Lyons Press: 836 books
Mississippi Current Cookbook
A Culinary Journey down America's Greatest River
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Discover the diverse food and culinary traditions from the ten states that border America’s most important river--and the heart of American cuisine--with 200 contemporary recipes for 30 meals and celebrations, and more than 150 stunning photographs.
Starting at the river’s source in Minnesota,...
SAS and Elite Forces Guide Extreme Unarmed Combat
Hand-To-Hand Fighting Skills From The World's Elite Military Units
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Duck punch, cover block and knee strike. Boxing, wrestling and Ju-Jitsu. Gameplan,
lines of attack and final disengagement. If taking flight isn't an option, fighting is a necessity. Extreme Unarmed Combat is the authoritative handbook on an immense array of close combat defence techniques, from fistfights...
Mistletoe and Holly
Classic Christmas Stories
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
To help stoke the Christmas spirit and provide a respite from the annual blizzard of commercialism and family obligations, these twenty tales offer a heartwarming and enlightening look at Christmas from the perspective of some of America's most gifted and well-loved writers of the early twentieth...
by Jim Dratfield
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Friendly. Loyal. Affectionate. The list of wonderful traits possessed by America's #1 dog goes on and on. Given the Lab’s good looks, trainability, and devotion, is it any wonder that there are millions of happy Lab owners in the United States? In The Love of a Lab, Jim Dratfield’s beautiful photographs,...
Love Your Leftovers
Through Savvy Meal Planning Turn Classic Main Dishes into More than 100 Delicious Recipes
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Nick Evans runs the popular food blog macheesmo.com, and he came up with a simple yet effective concept for everyday cooking: Create one foundation dish, in decent quantity, when you have the time--perhaps on a lazy Sunday afternoon--and then repurpose it to make other delicious dishes throughout...
Love, Loss, and Laughter
Seeing Alzheimer's Differently
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
See the BBC’s slideshow of photos from Love, Loss, and Laughter.
Vodka
How a Colorless, Odorless, Flavorless Spirit Conquered America
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
It began as poisonous rotgut in Medieval Russia—Ivan the Terrible liked it, Peter the Great loved it—but this grain alcohol \u201cwithout distinctive character, aroma, taste, or color\u201d has become our uncontested king of spirits. Over a th
Portland, Oregon Chef's Table
Extraordinary Recipes from the City of Roses
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Portland, Oregon Chef’s Table celebrates the food and culture of what the New York Times calls the city’s “Golden Age” of dining and drinking. The city’s food scene—largely a celebration of the farm-to-table movement—has grown and evolved tremendously in the last five years, with an...
Stonewall Jackson's Little Sorrel
An Unlikely Hero of the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2016
During the Civil War and throughout the rest of the nineteenth century there was no star that shone brighter than that of a small red horse who was known as Stonewall Jackson’s Little Sorrel. Robert E. Lee’s Traveller eventually became more familiar but he was mostly famous for his looks. Not...
by A. D. Livingston
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
With this book, A. D. Livingston combines a lifetime of Southern culinary knowledge with his own love of authentic home smoking and curing techniques. He teaches how to prepare smoked and salted hams, fish, jerky, and game—adapting today's materials to yesterday's traditional methods. As he writes,...
by Laurence J. Yadon
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
The Greatest Navy SEAL Stories Ever Told is the first book to place side by side extraordinary stories of SEALs who put their lives on the line, and then go out and do it again the next day. They illustrate the SEAL maxim, “The person who will not be defeated cannot be defeated.”
SEALs...
by Art Flick
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
The definitive guide from the renowned fly-fishing master
A handsome new illustrated edition of the classic by Art Flick, the man who gave American fly fishers their first useable, portable text for “matching the hatch” at streamside. Still a classic for anglers old and new, the Streamside...
Traditional Skills of the Mountain Men
A Fully Illustrated Guide To Wilderness Living And Survival
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2019
Filled with valuable information for hobbyists, survival enthusiasts, family campers - and everyone who enjoys outdoor life, Traditional Skills of the Mountain Men is the essential illustrated guide to wilderness living and survival. How to make your own clothing, shelter, and equipment are all covered...
My Heart Is a Drunken Compass
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
With his trademark tragic-comical voice and arresting storytelling, Domingo Martinez once again delivers a deeply personal memoir full of wry asides and poignant, thoughtful reflections in his new book My Heart Is a Drunken Compass. His first book shockingly ended with his fiancé Stephanie plummeting...