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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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The Spirit Within Us: Understanding Our Gifts

By Tamara Lauder

  A beautifully illustrated activity-focused self-help book with a spiritual overtone that invites its readers to explore their attributes and True Spirit through storytelling, poetry, and personal artwork.

Great Michigan Deer Tales, Book 9

By Richard P. Smith

  A new collection of short stories about Michigan's greatest deer tales.

The French Penguin

By Charlie D. Weisman

  Young man seeks dating advice from a penguin.

Honorable Edward N. Breitung: with Son Edward and Granddaughter Juliet

By Michael S. Nyquist

  The story of a major iron man and politician in the early days of the UP.

The Samuel Robert Kaufman Family of Marquette

By Michael S. Nyquist

  This book presents the history of members of the Samuel Kaufman family of Marquette

John Munro Longyear

By Michael S. Nyquist

  This book presents the life of John Munro Longyear, of UP and Spitsbergen fame.  

Honorable Peter White of Marquette

By Michael S. Nyquist

  This book presents the life of one of the UP's most prominent pioneers: Peter White of Marquette.

The Iron Queen's Revenge

By Michael S. Nyquist

  A rich and privileged woman's descent into the world of endless revenge.

Campbell & Wilkinson: Marquette's Land Office and Banks

By Michael S. Nyquist

  Is it likely that Campbell & Wilkinson greatly profited from their government positions? Delving a bit deeper into historic figures from the UP's past, sometimes what gets uncovered is rather startling.  

Touching the Wild U.P.

By John Highlen

  Outdoor adventures of all kinds, across Michigan's Wild Upper Peninsula.

Porkies Wilderness Wanderings

By John Highlen

  Backcountry adventures through the seasons, in the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park.

Chasing Traver's Magic - A journey into the world of fly fishing for trout

By John Highlen

  The adventures of getting into fly fishing for trout, primarily in Robert Traver's beloved Upper Peninsula.

Seeking Serenity

By John Highlen

  Wilderness adventures around the Lake Superior Region, including Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Isle Royale, and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

Dead Moose on Isle Royale: Off-Trail with the Citizen Scientists of the Wolf-Moose Project

By Jeffrey M. Holden

Isle Royale is one of the most remote and pristine of all the U.S. national parks, and the site of the world’s longest-running predator–prey study. Every summer, Holden leads groups of citizen scientists on week-long expeditions to search for dead moose in support of the long-running Wolf-Moose Project.

CHASING WAVES - A Journey to Become the Best Captain on Fresh Water

By Pat Winton

The Mysterious Lake Superior claimed the imagination of a seven-year-old boy, and he never lost his fascination for Big Waters. First introduced to the salt water of the Gulf of Mexico and soon thereafter to Lake Superior, the Big Sea Lady, She took him into her depths and baptized him. The result was a love and desire to be on

The New King

By Nathan Shore

Disgraced attorney Ben Hirsch wanted a second chance—a new opportunity may cost him his life.

The Seagull: What I Wouldn't Doo to Keep from Pooping My Pants

By Darren Paul Muljo

The Seagull: What I Wouldn’t Doo to Keep from Pooping My Pants is a laugh-out-loud, brutally honest memoir in which Darren Paul Muljo chronicles a lifetime of digestive disasters with outrageous humor, unexpected heart, and hard-earned survival wisdom. Equal parts confessional, cautionary tale, and love letter to human resilience, it proves that dignity is overrated—but laughter can get you through

Each Life Is a Philosophy

By John Edward Budris

John writes on the concept that the creator of our reality is the true Poet. We all create our lives through the Poet’s creation, and whether we realize it or not, we all form our own individual philosophies . . . thus, these poems arise.

Atlantis the Stones

By Douglas Hoover

Atlantis wasn't an island, it was a planet that suffered a devastating disaster and in order to survive, they sent advanced teams of their sanctified ancestors to terraform a new home - their Garden of Eden. After thousands of generations in space the main population of Atlantis has arrived to find us destroying their sacred promised land, and now the

Secret Conversations, Reflections in Nature

By Thomas Ford Conlan

Secret Conversations, a nature poetry collection with original artwork juxtaposed and based upon well-chosen words. A literal and visual tour through the wonders of Northern Michigan.

Go To Hell - Hell and Back 1

By CR Chapman

Six years has passed since Brad Sizemore's grandfather died. When he meets a priest with knowledge of him and his grandfather, he learns the truth about grandpa and why he's calling out to him.

Far from Magnolia Drive

By Mary Frances Erler

"Far from Magnolia Drive" is autobiographical fiction, based in part on my own life. It reveals a family struggling with issues of mental illness, Alzheimer's, suicide, gender identity, and the Covid-19 pandemic's impact.

Voices in the Past

By Mary Frances Erler

In "Voices in the Past", two 21st century teens are transported back 200 years into the minds and lives of their German ancestors, learning of the struggles and triumphs they experienced, and discovering how to apply these things to their own lives.

An Irish Odyssey: From Despair to Hope

By Mary Frances Erler

In "An Irish Odyssey", a 21st century woman is sent back into the mind and life of her great-great-grandmother and her husband, who endured the Great Potato Famine, arrived in Canada with nothing but the rags on their backs and found their way across the lumber camps to Upper Michigan. Revealing these dark events of the 19th century, this book

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