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Anatomy of a Murderby Robert TraverISBN 0312033567 (0-312-03356-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anatomy of a Murder'Book summary:A gripping tale of deceit, murder and a sensational trial, this courtroom classic is unmatched in its authenticity and vivid portrayls of its setting, events, and characters. Irresistibly absorbing, it has set the standard for all courtroom dramas to come. Reissue. [via]
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Softcover, Random House Value Publishing - Anatomy of a Murder: ISBN 0895590093 (0-89559-009-3)
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Birds of Detroitby Chris C Fisher, Allen ChartierISBN 1551051265 (1-55105-126-5)
Softcover, Lone Pine Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Birds of Detroit'Book summary:These attractive guides identify the birds most likely to be seen in the backyards, streets and parks of the Motor City. The books introduce the fascinating and popular pastime of birdwatching and include advice on building feeders and birdhouses. Color illustrations help you identify birds quickly while the text provides interesting information about each bird. These books are easy-to-use references for the urban birdwatcher. [via]
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Bud, Not Buddyby Christopher Paul CurtisISBN 0440413281 (0-440-41328-1)
Softcover, Yearling Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bud, Not Buddy'Book summary:"It's funny how ideas are, in a lot of ways they're just like seeds. Both of them start real, real small and then... woop, zoop, sloop... before you can say Jack Robinson, they've gone and grown a lot bigger than you ever thought they could." So figures scrappy 10-year-old philosopher Bud--"not Buddy"--Caldwell, an orphan on the run from abusive foster homes and Hoovervilles in 1930s Michigan. And the idea that's planted itself in his head is that Herman E. Calloway, standup-bass player for the Dusky Devastators of the Depression, is his father.
Guided only by a flier for one of Calloway's shows--a small, blue poster that had mysteriously upset his mother shortly before she died--Bud sets off to track down his supposed dad, a man he's never laid eyes on. And, being 10, Bud-not-Buddy gets into all sorts of trouble along the way, barely escaping a monster-infested woodshed, stealing a vampire's car, and even getting tricked into "busting slob with a real live girl." Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963, once again exhibits his skill for capturing the language and feel of an era and creates an authentic, touching, often hilarious voice in little Bud. (Ages 8 to 12) --Paul Hughes [via]
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Bud, Not Buddyby Not AvailableISBN 043940200X (0-439-40200-X)
Softcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bud, Not Buddy'Book summary:"It's funny how ideas are, in a lot of ways they're just like seeds. Both of them start real, real small and then... woop, zoop, sloop... before you can say Jack Robinson, they've gone and grown a lot bigger than you ever thought they could." So figures scrappy 10-year-old philosopher Bud--"not Buddy"--Caldwell, an orphan on the run from abusive foster homes and Hoovervilles in 1930s Michigan. And the idea that's planted itself in his head is that Herman E. Calloway, standup-bass player for the Dusky Devastators of the Depression, is his father.
Guided only by a flier for one of Calloway's shows--a small, blue poster that had mysteriously upset his mother shortly before she died--Bud sets off to track down his supposed dad, a man he's never laid eyes on. And, being 10, Bud-not-Buddy gets into all sorts of trouble along the way, barely escaping a monster-infested woodshed, stealing a vampire's car, and even getting tricked into "busting slob with a real live girl." Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Watsons Go to Birmingham--1963, once again exhibits his skill for capturing the language and feel of an era and creates an authentic, touching, often hilarious voice in little Bud. (Ages 8 to 12) --Paul Hughes [via]
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Canoeing Michigan Rivers: A Comprehensive Guide to 45 Riversby Jerry Dennis, Craig DateISBN 1882376951 (1-882376-95-1)
Softcover, Thunder Bay Pr
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Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingwayby Ernest HemingwayISBN 1417660511 (1-4176-6051-1)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Contextual Design: Defining Customer-Centered Systemsby Hugh Beyer, Karen HoltzblattISBN 1558604111 (1-55860-411-1)
Softcover, Morgan Kaufmann Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Contextual Design: Defining Customer-Centered Systems'Book summary:There's certainly no shortage of software design methods: most demand total allegiance, and many claim to be the only true way to delivering useful and maintainable software systems in a timely manner. Contextual Design describes another worthwhile software engineering method, one that places the user (or customer) at the forefront of the software design process from beginning to end. This method seems to be a particularly worthwhile addition to the literature.
