This catalog lists books which were written by members of the Upper Peninsula Publisher’s & Author’s Association (UPPAA). Any active member can submit their book data for the catalog at any time. This includes any book you may have written, regardless of whether it concerns the U.P. or not.
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Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is blessed with a treasure chest of writers and poets, all seeking to capture the diverse experiences of Yooper Life. Now U.P. Reader offers a rich collection of their voices that embraces the U.P.’s natural beauty and way of life, along with a few surprises.
The twenty-eight works in this first annual volume take readers on a U.P. Road Trip from the Mackinac Bridge to Menominee. Every page is rich with descriptions of the characters and culture that make the Upper Peninsula worth living in and writing about.
Whether you’re a native Yooper or just wish you were, you’ll love U.P. Reader and want to share it with all your Yooper family and friends.
“U.P. Reader offers a wonderful mix of storytelling, poetry, and Yooper culture. Here’s to many future volumes!”
— Sonny Longtine, author of Murder in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
“Share in the bounty of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with those who love it most. The U.P. Reader has something for everyone. Congratulations to my writer and poet peers for a job well done.”
— Gretchen Preston, Vice President, Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association
“As readers embark upon this storied landscape, they learn that the people of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula offer a unique voice, a tribute to a timeless place too long silent.”
— Sue Harrison, international bestselling author of Mother Earth Father Sky
“I was amazed by the variety of voices in this volume. U.P. Reader offers a little of everything, from short stories to nature poetry, fantasy to reality, Yooper lore to humor. I look forward to the next issue.”
— Jackie Stark, editor, Marquette Monthly
“Like the best of U.P. blizzards, U.P. Reader covers all of Upper Michigan in the variety of its offerings. A fine mix of nature, engaging characters, the supernatural, poetry, and much more.”
— Karl Bohnak, TV 6 meteorologist and author of So Cold a Sky: Upper Michigan Weather Stories
Learn more at www.UPReader.org
Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA)
Creating, Celebrating, & Selling the Literature of Upper Michigan
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is blessed with a treasure trove of storytellers, poets, and historians, all seeking to capture a sense of Yooper Life from settler’s days to the far-flung future. Since 2017, the U.P. Reader offers a rich collection of their voices that embraces the U.P.’s natural beauty and way of life, along with a few surprises.
The forty-five short works in this fourth annual volume take readers on U.P. road and boat trips from the Keweenaw to the Soo. Every page is rich with descriptions of the characters and culture that make the Upper Peninsula worth living in and writing about. U.P. writers span genres from humor to history and from science fiction to poetry. This issue also includes imaginative fiction from the Dandelion Cottage Short Story Award winners, honoring the amazing young writers enrolled in all of the U.P.’s schools.
Featuring the words of Karen Dionne, Donna Winters, Tyler R. Tichelaar, Brandy Thomas, Jon Taylor, T. Kilgore Splake, Joni Scott, Donna Searight Simons, Terry Sanders, Ninie G. Syarikin, Becky Ross Michael, Cyndi Perkins, Charli Mills, Tricia Carr, Raymond Luczak, David Lehto, Tamara Lauder, Chris Kent, Sharon Kennedy, Jan Stafford Kellis, Rich Hill, Elizabeth Fust, Deborah K. Frontiera, Ann Dallman, Mikel B. Classen, T. Marie Bertineau, Larry Buege, Craig Brockman, Megan Sutherland, May Amelia Shapton, Cora Mueller, and Fenwood Tolonen.
”Funny, wise, or speculative, the essays, memoirs, and poems found in the pages of these profusely illustrated annuals are windows to the history, soul, and spirit of both the exceptional land and people found in Michigan’s remarkable U.P. If you seek some great writing about the northernmost of the state’s two peninsulas look around for copies of the U.P. Reader.
–Tom Powers, Michigan in Books
”U.P. Reader offers a wonderful mix of storytelling, poetry, and Yooper culture. Here’s to many future volumes!”
–Sonny Longtine, author of Murder in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
”As readers embark upon this storied landscape, they learn that the people of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula offer a unique voice, a tribute to a timeless place too long silent.”
–Sue Harrison, international bestselling author of Mother Earth Father Sky
”I was amazed by the variety of voices in this volume. U.P. Reader offers a little of everything, from short stories to nature poetry, fantasy to reality, Yooper lore to humor. I look forward to the next issue.”
–Jackie Stark, editor, Marquette Monthly
The U.P. Reader is sponsored by the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA) a 501(c)6 nonprofit corporation. A portion of proceeds from each copy sold will be donated to the UPPAA for its educational programming.
Learn more at www.UPReader.org
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is blessed with a treasure trove of storytellers, poets, and historians, all seeking to capture a sense of Yooper Life from settler’s days to the far-flung future. Now U.P. Reader offers a rich collection of their voices that embraces the U.P.’s natural beauty and way of life, along with a few surprises.
The thirty-six works in this second annual volume take readers on U.P. road and boat trips from the Keweenaw to the Straits of Mackinac. Every page is rich with descriptions of the characters and culture that make the Upper Peninsula worth living in and writing about. U.P. writers span genres from humor to history and from science fiction to poetry. This issue also includes imaginative fiction from the Dandelion Cottage Short Story Award winners, honoring the amazing young writers enrolled in the U.P.’s schools.
Whether you’re an ex-pat, a visitor, or a native-born Yooper, you’ll love U.P. Reader and want to share it with all your Yooper family and friends.
”U.P. Reader offers a wonderful mix of storytelling, poetry, and Yooper culture. Here’s to many future volumes!”
–Sonny Longtine, author of Murder in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
”Share in the bounty of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with those who love it most. The U.P. Reader has something for everyone. Congratulations to my writer and poet peers for a job well done.”
–Gretchen Preston, Vice President, Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association
”As readers embark upon this storied landscape, they learn that the people of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula offer a unique voice, a tribute to a timeless place too long silent.”
–Sue Harrison, international bestselling author of Mother Earth Father Sky
”I was amazed by the variety of voices in this volume. U.P. Reader offers a little of everything, from short stories to nature poetry, fantasy to reality, Yooper lore to humor. I look forward to the next issue.”
–Jackie Stark, editor, Marquette Monthly
”Like the best of U.P. blizzards, U.P. Reader covers all of Upper Michigan in the variety of its offerings. A fine mix of nature, engaging characters, the supernatural, poetry, and much more.”
–Karl Bohnak, TV 6 meteorologist and author of So Cold a Sky: Upper Michigan Weather Stories
U.P. Reader is sponsored by the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA) a 501(c)6 nonprofit corporation. A portion of proceeds from each copy sold will be donated to the UPPAA for its educational programming.
Learn more at www.UPReader.org
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is blessed with a treasure trove of storytellers, poets, and historians, all seeking to capture a sense of Yooper Life from settler’s days to the far-flung future. Since 2017, the U.P. Reader offers a rich collection of their voices that embraces the U.P.’s natural beauty and way of life, along with a few surprises.
The twenty-three works in this third annual volume take readers on U.P. road and boat trips from the Keweenaw to the Soo. Every page is rich with descriptions of the characters and culture that make the Upper Peninsula worth living in and writing about. U.P. writers span genres from humor to history and from science fiction to poetry. This issue also includes imaginative fiction from the Dandelion Cottage Short Story Award winners, honoring the amazing young writers enrolled in all of the U.P.’s schools.
Featuring the words of Larry Buege, Mikel B. Classen, Deborah K. Frontiera, Jan Kellis, Amy Klco, David Lehto, Sharon Kennedy, Bobby Mack, Becky Ross Michael, T. Sanders, Donna Searight Simons and Frank Searight, Emma Locknane, Lucy Woods, Kaitlin Ambuehl, T. Kilgore Splake, Aric Sundquist, Ninie G. Syarikin, and Tyler R. Tichelaar.
”U.P. Reader offers a wonderful mix of storytelling, poetry, and Yooper culture. Here’s to many future volumes!”
–Sonny Longtine, author of Murder in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
”As readers embark upon this storied landscape, they learn that the people of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula offer a unique voice, a tribute to a timeless place too long silent.”
–Sue Harrison, international bestselling author of Mother Earth Father Sky
”I was amazed by the variety of voices in this volume. U.P. Reader offers a little of everything, from short stories to nature poetry, fantasy to reality, Yooper lore to humor. I look forward to the next issue.”
–Jackie Stark, editor, Marquette Monthly
The U.P. Reader is sponsored by the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA) a 501(c)6 nonprofit corporation. A portion of proceeds from each copy sold will be donated to the UPPAA for its educational programming.
Learn more at www.UPReader.org
Thirty writers began with 99 words. They went on to tackle a new prompt, extended stories, memoirist essays, and how to build a literary community with flash fiction. This is not your typical anthology.
ISBN: 9781543917956 Publisher: Carrot Ranch Literary Community (2017) Format: Paperback & Ebook More details about this book…
Today, Charles Kawbawgam, “The Last Chief of the Chippewa,” is a legend in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula for allegedly living to age 103 (1799-1902). But few know anything else about him beyond his being buried in Marquette’s beautiful Presque Isle Park.Kawbawgam witnessed a period of intense industrial growth and unheralded change for Native Americans. Growing up at Sault Sainte Marie when the area was still claimed by Great Britain, his first memory was of armed Americans coercing his people into ceding their lands to the United States Government. As the son, nephew, stepson, and later son-in-law of Ojibwa chiefs, and in time a chief in his own right, Kawbawgam learned early that he would have to walk a fine line to keep the peace for his people. After temporarily migrating to Canada with other Ojibwa in disagreement with the American government, he returned to the Sault where he was recruited to help found the town of Marquette.
Kawbawgam would preside over an Ojibwa and métis community that helped ensure the white settlers’ survival during Marquette’s early years, only to be pushed to the city’s margins as Marquette grew and prospered. Yet the admiration and affection Kawbawgam won from whites as well as the Ojibwa maintained peace and created a legacy that lives on today. Kawbawgam is a story of cross-cultural friendships, survival amid upheaval, and the importance of community and heritage.
Experience the past through the artistic camera lens of J. W. Nara, one of the Copper Country’s earliest professional photographers. Sectioned into topics such as: people, places, mining, logging, farming, transportation and recreation, these photos bring the early 20th century to life. Browse a few pages at a time, or read cover to cover in a couple of sittings, only to go back and browse again and again.
The hardships, struggles, hopes and triumphs of the men and women who served in World War I and World War II is wonderfully captured in Letters From Heroes.
Covers 30 years of cop stories, jokes, and statements that the author has personally been involved in, or has been told by other cops in the Midwest in Illinois and Michigan.
A Deckhand’s Journey on the Great Lakes Freighters Author: Richard Hill
A deckhand’s coming-of-age story of sailing the Great Lakes steamboats during the social and political upheavals of the early 1970s, an intimate portrait of life aboard the giant ore boats.
It’s a nightmare’s nightmare when Child Protective Services takes a child from a family with little evidence, while other kids are abused to death. No one ever said the job of a social worker was easy, which is why there is such a problem nation-wide for children who need to be rescued from abuse, families who only need help in a crisis but should keep their children, and innocent families who are persecuted, sometimes into bankruptcy. Not a “happy” read, but an important one, this book brings all these things to light and offers some solutions for improving the child protective agencies. Frontiera’s information comes from multiple perspectives: parent, grandparent, concerned citizen, and public school teacher.
