"We Had Fun and Nobody Died" is Amy T. Waldman’s adventure-filled biography of music promoter Peter Jest, who brought legendary rock and folk acts to Milwaukee. Before he became well-known in the music industry, Jest was a prankster... Read More
Filled with fascinating astronomy-related facts, "Chasing the Stars" covers the first century-plus of the University of Wisconsin’s Washburn Observatory and the science it inspired. Built on a Dakota effigy mound in the 1880s, the... Read More
"Letters from Clara" is an endearing account of an adventurous woman’s global travels during a tumultuous time in history. Eager to expand her horizons, Clara, a single, middle-aged woman from Wisconsin, set out to tour the globe after... Read More