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Author
Publisher
Loras College Press, Center for Dubuque History
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A selection of black and white photographs documenting Dubuque workers and their workplaces in 1912, accompanied by text explaining the collection and various aspects of Dubuque history. The images are part of the Klauer Collection, a large set of prints and glass plate negatives, now housed at the Loras College Center for Dubuque History.
Author
Publisher
Loras College Press, Center for Dubuque History
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A collection of black and white photographs featuring employees at work in a variety of Dubuque businesses. These images mimic workplace photographs taken one hundred years earlier, some of which are published separately as A City at Work: Dubuque, 1912.
Author
Publisher
[Paul Hemmer]
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Discover actors, dancers, and musicians, ballrooms, nightclubs and theaters that give Dubuque a special place in show business history. This volume features fascinating, previously unpublished information uncovered after more than four years of research by the author who has been active in the Dubuque entertainment scene for almost 60 years"--Cover, page 4.
65) Gathered
Author
Language
English
Description
"Gathered is a story of disconnection and redemption. Sol Severson is successful in every observable way, living with his wife and daughter in an exclusive Chicago suburb. But inwardly, Sol is an empty soul, cut off from any relationship with his family of origin and merely going through the motions with others. After a tragedy sends him reeling, Sol embarks on a mission to explore his roots and resolve long repressed questions about the father he...
Author
Language
English
Description
"In this profoundly honest and examined memoir about returning to Iowa to care for her ailing parents, the star of Orange Is the New Black and New York Times bestselling author of Born with Teeth takes us on an unexpected journey of loss, betrayal, and the transcendent nature of a daughter's love for her parents. They say you can't go home again. But when her father is diagnosed with aggressive lung cancer and her mother with atypical Alzheimer's,...
68) Kill switch
Author
Series
Devil's night volume 3
Language
English
Description
Winter: Sending him to prison was the worst thing I could've done. It didn't matter that he did the crime or that I wished he was dead. Perhaps I thought I'd have time to disappear before he got out or he'd cool off in jail and be anything but the horror he was. But I was wrong. Three years came and went too fast, and now he's anything but calm. Prison only gave him time to plan. And while I anticipated his vengeance, I didn't expect this. He doesn't...
Author
Publisher
River Lights Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"For Kate Klaver, an emotionally detached housewife from Sunton, Iowa, the pressure to keep secrets of an imprisoned marriage became difficult. For her husband, D., burying those secrets before they surfaced became his ultimate goal. Therefore, he set out to destroy his wife's credibility--declaring Kate mentally unstable. Rumors swarmed among families and friends that intervention followed by committal was Kate's fate. Then, an unprovoked beating...
Author
Publisher
Reedy Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Not your traditional guidebook, it will lead you to unlock the secrets and little-known stories behind the city’s most enduring icons. You’ll find directions to the real crookedest street, windmills, and an airport for flying boats. Along the way you’ll encounter some bizarre and often hilarious history.
Author
Publisher
Mill City Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Freshly retired, Maureen Clarke was desperate for an Adventure. One that would send her past her comfort zone but not send her to her death. Returning to her home state of Iowa after a 15-year absence, she set off on a 33-day trek across Iowa to discover its hiking trails. But this would be no ordinary journey: She was 58-years old, she would be taking this trip alone, and she would be pitching a tent. What's so unusual about this? She had never been...
Author
Publisher
Familius, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Writing is one of the oldest and most effective means of self-exploration, self-expression, and self-discovery. In this new guided journal, Mary Potter Kenyon offers readers an opportunity to reflect on the meaning and significance of loss and allows the griever to sort through all the conflicting emotions that arise after a death. By interweaving her own experiences of loss, the proven research behind writing as a method for healing, and blank pages...
77) Hideaway
Author
Series
Devil's night volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Buried in the shadows of the city, there's an abandoned hotel called The Pope, surrounded by a forgotten mystery. But you think it's true, don't you, Kai Mori? The story about the hidden twelfth floor and the dark guest who and never checked out. You and your friends can try to scare me. Because even though I struggle to hide everything I feel when you look at me--and have ever since I was a girl--what you seek is so much closer than you'll ever...
79) Lucy, go see
Author
Publisher
Chez Soi Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
"This is a coming-to-voice novel based on a true story. Join Lucy Pilgrim on a quest simply to be herself in a man's world. Fasten your seat belt for this rollicking, riveting, unusually humorous, touching adventure in love, sex, and geography. Though Lucy, Go See is the story of how a young girl from rural Iowa becomes an international model and the trouble she gets into and out of, and how she learns about the powerful autonomy of her sexual desire,...
Author
Publisher
[Jane Gassman]
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A collection of letters written home by Charles J. Maiers during his service in World War II. Maiers was from Holy Cross in Dubuque County, Iowa, and he joined the Navy at age 19, serving from 1942-1945 aboard both the USS Deimos and the USS George Clymer in the South Pacific. Facsimiles of the letters are accompanied by photos and contextual information.
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