Author: Terri MartinThis series of short stories feature thrice-removed cousins, Tami & Evi Maki, who often contemplate how their lives would be vastly different (certainly better), if only they did not bear the burden of their marriages to Toivo and Eino. Tami and Evi launch a hostile takeover of their husbands' hunting camp, which undergoes many entrepreneurial transformations, and ultimately becomes a winery operated by a group of misogynistic monks who turn out a product bearing the moniker of "Monk Juice." While the bottom line for Tami & Evi is always murky, the various ventures they pursue are even murkier.ISBN: 978-1-7352043-2-1Publisher: Gnarly Woods PublicationsFormat: Paperback
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Author: Terri MartinThe Home Wind is a middle-grade (ages 9 and up) children's novel set in an Upper Michigan Logging camp in the 1870s. The book is told from the point of view of a twelve-year old boy, Jamie. He befriends a Native American boy and the two face the challenges of a harsh environment and prejudiced world. The boys help one another overcome personal conflicts, too heavy to bear alone.
...The author weaves the backstory of both boys through action and dialogue, with impeccably researched details. Her descriptions of the scenes and action make the reader feel as if they are right there in the middle of it all. This book should go far, and not just with young audiences. A great discussion guide can be found at the end of the book... Deborah K. Frontiera for UPPAA Book Review.
ISBN: 978-1-7352043-1-4Publisher: Gnarly Woods PublicationsFormat: Paperback
Book Website:http://www.TerriLynnMartin.com
Author: Emorie Cole
Can a cozy cabin at Christmastime and a little holiday magic reignite the affection for one another and bring two ex-lovers back together? Will passions erupt and make this a Christmas to remember or will the magic fail when a crazy stalker tries to tear them apart?
Sophie: I’ve been looking forward to a quiet, relaxing Christmas in my hometown for weeks. A good book, a warm fireplace, and a cozy cabin all to myself. Far away from the chaos of Chicago at Christmas. Too bad my plans for quiet and relaxation are ruined when I find out that the cabin has also been mistakenly rented to someone else...my ex-boyfriend. Now I have to spend my holiday sharing my vacation with him…AND his gorgeous chiseled abs. Just my luck.
Matt: I thought escaping to my hometown for Christmas would be a great way to avoid my crazy stalker. A cabin to myself and all of the holiday events I had enjoyed as a kid. I convince myself that spending the holidays alone really won’t be that bad. Imagine my surprise when my ex-girlfriend—the one who got away—walks into my rental cabin and makes me remember why I fell in love with her the first time. Her beauty makes my heart flutter every time I see her. Can I make things right during this Christmas coincidence and win her back? Or will my crazy stalker get in the way?
ISBN: 9781954271005
Publisher: Keweenaw Publishing LLC
Format: Paperback, ebook
Book Website:https://links.emorie-cole.com/d2070c
Author: Emorie Cole
Samantha Ashford fell in love with Christian d’Angelo as a teenager, but he broke her heart when he sailed away from Wilkins Harbor on his parents’ yacht and never returned. Now fate has brought him back into her life—a successful billionaire with a yacht of his own. Can she find it in her heart to forgive him and rekindle what they had? Or have they drifted too far apart?
Christian d’Angelo left a piece of his heart in Wilkins Harbor when he was a teenager, and he never truly got over his first love, Samantha. When he comes face to face with her almost a decade later, he knows fate has given him another shot. When he convinces Samantha to let him join her on a trip to the beautiful Mackinac Island, will his love for her be enough to show her that he deserves a second chance? Or will he end up shattering her heart for a second time?
ISBN: 9781954271036
Publisher: Keweenaw Publishing LLC
Format: Paperback, ebook
Book Website: https://links.emorie-cole.com/d2070c
Author: Emorie Cole
Alyssa Sinclaire is a successful, independent woman living in the small town of Wilkins Harbor in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Everyone in the Keweenaw knows that when they need a portrait, they turn to her photography studio to get the best shots. She loves hanging out with her friends, especially her best friend Gabby who recently moved to the town. She’s happy being on her own, but there’s something missing from her life.
Eric Kincaid is a public safety officer who has been in love with his good friend Alyssa Sinclaire ever since his co-worker, her brother, introduced them years ago. Unfortunately Alyssa’s brother was killed in the line of duty a few years back; and she lost a little bit of her heart that day. As much as he loves her, he doesn’t want to risk their friendship when she has sworn off men with dangerous professions.
Alyssa loves spending time with Eric, and she can’t help the feelings that she has been having towards him lately. But with the daily uncertainty of his job, she could never let herself love him. It would hurt too much if she lost him in the same way as her brother. Will Alyssa ever allow herself to take a chance on him to find true love? Or will she let love slip through her fingers?ISBN: 9781954271029
Publisher: Keweenaw Publishing LLC
Format: Paperback, ebookBook Website: https://links.emorie-cole.com/cdf33
Author: Emorie Cole
Gabby Daniels is running to escape from her dangerous ex boyfriend. She decides to make a fresh start in a remote town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan called Wilkins Harbor. Desperate for a job, she can’t believe her luck when the gorgeous Brandon Edwards offers her a position at his charming inn. Her new boss has her falling head over heels. Too bad her best friend says he’s emotionally unavailable and not interested in dating.
Brandon Edwards had everything—he was running his family’s inn, about to marry the love of his life, and life couldn’t get any better. Within an instant, a tragic accident took the life of his fiancée. Broken hearted and emotionally scarred, he can’t allow himself to get close to another woman. Avoiding them has been easy—until Gabby, a perky little brunette, who shows up at his inn a few years after the accident. And he can’t seem to get her out of his head.Will Gabby be able to mend Brandon’s broken heart and help him love again? Or will fate keep them apart?
ISBN: 9781954271012
Publisher: Keweenaw Publishing LLC
Format: Paperback, ebookBook Website: https://links.emorie-cole.com/cf7f7
Crashes, hot flashes, and more than one man overboard in an edgy page-turner with a nautical spine by a sailor and journalist who’s been there, done that.
Seasons of the Birch is a story of perseverance, sacrifice, and resilience. Susan Puska brings realism and heart to a novel that showcases the untold stories of women, minorities, and marginalized men who served their country yet seldom get the recognition they deserve.Ruth Amundsen grew up poor in Michigan’s rural Upper Peninsula during the 1920s and 1930s. As she ventured beyond the village of Big Bay, she left her real home – the shores of Lake Superior. After nursing training, she joined the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, serving during the last year of World War II in the war-torn Philippines.
When she returns to post-war America, she finds her independence, sense of contribution, and hard-earned status as a war nurse of little value to a country seeking to get back to an outdated normal, whatever the cost. Her search for tranquility and family is tested as she returns to her beloved Northwoods. Can she adapt to the harsh realities she exchanged for returning north? Will she break from its icy weight or find her resilience like the birch tree after a long winter?
ISBN: 9781636768120 Publisher: New Degree Press Format: Paperback & Ebook
Twenty-year-old Lily Atwood Haynes stands alone at the helm of a shipping company. Can Captain Hoyt Curtiss help her navigate the choppy waters of widowhood?
A Novel about the Copper Country Labor Strike in 1913
Author: Donna Simons
In 1913, Paul Weyburn and his fellow copper miners have tolerated dangerous working conditions for too long. Some of their workmates are being maimed or killed thousands of feet underground… which one of them will be next?
An Original Play about Marquette’s Ossified Man
Author: Tyler R. Tichelaar
When Will S. Adams was diagnosed with ossification, a mysterious disease that caused his tissues to harden until he became nearly a living statue, he refused to quit living life fully and was immensely productive
Marquette Trilogy spin-off. Depicts the influence one person has, even in death, upon others and explores the prisons of grief, loneliness, and fear created when people doubt their own worthiness.
The story of Robert ONeill, the famous novelist introduced in The Marquette Trilogy. As a young boy during World War I, Robert must go to live in Marquette, MI with his grandmother and aunt.
Victoria Whitmore heads to Grand Hotel to collect payment for the furniture her father made. But Rand Bartlett, the hotel’s manager, poses an unexpected challenge.
1968. Sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll but the peace and love are dying along with Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy.Sunshine’s sixteen and needs to grow up. Fast.
Sure, they’re playing her songs on the radio and there’s money in her pocket. But she just found out she had black father. Oh yeah, she’s pregnant.
Boyfriend Jimmy’s flying on helicopter gunships in Vietnam. She avoids the TV news.
Good thing she doesn’t know what’s really happening to Jimmy. Or about the murderous Thai human trafficker lurking in the shadows who thinks he owns her.
The heart-pounding sequel to PurpleSunshinecomes with more sex, more drugs and more rock ’n roll.
But the peace and love are dying.
ISBN: 979-8733615332 Publisher: Self Published Format: Paperback & Ebook
Matthew Newman, reporter for the New York Empire Sentinel, should have seen his assignment to cover the trial as the opportunity of a lifetime. But Matthew is also a native of Marquette, Michigan, where the trial will be held. Matthew left Marquette long ago and does not relish returning to deal with a distant sister and her drunkard husband, or to attend his niece’s wedding, set for the weekend after the trial begins.The situation becomes more difficult for Matthew when he learns that Roosevelt is staying at the home of George Shiras. Once close friends, Matthew and George have not seen each other in years after a serious blow caused Matthew to leave Marquette. Now he is uncertain how to deal with George’s overtures of friendship.
As one witness after another, from navy admirals and secretaries to bodyguards and butlers, are called forth to testify in Roosevelt’s defense, Matthew must call forth his past and come to terms with it.
Novelist Tyler Tichelaar, a native of Marquette, Michigan, goes where biographers have never gone in detailing not only the significance of the often-ignored Roosevelt libel trial, but also how Roosevelt’s presence stirred Upper Michigan into a frenzy of excitement. This is the tale of a big man in a small town, how that small town responded, and how we all influence one another, often in unseen ways.
Join us for epic adventures in the U.P. on land and lakes!
Pirates, thieves, shipwrecks, sexy women, lost gold, and adventures on the Lake Superior frontier await you! In this book, you’ll sail on a ship full of gold, outwit deadly shapeshifters, battle frontier outlaws and even meet the mysterious agent that Andrew Jackson called ”the meanest man” he ever knew. Packed with action, adventure, humor, and suspense, this book has something for every reader. Journey to the wilds of the Lake Superior shoreline through ten stories that span the 19th century through present day including ”The Wreck of the Marie Jenny,” ”The Bigg Man,” ”Wolf Killer,” and ”Bullets Shine Silver in the Moonlight.”
Mikel B. Classen is a longtime resident of Sault Sainte Marie in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. His intimacy of the region, the history and its culture gives this book a feel of authenticity that is rarely seen. As a writer, journalist, columnist, photographer, and editor with more than 30 years experience, his breadth of knowledge is unparalleled.
”It’s clear that Mikel B. Classen knows and loves the Lake Superior area of Michigan and brings it to life in a delightful way. If you want frequent laughs, unusual characters who jump off the page, and the fruit of a highly creative mind, you’ve got to read this little book.”
— Bob Rich, author, Looking Through Water
From Modern History Press
Learn more at www.MikelClassen.com
Encompassing some 130 years in Ironwood’s history, Compassion, Michigan illuminates characters struggling to adapt to their circumstances starting in the present day, with its subsequent stories rolling back in time to when Ironwood was first founded. What does it mean to live in a small town–so laden with its glory day reminiscences–against the stark economic realities of today? Doesn’t history matter anymore? Could we still have compassion for others who don’t share our views?
A Deaf woman, born into a large, hearing family, looks back on her turbulent relationship with her younger, hearing sister. A gas station clerk reflects on Stella Draper, the woman who ran an ice cream parlor only to kill herself on her 33rd birthday. A devout mother has a crisis of faith when her son admits that their priest molested him. A bank teller, married to a soldier convicted of treason during the Korean War, gradually falls for a cafeteria worker. A young transgender man, with a knack for tailoring menswear, escapes his wealthy Detroit background for a chance to live truly as himself in Ironwood. When a handsome single man is attracted to her, a popular schoolteacher enters into a marriage of convenience only to wonder if she’s made the right decision.
