Blood of the Prodigal
An Amish Country Mystery
By P. L. Gaus
Mystery and foreboding lurk in a quiet Old Order Amish community when a young boy goes missing one early morning without a trace. With a strong distrust of law enforcement and the modern “English” ways, the bishop must put his faith in an unlikely partnership. Will he find the boy before it’s too late?
Mystery · Amish · Ohio · Ohio and Regional
Broken English
An Amish Country Mystery
By P. L. Gaus
The peaceful town of Millersburg, Ohio, is rocked by a woman’s murder. When a local reporter turns up dead as well, suspicion falls on David Hawkins, the first victim’s father. With Hawkins nowhere to be found among his Amish community, Professor Michael Branden sets out to uncover the elusive truth.
Mystery · Amish · Ohio · Ohio and Regional
Clouds without Rain
An Amish Country Mystery
By P. L. Gaus
In the wake of a fatal accident involving an Amish buggy and an eighteen-wheeler, Professor Michael Branden’s suspicions grow alongside a number of mysterious happenings plaguing the quiet community. Will he uncover the true source of the crash before anyone else gets hurt?
Mystery · Ohio · Amish · Ohio and Regional
Broken English
An Amish Country Mystery
By P. L. Gaus
The peaceful town of Millersburg, Ohio, is rocked by a woman’s murder. When a local reporter turns up dead as well, suspicion falls on David Hawkins, the first victim’s father. With Hawkins nowhere to be found among his Amish community, Professor Michael Branden sets out to uncover the elusive truth.
Mystery · Amish · Ohio · Ohio and Regional
Clouds without Rain
An Amish Country Mystery
By P. L. Gaus
In the wake of a fatal accident involving an Amish buggy and an eighteen-wheeler, Professor Michael Branden’s suspicions grow alongside a number of mysterious happenings plaguing the quiet community. Will he uncover the true source of the crash before anyone else gets hurt?
Mystery · Ohio · Amish · Ohio and Regional
Reflections
The American Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art
Edited by Nannette V. Maciejunes and M. Melissa Wolfe
This book adds a novel and provocative element to the library of art museum collection catalogs, featuring selected works from the museum’s collection and concise essays by scholars of art who reflect on respond to the distinctive aspects of each work.
Art | American · Art | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions | Permanent Collections · Ohio and Regional
Reflections
The American Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art
Edited by Nannette V. Maciejunes and M. Melissa Wolfe
This book adds a novel and provocative element to the library of art museum collection catalogs, featuring selected works from the museum’s collection and concise essays by scholars of art who reflect on respond to the distinctive aspects of each work.
Art | American · Art | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions | Permanent Collections · Ohio and Regional
Players, Teams, and Stadium Ghosts
Bob Hunter on Sports
By Bob Hunter
Players, Teams, and Stadium Ghosts collects more than 130 sports columns and stories, written over three decades, to offer a smorgasbord of nostalgia and discovery—including the origin stories of some of today’s biggest names in sports—for fans in Ohio and beyond.
Sports & Recreation | Essays · Journalism · Ohio · Ohio and Regional
Rust Belt Burlesque
The Softer Side of a Heavy Metal Town
By Erin O’Brien and Bob Perkoski
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Foreword by Mike Olszewski
Rust Belt Burlesque traces the history of burlesque in Cleveland from the 1800s to the present, while also telling the story of Bella Sin, a Mexican immigrant who largely drove Northeast Ohio’s burlesque comeback. Over 100 color photos provide a peek into the raucous Ohio Burlesque Festival that packs the Beachland Ballroom every year.
The Third Brother
An Andy Hayes Mystery
By Andrew Welsh-Huggins
It’s a violent encounter that private investigator Andy Hayes could have done without. One minute he’s finishing up some grocery shopping ahead of a custody visit with his sons. The next, he must come to the rescue of a Somali American mother and her young children as anti-immigrant bullies torment them.
Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Private Investigators · Ohio · Ohio and Regional
Fatal Judgment
An Andy Hayes Mystery
By Andrew Welsh-Huggins
Judge Laura Porter fiercely guarded her privacy, and never more so than during her long-running—and long in the past—affair with disgraced quarterback-turned-private investigator Andy Hayes. Now she’s missing, disappeared just hours after she calls Andy out of the blue explaining she’s in trouble and needs his help.
Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Private Investigators · Ohio · Ohio and Regional
The Community Table
Effective Fundraising through Events
By Susan Cole Urano
In The Community Table, Susan Urano translates her nonprofit’s experience with a large-scale annual fundraiser into a step-by-step guide for organizers. Using real-life examples, she illustrates methods of team building, conflict resolution, and problem solving. Includes sample timelines, budgets, publicity plans, and committee structures.
Enchanted Ground
The Spirit Room of Jonathan Koons
By Sharon Hatfield
In a fascinating work of religious history and cultural inquiry, Hatfield brings to life the true story of a nineteenth-century farmer-spiritualist, Jonathan Koons, whom thousands traveled to Ohio to see. As heirs to the second Great Awakening, he and his followers were part of a larger, uniquely American moment that still marks the culture today.
Spiritualism · History | United States | 19th Century · American History, Midwest · Ohio · Ohio and Regional
Appalachian Mushrooms
A Field Guide
By Walter E. Sturgeon
From one of the region’s foremost mushroom hunters, Walter E. Sturgeon, comes a long-overdue field guide to finding and identifying the mushrooms found in the Appalachian mountains. This guide is destined to be an indispensable authority on the subject for everyone from beginning hobbyists to trained experts, throughout Appalachia and beyond.