Contextual Design begins with contextual inquiry, where software developers interview users and attempt to understand the way they work. Such "customer empathy" is central to the Contextual Design process and a total understanding of "work" within organizations is the mantra here. The book describes how, later in the process, software developers step back from the user data and do an "affinity," which is an overall analysis of hundreds (or even thousands) of individual facts. Contextual Design then explains the additional steps required to build systems using this method, including building models for flow, sequence, and artifacts, and establishing the cultural and the physical environments for a system. After getting an overview, developers consolidate these initial models, get more user input, and then design user interfaces.
This book, written in a clear, informal style without excessive jargon, reads very much like a book on business motivation. Various practitioners of Contextual Design offer short testimonials on the software design method. [via]
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Detroit Todayby D. CoxISBN 1878005294 (1-878005-29-4)
Hardcover, Northmont Pub Inc
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The Dollmakerby Harriette ArnowISBN 0060529342 (0-06-052934-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dollmaker'Book summary:Strong-willed, self-reliant Gertie Nevel's peaceful life in the Kentucky hills was devastated by the brutal winds of change. Uprooted form their backwoods home, she and her family were thrust into the confusion and chaos of wartime Detroit. And in a pitiless world of unendurable poverty, Gertie would battle fiercely and relentlessly to protect those things she held most precious--her children, her heritage...and her triumphant ability to create beauty in the suffocating shadow of ugliness and despair. [via]
The Feast of Loveby Charles BaxterISBN 037570910X (0-375-70910-X)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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Fifty Hikes in Lower Michigan: The Best Walks, Hikes and Backpacks from Sleeping Bear Dunes to the Hills of Oakland Countyby James F. DufresneISBN 0881501891 (0-88150-189-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Ghost Towns of Michiganby Larry WakefieldISBN 1882376773 (1-882376-77-3)
Softcover, Thunder Bay Pr
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Goodbye Jumboby Louie Anderson, Robert De MichiellISBN 0670837660 (0-670-83766-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Goodbye Jumbo'Book summary:The latest self-help guide from the comedian and author of Dear Dad chronicles his struggle to lose weight and gain self-esteem in the face of a lifetime of negative conditioning. 100,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo. Tour. [via]
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The Great Lakes Water Warsby Peter AnninISBN 1559630876 (1-55963-087-6)
Hardcover, Island Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great Lakes Water Wars'Book summary:The Great Lakes are the largest collection of fresh surface water on earth, and more than 40 million Americans and Canadians live in their basin. Will we divert water from the Great Lakes, causing them to end up like Central Asia's Aral Sea, which has lost 90 percent of its surface area and 75 percent of its volume since 1960? Or will we come to see that unregulated water withdrawals are ultimately catastrophic?
