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Seeking inspiration for a new font design in an antique store in small-town Stillwater, Minnesota, the author, a graphic designer, was drawn to beautiful handwriting in some old letters. They were in French and had been signed by a man named Marcel and posted from Berlin to France during World War II. Her curiosity aroused, she began to trace Marcel's life and to try and find out the answer to his fate. In the meantime she immortalized Marcel's handwriting as the acclaimed P22 Marcel Script font.

A midwestern policewoman investigates a series of brutal and interconnected crimes. Steadily, she tightens the net on the killers and their accomplices in a kidnapping scheme gone wildly wrong.

"The author shares how she and her husband became egg farmers, and how, with very little experience, they learned to manage their business and why they believe farms like theirs are vital to rebuilding America's food system"--OCLC.

Jack and Rochelle Sutin survived the Holocaust and World War II as part of a band of Jewish resistance fighters hiding in the dense forests of Poland. Their story is told by their son, Lawrence, and the book effectively describes the reality of months spent hiding in a dank underground bunker with lice and disease. When they met and fell in love they did not know if they would live through the war. But over fifty years later, their survival is a tale of strength and courage.

"In late 1800s Minnesota, 13-year-old Ben Ward goes to work with his father in a lumber camp and signs up for a log drive with his friend Nevers, where together they endure freezing weather, dangerous rapids, logjams, storms, floods, and pioneer life in general"--Provided by publisher.

"The search for a suddenly missing man entangles unlicensed P.I. Rushmore McKenzie with one of the most powerful-and ruthless-local families"--Provided by publisher.

Thirteen-year-old Frank Drum is living with his family in New Bremen, Minnesota, in the summer 1961, when tragedy strikes hard and frequently and Frank is thrust into an adult world of secrets, lies, and betrayal.

Gerda Hartwich Robinson narrates her story as a German survivor of World War II. She tells how her life's journey included hunger, fear, neglect, and physical and emotional abuse, and how she carried these injustices in her mind and body for many years, leading to debilitating back pain, headaches, panic attacks, depression, and feelings of inadequacy. Robinson shows that the tragedies of war don't end when the last bomb is dropped or the last prisoner freed; they continue in subtle but devastating ways. Like many German citizens during and after the war, Robinson was simply trying to survive a terrifying situation.

On September 1, 1894, two forest fires converged on the town of Hinckley, Minnesota, and the surrounding area, trapping more than 2,000 people. The resulting firestorm was so intense it burned 350,000 acres in five hours and created its own weather, including hurricane-strength winds, bubbles of plasma-like glowing gas, and 200-foot-tall columns of flames. Temperatures reached 1,600 degrees Fahrenheit---the melting point of steel. The firestorm became a conflagration more powerful than multiple atomic bombs. As fire surrounded the town, two trains running a gauntlet of fire became the only means of escape. More than 400 people died and six towns were completely destroyed. The results of this fire led to a revolution in forestry management practices and federal agencies that monitor and fight wildfires. Written by the grandson of a man who survived the fire as a child and whose great-grandfather lost his life in the fire, this book is a riveting account of what our immigrant and pioneering ancestors endured in their search for better lives.

"At the community feast, observing the bounty of festive foods and counting the numerous elders yet to be seated, Johnny learns to be patient and respectful despite his growling tummy"--Provided by publisher.