For nearly half a century Isle Royale National Park has been the site of a comprehensive study on wolves (2008 marks the fiftieth anniversary) - the world's longest-running study on any wild animal.
"Since it first appeared in 1985, Hendrickson's book has introduced legions of fly fishers to the state's most-treasured rivers. In this newest edition, author Jim DuFresne has made a good book bette
A gripping account of the mysterious disappearance of a young nun in a northern Michigan town and the national controversy that followed when she turned up dead and buried in the basement of the chur
With a secret formula in his pocket and a soda pop named after him, in 1866 entrepreneur and inventor James Vernor introduced Detroiters to his gingery concoction, Vernor's Ginger Ale - a drink that s
Combining both hands-on practicality and garden philosophy, Diana Beresford-Kroeger, a self-described "renegade scientist," appeals to the hearts and minds of gardeners everywhere.Arboretum America's
A long with linked modes of religiosity, music and dance have long occupied a central position in the ways in which Atlantic peoples have enacted, made sense of, and responded to their encounters wit
Organized by fish family, with sections on waters of the Great Lakes region, zoogeography, field study and collection, preservation of fishes for study, fish identification, anatomy, terminology, and
With this environmentally conscious, practical, and authoritative guide to growing over 1,200 plant species, the avid gardener can design and cultivate a natural garden on the country farm or in the
An in-depth and personal look at the most popular and best-remembered local shows from the golden years of Detroit TVLong before cable, prepackaged syndication, infomercials, do-it-yourselfers, and r
Michael Kuo selects the top 100 mushrooms best suited for cooking. Like Kuo's book Morels, 100 Edible Mushrooms is written in the author's style, taking the reader on the hunt through forest and kitc
"A major contribution to the study of global events in times of global media. Owning the Olympics tests the possibilities and limits of the concept of 'media events' by analyzing the mega-event of th