Peter Annin writes a fast-paced account of the people and stories behind these battles. Destined to be the definitive story for the general public as well as policymakers, The Great Lakes Water Wars is a balanced, comprehensive look behind the scenes at the conflicts and compromises that are the past-and future-of this globally significant resource. [via]More editions of The Great Lakes Water Wars:
Hiking Michiganby Roger E. Storm, Susan M. WedzelISBN 0880115831 (0-88011-583-1)
Softcover, Human Kinetics
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A History of Ann Arborby Jonathan MarwilISBN 0472064630 (0-472-06463-0)
Softcover, Univ of Michigan Pr
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Hunts Guide to Michigan's Upper Peninsulaby Mary HuntISBN 0962349976 (0-9623499-7-6)
Softcover, Midwestern Guides
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hunts Guide to Michigan's Upper Peninsula'Book summary:Completely revised and updated guide to both the celebrated places and off-the-beaten-path destinations of a wild, historic region originally based on mining and logging. The Upper Peninsula has mostly escaped rampant tourist development. This guide includes lodgings, restaurants, and campgrounds, chosen for scenery, tranquility, and often walkability as well. Regular notes are made for places that are family-friendly, handicap-friendly, and/or take pets. Opportunities for hiking, fishing, swimming, diving, paddling, looking for rocks and minerals, cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing are noted. Visiting waterfalls, lighthouses, art galleries, specialty shopping, and museums are popular activities covered here. A large page format permits annotated maps and many illustrations. Fully indexed. [via]
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Hunts Highlights of Michiganby Mary HuntISBN 0962349984 (0-9623499-8-4)
Softcover, Midwestern Guides
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Isle Royale National Park: Foot Trails & Water Routesby Jim DuFresneISBN 0898862833 (0-89886-283-3)
Softcover, Mountaineers Books, The
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The Lake, The River & The Other Lakeby Steve AmickISBN 1400079942 (1-4000-7994-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lake, the River & the Other Lake'Book summary:The resort town of Weneshkeen, nestled along Michigans Gold Coast, has become a complex melting pot: townies and old timers mix with ritzy summer folk, migrant cherry pickers, wily river guides, and a few Ojibwe Indians. As the summer blooms, these lives mingle in surprising waysa lifelong resident and Vietnam Vet pursues the take-no-guff deputy sheriff, while plotting revenge against the jet-skiers polluting his beloved lake; a summer kid from downstate stumbles into a romance with the sexiest rich girl in town; the towns retired reverend discovers the Internet and a new friend in his computer tutor. A resonant social comedy with richly-drawn characters and quirky charm, The Lake, the River & the Other Lake welcomes you into a world that you may never want to leave. [via]
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Living with Michigan's Wetlands: A Landowner's Guideby Thomas W. Ford, Wilfred CwikielISBN 1889313009 (1-889313-00-9)
Softcover, Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council
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Loon Featherby Iola FullerISBN 015653200X (0-15-653200-X)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Michigan: A Historyby Bruce CattonISBN 0393301753 (0-393-30175-3)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Michigan: A History'Book summary:The late Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Bruce Catton is known to millions of readers for his absorbing works on the Civil War. In this book, he turns to his native Michigan to tell a story of what happened when a primitive wilderness changed into a bustling industrial center so fast that it was as if the old French explorer Etienne Brule "should step up to shake hands with Henry Ford." [via]
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Michigan: A Bicentennial Historyby Bruce CattonISBN 0393055728 (0-393-05572-8)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Michigan Atlas & GazetteerISBN 0899332218 (0-89933-221-8)
Softcover, Delorme
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Michigan Atlas and Gazetteer: Detailed Maps of the Entire Stateby David Delorme, DelormeISBN 0899333354 (0-89933-335-4)
Softcover, Delorme
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Michigan Atlas and Gazetteer: Detailed Maps of the Entire State'Book summary:Atlas! Map! Chart! From Street Guide to Hiking! All of the above and so much more! DeLorme Atlas! DeLorme Atlas has detailed geographical info, GPS grids, travelways for fishing and hunting, hiking, canoeing... even seaplane routes! 11 x 15 1/2" soft covers, most topographical. Note: Florida, Maine, Michigan and Ohio are non-topographical maps (elevations not shown) but with same information otherwise. State State's Name. Order Today! DeLorme Atlas [via]
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Michigan Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuffby Gene Taylor, Colleen BurcarISBN 0762706015 (0-7627-0601-5)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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Michigan Gardener's Guide: The What, Where, When, How & Why of Gardening in Michiganby Marty Hair, Laura E. Coit, Timothy BolandISBN 1888608293 (1-888608-29-3)
Softcover, Ingram Pub Services