RAYMOND LUCZAK, a Yooper native, is the author and editor of 24 books, including Flannelwood. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
”These are stories of extremely real women, mostly disappointed by life, living meagerly in a depleted town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Sound depressing? Not at all. Luczak has tracked their hopes, their repressed desires, and their ambitions with the elegance and precision of one of those silhouette artists who used to snip out perfect likenesses in black paper; people ’comforted by the familiarity of loneliness,’ as he writes.”
–EDMUND WHITE, author of A Saint in Texas
“Filled with grief and hope, bitterness and tenderness, Raymond’s collection of short stories exudes compassion for its characters and their environs. With a confident eye to detail, and knowledge of the pulse of the place, he brings the reader into the quiet lives the people in the stories appear to be living only to reveal internal tensions around sexuality, belonging, and family. A pleasurable, nuanced portrayal of life in a small town by a talented writer with an understanding of the humanity we all share.”
–CHRIS STARK, author of Nickels: A Tale of Dissociation
“Raymond Luczak’s Compassion, Michigan is a modern-day version of Winesburg, Ohio that proves William Faulkner’s statement that ‘The past is never dead. It is not even over.’ These stories describe a small town over the course of the twentieth century, experiencing change, being haunted by its past. Its residents live their lives of quiet desperation as queer, confused, disempowered or outcast members of their community. They seek love, sex, purpose, and the freedom to be themselves. In short, they are human, and they have much to teach us.”
–TYLER R. TICHELAAR, Ph.D. and award-winning author of Narrow Lives
From Modern History Press
FIC066000 FICTION / Small Town & Rural
FIC068000 FICTION / LGBT / General
FIC029000 FICTION / Short Stories (single author)
An irritating best friend gained during a childhood spent in a Catholic orphanage, a father who became a Communist and went to Russia in the 1930s, and 3:00 a.m. visits to The Pancake House. Such is the life of Lyla Hopewell. But in the summer of 2005, when her old boyfriend Bill has a heart attack, her best friend Bel really gets on her nerves, and Finn Fest comes to Marquette, things will change for Lyla.
Joined by a cast of Marquette’s most eccentric and endearing characters—the foul-mouthed fourteen-year-old Josie; ninety-three-year-old Eleanor, still trying to fix her little brother’s love life; ex-boyfriend and blunt womanizer, Bill; blind Mary Mitchell and her ornery sister Florence; the sweet but romantically confused cabdriver Sybil; and many, many more—Lyla recounts her life-story as she comes to terms with her past. After years of feeling unloved, neglected, frustrated, and unfulfilled, can Lyla finally find her own best place?
Author: Terri MartinThis series of short stories feature thrice-removed cousins, Tami & Evi Maki, who often contemplate how their lives would be vastly different (certainly better), if only they did not bear the burden of their marriages to Toivo and Eino. Tami and Evi launch a hostile takeover of their husbands' hunting camp, which undergoes many entrepreneurial transformations, and ultimately becomes a winery operated by a group of misogynistic monks who turn out a product bearing the moniker of "Monk Juice." While the bottom line for Tami & Evi is always murky, the various ventures they pursue are even murkier.ISBN: 978-1-7352043-2-1Publisher: Gnarly Woods PublicationsFormat: Paperback
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Author: Terri Martin
A collection of humorous short stories told by church lady, Miss Bea Righteous, a resident of the Gnarly Woods Senior Complex and elder of her church. In her unfaltering quest to deflect the nefarious deeds of the devil, Miss Righteous has an uncanny ability to create calamity, a situation for which she claims no culpability. The book is purely fiction, but then again, maybe not! Enjoy a chuckle or two, and perhaps even a good cathartic belly laugh, as Miss Righteous and the collection of zany characters in Church Lady Chronicles somehow always manage to make things worse."...Bea Righteous has a greater talent for sheer mass destruction in her purported desire to be helpful. (She) sees Satan just about everywhere and especially on those smartphones: 'They were all looking at their wicked phones, talking in them or running their fingers over them like they were actual LIVING THINGS.' When outraged, there is nothing Bea won't do to combat the Evil One. The stories are loosely connected, but each story tends to build on the elements of the earlier ones...I know there are probably lots more to come from Terri Martin, as sure as Satan is in your cellphone! "Review by Victor R. Volkman for UP Book ReviewISBN: 978-1-7352043-0-7Publisher: Gnarly Woods Publications
Format: Paperback
Book Website:http://www.TerriLynnMartin.com
A wry and irreverent collection of stories, “Hitchhiking After Dark” offers a comical and sometimes ludicrous look at growing up and working in small towns.
Author: Terri MartinThe Home Wind is a middle-grade (ages 9 and up) children's novel set in an Upper Michigan Logging camp in the 1870s. The book is told from the point of view of a twelve-year old boy, Jamie. He befriends a Native American boy and the two face the challenges of a harsh environment and prejudiced world. The boys help one another overcome personal conflicts, too heavy to bear alone.
...The author weaves the backstory of both boys through action and dialogue, with impeccably researched details. Her descriptions of the scenes and action make the reader feel as if they are right there in the middle of it all. This book should go far, and not just with young audiences. A great discussion guide can be found at the end of the book... Deborah K. Frontiera for UPPAA Book Review.
ISBN: 978-1-7352043-1-4Publisher: Gnarly Woods PublicationsFormat: Paperback
Book Website:http://www.TerriLynnMartin.com
Abby and her friends have graduated to junior high camp! Will camp and her friends help her get through her family’s crisis? Or will the problems at home put a damper on the summer camp fun?
Publisher: Perch Lake Cabin Press (2019); Jenifer Brady 2011
Kit Trouble is the sequel to my first children’s book called Woodaline the beaver. It is a story about the baby beavers, Aspen and Willow, born from Woodaline and the mischief they get into outside.
Twelve-year-old Emma’s life will be turned upside down in the summer of 1913 by a violent strike against the copper mining companies. Only the Finnish characteristic sisu will get her through it.
Abby’s second summer as a camper turns out to be a week of firsts: First camp crush . . . first camp frenemies . . . first use of the camp dean’s underwear in a skit . . . And the most life-changing first of all: losing a friend.
Publisher: Perch Lake Cabin Press (2019); Jenifer Brady 2009
Getting flirting lessons from lifeguard Julie and deciding which boy camper she thinks is the cutest turns out to be not as bad as Abby thought it would be, but when someone she trusts blabs her boy-related secret, she is left wondering if elementary campers really need to learn about boys yet.
Publisher: Perch Lake Cabin Press (2019); Jenifer Brady 2010
Simon becomes lost from his family and ends up with many mice in a flea market. He and his friends have some scary adventures. This is a beginning chapter book for grades 2-4 or a sharp first grader. It is suitable as a read-to for younger children who can listen to the story over several days.
Wooly and the Good Shepherd is the story of one little lamb\\’s nativity adventure. Wooly the lamb is scared of everything and the rest of the flock make fun of him – except for Wooly’s Good Shepherd. One night, strange creatures called angels visit the flock and send Wooly and his friends on an adventure that will teach Wooly how to be brave
It is 100 years B.C. (Before Columbus). Twelve-year-old Chogan and his ten-year-old sister rescue an orphan wolf pup and raise it to adulthood. When they release it into the wild, the wolf returns to save their lives. This is an interactive novel. Inter-spaced among the pages of historical fiction are seven links to stand-alone web pages portraying a cultural event or survival skill essential to Chogan’s life in early America.
Author’s Note: I wrote this specifically for boys who do not read, but I now sell more books in the Chogan series to adults for adults than I do for middle-grade students.
Life would be pleasant, if not for two village bullies. Kanti bets her prized spear against Ahanu’s bear-claw necklace in a canoe race. To win, Chogan and Kanti will need help from Mishosha (the Magician of the Lake). Chogan and Kanti come face-to-face with the Windigo—a stretch of river so treacherous villagers named it after a mythical beast that devours human flesh. During a full moon the wailing of a thousand souls can be heard within Windigo’s mournful roar. If Chogan and Kanti are not careful, their voices will be added to that number.
Author’s Note: Chogan and the White Feather is a unique hybrid between fiction and non-fiction. Inter spaced among the pages of historical fiction are links to stand-alone web pages covering a cultural event or skill essential to survival in early America. Topics covered include: wigwam construction, acorn preparation with acorn cookie recipe, totem and Manitou, birch bark canoe building, spear construction. This is the second book in the Chogan Native American Series.
A small life can be transformed by a great love. This humble creature learns it’s the journey that matters. A humorous, tender, uplifting adventure. An outstanding book to read to children. Adults love it, too.
Author’s Note: PB available at all outlets. E-book only at lulu.com.
Cady, a 13-year-old girl of Native American heritage, has experienced big changes in the past year—her father’s marriage to a much younger woman, a new baby brother, and a move from Minnesota to Michigan where she is attending a reservation school for the first time. One day at school Cady discovers an eagle feather on the hallway floor and reports it to the principal. He thanks her for this act of honor and tells her that a mystery might soon appear in her life. Not long after Cady discovers an antique Indian beaded necklace hidden under the floor of her bedroom closet. She knows she’s found it for a reason but what is the reason? Is this the mystery the principal predicted might appear? She consults with elders who tell her it is her “job” to find out why. In the process of solving this mystery Cady’s home life calms down and she draws closer to the teachings and traditions of her culture. Helping her are her new friends Irish, John Ray Chicaug, and a crazy talking blue jay.
ISBN: 978-1-59598-685-6 Publisher: Three Towers Press, an imprint of HenschelHAUSbooks.com (2019) Format: Paperback & Ebook More details…
To help her young grandson Billy learn the importance of believing in yourself, a Michigan grandmother tells him a fantastical story about a rabbit named Yoopie. Yoopie is relentlessly made fun of by his neighbors for keeping a “useless strange fuzzy red thing” (a mitten) that he finds in the meadow. Later, when the weather turns horrifically cold for the first time ever and Yoopies’s strange find becomes extremely important, his neighbors become apologetic. In order to apologize for their meanness, they decide to honor him by building a gigantic rabbit and mitten (the future State of Michigan!) in “The Big Water.” In the end, Yoopie and his painfully shy female counterpart Trolletta learn the importance of believing in yourself – as does Billy.
Many cats lived in the small town of Bethsaida. Some lived with families and caught mice, some lived with important people and lounged on cushions all day, and some wandered the streets with nowhere to go and no food for supper. Kit was one of those cats.
The Hungry Kitten’s Tale tells the story of Kit, the hungry kitten, and the miracle he witnesses and what he finds along the way.
How tall is the tallest tree in the world? 380 feet—and still growing! Now protected, this tree was almost destroyed but is now home to many creatures.
Author: Deborah K. Frontiera
Description: Since 1871, Roman Catholics of Lake Linden, Hubbell, Tamarack, and the surrounding rural areas have worshiped at St. Joseph Church. While the founding group of families were mostly French-Canadian, the parish became very diversified as the years passed. Through two different buildings, numerous repairs, maintenance and restoration, the church building has retained its original look and feel as one of the most beautiful churches in the Copper Country. Some six to seven generations of parishioners have made it their worship home and faith family, people who have persevered through good and tough times and look to the future with hope. This volume is the story of those people and the building.
Deborah K. Frontiera wrote this as a true volunteer. ALL proceeds will go to the church building fund for many expensive repairs and updates coming up.
ISBN: 978-1-59346-176-8Publisher: Jade EnterprisesFormat: Paperback
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A small group of World War II political dissidents reveal how they survived what they called America’s Siberia Concentration Camp. Before the Vietnam War Americans considered conscientious objectors equal to criminals. This book sheds much needed light on the little known conscientious objector camp at Germfask, Michigan, how the local community responded to the camp, and how opinions have changed.
My Marquette is the result of its author’s lifelong love affair with his hometown. Join Tyler R. Tichelaar, seventh generation Marquette resident and author of The Marquette Trilogy, as he takes you on a tour of the history, people, and places of Marquette.Stories of the past and present will leave you understanding why Marquette truly is “The Queen City of the North.” Along the way, Tyler describes his own experiences growing up in Marquette, recalls family and friends, and reveals some of the people behind his fictional characters.
