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.
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. “U.P. Reader offers a wonderful mix of storytelling, poetry, and Yooper culture. Here’s to many future volumes!” “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.” “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.” “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.” “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.” Learn more at www.UPReader.org Upper Peninsula Publishers & Authors Association (UPPAA) 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. ”U.P. Reader offers a wonderful mix of storytelling, poetry, and Yooper culture. Here’s to many future volumes!” ”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.” ”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.” The U.P. Reader is sponsored by the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA) a non-profit 501(c)3 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. ”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.” ”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.” ”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.” ”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.” U.P. Reader is sponsored by the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA) a non-profit 501(c)3 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.” ”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.” The U.P. Reader is sponsored by the Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association (UPPAA) a non-profit 501(c)3 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 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 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. ISBN: 978-0-9962400-7-9 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, 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. ISBN: 978-0-980006-17-9 Publisher: Shinning Brightly Books (2009) Format: Hardcover Author: Edward T. Cook ISBN: 978-1-58909-570-0 Publisher: Bookstand Publishing (2008) Format: Paperback Cop Stories 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: 978-1-4241-2714-6 A Deckhand’s Journey on the Great Lakes Freighters ISBN: 978-0-9817371-8-8 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, 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. ISBN: 978-0-9800066-16-2 Publisher: Bluebonnets Boots and Books (2011) Format: Paperback & Ebook Author: Cyndi Perkins ISBN: 978-1-940761-31-2 Author: Susan M. Puska 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 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 Author: Tyler Tichelaar 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? ISBN: 0-9746553-1-7 An Original Play about Marquette’s Ossified Man Marquette Trilogy, Book One A multi-generational novel about Marquette, its history and people. ISBN: 595380913 Author: Tyler R. Tichelaar ISBN: 978-0-9791790-3-7 ISBN: 595398812 Marquette Trilogy, Book Three ISBN: 978-0-9791790-2-0 ISBN: 978-0-9791790-4-4 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 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 Author: Bob Calverley 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 Purple Sunshine comes with more sex, more drugs and more rock ’n roll. ISBN: 979-8733615332 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 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 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 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? 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 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 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 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. ISBN: 978-0-9962400-5-5 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.” From Modern History Press 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.” “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.” “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.” From Modern History Press Author: Tyler R. Tichelaar ISBN: 978-0-9791790-7-5 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 Deathe. ISBN: 978-0-9861231-0-8 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 Deathe. ISBN: 978-0-615-58811-7 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, Tales of Life in Deathe. ISBN: 978-0-615-53747-4 Volume 3 Humorous stories from author’s experiences at hunting camp ISBN: 0-9668265-2-3 Humorous, regional stories. Short but interesting and directed to sportsmen. ISBN: 0-9668265-0-7 Author: Robert R. Hruska/Illustrator: Brian Fretig True stories from the author’s fishing experiences with colorful anecdotes. ISBN: 0-9668265-1-5 (Hunting and Fishing) Volume 6 Latest humorous hunting and fishing book from Bob Hruska. ISBN: 978-0-9668265-7-9 Format: Paperback 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 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, strange creatures called angels visit the flock and send Wooly and his friends on an adventure that will teach Wooly how to be brave ISBN: 978-1635220544 (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 fun? Publisher: Perch Lake Cabin Press (2019); Jenifer Brady 2011 ISBN: Format: Paperback & Ebook 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 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 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: 978-0-9820278-5-1 Realistic Fiction, the journey of a Northern Michigan Beaver. ISBN: N/A (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 the most life-changing first of all: losing a friend. Publisher: Perch Lake Cabin Press (2019); Jenifer Brady 2009 ISBN: Format: Paperback & ebook (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 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 ISBN: Format: Paperback & Ebook 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 is suitable as a read-to for younger children who can listen to the story over several days. ISBN: 978-1-940591-04-9 Publisher: By Grace Enterprises (2016) Format: Paperback 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 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. ISBN: 978-1635220476 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 Author: Larry Buege Author: Larry Buege 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. Author’s Note: PB available at all outlets. E-book only at lulu.com. ISBN: 978-1435702738 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 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 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 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. 