The MSU Authors Collection is an important part of the University Archives' holdings because the works in this collection document the intellectual heritage of the university and the contributions of MSU faculty, staff, students, and alumni to contemporary scholarship.
Beginning in 2008, the University Archives has hosted a biennial reception honoring MSU faculty, staff and emeriti faculty authors who had written and/or edited monographs, musical scores or recordings, films or videos. This digital collection showcases the books, scores, recordings, films or videos created by faculty and staff at Minnesota State University, Mankato.
Where appropriate and where copyright allows, full-text versions are made available of certain MSU Authors' works.
For more information about the MSU Authors Collection, visit https://library.mnsu.edu/archives/collections/university-archives/msu-authors/ .
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A Graphical Approach to Precalculus with Limits
John Hornsby, Margaret L. Lial, and Gary K. Rockswold
This edition has evolved to address the needs of today's student. While maintaining its unique table of contents and functions-based approach, the text now includes additional components to build skill, address critical thinking, solve applications, and apply technology to support traditional algebraic solutions. It continues to incorporate an open design, helpful features, careful explanations of topics, and a comprehensive package of supplements and study aids to provide new and relevant opportunities for learning and teaching.
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A Mirthful Spirit: Embracing Laughter for Wellness
Mary Huntley and Edna Thayer
A self-help resource for people in their journey through life using a balance of thought-provoking quotes, anecdotes and acronyms, research and practical tips to underline the link between laughter and wellness in life and work.
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The Inner Curriculum: Activities to Develop Emotional Intelligence in General Education Classrooms
Andrew P. Johnson
As schools focus increasingly on testing, they are paring down classroom teaching. The result is that students are not getting opportunities to develop their emotional intelligence, which they need to develop wholeness in their lives. The Inner Curriculum is a practical book designed to help teachers infuse affective content into classrooms that have become heavy with cognitive emphasis.
The book provides a wide variety of activities, together with charts and examples, so that teachers can
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The Night Birds
Thomas James Maltman
For Asa the summer of 1876 was a time of fear and uncertainty, when his mysterious aunt, Hazel, arrives and turns his entire life upside-down with her tales and secrets from the past.
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Christian Insight Meditation: Following in the Footsteps of John of the Cross
Mary Jo Meadow, Kevin G. Culligan, and Daniel Chowning
The practice of Christian insight meditation can enliven one’s entire prayer life. It can prepare our hearts to hear God’s word in new ways, set the stage for new insight into the deeper meaning of the words and symbols we celebrate in Christian worship and practice, and help us to grow in the purity of heart, poverty of spirit, and emptiness of self that dispose us for God’s work in our lives. The practice is
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State Teachers College, Mankato, Minn.: All Class Years Reunion Memory Book
Minnesota State University, Mankato
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The Revenge of Little Crow
Steven Merrill Ulmen
"The Revenge of Little Crow" is the first book of the Toby Ryker trilogy of historical fiction.
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Ice Climbing
Scott D. Wurdinger and Leslie Rapparlie
Describes how ice climbing is performed and discusses the equipment, competitions, and other events.
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Kayaking
Scott D. Wurdinger and Leslie Rapparlie
Examines many aspects of kayaking, including equipment, fundamental skills, and ways to get started.
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Mountain Biking
Scott D. Wurdinger and Leslie Rapparlie
Examines many aspects of mountain biking, including equipment, fundamental skills, and ways to get started.
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Rock Climbing
Scott D. Wurdinger and Leslie Rapparlie
Examines many aspects of rock climbing, including equipment, fundamental skills, and ways to get started.
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Echo: SATB Chorus and Piano
David C. Dickau and Christina Georgina Rossetti
The third movement from the "Of Life and Love" song suite. David Dickau captures the essence of this moody and intensely introspective secular poem by Christina Rossetti. Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series.
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Stars I Shall Find: TTBB Chorus and Piano
David C. Dickau and Sara Teasdale
TTBB voicing of David Dickau's romantic music and Sara Teasdale's inspiring and engaging poetry. Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series.