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Michigan Haunts and Hauntingsby Marian KucloISBN 1882376005 (1-882376-00-5)
Softcover, Thunder Bay Pr
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Michigan: Off the Beaten Pathby Jim DufresneISBN 0762702699 (0-7627-0269-9)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Michigan: Off the Beaten Path'Book summary:For travelers looking to avoid crowds, this guide will help them discover the unique "must-see" attractions of the Wolverine State. Go beyond the usual tourist attractions to discover such hidden treasures as the Be Good to Your Mother-in-Law Bridge, Three Oaks Spokes Bicycle Museum, or the Cornish Pump Engine and Mining Museum. Whatever you do when you get to Michigan, get off the interstate-and take this book with you! [via]
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Michigan: Off the Beaten Path A Guide to Unique Placesby Jim DufresneISBN 1564402436 (1-56440-243-6)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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Michigan on Fireby Betty SoddersISBN 1882376528 (1-882376-52-8)
Softcover, Partners Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Michigan on Fire'Book summary:More devastating than the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the forest fires that swept from shore-to-shore across Michigan in that year and again ten years later left hundreds dead, tens of thousands homeless, and millions of acres burned. Michigan on Fire is meticulously researched and sensitively told. It details miraculous stories of survival and tragic tales of mass killing by relentless flames. This comprehensive chronicle of Michigan forest fires from 1871 through 1974 includes chapters devoted to the history of firefighting equipment in Michigan, the role played by rescue ships and trains, and the relief work performed by the American Red Cross during the Thumb fires - the organization's first domestic disaster test. The Great Fires of 1871, Thumb Fires of 1881, Upper Peninsula Fires, the Metz Fire of 1908 and the AuSable-Oscoda Fire of 1911 are all covered in Michigan on Fire. Never before have all early Michigan forest fires been documented between the covers of just one volume. From start to finish, Michigan on Fire is hard to put down. [via]
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Michigan Snakes: A Field Guide and Pocket Referenceby J. Alan HolmanISBN 1565250044 (1-56525-004-4)
Softcover, Michigan State Univ Bulletin office
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Michigan Trees: A Guide to the Trees of Michigan and the Great Lakes Regionby Burton Verne BarnesISBN 0472080180 (0-472-08018-0)
Softcover, Univ of Michigan Pr
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Michigan Wildflowers in Colorby Harry LundISBN 1882376560 (1-882376-56-0)
Softcover, Thunder Bay Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Michigan Wildflowers in Color'Book summary:This spectacular and informative guide features 278 wildflowers found in the meadows, woods, dunes, shores, and wetlands of Michigan. Each stunning photograph is coupled with a detailed plant description, including scientific and family names, habitat, growing season, and protected status. Michigan Wildflowers also features a wildflower quiz and a guide to eight of Michigan's most accessible and diverse wildflower trails, including Fernwood, Grass River Natural Area, and the Ninga Aki Pathway. Invaluable to nature lovers, this beautiful and practical book is essential for anyone who enjoys the wealth of wildflowers Michigan has to offer. At the beginning of Michigan Wildflowers in Color, the author has illustrated textual terms such as 'stipules' or 'basal leaves' with a collection of line drawings. The plant descriptions include location, seasonal display, height, and information on whether the flower is protected and should not be picked or moved. The flower photographs are grouped by color for ease of location and then listed in the order in which they appear during the growing season. There are generally six photographs to a page, with the text on the facing page. There is a quiz at the back of the book to test your 'flower power, plus an 'Observer's List' to keep track of the flowers you do find. Also, the author has also mapped out eight wildflower trails in various Michigan habitats, plus the seasonal species of flowers that can be found there. [via]
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Michigan's Best Campgrounds: A Guide to the Best 132 Public Campgrounds in the Great Lakes Stateby Jim DufresneISBN 1882376730 (1-882376-73-0)
Softcover, Partners Pub Group Inc
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Michigan's Best Campgrounds: A Guide to the Best 150 Public Campgrounds in the Great Lakes Stateby Jim DufresneISBN 1933272031 (1-933272-03-1)
Softcover, Partners Pub Group
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Middlesexby Jeffrey EugenidesISBN 0312422156 (0-312-42215-6)
Softcover, Picador USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Middlesex'Book summary:"I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January of 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of 1974." And so begins Middlesex, the mesmerizing saga of a near-mythic Greek American family and the "roller-coaster ride of a single gene through time." The odd but utterly believable story of Cal Stephanides, and how this 41-year-old hermaphrodite was raised as Calliope, is at the tender heart of this long-awaited second novel from Jeffrey Eugenides, whose elegant and haunting 1993 debut, The Virgin Suicides, remains one of the finest first novels of recent memory.
