2011 Holiday Catalog from MIBA, The Midwest Independent Booksellers Association

MIDWEST BOOKSELLERS CHOICE AWARDS WINNERS

ADULT FICTION

Wingshooters
Nina Revoyr
[Akashic Books]
9781936070718
$15.95 pb
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ADULT NONFICTION

The Wilder Life
Wendy McClure
[Riverhead]
9781594487804
$25.95
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POETRY

Swallowing the Soap
William Kloefkorn
[Univ. of Nebraska Press/Bison Books]
9780803234055
$26.95 pb
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CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

Moon Over Manifest
Clare Vanderpool
[Delacorte Press]
9780385738835
$16.99
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CHILDREN'S
PICTURE BOOK

Elsie's Bird
Jane Yolen
Illus. by David Small
[Philomel]
9780399252921
$17.99
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FICTION
*Lethal* Sandra Brown [Grand Central] 9781455501472 $26.99 Buy this Book!	*The Night Circus* Erin Morgenstern [Doubleday] 9780385534635 $26.95 Buy this Book!	*Kill Alex Cross* James Patterson [Little, Brown] 9780316198738 $28.99 Buy this Book!	*Red Mist* Patricia Cornwell [Putnam] 9780399158025 $27.95 Buy this Book!	*V is for Vengeance* Sue Grafton [Putnam] 9780399157868 $27.95 Buy this Book!
*Zero Day* David Baldacci [Grand Central] 9780446573016 $27.99 Buy this Book!	*The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt* Caroline Preston [Ecco] 9780061966903 $25.99 Buy this Book!	*The Little Bride* Anna Solomon [Riverhead] 9781594485350 $15 pb Buy this Book!	*The Best of Me* Nicholas Sparks [Grand Central] 9780446547659 $25.99 Buy this Book!	*The Wedding Quilt* Jennifer Chiaverini [Dutton] 9780525952428 $25.95 Buy this Book!
*The Forgotten Affairs of Youth: An Isabel Dalhousie Novel* Alexander McCall Smith [Pantheon Books] 9780307379184 $24.95 Buy this Book!	*The Betsy-Tacy Treasury* Maud Hart Lovelace [HarperCollins] 9780062095879 $15.99 pb Buy this Book!	*The Christmas Wedding* James Patterson and Richard DiLallo [Little, Brown] 9780316097390 $25.99 Buy this Book!	*Northwest Angle* William Kent Krueger [Atria] 9781439153956 $24.99 Buy this Book!	*Game Over* Bernie DuBois [Trellis Publishing] 9781930650121 $14.95 pb Buy this Book!

Must-read Minnesota novels from Milkweed Editions:

The Long-Shining Waters
Danielle Sosin
[Milkweed Editions]
9781571310835
$24
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American Boy
Larry Watson
[Milkweed Editions]
9781571310781
$24
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Vestments
John Reimringer
[Milkweed Editions]
9781571310866
$16 pb
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BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR
	*Across Many Mountains* Yangzom Brauen [St. Martin's Press] 9780312600136 $26.99 Buy this Book!	Charles Dickens: A Life Claire Tomalin [Penguin Press] 9781594203091 $35 Buy this Book!	*Homeless Come Home* Benedict Giamo [Univ. of Notre Dame Press] 9780268029814 $25 pb Buy this Book!
	*A Cavalcade of Lesser Horrors* Peter Smith [Univ. of Minnesota Press] 9780816675579 $17.95 pb Buy this Book!	*A View of the Lake* Beryl Singleton Bissell [Lake Superior Port Cities] 9780942235746 $16.95 pb Buy this Book!	Lorine Niedecker A Poet's Life Margot Peters [Univ. of Wisconsin Press] 9780299285005 $34.95 Buy this Book!

REFERENCE & HUMOR
	*1,000 Places to See Before You Die* Patricia Schultz [Workman] 9780761156864 $19.95 pb Buy this Book!	*The Kingdom New Testament* N.T. Wright [HarperOne] 9780062064912 $25.99 Buy this Book!	*Seriously...I'm Kidding* Ellen DeGeneres [Grand Central] 9780446585026 $26.99 Buy this Book!
	*Green Travel Guide to Northern Wisconsin* Pat Dillon & Lynne Diebel [Univ. of Wisconsin Press] 9780299284145 $19.95 pb Buy this Book!	*Just My Type* Simon Garfield [Gotham] 9781592406524 $27.50 Buy this Book!	*You Are Not So Smart* David McRaney [Gotham] 9781592406593 $22.50 Buy this Book!

