General Interest: New Titles http://www.press.umich.edu/rss/newGeneral.xml New General Interest en-us ump.webmaster@umich.edu Extreme Michigan Weather: The Wild World of the Great Lakes State | by Paul Gross http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=349123 Decades of weather information for twenty-two cities, plus descriptions of Michigan's weather extremes Michigan's County Courthouses | by John Fedynsky, With a foreword by Justice Stephen Markman, Michigan Supreme Court http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=354068 A guide to the lore and architecture of every county courthouse in the Great Lakes State Whispers of the Ancients: Native Tales for Teaching and Healing in Our Time | by Tamarack Song and Moses (Amik) Beaver http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=1642728 Narratives inspired by the retelling of Indian stories and legends, with gorgeous artwork What Poetry Brings to Business | by Clare Morgan, with Kirsten Lange and Ted Buswick http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=187388 "Creativity is a means of controlling chaos, finding order. Business and poetry draw their waters out of the same well." ---John Barr, President, Poetry Foundation Olof the Eskimo Lady | by Inga Dora Bjornsdottir http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=362065 The story of an Icelandic dwarf who made a living in 19th-century America posing as an Eskimo Still on Call | by Richard Stern http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=1840239 A prolific, popular writer takes on everything from the 1940s to E. L. Doctorow to blogging Michigan's Upper Peninsula Almanac | by Ron Jolly and Karroll Bohnak http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=235743 The most up-to-date and complete reference source on the Upper Peninsula A Martian Muse: Further Essays on Identity, Politics, and the Freedom of Poetry | by Reginald Shepherd, Edited and with an Introduction by Robert Philen http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=1432919 National Book Critics Circle Award finalist's posthumous volume of critical essays Guide to Great Lakes Fishes | by Gerald R. Smith http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=1132378 A comprehensive guide to more than fifty common fishes of the Great Lakes The Changing Environment of Northern Michigan: A Century of Science and Nature at the University of Michigan Biological Station | by Knute J. Nadelhoffer, Alan J. Hogg, Jr., and Brian A. Hazlett, Editors http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=1364396 One hundred years of scientific study of wildlife and environmental change at the University of Michigan Biological Station Pompeii's Living Statues: Ancient Roman Lives Stolen from Death | by Eugene Dwyer http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=1268484 An intriguing look at contemporary views regarding the casts of victims from Mt. Vesuvius' eruption My Life as a Night Elf Priest: An Anthropological Account of <i>World of Warcraft</i> | by Bonnie A. Nardi http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=1597570 An anthropologist's analysis of the world's most popular online world game Grand River and Joy | by Susan Messer http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=364373 A novel that puts the reader right in the heart of the 1967 Detroit race riots. Twelve Classic Trout Streams in Michigan : A Handbook for Fly Anglers | by Gerth E. Hendrickson, Fully Revised by Jim DuFresne http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=341025 This completely revised and updated edition of the indispensable original offers more information on why Michigan is such a great place for all fly fishers. The U.S. Army Stability Operations Field Manual : U.S. Army Field Manual No. 3-07 | by The United States Army http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=1308805 Field Manual 3-07, Stability Operations, represents a milestone in Army doctrine.. Bath Massacre : America's First School Bombing | by Arnie Bernstein http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=283846 A gripping account of America's first---and largest---school mass murder. To Shake Their Guns in the Tyrant's Face : Libertarian Political Violence and the Origins of the Militia Movement | by Robert H. Churchill http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=327258 Did a long-standing and libertarian understanding of the American Revolution create the perfect climate for the militia movement in the United States? A Watch of Nightingales | by Liza Wieland http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=342691 A rich, textured exploration of fear and remorse and the complicated tensions that grow between parents and children, and get passed down through generations. Old Roots, New Routes: The Cultural Politics of Alt.Country Music | edited by Pamela Fox and Barbara Ching http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=344030 An in-depth look at the influences, meaning, and identity of this contemporary music form. Domino's Farms | by Bertie Bonnell http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=361228 The fascinating story of the tenacity and talent that transformed a Michigan farmstead into America's most innovative office park. The Smoked Seafood Cookbook: Easy, Innovative Recipes from America's Best Fish Smokery | by T.R. Durham http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=234970 Exciting new ways to use smoked seafood beyond the bagel and brunch in appetizers, salads, soups, entrees, and more. American Audacity: Literary Essays North and South | by Christopher Benfey http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=305181 From one of America's preeminent critics and essayists, a new book in the series Writers on Writing casts new light on some of America's literary masters. The Best of Technology Writing 2008 | edited by Clive Thompson http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=339556 The year's best technology writing. When Evil Came to Good Hart | by Mardi Link http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=318045 A new look into an old story---the cold-case file of the murders of a wealthy Detroit-area family in their northern Michigan cabin in 1968. This Gaming Life: Travels in Three Cities | by Jim Rossignol http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=293023 An insider's view of online games and how they change us. Michigan One-Room Schoolhouses | by Mary Keithan http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=178439 Mary Keithan's Michigan One-Room Schoolhouses is a beautifully illustrated chronicle that details nearly a hundred of the state's early schoolhouses. Great Lakes for Sale: From Whitecaps to Bottlecaps | by Dave Dempsey, foreword by Congressman Bart Stupak http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=269167 A must-read book from a renowned environmental writer about one of our most precious natural resources. Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S. | by Cynthia Barnett http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=187043 NEW IN PAPER! Can we save our greatest natural resource before it disappears forever? Haunted Heart: A Biography of Susannah McCorkle | by Linda Dahl http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=190229 NEW IN PAPER! The secret life and tragic death of a great American songbird. Being in Pictures: An Intimate Photo Memoir | by Joanne Leonard http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=17538 The first book-length collection devoted to the extraordinary work of celebrated artist Joanne Leonard. Jackie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist | by Nancy Goldstein http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=150236 A richly illustrated biography of a pioneering woman artist and the characters she created.