Local Interest

The Huebinger series of automotive publications were popular a century ago as adventurous motorists braved the primitive roads and uncertain terrai...

Here's Your Menu! How and What You Will Eat on MarsThe focus is the food, food supply and the methods and machinery that will need to be developed ...

From relish trays and Old Fashioned cocktails to prime rib and fried fish, supper clubs are a quintessential part of midwestern dining culture. In ...

A memoir of political violence across Iowa mixed with a variety of horror stories from punk sub-culture to Iowa gangsters to the politics of the Io...

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! Hop in the tractor and ride along with a corn farmer in this rhyming read-aloud full of things that...

"I want to be . . ." Young animals think about how they want to be different. The monkey wants to be a turtle. The squirrel wants to be a giraffe. ...

Bird calendar made by local artist Joel Hensley!

A lottery ticket + donuts = love in this steamy new fake dating romance from beloved author Denise Williams. Sybil Sweet has always been lucky, but...

Coveted, Book #2 Werewolf Natalya Stravinsky rose to the occasion and helped defend her pack. Now she basks in the love of her boisterous Russian f...

Keep it together with our collection of keychains/keyrings! 3D printed items are designed and created by Bifrost Designs, right here in Iowa!

An exploration of how plant behavior and adaptation offer valuable insights for human thriving. We know that plants are important. They maintain th...

Custom made for the Central Iowa Indie Bookshops by Raygun and making their debut for Independent Bookstore Day 2025 - we believe we should all LET...

At the intersection of I Could Pee on This: And Other Poems by Cats and Writers and Their Cats comes a captivating coloring book that will charm ca...

A Midwestern Dining Critic Tells All In a remarkable career that has spanned nearly fifty years, Wini Moranville has witnessed the American restaur...

Fans on Sex, Love, and the Sixties on TV This is the story of the Mad Men fan phenomenon: how the show and its fans distinguished themselves in a m...

My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home An exuberant, hilarious, and profound memoir by a mailman in the Blue Ridge...

Sammy can think of one thing Mom likes more than ANYTHING, and is determined to get it JUST RIGHT for her. Come along as Sammy works hard to make t...

An explosive and elevated exploration on love, longing, and loss, Many Small Hungerings is a timely and necessary collection of poetry from Des Moi...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of arti...

The knowledge and ability to make, manage, save, and invest money is critical to your overall success in life. Mastery of Money for Students is an ...

As people around the world celebrated man’s first steps on the moon, the astronauts of NASA’s Apollo 11 mission placed a silicon disc containing me...

Celebrate your love of indie bookstores AND puzzles with the Midwest Indie Bookstore Roadmap 1000 piece puzzle!

Recipes That Shaped a Region A historical tour of midwestern pies that recalls when recipes were shared through faded note cards and junior league ...

Cryptid Holiday Classics, Book #2 When Halloween is threatened by bad weather, only one moth can save it. Halloween is the biggest day of the year ...