Michigan Books

This is a fun, fast-paced book highlighting some of the quirky things about Michigan. As a born and bred MICHIGANDER I really enjoyed learning more about this wonderful state I call home. My boyfriend is a CA transplant, and I am winning him over to the greatness of Michigan. The author does a great job keeping things short and simple, including interesting notes and history, and makes things easy to locate with directions and web site addresses.

Colleen Burcar has done a wonderful job of bringing the uniqueness and richness of Michigan to life in this book. She takes us on a statewide tour of places and people many of us would never know existed. What's more, she adds a lot of humor to her descriptions. Some of her quips are groaners, but they're more than made up for by the numerous humorous asides.

This book is an invaluable tool for the person who would like to explore Michigan in a more intimate way.

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This book functions as a fantastic guide for any person! It includes critical information for estate planning, and is written in laymans terms. The easy to understand text makes this often intimidating subject comfortable, and gives the reader the confidence necessary to start taking charge of his or her future and legacy!

I got this book for a friend w/ 3 children - her family has enjoyed looking it over together and picking out several new things they'd like to do. She said it's perfect, expecially since this year they're having a "staycation."

Voss's three-volume set of Michigan Flora is perhaps not the easiest thing to lug around a field site, but it is invaluable for its detailed information about each species. If you can identify a plant's family, the family keys are good and the book gives maps showing the distribution of each species in Michigan. Descriptions of the plants' preferred habitat help you narrow the possibilities when working on an identification. If you live in Michigan, these books are perfect, but if you live in neighboring areas--Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Ontario, and probably elsewhere, you will find considerable overlap with your local flora. The only disadvantage is having to shuffle among the three volumes (get all three), but they are all priced so reasonably, and they are so thorough, it is worth it.

I borrowed this book from the library, and did not get to look through it extensively, but I am a beginning gardener and would definitely like to add this book to my home library to have on hand as a reference. I liked the fact that the book is broken into sections by annuals, perrenials, shrubs, etc. Also, I think every plant mentioned includes a full color picture. That was a high point for me as I am just becoming familiar with many of these specimens. I wish I could give a more thorough review, but at first glance I was very happy with the content of this book.

This thick guide book itself gave me insight into what I had found already, with it's explanations of laws of inheritance. With relevant web addresses and even support on the author's website, this was well worth the money.

Have just finished reading the book, "Michigan Governors: Their Life Stories." What an excellent piece of writing and research! The more I read, the more I enjoyed the book!...Your style of writing and your research makes not only delightful reading but such in depth understanding of the subject. 'Am getting the other two companion works, "Michigan Governors Growing Up" and "First Ladies of Michigan."

This Directory was published by the Michigan Holistic Health Association at a time when alternative health care was little known and difficult to locate. There were three editions, 1982,1984, and 1986. The phenomeNEWS has produced subsequent editions.

Directory editor Dan Butts has recently published "How Corporations Hurt Us All: Saving our Rights, Democracy, Institutions and Our Future", Trafford Publications, 2003. It includes a chapter on the conditions of both general and alternative health care.