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The Tasteful Palette Cookbook
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Our Price: $19.95
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The Tasteful Palette is a spiral-bound cookbook brimming with more than 300 savory recipes contributed by art lovers from the Greater Lansing area and beyond. Spiced with more than 100 witty observations on art and food, and garnished with more than 50 illustrations from the Kresge Art Museum collection and local artists, this cookbook appeals to both the occasional cook and the experienced chef. Proceeds support the museum's education and outreach activities.
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Michigan Turtles and Lizards
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Our Price: $8.95
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Field guide to Michigan’s 10 turtle and 2 lizard species. Popular, non technical guide includes large color photos of Michigan turtles and lizards, descriptions, habitats and distribution maps of where found. Includes checklist, key to identification and explanation of terms. Sections on turtles, lizards and people, turtle biology including architecture, foods, reproduction, studying turtles outdoors and indoors and guidelines for care of captive turtles.
Authors: James H. Harding and J. Alan Holman
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Michigan Frogs, Toads, and Salamanders
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Our Price: $13.95
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Field guide to Michigan’s 23 species of amphibians--frogs, toads and salamanders. This popular, nontechnical guide includes large color photos of amphibians, descriptions, similar species and maps showing state distribution. Glossary of terms. Sections on anatomy, fossil history, behavior, reproduction, foods and conservation. Also includes fascinating habits of amphibians, captive care of adult amphibians and raising tadpoles and salamander larvae. Soft Cover.
Authors: James H. Harding and J. Alan Holman
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Michigan Forest Communities
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Our Price: $14.95
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Field guide to Michigan’s 23 distinct forest types, divided into three categories: wetland types, closed-canopy forests and open-canopy upland forests. Full color maps and photos highlight discussions of the habitat and typical plants of each forest community, as well as the factors that have caused the forests to evolve and change. Soft Cover.
Author: Donald I. Dickman
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Michigan Butterflies and Skippers
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Our Price: $19.95
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Guidebook includes every butterfly ever recorded in the state -- 159 species altogether. Full color, exquisite photos. Text describes adults and larvae, flowers the adults visit, what plants larvae feed on, habitat and when adults are on the wing. State map shows counties where species are found. Gives endangered and special concern species. Section on Michigan geography and climate as they relate to butterflies; butterfly habitats; butterfly gardening and conservation. Contains references for further study; glossary and extensive list of adult nectar plants and larval host plants. Soft Cover.
Author: Mogens C. Nielsen
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Pursuing What is Best for the World
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Our Price: $39.95
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This coffee-table book follows the history of the Michigan State University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources from the inception of the state’s Agricultural College and Experimental Farm to the current presidency of Lou Anna K. Simon, with copious photos, quotes and news items. Hard Cover.
Authors: Kenneth Verburg and Raymond D. Vlasin
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Michigan Snakes
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Our Price: $10.95
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Field guide to Michigan's 18 species of snakes, including the state’s only venomous snake--Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake. Large color photos and text with easy-to-follow symbols for habitat, temperament, reproduction and distribution make this book useful for all ages. Nontechnical, contains illustrations and key to identifying snakes, as well as sections on biology of snakes, snakes and people, controlling problems caused by snakes and treating snakebites. Soft Cover
Authors: J. Alan Holman and James H. Harding
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From Seed to Fruit: 150 Years of Horticulture at Michigan State
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Our Price: $25.00
Sale Price: $12.50
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Prepared for the Sesquicentennial of MAC/MSC/MSU, this book chronicles teaching, research, extension, and student activities in the Department of Horticulture from the founding of Michigan Agricultural College in 1855 to its 150th birthday in 2005. Many photographs illustrate the evolution of the Department as the College grew from “an oak opening” to a University with more than 40,000 students.
Includes full-page color photos of perennial garden, annual garden, 4-H Children’s Garden, Clarence E. Lewis Arboretum, and Hidden Lake Gardens. Appendix contains all cultivars released, faculty members, students who earned graduate degrees, and district extension agents, plus staff who completed 10 or more years of service. Name index provides ready access to information on all those named in the text.
Authors: Frank G. Dennis, Jr., George M. Kessler, and Harold Davidson
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2006 Spartan Spirit CD
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Our Price: $15.00
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Director John T. Madden leads the 2006 Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band on this live CD. The 39 tracks include MSU classics, such as "MSU Shadows" and the signature "Kick-step Entrance, as well as highlights from 2006 halftime shows.
