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Field Manual of Michigan Flora by Anton A. Reznicek 9780472118113
Booksplease Price: £40.14Field Manual of Michigan Flora is the most up-to-date guide available for all seed plants growing wild in Michigan. Significantly expanding and updating the three-volume Michigan Flora, the book... -
Great Lakes Indian Accommodation and Resistance During the Early Reservation Years, 1850-1900 by Edmund Jefferson Danziger, Jr. 9780472096909
Booksplease Price: £68.49During the four decades following the War of 1812, Great Lakes Indians were forced to surrender most of their ancestral homelands and begin refashioning their lives on reservations. The challenges... -
Idlewild: The Rise, Decline, and Rebirth of a Unique African American Resort Town by Ronald J. Stephens
RRP: £28.95Booksplease Price: £28.65In 1912, white land developers founded Idlewild, an African American resort community in western Michigan. Over the following decades, the town became one of the country's foremost vacation... -
Assassination of a Michigan King: The Life of James Jesse Strang by Roger Van Noord 9780472084548
Booksplease Price: £21.17A skeptical follower of James Jesse Strang once wrote: "No man can serve two masters. You cannot serve a temporal king and a republican government at the same time. The thing is preposterous." And... -
Faith in Paper: The Ethnohistory and Litigation of Upper Great Lakes Indian Treaties by Charles E. Cleland 9780472035939
RRP: £32.95Booksplease Price: £31.67Faith in Paper is about the reinstitution of Indian treaty rights in the Upper Great Lakes region during the last quarter of the 20th century. The book focuses on the treaties and legal cases that... -
Sweetwater, Storms, and Spirits: Stories of the Great Lakes by Victoria Brehm 9780472081516
Booksplease Price: £17.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780472081516Author Victoria BrehmFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint University of Michigan... -
Rites of Conquest: The History and Culture of Michigan's Native Americans by Charles E. Cleland
Booksplease Price: £21.17A comprehensive and readable history of Native Americans in the Upper Great Lakes regionBook InformationISBN 9780472064472Author Charles E. ClelandFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint University of... -
M Is for Michigan Football: Celebrating the Tradition of Michigan Football by Greg Nelson 9780472033874
RRP: £11.95Booksplease Price: £9.40M Is for Michigan Football explores 26 of the many traditions and highlights of the University of Michigan football program, the winningest in all of college football. The book features eye-popping... -
Deckhand: Life on Freighters of the Great Lakes by Nelson Mickey Haydamacker 9780472033256
RRP: £18.95Booksplease Price: £16.59Long before popular television shows such as Dirty Jobs and The Deadliest Catch, everyday men and women---the unsung heroes of the job world---toiled in important but mostly anonymous jobs. One of... -
Guide to Great Lakes Fishes by 9780472033751
RRP: £20.95Booksplease Price: £18.17The Great Lakes are home to an impressive variety of fish. The Guide to Great Lakes Fishes describes sixty-two of the region's most commonly found species, from giants like the sturgeon all the way... -
Looking for Hickories: The Forgotten Wildness of the Rural Midwest by Tom Springer 9780472050239
Booksplease Price: £17.05A new voice reveals the unique character of the upper MidwestIn the spirit of other writers who share an affinity for the natural world---authors such as Robert Frost, Emerson, and Bill... -
Soapy: A Biography of G. Mennen Williams by Thomas J. Noer 9780472031863
Booksplease Price: £19.14"This is an important book about an important public official, G. Mennen 'Soapy' Williams---an unabashed liberal, a true humanitarian, and a great patriot."---George McGovern"Soapy Williams had a... -
Michigan Shrubs and Vines: A Guide to Species of the Great Lakes Region by Burton V. Barnes 9780472036257
Booksplease Price: £22.38Shrubs and vines are some of the most diverse and widespread plants in the Great Lakes Region. Michigan Shrubs and Vines is the must-have book for anyone who wishes to identify and learn about these... -
