Books
about Farm Life, Small Town Life, the Midwest, and
Scandinavian-Americans
Featuring
the Heartwarming Humor of "Those Lutheran
Ladies"
Sale Items
Children
of the Kalevala(ONLY
ONE LEFT!)by Lauri
Anderson
For
your Finnish friends, or for just a great book to lift you from your
Winter Doldrums. These are stories about "Contemporary American
Finns"
as they "Relive the Timeless Tales of the Kalevala." Written
about the
"Yoopers," the Upper Peninsula People in the Michigan area,
Anderson
-- a Finnish American author of many books, and a teacher at Finlandia
University in the "U.P." -- will give you and your friends plenty to
laugh about in this generally bleak time of the year.
OS -01 Paperback
$12.95Now $9.00
Not Scandinavian-American at all, but Rural Route Bookstore
is about humor too.
Car Talk
CDs by
the famous Tappet Brothers, Click & Clack
A
few years ago I set up a booth at some festival prior to Mother's and
Father's Days. I decided that all parents could use some humor.
And,
as I am writing this, I am listening to Car Talk on MPR right now.
Laughing is a good way to start a Saturday. Maybe Janet
Martin (my
co-author) and I can become the "Click and Clack" of the Scandinavian
Lutherans. Maybe we already are.
This
is strange, but of the 4 CDs I have left, (2 of each), one of each kind
is shrink-wrapped and one isn't. I can only guess that some picky
man,
reluctant to part with a few bucks on gifts for his parents, insisted
on listening to part of each and therefore I had to open one copy of
each. I promise these aren't ones I have opened and listened to over
and over. Nope, the one hour on Saturday morning sustains me for a
week, and besides -- my Onesie Sale is not a garage sale of used items.
More
humor to get you through the Winter Doldrums, or so you can get your
2008 Mother's and Father's Day gifts early!
Car Talk:
Maternal Combustion, Calls about Moms and Cars
OS -02CD1a $13.95Now $9.00 for the
shrink-wrapped one
OS -02CD1b $13.95Now $7.50 for
the unwrapped one that maybe has 1 minute of listening time on it from
a demonstration
Car Talk: Why You Should
Never Listen to Your Father When It Comes to Cars
OS -02CD2a $13.95Now $9.00 for the
shrink-wrapped one
OS -02CD2b
$13.95Now $7.50 for
the unwrapped one that maybe has 1 minute of listening time on it from
a demonstration
North Dakota
Postcards, 1900 –– 1930
Compiled by Larry Aasen
From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was a very popular means
of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this
"golden age" are now considered works of art. Postcard photographers
traveled throughout the nation snapping photographs of busy street
scenes, documenting local landmarks and people at work, and assembling
crowds of local people. This book contains surviving images of North
Dakota's history.
Aasen's mother (from rural Hillsboro, ND),
saved 488 postcards in a big leather album, and they document her life
and love; tell about crops, politics and parties; and show fashions of
the day, street scenes, and the general culture. As part of the Arcadia
Postcard Series,
this book contains black and white scans of over 200 cards in the Aasen
collection. Aasen writes, "Some of the cards contain rather personal
comments, which I am sure the rural delivery mailman read and enjoyed."
Many of these cards -- purchased for five cents and requiring a one
cent stamp until 1917 when the price for postage doubled -- were
correspondence between Theodore Aasen and Clara Brenden. Author Larry
Aasen calls some of these "love by postcard." Ted Aasen and Clara were
married in 1914.
Some are cartoon sketches, some are
paintings, and many are photographs. In this book, all appear in black
and white, and are not perforated for removal to be resent. They are
historical photos, in book form, accompanied by Larry Aasen's comments,
and they portray an important era in both North Dakota's and America's
history.
I - 46 Paperback $18.99Now $14.00
The Memory Quilt: A
Tale of Friends & Family Lost & Found in the Great Cloquet Fire
of 1918 by Pamela J. Erickson
History
and fiction are combined in this exciting account of the catastrophic
Cloquet Fire. Fourteen-year-old Lisa Hanson falls asleep in
present
day Cloquet and is mysteriously transported to Cloquet on the day of
the fire. Everyone there thinks she is Liisa Maki, her grandma's
oldest sister who disappeared that day and was never heard of
again.
By the end of her eye-opening journey into the past, Lisa solves the
mystery of her missing great aunt.
CH - 7
Paperback
$9.95Now $ 7.00
Loon Magic for Kids
by Tom Klein
Recommended and approved
by Ranger Rick of the National Wildlife Federation
CH - 2 $9.95Now $5.00
Check back often
during the next week as we will be putting more books on Sale as we
prepare for the year-end inventory.
Regular Sale Items
Pretty
Goofy Mousepads, Then!