Eugenides weaves together a kaleidoscopic narrative spanning 80 years of a stained family history, from a fateful incestuous union in a small town in early 1920s Asia Minor to Prohibition-era Detroit; from the early days of Ford Motors to the heated 1967 race riots; from the tony suburbs of Grosse Pointe and a confusing, aching adolescent love story to modern-day Berlin. Eugenides's command of the narrative is astonishing. He balances Cal/Callie's shifting voices convincingly, spinning this strange and often unsettling story with intelligence, insight, and generous amounts of humor:
Emotions, in my experience aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness," "joy," or "regret." & I'd like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions, Germanic traincar constructions like, say, "the happiness that attends disaster." Or: "the disappointment of sleeping with one's fantasy." ... I'd like to have a word for "the sadness inspired by failing restaurants" as well as for "the excitement of getting a room with a minibar." I've never had the right words to describe my life, and now that I've entered my story, I need them more than ever.
When you get to the end of this splendorous book, when you suddenly realize that after hundreds of pages you have only a few more left to turn over, you'll experience a quick pang of regret knowing that your time with Cal is coming to a close, and you may even resist finishing it--putting it aside for an hour or two, or maybe overnight--just so that this wondrous, magical novel might never end. --Brad Thomas Parsons [via]
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Softcover, Picador USA - Middlesex: ISBN 0374199698 (0-374-19969-8)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux - Middlesex: ISBN 0786257008 (0-7862-5700-8)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr - Middlesex: ISBN 8433970100 (84-339-7010-0)
Softcover, Editorial Anagrama - Middlesex: ISBN 0312422156 (0-312-42215-6)
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Northern Passagesby Jerry HarjuISBN 0967020530 (0-9670205-3-0)
Softcover, North Harbor Pub
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Off the Beaten Path Michiganby Jim DufresneISBN 0762709316 (0-7627-0931-6)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroitby Thomas J. SugrueISBN 0691121869 (0-691-12186-9)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Other Electricities: Storiesby Ander MonsonISBN 1932511156 (1-932511-15-6)
Softcover, Sarabande Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Other Electricities: Stories'Book summary:[via]Like Franklins discovery of the electricity we do know, Monsons luminous, galvanized book represents a paradigm shift. The frequencies of the novel have been scrambled and redefined by this elegant experiment. Other Electricities is a new physics of prose, a lyric string theory of charged and sparkling sentences. What a kite! What a key! Michael Martone
Monson is tuned in to our crackling, chaotic, juiced-up times like no other young writer I know. Other Electricities is necessary reading. Robert Olen Butler
Meet Yr Protagonist : radio amateur, sometime vandal and at times, perhaps the author of Monsons category-defying collection:
I know about phones. While our dad was upstairs broadcasting something to the world, and we were listening in, or trying to find his frequency and listen to his voice . . . we would give up and go out in the snow with a phone rigged with alligator clips so we could listen in on others conversations. Theres something nearly sexual about this, hearing what other people are saying to their lovers, children, cousins, psychics, pastors. . . .
The cumulative effect of this stunningly original collection seems to work on the reader in the same waywe follow glimpses of dispossessed lives in the snow-buried reaches of Michigans Keweenaw Peninsula, where nearly everyone seems to be slipping away under the ice to disappear forever. Through an unsettling, almost crazed gestalt of sketches, short stories, lists, indices and radio schematics, Monson presents a world where weather, landscape, radio waves and electricity are characters in themselves, affecting a community held together by the memories of those they have lost.
Ander Monson is the editor of DIAGRAM and the New Michigan Press. He teaches at Grand Valley State University and lives in Michigan. Tupelo Press recently published his poetry collection, Elegies for Descent and Dreams of Weather.