Medical Lives and Scientific Medicine at Michigan, 1891-1969 by Joel D. Howell 9780472104659
Booksplease Price: £72.27U.S. health care has changed dramatically during the past century. A new breed of physicians use new machines, vaccines, and ideas in ways that have touched the lives of virtually everyone. How and... -
Gleason's Plants of Michigan: A Field Guide by Richard K. Rabeler 9780472032464
RRP: £21.95Booksplease Price: £21.67"For every plant enthusiast in the Great Lakes State, and . . . in the adjoining ones as well."-John J. Pipoly III, SIDA"A very handy field guide . . . this book will be of use to anyone in... -
Drawing Conclusions on Henry Ford by Rudolph Alvarado 9780472067664
RRP: £19.95Booksplease Price: £19.73For years political cartoons have shaped the often unflattering popular view of public figures. One of the most-often-portrayed figures of the twentieth century was the automobile manufacturer Henry... -
The Birds of Washtenaw County, Michigan by Michael Kielb 9780472065356
Booksplease Price: £17.05The Birds of Washtenaw County, Michigan provides a comprehensive account of the birdlife in Washtenaw County. Situated to the west of Detroit in southeast Michigan, the county has an exceptionally... -
Indians of Hungry Hollow by Bill Dunlop 9780472086535
Booksplease Price: £17.05Michael Blake's Dances with Wolves transformed denigrating Indian sterotypes and created widespread interest in Native American culture. The subsequent popularity of books on this topic underscores... -
Making Waves: Michigan’s Boat-Building Industry, 1865–2000 by Scott M. Peters 9780472052578
RRP: £24.95Booksplease Price: £24.76Michigan will always be known as the automobile capital of the world, but the Great Lakes State boasts a similarly rich heritage in the development of boat building in America. By the late nineteenth... -
Always Leading, Forever Valiant: Stories of the University of Michigan, 1817-2017 by U-M Bicentennial Office
RRP: £16.95Booksplease Price: £15.28Now 200 years into its remarkable history, the University of Michigan remains at the vanguard of what it means to be a great modern public university. The University's Bicentennial in 2017 is an... -
The Michigan Eco-Traveler: A Guide to Sustainable Adventures in the Great Lakes State by Sally Barber 9780472035304
RRP: £14.95Booksplease Price: £12.29Michigan offers some of the most wonderfully diverse recreation opportunities in the country. The Michigan Eco-Traveler is for a new and growing breed of leisure traveler and adventurer-the... -
Michigan Ice Hockey: Celebrating the All-Time Greats and Most Memorable Moments by Greg Nelson 9780472034444
RRP: £18.95Booksplease Price: £15.28College ice hockey is one of the fastest, most entertaining sports on earth. Ann Arbor is home of the University of Michigan, the program that has won more collegiate hockey championships than... -
Old Roads of the Midwest by George Cantor 9780472082889
RRP: £14.95Booksplease Price: £13.09The Midwest is a region often neglected by travel books. This is true despite the region's large population, beautiful natural features, and the number of people who vacation there.This new volume by... -
Mammals of the Great Lakes Region by Allen Kurta
RRP: £20.95Booksplease Price: £18.39Today mammals include over 5,500 living species and occupy every major environment. The Great Lakes region is home to 83 species, ranging from tiny shrews that weigh less than a tenth of an ounce to... -
Ann Arbor Observed: Selections from Then and Now by Grace Shackman 9780472031757
Booksplease Price: £17.05Twenty-five years ago Grace Shackman began to document the history of Ann Arbor's buildings, events, and people in the Ann Arbor Observer. Soon Shackman's articles, which depicted every aspect of... -
9226 Kercheval: The Storefront That Did Not Burn by Nancy Milio 9780472086955
Booksplease Price: £17.05In 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... -
A Story Teller's Story: A Memoir by Sherwood Anderson 9780472030835
