Local, Regional and Self-Published Books

At Bookin' It, we carry a number of books that are of local interest, useful to travelers in our area, and are written and/or published by local authors. You will find an ever-changing array of such books featured here.

First Words; Poems

$15.00

Model: 9781890193911

Joyce Sutphen is the Minnesota Poet Laureate.

Poetry. Joyce Sutphen grew up on a working dairy farm, and her poems recover this lost world, with all its beauty and order. This collection traces a shift in the rural landscape from horses to tractors, from haystacks to hay bales---and watches as time ages and changes the people who make up the story. FIRST WORDS is both elegy and celebration---ultimately its center is family, then and now.

Tumbled Dry

$11.95

Model: 9780979853548

NE MN Book Award Winner for Poetry 2012

Statement and comment from the Northeastern Book Award committee of judges:

“In her first collection, Tumbled Dry (Lost Hills Books), Charmaine Donovan takes everyday experiences and transforms them into words that capture the moment perfectly. Clean, clear and lively poems portray the sense of being young yet are filled with profound wisdom. Each poem paints a picture of an age and time that dissolves the borders between then and now with heartfelt precision. Her poems fulfill the words of Robert Penn Warren who said, “How do poems grow? They grow out of your life.” Readers will note her inventive use of many forms, as well as an unpretentious style which combines naturally with subjects rooted in small-town northern Minnesota life.”

Diving the Drop-off; A Selection of Original Poetry

$6.95

Model: DIVING2

Why I Keep Rabbits; New and Selected Poems

$6.95

Model: WIKR

Home Sweet Murder (Paperback)

By Theresa Jarvela

$14.95

ISBN-13: 9780878395873
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: North Star Press of St. Cloud, Inc., 6/2012

If you like your mysteries light and frothy with a dollop of humor and plenty of Minnesota Lakes Region atmosphere mixed in, then Theresa Jarvela's Home Sweet Murder is just what you want. Meggie, a just-past-midlife housesitter with some spunky if interfering lady friends stirs up plenty of trouble when she accepts a job watching a cabin on Spirit Lake. A rash of lake home burglaries escalate to murder and Meggie finds herself unable to resist doing a little of her own investigating. Labeled a wannabe detective and discouraged from further inquires by both husband and friends, Meggie refuses to give up on either her housesitting job or unquenchable curiosity. But will those nighttime investigations get Meggie into deeper water than she handle?

Early Resorts of Minnesota by Ren Holland

$34.95

Model: 9781592984374

Tourism in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, 470 pages, over 500 photos. Read about Minnesota's tourism and thousands of early resorts. Includes rare photos and mpas.

Delicate Armor

$14.95

Model: 9780878394401

summertime GRILLING GUIDE from The Splendid Table

$17.95

Model: 9780985537005

From MPR and The Splendid Table and available only from MPR and Indie Bookstores: "a summertime GRILLING GUIDE from The Splendid Table. Available now. "It's jammed with more than 40 recipes including ones for refreshing beverages and salads alongside ones for savory meats and sauces. This one guide gives you plenty of tips, too, from choosing the grill that's right for you to insights about cooking over fire." $17.95

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