Moon Spotlight Detroit & Ann Arbor is an 80-page compact guide covering the best of Southern Michigan, including Detroit`s treasured Belle Isle & one-of-a-kind The Henry Ford, the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, & the W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, one of America`s pioneer wildlife conservation centers. Author Laura Martone offers seasoned advice on must-see attractions, &

Includes:: maps with sightseeing highlights so you can make the most of your time. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreations, accommodations, food, & transportation, as well as easy-to-read maps, making navigating these diverse areas uncomplicated & enjoyable. This Spotlight guidebook is excerpted from Moon Michigan.

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Detroit & South Eastern Michigan in a series of Rand Mc Nally’s regional road maps covering the environs of main US cities, with enlargements showing in greater detail downtown Detroit, Ann Arbor with an index of buildings in the University of Michigan campus, Lansing, Flint & access to the Detroit Metro Wayne Airport. Coverage extends north-west beyond Lansing & Jackson, north to Flint, & south to the state border. Other communities covered by this map include Burton, Hillside, Jackson, Monroe, Pontiac & Rochester Hills. Maps in this series present the road network on a clear background with no relief shading to show the area’s topography, but with national or state parks, forests & other protected areas indicated by colouring. Roads are numbered and/or named, showing toll highways, exit numbers of interchanges, services & rest areas. Local airports are marked, but railways & other urban transport lines are not included unless specifically indicated in the individual description. Each town is presented in a different colour, providing those unfamiliar with the region a very clear picture of the area. Various places of interest & facilities are highlighted, including cultural & historical sites, educational institutions, sport & recreational facilities, etc. Each title is indexed. Several maps also include enlargements of the downtown area, plans of international airports, a mileage & driving times diagram for a much wider region than covered by the main map, etc
- for more information please see the individual descriptions. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link.
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Greater Detroit, MI at 1:41, 000 approx. in a series of indexed street plans of US cities from Universal MAP, with an enlargement showing the downtown area in greater detail, plus a road map of the surrounding area. The main plan extends out to include the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne county Airport & north to the 13 Mile Road. Coverage

Includes:: Allen Park, Canton Townships, Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Ecorse, Farmington Hills, Ferndale, Garden City, Greenfield Village, Grosse Ile Township, Grosse Pointe, Hamtramck, Harper Woods, Hazel Park, Highland Park, Inkster, Lincoln Park, Livonia, Melvindale, Northville Township, Novi, Oak Park, Plymouth, Redford Township, River Rouge, Riverview, Romulus, Roseville, Royal Oak, Southfield, Southgate, St. Clair Shores, Taylor, Wayne, Westland & Wyandotte. Street plans from Universal MAP are indexed & show each city

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Journalist Amy Haimerl & her husband had been priced out of their Brooklyn neighborhood. Seeing this as a great opportunity to start over again, they decide to cash in their savings & buy an abandoned house for $35, 000 in Detroit, the largest city in the United States to declare bankruptcy. As she & her husband restore the 1914 Georgian Revival, a stately brick house with no plumbing, no heat, & no electricity, Amy finds a community of Detroiters who, like herself, aren`t afraid of a little hard work or things that are a little rough around the edges. Filled with amusing & touching anecdotes about navigating a real-estate market that is rife with scams, finding a contractor who is a lover of C.S. Lewis & willing to"e him liberally, & neighbors who either get teary-eyed at the sight of newcomers or urge Amy & her husband to get out while they can, Amy writes evocatively about the charms & challenges of finding her footing in a city whose future is in question. Detroit Hustle is a memoir that is both a meditation on what it takes to make a house a home, & a love letter to a much-derided city. ...

Few cities are as well suited to the Noir genre as Detroit, with its embattled inner city & history of urban decline & blight, & the editors have assembled a talented lineup to do it justice with 16 original short stories. The always superb Loren D. Estleman starts the anthology off on a high note with his spare hard-boiled whodunit short, Kill the Cat. The constantly simmering background threat of violence informs two very different but equally accomplished tales: Joyce Carol Oates`s Panic & Detroit Free Press columnist Desiree Cooper`s Night Coming. The editors also include some well-done period pieces, like the 1950s-era The Coffee Break by Detroit News business editor Melissa Preddy, & their discerning selections maintain Akashic`s excellent track record. ...

Detroit: The Dream Is Now, photographer Michel Arnaud`s follow-up to Design Brooklyn, is a visual essay on the rebuilding & resurgence of the city of Detroit. In recent years, much of the focus on Detroit has been on the negative stories & images of shuttered, empty buildings--the emblems of Detroit`s financial & physical decline. Instead, Arnaud aims his lens at the emergent creative enterprises & new developments taking hold in the still-vibrant city. Divided into four sections, this book explores Detroit`s rich industrial & musical past while giving voice to the dynamic communities that will make up its future. The first section provides a visual tour of the city`s architecture & neighbourhoods, while the remaining chapters focus on the developing design, art, & food scenes through interviews & portraits of the city`s entrepreneurs, artists & makers. Detroit is the story of an American city in flux, documented in Arnaud`s thought-provoking photographs. ...

This is the first set of two 75-minute audio cassettes that form part of the Deutsch Plus German language course. They are designed to be used in conjunction with the book, but they can be used on their own to reinforce listening, learning & speaking practice. They cover the first 19 units. From the beginning this listener is encouraged to take part in conversational activities designed to develop your ability to understand & to speak German. ...

This is the second set of two 75-minute audio cassettes in the Deutsch Plus course. They are designed to be used in conjunction with the book, but they can be used on their own to reinforce listening, learning & speaking practice. They cover the last 18 units. From the beginning the listener is encouraged to take part in conversational activities designed to develop your ability to understand & to speak German. ...

One of the titles in a series of topographic tourist maps covering selected areas in the Rhinel&-Palatinate. All the maps have cartography identical to the standard topographic survey of Germany, with extensive overprint highlighting local footpaths, long-distance paths, & cycle routes, indicating their waymarking. A wide range of symbols show various types of accommodation (campsites, youth hostels, etc), sport & recreational facilities, & places of interest. All maps, unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, have a UTM grid. Map legend is in German only. Several titles also include descriptions, in German only, of the area covered by the map & its main places of interest, contact details, & coloured photos. This title does not show any geographical coordinates. ...

A 130km long cycle tour of the meadows & fens of East Friesl&. Detailed maps show the route & its variants & extensive information is conveyed by symbols, indicating road surface, campsites & other accommodation, repair workshops, recreational facilities, places of interest, etc. A list of various types of accommodation facilities is included.IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE: ALL THE TEXT IN THIS TITLE IS GERMAN ONLY. MAP LEGEND

Includes:: ENGLISH, please see our sample image, & the information provided on the maps is sufficient to use this title without any knowledge of German, particularly in the absence of a similar product in English from other publishers. There is currently no English edition this title available in this series. About the series: All the titles have been meticulously researched & are highly regarded in their native Germany. Most titles, as indicated in their individual descriptions, also include a separate section listing selected accommodation, from hotels to campsites, youth hostels & rooms in private houses, all with addresses, telephone numbers & price range. Information on towns along each route

Includes:: a list of places of interest, with opening hours, etc. Several of the guides also have street plans.




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