Michigan Books

This is a great book I even bought one for each of my adult children. We live in Michigan and have been to some of these wineries. We have found new one since we have read the book and are planning some fun weekends to check them out. The book is easy to read tells you a little history about the wineries and explans why the wine here in Michigan is just as good as the ones in France or Germany. It is a good book to set out on your cocktail table for others to enjoy.

When people think about trips to the 'wine country', Michigan does not readily come to mind. All that will change with "From The Vine: Exploring Michigan Wineries", a collaborative travel guide by Sharon Kegerries and Lorri hathaway who showcase fifty-one wine country destinations throughout the upper-Midwest state of Michigan. Organized by four designated 'wine trails' and 'beyond the trails', "From The Vine" includes anecdotal stories, features on artisans who handcraft chocolate and cheese, Old World grape stomping, cherry mead, hard cider, ice wine, and more. Profusely and beautiful illustrated throughout, "From The Vine" is enhanced with a useful glossary and a bibliography that travelers through Michigan's wine country will find of immense interest. Informed and informative, "From The Vine" is an entertaining and very highly recommended addition to personal reading lists for anyone traveling through Michigan whether as a day trip or part of an extended vacation. Needless to say, no Michigan college or community library should be without at least one copy of "From The Vine" in their collection!

This is one of my favorite books. On a fall day I love to pull it out onto a table and flip through the pages. The images in the book transport me to an idyllic place along the shores of the beautiful strait that connects Lake Huron to Lake Erie.

It's magical. After I experienced the book, it was impossible to see the Red Wings play Montreal at the Joe and not think of our shared heritage or stare at the RenCen and not imagine the old French fort and strip farms along the shores of the river. If you love Detroit, this is a must have book.

This stunning visual documentation of Detroit's evolution from western outpost to one the largest cities on the American frontier is remarkable for both its scholarship and its detailed graphic content. Lush with color, these pre-photographic images depict in vivid detail both the physical growth of Detroit from its earliest days as a European settlement to its mid-nineteenth emergence as one of the industrial/commercial giants of North America, as well as the passing of its role as a center of Native American life.

Created to commemorate Detroit's Tricentennial, the work's author, Brian Dunnigan, Curator of Maps at the University of Michigan's famed William L. Clements Library, has done the nation and Michigan a great service by gathering into one resource these rare and unique images, many of which heretofore never had been published. A wealth of intricate maps, colorful engravings, architect's renderings, military documents, portraits, watercolors, simple line drawings, and even a bull's horn scrimshaw of ships and buildings from 1765 highlight this remarkable work. In all 287 images can be found within its 256 pages. This volume is a welcome addition to scholarship on the Great Lakes and the Northwest Territories, and documents the crucial role Detroit played in the pre and post-revolutionary development of the United States.

Adventure! Mystery! Glad times and sad times. The life and times this book reflects are only dreams for some, and memories for others. I found The Frozen Dead Lady totally enthralling and charming. I found myself wishing for those times to come back.
It's a great book for kids of all ages. It makes a wonderful Christmas present!

This was a great story book! The way of life in the 'olden' times in southern Michigan is presented as if it was still that way now. The book brings alive the beauty and adventures of life at Torch Lake in the 1930s. The adventurous crop duster pilot's life came alive for me and inspired me. By the way, it's safe for kids to read this book too!

Item sent quickly and in good condition. Very satisfied with vendor. Would use again.

A lot of college football programs talk about having tradition but the University of Michigan IS tradition. The University of Michigan has the most wins and highest winning percentage of any college football team in history. The Wolverines also boast the nation's largest stadium where on any given Saturday in autumn you can rub elbows with 110,000 of your closest friends. Continuing their great series of Game Day books focusing on different college teams, Triumph books presents Game Day Michigan Football, a look at some of the greatest coaches, players, games, and moments in Michigan football history.

The book begins with a foreword by legendary former Michigan coach Bo Schembechler and then delves into some of the great history of the program from the birth of the winged helmets to the composing of one of the nation's most recognizable fight songs, "Hail to the Victors". Ohio State fans will be disappointed to learn that it was the Michigan Marching band that first performed the script spelling of Ohio way back in 1932.

