Contents: Preface / David Haynes -- Introduction: A Festschrift for Professor Magnaghi -- Story maps / Robert Archibald -- An immense world of delight: The U.P. in prose / Ted Bays -- Witness to five centuries: The history of Ste. Anne's Parish, Mackinac Island / Steven C. Brisson -- Hungarians in Michigan's Copper Country / Bernard Cook -- "A most unpleasant circumstance" : Personality and provocation...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI U.P. NorthernGrady, Wayne.
Summary: "This book is an exploration of the biology and ecology of a vital, ever-changing terrain. Written by one of Canada's best-known science and nature writers, it is intended not only for those who live in the Great Lakes basin but for anyone captivated by the splendor of the natural world and sensitive to the challenges of its preservation."--Jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greystone Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 508 GRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI Nature GradySummary: Chronicles the rise and fall of Tower Records, from the opening of its flagship store in Sacramento, California in 1960, to its evolution into an international retail chain and bankruptsy in 2006. Owner Russ Solomon and various store employees discuss Tower's unique approach to selling recorded music.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC ALLMagnaghi, Russell M.
Contents: The Cornish in the Upper Peninsula -- Demographics -- Culture -- People -- The Cornish in the Lower Peninsula -- The Cornish today.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 DTPBonds, Russell S.
Summary: In April 1862, 20 Union soldiers crossed Confederate lines to steal a locomotive called the General and destroy a critical Confederate supply line. In the aftermath half the team was executed; the half that escaped received the newly established Medal of Honor. -- publishers description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Westholme Pub. 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.785 BONMagnaghi, Russell M.
Summary: "Michigan's Upper Peninsula is a veritable cornucopia of delicious dishes. Over the centuries, the shared food knowledge and passion Native Americans and immigrant of all kinds produced the region's iconic foods and beloved restaurants. Mackinac Island remains the epicenter for fine food. Here one can dine on freshly caught trout and whitefish at the Grand Hotel before tracking down the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Palate, a division of The History Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 647.957 MAGMagnaghi, Russell M.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2001
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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 DTPMagnaghi, Russell M.
Summary: Get ready to discover the rich history of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. From its earliest days, it has evoked words of love, beauty, mystery and legend. Drawing on oral histories, newspapers, census data, archives and libraries, Russell M. Magnaghi has written the seminal history of a very ?special place? as seen through the eyes of the men and women who have lived here-the famous and not so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI U.P. MagnaghiRussell, James M.
Summary: Inspired by the hugely popular sitcom The Good Place, which uses a comic format to examine moral dilemmas and schools of ethical thought, this is a brief tour of the main issues that face humans when we try to "do the right thing." Using traditional and modern thought experiments, as well as 21st century dilemmas from the etiquette of texting to the narcissism of "selfie" culture, here is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Palazzo Editions Ltd 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 170 RUSSummary: "With more than 5,000 entries totaling over a million words, this is the most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of Buddhism ever produced in English. It is also the first to cover terms from all of the canonical Buddhist languages and traditions: Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Unlike reference works that focus on a single Buddhist language or school, The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 294.303 PRISummary: With unprecedented access to the nuclear industry in France, Russia, and the United States, filmmaker Oliver Stone explores the possibility for the global community to overcome challenges like climate change and reach a brighter future through the power of nuclear energy an option that may become a vital way to ensure our continued survival sooner than we think.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC NUCRubenstein, David M.
Summary: "What do the most successful investors have in common? David M. Rubenstein, cofounder of one of the world's largest investment firms, has spent years interviewing the greatest investors in the world to discover the time-tested principles, hard-earned wisdom, and indispensable tools that guide their practice.​"--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.678 RUBBrady, George S. (George Stuart)
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2002
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 620.1103 BRAO'Mara, S. M. (Shane M.)
Summary: "Walking upright on two feet is a uniquely human skill. It enabled us to walk out of Africa and to spread as far as Alaska and Australia. Every day, we put one foot in front of the other-yet how many of us know how we do that, or appreciate the advantagesit gives us? In this book, neuroscientist Shane O'Mara invites us to marvel at the benefits walking confers on our bodies and brains. From...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612 O'MAPlato.
Summary: Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classic text is an enquiry into the notion of a perfect community and the ideal individual within it. During the conversation, other questions are raised: what is goodness?; what is reality?; and what is knowledge? The Republic also addresses the purpose of education and the role of both women and men...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Easton Press 1980
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 321.8 PLAS Skylar M Block
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Publisher / Publication Date: Martin Block 1945
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1 available in Sheet Music, Call number: SHMPrado, Ric
Summary: "A memoir by the highest-ranking covert warrior to lift the veil of secrecy and offer a glimpse into the shadow wars that America has fought since the Vietnam Era. Enrique Prado found himself in his first firefight at age seven. The son of a middle-class Cuban family caught in the midst of the Castro Revolution, his family fled their war-torn home for the hope of a better life in America. Fifty...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.127 PRAGregory, Brad S. (Brad Stephan)
Summary: On the 500th anniversary of the Reformation comes this compelling, illuminating, and expansive religious history that examines the complicated and unintended legacies of Martin Luther and the epochal movement that continues to shape the world today. For five centuries, Martin Luther has been lionized as an outspoken and fearless icon of change who ended the Middle Ages and heralded the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 274 GREYoung, John Russell
Contents: Philadelphia to England -- After a run to the continent, Scotland and the North Country -- Paris -- Cities of antiquity and the Western Mediterranean -- Egypt and the Holy Land -- The Eastern Mediterranean and return to Italy -- Holland, Germany, and Scandinavia -- Russia and Austria -- Spain, Portugal, and a jaunt to Ireland -- India -- Burma -- Singapore, the Straits of Malacca, Siam --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Johns Hopkins University Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.41 YOUGregory, Brad S. (Brad Stephan)
Summary: Presents lectures delivered by Brad S. Gregory on European church history from 1500 to 1650.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2001
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6 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 270 GRE PART 1Call number: CD 270 GRE PART 2
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Gorbachev, M. S. (Mikhail Sergeevich)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia University Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947.085 GORSummary: When Wisconsin's newly elected Governor Scott Walker introduces a bill that threatens to wipe away worker rights and lock out public debate, six ordinary Wisconsinites join thousands of protesters at the State Capitol, building a citizen-driven uprising that not only challenges the bill, but the soul of a nation.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Bal Maiden Films 2012
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WESummary: "The first volume in more than 20 years tells a new and modern story of the U.S. State Department's Diplomatic Reception Rooms, one of the top collections of American fine and decorative arts in existence. The art of United States diplomacy has been conducted over more than two centuries with figures from all over the world, in peacetime and in conflict. For the last six decades, these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rizzoli Electa 2023