Wisconsin Books

Wisconsin Revisited, from the wonderfully contrasting cover I was taken back to my own child hood. Wisconsin Revisited is a wonderfully amazing look at the transformation of a great state over time. It begins with a Great lesson about photography... it's Origins, and time frames that bring together an appreciation of the present as well as the past! The feeling one gets when viewing the family album is present when reading this book. Wisconsin Revisted is a book that brings out emotional ties and answers the questions... What was it really like before and the splendor of what it has become! At some point in all our lives we have expressed amazement at what we Now see as compared to what we had seen.... Wisconsin Revisted is very informative and educational. Time well spent is time reading this book and viewing it's photo's!

"Nutshells" are not just for slackers who blew off the semester and need to cram at the last minute. I've been consistently impressed with the quality of West's Nutshell series. They're excellent study aids for summary, clarification, and getting the key points and big picture. This one is written by two prominent scholars in the field, the senior of whom (Harry Krause at Illinois) is also the lead editor on one of the major casebooks (Krause, Elrod, Garrison, Oldham, Family Law: Cases, Comments, and Questions). Thus this little book is epecially valuable if your class is using that casebook.

This nutshell provides an excellent tour through all the major areas and issues of family law. There's a nice balance among history, leading cases, and commentary on how the law is evolving. It's short, concise, and, as the authors are not afraid to be droll now and then, a breezy, interesting, and pleasant read.

The collaborative effort of expert and experienced photographers Darryl R. Beers, R.J. Miller, and Linda Miller, Wisconsin: Simply Beautiful is a wonderful, hardcover coffeetable book showcasing photographic images of Wisconsin's natural beauty and man-made wonders. Every image is in full color and is accompanied by a caption. Wisconsin: Simply Beautiful is the perfect giftbook for Wisconsin visitors wanting a "take home" souvenir. Wisconsin: Simply Beautiful is also an ideal Memorial Fund Acquisition selection or Friends Of The Library funded acquisition. Indeed, every Wisconsin community library should have at least one copy of Wisconsin: Simply Beautiful in their collection!

Compiled by Martin Hintz, Wisconsin Sports Heroes is an outstanding collection of brief biographical sketches of fifty-four of the greatest Wisconsin athletes in sports that ranges from baseball and running, to surfing to speed skating. Each individual entry features a black-and-white photographs enhancing short yet detailed capsules of the athlete's life and achievements. An excellent survey of Wisconsin's champion sports figures, Wisconsin Sports Heroes should be in every Wisconsin school and community library across the Badger State.

An informationally impressive, hardcover, spiral bound, profusely illustrated, "user friendly", 160-page observer's manual, Wisconsin Starwatch: The Essential Guide To Our Night Sky by astronomy expert Mike Lynch is the ultimate instructional guide to Wisconsin's starry night sky through every season of the year. After an informative introduction "Make the Stars Your Old Friends", Wisconsin Starwatch goes on to introduce "Quantitative Meditation", explain that a star is, what constellations are, how stars move, the use of star maps, the Moon and planets, telescopes, the Northern Constellations, and has individual chapters devoted to Wisconsin night sky constellations for autumn, winter, spring, and summer. Enhanced with a "Planet Locator", a list of "Brightest Stars in Wisconsin", resources for the amateur Wisconsin astronomer, and twelve monthly star maps, Wisconsin Starwatch is an indispensable addition to any and all Wisconsin astronomy reference collections.

This book is a must-have for anyone who has an interest in the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). The now-sainted Prof. Fredrich takes a quick but thorough look at the history of the WELS.

Written in an easily-readable style, Fredrich takes you through the triumphs, set-backs, and controversies in the history of the Wisconsin Synod. The people this history are brought to life, and all the while, God's guiding hand is evident in the history of this synod.