My Marquette offers rare insight into how an author creates fiction and provides a unique assessment of the area’s historical importance. Reading My Marquette is like taking a personal tour of Marquette with someone who knows it intimately.
Over 350 images, including historic photographs, city maps, genealogy charts of several old Marquette families, and Tyler\\’s family photographs.
Founded as a harbor town to ship iron ore from the nearby mines, Marquette became known as the Queen City of the North for its thriving industries, beautiful buildings, and being the largest city in Upper Michigan. But is Marquette also the Queen of Lake Superior’s Haunted Cities?Seventh-generation Marquette resident Tyler Tichelaar has spent years collecting tales of the many ghosts who haunt the cemeteries, churches, businesses, hotels, and homes of Marquette. Now, separating fact from fiction, he delves into the historical record to determine which stories may be true and which are just the fancies of frightened minds.
Hear the chilling tales of:
The wicked nun who killed an orphan boy
The librarian mourning her sailor lover
The drowned sailors who climb out of Lake Superior at night
The glowing lantern of the decapitated train conductor
The mailman who gave his life for the U.S. mail
More ghostly ladies in floor-length white gowns than any haunted city should have
Haunted Marquette opens up a fourth dimension view of the Queen City’s past and reveals that much of it is still present.
Ghosts of those drowned and never recovered are swarming from Lake Superior. But they are not there to haunt the living. They are fleeing something far more sinister. We follow Adam, a psychologist who returns to resolve his grief over his wife who drowned in the Lake’s hungry waters. Soon he is embroiled in a bizarre world of Native legend and the supernatural. From a hermit’s cabin to a rambling old inn, from a Native fishing boat to a haunted research vessel, from forests to ancient pictographs that lie on restless shores, the drum beat quickens. Gracie Bird, a young, enigmatic native woman will become the key to protecting Adam from a twisted medicine man and unraveling a nefarious scheme.
ISBN: 978-0-578-62353-5 Publisher: Curve of the Earth Publishing, 2020 Format: Paperback & Ebook
Poems and color photographs inspired by the natural world provide insight, humor, drama, epiphanes, and inspiration to fill our physical and spiritual needs. Samples of these poems and photographs may be found by scrolling down the authors web site in the “poetry” section. The simplicity of the metaphores used can be enjoyed by young people as well as adults.
Conversations on Traumatic Incident Reduction
by Victor R. Volkman (editor)
“Provides mental health workers with a revolutionary technique that could increase their success rate with traumatized clients.” —Jeni Mayer, Body Mind Spirit Magazine
Author: Emorie Cole
Can a cozy cabin at Christmastime and a little holiday magic reignite the affection for one another and bring two ex-lovers back together? Will passions erupt and make this a Christmas to remember or will the magic fail when a crazy stalker tries to tear them apart?
Sophie: I’ve been looking forward to a quiet, relaxing Christmas in my hometown for weeks. A good book, a warm fireplace, and a cozy cabin all to myself. Far away from the chaos of Chicago at Christmas. Too bad my plans for quiet and relaxation are ruined when I find out that the cabin has also been mistakenly rented to someone else...my ex-boyfriend. Now I have to spend my holiday sharing my vacation with him…AND his gorgeous chiseled abs. Just my luck.
Matt: I thought escaping to my hometown for Christmas would be a great way to avoid my crazy stalker. A cabin to myself and all of the holiday events I had enjoyed as a kid. I convince myself that spending the holidays alone really won’t be that bad. Imagine my surprise when my ex-girlfriend—the one who got away—walks into my rental cabin and makes me remember why I fell in love with her the first time. Her beauty makes my heart flutter every time I see her. Can I make things right during this Christmas coincidence and win her back? Or will my crazy stalker get in the way?
ISBN: 9781954271005
Publisher: Keweenaw Publishing LLC
Format: Paperback, ebook
Book Website:https://links.emorie-cole.com/d2070c
Author: Emorie Cole
Samantha Ashford fell in love with Christian d’Angelo as a teenager, but he broke her heart when he sailed away from Wilkins Harbor on his parents’ yacht and never returned. Now fate has brought him back into her life—a successful billionaire with a yacht of his own. Can she find it in her heart to forgive him and rekindle what they had? Or have they drifted too far apart?
Christian d’Angelo left a piece of his heart in Wilkins Harbor when he was a teenager, and he never truly got over his first love, Samantha. When he comes face to face with her almost a decade later, he knows fate has given him another shot. When he convinces Samantha to let him join her on a trip to the beautiful Mackinac Island, will his love for her be enough to show her that he deserves a second chance? Or will he end up shattering her heart for a second time?
ISBN: 9781954271036
Publisher: Keweenaw Publishing LLC
Format: Paperback, ebook
Book Website: https://links.emorie-cole.com/d2070c
Author: Emorie Cole
Alyssa Sinclaire is a successful, independent woman living in the small town of Wilkins Harbor in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Everyone in the Keweenaw knows that when they need a portrait, they turn to her photography studio to get the best shots. She loves hanging out with her friends, especially her best friend Gabby who recently moved to the town. She’s happy being on her own, but there’s something missing from her life.
Eric Kincaid is a public safety officer who has been in love with his good friend Alyssa Sinclaire ever since his co-worker, her brother, introduced them years ago. Unfortunately Alyssa’s brother was killed in the line of duty a few years back; and she lost a little bit of her heart that day. As much as he loves her, he doesn’t want to risk their friendship when she has sworn off men with dangerous professions.
Alyssa loves spending time with Eric, and she can’t help the feelings that she has been having towards him lately. But with the daily uncertainty of his job, she could never let herself love him. It would hurt too much if she lost him in the same way as her brother. Will Alyssa ever allow herself to take a chance on him to find true love? Or will she let love slip through her fingers?ISBN: 9781954271029
Publisher: Keweenaw Publishing LLC
Format: Paperback, ebookBook Website: https://links.emorie-cole.com/cdf33
Author: Emorie Cole
Gabby Daniels is running to escape from her dangerous ex boyfriend. She decides to make a fresh start in a remote town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan called Wilkins Harbor. Desperate for a job, she can’t believe her luck when the gorgeous Brandon Edwards offers her a position at his charming inn. Her new boss has her falling head over heels. Too bad her best friend says he’s emotionally unavailable and not interested in dating.
Brandon Edwards had everything—he was running his family’s inn, about to marry the love of his life, and life couldn’t get any better. Within an instant, a tragic accident took the life of his fiancée. Broken hearted and emotionally scarred, he can’t allow himself to get close to another woman. Avoiding them has been easy—until Gabby, a perky little brunette, who shows up at his inn a few years after the accident. And he can’t seem to get her out of his head.Will Gabby be able to mend Brandon’s broken heart and help him love again? Or will fate keep them apart?
ISBN: 9781954271012
Publisher: Keweenaw Publishing LLC
Format: Paperback, ebookBook Website: https://links.emorie-cole.com/cf7f7
She dreams of wearing a crown.
He’s more pauper than prince.
Can their love story have a happy ending?
Brooks:
You couldn’t pay me enough to tutor my high school’s biggest goof-off. Not even the obscene amount of money his grandfather’s offering me can make it enticing . . . until I find out this job takes place next door to my longtime crush.
Megan’s sweet, fun, and beautiful—basically my dream girl. I know I’m not good enough for her, but I can’t seem to stay away, especially now that my life happens next door to hers. Is it crazy to hope that a popular cheerleader who always looks like she’s stepped off the pages of a fashion magazine could fall for a quiet, nerdy guy like me?
Megan:
It’s exhausting keeping up with the in-crowd at school. I must be doing okay, though, (even shopping the thrift stores on a baby-sitting budget) since I’m on prom court and invited to my dream sorority’s Greek preview day.
I’m so close to having everything I’ve always dreamed of. In my social circle, you’re expected to look flawless, act a certain way, and, especially, date the “right” guy. But what if the smart, sweet, serious loner I’ve fallen for isn’t “prom king worthy?”
Brooks definitely isn’t someone my friends would approve of, even if does treat me like a princess. Is there a way to date him and keep up the perfect image I’ve been building for the past four years?
Falling for the Tutoris a fun social class YA sweet romance. If you like quirky characters, sweet kisses, and happily ever afters, you’ll love The March Sisters Sweet Romance series.
She’s a YouTube comedy sensation.
He’s a serious filmmaker.
When they’re forced to work together, what sort of sparks will fly?
Joanna:
Co-hosting a hilarious YouTube channel with my best friend is great and all, but winning the “Lights, Camera, Vance!” competition is what will turn my dreams of attending film school in New York into reality.
I’m soooo close to putting the final touches on the entry I’ve poured my heart and soul into when the unthinkable happens—Bratty McBratface (AKA my youngest sister) destroys my movie, leaving me with exactly one option: work on someone else’s dull-as-dirt documentary . . .
Which wouldn’t be so bad if that someone didn’t happen to be the cute-but-infuriating guy I’ve already had a run-in with at the mall.
Rick:
My biggest YouTuber pet peeves? Ridiculous click-bait titles and useless content. Out-of-control bath bombs? Not my thing. Disgusting food challenges? Yuck!
I’m going to change the world with my films . . .
At least I would if I had a working camera. Now my only chance is to borrow equipment—and take (unwanted) creative input—from our local area sellout. Uh, I mean our local YouTube celebrity.
She may have gorgeous, silky hair and beautiful eyes a guy can get lost in, but she’s also the last person I’d want to be stuck working with.
So why have our arguments over everything from camera angles to music montages started to feel more like flirting than fighting?
Subscribing to the Enemyis a fun enemies-to-lovers YA sweet romance. If you like quirky characters, sweet kisses, and happily ever afters, you’ll love this first book in The March Sisters Sweet Romance series.
The Children of Arthur, Book Five
Author: Tyler Tichelaar
Several years after the showdown with Lilith, the Delaney twins, Lance and Tristan, are young men intent on finding their place in the world while wondering whether their greatest adventures already lie behind them.
But when an earth-shattering cataclysmic event occurs, the twins find themselves having to piece back together a world that only slightly resembles the world they knew, a world that seems more fantasy than reality in its strangeness and yet its familiarity.
Will they be able to find their parents and home, and resurrect their very lives? Or will they find themselves forever trapped in a time-warp in an Arthurian world that until now they have only read about.
With Arthur\’s Bosom, the Children of Arthur series comes to a stunning conclusion after offering a wholly new and different world-view of mythology, human history, and what is still possible for the future of the human race.
The Children of Arthur, Book Four
Author: Tyler Tichelaar
Eighteen years have passed since Adam and Anne Delaney’s twin sons were kidnapped, ostensibly by one who wished them well. Now, after a string of useless clues and years of doubting their own sanity, the couple arrive in Istanbul where they have been told they will find the answers they seek…and hopefully the infant boys who—if even alive—would now be grown men and strangers to them.
Lilith’s Love, the fourth volume in Tyler R. Tichelaar’s revolutionary historical fantasy series The Children of Arthur, brings together diverse legends to create a new human history that both surprises and reveals how powerful the imagination can be. With an impressive cast of historical and legendary characters that includes Merlin, Emperor Constantine XI, the Wandering Jew, Dracula, and Lilith herself, this tale takes readers from the Fall of Constantinople to a New World Order in the twenty-first century, rewriting a past we thought we knew to create a future far more fabulous than we ever dreamed.
The Children of Arthur, Book Three
Author: Tyler Tichelaar
When their children are kidnapped from the family castle, Adam and Anne Delaney race back to England from their vacation in France. Assuming their children will be held for ransom, the couple are ill-prepared for the truth about who has kidnapped their boys. Secrets of both of their families will be revealed as a result.
