Biography & Autobiography
1. 
A Portrait of Place in Four Seasons
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 2021 | $24.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Up North in Michigan" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2021 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Up North in Michigan" |
1.
A Portrait of Place in Four Seasons
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 2021 | $24.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Up North in Michigan" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2021 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Up North in Michigan" |
2. 
The Frank Murphy Story
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2021 | $34.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Justice and Faith" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2021 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Justice and Faith" |
2.
The Frank Murphy Story
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2021 | $34.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Justice and Faith" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2021 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Justice and Faith" |
3. 
Inspiring Community at Michigan's University Musical Society
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 2020 | $29.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Everybody In, Nobody Out" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2020 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Everybody In, Nobody Out" |
3.
Inspiring Community at Michigan's University Musical Society
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 2020 | $29.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Everybody In, Nobody Out" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2020 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Everybody In, Nobody Out" |
4. 
Industrialist, Philanthropist, Mr. Flint
A biography of a global force for positive change in education, civil society, and the environment
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 2019 | $29.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "The Life of Charles Stewart Mott" to Cart |
5. 
My Bumbling Quest to Become a Birder and Find a Rare Bird on My Own
Memoirist Bob Tarte returns with another hilarious look into his birdbrained world
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 2016 | $22.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Feather Brained" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2016 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Feather Brained" |
5.
My Bumbling Quest to Become a Birder and Find a Rare Bird on My Own
Memoirist Bob Tarte returns with another hilarious look into his birdbrained world
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 2016 | $22.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Feather Brained" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2016 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Feather Brained" |
6. 
The Rise and Fall of Michigan's Mormon King
The extraordinary life of one of the Mormon church’s early leaders
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2016 | $28.95 | Available | Add Paper for "James Jesse Strang" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2016 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "James Jesse Strang" |
6.
The Rise and Fall of Michigan's Mormon King
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2016 | $28.95 | Available | Add Paper for "James Jesse Strang" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2016 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "James Jesse Strang" |
7. 
125 Years at the Michigan Daily
Celebrating 125 years of the Michigan Daily
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2015 | $28.95 | Available | Add Paper for "In the Name of Editorial Freedom" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2015 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "In the Name of Editorial Freedom" |
7.
125 Years at the Michigan Daily
Celebrating 125 years of the Michigan Daily
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2015 | $28.95 | Available | Add Paper for "In the Name of Editorial Freedom" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2015 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "In the Name of Editorial Freedom" |
8. 
1962-2005
The second volume in the definitive biography of the acclaimed playwright
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2013 | $36.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Arthur Miller" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2011 | $70.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Arthur Miller" to Cart |
8.
1962-2005
The second volume in the definitive biography of the acclaimed playwright
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2013 | $36.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Arthur Miller" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2011 | $70.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Arthur Miller" to Cart |
9. 
The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron
The first authoritative biography of jazz great Tadd Dameron
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2013 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Dameronia" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2012 | $64.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Dameronia" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2012 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Dameronia" |
9.
The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron
The first authoritative biography of jazz great Tadd Dameron
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2013 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Dameronia" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2012 | $64.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Dameronia" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2012 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Dameronia" |
9.
The Life and Music of Tadd Dameron
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2013 | $29.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Dameronia" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2012 | $64.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Dameronia" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2012 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Dameronia" |
10. 
A Life of Tom Monaghan
A balanced biography of one of America's most fascinating and controversial business and religious figures
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 2012 | $29.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Living the Faith" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2012 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Living the Faith" |
10.
A Life of Tom Monaghan
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 2012 | $29.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Living the Faith" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2012 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Living the Faith" |
11. 
A Winter on the Great Lakes
The new book from the author of celebrated books on the Great Lakes
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2012 | $16.95 | Available | Add Paper for "The Windward Shore" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2011 | $22.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "The Windward Shore" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2011 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "The Windward Shore" |
11.
A Winter on the Great Lakes
The new book from the author of celebrated books on the Great Lakes
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2012 | $16.95 | Available | Add Paper for "The Windward Shore" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2011 | $22.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "The Windward Shore" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2011 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "The Windward Shore" |
11.
A Winter on the Great Lakes
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2012 | $16.95 | Available | Add Paper for "The Windward Shore" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2011 | $22.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "The Windward Shore" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2011 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "The Windward Shore" |
12. 
