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The Salmon Capital of Michigan

The Rise and Fall of a Great Lakes Fishery

Carson Prichard

Local voices reveal the personal stories and cultural legacy of a once-flourishing fishing town impacted by environmental change.

Paperback
Available April 2024
ISBN: 9780814351130
$26.99
eBOOK
Available April 2024
ISBN: 9780814351147

Divining, A Memoir in Trees

Maureen Dunphy

Essays exploring the intimate yet universal intersection of one human life with trees.

Paperback
Published: February 2023
ISBN: 9780814348420
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: February 2023
ISBN: 9780814348437

Eco-dementia

Poems by Janet Kauffman

Poems inspired by a love of the living world and the actions that destroy what sustains us.

Paperback
Published: October 2017
ISBN: 9780814343814
$17.99
eBOOK
Published: October 2017
ISBN: 9780814343821
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Saving Arcadia

A Story of Conservation and Community in the Great Lakes

Heather Shumaker

A David and Goliath conservation story set on Lake Michigan.

Paperback
Published: April 2017
ISBN: 9780814342046
$24.99
eBOOK
Published: April 2017
ISBN: 9780814342053
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Great Lakes Island Escapes

Ferries and Bridges to Adventure

Maureen Dunphy

A comprehensive travelogue and guidebook exploring island adventures on many of the 135 islands accessible by ferry or bridge in the Great Lakes Basin.

Paperback
Published: May 2016
ISBN: 9780814340400
$29.99
eBOOK
Published: May 2016
ISBN: 9780814340417
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A Beaver Tale

The Castors of Conners Creek

Written and Illustrated by Gerald Wykes

For young readers, an engaging and beautifully illustrated story about the return of beavers to the Detroit River.

Hardback
Published: April 2016
ISBN: 9780814341810
$18.99
eBOOK
Published: April 2016
ISBN: 9780814341827
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Lake Invaders

Invasive Species and the Battle for the Future of the Great Lakes

William Rapai

An examination of the ecological damage that has been done by several invasive species in the Great Lakes.

Paperback
Published: April 2016
ISBN: 9780814341247
$27.99
eBOOK
Published: April 2016
ISBN: 9780814341254

The Amphibians and Reptiles of Michigan

A Quaternary and Recent Faunal Adventure

By J. Alan Holman

A comprehensive look at Michigan amphibians and reptiles from ancient times to present.

Hardback
Published: May 2012
ISBN: 9780814332399
$19.99
eBOOK
Published: May 2012
ISBN: 9780814337134
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Reimagining Detroit

Opportunities for Redefining an American City

John Gallagher

Suggests ways for Detroit to become a smaller but better city in the twenty first century and proposes productive uses for the city’s vacant spaces.

Paperback
Published: September 2010
ISBN: 9780814334690
$24.99
eBOOK
Published: September 2010
ISBN: 9780814336052
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Up the Rouge!

Paddling Detroit's Hidden River

Text by Joel Thurtell
Photographs by Patricia Beck

Chronicles in words and pictures a five-day trip made by two Detroit Free Press journalists up the abused Rouge River in metro Detroit.

Paperback
Published: February 2009
ISBN: 9780814334256
$34.95

Great Lakes Journey

A New Look at America's Freshwater Coast

William Ashworth

A detailed picture of the status of the Great Lakes at the end of the twentieth century.

Paperback
Published: July 2003
ISBN: 9780814328378
$25.99
eBOOK
Published: July 2003
ISBN: 9780814339992

Huron

The Seasons of a Great Lake

Napier Shelton

Huron is pleasurable reading for any student of natural history or the Great Lakes region, or for anyone who has ever spent time at a summer cottage or wished to do so.

eBOOK
Published: June 1999
ISBN: 9780814336489

The Late, Great Lakes

An Environmental History

William Ashworth

The Late, Great Lakes is a powerful indictment of man's carelessness, ignorance, and apathy toward the Great Lakes.

Paperback
Published: May 1987
ISBN: 9780814318874
$24.99
eBOOK
Published: May 1987
ISBN: 9780814339985