In the House of Wilderness
A Novel
By Charles Dodd White
After months of wandering homeless through the landscape of Appalachia, a young woman named Rain finds herself part of a desperate family driven by exploitation and abuse. A harrowing story of choice and sacrifice, In the House of Wilderness is a novel about the modern South and how we fight through hardship and grief to find a way home.
The Hunt
An Andy Hayes Mystery
By Andrew Welsh-Huggins
As a serial killer stalks prostitutes in Columbus, Ohio, a distraught brother asks private investigator Andy Hayes to find his sister before it’s too late. In a deadly race against time, Andy soon learns he’s not the only person hunting Jessica Byrnes, but he may be the only one who wants her alive.
Aminah’s World
An Activity Book and Children’s Guide about Artist Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson
By Carole Miller Genshaft
Children explore the life and art of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson by interpreting her work and conceptualizing their own world in a fun and entertaining way.
Biography, Artists (Juvenile Nonfiction) · Ohio and Regional · Ohio
Little Otter Learns to Swim
By Artie Knapp and Guy Hobbs
In this endearing picture book, a baby river otter learns to swim, dive, and play in her natural habitat. From children’s author Artie Knapp and wildlife artist Guy Hobbs, Little Otter Learns to Swim is an entertaining and colorful tale for ages four and up. The book includes fun facts and information from the River Otter Ecology Project.
Animal Storybook (Juvenile Fiction) · Nature (Juvenile Fiction) · Ohio
Home Front to Battlefront
An Ohio Teenager in World War II
By Frank Lavin
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Foreword by Henry Kissinger
Home Front to Battlefront contributes the rich details of one soldier’s experience to the broader literature on World War II, offering insight into the wartime career of a Jewish Ohioan in the military from enlistment to training through overseas deployment via personal letters, recollections, official military history, and more.
Letters · World War II · Military History · American History · Ohio and Regional
Ohio in Photographs
A Portrait of the Buckeye State
By Ian Adams and Randall Lee Schieber
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Introduction by John Fleischman
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Foreword by John R. Kasich
Ohio in Photographs is a collection of stunning images that capture the texture of life in the Buckeye State. Two of the region’s’s leading landscape photographers, Ian Adams and Randall Lee Schieber, present a rich array of places and people from each of Ohio’s eighty-eight counties.
Way of All the Earth
By Anna Akhmatova
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Translation by D. M. Thomas
Way of All the Earth contains selected poems written by Anna Akhmatova, one of Russia’s greatest poets whose works embody the complexities of her era. Intricately observed and unwavering in their emotional immediacy, these strikingly modern poems represent one of the twentieth century’s most powerful voices.
Barns of the Midwest
Edited by Allen G. Noble and Hubert G. H. Wilhelm
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Introduction by Timothy G. Anderson
Originally published in 1995, editors Noble and Wilhelm gathered experts in history and architecture to write on the nature and meaning of Midwestern barns. Featuring a new introduction by Timothy G. Anderson, Barns of the Midwest is the definitive work on this ubiquitous but little studied architectural symbol of a region and its history.
Human Geography · American History, Midwest · Midwest · Ohio and Regional
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