35 full-color illustrations by Andy Shaw. ISBN: 9781948237369 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: Format: Paperback & ebook 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 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 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. ISBN: 9780979179051 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 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 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 ISBN: 978-0-9962400-3-1 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 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 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 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 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. ISBN: 978-1-593461-74-4 Publisher: Jade Enterprises (2014) Format: Hardcover “Provides mental health workers with a revolutionary technique that could increase their success rate with traumatized clients.” —Jeni Mayer, Body Mind Spirit Magazine Author: Jen Brady She dreams of wearing a crown. 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 Tutor is 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. Publisher: Perch Lake Cabin Press (2021) ISBN: 979-8592769238 Format: Paperback & ebook Author: Jen Brady She’s a YouTube comedy sensation. 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 Enemy is 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. Publisher: Perch Lake Cabin Press (2020) ISBN: 979-8550601525 Format: Paperback & ebook 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 Tyler needs a wife to fix his reputation. Lucy needs an answer to her problem. Are they one and the same? ISBN: 978-1387857739 The Children of Arthur, Book Five 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. ISBN: 978-0-9962400-4-8 The Children of Arthur, Book Four 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. ISBN: 978-0-9962400-2-4 The Children of Arthur, Book Three 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. ISBN: 978-0-9962400-1-7 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 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!*** ISBN: 978-0-975341-07-0 Publisher: Jade Enterprises (2019) Format: Paperback 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-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.” ISBN: 978-0-975341-03-2 Publisher: Jade Enterprises (15th anniversary edition 2019) Format: Paperback & Ebook 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 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. ISBN: 978-1-593461-75-1 Publisher: Jade Enterprises (15th anniversary edition, 2019) Format: Paperback & Ebook 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 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. ISBN: 978-1-593461-75-1 Publisher: Jade Enterprises (2017) Format: Paperback ISBN: 978-0-9791790-8-2 Book One, The Children of Arthur 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 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 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 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 Taking A Flight With A Butterfly Toward Self-Discovery Author: Tamara Lauder ISBN: 978-0-9860829-0-0 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, fiction, humor, art, media reviews and psychoeducation. ISBN: 978-1-61599-105-1 ISBN: 978-0-9710355-8-4 ISBN: 978-0-9710355-2-2 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. ISBN: 978-0-9710355-6-0 ISBN: 978-0-8117-0597-4 ISBN: 0-9710355-1-2 ISBN: 089-0-9617407-5-7 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. ISBN: 978-0-9617407-8-8 ISBN: 978-0-9710355-0-8 ISBN: 978-0-9710355-5-3 How to Find and Tag Deer Shot With Bow or Gun Author: Richard P. Smith ISBN: 978-0-9617407-7-1 How to Find and Tag Deer Shot With Bow or Gun Author: Richard P. Smith ISBN: 978-0-9617407-7-1 The Truth About Bears and Bear Hunting Author: Richard P. Smith ISBN: 978-0-9617407-9-5 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 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. Sproule (2019) Format: Paperback 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 Learn more at www.PointsNorthBooks.com From Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com How to Find and Tag Deer Shot With Bow or Gun Author: Richard P. Smith ISBN: 978-0-9710355-7-7 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 Author: Bob Calverley ISBN: 978-1512344516 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, instructions for similar clubs. ISBN: 978-1-4392-3513-3 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 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 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 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 ISBN: 978-1-61599-178-5 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 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 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: ISBN: 978-0923048570 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. ISBN: 9781932690989 Living the Lifestyle You Want, Doing Work You Love 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. ISBN: 978-0-9962400-6-2 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, instructions for similar clubs. ISBN: 978-1-4392-3513-3 (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 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 ISBN: Format: Paperback & Ebook (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 bossy new manager and her less-than-welcoming staff. Publisher: Perch Lake Cabin Press (2019); Jenifer Brady 2012 ISBN: Format: Paperback & Ebook Author: Susan M. Puska 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
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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.
— Sonny Longtine, author of Murder in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
— Gretchen Preston, Vice President, Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association
— Sue Harrison, international bestselling author of Mother Earth Father Sky
— Jackie Stark, editor, Marquette Monthly
— Karl Bohnak, TV 6 meteorologist and author of So Cold a Sky: Upper Michigan Weather Stories
Creating, Celebrating, & Selling the Literature of Upper Michigan
–Tom Powers, Michigan in Books
–Sonny Longtine, author of Murder in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
–Sue Harrison, international bestselling author of Mother Earth Father Sky
–Jackie Stark, editor, Marquette Monthly
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.
