Got a hankering to read someone from your home state?
Here's a list of Minnesota authors for all ages!
Flashes Of Grace : 33 Encounters With God
Author(s):
Description:
"Reflections on encountering grace and finding God in the world through the mystery of memory"-- Provided by publisher.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
231.7 Hen
Laundry Love : Finding Joy In A Common Chore
Author(s):
Patric Richardson
Karin B. Miller
Description:
Patric Richardson, aka the "Laundry Evangelist," reveals his revolutionary methods for cleaning clothes--and making laundry loads more fun. After years of running Laundry Camp at the Mall of America for thousands of eager learners, he's ready to share his tips, tricks, and hacks--bringing surprise and delight to this commonly dreaded chore. Sorting your laundry? Pondering the wash cycles? Facing expensive dry cleaning bills? You'll learn how to wash everything--yes everything--at home. For those basically clean but smelly clothes, Richardson has a secret for freshening those too. Changing your relationship with laundry can also change your life. His handy advice shows us how to save time and money (and the planet!) with our laundry.-- From statement provided by publisher.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
648.1 Ric
Minneapolis : an urban biography
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Description:
"A biography of Minneapolis, the City of Lakes, starting with Bdote, the confluence of the Mississippi and the Minnesota Rivers and a sacred place for Dakota people, who have lived here for millennia. Since the city's beginnings in the 1850s, Minneapolis has experienced continual collapses and rebuilding. Some collapses were real, as when the falls were nearly destroyed; some are metaphorical, as when corruption and the mob threatened to overtake the life of the city. The narrative highlights stories of immigrants, milling, the American Indian Movement, the KKK, the university, business innovators, the vibrant arts and music scene, powerful sports teams, and a wealth of other topics."--
Format:
Book
Call Number:
977.6579 Web
Providence
Author(s):
Description:
"In-depth treatment of the providence of God covering both the ultimate goal of divine providence and the nature and extent of providence"--
Format:
Book
Call Number:
231.5 Pip
Strange Minnesota monsters
Author(s):
Larsen, C. S. (Christopher Sterling), 1966-
Description:
In Minnesota eye witnesses claim to have seen Bigfoot in Two Harbors, Wendigos in Roseau, lake monsters in Lake Pepin, Mothman near Rochester, trolls in Cannon Falls, and a musically inclined purple dwarf, formally known as Prince, in Minneapolis. Search for them, and find shadow creatures lurking in homes in Richfield. Read about prowling panthers along the Minnesota River near Bloomington, and learn about giants tromping around Bemidji. These are some of the frightening creatures that grace the state of Minnesota. Look closely for them (if you dare), but be ready to run!
Format:
Book
Call Number:
001.944 Lar
Subtle Variations And Other Stories
Author(s):
Description:
"In these loosely linked stories, characters succumb to magical thinking in their obsessive longing to direct the future, the present, and even the past. In the title story, a husband tries to convince his wife of the subtle beauty in the many shades of green in their garden, when all she wants are flowers. In other stories, characters stubbornly attempt to cheat death. A woman makes jam to resurrect a daughter killed in Iraq. A man throws a party to keep his dying wife alive. A woman believes she can rescue the past by holding onto everyday objects like pots and pans. Though these stories are filled with loss and echoing grief, they hold equal measures of gratitude and pride, resilience and joy."--Amazon.com.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
FIC Kar
The friend zone
Author(s):
Description:
"Kristen Peterson doesn't do drama, will fight to the death for her friends, and has no room in her life for guys who just don't get her. She's also keeping a big secret: facing a medically necessary procedure that will make it impossible for her to have children. Planning her best friend's wedding is bittersweet for Kristen--especially when she meets the best man, Josh Copeland. He's funny, sexy, never offended by her mile-wide streak of sarcasm and always one chicken enchilada ahead of her hangry. Even her dog, Stuntman Mike, adores him. The only catch: Josh wants a big family someday. Kristen knows he'd be better off with someone else, but as their attraction grows, it's harder and harder to keep him at arm's length."--Back cover
Format:
Book
Call Number:
FIC Jim
After Francesco
Author(s):
Description:
"Kevin Doyle, a gay man who lost his partner, Francesco, to AIDS in mid-1980s New York wallows in his loss and at a mind-numbing job before hitting rock bottom and realizing it is time to return home to Minnesota to start over."--
Format:
Book
Call Number:
FIC Mal
Love medicine
Author(s):
Description:
The lives and destinies of the Kashpaws and the Lamartines intertwine on and around a North Dakota Indian reservation from 1934 to 1984, in an authentic tale of survival, tenacity, tradition, injustice, and love.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
FIC Erd
The sun collective : a novel
Author(s):
Description:
"Once a promising actor, Tim Brettigan has gone missing. His father thinks he may have seen him among some homeless people. And though she knows he left on purpose, his mother has been searching for him all over the city. She checks the usual places—churches, storefronts, benches—and stumbles upon a local community group with lofty goals and an enigmatic leader who will alter all of their lives. Christina, a young woman rapidly becoming addicted to a boutique drug that gives her a feeling of blessedness, is inexplicably drawn to the same collective by a man who’s convinced he may start a revolution. As the lives of these four characters intertwine, a story of guilt, anxiety, and feverish hope unfolds in the city of Minneapolis."--
Format:
Book
Call Number:
FIC Bax
The Opposite Of Fate
Author(s):
Description:
"Twenty-one-year-old Mallie Williams -- scrappy, headstrong, and wise beyond her years -- has just landed on her feet following a tumultuous youth when the unthinkable happens: she is violently assaulted. The crime leaves her comatose, surrounded by friends and family who are hoping against hopes for a full recovery. But soon Mallie's small community finds themselves divided. The rape has left Mallie pregnant, and while some friends are convinced that she would never keep the pregnancy, others are sure that a baby would be the only good thing to come out of all of this pain. Who gets to decide? How much power, in the end, do we have over our own bodies? Mallie, her family, and her town find themselves at the center of a media storm, confronting questions nobody should have to face. And when Mallie emerges from the fog, what will she think of the choices that were made on her behalf?"--Provided by publisher.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
FIC McG
The things they carried
Author(s):
Description:
The men of Alpha Company battle the enemy (or maybe more the idea of the enemy), and occasionally each other. In their relationships we see their isolation and loneliness, their rage and fear. They miss their families, their girlfriends and buddies; they miss the lives they left back home. Yet they find sympathy and kindness for strangers (the old man who leads them unscathed through the mine field, the girl who grieves while she dances), and love for each other, because in Vietnam they are the only family they have.
Format:
Large Print
Call Number:
LP FIC OBr
Goodnight loon
Author(s):
Sauer, Abe
Davauer, Nathaniel,
Description:
"Written and illustrated by two fathers who value good rhymes and the power of simple, evocative illustrations, Goodnight Loon moves the story that so many parents know by heart into Northwoods territory. Illustrations inspired by the style of Goodnight Moon will give even the youngest child something to search for on every page. This faithful homage brings fresh life to a much-loved story"--
Format:
Book
Call Number:
BB Sau
Ordinary people
Author(s):
Description:
The "ordinary" existence of an upper middle class family is shattered with the death of the older son and the struggle of the younger son against guilt and suicide.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
FIC Gue
Night Flying Woman : an Ojibway narrative
Author(s):
Broker, Ignatia
Premo, Steven,
Description:
In the accounts of the lives of several generations of Ojibway people in Minnesota is much information about their history and culture.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
970.3 Bro
My footprints
Author(s):
Phi, Bao, 1975-
Tran, Basia,
Description:
Upset after being bullied, Thuy, a Vietnamese American, pretends she is different creatures, including an especially strong, wonderful being made up of her two mothers and herself. Includes note about the phoenix and the Sarabha.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
E Phi
The dragon keeper
Author(s):
Description:
A zookeeper fights to save the animal she loves, even as her own life crumbles around her.
Format:
Book
Call Number:
FIC Mej
