These four new Midwest Connections Picks complete our roster of featured books for Fall 2009 and the upcoming holiday season: a memoir of the Great Plains, a final poetry collection from a beloved Midwest poet, a superb bread baking book, and a delightfully inspiring children’s picture book.
All of these books make terrific holiday gifts
– as do the rest of our Fall Midwest Connections Picks !
SELDOM SEEN
A Journey into the Great Plains
Patrick Dobson
University of Nebraska Press
$29.95, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-8032-1616-7
“This intimate search for self-discovery and renewal is so well told, you’ll smell the dew on the morning grass, and you’ll know you’ve found something truly delicious.”
– Michael Murphy, coauthor of Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations and vice president of programming for Kansas City Public Television
THE CHAIN LETTER OF THE SOUL
New and Selected Poems
by Bill Holm
Milkweed Editions
$18.00 Trade Paperback Original
ISBN 978-1-57131-444-4
“His whole persona comes with a clear mandate: DO NOT DUPLICATE — as if anyone could if they tried.”
– Jim Heynen
HEALTHY BREAD IN FIVE MINUTES A DAY
100 New Recipes Featuring Whole Grains, Fruit, Vegetables, and Gluten-Free Ingredients
By Jeff Hertzbert, M.D.
and Zoë François
Photography by Mark Luinenburg
Thomas Dunne Books
St. Martin’s Press / Macmillan
$27.99 Hardcover
Color and black & white photos
ISBN 978-0-312-54552-9
“The testament I can give is that many people buy a copy to give as a gift and return to get another for themselves. Always a good sign.”
– Hans Weyandt, Micawber’s Books, St. Paul, MN
THE LEAF THAT
WOULDN’T LEAVE
by Trish Trinco
illustrated by Bryan Langdo
Tristan Publishing
$16.95 Hardcover Picture Book
ISBN 978-0-931674-90-7
We all often need encouragement to face changes in our lives, and this book definitely helps the child in each of us to head in that direction. We love it!”
– Jane Stroh, The Bookstore, Glen Ellyn, IL