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Boy Soldier of the Confederacy: The Memoir of Johnnie Wickersham
Kathleen Gorman
Johnnie Wickersham was fourteen when he ran away from his Missouri home to fight for the Confederacy. Fifty years after the war, he wrote his memoir at the request of family and friends and distributed it privately in 1915. Boy Soldier of the Confederacy: The Memoir of Johnnie Wickersham offers not only a rare look into the Civil War through the eyes of a child but also a coming-of-age story.Edited by Kathleen Gorman, the volume
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The Challenge to Spanish Nobility in the Fourteenth Century: The Struggle for Power in Don Juan Manuel's Conde
James A. (Jim) Grabowska
This study of rhetoric and power identifies and analyzes the ideological foundations of exemplary tales and proverbs in order to describe the evolution of power – its maintenance, transformation, shifts, use and abuse in Don Juan Manuel’s well-known text, El Conde Lucanor. Contemporary and medieval history and rhetorical theories are employed in the process of decoding the text, its structure and meaning. This historical and contemporary approach re-situates Juan Manuel studies in a European context
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Niemand Wie Ich: Roman
Ólafur Gunnarsson and Maria-Claudia Tomany
The story of an Icelandic family in the 1950s, whose dream of building the country's first department store turned into a nightmare.
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Dearest Folks: Sister Leatherneck's Letter Excerpts and WWII Experiences
Berneice Ann Herron
Dearest Folks tells about two sisters, rural school teachers, from southwestern Minnesota, and how, in l943, they answered their "Uncle Sam's" call by driving their l938 Chevrolet, without air conditioning, or radio, to Long Beach, California, to work in Defense.
They accepted positions in the California Shipbuilding Corporation, where the much needed, famous "Liberty" ships were built. Eleanor returned to Minnesota that August to teach, but Berneice explored the Branches of Service. They then both
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Making Connections in Elementary and Middle School Social Studies
Andrew P. Johnson
This book revolves around the idea that making personal connections with the material to be learned is what creates powerful learning experiences. Making Connections in Elementary and Middle School Social Studies is a comprehensive, reader-friendly text that demonstrates how personal connections can be incorporated into social studies education while meeting the National Council for the Social Studies thematic, pedagogical, and disciplinary standards. The book examines a variety of methods both novice and experienced teachers alike
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Contemporary Government Reform in Japan: The Dual State in Flux
Eiji Kawabata
This book examines several major reforms in Japan--in the postal business, transportation, telecommunications, and communications technology--and evaluates the effectiveness of these efforts in major issue areas since the early 1980s. Conceptually, the book presents the dual state as being a fundamental feature of the Japanese political economy that determines government reform dynamics.
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There's Magic All Around Us: Powerful Stories to Help You Live a Fuller Life
Michael L. Larson
"It continues to amaze me how incredibly some people can deal with adversity. Even in situations where they are facing tragic situations, even the worst things we can imagine, they draw upon reserves of emotional and spiritual strength that stagger the imagination ... Throughout this book, I hope you will find a thread showing the incredible courage, persistence, love, hope, and the wonder that's all-present in this marvelous world of which we all are a
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Puerto Rico
Jose Javier Lopez
Puerto Rico is the smallest and easternmost island in the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. In 1952, Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth voluntarily associated with the United States.The information-packed volumes in this series provide comprehensive overviews of each nation's people, geography, history, government, economy, and culture. Abundant full-color illustrations guide the reader on a voyage of discovery, and maps reflect current political boundaries. Written by the most experienced professors teaching world regional geography,
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Out of Chaos: Reflections of a University President and His Contemporaries on Vietnam-Era Unrest in Mankato and Its Relevance Today
James F. Nickerson
Out of Chaos: Reflections of a University President and his Contemporaries on Vietnam-era Unrest in Mankato and its Relevance Today is a collection of personal reminiscences that provide a glimpse into what Mankato was like during the 1960s and 1970s. The book was created by Dr. James F. Nickerson, former Mankato State College president, with input from a variety of graduates, faculty, administrators and citizens who were witnesses to these local events. It is by
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