Booksplease Price: £17.05The tale of an American writer's journey through his own imaginative world and through the world of facts, with many of his experiences and impressions among other writers-told in many notes-in four... -
Butterflies of the Great Lakes Region by Matthew M. Douglas 9780472098842
Booksplease Price: £76.82The Butterflies of the Great Lakes is the first of its kind to present an overall picture of the biology of butterflies inhabiting the Great Lakes region. The straightforward approach and clear... -
The Vernor's Story: From Gnomes to Now by Lawrence L. Rouch
RRP: £12.95Booksplease Price: £10.18Amply illustrated, The Vernor's Story -- From Gnomes to Now captures the spirit and genius of the people who transformed Vernors into an iconic American soft drink that has spanned two centuries of... -
The Forests of Michigan by Donald I. Dickmann
Booksplease Price: £54.07Completely revised and updated, this new edition of The Forests of Michigan takes a comprehensive look at the natural history, ecology, management, economic importance, and use of the rich and varied... -
Traveling Through Time: A Guide to Michigan's Historical Markers by Laura Rose Ashlee 9780472030668
Booksplease Price: £19.14Traveling Through Time is the definitive illustrated guide to nearly 1,500 historic Michigan sites. With this book, travelers can journey through the state to discover the historical markers in... -
James Jesse Strang: The Rise and Fall of Michigan's Mormon King by Don Faber 9780472052899
RRP: £23.95Booksplease Price: £23.87Few lives experience a meteoric rise and fall like that of James Jesse Strang's. An unsuccessful lawyer from upstate New York, he converted to Mormonism in 1844 and quickly entered the inner circle... -
Backpacking in Michigan by Jim DuFresne 9780472032686
Booksplease Price: £17.05With 65 photographs and 77 detailed maps, this indispensable guide to the state's hiking trails gives beginners to advanced hikers all the information they need to plan their next Michigan overnight... -
Castle Nowhere: Lake - Country Sketches by Constance Fenimore Woolson 9780472030088
Booksplease Price: £15.25Castle Nowhere is Constance Woolson's collection of stories set for the most part in the Great Lakes, in particular northern Lake Michigan and Lake Huron near Detroit.Several themes inhabit Woolson's... -
Open the Door: The Life and Music of Betty Carter by William R. Bauer 9780472067916
Booksplease Price: £16.44Betty Carter's lifelong influence on the music world is unparalleled. Her contributions to music as a jazz singer, composer, arranger, and teacher have fostered a generation of musicians and fans... -
A History of Ann Arbor by Jonathan Marwil 9780472064632
RRP: £17.95Booksplease Price: £17.94"I found it filled with many interesting things . . . ."---Arthur Miller"For those of us who have admiration and affection for the university and the city of Ann Arbor, it is fascinating reading... -
The Changing Environment of Northern Michigan: A Century of Science and Nature at the University of Michigan Biological Station by 9780472050758
RRP: £21.95Booksplease Price: £19.32Northern Michigan is undergoing unprecedented changes in land use, climate, resource extraction, and species distributions. For the last hundred years, the University of Michigan Biological Station... -
Tempests into Rainbows: Managing Turbulence by Robben W. Fleming 9780472106745
Booksplease Price: £45.34Robben W. Fleming was President of the University of Michigan during the turmoil of the Vietnam era. He brought a clear and effective philosophy to the challenges he faced as manager and leader in a... -
A Guide to Michigan's Endangered Wildlife by David C. Evers
RRP: £16.95Booksplease Price: £13.57Endowed with an abundance of natural resources, Michigan is host to diverse wildlife. Wolves, lynx, eagles, loons, butterflies, and sturgeon make Michigan their home. Yet, through widespread logging,... -
Ladies of the Lights: Michigan Women in the U.S. Lighthouse Service by Patricia Majher 9780472051434
RRP: £18.95Booksplease Price: £14.61""A great read about some great ladies, Pat Majher's Ladies of the Lights pays long overdue homage to an overlooked part of Great Lakes maritime history in which a select group of stalwart women beat...