ART, ARCHITECTURE & PHOTOGRAPHY
	*The Heights* Kate Ascher [Penguin Press] 9781594203039 $35 Buy this Book!	*America's Great Railroad Stations* Roger Straus III [Viking Studio] 9780670023110 $40 Buy this Book!	*A Home of Her Own* Nancy R. Hiller Photographs by Kendall Reeves [Univ. of Indiana Press] 9780253223531 $29.95 pb Buy this Book!
	*Let's Be Reasonable* Joel Sartore [Univ. of Nebraska Press] 9780803235069 $21.95 Buy this Book!	*The Art Museum* Phaidon Editors [Phaidon Press] 9780714856520 $200 Buy this Book!	*Once There Were Castles* Larry Millett [Univ. of Minnesota Press] 9780816674305 $39.95 Buy this Book!

FOOD WRITING & COOKBOOKS
*Heartland* Judith Fertig [Andrews McMeel] 9781449400576 $35 Buy this Book!	*Bluestem: The Cookbook* Colby & Megan Garrelts with Bonjwing Lee [Andrews McMeel] 9781449400613 $45 Buy this Book!	*The Northern Heartland Kitchen* Beth Dooley [Univ. of Minnesota Press] 9780816667352 $29.95 Buy this Book!	*Gudrun's Kitchen* Irene O. Sandvold, Ingeborg Hydle Baugh, Edward O. Sandvold & Quinn E. Sandvold [Wisconsin Historical Society Press] 9780870204623 $22.95 pb Buy this Book!	*Balzac's Omelette* Anka Muhlstein [Other Press] 9781590514733 $19.95 Buy this Book!
*All About Roasting* Molly Stephens [Norton] 9780393065268 $35 Buy this Book!	*Ultimate Food Journeys* Eyewitness Travel [DK Publishing] 9780756686000 $40 Buy this Book!	*Illustrated Step-by-Step Baking* DK Publishing [DK Publishing] 9780756686796 $35 Buy this Book!	*Comfort Food Fix* Ellie Krieger [Wiley] 9780470603093 $29.99 Buy this Book!	*Food Rules* Michael Pollan [Penguin Press] 9781594203084 $23.95 Buy this Book!
*The Family Meal* Ferran Adrià [Phaidon Press] 9780714862538 $29.95 Buy this Book!	*The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen Cookbook* The Editors of Good Housekeeping [Hearst/Sterling] 9781588169051 $29.95 Buy this Book!

ANIMALS
	*Incredible Journeys: Amazing Animal Migrations* Animal Planet [Kingfisher] 9780753467268 $19.99 Buy this Book!	*Animal* David Burnie, Editor [DK Publishing] 9780756686772 $50 Buy this Book!	*Creating Dairyland* Edward Janus [Wisconsin Historical Society Press] 9780870204630 $26.95 pb Buy this Book!
	*Animals and the Kids Who Love Them* Allen & Linda Anderson [New World Library] 9781577319597 $14.95 pb Buy this Book!	*Rin Tin Tin* Susan Orlean [Simon & Schuster] 9781439190135 $26.99 Buy this Book!	*Birds in Our Backyard* Adele Porter, Photographs by Bill Marchel [Minnesota Historical Society Press] 9780873518369 $16.95 Buy this Book!

HISTORY
	*Timelines of History: The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Events that Shaped the World* Smithsonian [DK Publishing] 9780756686819, $50 Buy this Book!	*Jacqueline Kennedy* Jacqueline Kennedy [Hyperion] 9781401324254 $60 Buy this Book!	*Pacific Crucible* Ian W. Toll [Norton] 9780393068139 $35 Buy this Book!
	*Lions of the West* Robert Morgan [Algonquin] 9781565126268 $29.95 Buy this Book!	*A History of the World in 100 Objects* Neil MacGregor [Viking] 9780670022700 $45 Buy this Book!	*Haunted Wisconsin* Michael Norman [Terrace Books/The Univ. of Wisconsin Press] 9780299285944, $19.95 pb Buy this Book!

HOLIDAY & INSPIRATION
*Dear Me* Warren Hanson [Tristan Publishing] 9780931674624 $14.95 Buy this Book!	*Up North: Reflections Moments & Memories* Joe Brandmeier [Tristan Publishing] 9780931674600 $19.95 Buy this Book!	*Spirit of the Lights* Chuck Frederick [Lake Superior Port Cities] 9780942235111 $16.95 pb Buy this Book!	*Winter Five Windows on the Season* Adam Gopnik [House of Anansi Press] 9780887849756 $19.95 pb Buy this Book!	The Conference of the Birds Peter Sis [Penguin Press] 9781594203060 $27.95 Buy this Book!

