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Frisky, industrious black squirrels are a familiar sight on the Kent State University campus and the inspiration for Black Squirrel Books™, a trade imprint of The Kent State University Press.

Poachers Were My Prey

Robert Stewart | Filed under: Black Squirrel Books, Nature
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For nearly two decades, Stewart infiltrated poaching rings throughout Ohio, the Midwest, and beyond. Poachers Were My Prey chronicles his many exciting undercover adventures, detailing the techniques he used in putting poachers behind bars. It also reveals, for the first time, the secrets employed by…

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Finding Utopia

Randy McNutt | Filed under: Black Squirrel Books, Regional Interest
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In Finding Utopia, Randy McNutt sets off again to explore Ohio’s for- gotten nooks and byways. He begins where his last journey ended— on roads less traveled—finding more ghost towns, battlefields- turned-cornfields, and old memories that beckon him like spectral hitchhikers. On the way, he…

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In the Kitchen with Cleveland’s Favorite Chefs

Maria Isabella | Filed under: Black Squirrel Books
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Have you ever wondered what your favorite local chefs cook at home? What they prepare for their own family and friends? What they whip up when truly pressed for time? The secret’s finally out as In the Kitchen with Cleveland’s Favorite Chefs takes you into…

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You Stink!

Eric J. Wittenberg, and Michael Aubrecht | Filed under: Black Squirrel Books, New Releases
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There are countless volumes celebrating the best teams in professional baseball. Unfortunately, winning represents only one side of the game. For every champion’s record-setting season, there has been an equally memorable story of defeat. These teams and their shameful contributions to America’s national pastime have…

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The Complete Funky Winkerbean

Tom Batiuk | Filed under: Art, Black Squirrel Books, New Releases
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Since its debut on March 27, 1972, Funky Winkerbean has chronicled the lives of a group of students from the fictitious Westview High School. This volume, which presents the strip’s first three years, introduces the strip’s title character, Funky, and his friends Crazy Harry Klinghorn,…

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WIXY 1260

Mike Olszewski | Filed under: Black Squirrel Books, New Releases, Regional Interest
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Before FM radio and the commanding album rock stations of the 1970s, there was WIXY 1260, a tiny Northeast Ohio AM radio station that became an entertainment powerhouse. Three visionaries assembled a legendary staff of on-air personalities and, with savvy programming and groundbreaking promotions, created…

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The Bruiser

Jim Tully | Filed under: Black Squirrel Books, Fiction
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The Bruiser is the story of Shane Rory, a drifter who turns to boxing and works his way up the heavyweight ranks. Like Tully, Shane starts out as a road kid who takes up prizefighting. While The Bruiser is not an autobiographical work, it does…

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