Some of our favorites!
Let us introduce you to some of our favorite book projects. Each offering here has been masterfully written, edited, and sure to bring joy to the reader. Each book listing also provides links to the authors and/or their websites. Order direct, and SAVE!
“Farm Girls and Dear Homefolks covers are works of art! You are welcome to put them on your website but alas, they are both sold out. Amazing that we sold 2700 copies of Farm Girls and people still beg for them from time to time. Not too bad! I also sold about a thousand Dear Homefolks. I'm pleased with that and so grateful for your expertise.”
Candace Simar
Experience the thrill of flying a P-51 Mustang and the skill it took Minnesota fighter pilot Don Beerbower to lead the 9th Air Force in aerial victories in WWII. Join the twenty-two-year-old in the harrowing skies over Nazi Germany in Paul Sailer’s 2019 Special Edition of his award winning biography: The Oranges are Sweet. Hardcover, over two hundred photos, images and maps. Order an autographed copy at www.lodenbooks.com and receive free shipping.
This quarterly (plus two special editions) is the perfect book / subscription for the “lite” reader. Although it’s overflowing with the very finest essays and poetry, non are longer than 4 pages. The size, the look, the feel, the very vibe of these little books is irresistible. And what’s inside will wow you too. Stone Gathering is chock full of everything we need at this fraught and frightening moment in history: empathy, connection, understanding, depth of spirit, abiding love. Pick one up, pass one on.
“This book, this beautiful collection of words, is a bit like the acorn: small but mighty, tiny yet majestic. Pocket-sized and utterly portable, Stone Gathering packs a literary punch that belies its size. Thank you, Deborah Jacobs, for this indelible offering.” Melanie Green, Bluebird Books & Cafe, Hutchinson, KS
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Some call Lanesboro, Minnesota the state’s best kept secret, yet more than twenty-five thousand visitors make their way to this delightful bluff-country village on the Root River every year.
This delightful book invites you to explore its inspiring past, places, and people. Here is pretty much everything you need to know before you head out to this town that time forgot.
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Diane Schlagel is a retired Licensed psychologist who has bravely written her own memoir of survival and resilience in the face of childhood sexual abuse within her family. The Price of New Shoes offers healing perspective and guidance through the ragged emotions that can damage even the hard-shelled survivors. Diane’s honesty and fortitude shine a light on one of today’s most troubling issues.
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“Shelterbelts is a wonderful novel, full of vivid writing and fierce characters with a passion for finding their place in the world despite the cruelties of war and the realities of living on the land.
Like Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg Ohio, this book explores the secret yearnings of the heart that promise to connect us if we take the time to discover them in each other. Readers are going to fall in love with Simar’s Tolga Township!”
Jonis Agee, Award-winning Author of River Wife
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While you’re at it, for more amazing historical novel reading, check out Candace’s other Abercrombie series books. You will not be disappointed.
This eerie murder mystery masterpiece is set in Minnesota's North Shore of Lake Superior. A humorous, yet frightening tale of lust, pride, and greed, it haunts the reader long after the book is finished. Andersen's unique writing style makes this a very fun adventure.
To get your copy of Jay’s newest book from Barnes and Noble, click here.
From Mille Lacs Lake to Duluth harbor, Murder on the Lake is a great example of tightly woven murder mystery. Paul Simonson’s first of a new series is steeped in a tangled web of “who dunnit?” and is guaranteed to keep you perplexed and curious throughout this intriguing read.
Connect with the author, or purchase a book directly here.
A Notion of Pelicans opens with a mysterious appearance by pelicans along the North Shore of Lake Superior. A hundred years later, Pelican Church, founded on that spot, draws people with its legend that one of the pelicans still circles overhead. The story unfolds on a single October day and is narrated by four quirky women—the pastor’s wife, an actress, a professor, and a businesswoman. As they share their secrets, it’s apparent they’re in search of something missing in their lives. It’s also clear they know themselves only imperfectly.
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The dramatic image of Don Beerbower and Wah Kau Kong piloting P-51 Mustangs as they rise through the overcast in 1943 graces the cover of I Had a Comrade. Beerbower and Kong represent two of the ten riveting stories in Paul Sailer’s new book.
Foreword by Dick Cole, the last surviving member of the famous Doolittle Raid. Cole writes, “These are stories of young people who had their lives altered by that intense form of duty toward others that is exemplified in I Had a Comrade.” Purchase this book at www.lodenbooks.com
Laura L. Hansen writes to give public voice to her inner voices. As an aphantasiac and granddaughter of a poet, Laura learned early on she could preserve memory through writing. Known for writing lyrical, image-rich poetry, Ms. Hansen's work has appeared in numerous regional literary journals as well as online, and on public radio and television. Her book, Midnight River, was a Stevens Poetry Manuscript Prize Winner and a Finalist in the Midwest Book Awards.
