books by Michigan State University Press     books:       Adeline and Julia4 reviews Adeline Graham, Julia Graham, ... Michigan State University Press, 1999 Note from the editor I ran this manuscript by my two nieces in Kentucky before we finished to be sure they could understand the definitions of 19th-century terms, and so they could tell me what still needed explanation. We wanted to publish a work in women's history that young girls today could enjoy--and they liked it pretty well (at the ages of 12 and 15). I hope that parents and young girls pick this up to find ...             My Father On A Bicycle4 reviews Patricia Clark Michigan State University Press, 2005 it wakes ye up Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1O9NNC6KIJK5O I am so afraid right now.             It's Not Magic: The Rebirth of a Small Manufacturing Company5 reviews Donald J. Klein, Jim Zawacki Michigan State University Press, 1999 Must Read for Anyone in Production "It's not Magic" is a must read for anyone involved in constantly seeking improvement. The efficient mix of production techniques and management philosophy is needed to be successful in an increasingly competitive workplace. As anyone who has ever been on or around a production line knows the ultimate goal has to be seeking better methods to complete the work. It's very refreshing to see a ...             Mendel's Children: A Family Chronicle5 reviews Cherie Smith Michigan State University Press, 1997 Ordinary family rendered extraordinary In honest, unpretentious and clean prose leavened with dry humor, Smith tells an engrossing and upbeat story. With tantalizing recipes and charming photographs Mendel's Children has something of the character of a family scrapbook.             Cold, Clear, and Deadly: Unraveling a Toxic Legacy5 reviews Melvin J. Visser Michigan State University Press, 2007 solving an ecological mystery in the Great Lakes and northern waters Upon early retirement from the UpJohn Company, Visser undertook an investigation which was like solving a mystery to find out how persistent organic pollutants--POPs--were getting into the colder waters of the earth from the Great Lakes to the Arctic Ocean. The POPs, at first though to be harmless, were becoming so prevalent and toxic that blubber from some Arctic Ocean whales would classify as ...             Love in Good Time: A Memoir4 reviews Claire Robson Michigan State University Press, 2003 London in the Time of Free Love Coming of age in the sixties - the sexual revolution, high times, demonstrations for and against almost everything - it was a life-changing, mind-altering experience for everyone alive in those times. For a young woman from the north of England who discovered very slowly just how revolutionary her own sexualty would prove to be, it not only changed her life but challenged her relationships with ...             Home Stand: Growing Up In Sports4 reviews James McKean Michigan State University Press, 2005 About sports, life and being bigger than most people At six foot nine or six foot ten, both figures are given in this book; the author was too tall for most occupations and too short to be an NBA center. Therefore, after a reasonably successful college career at Washington State University and a mediocre one as a professional player in Europe, McKean became a writer and a poet. In this book, he writes about his life and while his involvement in ...             Walking With the Bear: Selected and New Poems4 reviews Judith Minty Michigan State University Press, 2000 Minty rises to the top with this new and selected volume With strength, honesty and her own brand of rough beauty, Judith Minty pours an intimate understanding of the earth, as well of what lies above and beneath it, into this artfully assembled volume linked with images of "the bear," both visual and linguistic.The poet confirms her role as a unique voice of the Midwest, speaking powerfully for all regions to hear. In this collection, Minty adds 20 ...             The Blue Yonder Inn9 reviews Helen Campbell Michigan State University Press, 2002 An extended voyage of discovery and more The Blue Yonder Inn by Helen Campbell is a thoroughly "reader engaging" novel about a mother's struggle to keep her ill-tempered teenage niece out of trouble. Their gradual coming to terms with one another, amid the backdrop of the family business - a pay-by-the-hour roadside motel that depends upon airmen, prostitutes, and visitors to the state penitentiary for its clientele - evolves through ...             Galapagos: A National History Guide5 reviews Michael H. Jackson Michigan State University Press, 1994 Undoubtedly the best overview of "Darwin's Islands". I am a biologist that has been working in the Galapagos as a Naturalist leading tours there for the last 6 years. Michael Jackson's book is the "Bible" for the beginning naturalist and certainly more than adequate for the casual "ecotourist". Jackson covers all major aspects of the history, geology, ecology, and biology of the islands. In the "biology" section, he gives a clear, concise, but ...             