Byron, M. Christine

Contents: The Mackinac Straits Region -- Mackinaw City -- Crossing the Straits -- St. Ignace -- Mackinac Island.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Arbutus Press 2007

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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.4923 BRY
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: OVS 977.4923 BYR

Parlett, Jack

Summary: A definitive history of New York's Fire Island examines how it has been a vital space in the history of queer America and a key influence on art, literature, culture, and politics. Poet and scholar Jack Parlett's account of Fire Island chronicles its influence on art, literature, culture, and queer liberation over the past century. Fire Island, a thin strip of beach off the Long Island coast,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.725 PAR

Summary: In 1971, author and film scholar Donald Richie published a poetic travelogue about his explorations of the islands of Japan's Inland Sea, recording his search for traces of a traditional way of life as well as his own journey of self-discovery. Twenty years later, filmmaker Lucille Carra undertook a parallel trip inspired by Richie's by-then-classic book, capturing images of hushed beauty and...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DOC INL

Taylor, D. J. (David John)

Summary: "Who were the Lost Girls? Chic, glamorous, and bohemian, as likely to be found living in a rat-haunted maisonette as dining at the Ritz, Lys Lubbock, Sonia Brownell, Barbara Skelton, and Janetta Parlade cut a swath through English literary and artistic life at the height of World War II."--Amazon.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2020

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.082 TAY

Taylor, Charles Sprague.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4925 TAY

Liesch, Matthew.

Summary: Situated on the south shore of Lake Superior, the Gogebic Iron Range of Michigan and Wisconsin exudes a strong sense of place. During the 1880s, a mining boom lured settlers, investment, and controversy. Investors from Milwaukee, Chicago, and Cleveland hoped to become rich, but many were pulled into scams or poorly managed mines and ended up losing their money. After iron stocks crashed, mining...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Arcadia Pub. 2006

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1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 977.4983 LIE

Bak, Richard

Contents: Eternal thanks -- Here and gone -- Boneyards.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 393.1 BAK

Maxwell, Alyssa

Summary: "As a reporter, Emma is used to covering Newport's social events. But this time she is appearing on the arm of her fiancé, Derrick Andrews, at a small but exclusive gathering of the New York Yacht Club at Beacon Rock, the Grecian-inspired summer cottage of Edwin and Elizabeth Morgan. The members -- which include cousin and Yacht Club Commodore John Pierpont Morgan and widow Lucy Carnegie, the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2023

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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP FIC MAX

Dickinson, Eliot.

Summary: From the Publisher: "The Copts, or Egyptian Christians, are a relatively small and tight-knit ethno-religious group, numbering perhaps three thousand people and living mostly in the Detroit metropolitan area. Since they began immigrating to Michigan in the mid-1960s, their community has grown exponentially." Granted exceptional access to the Coptic community, Eliot Dickinson provides the first...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 DTPOM Dickinson

McDuffie, Mary Kay.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Megissee County Pub. 2009

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.485 MCD

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.485 MCD
1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 977.485 MCD

Naldrett, Alan.

Summary: Some of Michigan's most noteworthy yarns and compelling characters were lost down the corridors of history--until now. Discover the Nain Rouge, that "Demon from the Strait," spotted everywhere from the Battle of Bloody Run in 1763 to the Detroit Riot in 1967. Meet folks like Major Stickney, who named his sons One and Two and his youngest daughter Indiana. Inspect the Toledo War's ill-equipped...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The History Press 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 NAL

Schultz, Elizabeth A.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2001

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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.476 SCH

Northrup, Jim

Summary: "Between 1989 and 2001, Indian Country saw enormous changes in treaty rights, casino gambling, language renewal, and tribal sovereignty. Jim Northrup, a thoroughly modern traditional Ojibwe man who writes a monthly syndicated newspaper column, the Fond du Lac Follies, witnessed it all. With humor sometimes gentle, sometimes biting, sometimes broad, these excerpts tally the changes, year by...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Minnesota Historical Society Press 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.897 NOR

Summary: High school is over but events conspire to reunite Ryan, Seth and Summer in posh, seaside Newport. There may even be a new Core Four, because after Taylor Townsend says a quick if not passionate au revoir to her education in France, she just might pursue Ryan until he catches her.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OC

Byron, M. Christine

Summary: Features the 42 historic sites and buildings officially recognized in the Michigan Register of Historic Sites, or in the National Register of Historic Places.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Leelanau Press 2019

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4635 BYR
1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: R NEL 977.4635 BYR

Anthony, George A.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Beaver Island Historical Society 2009

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1 available in Nelson Room, Call number: NEL RM 977.486 ANT

Summary: Italian visual artist Yuir Ancarani's exquisite documentary enters the surreal world of wealthy Qatari sheikhs with a passion for amateur falconry. The opulence of this Middle Easterm gas state is on full display as the men race SUVs up and down sand dunes, fly their prized falcons around on private jets, and take their pet cheetahs out for desert spins in their souped-up Ferraris.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2018

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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF CHA

Alcott, Louisa May

Summary: "The March sisters have grown from little women to young adults. Now that the Civil War has ended, Meg is getting married, Beth still struggles to regain her health, and Jo and Amy are pursing their dreams, encountering love and heartbreak along the way"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ALC

Ammon, Richard.

Summary: An Amish girl describes a year in her life and the activities that fill it, from early spring through the following winter.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2000

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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE AMM

Wilkinson, Alec

Contents: The blessing of the fleet -- The riverkeeper -- The uncommitted crime.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1991

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 WIL

Summary: Detroit is a city of stories. In this, we are rich. We begin with abundance. But while much is written about our city these hard days, it is typically meant to explain Detroit to those who live elsewhere. Much of this writing is brilliant, but our anthology, this anthology, is different: it is a collection of Detroit stories for Detroiters. Through essays, photographs, poetry, and art, this...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Rust Belt Chic Press 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 DET

Coleman, Bill

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2001

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 289.73 COL

Woolson, Constance Fenimore

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Publisher / Publication Date: Arno Press 1977

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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL FIC WOO

Walker, Lewis

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Publisher / Publication Date: Michigan State University Press 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 791.0977 WAL
1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 791.0977 WAL

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1 available in Michigan Collection, Call number: MI History Walker