Books with author Roberte Jansen

A comprehensive update of the classic from the state’s foremost expert In the nearly half-century since the first publication of the landmark Birds in Minnesota, the state and its bird populations have undergone dramatic changes. This newly revised, expanded edition reflects those changes as well as the most recent advances in birding, making it the indispensable resource for birdwatchers in Minnesota, both passionate amateur and professional. Featuring full-color photographs and more than one thousand distribution maps, the updated Birds in Minnesota describes where and during which season the 443 species of birds in the state can be found. Introductory comments by Carrol L. Henderson of the Minnesota DNR and Kim R. Eckert, author of A Birder’s Guide to Minnesota, along with the expert contributions of David Cahlander of the Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union, further enhance this new edition for today’s Minnesota birders. This edition of Birds in Minnesota is the essential birding reference—at once authoritative and user-friendly, comprehensive and concise, eminently practical and a delight to peruse.

In 1920, during the hard winter in New York City, Ruby is sent packing from the mansion where she's been a servant since the age of six. A bleak future forces her to hop a train where she discovers hope in Denton, Texas--only to have her newfound happiness shaken to the core when a poor, working-class section of town known as Quakertown is razed, causing black families to lose their homes. Now, Ruby must choose between the family she has come to love and the place where people say she belongs.