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Home of the Braves - The Battle for Baseball in Milwaukee - Bog af Patrick Steele - Hardback

When the struggling Boston Braves relocated to Milwaukee in March 1953, the city went wild for its new baseball team. Within five years the team would win a World Series and two pennants. Yet in October 1964 team owners made a shocking announcement: the Braves were moving to Atlanta. Patrick Steele delves deeply into all facets of the story to understand how the \Milwaukee Miracle\ went south.

DKK 292.95

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9XM - WHA Radio and the Wisconsin Idea - Bog af Randall Davidson - Paperback

Provides a history of the innovative work of Wisconsin's educational radio stations, from the first broadcast by experimental station 9XM at the University of Wisconsin to the network of stations known today as Wisconsin Public Radio.

DKK 292.95

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Cop's Kid - A Milwaukee Memoir - Bog af Mel C. Miskimen - Hardback

Growing up, Mel Miskimen thought that a gun and handcuffs on the kitchen table were as normal as a gallon of milk and a loaf of bread. Her memoir, told in humorous vignettes, tells what it was like growing up with a dad who was a Milwaukee cop for almost 40 years.

DKK 212.95

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I Hear Voices - A Memoir of Love, Death, and the Radio - Bog af Jean Feraca - Paperback

Jean Feraca's road to self-fulfillment has been as quirky and demanding as the characters in her incredible memoir. A veteran of several decades of public radio broadcasting, Feraca is also a writer and a poet. In this searing memoir, Feraca traces her emergence, pulling back the curtain on her private life. A selection of fifteen of Feraca's poems add counterpoint to her engaging prose.

DKK 272.95

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A Friend of Kissinger - A Novel - Bog af David Milofsky - Hardback

Young Danny Meyer's bubble-like existence in paradisal Madison is broken when his father is stricken with illness. The family is forced to move to Milwaukee where they struggle at the brink of poverty. Here, Danny must accept the responsibilities of manhood while still struggling with adolescence.

DKK 340.95

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Setting the Lawn on Fire - A Novel - Bog af Mack Friedman - Paperback

Ivan, a young Jewish boy from Milwaukee, embarks on a journey of sexual discovery that leads him from Wisconsin to Alaska, Philadelphia, and Mexico through stints as a fishery worker, artist, and finally a hustler who learns to provide the blank canvas for other people's dreams.

DKK 212.95

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A Friend of Kissinger - A Novel - Bog af David Milofsky - Paperback

Danny Meyer's charmed youth ends once his concert pianist father falls ill, forcing the family to move to Milwaukee. Capturing a sentimental and authentic sense of place in a rust belt city, A Friend of Kissinger follows a young man learning to make sense of the world around him.

DKK 197.95

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Walking Trails of Eastern and Central Wisconsin - Bog af Bob Crawford - Paperback

A guide to trails that wind through the streets of old Milwaukee and the forests of the Kettle Moraine, across the Niagara Ledge, along the shores of Door County, and up to Lone Rock. Historical significance on many of the trails is noted, including ice-age features and picnic areas.

DKK 272.95

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Net Results - Great Fishing Spots in Southern Wisconsin - Bog af Bob Riepenhoff - Paperback

A collection of 43 columns of \\Riepenhoff on Local Lakes\\, written by outdoor editor of the \\Milwaukee Journal Sentinel\\, this title covers 54 lakes in southern Wisconsin. He describes his fishing experiences and methods and provides information about the fish species in each lake, fish stocking, management, special regulations and public access.

DKK 222.95

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Meet Me Halfway - Milwaukee Stories - Bog af Jennifer Morales - Paperback

When Johnquell, an African American teen, suffers a serious accident in the home of his white neighbour, Mrs. Czernicki, his community must find ways to bridge divisions between black and white, gay and straight, old and young. Set in one of the US's most highly segregated cities, Meet Me Halfway tells stories of connections in a community with a tumultuous and divided past.

DKK 222.95

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Dancing Away an Anxious Mind - A Memoir About Overcoming Panic Disorder - Bog af Robert Rand - Hardback

Robert Rand tells the tale of how dancing freed him from the grip of panic disorder. Rand was a serious, shy, and intense scholar who had achieved national recognition in a writing and radio production career. Dancing became a cathartic and liberating endeavor.

DKK 272.95

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America's Favorite Radio Station - Wkrp in Cincinnati - Bog af Michael B. Kassel - Hardback

Although it became one of the most successful programs in syndicated television history, WKRP in Cincinnati faced an uphill struggle trying to obtain prime-time success. Kassel chronicles the decisions and problems that affected WKRP's primetime success, and explores the reasons why it went on to become a classic.

DKK 208.95

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Sweet and Sour Pie - A Wisconsin Boyhood - Bog af Dave Crehore - Hardback

As a young boy, Dave Crehore moved with his parents from northern Ohio to the shipbuilding town of Manitowoc on the shores of Wisconsin's Lake Michigan, where the Germanic inhabitants punctuate their conversations with 'enso', the local radio station interrupts Beethoven for commercials, and the outdoors are a wellspring of enlightenment.

DKK 232.95

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Staying Tuned Contemporary Soap Opera - Bog af Frentz - Hardback

Staying Tuned: Contemporary Soap Opera Criticism examines serials. Broadcast first in 1926 on radio and since 1956 on television Monday through Friday 52 weeks a year, soap operas provide a clear promise to continue for as long as mass medicated entertainment exists. Over the last sixty years, billions have happily suffered along with the gallant men and women of the afternoon.

DKK 242.95

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Daytime Stars - Bog af Olga Berggolts - Hardback

For 872 days during World War II, the city of Leningrad endured a crushing blockade at the hands of German forces. Amid the devastation, Olga Berggolts broadcast her poems on the one remaining radio station. Berggolts wrote her memoir Daytime Stars in the spirit of the thaw after Stalin's death. In it, she celebrated the ideals of the revolution and the heroism of the Soviet people.

DKK 452.95

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Home of the Braves - The Battle for Baseball in Milwaukee - Bog af Patrick Steele - Hardback

9XM - WHA Radio and the Wisconsin Idea - Bog af Randall Davidson - Paperback

Cop's Kid - A Milwaukee Memoir - Bog af Mel C. Miskimen - Hardback

I Hear Voices - A Memoir of Love, Death, and the Radio - Bog af Jean Feraca - Paperback

A Friend of Kissinger - A Novel - Bog af David Milofsky - Hardback

Setting the Lawn on Fire - A Novel - Bog af Mack Friedman - Paperback

A Friend of Kissinger - A Novel - Bog af David Milofsky - Paperback

Walking Trails of Eastern and Central Wisconsin - Bog af Bob Crawford - Paperback

Net Results - Great Fishing Spots in Southern Wisconsin - Bog af Bob Riepenhoff - Paperback

Meet Me Halfway - Milwaukee Stories - Bog af Jennifer Morales - Paperback

Dancing Away an Anxious Mind - A Memoir About Overcoming Panic Disorder - Bog af Robert Rand - Hardback

America's Favorite Radio Station - Wkrp in Cincinnati - Bog af Michael B. Kassel - Hardback

Sweet and Sour Pie - A Wisconsin Boyhood - Bog af Dave Crehore - Hardback

Staying Tuned Contemporary Soap Opera - Bog af Frentz - Hardback

Daytime Stars - Bog af Olga Berggolts - Hardback

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