Michigan Books

Recipes in "Michigan Cooking and Other Things," are practical with easy to follow directions. In addition to recipes for preparing delicious, practical Michigan foods, Eberly has included stories about the history of Michigan. She's dug up recipes used by lumber camp cooks and others. My "Michigan cooking" is thumbworn and used more than any other cookbook in my collection. It's a standard!

Love the michigan cookbook & have had it for years. We live 6 mo. in Fla. & have a Mich. day there. We are the chaimen for it this year & need different ideas for puzzles & games. I remembered your ad in back of book for puzzles, fill-ins on Mich. Do you still sell any of this? I would like to purchase one if you do, or if you have any items that would be helpful to us. Thank You Marcella Best P.S. The book travels with me

As a student of plant biology, it is essential to have a manual that makes fine distinctions by species and describes them as they occur in that area. Voss does this wonderfully in Michigan Flora (all three volumes), giving concise descriptions of the plants of Michigan along with some natural history notes (edibility, how often the plant has been found, etc.). If you live in or around Michigan, and would like a guide to the plants of the area, Voss' three volumes are the best guide you can get for your money (Gleason and Conquist is good, too, but more expensive, and no drawimngs and photos unless you buy the $125 companion volume).

Although out of print, I just recieved a copy of this great flora only a week or two after ordering. It seems like there should be other copies of it out there. Also, look for a new edition that includes all three volumes in one binding. This is a great ref. for most of the Mid-West, not only Michigan.

I am the author's Granddaughter so I may be a little partial but I think that the photography is wonderfull and the literature is the best collection I have ever read. I definately would give it a five star rating even if I was not his granddaughter.

I am the author's Granddaughter so I may be a little partial but I think that the photography is wonderfull and the literature is the best collection I have ever read. I definately would give it a five star rating even if I was not his granddaughter.

Very informative field guide; snakes are listed under Family, Subfamily. Data as to distribution, habits and habitat. Color plates clear and professional, making identification simple. Included are sections on Biology of Snake, Snakes and People, Conservation, Controlling Problems and Snakebites. Handy pocket reference.

Very informative field guide; snakes are listed under Family, Subfamily. Data as to distribution, habits and habitat. Color plates clear and professional, making identification simple. Included are sections on Biology of Snake, Snakes and People, Conservation, Controlling Problems and Snakebites. Handy pocket reference.

As an avid Michigan traveler, I was overwhelmed by the beautiful images created by Ed Wargin. He truly seemed to capture the essence of Michigan. I was delighted to read the well-written and introspective prose by the author, which seemed nearly spell-binding at times.

I live here so, I get to see a lot of this beauty every day. But this book give me the oportunity to see it any time I want.
This book is made up a lot of wonderful pictures, and interesting commentary.
Michigan is a beautiful state, and they have captured some beautiful spots.

I bought this book for my husband's first father's day ... he will love reading it to our daughter!

Made from heavy cardboard with bright colors. Book is cut-out to a football helmet shape.
Inside: One wolverine mascot (photo of wolverine)
Two thunderous stadiums (photo of Big House & Crisler Arena)
Three cheerleaders (photo of three girls)
Four types of equipment (photo of football helment, track gear, golf club & baseball glove)
Five tickets to the game (photos of tickets)
Six tropies of champions (photos of tropies)
Seven bouncing balls (photos of balls)
Eight talented athletes (photos of men & women althletes)
Trying their hardest
Nine wolverine souvenirs (photos of sweatshirts, etc.)
Showing our pride
Ten band members (photos of people playing instruments)
Playing their instruments
Twenty colorful pennants (photos of all the same UofM pennant)
Waving in the wind
Thirty football helmets
Protecting our players
One hundred yards (photo of football field)
In a football field
Thousands of loyal fans (photo of Big House full of people)
Cheering for our team

This book does a great job at illistrating USC athletics into terms that child can understand. It includes the band, different sports teams, the Coliseum, as well as sports equipment.
This book is also well contructed and can take some punishment from little ones. If you are a USC Trojan and have children, then you need to get this book.

