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: 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: David E. Bonior
Publisher: University of Michigan Press/Regional
Keywords: mackinac, walking
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2001-06-20
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0472087975
ISBN-13: 9780472087976

According to his wife, U. S. Representative David E. Bonior is a contemplative man who has had some pretty "harebrained" ideas. It was just such an idea that led Bonior and his wife Judy to walk the 325 miles from their home in Mount Clemens--a suburb of Detroit--to the quaint coastal sidewalks of Mackinaw City, the Lower Peninsula’s northernmost point. Walking to Mackinac chronicles the Boniors’ three-week journey to connect with the people and the history of their home state, to explore Michigan at human pace, and to appreciate it more fully.The Boniors plotted their own course,

Authors:Burton V. Barnes, Warren H. Wagner Jr.,
Publisher: University of Michigan Press/Regional
Keywords: trees, lakes, region, guide, updated, revised, michigan
Number of Pages: 456
Published: 2004-01-28
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0472089218
ISBN-13: 9780472089215

Now in its tenth decade of publication, Michigan Trees has been, since it was first introduced in 1913, the must-have reference book for anyone who wants to know about the trees of this unique North American region.In this new and updated edition, several new species have been added to the lineup, as well as sections on tree ecology and fall color. Written and illustrated in a style that appeals at once to academic botanists and armchair arborphiles alike, Michigan Trees gives readers everything they need to know for identifying trees in the Great Lakes state. Included with each description ar