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Incoming Resources
- Roadside history of Illinois, Stan Banash
- Educated, a memoir, Tara Westover
- The land of milk and Uncle Honey, memories from the farm of my youth, Alan Guebert ; with Mary Grace Foxwell
- The pioneer woman magazine
- If you lived here you'd be home by now, why we traded the commuting life for a little house on the prairie, Christopher Ingraham
- Things my son needs to know about the world, Fredrik Backman ; translated by Alice Menzies
- Traveling through Illinois, stories of I-55 landmarks and landscapes between Chicago and St. Louis, LuAnn Cadden and Ted T. Cable
- The pioneer woman cooks, dinnertime : comfort classics, freezer food, 16-minute meals, and other delicious ways to solve supper, Ree Drummond
- NPR driveway moments, radio stories that won't let you go
- Happy-go-lucky, David Sedaris
- Save room for pie, food songs and chewy ruminations, Roy Blount Jr
- Dewey's nine lives, the legacy of the small-town library cat who inspired millions, Vicki Myron, with Bret Witter
- War bonds, love stories from the greatest generation, Cindy Hval
- Chicken Soup for the Soul, random acts of kindness : 101 stories of compassion and paying it forward, [compiled by] Amy Newmark
- A thousand naked strangers, a paramedics' wild ride to the edge and back, Kevin Hazzard
- The answer is ..., reflections on my life, Alex Trebek
- The pioneer woman cooks, recipes from an accidental country girl, Ree Drummond
- Project 2-3-1, two boxcars, three blocks, one city : a story of Elgin's African American heritage, Elgin History Museum, Ernie Broadnax, Grindstone Productions present ; executive producer Ernie Broadnax ; producer/director Phil Broxham ; script, Ernie Broadnax, Phil Broxham
- Footnotes* from the world's greatest bookstores, *true tales and lost moments from book buyers, booksellers, and book lovers, Bob Eckstein ; Foreword by Garrison Keillor
- Taste, my life through food, Stanley Tucci
- Lincoln as I knew him, gossip, tributes, and revelations from his best friends and worst enemies, edited by Harold Holzer
- Animal, vegetable, miracle, a year of food life, Barbara Kingsolver, with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver ; original drawings by Richard A. Houser
- Stone soup, an old tale, told and pictured by Marcia Brown
- I'd like to play alone, please, essays, Tom Segura
- Comic genius, portraits of funny people, Matt Hoyle ; introduction by Mel Brooks
- Danger, man working, writing from the heart, the gut, and the poison ivy patch, Michael Perry
- Roughneck grace, farmer yoga, creeping codgerism, apple golf, and other brief essays from on and off the back forty, Michael Perry
- Chicken soup for the soul, the spirit of America : 101 stories about what makes our country great, Amy Newmark ; foreword by Lee Woodruff
- Educated, a memoir, Tara Westover