In The Wisconsin Traveler's Companion, author and Wisconsin native Jerry Apps brings to life and carefully explains the sights of rural Wisconsin: its landscape, farmsteads, crops, rural buildings, roadside animals, birds and flowers, planting and harvesting cycles, and more. Readers will learn the differences between Jersey and Brown Swiss diary cattle, Finnish and Swedish style barns, and wild flowers from the columbine to the geranium. Whether day tripping, vacationing, or simply traveling the state, The Wisconsin Traveler's Companion is an invaluable resource enhanced throughout with beautiful illustrations by Julie Sutter-Blair.

Newly revised and updated by Diana Cook, Kristin Visser's Wisconsin Trivia is an exciting, fascinating and fun book about Wisconsin which is written entirely in question-and-answer format. Each question and answer is separated by a small icon of Wisconsin cheese! Divided into sections on Geography, Entertainment, History, Arts & Literature, Sports & Leisure, and Science & Nature, Wisconsin Trivia is excellent not only as amusing and informative leisure reading, but also as a source of questions for a rousing game of Wisconsin-themed Trivial Pursuit. Highly entertaining and filled with questions sure to challenge even the most settled of Wisconsin residents, Wisconsin Trivia makes for an especially timely gift with the coming of Wisconsin's sesquicentennial - the 150th anniversary of Wisconsin's admission to the Union. Wisconsin Trivia is highly recommended for personal browsing or as an authoritative source for party time trivia contests!

Lots of good info on nooks and crannies in Dairyland. The tourist caves, plus one great recommendation to the Ledges Park. I recommend the entire series of these books.

Reviewed by Lori Plach for Reader Views (6/07)

When you least expect it, it can happen. Just what is "it?" For Jena, Lara and Melody it is an opportunity for love. Not just "puppy" love but the real thing. None of the three young Wisconsin women are expecting to find their soul-mate but that is what happens.

Jena needs a summer job. Travis is a busy lawyer whose wife died leaving him to raise his young daughters, Mandi and Carly, on his own. He advertises for a "summer girl." A summer girl is someone who will take care of his daughters, do some light housekeeping and take the girls to their activities. Travis' sister Glenda was living in the attached apartment and taking care of the girls until a man interested her and she ran off with him. Travis is expecting someone much younger than 26. But 26-year-old Jena comes to interview and Travis is impressed, so he hires her. Jena fills the void that the girls feel since losing their mother and love starts to grow not only for the girls but also for Travis. When summer is over, will Jena be gone from the girls lives?

Aren't the older sisters always supposed to marry before the younger ones? Melody always thought that she would get married before her younger sister Bonnie. Bonnie's new fiance is coming to dinner at their parents and wedding plans are set into motion. Oh no, Bonnie's fiance is someone who Melody used to date. Melody's parents are all pleased and the house soon becomes Wedding Central. Melody just wants someone to talk to, so she starts spending more and more time with Luke, the neighbor guy who has always loved Melody. Will Melody and Luke discover that they are more than just neighbors and friends? Will Bonnie still marry Scott when she finds out what happened to her sister's dealings with her intended?

Kevin is a rodeo star, but he has taken a terrible fall from a horse and is flown to the hospital by Flight for Life. Lara is a social worker who works in the hospital with case studies. Lara has always had an interest in horses and helps out at the Regeneration Ranch where handicapped people work with horses as part of their therapy. To make matters worse, Lara has been assigned Kevin's case and she had a crush on him in their younger years. It will be a "Long Ride Home" for Kevin as he recovers, but can they find love now that they are given another chance? Will they find a lariat around their hearts?

Andrea Boeshaar is from Wisconsin and invites you to come to Wisconsin through this book. Her descriptions of this great state and familiarity with places and landscapes of Wisconsin shine through. "Wisconsin Weddings" is a must read for those who love tender romances with men and women finding true love The three stories in this excellent book will capture your heart and give you a much needed retreat. God's plan is always the right one as illustrated in these beautiful stories of love, romance and sweet surprises. Come to Wisconsin for the weddings, you will be glad you did!