Catalog Search Results
1) North Dakota
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Whether youre interested in history, outdoor adventures, Native American culture, wildlife, or dramatic scenery, North Dakota is a great place to take it all in. Readers will journey through the North Dakota wilderness, see what life is like for the states people, and learn about local history. --from Amazon.
2) North Dakota
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to North Dakota! Let Matt show you around the state where he lives. Learn about his state’s flag, animal, and flower. Find out his favorite activities too!"--
4) North Dakota
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
From hiking and biking in Theodore Roosevelt National Park to catching a hockey or football game at one of the state's universities, there's a lot to see and do in North Dakota. This state lies in the Midwest. North Dakota introduces the state's history, geography, climate, economy, people, and places. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the early 1980s, farmers were suffering through the worst economic crisis to hit rural America since the Great Depression. Land prices were down, operating costs and interest rates were up, and severe weather devastated crops. Instead of receiving assistance from the government as they had in the 1930s, these hardworking family farmers were threatened with foreclosure by the very agency that Franklin Delano Roosevelt created to help them. Desperate,...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
The New Wild West is the definitive account of what's happening on the ground and what really happens to a community when the energy industry is allowed to set up in a town with little regulation or oversight - and at what cost.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Recommended by Chef José Andrés on The Drew Barrymore Show!
A remarkable portrait of American food before World War II, presented by the New York Times-bestselling author of Cod and Salt.Award-winning New York Times-bestselling author Mark Kurlansky takes us back to the food and eating habits of a younger America: Before the national highway system brought the country closer together;...
Author
Publisher
New York University Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"This book rejects the stereotype of the Midwest as bleached-out Christian country. It unearths a surprising and intimate history of the first two generations of Syrian Muslims in the Midwest who, in spite of discrimination, created a life that was Arab, American, and Muslim all at the same time"--
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The immense scale of geologic time is difficult to comprehend. Our lives-- and the entirety of human history-- are mere nanoseconds on this timescale. Yet we hugely influenced by the land we live on. From shales and fossil fuels, from lake beds to soil composition, from elevation to fault lines, what could be more relevant that the history of the ground beneath our feet? For most of modern history, geologists could say little more about why mountains...
Author
Publisher
Icon Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Since highland cattle ransacked his grandmother's vegetable patch when he was six, Roger Morgan-Grenville has been fascinated by cows. So at the age of 61, with no farming experience, he signed on as a part- time labourer on a beef cattle farm to tell their side of the story. The result is this lyrical and evocative book. For 10,000 years, cow and human lives have been intertwined. Cattle have existed alongside us, fed and shod us, quenched our thirst,...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A personal, lyrical, and idiosyncratic ode to our national parks"--
"For years, America's national parks have provided public breathing spaces in a world in which such spaces are steadily disappearing, which is why close to 300 million people visit the parks each year. Now, to honor the centennial of the National Park Service, Terry Tempest Williams, the author of the beloved memoir When Women Were Birds, returns with The Hour of Land, a literary...
Author
Publisher
Chartwell Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Covers the history of the tribes from earliest times til today, examining the early pre-Columbian civilizations, the movements of the tribes after the arrival of European colonists and their expansion westwards, and the reanimation of Indian culture and political power in recent years. It covers the area from the Canadian Arctic to the Rio Grande--and the wide range of cultural differences and diverse lifestyles that exist.
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A revelatory account by the best- selling author of Ratf**ked that will give you hope that America's fragile democracy can still be saved. Following Ratf**ked, his "extraordinary timely and undeniably important" (New York Times Book Review) expos�e of how a small cadre of Republican operatives rigged American elections, David Daley emerged as one of the nation's leading authorities on gerrymandering. In Unrigged, he charts a vibrant political movement...
Author
Publisher
Vintage
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A man traveling down Highway 90 West gets trapped alone overnight inside a Cracker Barrel restaurant, where he is tormented by an endless loop of Shania Twain songs on the overhead sound system. A wandering actor returns to his hometown against his better instincts and runs into an old friend, who recounts their teenage days of stealing cars, scoring Benzedrine, and sleeping with whores in Tijuana. A Minnesota family travels south for a winter vacation...
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request