–Gretchen Preston, Vice President, Upper Peninsula Publishers and Authors Association
–Sue Harrison, international bestselling author of Mother Earth Father Sky
–Jackie Stark, editor, Marquette Monthly
–Karl Bohnak, TV 6 meteorologist and author of So Cold a Sky: Upper Michigan Weather Stories
–Sue Harrison, international bestselling author of Mother Earth Father Sky
–Jackie Stark, editor, Marquette Monthly
Author: Charli Mills, series editor
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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.
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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.
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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.
Publisher: Marquette Fiction (2008)
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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.
Publisher: Marquette Fiction (2006)
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The story of a town, cherishing its past and embracing its future as the twentieth century ends.
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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.
Publisher: Marquette Fiction (2009)
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But the peace and love are dying.
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Publisher: Bigwater Publishing LLC (1992)
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Publisher: Bigwater Publishing LLC (1993)
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Publisher: Bigwater Publishing LLC (2012)
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— Bob Rich, author, Looking Through Water
Learn more at www.MikelClassen.com
–EDMUND WHITE, author of A Saint in Texas
–CHRIS STARK, author of Nickels: A Tale of Dissociation
–TYLER R. TICHELAAR, Ph.D. and award-winning author of Narrow Lives
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Publisher: Marquette Fiction (2013)
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Publisher: Sudden Deathe Press LLC (2016)
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Author: Kathy Kuczek
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Author: Deborah K. Frontiera
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Publisher: Three Towers Press, an imprint of HenschelHAUSbooks.com (2019)
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Author: Carrie Pearson
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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.
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Publisher: Curve of the Earth Publishing, 2020
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Publisher: Bigwater Publishing LLC (2014)
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Conversations on Traumatic Incident Reduction
by Victor R. Volkman (editor)
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He’s more pauper than prince.
Can their love story have a happy ending?
He’s a serious filmmaker.
When they’re forced to work together, what sort of sparks will fly?
Author: Danielle Yosere
Publisher: Lulu Publishing (2019)
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Author: Tyler Tichelaar
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Book Two, The Children of Arthur
Author: Tyler Tichelaar
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Author: Tyler Tichelaar
Publisher: Marquette Fiction (2014)
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Publisher: Sam English Art (2009)
Format: Hardcover
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Vol. III, No. 4 — Focus on Parenting (October 2011)
Author: Victor Volkman and Ernest Dempsey
Publisher: Loving Healing Press (Oct 2011)
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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.
Publisher: Turtleye Publishing (2015)
Format: Paperback
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Publisher: Loving Healing Press (July 2011)
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Stories Behind Michigan’s Biggest Bucks
Author: Richard P. Smith
Publisher: Smith Publications (2018)
Format: Paperback
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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 record antlered doe & much more.
Publisher: Smith Publications
Format: Paperback
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The Ultimate Reference
Author: Richard P. Smith
Publisher: Smith Publications
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Author: Richard P. Smith
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.
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 applied to anyone’s hunting.
Publisher: Smith Publications
Format: Paperback
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Stories Behind Michigan’s Biggest Bucks
Author: Richard P. Smith
Publisher: Smith Publications
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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 hunts & a remarkable buck.
Publisher: Smith Publications
Format: Paperback
Stories Behind Michigan’s Biggest Bucks
Author: Richard P. Smith
Publisher: Smith Publications
Format: Paperback
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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.
Publisher: Smith Publications (1996)
Format: Paperback
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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.
Publisher: Smith Publications (1996)
Format: Paperback
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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.
Publisher: Smith Publications (1999)
Format: Paperback
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Author: Richard P. Smith
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Format: Paperback
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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.
Publisher: Smith Publications (2017)
Format: Paperback
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Author: Richard P. Smith
Publisher: Stackpole Books (2002)
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Publisher: Bob Calverley (2014)
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Publisher: Booksurge (2009)
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Publisher: Modern History Press (2010)
Format: Paperback, Hardcoover, & Ebook
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.
Publisher: Modern History Press (2012)
Format: Paperback & Ebook
Publisher: Modern History Press (2012)
Format: Paperback, Hardcoover, & Ebook
• 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
Publisher: Bigwater Publishing LLC (2020)
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Publisher: Modern History Press (2008)
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Author: Tyler R. Tichelaar
Publisher: Marquette Fiction (2019)
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Publisher: Booksurge (2009)
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Publisher: New Degree Press
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