Mushrooms · Plant Guide · Appalachia · Ohio and Regional · Guidebook · West Virginia
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 · Trade Nonfiction
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.
Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Private Investigators · Ohio · Ohio and Regional
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
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.
Photography | Subjects & Themes | Regional · Ohio · Ohio and Regional · Travel | Pictorials
Asylum on the Hill
History of a Healing Landscape
By Katherine Ziff
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Foreword by Samuel T. Gladding
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Afterword by Joseph Shields and Shawna Bolin
Asylum on the Hill is the story of a great American experiment in psychiatry, a revolution in care for those with mental illness, as seen through the example of the Athens Lunatic Asylum. Katherine Ziff’s compelling presentation incorporates rare photos, letters, and records, offering readers a fascinating glimpse into psychiatric history.
American History, Midwest · Architecture · History of Psychiatry · Ohio · American Studies · Ohio and Regional · Athens, Ohio
A Taste of the Hocking Hills
By Matt Rapposelli
A Taste of the Hocking Hills intermingles delicious recipes with striking photographs of the Appalachian region. Chef Matt Rapposelli presents dishes by the season, noting the specialties appearing on his menus that time of year. Whether enjoying a winter evening or a summer morning, cooks will be able to bring a bit of the Hocking Hills home.
Cookbooks · Travel - Midwest · Food Studies · Ohio and Regional
The Third Brother
An Andy Hayes Mystery
By Andrew Welsh-Huggins
It’s a violent encounter that private investigator Andy Hayes could have done without. One minute he’s finishing up some grocery shopping ahead of a custody visit with his sons. The next, he must come to the rescue of a Somali American mother and her young children as anti-immigrant bullies torment them.
Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Private Investigators · Ohio · Ohio and Regional
The Cincinnati Human Relations Commission
A History, 1943–2013
By Phillip J. Obermiller and Thomas E. Wagner
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Foreword by Michael E. Maloney
In the summer of 1943, as World War II raged overseas, the United States also faced internal strife. Earlier that year, Detroit had erupted in a series of race riots that killed dozens and destroyed entire neighborhoods. Across the country, mayors and city councils sought to defuse racial tensions and promote nonviolent solutions to social and economic injustices.
Political Science | Civil Rights · American History, Midwest · Race and Ethnicity · Ohio and Regional · Ohio
The Man Who Created Paradise
A Fable
By Gene Logsdon
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Foreword by Wendell Berry
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Photography by Gregory Spaid
The Man Who Created Paradise, a fable inspired by a true story, tells how young Wally Spero looked at one of the bleakest places in America—the strip-mined spoil banks of southeastern Ohio—and saw in it his escape from the drudgery of his factory job.
Fifty Must-Try Craft Beers of Ohio
By Rick Armon
Every craft beer has a story, and part of the fun is learning where the liquid gold in your glass comes from. In Fifty Must-Try Craft Beers of Ohio, veteran beer writer Rick Armon picks the can’t-miss brews in a roundup that will handily guide everyone from the newest beer aficionado to those with the most seasoned palates. Some are crowd pleasers, some are award winners, some are just plain unusual—the knockout beers included here are a tiny sample of what Ohio has to offer.In
Beer · Food Studies · Ohio and Regional · Guidebook · Ohio
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Cleveland’s Free Stamp
By Edward J. Olszewski
In 1985, the Sohio oil company commissioned Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen to design and construct a large outdoor sculpture for its new corporate headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio. The result was Free Stamp, a bold and distinctive installation that captured both a Pop Art sensibility and a connection to the city’s industrial past. Sohio executives approved the design, and work was already underway, when British Petroleum acquired the company.
Empowering the Public-Private Partnership
The Future of America’s Local Government
By George V. Voinovich
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Introduction by R. Gregory Browning and Hunter Morrison
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Afterword by Hunter Morrison
Using lessons from Cleveland, Mayor George V. Voinovich developed this handbook for governments and private entities seeking a mutually enriching partnership. It is his legacy to those who will guide America’s cities to new growth and vitality.
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.
Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Private Investigators · Ohio · Ohio and Regional
Slow Burn
An Andy Hayes Mystery
By Andrew Welsh-Huggins
Almost two years have passed since Aaron Custer supposedly set a fire at a house in Columbus that killed three college students, when it starts to seem likely that the wrong man is in prison.
Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Private Investigators · Ohio · Ohio and Regional
Capitol Punishment
An Andy Hayes Mystery
By Andrew Welsh-Huggins
All eyes are on swing state Ohio in the midst of a presidential election, and protecting a controversial reporter seems simple enough to Andy. But then a body shows up in the Statehouse.
Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Private Investigators · Ohio · Ohio and Regional
Midwestern Native Shrubs and Trees
Gardening Alternatives to Nonnative Species: An Illustrated Guide
By Charlotte Adelman and Bernard L. Schwartz
In this companion volume to the bestselling The Midwestern Native Garden: Native Alternatives to Nonnative Flowers and Plants, Charlotte Adelman and Bernard L. Schwartz offer another indispensible guide to replacing nonnative plants with native alternatives. This time, their subject is the native woody species that are the backbone of our gardens and landscapes.
Landscape Horticulture · Gardening · Ohio and Regional · Guidebook · Plant Guide · Midwest