When the great wizard Merlin mysteriously reappears in their lives, Adam and Anne hope he can help with the investigation. But Merlin is more concerned with sharing yet another story about one of their ancestors, this time Ogier the Dane, a great knight of Charlemagne’s court, a pagan among Christians who went on a fabulous journey to the East. Ogier’s story will enlighten Adam and Anne about an ancient evil soon to be unleashed on the world—and they may be the only ones capable of defeating it.
Ogier’s Prayer, the third volume of Tyler R. Tichelaar’s Children of Arthur series, will take readers on a magic carpet ride reminiscent of the Arabian Nights as Tichelaar weaves stories within stories in a manner to rival Scheherazade herself.
The grandson of the first Henry Roach-Dairier takes up the torch of writing the ants’ past, how enslavement of one colony brought the colonies together. Two generations after The Re-Creation of Roacheria, Henry Roach-Dairier II becomes fascinated by his grandfather’s telling of how the ant colonies came together into one super colony. In researching facts going back 300 years/season cycles, he discovers there is so much more to those times than either ants or roaches acknowledge, that his own life may be in danger. The author’s new technique of going back and forth in time–from brutal take-over of one colony by roaches, to Henry’s present–is captivating but easy to follow as each scene change is labeled with time and place. It is well liked by middle and high school students and adults who like fantasy.
***This book won First Place for Young Adult Fiction in the Purple Dragonfly Awards!***
Henry, a roach nymph of ten season cycles, sat at the slanted work surface in New South Dairy Colony 50’s training center. This segment of the series is focused on the narrating character, Henry Roach-Dairier, whose roach father was adopted by ants. Henry struggles with his “mixed culture” more than his older siblings, but then discovers his desire to carry his grandfather’s mission of peace into the roach nation, where he finds he has many enemies. Of the series, this title has the most social satire and is appreciated by middle and high school students and adults who like fantasy. One reviewer has stated, “Animal Farm and Watership Down rolled into one.”
Humans are extinct on Earth. Insects have evolved, but are chemically dependent on Plastic. Roaches hire/enslave ants to build their mine tunnels. The Chronicles of Henry Roach-Dairier is a series carefully designed so titles can be read in any order. Middle school, highschool age readers find it fascinating along with adults who like fantasy. Intelligent insects mine plastic left by ancient extinct “duo pods” trying to find out why that species became extinct while trying to solve their own problems.
Objects for sale in a pawn shop come to life at night to share their stories of who owned them and why they were pawned. This is a short fantasy rated PG-13. Grownups and some young adults will find it a quick, easy read. It may even make them think about the “stuff” they own. The story is recorded/told by the security camera, who never speaks to the items for sale, but lets his opinion come through clearly to readers. Readers will be fascinated by a vase, an antique teapot, a handgun and many more.
Teacher. Coach. Soldier.We are called upon to be leaders in our everyday life at work, in our relationships, with our children, and in countless other situations.John uses his teaching, coaching, and Army experiences to layout 21 leadership lessons that can be leveraged in everyday life so they can be made the priority in their time of need.Foreword by Major General Sylvester Cannon.
John teaches and coaches in his hometown of Kingsford, Michigan.He has also served 22+ years in the Michigan National Guard and is currently an instructor for the U.S. Army Reserves Command and General Staff College.He is married and has one son (11) who loves hunting, fishing, and video games.
ISBN: 978-1777534981Publisher: Road To Awesome (2021)Format: Paperback
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This book contains more than 85 full-color reproductions of this premiere artist’s poster prints. The art and artwork spanning more than 30 years of Sam’s work is the book’s focal point . Sam is a well-known activist in the recovery movement and is tireless in spreading the word that creativity can be used to help overcome addictions, a message which is woven beautifully throughout its pages. This book was the PEAK (Print Excellence and Knowledge) Award winner in the coffee table category of this international design competition for 2009.
ISBN: 978-0-615-27261-0 Publisher: Sam English Art (2009) Format: Hardcover More details…
Vol. III, No. 4 — Focus on Parenting (October 2011) Author: Victor Volkman and Ernest Dempsey
A quarterly journal which explores the themes of parenting and child rearing issues through the lenses of poetry, memoir, opinion, essays, fiction, humor, art, media reviews and psychoeducation.
ISBN: 978-1-61599-128-0 Publisher: Loving Healing Press (Oct 2011) Format: Paperback & Ebook More details about this book…
Taking A Flight With A Butterfly Toward Self-Discovery
Author: Tamara Lauder
Breaking Free Too: Taking a Flight With a Butterfly Toward Self-Discovery is a powerful pictorial book appropriate for anyone struggling to discover their true self.
A quarterly journal which explores the themes of health and chronic disease recovery/treatment through the lenses of poetry, memoir, opinion, essays, fiction, humor, art, media reviews and psychoeducation.
Stories Behind Michigan’s Biggest Bucks Author: Richard P. Smith
Book 7 of Great Michigan Deer Tales continues the tradition started in 1994 with Book 1 in the series of providing detailed information about how, where, when and by whom the state’s biggest bucks were bagged. The chapters in the newest book were carefully selected to be both entertaining and instructional just like those in the other books in the series. There’s at least one lesson that can be learned and applied to anyone’s deer hunting in each chapter and some chapters are loaded with lessons about Michigan deer hunting.You will find the stories behind 12 state record bucks along with other notable kills made with bow and arrow (both vertical and horizontal bows), muzzleloader, shotgun, rifle and handgun from across the state. One of the chapters is about the first albino buck to make it into state records and why white deer are legal for hunters to shoot. Others are about the state’s biggest 6-pointers, UP bucks that lived to be 8 ½, a father and daughter who bagged four trophy bucks between them during one season, a UP hunter who bagged more than 100 deer and much more.
Stories Behind Michigan’s Biggest Bucks by Smith, Richard P
28 more monster buck tales from every region of the state taken by men & women with gun, bow & muzzleloader. Read about brothers who shot the same trophy buck, a world record antlered doe & much more.
The ultimate reference for black bear hunters everywhere, containing everything you need to know for success regardless of how you plan on hunting. Field judging, shot placement, carcass care included.
Stories Behind Michigan’s Biggest Bucks Author: Richard P. Smith
First in a series of popular books about the biggest bucks bagged by Michigan hunters that are entertaining as well as educational. Lessons can be learned that can be applied to anyone’s hunting.
Stories Behind Michigan’s Biggest Bucks Author: Richard P. Smith
Stories about huge bucks bagged since Book 1, including the current state record typical, record bucks bagged by women, Halloween bucks and those with locked antlers.
Stories Behind Michigan’s Biggest Bucks Author: Richard P. Smith
Stories about how, where & when some of Michigan’s biggest bucks were bagged, including in depth coverage of North America’s highest scoring typical. Great family hunts & a remarkable buck.
ISBN: 978-0-9710355-0-8 Publisher: Smith Publications Format: Paperback
Stories Behind Michigan’s Biggest Bucks Author: Richard P. Smith
Another collection of short stories about how, where, when and by whom the state’s biggest bucks were bagged, including the highest scoring nontypical.
Best Reference on the subject for bow and gun hunters. Countless hunters have recovered deer with the help of this book that they otherwise would have lost. Eight pages of color photos of blood sign.
Best Reference on the subject for bow and gun hunters. Countless hunters have recovered deer with the help of this book that they otherwise would have lost. Eight pages of color photos of blood sign.
All you wanted to know about bears and bear management as well as how to deal with problem bears and a history of bear attacks. Updated in 2007. Information applies anywhere black bears are found.
Tips and tricks about how to be consistently successful when hunting from ground blinds and tree stands as well as how to do it safely. Learn how to do it most effectively.
The story of how a Canadian-born dentist and Houghton entrepreneur changed hockey by openly paying players to come to Michigan’s Copper Country to play hockey.
Featuring more than 130 color photos of the U.P.’s most beautiful, historic, and natural locations!
I’ve spent many years exploring the wilderness of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (U.P.), and one thing has become apparent: no matter what part in which you find yourself, fascinating sights are around every corner. There are parks, wilderness areas and museums. There are ghost towns and places named after legends. There are trails to be walked and waterways to be paddled. In the U.P., life is meant to be lived to the fullest. In this book, I’ve listed 40 destinations from every corner of the U.P. that have places of interest. Some reflect rich history, while others highlight the natural wonders that abound. So, join in the adventures. The Upper Peninsula is an open book–the one that’s in your hand.
Winner of the 2020 State History Award from the Historical Society of Michigan
”Without a doubt, Mikel Classen’s Points North needs to be in every library, gift shop and quality bookstore throughout the country–particularly those located in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. Not only does Classen bring alive the U.P. through his polished words, his masterful use of color photography also makes this book absolutely beautiful. Points North will long stand as a tremendous tribute to one of the most remarkable parts of our country.” –Michael Carrier, author, Murder on Sugar Island
”Mikel Classen\\’s love for Michigan’s Upper Peninsula shines from every page in Points North, a fascinating insider’s guidebook to the exceptional beauty and history of Michigan’s far north. Whether you’re still in the planning stages of your trip, or you’re looking back fondly on the memories you created-even if you wish merely to enjoy a virtual tour of the Upper Peninsula’s natural wonders from the comfort of your armchair, you need this book.” –Karen Dionne, author of the international bestseller, The Marsh King’s Daughter
”Many of the places in Points North may sound familiar, but Classen has spent time exploring them all, finding out the wonders others drive by and miss. And some of them may baffle you as much as they did me: the UP has a WWII glider museum? Classen has scoured every inch of the UP, visiting every campground, ghost town, lighthouse, waterfall, and beach that you may have never heard of. This book is full of surprises for even the most knowledgeable visitors to the UP. And if you’re like me, you’ll find yourself marking up the pages, making notes of places you have to visit next time you’re up north.” –Steve Lehto, author of Death’s Door: The Truth Behind the Strike of 1913 and the Italian Hall Disaster and Michigan’s Columbus: The Life of Douglass Houghton
”Until I read this book, I had not realized the large number of hidden treasures that the U.P. has. More than just an interesting history, this book is a descriptive roadmap to these treasures. Points North can be used as a guide to an adventure you would never have known about on your own. The pictures and place descriptions here are fantastic! These hidden locations have suddenly become easy to find with this book. I recommend it highly.” –Bob Hruska, author of Humorous Hunting, Fishing, and Camping in the U.P. and Canada
”Unlike a typical travel guide, a two- to four-page essay is devoted to each site. The author’s love for the U.P. is obvious on every page. Whether a museum, a state park, or a 17,000-acre wilderness area Classen’s descriptions are vibrant, enticing, and thorough. This sparkling collection of essays makes for great reading. Color photographs, most of which were taken by the author, complement the essays” — Tom Powers, Michigan in Books
The best book about this subject is even better with the release of the third edition. All of the photos (84) in this edition are in color. There’s more solid advice about how to recover every deer shot with any type of firearm or archery equipment. Four new chapters have been added along with expansion of those in the original edition. One of the new chapters points out the potential dangers of wounded deer to hunters when they decide to attack and another new chapter provides advice about how to avoid losing your deer to a predator. This book is must reading for all deer hunters.
Guide book including actual photos of wildlife tracks and sign as they appear in the wild. Learn how to identify what made sign you see in the outdoors from this valuable reference.
Jimmy’s a door gunner with a taste for drugs and a talent for combat. He just wants to survive his year in ’Nam. From a killer guitar player in a psychedelic band he’s turned into a real killer on a helicopter gunship. It’s bad enough when his friends die but back in the World, but Gloria, his troubled, musical savant girlfriend, is in more danger. She can be Sunshine, singing for her supper and dazzling music professors or the crowd at an antiwar rally with ease. But she doesn’t like what she’s learning about herself and the secrets she and Jimmy know could kill them both. A trail of murders leads from Detroit to Vietnam and back to Sugar Island, Michigan. Beginning with the 1967 Detroit riot and moving to a heart-pounding conclusion during the 1968 Tet Offensive, Purple Sunshine explodes across the world with fast-paced action in the middle of the burgeoning counterculture.
