Michigan Books

It's really about time French-Americans with roots in Canada tell their stories and even toot their very historic trumpets. French history pre-dates the English settlements in colonial America. It's called "The French Fact". Thousands of French-Canadians can trace their family genealogies to the 1640s and even earlier. Many families even, rather easily, find their first ancestor's roots in medieval France because the history of the culture is so meticulously preserved through the accuracy of the Roman Catholic Church's directories of baptisms, marriages and deaths. Nevertheless, few Americans learn about French-Canadian culture. So, it's about time the descendents of French-Canadians tell their interesting and special stories. Thankfully, many French-Canadian families living in New England are telling their family stories; but now we learn the French-Canadian history and culture is proudly shared by others living in Michigan. Thanks to the research by John P. DuLong, a third generation French-Canadian whose family settled into the Michigan area, the stories of America's French-Canadians are literally tied together - Michigan's French-Americans are culturally similar to New England's "Franco-Americans". Moreover, it's not a parochial or regional history anymore. DuLong's history of Michigan's French-Canadians is a story New England's Franco-Americans will relate to. There's vintage photographs and even a tourtiere recipe (traditional pork pie, an icon of the French-Canadian culture). Furthermore, all French-Americans of Canadian descent will enjoy a well deserved sense of pride in reading French-Canadians in Michigan. As a side comment, it seems the writing of French history in North American suffered sort of an arrested state of development after Francis Parkman published his series in the late 1800s about the French in North America. A lot has happened since Parkman wrote his chronicles, largely transcribed from the Jesuit Relations documents written by French missionaries. DuLong's work on French-Canadians in Michigan might stir more interest in French-Canadian history. For the sake of a culture older than Plymouth, in Massachusetts, we need more of DuLong's writing to preserve the dwindling numbers of living memories of French-Canadians in America.

This outstanding book clarifies many freudian topics that remain obscure in less skillful hands. An opinionated and thorough discourse.

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!

Mr. Semion is a walking plethora of Michigan information. He has fished the Au Sable, skied the Boynes, pheasant hunted in Grayling, hiked its thousands of miles of trails, and snowmobiled the Upper Penninsula in january. if you're looking for something to do year round, besides the obvious Henry Ford Museum/Greenfield Village tour, check out his book. Not only will you know where to find Detroit's historic buildings, he can tell you where to enjoy a famous coney island hot dog!

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! :-)

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! :-)

I've had this book for several years and read it almost yearly. It's a beautiful, haunting story with compelling characters. Zanger's previous book was no fluke -- she's a great author!

"General Murders" is a collection of ten Amos Walker short stories that are done every bit as well as any of the Detroit P.I.'s best novels. Author Loren Estleman proves himself to every bit as effective working in the short form as he is with his novels. As the title implies, the stories mostly deal with death and murder, but they all come with a twist, most of them unforseemn and satisfying. Walker is the most Phillip Marlowe-like P.I. walking the means streets today. Any P.I. fan owes it to themselves to make his acquaintence. At at brief 230 pages, this book is a quick delight.

This book is a tour-de-force from the French philospher of science, Michel Serres.

Serres argues that nature is not organised around any -single- principle of organisation, that at all levels, multiplicity abounds: that although logic and rationality have taught us much about ourselves the Universe, that such 'pockets of unity' are merely islands or order in a sea of chaos.Furthermore, we cannot really understand this sea of multiplicity which howls around us: but it can be sensed, -heard-, raging all around it, although it cannot really be -conceived-. By alternately using polemics, scientific method, poetic meditation, aesthetics and literary analysis, he shows how forms are birthed from raging Chaos.

All this results in a 'noisy' critique of Order - social theory, history, science, aesthetics, and metaphysics. In French, the word 'noise' no longer means 'noise' (which in French is 'bruit') but rather 'noise' is an archiac word which means 'clamour' or 'ruckus', (chercher noise: "kick up a fuss" or "look for a fight") and this inter-play is used throughout the book. He utilises what is obviously a huge knowledge of literature, art, philosphy and science to rigourously illustrate his thesis.

Serres proposes that philosophy's purpose is to "think the unthinkable" in the age of scientific rationality. This momentus volume, written in the 80s but only translated recently (1995), is a must-read for any serious student of philosophy, science, literature, or art. It is also of special interest to those engaged in the field of sound studies for its conception of 'noise' and the relation it contains to music (or order).

Lastly, I will quote just paragraph from the section titled 'The Chain' (p71); "Here then is the chain: white sea or white plain, background noise, surge, fluctuation of the surge, bifurcation, repetition, rhythm or cadence, vortex. The great turbulence is constituted, it fades away, it breaks. And disappears as it came. This chain is breaking, it is breaking at every point, it may always break, its characteristic is to snap. It is fragile, unstable. ... It is the chain of genesis. It is not solid. It is never a chain of necessity. Suddenly, it will bifurcate. It goes off on a tangent. It surrenders to the passing signals, the fluctuations of the sea, or some sowing of sameness. This chain is not a chain of chance either, it would remain meticulously broken. It is a chain of contingency, the recruiting takes place through tangency, by local pulls and by degrees, by word of mouth, from one mouth to another. It emerges from the sea noise [bruit], the nautical noise [noise], the prebiotic soup."

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