Author: Cynthia Barnett
Publisher: University of Michigan Press/Regional
Keywords: eastern, water, vanishing, florida, mirage
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2008-04-21
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0472033034
ISBN-13: 9780472033034

"In the days before the Internet, books like Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and Marjorie Stoneman Douglas’ River of Grass were groundbreaking calls to action that made citizens and politicians take notice. Mirage is such a book."—St. Petersburg Times “Never before has the case been more compellingly made that America’s dependence on a free and abundant water supply has become an illusion. Cynthia Barnett does it by telling us the stories of the amazing personalities behind our water wars, the stunning contradictions that allow the wettest state to have the most wat

Author: Nancy Milio
Publisher: University of Michigan Press/Regional
Keywords: ann, arbor, paperbacks, preface, new, storefront, burn, kercheval
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2000-12-05
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0472086952
ISBN-13: 9780472086955

In honor of the thirtieth anniversary of its first publication, we are happy to reissue Nancy Milio’s 9226 Kercheval, a groundbreaking book which analyzes the success of the Mom and Tots Center in urban Detroit in the late 1960s. At the time of its first publication, Robert Coles called the book "rare and extremely important" and remarked, "I can only hope that all those concerned with urban problems might read this unusual and inspiring book."Milio adds a new Preface to update readers on the fate of the center and the issues of poverty and health care which continue today.From the origi

Author: Dale Clarke Franz
Publisher: University of Michigan Press/Regional
Keywords: forest, michigan, country, river, pigeon
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2007-11-30
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0472031643
ISBN-13: 9780472031641

“A timely book that addresses serious questions facing those of us who love ‘The Big Wild.’”—Kenneth Glasser, Chairman, Otsego County Board of Commissioners“I seldom have been so moved by any writing as I have by Pigeon River Country. [It] has a power, a clarity, a message that springs from a vision, but also from a deep, inner soul.”—John F. Barton, retired journalist, United Press International and U.S. Information AgencyThe eagerly awaited new edition of a classic offers memories, myths, and meanings of the largest contiguous piece of wild area in Michigan’s Lower Peninsul

Author: James H. Harding
Publisher: University of Michigan Press/Regional
Keywords: lakes, environment, region, amphibians, reptiles
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 1997-10-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0472066285
ISBN-13: 9780472066285

Most people have limited knowledge about the reptiles and amphibians found in the Great Lakes area, so they do not realize the importance of these species to the environment. This book by James H. Harding is a welcome volume that is sure to increase the awareness and knowledge of these often-misunderstood Great Lakes animals.Reptiles and Amphibians of the Great Lakes Region offers thorough coverage on all the important subjects and issues confronting the world of herpetology today. While being a volume of great usefulness to naturalists in this field of study, it is also accessible to high sch

Author: Michael Kuo
Publisher: University of Michigan Press/Regional
Keywords: morels
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2005-09-21
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0472030361
ISBN-13: 9780472030361

Join the hunt for one of the most sought-after mushroom marvels---the elusive morel "Michael Kuo offers an engaging survey of a diverse group of fungi whose fruiting bodies are among the most prized edible mushrooms. Morels is a lavishly illustrated poem that will be relished by amateur and professional mycologists alike."---Nicholas P. Money, author of Mr. Bloomfield’s Orchard: The Mysterious World of Mushrooms, Molds, and MycologistsFilled to the brim with information about the science and sport of finding, identifying, and savoring these world-renowned fungi, Morels is a far-ranging,

Author: Sidney Fine
Publisher: University of Michigan Press/Regional
Keywords: strike, motors, general, sit
Number of Pages: 472
Published: 1969-12-15
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0472329480
ISBN-13: 9780472329489

Studies the most significant American labor conflict of the 20th century

Author: Mr. T.M. McNally
Publisher: University of Michigan Press/Regional
Keywords: fiction, originals, sweetwater, novel, bridge, goat
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2005-08-29
List price: $24.00
ISBN-10: 0472115111
ISBN-13: 9780472115112

"Brilliant. . . . The intricately layered narrative, moving back and forth in time and space, builds to a conclusion both bloody and subtle . . ." ---Chicago Tribune". . . in his most far-reaching and scorchingly beautiful novel, [McNally] extends his acute insights into the workings of the mind to the traumas of a besieged city. . . . In Stephen, an artist with a conscience and a man who has lost what is most precious, McNally has created an unflinching witness to humankind’s capacity for both evil and transcendent love. And every penetrating thought, harrowing predicament, vivid feelin