ISBN: 978-1512344516 Publisher: Bob Calverley (2014) Format: Paperback & Ebook
Part memoir, part cookbook, part info guide, examination of reading as hobby, diversion, obsession, even sport. Features 8 meetings with menu plans, recipes, instructions for similar clubs.
Did you know King Arthur had many other children besides Mordred? Depending on which version of the legend you read, he had both sons and daughters, some of whom even survived him. From the ancient tale of Gwydre, the son who was gored to death by a boar, to Scottish traditions of Mordred as a beloved king, Tyler R. Tichelaar has studied all the references to King Arthur’s children to show how they shed light upon a legend that has intrigued us for fifteen centuries.
King Arthur’s Children: A Study in Fiction and Tradition is the first full-length analysis of every known treatment of King Arthur’s children, from Welsh legends and French romances, to Scottish genealogies and modern novels by such authors as Parke Godwin, Stephen Lawhead, Debra Kemp, and Elizabeth Wein. King Arthur’s Children explores an often overlooked theme in Arthurian literature and reveals King Arthur’s bloodline may still exist today.
ISBN: 978-1-61599-066-5 Publisher: Modern History Press (2010) Format: Paperback, Hardcoover, & Ebook
Does Your City or Region Have a Fascinating Story that needs to be told before it’s forgotten?Yes, it does, and you can be the person to write it.
In this short book, Tyler Tichelaar, author of My Marquette and The Marquette Trilogy, talks in an interview format about how he became interested in writing both local history and regional and historical fiction and his research and writing process to bring his books to fruition.
Readers of “Creating a Local Historical Book” will learn:
What kind of research is required
What counts as research
Where to do research
How to organize that research into a book
How not to go overboard with details
Finding images and gaining usage permission
How to make your book stand out from others
Tips on marketing your history book.
ISBN: 978-1-61599-178-5 Publisher: Modern History Press (2012) Format: Paperback & Ebook
From the horrors of sixteenth century Italian castles to twenty-first century plagues, from the French Revolution to the liberation of Libya, Tyler R. Tichelaar takes readers on far more than a journey through literary history. The Gothic Wanderer is an exploration of man’s deepest fears, his efforts to rise above them for the last two centuries, and how he may be on the brink finally of succeeding. Whether it’s seeking immortal life, the fabulous philosopher’s stone that will change lead into gold, or human blood as a vampire, or coping with more common “transgressions” like being a woman in a patriarchal society, being a Jew in a Christian land, or simply being addicted to gambling, the Gothic wanderer’s journey toward damnation or redemption is never dull and always enlightening.Tichelaar examines the figure of the Gothic wanderer in such well-known Gothic novels as The Mysteries of Udolpho, Frankenstein, and Dracula, as well as lesser known works like Fanny Burney’s The Wanderer, Mary Shelley’s The Last Man, and Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s Zanoni. He also finds surprising Gothic elements in classics like Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities and Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan of the Apes. From Matthew Lewis’ The Monk to Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight, Tichelaar explores a literary tradition whose characters reflect our greatest fears and deepest hopes. Readers will find here the revelation that not only are we all Gothic wanderers—but we are so only by our own choosing.
ISBN: 978-1-61599-138-9 Publisher: Modern History Press (2012) Format: Paperback, Hardcoover, & Ebook
Tips and Resources to Help You Capture Your Readers’ Hearts
Author: Donna Winters
Romances are perhaps the most popular fictional genre today. The market is open to new writers and the supply of voracious readers is incalculable. But some specifics apply to romances that writers need to know. Here’s a short list of what’s inside this guide: • An overview of the current romance market, defining the most popular subgenres today • Plot devices that are reader favorites, and ideas for combining two tropes for an even better story • Advice on best practices that is currently missing from other “how-to” books • An example of how a romance story is plotted, chapter by chapter • Lists of resources for writers of both contemporary and historical stories
ISBN: 978-0923048570 Publisher: Bigwater Publishing LLC (2020) Format: Paperback & Ebook More details about this book…
Author: Tyler R. Tichelaar / Victor R. Volkman / Irene Watson
Find out the hard-won success secrets on: Editing, Writing, Marketing, Amazon, Book Proposals, Web 2.0, Book Design, Freelancing, Book Reviews, Self-Publishing, Audio Books, Online Sales and more.
Living the Lifestyle You Want, Doing Work You Love Author: Tyler R. Tichelaar
The Nomad Editor will give you the tools you need to put your language skills, degree, and imagination to work for you as a freelance editor. And because the self-publishing revolution continues to expand, editors are needed now more than ever.
Part memoir, part cookbook, part info guide, examination of reading as hobby, diversion, obsession, even sport. Features 8 meetings with menu plans, recipes, instructions for similar clubs.
Abby can’t believe the news: because of a generous donation, camp is going to get an awesome new recreation building. The problem is, the camp board of directors are planning on tearing down the old craft cabin, and with it, all of Abby’s memories of gimp, grassheads, and a special friend. Can Abby and her friends brainstorm a successful fundraiser in time? Or will they have to say goodbye to their favorite building forever?
Publisher: Perch Lake Cabin Press (2019); Jenifer Brady 2014
Weird things are happening at camp. Long-time camp manager Mr. LaBoyer and his loyal group of hard-working, friendly cooks, lifeguards, and maintenance workers have been replaced by a bossy new manager and her less-than-welcoming staff.
Publisher: Perch Lake Cabin Press (2019); Jenifer Brady 2012
Seasons of the Birch is a story of perseverance, sacrifice, and resilience. Susan Puska brings realism and heart to a novel that showcases the untold stories of women, minorities, and marginalized men who served their country yet seldom get the recognition they deserve.Ruth Amundsen grew up poor in Michigan’s rural Upper Peninsula during the 1920s and 1930s. As she ventured beyond the village of Big Bay, she left her real home – the shores of Lake Superior. After nursing training, she joined the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, serving during the last year of World War II in the war-torn Philippines.
When she returns to post-war America, she finds her independence, sense of contribution, and hard-earned status as a war nurse of little value to a country seeking to get back to an outdated normal, whatever the cost. Her search for tranquility and family is tested as she returns to her beloved Northwoods. Can she adapt to the harsh realities she exchanged for returning north? Will she break from its icy weight or find her resilience like the birch tree after a long winter?
ISBN: 9781636768120 Publisher: New Degree Press Format: Paperback & Ebook
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is blessed with a treasure chest of writers and poets, all seeking to capture the diverse experiences of Yooper Life. Now U.P. Reader offers a rich collection of their voices that embraces the U.P.’s natural b
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Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is blessed with a treasure trove of storytellers, poets, and historians, all seeking to capture a sense of Yooper Life from settler’s days to the far-flung future. Since 2017, the U.P. Reader offers a rich col
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Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is blessed with a treasure trove of storytellers, poets, and historians, all seeking to capture a sense of Yooper Life from settler’s days to the far-flung future. Now U.P. Reader offers a rich collection of t
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Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is blessed with a treasure trove of storytellers, poets, and historians, all seeking to capture a sense of Yooper Life from settler’s days to the far-flung future. Since 2017, the U.P. Reader offers a rich col
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Author: Charli Mills, series editor
Thirty writers began with 99 words. They went on to tackle a new prompt, extended stories, memoirist essays, and how to build a literary community with flash fiction. This is not your typical anthology.
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Author: Tyler R. Tichelaar
Today, Charles Kawbawgam, “The Last Chief of the Chippewa,” is a legend in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula for allegedly living to age 103 (1799-1902). But few know anything else about him beyond his bein
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Author: Deborah K. Frontiera
Experience the past through the artistic camera lens of J. W. Nara, one of the Copper Country’s earliest professional photographers. Sectioned into topics such as: people, places, mining, logging, farmi
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Author: Edward T. Cook
The hardships, struggles, hopes and triumphs of the men and women who served in World War I and World War II is wonderfully captured in Letters From Heroes.
ISBN: 978-1-58909-570-0
Publisher: Bookstand Publish
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Cop Stories
Author: Edward T. Cook
Covers 30 years of cop stories, jokes, and statements that the author has personally been involved in, or has been told by other cops in the Midwest in Illinois and Michigan.
ISBN: 978-1-4241-2714-
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A Deckhand’s Journey on the Great Lakes Freighters
Author: Richard Hill
A deckhand’s coming-of-age story of sailing the Great Lakes steamboats during the social and political upheavals of the early 1970s, an intimate portrait o
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Author: Deborah K. Frontiera
It’s a nightmare’s nightmare when Child Protective Services takes a child from a family with little evidence, while other kids are abused to death. No one ever said the job of a social worker was easy
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Author: Terri Martin
This series of short stories feature thrice-removed cousins, Tami & Evi Maki, who often contemplate how their lives would be vastly different (certainly better), if only they did not bear the burden of their
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Author: Terri Martin
The Home Wind is a middle-grade (ages 9 and up) children's novel set in an Upper Michigan Logging camp in the 1870s. The book is told from the point of view of a twelve-year old boy, Jamie. He befriends a N
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Author: Emorie Cole
Can a cozy cabin at Christmastime and a little holiday magic reignite the affection for one another and bring two ex-lovers back together? Will passions erupt and make this a Christmas to remember or will the mag
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Author: Emorie Cole
Samantha Ashford fell in love with Christian d’Angelo as a teenager, but he broke her heart when he sailed away from Wilkins Harbor on his parents’ yacht and never returned. Now fate has brought him back into
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Author: Emorie Cole
Alyssa Sinclaire is a successful, independent woman living in the small town of Wilkins Harbor in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Everyone in the Keweenaw knows that when they need a portrait, they turn to her p
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Author: Emorie Cole
Gabby Daniels is running to escape from her dangerous ex boyfriend. She decides to make a fresh start in a remote town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan called Wilkins Harbor. Desperate for a job, she can’t be
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Author: Cyndi Perkins
Crashes, hot flashes, and more than one man overboard in an edgy page-turner with a nautical spine by a sailor and journalist who’s been there, done that.
ISBN: 978-1-940761-31-2
Publisher: Beating Windward P
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Author: Susan M. Puska
Seasons of the Birch is a story of perseverance, sacrifice, and resilience. Susan Puska brings realism and heart to a novel that showcases the untold stories of women, minorities, and marginalized men who served their
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Author: Donna Winters
Twenty-year-old Lily Atwood Haynes stands alone at the helm of a shipping company. Can Captain Hoyt Curtiss help her navigate the choppy waters of widowhood?
ISBN: 0923048766
Publisher: Bigwater Publishing (1990
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Author: Tyler Tichelaar
Two young sisters must spend the winter of 1873-4 in their deceased uncle’s cabin. A story of survival, love, and awakening.
ISBN: 978-0-9791790-6-8
Publisher: Marquette Fiction (2012)
Format: Paperback & Eb
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A Novel about the Copper Country Labor Strike in 1913
Author: Donna Simons
In 1913, Paul Weyburn and his fellow copper miners have tolerated dangerous working conditions for too long. Some of their workmates are being maimed or killed thous
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An Original Play about Marquette’s Ossified Man
Author: Tyler R. Tichelaar
When Will S. Adams was diagnosed with ossification, a mysterious disease that caused his tissues to harden until he became nearly a living statue, he refus
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Marquette Trilogy, Book One
Author: Tyler R. Tichelaar
A multi-generational novel about Marquette, its history and people.
ISBN: 595380913
Publisher: Marquette Fiction (2006)
Format: Paperback & Ebook
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Author: Tyler R. Tichelaar
Marquette Trilogy spin-off. Depicts the influence one person has, even in death, upon others and explores the prisons of grief, loneliness, and fear created when people doubt their own worthiness.
