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Famous the world over for automobile manufacture and the distinctive sounds of Motown music, Detroit, the Motor City, celebrates its 300th birthday in 2001. Detroit Then & Now is a fascinating look at this city's great history, taking historic photographs from the dawn of the camera age and comparing them ...more

Detroit is an American city quintessentially founded upon change. From its birth to the present, Detroit has consistently built and reshaped its appearance, ideals, and industry. Through changing fortunes, Detroit has continued to grow and prosper by overcoming adversity and maintaining the strong, independent culture of its citizens. Historic Photos ...more

A beautiful portrait of one of baseball's troves of memories, this historical reference -- mostly through pictures -- chronicles the team's greatest moments over the past nine decades. During that time, the Tigers played in six World Series, winning four times -- in 1935, 1945, 1968, and 1984. ...more

This tour of Frank Lloyd Wright's Palmer House, built in the early 1950s in Ann Arbor, Michigan, brings to life one of Wright's last residential masterpieces. Working from extensive materials gathered by Ann and Leonard Eaton, and from his own fifty-two-year familiarity with the building, Grant Hildebrand crafts the story ...more

A lavishly illustrated how-to on painting with watercolors as well as a beautiful depiction of the Petoskey region of Michigan. Nestled on the shore of Little Traverse Bay, Petoskey is a well-known resort town in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. It is famous for its charming downtown, Victorian summer ...more

Detroit history buffs will be transfixed by these images, which originally appeared in the pages of Hour Detroit magazine. If you have fond memories of the days when streetcars rumbled through Detroit’s avenues, of shopping downtown at Hudson’s and Kern’s, or spending lazy days on Belle Isle — or even ...more

Detailed photographic history of the Union Trust Building, now known as the Guardian Building, one of the architectural gems of Detroit's skyline. ...more

The newest titles in the Princeton Architectural Press Campus Guide series take readers on an insider's tour of the University of Washington in Seattle, Rice University in Houston, and Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Beautifully photographed in full color, the guides present architectural walks at three of America's finest campuses, ...more

With its sleek look and easy-to-use layout, this completely new guide to Detroit architecture provides a fresh, in-depth look at the city of Detroit itself as well as a number of distinctive environments outside the city proper. The 369 entries and more than 400 photographs - many by renowned architectural ...more