Lyons Press: 836 books
by Department of the Army
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
This is the Soldier's Field Manual. It explains how to perform the combat skills needed to survive on the battlefield. All Soldiers, across all branches and components, must learn these basic skills.
Houston Chef's Table
Extraordinary Recipes From The Bayou City’s Iconic Restaurants
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Houston is the dining out capital of Texas, with a food scene that reflects the city itself—talented, entrepreneurial, diverse, and quite modern. Barbeque and Tex-Mex are certainly present, but do not define the dining experience. Modern American cuisine brought into focus by Mark Cox of Mark’s...
Iconic Spirits
An Intoxicating History
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Over the past decade, the cocktail culture has exploded across America. Bars and lounges have become the Broadway theater of mixology, with bartenders resurrecting classic pre-Prohibition cocktails and dazzling customers with their creations. Consumers, in turn, are recreating these cocktails at home,...
Dog Body, Dog Mind
Exploring Canine Consciousness and Total Well-Being
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2007
With extraordinary insight and vision, veterinarian and animal behaviorist Dr. Fox explores the minds and hearts of dogs. Dogs, and all animals, have much to teach their human companions, if only humans knew how to listen. In Dog Body/Dog Mind, Fox seeks to enhance readers’ understanding and communication...
by Department of the Navy, Adam Reger, David Wheeler
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
The official U.S. Navy field manual—with more than 100 illustrations of pirate combat techniques and equipment.
Mountainman Crafts & Skills
A Fully Illustrated Guide To Wilderness Living And Survival
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
Filled with valuable information for hobbyists, survival enthusiasts, family campers - and everyone who enjoys outdoor life, Mountainman Crafts and Skills is the essential illustrated guide to wilderness living and survival. How to make your own clothing, shelter, and equipment are all covered in...
Searching for Augusta
The Forgotten Angel of Bastogne
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
A brutal siege. A forgotten heroine. A war-torn romance. And a historian determined to uncover the truth.
Untold millions who saw and read Band of Brothers can finally know the whole story of what happened to American soldiers and civilians in Bastogne during that arduous Winter of 1944/45....
Hustler & The Champ
Willie Mosconi, Minnesota Fats, And The Rivalry That Defined Pool
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
In the tradition of Pulitzer Prize nominated, Positively Fifth Street, here is a riveting account of a high stakes shoot-out between pool's two most famous personalities.
It was Valentine's Day, 1978, and Howard Cosell was hosting the long-awaited show-down between the best-ever tournament...
Bus on Jaffa Road
A Story of Middle East Terrorism and the Search for Justice
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
As the morning sunlight crept over the limestone walls of Jerusalem’s old city, two young Americans flagged down a bus and got on. It was 6:45 a.m., February 25, 1996 -- an otherwise ordinary Sunday in Israel. Two US citizens who were studying in Israel, Sara Duker and Matthew Eisenfeld, settled...
Ultimate Level of Horsemanship
Training Through Inspiration
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2008
Al Dunning is a 30-year legend in Western riding competitions, and this, his first training book, is an invaluable self-help guide for riders of all levels. Dunning shares his winning insights on handling and training a horse, including body language, voicing commands, feeding, equipment, and competition....
by W.C. Jameson
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
The most compelling and exciting tales of lost and buried treasures associated with the Civil War have been collected, extensively researched and investigated, and are included in this entertaining book from one of America's foremost treasure hunters. They represent fortunes that have been lost for...
Murder in Connecticut
The Shocking Crime That Destroyed a Family and United a Community
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2008
An incisive, unflinching account of the shocking, summer 2007 Connecticut crime that is still making national headlines, Murder in Connecticut examines what happened to Dr. William Petit, his wife Jennifer Hawke-Petit, and their two daughters, Hayley and Michaela, in the early morning hours of July...
Fly-Fishin' Fool
The Adventures, Misadventures, and Outright Idiocies of a Compulsive Angler
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
The inimitable author of the hugely popular Crosscurrents and River Music, whom Kirkus called "one of the finest nature writers in print," comes back with a third hilarious and observant opus on the nature of knavery in the sport of fly fishing.
Sweet Lou and the Cubs
A Year Inside The Dugout
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2009
Sweet Lou and the Cubs chronicles from the inside-out Lou Piniella's stirring and celebrated quest to reverse the team's fortunes after a record 100 years without a World Series championship. Drawing on the story of Piniella's Cubs debut in 2007 and his history as baseball's ultimate firebrand, veteran...