Author: Publisher: UM Libraries
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Michigan Muse
Author: The Tenth Muse
Author: Catherine ChungPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062574094
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
A RECOMMENDED BOOK FROM: Los Angeles Times * USA Today * O, the Oprah Magazine * Buzzfeed * The Rumpus * Entertainment Weekly * Elle * BBC * Christian Science Monitor * Electric Literature * The Millions * LitHub * Publishers Weekly * Kirkus * Refinery29 * Thrillist * BookBub * Nylon * Bustle * Goodreads An exhilarating, moving novel about a trailblazing mathematician whose research unearths her own extraordinary family story and its roots in World War II From the days of her childhood in the 1950s Midwest, Katherine knows she is different, and that her parents are not who they seem. As she matures from a girl of rare intelligence into an exceptional mathematician, traveling to Europe to further her studies, she must face the most human of problems—who is she? What is the cost of love, and what is the cost of ambition? These questions grow ever more entangled as Katherine strives to take her place in the world of higher mathematics and becomes involved with a brilliant and charismatic professor. When she embarks on a quest to conquer the Riemann hypothesis, the greatest unsolved mathematical problem of her time, she turns to a theorem with a mysterious history that may hold both the lock and the key to her identity, and to secrets long buried during World War II. Forced to confront some of the most consequential events of the twentieth century and rethink everything she knows of herself, she finds kinship in the stories of the women who came before her, and discovers how seemingly distant stories, lives, and ideas are inextricably linked to her own. The Tenth Muse is a gorgeous, sweeping tale about legacy, identity, and the beautiful ways the mind can make us free.
Asian Americans in Michigan
Author: Victor JewPublisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814339743
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Readers interested in Michigan history, sociology, and Asian American studies will enjoy this volume.
Michigan Myths and Legends
Author: Sally BarberPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149304009X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
From tales of pirate treasure to Jimmy Hoffa’s mysterious disappearance, Michigan Myths and Legends makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the state’s most fascinating and compelling stories. Most people have heard about the Bermuda Triangle, where ships and people disappear without a trace—but few have heard about the equally deadly Great Lakes Triangle, where one-third of all unsolved sea and air disasters in America take place. Night after night, curious onlookers congregate on a remote hill near the Michigan/Wisconsin border to watch for mysterious lights that rise out of the ground, hover, and then disappear. Are the orbs merely optical phenomena created by headlights of passing cars? Or are they spirits returning to haunt where their earthly bodies met their demise? In the mid-1960s, the number of reports to the US Air Force of UFO sightings spiked across the country. Were people seeing unfamiliar technological innovations in aircraft? Had the rising popularity of the new-fangled television’s sci-fi programs sparked Americans’ imaginations? Or were extraterrestrial beings actually responding to signals from newly constructed deep-space radio transmitters?
Microdramas
Author: John H. MusePublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472053639
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Explores what brevity can teach us about the powers and limits of theater
Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands, Proposed Individual Fishing Quota Management Alternatives for Halibut Fisheries
Author: Michigan History
Author: Contributions to Michigan Archaeology
Author: James E. FittingPublisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY
ISBN: 194909815X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Three Michigan archaeological sites are covered in this report: the Spring Creek site, in Muskegon County; the Springwells Mound Group, in Wayne County; and the Butterfield site, near Lake Huron in Bay County, Michigan.
Michigan - Southwest Region Fishing Map Guide
Author: Sportsman's ConnectionPublisher: Sportsman's Connection
ISBN: 1885010508
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Newly updated for 2016, the Michigan Southwest RegionFishing Map Guide is a thorough, easy-to-use collection of detailed contour lake maps, fish stocking and survey data, and the best fishing spots and tips from area experts. Fishing maps, detailed area road maps and exhaustive fishing information are provided in this handy eBook. Lake maps and fishing information for 200 lakes and streams in Allegan, Barry, Berrien, Branch, Calhoun, Cass, Eaton, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, and Van Buren Counties plus Lake Michigan coverage. Whether you’re trolling for salmon on Lake Michigan, soaking a worm under a bobber for bluegills in Jordan Lake or bass fishing on Goguac Lake, you'll find all the information you need to enjoy a successful day out on the water on one of the area's many excellent fisheries. Know your waters. Catch more fish with the Michigan Southwest Region Fishing Map Guide.
Expanding the Frontiers of Civil Rights
Author: Sidney FinePublisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 9780814328750
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Although historians have devoted a great deal of attention to the development of federal government policy regarding civil rights in the quarter century following World War II, little attention has been paid to the equally important developments at the state level. Few states underwent a more dramatic transformation with regard to civil rights than Michigan did. In 1948, the Michigan Committee on Civil Rights characterized the state of civil rights in Michigan as presenting "an ugly picture". Twenty years later. Michigan was a leader among the states in civil rights legislation. Expanding the Frontiers of Civil Rights documents this important shift in state level policy and makes clear that civil rights in Michigan embraced not only blacks but women, the elderly, native Americans, migrant workers, and the physically handicapped. Sidney Fine's treatment of civil rights in Michigan is based on an exhaustive examination of unpublished, published, and interview sources. Fine relates civil rights developments in Michigan to civil rights actions by the federal government and other states. He focuses on the administrations of the three governors -- Democrats G. Mennen Williams (1949-1960), and John B. Swainson (1961-1962), and Republican George Romney (1963-1969) -- and the roles they played in furthering civil rights in Michigan, as well as other politicians and policymakers. Students of state history, civil rights history, and those interested in post-World War II history will find few accounts as broad ranging as this study of state civil rights legislation during the years the book covers.