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MSU Children's Choir CD - "Songs From the Heart"
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Our Price: $18.00
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The Michigan State University Children’s Choir program was established in 1993. The majority of the singers in the 56-voice choir each year are in grades five through nine. The choir, under conductor Mary Alice Stollak, has released six CDs, including “Songs From the Heart,” which features some of the best choral literature written for children’s voices in the last decade. The 18 selections on this CD include “My Heart's Friend,” “Marchin' to Freedom,” “Eiliyahu Hanavi,” “Auld Lang Syne,” “Some Folks Do,” “Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair,” and “Let All the World in Every Corner Sing.”
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MSU Children's Choir CD - "What Sweeter Music"
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Our Price: $18.00
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The Michigan State University Children’s Choir program was established in 1993. The majority of the singers in the 56-voice choir each year are in grades five through nine. The choir, under conductor Mary Alice Stollak, has released six CDs, including “What Sweeter Music” in the fall of 2004. In addition to the title song, the 14 selections on this Christmas CD include “I Saw Three Ships,” “Wassail Song,” “Pat-a-Pan,” and “White Christmas.”
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MSU Children's Choir CD - "Rejoice"
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Our Price: $18.00
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Rejoice!
These traditional Christmas songs were recorded in the St. Joseph's Chapel of the School Sisters of St. Francis, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The singing and the sound are glorious.
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MSU Children's Choir CD - "America the Beautiful: Songs of Our Heritage"
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Our Price: $18.00
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The Michigan State University Children’s Choir program was established in 1993. The majority of the singers in the 56-voice choir each year are in grades five through nine. The choir, under conductor Mary Alice Stollak, has released six CDs, including “America the Beautiful: Songs of Our Heritage.” The 17 selections on this CD include “Shenandoah,” “Amazing Grace,” “America the Beautiful,” and “ God Bless America.”
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MSU Children's Choir CD - "This Joy"
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Our Price: $18.00
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In this, the MSU Children’s Choir’s most recent recording, the choir is led by the renowned Mary Alice Stollak as they perform a diverse collection of all time favorites along with several world premieres. This concert was recorded in the inspiring sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church in downtown Lansing.
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MSU Children's Choir CD - "Songs of Sorrow, Songs of Hope"
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Our Price: $18.00
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Two moving expressions of remembrance and commemoration are recorded here for the first time: Images of War by Children of Former Yugoslavia, and Marjan Helms' Terezin Lieder, settings of poetry written by children interred at the Terezin Concentration Camp.
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MSU Children's Choir CD - "A Classic Christmas"
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Our Price: $18.00
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Experience the majesty of children's voices accompanied by pipe organ. Recorded in the historic St. Joseph's Convent Chapel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and in Christ the King Catherdral in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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A Season of the Band DVD
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Our Price: $10.00
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Spend a season with the Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band. Go behind the scenes and on the field with 300 marching musicians. We’ll take you from the first stressful days through the ups and downs of the schedule to the glorious postseason bowl appearance. You’ll see why the band’s legendary director, John T. Madden, calls the experience the “best life-skills class on campus” for these hardworking students.
Exclusive bonus material brings you more from Director John T. Madden, more of the iconic MSU Drumline, and more of the spirit and excitement of the band that gets crowds up on their feet and cheering!
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MSU Children's Choir DVD- "Songs for the Season"
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Our Price: $25.00
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The Grammy Award winning Michigan State University Children's Choir performs a selection of holiday music, including such favorites as Silent Night, White Christmas and Wassail Song. The choir also sings Unending Flame, a piece commissioned by the group in 2007.
The program also offers a behind-the-scenes look at the choir, through rehearsals and interviews.
The choir, under founding director Mary Alice Stollak, won Grammy Awards in 2006 for Best Classical Album and Best Choral Performance. They have performed with conductors Neemi Jarvi and Leonard Slatkin, Gustav Meier, and Leon Gregorian. They have appeared in concert with William Bolcom and Joan Morris, the Canadian Brass, Peter Nero, Marilyn Horne and Marvin Hamlisch.
"Songs for the Season with the MSU Children's Choir" is a production of WKAR at Michigan State University, made possible through a partnership between WKAR and Michigan State University's College of Music and Community Music School.
Program length: 56:46
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