When I was growing up, a 'mouse pad' was the place
where mice lived in the barn. It was their living quarters,
their 'pad,' and we stayed away from it. (The
barn cats didn't.) This phrase has now taken on a whole new
meaning.
Similarly, when I was young, the toughest machine to
figure out on the farm was the cornpicker. Now we are faced with
'confusers' -- oops, I mean 'computers.' For the nerds in your
life, try some of these new mousepads, then!
SMP - 8 When they asked if I wanted a 'PC' for my
birthday,
I thought they meant 'plain cake!'
SMP - 13 Whoooo...f da!
Each
mousepad is 7.75" by 9.25", in color, has an appropriate humorous
diagram.
$8.00. Now $6.00
each. Now $3.00
each. ONLY ONE LEFT EACH!
Notecards
- Photography by Doug Ohman
Each
box contains 12 cards and 12 envelopes. You can order a box with 12 of
one style, or a box with 4 cards of the 3 styles. The inside
is blank for your message. Cards measure 4 x 5.5 inches.
Notecards
$6.95 per
box of
12 Now
$4.50 per box of 12
SL - 04a Fish
Lake Lutheran at Stark,
MN
SL - 04b Immanuel Lutheran at Hay Creek, MN
SL - 04c Norwood United Methodist at Norwood, MN
Bookmarks
- Photography by Doug
Ohman Four
bookmarks for $1.00!
Bookmarks
by Doug Ohman feature his photography of churches typically found
in rural Midwestern communities and are imprinted with Bible
verses.
A.
(dark brown image) "Fish Lake Lutheran was organized in
1867. Early services were held in homes of Swedish settlers
of the area. After a tragic fire destroyed the first church, the
current church was completed in 1886." Fish Lake Lutheran
is in Chisago County in Minnesota.
B.
(tan image) "Gausdal Lutheran is located in rural Kandiyohi
County, Minnesota. The church was organized in 1891, and the
building was constructed that same year."
Specify
which bookmarks and the quantity you are ordering.
SL
- 05 Bookmarks (Specify
A. or B.) $1.00 eachNow four
bookmarks for $1.00
Nature
Hardcover Gift
Books -- Beautiful
Photography & Small Essays
In
the words of Karen Kane and Gerry Ellis who compiled Wilderness
Explored listed below, "Wilderness continues to inspire the human
spirit, and even now, gives that spirit breathing room."
Buy
the set (4 books) for $32.00, or individual books for $9.95 each. Buy
the set (4 books) for $24.00, or individual books for $6.95 each.
Nature's Tranquility
: Reflections & Insights
Compiled
and Edited by Tom Klein
Evocative
descriptions about the wilderness
and insights into the power of nature. These perceptions and
remembrances by various naturalists are complemented by stunning
photography.
SI - 35 $9.95NOW $6.95
Wisdom
Warrior: Native American
Animal Legends
by Dennis L. Olson
An
artistic review of the wisdom of animals and the lessons humanity can
learn from them has been supplemented with great photography.
Olson focuses this book on the wolf, bear, eagle, deer and buffalo.
SI
- 36 $9.95NOW $6.95
Voice of
the Waters:
A Day in the Life of a Loon by
Tom Klein
This
"small coffee table" book is filled with beautiful color photography by
Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick, and short, well-written narratives by
Klein which describe the daily goings-on of the loon.
SI
- 37 $9.95NOW $6.95
Wilderness
Explored: Letters and
Journals
Essays
by Karen Kane; Photography by Gerry Ellis
Panoramic
photography of New World landscapes by
award-winning Gerry Ellis. Kane selected excerpts from journals and
letters written by Columbus, Lewis and Clark, Captain Cook, Audubon and
other early explorers and naturalists to describe these scenes.
Together they have created a testament to what was and is
inspiring about North American landscape.
SI
- 38 $9.95NOW $6.95
Order by using the 'Place an Order' form or you may order by
phone (800 494-9124). For payment and shipping charges, see 'Place an Order.'
For
your Finnish friends, or for just a great book to lift you from your
Winter Doldrums. These are stories about "Contemporary American
Finns"
as they "Relive the Timeless Tales of the Kalevala." Written
about the
"Yoopers," the Upper Peninsula People in the Michigan area,
Anderson
-- a Finnish American author of many books, and a teacher at Finlandia
University in the "U.P." -- will give you and your friends plenty to
laugh about in this generally bleak time of the year.
Car Talk: Why You Should
Never Listen to Your Father When It Comes to Cars
North Dakota
Postcards, 1900 –– 1930
Compiled by Larry Aasen 
Nature's
Tranquility
: Reflections & Insights
Wisdom
Warrior: Native American
Animal Legends
by Dennis L. Olson
Voice of
the Waters:
A Day in the Life of a Loon by
Tom Klein
Wilderness
Explored: Letters and
Journals