From there its on to meet some of the school's greatest players. Heisman trophy winner Tom Harmon, Bob Chappuis, Bump Elliott, Dan Dierdorf, Rick Leach, Anthony Carter, Desmond Howard, Charles Woodson, Braylon Edwards, and many more are profiled. And of course we can't leave out former President Gerald Ford who was the team's MVP in 1934. Michigan's greatest teams are featured as well. There is the "point a minute" teams of Fielding H. Yost in the early 1900's, the 1947 national champions, The 1970 - 1974 teams of Schembechler who compiled an astounding record of 50-4-1, and the undefeated national championship team of 1997.

Greatest Games? How about the 1969 upset of undefeated Ohio State who coach Woody Hayes referred to as his greatest team, or Tim Biakabatuka's single-handed dismantling of the Buckeyes with 313 yards rushing in 1995, the wolverines astounding fourth quarter comeback from a 21 point deficit to beat Minnesota in 2003, Anthony Carter's last second TD on the final play to beat Indiana in 1979, or the thrilling OT defeat of Michigan State in 2004.

The Rivalries, the great plays, even the Little Brown Jug is all here in a book that is simply indispensable for the Michigan Football fan all in an attractive hardcover book loaded with brilliant color photos. Triumph Books proves again why they are a leader in sports publishing.

Reviewed by Tim Janson

Thanks so much for taking time to send me your ideas on how you use the Journal. Now, I am ready to take it and head to the garden! This really is a great journal. For years, I have puzzled over how to record and store gardening information that is important to me. This is just the ticket! I can tell there was a seasoned gardener behind the planning.

Buy This! You absolutely WILL NOT be disappointed. I bought this for my fiance as a Fathers Day/Anniversary Gift for us to record a lifetime of gardening together. It was very special and when we both looked inside to see the pages, we were so impressed to see that anything and everything that we would ever want to record is already included in these pages- from climate records to receipts! I HIGHLY recommend this journal to anyone! I would also like to note that I had some questions for the seller and as a result, I experienced the finest customer service I have ever had in my history of shopping online. She went above and beyond my expectations, from her product to her service. You've got a great thing going here HoJo! :-)

Thanks so much for taking the time to send me your ideas on how you use the Journal. Now, I am ready to take it and head to the garden! This really is a great journal. For years, I have puzzled over how to record and store gardening information that is important to me. This is just the ticket! I can tell there was a seasoned gardener behind the planning.

Buy This! You absolutely WILL NOT be disappointed. I bought this for my fiance as a Fathers Day/Anniversary Gift for us to record a lifetime of gardening together. It was very special and when we both looked inside to see the pages, we were so impressed to see that anything and everything that we would ever want to record is already included in these pages- from climate records to receipts! I HIGHLY recommend this journal to anyone! I would also like to note that I had some questions for the seller and as a result, I experienced the finest customer service I have ever had in my history of shopping online. She went above and beyond my expectations, from her product to her service. You've got a great thing going here HoJo! :-)

Ted Roethke springs to life from these pages-brilliant, astonishingly arrogant and hugely insecure. Seager links this combination to Roethke's father's death, but acknowledges a great deal of it was either innate or due to Ted having grown up as a sensitive boy in a very non-literary area of the world. Ted believed his poetry was consistently undervalued. Seager labels Ted as an "operator," by which he means that Ted strived in his poetry, not just to improve his skill, but also to bring it to the attention of poets who might critique it, publish it, review it, award him prizes for it, or otherwise be useful in his career. He worked tirelessly on improving his poetry and pushing the envelope OF poetry, while at the same time shamelessly promoting his own work and striving to become known as a poet. In between all this he suffered episodes of mania which led to various periods in institutions. A former co-worker of Roethke's, Seager paints an unforgettable portrait of the man behind the poems. A must-read for any Roethke acolyte.

The author writes about Roethke from the viewpoint of a colleague, fellow writer, and friend. Seager divides the book into 15 chapters: Roethke's Birthplace, Roethke's Family, Childhood, His Father's Death, College, The Beginnings of Poetry, Trouble, The First Book, The Lost Son and Other Poems, Working Methods, The West Coast, Marriage and the Pulitzer Prize, The Prizes, the Awards, and The last years.

Seager's Roethke emerges as a man of contradictions. Moreover, in many cases, says Seager, Roethke outright lied in order to forge himself ahead; yet the reader comes away with the suspicion that Roethke never really lied, that either he believed what he was saying was true or that it could have been true under the right circumstances.

Seager doesn't so much discuss Roethke's work as he sets the stage for how Roethke's work came to be and how he wrestled with what it means to be a poet. During the course of the book, Seager considers Roethke's birthplace, his time of birth, his family, his education, and, finally, Roethke's need to find his noblest self. The introduction by Donald Hall is both informative and revealing as well.

