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  • Lydbog

    Great Lakes for Sale

    From Whitecaps to Bottlecaps

    af Dave Dempsey ...
    Fortalt af Norm Wheeler ...

    Uforkortet

    4 timer 2 min

    “Lake Michigan may be coming to Idaho.”That’s what an Idaho radio commentator said in June 2021. Holding approximately 20% of the world’s surface freshwater, the Great Lakes are once again a target for the drought-ridden West, which is facing climate change, massive fires, and shrinking water supplies. And in a potentially far bigger threat, Wall Street is creating markets that could lead to the ... Læs mere

    63,74 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Following Michigan's Ink Trails

    Writing Michigan, Reading Michigan

    Michigan is renowned for its natural beauty and automotive history, yet its rich literary heritage often goes unrecognized. This engaging and extensively researched book aims to change that by providing vivid portraits of both well-known and overlooked authors. It also offers an enjoyable tour through the state’s libraries and bookstores. The book takes readers on a fascinating journey across the ... Læs mere

    204,11 kr.

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  • Lydbog

    Half Wild

    People, Dogs, and Environmental Policy

    af Dave Dempsey ...
    Fortalt af Melissa Ingells ...

    Uforkortet

    3 timer 23 min

    Humans and canines have been cohabitating for centuries, straddling a boundary that allows us to live together within and across our species. In this empathetic volume, author Dave Dempsey explores this life on the border, the overlapping planes between humans and the nonhuman world that lead to both magnificent creation and appalling destruction. Dempsey’s forty-year career as an environmentalist ... Læs mere

    56,04 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • From Rebel to Realist

    The Career and Legacy of US Congressman Bob Carr

    af Dave Dempsey ...
    Bob Carr of Michigan was one of the Democratic "Watergate Babies" elected as part of the freshman class of the U.S. House in 1974. Carr was among the freshmen who toppled the seniority system that had governed the selection of committee chairs. In only the second full month of his term, he was the driving force behind a Democratic caucus resolution that once and for all cut off funding for the war ... Læs mere

    160,35 kr.

  • Half Wild

    People, Dogs, and Environmental Policy

    af Dave Dempsey ...
    Humans and canines have been cohabitating for centuries, straddling a boundary that allows us to live together within and across our species. In this empathetic volume, author Dave Dempsey explores this life on the border, the overlapping planes between humans and the nonhuman world that lead to both magnificent creation and appalling destruction. Dempsey’s forty-year career as an environmentalist ... Læs mere

    190,49 kr.

  • The Heart of the Lakes

    Freshwater in the Past, Present and Future of Southeast Michigan

    af Dave Dempsey ...
    Serier serie Greenstone Books
    The water corridor that defines southeast Michigan sits at the heart of the world’s largest freshwater ecosystem, the Great Lakes. Over forty-three trillion gallons of water a year flow through the Detroit River, providing a natural conduit for everything from fish migration to the movement of cargo-bearing one thousand–foot freighters, and a defining sense of place. But in both government ... Læs mere

    135,99 kr.

  • Ink Trails

    Michigan's Famous and Forgotten Authors

    Long revered as the birthplace of many of the nation’s best-known authors, Michigan has also served as inspiration to countless others. In this entertaining and well-researched book—the first of its kind—the secrets, legends, and myths surrounding some of Michigan’s literary luminaries are explored. Which Michigan poet inspired a state law requiring teachers to assign at least one of his ... Læs mere

    135,99 kr.

  • Ink Trails II

    Michigan's Famous and Forgotten Authors

    From authors of bodice rippers and gallant figures to hometown poetry, hearty men, and tales of American originals, the history of literature in Michigan is deep and rich. The Wolverine State has been the birthplace, home, and inspiration to a tremendous number of men and women of letters, both the well-known and the obscure. Ink Trails II tells the stories of these fascinating and diverse writers ... Læs mere

    135,99 kr.

  • Lydbog

    Great Lakes, The: Fact or Fake?

    af Dave Dempsey ...
    Fortalt af Melissa Ingells ...

    Uforkortet

    2 timer 1 min

    Everybody who looks at the Great Lakes knows they're big, but why are they Great? From sea serpents to sunken ships, from lonely lighthouses to fish on Prozac, this book engages the reader in a quest to find what's really beneath the surface. ... Læs mere

    120,27 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

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  • The Catskills

    Its History and How It Changed America

    The Catskills (“Cat Creek” in Dutch), America’s original frontier, northwest of New York City, with its seven hundred thousand acres of forest land preserve and its five counties—Delaware, Greene, Sullivan, Ulster, Schoharie; America’s first great vacationland; the subject of the nineteenth-century Hudson River School paintings that captured the almost godlike majesty of the mountains and ... Læs mere

    127,74 kr.

  • Soul of a People

    The WPA Writers' Project Uncovers Depression America

    Soul of a People is about a handful of people who were on the Federal Writer's Project in the 1930s and a glimpse of America at a turning point. This particular handful of characters went from poverty to great things later, and included John Cheever, Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, and Studs Terkel. In the 1930s they were all caught up in an effort to describe America in a ... Læs mere

    108,24 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Waukegan, Illinois

    Serier serie Images of America
    Waukegan, Illinois has a long history, with a rich and varied heritage. Countless individuals, businesses, and organizations have contributed to that heritage, and continue today to contribute to the legacy of this community. One of Waukegan's most notable citizens was Jack Benny. Throughout his long career he regularly cited his hometown and its influence on him, and he often contributed to the ... Læs mere

    83,29 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus