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- Amtrak in the Heartland, Craig Sanders
- Passenger trains have long fascinated Americans. Craig Sanders has written a thorough and comprehensive history of Amtrak operations in the heartland of American from the company's beginnings on May 1, 1971, to the present. Includes lots of photographs, short-haul and long-haul maps, and plenty of endnotes.
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- Don't Start the Revolution Without Me!, Jesse Ventura, with Dick Russell
- Jesse Ventura--former governor, wrestler, and Navy SEAL--on what's wrong with the Democrats, the Republicans, and politics in America.
Written with award-winning author Dick Russell, Ventura's new book reveals for the first time why he left politics--and why he is now considering re-entering the arena with a possible independent run for the presidency in 2008. In a fast-paced and often humorous narrative, Ventura pulls no punches in discussing our corrupt two-party system, the disastrous war in Iraq, and what he suspects really happened on September 11.
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- Dred Scott and the Problem of Constitutional Evil, Mark A. Graber
- Graber examines how the Dred Scott case upset the constitutional compromise on slavery exposing the U.S. Constitution "as an effort to mediate controversies between persons who disputed fundamental value and ... not a vision of the good society."
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- Eating in Eden: Food and American Utopias, Etta M. Madden and Martha L. Finch, editors
- A collection of thirteen essays relating to the "foodways" of American utopian communities. The work includes the essay "Revolution in a Can: Food, Class, and Radicalism in the Minneapolis Co-op Wars of the 1970s," by Mary Rizzo.
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- Harry A. Blackmun: The Outsider Justice, Tinsley E. Yarbrough
- This biography examines the life of the brilliant and complex Minnesotan who rose from poverty to become a very successful attorney and one of the most influential and controversial justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.
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- Paul Shambroom: Picturing Power, Laura Westlund, editor
- Published to accompany documentary photographer Paul Shambroom's extensive 2008-09 American traveling exhibition, "Picturing Power" is the first volume to bring together selections from all five of his most important--and highly acclaimed--series to date. Shambroom portrays places and practices of power in America from the intimacy of small-town council meetings to the cold beauty of nuclear warheads resting in storage.
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- Remarkable Americans: The Washburn Family, Kelsey Kerck
- A history of this energetic and influential New England family, which influenced business, industry, and politics from Maine to California.
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- The Soul Thief , Charles Baxter
- The latest novel from well-regarded Minneapolis author, Baxter, deals with identity and some strange happenings. In The Soul Thief, Charles Baxter has given us one of his most beautifully wrought and unexpected works of fiction: at once lyrical and eerie, acutely observant in its sensual and emotional detail and audaciously metaphysical in its underpinnings. It is a brilliant novel--one that is certain to expand both his already-stellar reputation and his readership.
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- Visions of Progress: The Left-Liberal Tradition in America, Doug Rossinow
- In his new book, historian Doug Rossinow examines how the cooperation and the creative tension between left-wing radicals and liberal reformers advanced many of the most important political values of the twentieth century, including free speech, freedom of conscience, and racial equality.
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- Zamboni: The Coolest Machines on Ice, Eric Dregni
- Who has not succumbed to the hypnotic appeal of watching a Zamboni machine magically resurface a skating rink or hockey arena? Here is the complete and surprising story of how the machine came to be and how it works (quite simple, actually). The book is loaded with wonderful illustrations and stories.
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