As Detroit developed northward from the riverfront, Woodward Avenue became a mecca for retail, restaurants, and services. The 1870s and 1880s saw many independent merchants open their doors. By 1890, a new type of one-stop shopping had developed: the department store. Detroitas venerable Newcomb Endicott and Company was closely followed by other trailblazers: J. L. Hudson Company, Crowley Milner and Company, and the Ernst Kern Company. At its peak in the 1950s, the Woodward Avenue area boasted over four million square feet of retail, making it one of Americaas preferred retail destinations. Other Detroit emporiums such as the homegrown S. S. Kresge Company set trends in consumer culture. Generations made the trek downtown for back-to-school events, Easter shows, holiday windows, and family luncheons. Then, with the advent of suburban shopping centers, downtown stores began competing with their own branch locations. By the 1970s and 1980s, the dominoes began to fall as both chain and independent stores abandoned the once prosperous Woodward Avenue.

The J. L. Hudson Company redefined the way Detroiters shopped and enjoyed leisure time. Many Detroiters share memories of times spent shopping and enjoying spectacular events sponsored by Hudson's. A solid and lofty icon built by businesspeople who believed in their passion, Hudson's defined Detroit's downtown, creating trends and traditions in consumer culture that still resonate with us today. Now and in the future, as Hudson's boxes, shopping bags, and artifacts are discovered in closets, attics, basements, and flea markets, many will remember that it was once as solid a civic fixture as the City-County Building or the Detroit Public Library.

For over a century, the J.L. Hudsonas Department Store on Woodward Avenue was more than just a storeait was a Detroit icon and a world-class cultural treasure. At 25 stories, it was the worldas tallest department store, and was at one time home to the most exceptional offerings in shopping, dining, services, and entertainment. The store prided itself on stocking everything from grand pianos to spools of thread. In addition to departments offering fashionable clothing and home furnishings, the original Hudsonas store featured an auditorium, a circulating library, dining rooms, barber shops, a photo studio, holiday exhibits, a magnificent place called Toytown, and the worldas largest American flag.

For decades, downtown Grand Rapids enjoyed a long run in the limelight as the epicenter of shopping in western Michigan. The vibrant Monroe Avenue corridor included three homegrown department stores, several chain department stores, five-and-dime stores, and scores of clothing and specialty retailers. It weathered mother nature, wars, the Great Depression, the advent of neighborhood shopping centers, and civil disturbances--but the one change it could not overcome was the regional shopping mall.

The spokelike grid of wide grand avenues radiating out from downtown Detroit allowed for a concentration of theaters initially along Monroe Street near Campus Martius and, after the second decade of the 20th century, clustered around Grand Circus Park, all easily accessible by a vast network of streetcars. In its heyday, Grand Circus Park boasted a dozen palatial movie palaces containing an astonishing total of 26,000 seats. Of these theaters, five remain today, fully restored and operational for live entertainment. Detroit, more so than any other North American city, illustrates how demographic and economic forces dramatically changed the landscape of film exhibition in an urban setting.

strong>The Crystal Palace III: The Fairy WarEver wish you were someone else? Katie falls in love with a handsome fairy boy, Colin, and wants to be a fairy herself. In this third book of the Crystal Palace trilogy, three human girls (Karina, Nicole, and Katie) return to Fairyland to visit their fairy folk friends and to see the effect of the civil rights reforms they had earlier mediated for the ogres and trolls, previously second class citizens in Fairyland. The Sorcerer gives Katie beautiful fairy wings, but he is jealous of the human girls' growing influence on the king and plans to humiliate them. His scheme is interrupted when insects (huge to the fairies) attack Fairyland. Urged on by their evil tarantula leader, swarms of enormous, angry insects and spiders descend upon the fairy folk. Their goal: to destroy Fairyland, before turning their sights on the human world. A story of envy and forgiveness, courage and cooperation, friendship and caring, The Crystal Palace III: The Fairy War demonstrates the power of respect for others and working together toward a common goal. Exciting and fanciful- a child's version of Fairyland through the artistry of Karina, the eleven-year-old granddaughter of author Grammy Hauser.

Grammy finds a tiny envelope addressed to Karina on the crystal bed. King Sebastian and Queen Serena of Fairyland have invited Karina and her friends to Prince Jeremy s third birthday party. Excited and determined, Karina, Katie, and Nicole return to Fairyland through the bedpost crystal, with the help of Grammy s tooth fairy, Angela. The royal celebration is all they have hoped: beautiful and festive with an elaborate buffet, graceful dancers, and impressive fireworks. A magical and enchanting evening in Fairyland Suddenly, explosions interrupted the celebrations as the ogres and trolls, outcasts in fairy society, protest their lack of rights and limited choices in life. In the chaos, Karina, Katie, Nicole, and the young, insolent fairy princess Gianna are kidnapped by the ogres and taken into hiding. Join Karina and her friends as they confront issues of justice and equality as they get to know their captors. The beautiful, magical Fairyland now seems medieval and unfair. What can these modern American girls do to help their beloved Fairyland? What would YOU do?Enchanting and fanciful a child s vision of Fairyland through the illustrations of Karina, the ten-year-old granddaughter of author Grammy Hauser.

Who would have thought that the saving of a little boy at a pool would lead to an adventure in Fairyland and the Kingdom of the Leprechauns? A sleepover at Karina's Grammy's and Popi's house, in a bedroom filled with crystals, turned into an adventure at a crystal palace and a confrontation with a dangerous sea serpent. Karina, Katie, and Emily Jean entered these worlds through the lead of Grammy's tooth fairy named Angela. They were needed to find the missing baby fairy prince. Intelligence, insight, and imagination led these girls to the rescue and the discovery of the truth: Children are precious to their parents, not matter how old they are, whether in Fairyland or everyday life. Exciting and fanciful a child s vision of Fairyland through the artistry of Karina, the nine-year-old granddaughter of author Grammy Hauser.

2 books & a CD. This study provides a comprehensive description of the rich song culture of the people in the Thule area in Greenland, the Inughuit. In 1937 the archaeologist and folklorist Erik Holtved recorded 134 traditional songs in Thule. Transcriptions and scientific processing of this collection constitute the nucleus of the work. Another collection of Inughuit songs was recorded in 1962 for The Danish Folklore Archives by Bent Jensen and the author. The songs from both collections are presented and notated in full length and also with analyses of a representative stanza from each song. Descriptions are given of performing habits, singing methods, drum construction and handling, as well as historical and recent data. Searching for resemblances among other Inuit groups produced transcriptions and analyses of many traditional Inuit Songs from different localities in Canada. It was discovered that characteristic traits of the form and melody types of the Inughuit are linked to Canadian Inuit groups in southern Baffin Island and among the Copper Inuit in northern Canada, documenting particular areas of origin, and also giving information about migration routes. Many of the songs are presented on the enclosed CD