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The Other Side of the River : A Story of Two Towns, a Death and America's Dilemmaby Alex KotlowitzISBN 038547721X (0-385-47721-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Pathless Woodsby Gloria WhelanISBN 1882376447 (1-882376-44-7)
Softcover, Partners Pub Group Inc
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Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park: A Backcountry Guide for Hikers, Campers, Backpackers and Skiersby Jim DufresneISBN 1882376641 (1-882376-64-1)
Softcover, Thunder Bay Pr
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Rivetheadby Ben HamperISBN 0446515019 (0-446-51501-9)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rivethead'Book summary:A memoir of life on a car assembly line. Ben Hamper takes the reader into the world of the shoprats and rivetheads, nicknames for people who work building cars. The author aims to give an insight into the largely forgotten people at the heart of any industrial nation. [via]
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Rivethead : Tales from the Assembly Lineby Ben HamperISBN 0446394009 (0-446-39400-9)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rivethead : Tales from the Assembly Line'Book summary:The man the Detroit Free Press calls "a blue collar Tom Wolfe" delivers a full-barreled blast of truth and gritty reality in Rivethead, a no-holds-barred journey through the belly of the American industrial beast. [via]
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Road to Wellvilleby T. C. BoyleISBN 0140167188 (0-14-016718-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Road to Wellville'Book summary:Involving America's obsession with keeping thin and fit, Boyle's enormously popular and critically acclaimed masterpiece brings some of the funniest characters to the big screen. Starring Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Broderick, and Bridget Fonda, this blockbuster comedy's large budget will generate immense interest for this title. [via]
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Song Of Solomonby Toni MorrisonISBN 140003342X (1-4000-3342-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Song Of Solomon'Book summary:The third novel from one America's most powerful writers turns 20 years old in 1997, but Song of Solomon long ago ascended to the top shelf in the ranks of great literature. This Everyman's Library hardcover edition of the Nobel Prize-winning Morrison's lyrical, powerful, and erudite novel contains a chronology that situates the book in its historical context, and an introduction from author Reynolds Price. [via]
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Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Song Of Solomon: ISBN 0451152611 (0-451-15261-1)
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Things Invisible to See: A Novelby Nancy WillardISBN 1561013153 (1-56101-315-3)
Softcover, Cowley Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Things Invisible to See: A Novel'Book summary:In a small Michigan town on the eve of World War II, a young man and woman share a love that is shadowed by tragedy, yet lighted by powers beyond the everyday. To preserve their future, the young man makes a wager with Death, pitting a local sandlot team against the greatest players who ever lived. Things Invisible to See is a story of the power of love and faith to overcome pain and loss. It is a miraculous novel of enduring power. [via]
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Unexplained Michigan Mysteriesby Gary BarfknechtISBN 1933272066 (1-933272-06-6)
Softcover, Partners Pub Group
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Unexplained Michigan Mysteries: Strange but True Tales from the Michigan Unknownby Gary BarfknechtISBN 0923756051 (0-923756-05-1)
Softcover, Friede Pubns
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The Virgin Suicidesby Jeffrey EugenidesISBN 0446670251 (0-446-67025-1)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Virgin Suicides'Book summary:THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Eugenides, Jeffrey Juxtaposing the common with the gothic, and the humorous with the tragic, the author creates a vivid and compelling portrait of youth and lost innocence. The sensational, b [via]
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The Watsons Go To Birmingham--1963by Christopher Paul CurtisISBN 044022800X (0-440-22800-X)
Softcover, Laurel Leaf
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Watsons Go To Birmingham--1963'Book summary:The year is 1963, and self-important Byron Watson is the bane of his younger brother Kenny's existence. Constantly in trouble for one thing or another, from straightening his hair into a "conk" to lighting fires to freezing his lips to the mirror of the new family car, Byron finally pushes his family too far. Before this "official juvenile delinquent" can cut school or steal change one more time, Momma and Dad finally make good on their threat to send him to the deep south to spend the summer with his tiny, strict grandmother. Soon the whole family is packed up, ready to make the drive from Flint, Michigan, straight into one of the most chilling moments in America's history: the burning of the Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church with four little girls inside.