Michigan: Champions of the West provides a year-by-year look at one of America's longest-running success stories. Starting with the late 19th Century and progressing up to the present day, the book delivers a year-by-year history of University of Michigan Athletic events, legends, lists and facts that cannot be found in any other source. A must for any Michigan alumnus or supporter, the book clearly shows how we all must "Hail, Hail to Michigan, the Champions of the West."

If you are looking for facts, figures and insight into the athletics at the University of Michigan, this is the book! Madej covers every collegiate sport at the school, providing details of many minor sports.

This book is a facinating read for those interested in modern American political history. The book traces the political sentiments of one average middle class blue collar community from the eighties through the Clinton years, and tells much about what we might expect from America's middle class this election year. It is scholarly, but not dry. Great book.

This book is a facinating read for those interested in modern American political history. The book traces the political sentiments of one average middle class blue collar community from the eighties through the Clinton years, and tells much about what we might expect from America's middle class this election year. It is scholarly, but not dry. Great book.

Oh, Philip, "That is not what I meant at all. That is not it, at all." This is a collection of Middle English lyric poetry about Mary, mother of Jesus. It includes detailed introductory material and notes. Nothing about Gilligan, sorry. But if you want to explore medieval Christians' understanding of Mary's place and character, please have a look.
Here's what I wrote for the publisher's catalogue: "The mother of Jesus was a beloved, central figure in the hearts and minds of medieval Christians. Non-judgmental, gracious, and kind, she served as an ever-available mediator and model for believers who sought to reconcile guilt and hope. The poems selected for this volume provide a sampling of the rich tradition of Marian devotion as expressed in Middle English. Some of these lyrics survived in commonplace books, on flyleaves, or as incidental pieces in longer works; other appeared in liturgical manuscripts, hymnals, or sermon notebooks. They range widely in form, tone, and aesthetic quality. Taken together, they express the full range of a people's effort to voice its anxieties and joys through Mary."
Though it's not particularly helpful on the subject of television, I believe the book will be useful to those interested in literature, history, theology, women's studies, and language.
(Phil Christman, by the way, has written cogent, wise, and useful reviews for Paste Magazine and for Perspectives: A Journal of Reformed Thought. Seriously.)

Both a valuable collection of medieval Marian lyrics and a scorching commentary on the effects of mass culture on a plague-devastated populace, this collection of Middle English lyrics devoted to the popular "Gilligan's Island" character is an essential tool in our understanding of the chord struck among Medieval Europeans -- themselves moored in a sort of existential Gilligan's Island, all classes shipwrecked together by the growth of the bourgeiosie and the isolation wrought by the Black Plague (a la Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, notice) with only each other and what cold comforts could be salvaged from the era's rudimentary technology for company -- by this popular narrative. Professor Saupe's next work, a study of (de)constructive and (fe)menist-h(e)rmeneutica(l) (like dancin') techniques in the era's miracle and "Party of Five" plays, promises to shock, provoke and entertain as well.

I'm a big fan of Gwen Frostic - love this book about Michigan!

Not just for Michiganders (I've never been to Michigan!) this is an absolutely beautiful and artful book composed of colored blockprints & simple, but lovely prose, printed on handcrafted deckle-edge paper. The book emanates a certain hush and reverence through its subtle palatte and the careful arrangement of images with negative space. (How rare to find an artist, as is this author, who has an eye for negative space and understands the important contribution that this quiet space gives to a work!) Artists (printmakers, in particular) will awe at the artistry of the author, Gwen Frostic, and at her repertoire of subjects, which ranges from flora and fauna to Michigan bridges & architecture to blue skies and snowy scenes. Writers will appreciate both the content & delivery of her prose, which absolutely compliments the images and never once lapses into sentimentality. ALL readers will delight at the many quiet surprises, (such as the unexpected image of the frog on swamp grass peering between pages). Aesthetically and literally, this book is purely a work of art, and your bookshelf will be richer for its presence.