"Mother" of the Moderates
The life and political history of a woman who broke gender barriers in the Republican party—and later threw her support to a Democrat
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2012 | $26.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Elly Peterson" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2011 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Elly Peterson" |
12.
"Mother" of the Moderates
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2012 | $26.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Elly Peterson" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2011 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Elly Peterson" |
13. 
My Life and the Invention of Construction Management
The memoir of the Construction Manager for some of the world's most famous high-rises
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 2011 | $35.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Building Tall" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2011 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Building Tall" |
13.
My Life and the Invention of Construction Management
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 2011 | $35.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Building Tall" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2011 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Building Tall" |
14. 
One Man's Mission to Find Missing Airmen in Two World Wars
The first biography of the man who created the way we look for airmen downed in combat behind enemy lines
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 2010 | $32.50 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Lost Eagles" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2011 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Lost Eagles" |
14.
One Man's Mission to Find Missing Airmen in Two World Wars
The first biography of the man who created the way we look for airmen downed in combat behind enemy lines
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 2010 | $32.50 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Lost Eagles" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2011 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Lost Eagles" |
15. 
Inside stories of the pop-music scenes of the 60s and 70s from one of the fathers of the Motown sound
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2009 | $20.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Guitars, Bars, and Motown Superstars" to Cart |
16. 
Creator of General Motors
A new edition of the classic book on the flamboyant genius who helped lead America into the automobile age
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2008 | $18.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Billy Durant" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2012 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Billy Durant" |
16.
Creator of General Motors
A new edition of the classic book on the flamboyant genius who helped lead America into the automobile age
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2008 | $18.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Billy Durant" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2012 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Billy Durant" |
17. 
A Biography of G. Mennen Williams
1st Edition
The first complete biography of G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams, former governor of Michigan
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2006 | $22.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Soapy" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2009 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Soapy" |
17.
A Biography of G. Mennen Williams
The first complete biography of G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams, former governor of Michigan
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2006 | $22.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Soapy" to Cart |
| Ebook | 2009 | Available | View Purchasing Options for Ebook, "Soapy" |
18. 
The stories of the Michigan childhood of a girl of both Anishinaabeg and English descent
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2006 | $22.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Keewaydinoquay, Stories from My Youth" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2006 | $64.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Keewaydinoquay, Stories from My Youth" to Cart |
18.
The stories of the Michigan childhood of a girl of both Anishinaabeg and English descent
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2006 | $22.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Keewaydinoquay, Stories from My Youth" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 2006 | $64.95 | Available | Add Hardcover for "Keewaydinoquay, Stories from My Youth" to Cart |
19. 
The tale of an American writer's journey through his own imaginative world and through the world of facts, with many of his experiences and impressions among other writers--told in many notes--in four books--and an Epilogue
A memoir of Midwestern life and culture from the author of Winesburg, Ohio
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2005 | $19.95 | Available | Add Paper for "A Story Teller's Story" to Cart |
20. 
The story of the woman who helped create the modern American quilting revival
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2004 | $24.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Mary Schafer, American Quilt Maker" to Cart |
21. 
Uses historical cartoons to shape a new view of Henry Ford
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 2001 | $23.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Drawing Conclusions on Henry Ford" to Cart |
22. 
The Autobiography of an American Indian
A brotherly companion to Nancy Lurie's Mountain Wolf Woman
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 1999 | $22.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Crashing Thunder" to Cart |
23. 
Tappan's Detroit Observatory
Brings to life the fascinating story of this physical legacy of the University of Michigan's first president, Henry Philip Tappan
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 1998 | $24.95 | Available | Add Paper for "A Creation of His Own" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 1999 | $58.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "A Creation of His Own" to Cart |
23.
Tappan's Detroit Observatory
Brings to life the fascinating story of this physical legacy of the University of Michigan's first president, Henry Philip Tappan
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 1998 | $24.95 | Available | Add Paper for "A Creation of His Own" to Cart |
| Hardcover | 1999 | $58.00 | Available | Add Hardcover for "A Creation of His Own" to Cart |
24. 
Damaged Grandeur
A critical memoir of Robert Lowell by a friend and former student who knew him well
| Format | Publication year | Price | Status | Purchasing option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper | 1995 | $20.95 | Available | Add Paper for "Robert Lowell's Life and Work" to Cart |
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