ISBN: 97
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Marquette Trilogy, Book Two
Author: Tyler R. Tichelaar
The Queen City depicts a small Upper Michigan town undergoing change during the Great Depression and two world wars.
ISBN: 595398812
Publisher: Marquette Fiction (2006)
Format: Paperb
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Marquette Trilogy, Book Three
by Tichelaar, Tyler R.
The story of a town, cherishing its past and embracing its future as the twentieth century ends.
ISBN: 978-0-9791790-2-0
Publisher: Marquette Fiction (2009)
Format: Paperback &
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Author: Tyler R. Tichelaar
The story of Robert ONeill, the famous novelist introduced in The Marquette Trilogy. As a young boy during World War I, Robert must go to live in Marquette, MI with his grandmother and aunt.
ISBN: 978-0-9791790
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Author: Donna Winters
Victoria Whitmore heads to Grand Hotel to collect payment for the furniture her father made. But Rand Bartlett, the hotel’s manager, poses an unexpected challenge.
ISBN: 9780923048754
Publisher: Bigwater Publishing
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Author: Donna Winters
Reluctantly, Mary Ellen Jenkins leaves Mississippi for a Great Lakes cruise. Will the North, and Thad Grant win her heart?
ISBN: 0923048774
Publisher: Bigwater Publishing LLC (1991)
Format: Paperback
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Author: Bob Calverley
1968. Sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll but the peace and love are dying along with Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy.Sunshine’s sixteen and needs to grow up. Fast.
Sure, they’re playing her songs on the radio and t
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Author: Donna Winters
Charlotte Richards and Seth Trevelyn grow up together at the light station on South Manitou Island. Can childhood friendship lead to lifelong romance?
ISBN: 0923048790
Publisher: Bigwater Publishing LLC (1992)
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Author: Donna Winters
Aurora Richards finds her new marriage challenged from the moment she says, “I do.” Where is the light that will guide her through troubled waters?
ISBN: 0923048812
Publisher: Bigwater Publishing LLC (1993)
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Author: Donna Winters
Carey McIlwain resigns her teaching job to take up the reigns of the family florist business, unaware of the challenges that await her.
ISBN: 9780923048938
Publisher: Bigwater Publishing LLC (2012)
Format: Paper
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Author Donna Winters
Lavinia Adams takes an instant disliking to the dirty, stinking, furnace town of Fayette. Can Huck Harrigan change her opinion and win her heart?
ISBN: 0923048898
Publisher: Bigwater Publishing LLC (2002)
Format
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Author: Donna Winters
Flora McAdams cares for the town’s injured pets and has no time for romance. Then Sven Jorgensen arrives in Fayette. Can he win her heart?
ISBN: 0923048901
Publisher: Bigwater Publishing LLC (2005)
Format: Pap
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Author: Donna Winters
Violet Harrigan is rocked by the loss of her father and her home. Can Guy Legard overcome her sadness with his friendship and love?
ISBN: 9780923048914
Publisher: Bigwater Publishing LLC (2009)
Format: Paperback
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Author: Tyler R. Tichelaar
Matthew Newman, reporter for the New York Empire Sentinel, should have seen his assignment to cover the trial as the opportunity of a lifetime. But Matthew is also a native of Marquette, Michigan, where th
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Join us for epic adventures in the U.P. on land and lakes!
Pirates, thieves, shipwrecks, sexy women, lost gold, and adventures on the Lake Superior frontier await you! In this book, you’ll sail on a ship full of gold, outwit deadly shapes
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Encompassing some 130 years in Ironwood’s history, Compassion, Michigan illuminates characters struggling to adapt to their circumstances starting in the present day, with its subsequent stories rolling back in time to when Ironwood was f
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Author: Tyler R. Tichelaar
An irritating best friend gained during a childhood spent in a Catholic orphanage, a father who became a Communist and went to Russia in the 1930s, and 3:00 a.m. visits to The Pancake House. Such is the life of Ly
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Author: Terri Martin
This series of short stories feature thrice-removed cousins, Tami & Evi Maki, who often contemplate how their lives would be vastly different (certainly better), if only they did not bear the burden of their
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Author: Terri Martin
A collection of humorous short stories told by church lady, Miss Bea Righteous, a resident of the Gnarly Woods Senior Complex and elder of her church. In her unfaltering quest to deflect the nefarious deeds of t
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Author: Mark Wolfgang
Still more Yoopernatural thrills and adventure for MSP Trooper Alice Louise Dubose and Ron Blank in the dead-end village of Deathe.
Author’s Note: The third in the series of Yoopernatural Mysteries, Tales of Life in
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Author: Mark Wolfgang
More Yoopernatural thrills and fun with MSP Trooper Alice Louise Dubose and Ron Blank in the dead-end village of Deathe.
Author’s Note: The second novel in the series of Yoopernatural Mysteries, Tales of Life in Deat
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Author: Mark Wolfgang
Yoopernatural thrills and fun with MSP Trooper Alice Louise Dubose and electrician Ron Blank in the dead end village of Deathe.
Author’s Note: Bedderfoff Dead is the first in the series of Yoopernatural Mysteries, Ta
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Volume 3
Author: Robert R. Hruska / Illustrator: Brian Fretig
Humorous stories from author’s experiences at hunting camp
ISBN: 0-9668265-2-3
Publisher: Robert R. Hruska
Format: Paperback
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Author: Robert R. Hruska / Illustrator: Brian Fretig
Humorous, regional stories. Short but interesting and directed to sportsmen.
ISBN: 0-9668265-0-7
Publisher: Robert R. Hruska
Format: Paperback
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Author: Robert R. Hruska/Illustrator: Brian Fretig
True stories from the author’s fishing experiences with colorful anecdotes.
ISBN: 0-9668265-1-5
Publisher: Robert R. Hruska
Format: Paperback
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(Hunting and Fishing) Volume 6
Author: Robert R. Hruska
Latest humorous hunting and fishing book from Bob Hruska.
ISBN: 978-0-9668265-7-9
Publisher: Robert R. Hruska (2008)
Format: Paperback
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Author: Richard Hill
A wry and irreverent collection of stories, “Hitchhiking After Dark” offers a comical and sometimes ludicrous look at growing up and working in small towns.
ISBN: 978-0-9817371-9-5
Publisher: Gale Force Pre
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Author: Terri Martin
The Home Wind is a middle-grade (ages 9 and up) children's novel set in an Upper Michigan Logging camp in the 1870s. The book is told from the point of view of a twelve-year old boy, Jamie. He befriends a N
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(Abby’s Camp Days: Volume 4)
Author: Jenifer Brady
Abby and her friends have graduated to junior high camp! Will camp and her friends help her get through her family’s crisis? Or will the problems at home put a damper on the summer camp
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Author: Kathy Kuczek
Hamsters After Dark was inspired by true events. We did indeed have six baby hamsters that kept escaping their cage.
ISBN: 978-0-9828235-0-7
Publisher: Stinky Sneakers Media (2010)
Format: Paperback & Hardcover
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Author: Timothy LaJoice
Kit Trouble is the sequel to my first children’s book called Woodaline the beaver. It is a story about the baby beavers, Aspen and Willow, born from Woodaline and the mischief they get into outside.
ISBN: N/A
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Author: Deborah K. Frontiera
Twelve-year-old Emma’s life will be turned upside down in the summer of 1913 by a violent strike against the copper mining companies. Only the Finnish characteristic sisu will get her through it.
ISBN: 978-0-
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Author: Timothy LaJoice
Realistic Fiction, the journey of a Northern Michigan Beaver.
ISBN: N/A
Publisher: T. LaJoice
Format: Paperback
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(Abby’s Camp Days: Volume 2)
Author: Jenifer Brady
Abby’s second summer as a camper turns out to be a week of firsts: First camp crush . . . first camp frenemies . . . first use of the camp dean’s underwear in a skit . . . And
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(Abby’s Camp Days: Volume 3)
Author: Jenifer Brady
Getting flirting lessons from lifeguard Julie and deciding which boy camper she thinks is the cutest turns out to be not as bad as Abby thought it would be, but when someone she trusts bl
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Author: Deborah K. Frontiera
Simon becomes lost from his family and ends up with many mice in a flea market. He and his friends have some scary adventures. This is a beginning chapter book for grades 2-4 or a sharp first grader. It i
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Author: Elizabeth Fust
Wooly and the Good Shepherd is the story of one little lamb\\’s nativity adventure. Wooly the lamb is scared of everything and the rest of the flock make fun of him – except for Wooly’s Good Shepherd. One night,
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Author: Kathy Kuczek
Elementary school field trips are a little like herding cats. Enjoy Wyatt and his imagination as you learn a thing or two about alpacas.
ISBN: 978-0-9828235-3-8
Publisher: Stinky Sneakers Media (2018)
Format: Hardcover
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Author: Larry Buege
It is 100 years B.C. (Before Columbus). Twelve-year-old Chogan and his ten-year-old sister rescue an orphan wolf pup and raise it to adulthood. When they release it into the wild, the wolf returns to save their lives. Th
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Author: Larry Buege
Life would be pleasant, if not for two village bullies. Kanti bets her prized spear against Ahanu’s bear-claw necklace in a canoe race. To win, Chogan and Kanti will need help from Mishosha (the Magician of the Lake).
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Author: Craig Brockman
A small life can be transformed by a great love. This humble creature learns it’s the journey that matters. A humorous, tender, uplifting adventure. An outstanding book to read to children. Adults love it, too.
Auth
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Author: Ann Dallman
Cady, a 13-year-old girl of Native American heritage, has experienced big changes in the past year—her father’s marriage to a much younger woman, a new baby brother, and a move from Minnesota to Michigan where she is
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Author: Alan Carriero
To help her young grandson Billy learn the importance of believing in yourself, a Michigan grandmother tells him a fantastical story about a rabbit named Yoopie. Yoopie is relentlessly made fun of by his neighbors for
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Author: Elizabeth Fust
Many cats lived in the small town of Bethsaida. Some lived with families and caught mice, some lived with important people and lounged on cushions all day, and some wandered the streets with nowhere to go and no food
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Author: Jenifer Brady
Nine-year-old “camp expert” Abby discovers that being a real camper at summer camp is nothing like hanging out as a staff member’s kid.
Publisher: Perch Lake Cabin Press (2019); Jenifer Brady 2008
ISBN:
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Author: Carrie Pearson
How tall is the tallest tree in the world? 380 feet—and still growing! Now protected, this tree was almost destroyed but is now home to many creatures.
ISBN: 978-1-58089-771-6
Publisher: Charlesbridge (2018)
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Author: Deborah K. Frontiera
Description: Since 1871, Roman Catholics of Lake Linden, Hubbell, Tamarack, and the surrounding rural areas have worshiped at St. Joseph Church. While the founding group of families were mostly French-Ca
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A small group of World War II political dissidents reveal how they survived what they called America’s Siberia Concentration Camp. Before the Vietnam War Americans considered conscientious objectors equal to criminals. This book sheds muc
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Author: Tyler R. Tichelaar
My Marquette is the result of its author’s lifelong love affair with his hometown. Join Tyler R. Tichelaar, seventh generation Marquette resident and author of The Marquette Trilogy, as he takes you on a
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Authors: Fred and Donna Winters
More than 50 full color photos of Fayette Historic Townsite offer readers a step back in time to a nineteenth century company town.
ISBN: 9780923048549
Publisher: Bigwater Publishing LLC (2013)
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Author: Tyler R. Tichelaar
Founded as a harbor town to ship iron ore from the nearby mines, Marquette became known as the Queen City of the North for its thriving industries, beautiful buildings, and being the largest city in Upper
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Author: Craig Brockman
Ghosts of those drowned and never recovered are swarming from Lake Superior. But they are not there to haunt the living. They are fleeing something far more sinister. We follow Adam, a psychologist who returns
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Author: Donna Winters
Handsome. Affectionate. In need of a forever home. And we were in need of another rescue dog. Thus began our Adventures with Vinnie.
