Category Archives: Books, Music & Video

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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Michigan Books: Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed by Paul Trynka

January 11, 2008 – 8:01 am

Today's Michigan Notable Book is Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed by Paul Trynka from Broadway Books.
The Ann Arbor born "Godfather of Punk" was the front man for The Stooges, a band that was instrumental in the development punk, glam and New Wave. Trynka, a former editor of the music magazine Mojo, has penned the [...]

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Michigan Books: From the Vine: Exploring Michigan Wineries by Sharon Kegerreis and Lorri Hathaway

January 10, 2008 – 7:09 am

Today's Notable Michigan book is From the Vine: Exploring Michigan Wineries by Sharon Kegerreis and Lorri Hathaway published by the Ann Arbor Media Group. The 192 page, coffee table book does a great job of taking both those new to Michigan wines and those who know a lot about them closer to the wineries and [...]

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Michigan Books: Fork in the Road with Eric Villegas by Eric Villegas

January 9, 2008 – 9:59 am

The cookbook Fork in the Road with Eric Villegas by Eric Villegas from Huron River Press (publisher's page on Fork in the Road) is based on chef and restaurateur Eric Villegas's award-winning PBS cooking show, Fork in the Road. From the author's site:
The 192-page, hard cover, book is filled with gorgeous food & other [...]

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Michigan Books: The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam by Tom Bissell

January 8, 2008 – 9:10 am

Today's Michigan notable book is The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam by Tom Bissell. Published by Pantheon Books, it is the tale of a son's struggle to understand his father's experiences in Vietnam. In the book, Bissell, native of Escanaba, documents his travels with his father [...]

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Absolute Michigan: The Week for January 6, 2008

January 7, 2008 – 11:05 am

The second episode of The Week features more from Michigan Notable Books on Alden B Dow and Tyree Guyton's Heidelberg Project, southern Michigan's big snow and a blizzard of photos from the Absolute Michigan pool.

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Michigan Books: Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis

January 7, 2008 – 10:00 am

Elijah of Buxton was written by Christopher Paul Curtis and published by Scholastic. Curtis is the winner of the Michigan Library Associations 2005 Michigan Author Award and has also received the Coretta Scott King Medal and the prestigious Newbery Medal.
This story for young adults is set in Buxton, Ontario. In it, Curtis explores the growth [...]

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