The Battle Is Not Yours3 reviews Rita J. Bunton Michigan State University Press, 2007 Phenomenal Read! What a phenomenal read. It was as if you were actually in the room. Rita's ability to so vividly describe her surroundings is uncanny. I highly recommend this book to those who enjoy a good personal story. Kudos to author Rita Bunton for exercising her creative license to produce a well writen, vivid depcition of a young black girl's struggle to find strength, peace and happiness within.             A Chance for Love: The World War II Letters of Marian Elizabeth Smith and Lt. Eugene T. Petersen, Usmcr3 reviews Eugene T. Petersen Michigan State University Press, 1999 Like finding a 55 year old stack of fascinating love letters In February of 1944 two strangers spent 42 hours sitting next to each other on the train from Los Angeles to Chicago. They shared a few meals, much conversation, and a kiss. They found they had much in common, and before they went their separate ways in Chicago, they agreed to write each other. Gene Petersen was 23, and an officer in the Marine Corps, and Marian Smith was 22, and a ...             Into the Fire: A Post-9/11 American in Tel Aviv3 reviews Charles T. Salmon Michigan State University Press, 2003 Revealing, informative, and highly recommended Into The Fire: A Post - 9/11 American In Tel Aviv is the memoir of Charles T. Salmon, an American who immersed himself in Israeli culture. He arrived on a Fullbright fellowship, speaking no Hebrew, and largely unfamiliar with Judaism and Israeli customs. As time passed, Salmon closely observed Israeli-Palestinian negotiations; Palestinian terrorist events and Israeli responses; the differences ...             Hunter's Horn3 reviews Harriette Simpson Arnow Michigan State University Press, 1997 Strong characters and detailed descriptions of Ky people This book captures the spirit, character, and complexities of the mountain people of eastern Kentucky better than any other I have read. The individuals are simple, strong-willed, and proud like many of the people I grew up with. The descriptions of the landscape are detailed, accurate, and compelling as I remember them. For anyone interested in a better understanding of the depth of human ...             Manchurian Legacy: Memoirs Of A Japanese Colonist3 reviews Kazuko Kuramoto Michigan State University Press, 2004 Popular Memoir Manchurian Legacy is the book,I wished that I could have read when I was in the sixth grade.Readers of that age group could easily identify with the character of Kazuko as a young woman. It is rare to find a book that can appeal to both young and old readers. The author, Kazuko Kuramoto apologizes for her writing, as English is her third language. I believe, this is what makes the book so ...             The Art of Loss: Poems by Myrna Stone3 reviews Myrna Stone Michigan State University Press, 2001 The Working of Loss In 'The Art of Loss' Myrna Stone starts with an ele- giac poem to a poetry friend and ends with an elegiac poem to her mother. Stone is doing tough and necessary work, namely: Since we all lose in the end, how can we talk about being tri- umphant? But in her mature, brilliant poems Myrna Stone does triumph and bucks all of us up in the process-- with gems like "Waiting for Daddy", ...             Detroit Tales (Michigan & the Great Lakes)3 reviews Jim Ray Daniels Michigan State University Press, 2003 Tough Stories Just as Jim Daniels has grown as a poet, he has grown as a fiction writer. The working class stories of No Pets have become the more diverse stories of Detroit Tales. Daniels characters in Detroit Tales are in complex and tough situations. These are not stories for those looking for sugary, uplifting fiction, though some of the stories do provide a flicker of redemption. Many of the stories ...             Close to the Shore: Poems3 reviews Jacqueline Marcus Michigan State University Press, 2003 Close to the Shore On the back of Jacqueline Marcus's book, Sherod Santos and John Koethe wrote the following praises for _Close to the Shore_, Jacqueline Marcus's debut collection of poems. "Jacqueline Marcus's _Close to the Shore_ presents us with a poet whose prodigious talents, uncanny emotional range, and (dare one say it?) profound spiritual sympathies, have opened up a space in the human heart where every ...             The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Michigan3 reviews Richard Brewer, Gail A. McPeek, ... Michigan State University Press, 1991 Best bird book for Michigan This is an excellent bird book. It itemizes observed breeding evidence of birds by township. It is very detailed and very well done. Excellent descriptions of each species. I also liked the intro. It provides bird habitat information such forest, wet lands, fields. Good history of the changes in bird species over time. Only weakness- it was written in 1991. In the past decade, several birds have ...             Fresh Water: Women Writing on the Great Lakes3 reviews Michigan State University Press, 2006 A deeply moving compilation Edited by award-winning environmentalist Alison Swan, Fresh Water: Women Writing on the Great Lakes is an anthology of brief yet contemplative reflections upon the Great Lakes, all written by women. The essays are contemplative rather than scholarly in nature, dwelling upon emotion, history, the beauty of the Lakes and the need to preserve them. 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