BOOKS OF THE MIDWEST
	*Tavern League: Portraits of Wisconsin Bars* Carl Corey [Wisconsin Historical Society Press] 9780870204784 $29.95 Buy this Book!	*Resorts of Minnesota* Neil E. Johnson with Adam Swenson [NLJ Books] 9780983084594 $34.99 Contact store for ordering info.	*Cut from Plain Cloth* Dennis Wiedemann [Berens House] 9780979685217 $34.95 Buy this Book!
	*Blue Guitar Highway* Paul Metsa [Univ. of Minnesota Press] 9780816676422 $24.95 Buy this Book!	*Froom the Jewish Heartland: Two Centuries of Midwest Foodways* Ellen F. Steinberg and Jack H. Prost [Univ. of Illinois Press] 9780252036200 $32.95 Buy this Book!	*History Afield: Stories from the Golden Age of Wisconsin Sporting Life* Robert C. Willging [Wisconsin Historical Society Press] 9780870204296 $24.95 Buy this Book!

CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS
*Making a Friend* Alison McGhee, illustrated by Marc Rosenthal [Atheneum Books for Young Readers] 9781416989981 $16.99 Buy this Book!	*Strega Nona's Gift* Tomie dePaola [Nancy Paulsen Books] 9780399256493 $17.99 Buy this Book!	*Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and Their New Skates* Maj Lindman [Albert Whitman & Co.] 9780807524961 $14.99 Buy this Book!	*The Christmas Tree Ship* Carol Crane, illustrated by Chris Ellison [Sleeping Bear Press] 9781585362851 $15.95 Buy this Book!	*Clancy's Christmas Stampede & Other Christmas Story-Poems* Jim Zitzelsberger [Moki Lane Publishing] 9780615387055 $8.95 pb Contact store for ordering info.
*A Bad Kitty Christmas* Nick Bruel [Roaring Brook Press] 9781596436688 $15.99 Buy this Book!	*Train Trip* Deanna Caswell, illustrated by Dan Andreasen [Disney Hyperion] 9781423118374 $16.99 Buy this Book!	*The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse* Eric Carle [Philomel Books] 9780399257131 $17.99 Buy this Book!	*Twelve Owls* Laura Erickson, illustrated by Betsy Bowen [Univ. of Minnesota Press] 9780816677580 $19.95 Buy this Book!	*Grandpa Green* Lane Smith [Roaring Brook Press] 9781596436077 $16.99 Buy this Book!
*Loon* Susan Griek, illustrated by Karen Reczuch [Groundwood] 9781554980772 $18.95 Buy this Book!	*The Wizard of Oz: A Scanimation Book* Rufus Butler Seder [Workman] 9780761163732 $14.95 Buy this Book!	*Tea with Lady Sapphire: Sharing the Love of Birds* Carl R. Sams II & Jean Stoick [Carl R. Sams II Photography] 9780982762516, $19.95 Buy this Book!	*How Do You Feed a Hungry Giant?* Caitlin Friedman, illustrated by Shaw Nielsen [Workman] 9780761157526 $18.95 Buy this Book!	*Can You See What I See? Toyland Express* Walter Wick [Cartwheel] 9780545244831 $13.99 Buy this Book!
*ZooZical* Judy Sierra, illustrated by Marc Brown [Knopf Books for Young Readers] 9780375868474, $17.99 Buy this Book!	*Big Little Brother* Kevin Kling, illustrated by Chris Monroe [Borealis Books/Minnesota Historical Society Press] 9780873518444, $17.95 Buy this Book!	*Puff the Magic Dragon Pop-Up* Peter Yarrow & Lenny Lipton, illustrated by Eric Puybaret [Sterling Children's Books] 9781402787119, $26.95 hardcover w/CD Buy this Book!	*Otis and the Tornado* Loren Long [Philomel Books] 9780399254772 $17.99 Buy this Book!	*Blowin' in the Wind* Bob Dylan, illustrated by Jon Muth [Sterling Children's Books] 9781402780028 $17.95 Buy this Book!

YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE
*Every Thing On It* Shel Siilverstein [HarperCollins Children's Books] 9780061998164 $19.99 Buy this Book!	*LEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia* DK Publishing [DK Publishing] 9780756686970 $18.99 Buy this Book!	*The LEGO Ideas Book* DK Publishing [DK Publishing] 9780756686062 $24.99 Buy this Book!	*Ship Breaker* Paolo Bacigalupi [Little Brown Books for Young Readers] 9780316056199 $9.99 pb Buy this Book!	*Shatter Me* Tahereh Mafi [HarperCollins Children's Books] 9780062085481 $17.99 Buy this Book!
*Forever* Maggie Stiefvater [Scholastic] 9780545259088 $17.99 Buy this Book!	*Liesl & Po* Lauren Oliver [HarperCollins Children's Books] 9780062014511 $16.99 Buy this Book!	*Wonderstruck* Brian Selznick [Scholastic] 9780545027892 $29.99 Buy this Book!	*Bluefish* Pat Schmatz [Candlewick] 9780763653347 $15.99 Buy this Book!	*The Phantom Tollbooth 50th Anniversary Edition* Norton Juster [Random House] 9780375869037, $24 Buy this Book!