire to ward off the chill and keep t
“In Uprising, Dean Urdahl has crafted a story about Min-nesota’s ‘war within a war’ in the Minnesota River Valley during the autumn of 1862. His saga is enriched by unfolding . . . on an even broader
Whats all in this sauna book? For starters, tips for athletes and health benefits. And saunas made from cars, silos, and ice blocks, ancient savusaunas to state-of-the-art saunas, war saunas to peace
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 sta
