The Power of Habit : Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business 1st ed.

Author:  Duhigg, Charles.
Publisher:  Random House,
Pub date:  c2012.
Pages:  xx, 371 p. :

A young woman walks into a laboratory. Over the past two years, she has transformed almost every aspect of her life. She has quit smoking, run a marathon, and been promoted at work. The patterns inside her brain, neurologists discover, have fundamentally changed. Marketers at Procter & Gamble study videos of people making their beds.

 

Vintage Views of the West Michigan Pike : From Sand Trails to US-31 1st ed.

Author:  Byron, M. Christine, 1949-
Publisher:  Arbutus Press,
Pub date:  c2011.
Pages:  247 p. :

Vintage Views Along the West Pike: From Sand Trails to US-31 is a pictorial history of Michigan’s most famous road. The historic West Michigan Pike, originally M-11, was the first continuous, improved road between Michigan City and Mackinaw City. This route along the Lake Michigan coast opened West Michigan to automobile travel and tourism. 


 

 

Elly Peterson : “Mother” of the Moderates

Author:  Fitzgerald, Sara, 1951-
Publisher:  University of Michigan Press
Pub date:  c2011.
Pages: 318 p.] p. of plates :

 “A magisterially written, well-researched, informative, and entertaining biography of a woman who helped throw open the doors to broader participation and power for women in the Republican Party and American politics.” —Dave Dempsey, author of William G. Milliken: Michigan’s Passionate Moderate 


 

Fever: Little Willie John, a Fast Life, Mysterious Death and the Birth of Soul : The Authorized Biography

Author:  Whitall, Susan.
Publisher: Titan Books,
Pub date: 2011.

Little Willie John lived for a fleeting 30 years, but his dynamic and daring sound left an indelible mark on the history of music. His deep blues, rollicking rock ‘n’ roll and swinging ballads inspired a generation of musicians, forming the basis for what we now know as soul music.