At the center of Seager's discussion of Roethke's poetry career is Roethke's mental illness which may have accounted for both the best and worst moments of Roethke's too short life.

This is a book for Roethke's fans, those who love authors and literature, and/or those who are writers. Writers, especially, will be intrigued, I think. Seager's handling of the subject matter is as grand as his subject.

It has been a long time since I have read a novel that has such power, depth, and insight. Knowing very little about the events in the Balkans, and having lost a son myself, I picked this book up not sure what to expect. I was not let down.

Unlike other reviewers, I don't feel compelled to explain the story line or plot. You can read that for yourself. But I do feel compelled to recommend this book to anyone seeking a well-written, thought-provoking book.

Photography, foreign conflict and the power of human relationships wrapped together in a compelling story of a journalist struggling with loss in wartime Bosnia. This novel will make you think, appreciate and question before turning each page. The nature of perspective, the desire to persevere, the relationship that works...another example of McNally's genius.

Dear Sir,
I searched your web site under books by Dr. Kenneth K. A. Kennedy. The book entitled "God-Apes and Fossil men: Paleoanthropology of South Asia" was of interest to me I read the book from a friend. I was told that the person who writes the first review of a book gets a reward of $ 25 from your company. I wrote the review of this book and submitted to you. You published the review. It now appears on your site after the book is mentioned under the name of the author & book search. I now request you to send me the following book by speed post mail at my address. Dr. K. L. Mehra c/o Dr. Rimjhim Mehra, 8421 High Meadow Drive, PLANO, Tx-75025.

Name of book: Daniel Martin Varisco: Medieval Agriculture and Islamic Science. The almanac of a Yemeni Sultan. Used book priced at dollars 15.89.
Thanking you.
Yours faithfully,
K. L Mehra

Five Stars: Scholarly, Comprehensive, Insightful and Superbly Good Read. August 23, 2001. Reviewer: K. L. Mehra, Former Director & Expert F.A.O., Rome, Italy.

This book is a must read for students and professionals alike, and others with interest in hominid / human skeleton remains and the information these remains hold for understanding the biological history and diversity of South Asiaýs people. Kenneth A.R. Kennedy sets forth to test the validity of some hypothesis that emerged from the interpretation of such findings. After presenting precise accounts of different viewpoints, Kennedy provides an unbiased fresh insight based on his interdisciplinary approach, integrating archaeological, geological, linguistic, fossil, and historical evidences. It contains a balanced and scholarly treatment of the latest methods used in skeleton biological analysis. The book should become a model reference work for understanding paleoanthropology of a single region. The major merit of authorýs approach has been a critical presentation of European concepts of human origins, biological diversity, and pre-historic life ways, and to appraise the reader about how those concepts were superimposed upon more native traditions, which addressed many of the same questions but from within an entirely distinctive cultural context and perceptions. Kennedy provides sufficient supportive evidences, which suggest that there was no abrupt transition or mass migration of food- producing new races into the hunting territories of longer settled people in South Asia. Faunal and floral evidences from certain sites in Rajasthan and the Ganges valley suggest incipient practices of plant and animal domestication among Mesolithic groups. Emergence of food production strategies was a gradual transition that took place in different localities at different times. Kennedy discusses paleodemographic and anatomical data, which points out that the participants in the mature phase of Harappan civilization were not a mysterious people of unknown biological origins, or migrants from other centers of high culture in western Asia, but were descendants of populations identified with the pre-Harappan cultures of northwestern sector of the sub-continent. Kennedy argues that Indian three-race concept paradigm about caste (including the status of Aryan lineage) and a western argument, favoring demic migrations, is not tenable. Professionals of different disciplines, students, and even lay people alike will all find something thought- provoking in this book. Very highly recommended.

If you have spent any time in the Upper Pensinsula of Michigan, you will really appreciate this book. It's a splended blend of history and geography and the author's humor and insight are perfect! I have read the book 3 times - it is a pretty easy read - and it still transports me in spirit to this beautiful midwest area.

Written by Lon L. Emeric (a fifth-generation descendant of Cornish copper miners), Going Back To Central: On The Road In Search Of The Past In Michigan's Upper Peninsula impressively presents a combination travelogue and personal journey through Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Colorful characters, breathtaking landscapes, and memorable pieces of folklore are all retold in captivating detail. Going Back To Central is especially commended to the attention of anyone with an interest in American History in general, and the Upper Peninsula country of Michigan in particular.