MHS Press & Borealis Books Summer E-Book Sale!
Created by Mary Poggione on 17 Jun 2011 | Tagged as: Uncategorized
Take Minnesota with You Wherever You Go!
10 Minnesota e-books by Minnesota writers for $4.99 each from popular e-book vendors including, Amazon.com,barnesandnoble.com, and Apple’s iTunes/iBooks store. Prices good through Labor Day!
The Dog Says How
by Kevin Kling
Kling’s autobiographical tales are as enchanting as they are true to life: hopping freight trains, getting hit by lightning, growing up in Minnesota, and eating things before knowing what they are.
A Travel Guide for Reckless Hearts: Stories
by N. M. Kelby
Ten sweet and slightly wicked stories by N. M. Kelby, whose work has appeared on National Public Radio’s “Selected Shorts” and on NPR’s CD Travel Tales.
An “artful collection of stories”. The New York Times Book Review
Dial M: the Murder of Carol Thompson
by William Swanson
A haunting re-creation of the brutal death of an American housewife, the conviction of her husband, and the family trial at which their children determined for themselves how their father should be charged.
Answering 911: Life in the Hot Seat
by Caroline Burau
“The day may come when I have to dial 911. I hope to God that the person who answers is Caroline Burau or someone like her. Funny, honest, and elegantly simple, this book left me with a sense of grace and hope.” -Alison McGhee, author of Shadow Baby, Rainlight, Was It Beautiful? and Falling Boy
Fried: Surviving Two Centuries in Restaurants
by Steve Lerach
From the finest restaurants of Paris to the Kashmiri Dining Room at the Ambassador Motor Inn in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, Steve Lerach offers an entertaining, outrageous, and compassionate look at the people who put the food on your plate.
Opening Golaith: Danger and Discovery in Caving
by Cary J. Griffith
“Writing in a style that reads like fiction, Griffith takes readers into heart-stopping action alongside caver John Ackerman, who found unexplored Goliath Cave in southeastern Minnesota.” St. Paul Pioneer Press
Beware of Cat and Other Encounters of a Letter Carrier
by Vincent Wykcoff
Letter carriers like Vincent Wyckoff walk through the same neighborhood each day, learning its stories and making connections between people. In these funny and touching tales, Beware of Cat reveals the inner workings of an ordinary place of extraordinary interest.
The Summer of Ordinary Ways: A Memoir
by Nicole Lea Helget
“Helget wrings intensity from the seemingly mundane–a family farm, the kitchen, a sleepy Midwestern town–to recreate a past that lives on somewhere between a dream and a nightmare. Helget’s debut is nothing short of remarkable.”–Rosellen Brown, author of Tender Mercies
Crossing Hoffa: A Teamster’s Story
by Steven J. Harper
In this fascinating account, Steven Harper traces the interwoven paths of two men-a criminal icon and Harper’s determined vigilante father-from their formative years through their unbelievable face-off.
Reaching Past the Wire: A Nurse at Abu Ghraib
by Deanna Germain, Lieutenant Colonel, USAR (Ret) with Connie Lounsbury
With startling detail, Lt. Col. Germain offers a clear-eyed account of life as a nursing supervisor behind the fortified gates of Abu Ghraib, which had recently made headlines around the world for prisoner abuse. Despite unbearable heat, frequent mortar attacks, medical supply shortages, substandard facilities, the relentless stench of war, and sleepless nights quartered in a tiny prison cell, Germain served the medical needs of each of her patients with remarkable humanity.