“Laura Hansen writes in the language of music and breath, smoke and memory, taking us from myth to the modern day. Throughout, her sensuous and earthy images capture the sometimes blatant, sometimes just-beneath-the-surface magic of our world. Her short prose and poems make us ache with wonder and recognition as we see our own sacred story reflected in her Night Journey”. – Nicole Borg, author of All Roads Lead Home
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Not only is The Virginia Theological Seminary one of America’s oldest colleges (Francis Scott Key was a founding member), it is also one of the first seminaries to include black and female students.
As with most journeys that leave a momentous change behind them, Grace in Motion, and No Turning Back are documents of the women’s and African American’s struggles to inherit their places within this prestigious college.
To learn more about Grace in Motion and/or No Turning Back, go here
Aptly named, Ray Gildow’s adventuresome book takes us through the humble-stumble beginnings of what was to become the Mid-West’s most popular and successful guiding groups.
A fisherman’s must-have for humor, frustration, tragedy, and personal successes.
Order the history of the Nisswa Guides’ Book Legends and Legacies here
Looking Back is a memoir, focused on the 1950s, as seen through the eyes of an 11-year-old boy land his friends living in the small town of Long Lake, some fifty miles north of Chicago, Illinois.
According to the author, “The aim of this book is not to glorify days gone by, or to suggest that the past was superior to the present., but to provoke the reader to reflect on some of the ways the world has changed, for better or for worse, over the intervening decades.”
Looking Back is available directly from the author or through Amazon.com
Dan Hegstad’s newest book is a definite for those who seek a positive resetting of personal compassing. Although Hegstad has spent years researching the “human condition,” this offering is a totally fresh viewpoint of introspection and finding authenticity. We find it amazing that Dan is so able to get right to the heart of helping us learn who we are, and why we are the way we are. Thanks, Dan, for helping us navigate towards a more content soul.
Learn and purchase here
The Minnesota Headwaters Guidebook is the official publication of Minnesota’s Mississippi Headwaters Board. In it you’ll find detailed maps of each of the five section, photos, camping information, some history, and many other bits of great info. I the book is available through the MHB here
Arrival & Departure is a book of poetry for readers of every age.
In Doris’ poetry historical figures come to life. Folks like Sacajawea, Thomas Edison and others. She takes her readers with her on her travels to Venice, Norway and Ireland as well as on her fantasies of planting tulips with Tom Cruise or ironing shirts with Bill Clinton. Her writing reveals the humor, irony and pathos in everyday events. It is a book of life snapshots captured in Doris’ own signature blend of words.
Arrival and Departure available here
Julia Lee’s first young-reader’s novel will carry you from Chicago to Scotland, telling the sometimes harrowing story of a young Ojibwe girl. Rural Scotland is a wild, rugged land full of unsurpassed beauty—and a few secrets of its own. In the woods behind her new house, Keilann finds an ancient stone circle and a strange, silent girl who seems to have walked straight out of her nightmares. Though Keilann tries to deny it, a series of inexplicable coincidences makes her consider the impossible: perhaps her dreams are not mere illusions, but a window into Scotland’s violent past.
"Julia Lee drives to the heart of what it means to reconnect in Seven Stones. Place, race, ancestors, and identity converge in this compelling tale, daring everyone to explore what it truly means to dream." —Anton Treuer, author of Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask
Meet Julia Lee here
Here is the new version of this popular reference book designed to provide the Gestalt reader / student some concrete and illustrative relationship building materials.
Making a Difference with Your Presence is a thorough compilation of working theories and concepts that mirror your own natural human processes.
Learn more at: GestaltOSD Center
Written as dialogue between each member of a small Minnesota farm family, Good Thunder, Blue Earth pulls no punches. Although it’s mostly tender and hopeful, the book takes you deep into the dynamic world of family farming, revealing the emotional roller-coaster these hardy people ride upon.
This is basic Americana at its most honest, most humble, and most true. It is a short read, but one that stays with you - for a really long time. Contact the author here
The Blue Sheep Movement opens the door to choices, enabling people to walk their own path to wellness. Medicine has its place, and so does holistic health care. How do you incorporate both?
This book will help you understand why your doctor can’t advise you on alternative treatments and what your options are. The true stories and thoughts from a Traditional Naturopath will inspire, encourage, and challenge your belief system.
Break free from the herd to find your unique path to health. Take a walk on the blue side of life.
Quinn Nystrom shares her story of living with type 1 diabetes across the country to diabetes camps, convention halls, corporate offices and the United States Congress. Her message is simple: We must find a cure for diabetes and provide support and care for the millions of people living with the disease. Her company, Qspeak, allows her to advocate, consult and raise funds for diabetes. A portion of the book sales goes to her non-profit foundation, “Dateline Diabetes,” which provides hope and support for people living with diabetes.
"I read this gem of a book in one sitting. I couldn't stop. Quinn's willingness to share "the good, the bad and the ugly" of life with diabetes is filled with emotion and passion along with her sense of humor. Thank you for this incredible little book."
Marcia A. Meier BAN, RN, Certified Diabetes Educator; Program Manager,Patient Services, International Diabetes Center
If I Kiss You, Will I Get Diabetes? is available through the author here
Her website is www.QuinnNystrom.com