ISBN: 978-0-923048-55-6
Publisher: Bigwater Publishing LLC (2014)
Format: Pape
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Author: Deborah K. Frontiera
Poems and color photographs inspired by the natural world provide insight, humor, drama, epiphanes, and inspiration to fill our physical and spiritual needs. Samples of these poems and photographs may be
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Conversations on Traumatic Incident Reduction
by Victor R. Volkman (editor)
“Provides mental health workers with a revolutionary technique that could increase their success rate with traumatized clients.” —Jeni Mayer, Body Mind Spir
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Author: Emorie Cole
Can a cozy cabin at Christmastime and a little holiday magic reignite the affection for one another and bring two ex-lovers back together? Will passions erupt and make this a Christmas to remember or will the mag
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Author: Emorie Cole
Samantha Ashford fell in love with Christian d’Angelo as a teenager, but he broke her heart when he sailed away from Wilkins Harbor on his parents’ yacht and never returned. Now fate has brought him back into
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Author: Emorie Cole
Alyssa Sinclaire is a successful, independent woman living in the small town of Wilkins Harbor in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Everyone in the Keweenaw knows that when they need a portrait, they turn to her p
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Author: Emorie Cole
Gabby Daniels is running to escape from her dangerous ex boyfriend. She decides to make a fresh start in a remote town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan called Wilkins Harbor. Desperate for a job, she can’t be
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Author: Jen Brady
She dreams of wearing a crown.
He’s more pauper than prince.
Can their love story have a happy ending?
Brooks:
You couldn’t pay me enough to tutor my high school’s biggest goof-off. Not even the obscene amou
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Author: Jen Brady
She’s a YouTube comedy sensation.
He’s a serious filmmaker.
When they’re forced to work together, what sort of sparks will fly?
Joanna:
Co-hosting a hilarious YouTube channel with my best friend is great and a
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Author: Danielle Yosere
Shay has to decide what she truly wants in life. Chase must fight for his family, and find a way to make things right.
ISBN: 978-0359085651
Publisher: Lulu Publishing (2019)
Format: Paperback & Ebook
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Author: Danielle Yosere
Tyler needs a wife to fix his reputation. Lucy needs an answer to her problem. Are they one and the same?
ISBN: 978-1387857739
Publisher: Lulu Publishing (2018)
Format: Paperback & Ebook
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The Children of Arthur, Book Five
Author: Tyler Tichelaar
Several years after the showdown with Lilith, the Delaney twins, Lance and Tristan, are young men intent on finding their place in the world while wondering whether their grea
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The Children of Arthur, Book Four
Author: Tyler Tichelaar
Eighteen years have passed since Adam and Anne Delaney’s twin sons were kidnapped, ostensibly by one who wished them well. Now, after a string of useless clues and years of
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The Children of Arthur, Book Three
Author: Tyler Tichelaar
When their children are kidnapped from the family castle, Adam and Anne Delaney race back to England from their vacation in France. Assuming their children will be held for r
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Author: Deborah K. Frontiera
The grandson of the first Henry Roach-Dairier takes up the torch of writing the ants’ past, how enslavement of one colony brought the colonies together. Two generations after The Re-Creation of Roacheri
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Author: Deborah K. Frontiera
Henry, a roach nymph of ten season cycles, sat at the slanted work surface in New South Dairy Colony 50’s training center. This segment of the series is focused on the narrating character, Henry Roach-D
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Author: Deborah K. Frontiera
Humans are extinct on Earth. Insects have evolved, but are chemically dependent on Plastic. Roaches hire/enslave ants to build their mine tunnels. The Chronicles of Henry Roach-Dairier is a series careful
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Author: Deborah K. Frontiera
Objects for sale in a pawn shop come to life at night to share their stories of who owned them and why they were pawned. This is a short fantasy rated PG-13. Grownups and some young adults will find it a
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Book Two, The Children of Arthur
Author: Tyler Tichelaar
Adam and Anne Delaney visit France and discover their connection to the French fairy Melusine of Avalon and her role in King Arthur’s lineage
ISBN: 978-0-9791790-8-2
Publisher: M
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Book One, The Children of Arthur
Author: Tyler Tichelaar
The true story of Camelot is revealed when Adam Delaney discovers his family’s forgotten descent from King Arthur.
ISBN: 978-0-979179-08-2
Publisher: Marquette Fiction (2014
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Author: John VanDusen
Teacher. Coach. Soldier.
We are called upon to be leaders in our everyday life at work, in our relationships, with our children, and in countless other situations.
John uses his teaching, coaching, and Army experiences
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Author: Sam English & Ann Dallman
This book contains more than 85 full-color reproductions of this premiere artist’s poster prints. The art and artwork spanning more than 30 years of Sam’s work is the book’s focal point . Sam is a
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Vol. III, No. 4 — Focus on Parenting (October 2011)
Author: Victor Volkman and Ernest Dempsey
A quarterly journal which explores the themes of parenting and child rearing issues through the lenses of poetry, memoir, opinion, essays, fi
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Taking A Flight With A Butterfly Toward Self-Discovery
Author: Tamara Lauder
Breaking Free Too: Taking a Flight With a Butterfly Toward Self-Discovery is a powerful pictorial book appropriate for anyone struggling to discover their
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Vol. III, No. 3 — Focus on Health
Authors: Victor Volkman and Ernest Dempsey
A quarterly journal which explores the themes of health and chronic disease recovery/treatment through the lenses of poetry, memoir, opinion, essays, fictio
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Stories Behind Michigan’s Biggest Bucks
Author: Richard P. Smith
Book 7 of Great Michigan Deer Tales continues the tradition started in 1994 with Book 1 in the series of providing detailed information about how, where, when and by whom
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Stories Behind Michigan’s Biggest Bucks
by Smith, Richard P
28 more monster buck tales from every region of the state taken by men & women with gun, bow & muzzleloader. Read about brothers who shot the same trophy buck, a world
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The Ultimate Reference
Author: Richard P. Smith
The ultimate reference for black bear hunters everywhere, containing everything you need to know for success regardless of how you plan on hunting. Field judging, shot placement, carcass care
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Author: Richard P. Smith
One of the most comprehensive books on deer hunting on the market today, containing almost 300 quality color photos. Covers all the bases.
ISBN: 978-0-8117-0597-4
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Format: Paperback
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Author: Richard P. Smith
Proof that Michigan produces whitetail bucks with some of the biggest antlers in N. America.
ISBN: 0-9710355-1-2
Publisher: Smith Publications
Format: Paperback
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Stories Behind Michigan’s Biggest Bucks
Author: Richard P. Smith
First in a series of popular books about the biggest bucks bagged by Michigan hunters that are entertaining as well as educational. Lessons can be learned that can be appl
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Stories Behind Michigan’s Biggest Bucks
Author: Richard P. Smith
Stories about huge bucks bagged since Book 1, including the current state record typical, record bucks bagged by women, Halloween bucks and those with locked antlers.
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Stories Behind Michigan’s Biggest Bucks
Author: Richard P. Smith
Stories about how, where & when some of Michigan’s biggest bucks were bagged, including in depth coverage of North America’s highest scoring typical. Great family
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Stories Behind Michigan’s Biggest Bucks
Author: Richard P. Smith
Another collection of short stories about how, where, when and by whom the state’s biggest bucks were bagged, including the highest scoring nontypical.
ISBN: 978-0-971
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How to Find and Tag Deer Shot With Bow or Gun
Author: Richard P. Smith
Best Reference on the subject for bow and gun hunters. Countless hunters have recovered deer with the help of this book that they otherwise would have lost. Eight pages
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How to Find and Tag Deer Shot With Bow or Gun
Author: Richard P. Smith
Best Reference on the subject for bow and gun hunters. Countless hunters have recovered deer with the help of this book that they otherwise would have lost. Eight pages
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The Truth About Bears and Bear Hunting
Author: Richard P. Smith
All you wanted to know about bears and bear management as well as how to deal with problem bears and a history of bear attacks. Updated in 2007. Information applies anywhere b
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Author: Richard P. Smith
Tips and tricks about how to be consistently successful when hunting from ground blinds and tree stands as well as how to do it safely. Learn how to do it most effectively.
ISBN: 0-8117-3132-4
Publisher: Stackpole
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Author: William J. Sproule
The story of how a Canadian-born dentist and Houghton entrepreneur changed hockey by openly paying players to come to Michigan’s Copper Country to play hockey.
ISBN: 978-1-7330823-0-3
Publisher: William J
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Featuring more than 130 color photos of the U.P.’s most beautiful, historic, and natural locations!
I’ve spent many years exploring the wilderness of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (U.P.), and one thing has become apparent: no matter wha
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How to Find and Tag Deer Shot With Bow or Gun
Author: Richard P. Smith
The best book about this subject is even better with the release of the third edition. All of the photos (84) in this edition are in color. There’s more solid advice
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Author: Richard P. Smith
Guide book including actual photos of wildlife tracks and sign as they appear in the wild. Learn how to identify what made sign you see in the outdoors from this valuable reference.
ISBN: 0-8117-2124-8
Publisher:
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Author: Bob Calverley
Jimmy’s a door gunner with a taste for drugs and a talent for combat. He just wants to survive his year in ’Nam. From a killer guitar player in a psychedelic band he’s turned into a real killer on a helicopter gu
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A Non-Traditional Book Club for All Readers
Author: Jan Stafford Kellis
Part memoir, part cookbook, part info guide, examination of reading as hobby, diversion, obsession, even sport. Features 8 meetings with menu plans, recipes, in
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Author: Tyler R. Tichelaar
Did you know King Arthur had many other children besides Mordred? Depending on which version of the legend you read, he had both sons and daughters, some of whom even survived him. From the ancient tale of
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Author: Tyler R. Tichelaar
Does Your City or Region Have a Fascinating Story that needs to be told before it’s forgotten?Yes, it does, and you can be the person to write it.
In this short book, Tyler Tichelaar, author of My Marque
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Author: Tyler R. Tichelaar
From the horrors of sixteenth century Italian castles to twenty-first century plagues, from the French Revolution to the liberation of Libya, Tyler R. Tichelaar takes readers on far more than a journey thr
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Tips and Resources to Help You Capture Your Readers’ Hearts
Author: Donna Winters
Romances are perhaps the most popular fictional genre today. The market is open to new writers and the supply of voracious readers is incalculable. B
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Author: Tyler R. Tichelaar / Victor R. Volkman / Irene Watson
Find out the hard-won success secrets on: Editing, Writing, Marketing, Amazon, Book Proposals, Web 2.0, Book Design, Freelancing, Book Reviews, Self-Publishing, Audio Books, On
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Living the Lifestyle You Want, Doing Work You Love
Author: Tyler R. Tichelaar
The Nomad Editor will give you the tools you need to put your language skills, degree, and imagination to work for you as a freelance editor. And because t
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A Non-Traditional Book Club for All Readers
Author: Jan Stafford Kellis
Part memoir, part cookbook, part info guide, examination of reading as hobby, diversion, obsession, even sport. Features 8 meetings with menu plans, recipes, in
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(Abby’s Camp Days: Volume 6)
Author: Jenifer Brady
Abby can’t believe the news: because of a generous donation, camp is going to get an awesome new recreation building. The problem is, the camp board of directors are planning on tearing
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(Abby’s Camp Days: Volume 5)
Author: Jenifer Brady
Weird things are happening at camp. Long-time camp manager Mr. LaBoyer and his loyal group of hard-working, friendly cooks, lifeguards, and maintenance workers have been replaced by a bos
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Author: Susan M. Puska
Seasons of the Birch is a story of perseverance, sacrifice, and resilience. Susan Puska brings realism and heart to a novel that showcases the untold stories of women, minorities, and marginalized men who served their
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