Cultural Region/Great Lakes
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True North
$19.00 Add to cartAn epic tale that pits a son against the legacy of his family’s desecration of the earth, and his own father’s more personal violations, Jim Harrison’s True North is a beautiful and moving novel that … [more below]
- Author: Harrison, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 22 2005
- ISBN10: 0802142060
- Language: English
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The Michigan Counting Book
$18.99 Read moreStudents who have learned their ABC’s will now have even more fun learning to count with this delightful addition to their library. Michigan flora and fauna take a starring role in this new title, tak… [more below]
- Series: Count Your Way Across the U.S.A. (Hardcover)
- Author: Wargin, Kathy-Jo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: November 01 2000
- ISBN10: 1585360031
- Language: English
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The Voyageur’s Highway: Minnesota’s Border Lake Land
$17.95 Add to cartThis popular guide to Minnesota’s canoe country from Rainy Lake east to Lake Superior tells of famous explorers, the great fur traders, voyageurs, Indians, and loggers who passed that way.
- Series: Mysteries & Horror
- Author: Nute, Grace Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 129
- Publish Date: June 01 1941
- ISBN10: 0873510062
- Language: English
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The Song of the Lark
$13.95 Add to cartIn this powerful portrait of the self-making of an artist, Willa Cather created one of her most extraordinary heroines.
Thea Kronborg, a minister’s daughter in a provincial Colorado town, seems destin- Series: Vintage Classics
- Author: Cather, Willa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: July 27 1999
- ISBN10: 0375706453
- Language: English
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Michigan’s Haunted Lighthouses
$21.99 Add to cartMichigan has more lighthouses than any other state, with more than 120 dotting its expansive Great Lakes shoreline. Many of these lighthouses lay claim to haunted happenings.
Former keepers like Captai
- Series: Haunted America
- Author: Stampfler, Dianna Higgs
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 04 2019
- ISBN10: 1467141992
- Language: English
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It Happened in Michigan: Stories of Events and People That Shaped Great Lakes State History
$16.95 Add to cartThis book offers an inside look at over 30 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of the Great Lakes State.
- Series: It Happened in
- Author: Burcar, Colleen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 21 2019
- ISBN10: 1493039458
- Language: English
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Terror in the City of Champions: Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society that Shocked Depression-era Detroit
$17.95 Add to cartA New York Times Bestseller
Now in paperback, the critically acclaimed New York Times Bestseller about a championship city haunted by a
Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Winner in True Crime- Author: Stanton, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1493030582
- Language: English
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Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story
$21.00 Add to cart“A fascinating political, racial, economic, and cultural tapestry” (Detroit Free Press), Once in a Great City is a tour de force from David Maraniss about the quintessential American city at the top o… [more below]
- Author: Maraniss, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 20 2016
- ISBN10: 147674839X
- Language: English
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The Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits
$18.99 Add to cartPrizewinning Book: The Dawn of Detroit won both the Merle Curti Prize and the James Rawley Prize, two of the top distinctions in American History Media track record: Hardcover edition attracted major … [more below]
- Author: Miles, Tiya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1620974819
- Language: English
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Without a Trace
$18.99 Add to cartWhen a plane crash claims her husband and son, Bree Nichols and her search-and-rescue dog won’t rest until they recover the bodies. But when quiet Rock Harbor is shaken by a violent crime, Bree discov
- Series: Rock Harbor #1
- Author: Coble, Colleen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 08 2013
- ISBN10: 1401688578
- Language: English
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Isadore’s Secret: Sin, Murder, and Confession in a Northern Michigan Town
$22.95 Add to cart“In Isadore’s Secret, Mardi Link shines a journalist’s lamp on this dark, quiet corner of Michigan’s history, assuring that the tragic story of Sister Janina is not forgotten. Link’s telling is fasci
- Author: Link, Mardi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: September 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0472050796
- Language: English
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The Jungle
$6.99 Add to cartIn this powerful book we enter the world of Jurgis Rudkus, a young Lithuanian immigrant who arrives in America fired with dreams of wealth, freedom, and opportunity. And we discover, with him, the ast… [more below]
- Series: Bantam Classics
- Author: Sinclair, Upton
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 01 1981
- ISBN10: 0553212451
- Language: English
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Summer People
$17.95 Add to cartIT IS LATE JUNE IN MICHIGAN’S GOLD COAST RESORT AREA.
The summer residents are settling in for the season and the tourists are beginning to flood the highways and beaches. But the idyllic vision of a
- Series: Sheriff Ray Elkins Thriller #1
- Author: Stander, Aaron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: May 09 2016
- ISBN10: 0978573218
- Language: English
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The Fight to Save the Town: Reimagining Discarded America
$18.99 Add to cart- Author: Wilde Anderson, Michelle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1501195999
- Language: English
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Michigan Activity Book
$8.95 Add to cartA New Way to Enjoy Michigan with Your Family
How do you make the perfect Michigan getaway even better? Supply your kids with the Michigan Activity Book by Paula Ellis for hours of fun From mazes and w
- Series: Color and Learn
- Author: Ellis, Paula
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: February 10 2010
- ISBN10: 1591932262
- Language: English
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38 Years: A Detroit Firefighter’s Story: A Detroit Firefighter’s Story
$15.95 Add to cartDecorated firefighter and true-blue Detroiter Bob Dombrowski risked life and limb saving lives for as long as he could remember. Born and raised on the west side of Detroit, Bob narrates an engrossing… [more below]
- Author: Dombrowski, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 236
- Publish Date: May 07 2014
- ISBN10: 1628384174
- Language: English
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Living for Change: An Autobiography
$19.95 Read moreNo one can tell in advance what form a movement will take. Grace Lee Boggs’s fascinating autobiography traces the story of a woman who transcended class and racial boundaries to pursue her passionate
- Series: PostHumanities
- Author: Boggs, Grace Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: August 03 2016
- ISBN10: 1517901480
- Language: English
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The Crooked Tree: Indian Legends of Northern Michigan
$15.99 Add to cartIn The Crooked Tree we find a collection of authentic Indian legends. John Wright listened to his grandmother weave these legends of her people and as a result, we find that he has combined this namel… [more below]
- Author: Wright, John C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 170
- Publish Date: June 01 1996
- ISBN10: 188237634X
- Language: English
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The Swallowtail Legacy 1: Wreck at Ada’s Reef
$17.99 Read moreA vibrant contemporary mystery with a classic feel about grappling with grief, righting past wrongs, redefining family, and finding yourself.
An Edgar Award Nominee! Twelve-year-old Lark Heron-Finch i- Series: The Swallowtail Legacy
- Author: Beil, Michael D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1645950484
- Language: English
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Lord of the Flies
$19.00 Add to cartA Casebook Edition containing the full text of LORD OF THE FLIES, plus notes and critical essays
The material in this casebook edition of one of the most widely read novels of our time includes not on- Author: Golding, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 291
- Publish Date: September 01 1987
- ISBN10: 0399506438
- Language: English
