Category Archives: Books, Music & Video

Michigan Books: Paper Tiger: One Athlete's Journey to the Underbelly of Pro Football by Ted A. Kluck

January 17, 2008 – 10:59 am

Paper Tiger: One Athlete's Journey to the Underbelly of Pro Football by Ted A. Kluck (Lyons Press) employs humor and the behind-the-scenes style of journalism pioneered in George Plimpton's classic Paper Lion. In the book, Kluck details his season as a long snapper with the Battle Creek Crunch of the Great Lakes Indoor Football [...]

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The Saline Fiddlers

January 16, 2008 – 9:36 am

The Saline Fiddlers are one of the most extraordinary extracurricular music programs in the United States. The group began 14 years ago with the goal of providing a different style of music education to students and has grown into a model program that:
...is a brilliant example of what young adults can and will [...]

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Michigan Books: One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II by Lita Judge

January 16, 2008 – 8:38 am

One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II by Lita Judge (Hyperion Books for Children) is the story of Judge's mother and grandmother, set during World War II in Pinckney. The book is illustrated with a combination of paintings, collages of original photographs, and foot tracings. Foot tracings? From the publisher's page on [...]

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Northeast Michigan Bookstores

January 16, 2008 – 8:29 am

Northeast Michigan is the next stop on or bookstore tour. There must be some we've missed - if you know of any booksellers - with our without web sites - that we missed, add a comment!
Saturn Booksellers, Gaylord
Gaylord's hometown bookstore right in the heart of the Alpine Village, is a general, independent shop for readers [...]

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Bookstores in Michigan's Upper Peninsula

January 15, 2008 – 9:56 am

There must be more bookstores in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, but these are the only ones we could find with web pages. If you know of any UP Michigan bookstores that we missed, let us know in the comments!

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"My Brave Mechanics:" The First Michigan Engineers and Their Civil War by Mark Hoffman

January 15, 2008 – 9:18 am

Today we take a look at "My Brave Mechanics:" The First Michigan Engineers and Their Civil War by Mark Hoffman (Wayne State University Press). Hoffman is deputy department director of the Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries and the book features the letters, diaries, regimental records, and local newspaper accounts of the 1st Michigan [...]

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Northwest Michigan Bookstores

January 14, 2008 – 10:13 am

We head north from Southwest Michigan to check out some of the bookstores around Northwest Michigan. As usual, we miss some great ones, but that's OK because you'll post comments and let us know about those we overlooked - at least that's how I wrote it in my head!

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Michigan Books: Mackinac Bridge: A 50-Year Chronicle, 1957- 2007 by Mike Fornes

January 14, 2008 – 9:42 am

Today's Notable Book is Mackinac Bridge: A 50-Year Chronicle, 1957- 2007 by Mike Fornes (Cheboygan Tribune Printing Co.) honors the 50th anniversary of the Mighty Mac with details of day-to-day life on the bridge that united Michigan's two peninsulas and became a symbol of the Great Lakes State.
Combining exhaustive research and interviews, Fornes recounts tales [...]

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Absolute Michigan: The Week for January 13, 2008

January 14, 2008 – 9:23 am

The third episode of The Week features more Michigan Notable Books, author Tom Bissell, the the 2008 Detroit Auto Show and a great iceboating video from our video group, and lots of photos from the Absolute Michigan pool.

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Southwest Michigan Bookstores

January 11, 2008 – 8:59 am

Southwest Michigan is the first stop on our tour of Michigan's great new and used bookstores. As always, we love it when you let us know about the ones we've missed in the comments!

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