Christopher Paul Curtis's alternately hilarious and deeply moving novel, winner of the Newbery Honor and the Coretta Scott King Honor, blends the fictional account of an African American family with the factual events of the violent summer of 1963. Fourth grader Kenny is an innocent and sincere narrator; his ingenuousness lends authenticity to the story and invites readers of all ages into his world, even as it changes before his eyes. Curtis is also the acclaimed author of Bud, Not Buddy, winner of the Newbery Medal. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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The Weedkiller's Daughterby Harriette Louisa ArnowISBN 0394451333 (0-394-45133-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Weird Michiganby Linda S. Godfrey, Mark Moran, Mark SceurmanISBN 1402739079 (1-4027-3907-9)
Hardcover, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
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What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Dayby Pearl CleageISBN 038079487X (0-380-79487-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, September 1998: What makes Pearl Cleage's novel so damned enjoyable? At first glance, after all, What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day seems pretty heavy going: HIV, suicide, sudden infant death syndrome, and drunk driving all figure prominently in the lives of narrator Ava Johnson and her older sister Joyce. It isn't long before crack addiction, domestic violence, and unwed motherhood have joined the list--so, where's the pleasure? The answer lies in the sharp and funny attitude Cleage brings to her depiction of one African American community in the troubled '90s. Ava Johnson, for example, might be HIV-positive, but she's refreshingly forthright about it: "Most of us got it from the boys. Which is, when you think about it, a pretty good argument for cutting men loose, but if I could work up a strong physical reaction to women, I would already be having sex with them. I'm not knocking it. I'm just saying I can't be a witness. Too many titties in one place to suit me."
Ada has spent the last 10 years living in Atlanta. When she discovers she's infected, she sells her hairdressing business and heads back to her childhood home of Idlewild, Michigan, to spend the summer with her recently widowed sister before moving on to San Francisco. Once there, however, she finds herself embroiled in big-city problems--drugs, violence, teen pregnancy, and an abandoned crack-addicted baby, to name just a few--in a small-town setting. Ava also meets Eddie Jefferson, a man with a past who just might change her mind about the imprudence of falling in love.
In less assured hands, such a catalog of disasters would make for maudlin, melodramatic reading indeed. But Cleage, an accomplished playwright, has a way both with characters and with language that lifts this tale above its movie-of-the-week tendencies. In Ava she has created a character who not only effortlessly carries the weight of the story but also provides entertaining commentary on African American life as she goes. Discussing the insular nature of the black community in Atlanta, she recalls, "I'd walk into a reception room and there'd be a room full of brothers, power-brokering their asses off, and I'd realize I'd seen them all naked. I'd watch them striding around, talking to each other in those phony-ass voices men use when they want to make it clear they got juice, and it was so depressing, all I'd want to do was go home and get drunk." Later, she describes the preacher's wife's hair as "pressed and hot-curled within an inch of its life.... Hardly anybody asks for that kind of hard press anymore. Sister seems to have missed the moment when we decided it was okay for the hair to move."
As the trials and tribulations pile on, the experiences of Cleage's characters prove to be universal: death, love, second chances. Ava's acerbic, smart-mouthed narrative keeps the story buoyant; by the time this endearingly imperfect heroine and her cohorts have negotiated the rocky road to a happy ending, readers will be sorry to see her go, even as they wish her well. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Dollmakerby Harriette Louisa Simpson ArnowISBN 0380009471 (0-380-00947-1)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Virgenes Suicidas/ Suicidals Virginsby Eugenides JeffreyISBN 8433966820 (84-339-6682-0)
Softcover, Ld Books Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Virgenes Suicidas/ Suicidals Virgins'Book summary:En menos de un ano y medio, las cinco hermanas Lisbon, adolescentes, se suicidan. Los jovencitos del bario habian estado siempre fascinados por esas inalcanzables jovenes en flor, y veinte anos despues, aquellos chicos ya en la frontera de la mediana edad, intentan desentranar el enigma de aquellas lolitas muertas que siguen fascianndolos. [via]
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