Lyons Press: 836 books
Treasures of the Spanish Main
Shipwrecked Galleons In The New World
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
This is a story about the lust for gold and treasure," Fine writes. In the 1600s and 1700s, Spain dominated the oceans with its fleet of galleons. Coming to the New World, these ships filled their holds with gold and silver and treasures beyond imagining. The seaway between Spain and the New...
To the People, Food Is Heaven
Stories of Food and Life in a Changing China
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
In China, the world’s next superpower, life is comfortable for the fortunate few. For others, it’s a hand-to-mouth struggle for a full stomach, a place to live, wages for work done, and freedom to speak openly. In a place where few things are more important than food, “Have you eaten yet?”...
Seattle Chef's Table
Extraordinary Recipes from the Emerald City
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
Celebrating Seattle’s best restaurants and eateries with recipes and photographs
Hot chefs are setting the Seattle restaurant scene ablaze. With innovative ideas and culinary surprises, the city’s most heralded restaurants and eateries continue adding spark to an already sizzling food scene....
Brewtal Truth Guide to Extreme Beers
An All-Excess Pass to Brewing's Outer Limits
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
The Brewtal Truth Guide to Extreme Beers is the first guide of its type, defining what makes certain craft beers “extremely extreme,” featuring descriptions and ratings of more than a 100 of the most insane beers in the world—broken down into a handful of specific categories. These are outrageous...
Fishing Oregon
An Angler's Guide To Top Fishing Spots
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2008
From the tidewaters of the Columbia River to the high desert in the east, Oregon waters offer something to every angler. Featuring the most accurate and up-to-date information on the state's fishing, Fishing Oregon details fishing access and boat ramps around the state, as well as tips and tackle...
Billiards, Revised and Updated
The Official Rules And Records Book
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2005
Here in a single, compact handbook are all the rules for the myriad forms of pocket billiards. Billiards: The Official Rules and Records Book is complete with detailed instructions on how to play everything from Basic Pocket Billiards to Cut-Throat, together with the rules for tournament games such...
San Diego Chef's Table
Extraordinary Recipes from America's Finest City
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2013
San Diego is a vivacious and active food community whose eating habits are unpretentious yet familiar, conspicuous yet simple. Famous for supporting a health-conscious lifestyle, with an abundant supply of fresh and organic products at their fingertips, the attitude of the chefs and diners alike is...
Classic New England Stories
Colorful Tales of a Place and a People
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
The rich history of New England is captured in enduring works by writers including Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sarah Orne Jewett, Louisa May Alcott and more.
From the icy waters of Vermont’s Lake Champlain to the freezing tidal depths of coastal Maine; from New Hampshire’s rocky...
We Have a Winner!
America’s Weird and Wonderful Races, Derbies, Pageants, and Eating Contests
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Celebrate America’s outrageous competitive fire
100 years of “see it to believe it” American contests
Includes dozens of mind-blowing, little-known competitions
Gorgeous design with 150 color and black-and-white photographs, plus sidebars
From marathon dancing, to food eating contests,...
The Long Way
Sheridan House Maritime Classic
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2019
The Long Way is Bernard Moitessier's own incredible story of his participation in the first Golden Globe Race, a solo, non-stop circumnavigation rounding the three great Capes of Good Hope, Leeuwin, and the Horn. For seven months, the veteran seafarer battled storms, doldrums, gear-failures, knock-downs,...
Simply Allergy-Free
Quick and Tasty Recipes for Every Night of the Week
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Multiple food allergies are on the rise, and Elizabeth Gordon knows how tough it can be to find meals that your whole family can enjoy safely. She also knows that busy moms don't have lots of time, and that the more economically you can cook, the better. Enter Simply Allergy-Free—a lifesaving cookbook,...
Wolf Empire
An Intimate Portrait of a Species
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007
Extraordinary photos that expose the elusive world of fur and teeth, light and shadow, and wolf behavior seldom seen by the human eye.
by Mickey Sherman
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
In the tradition of true crime bestsellers by Alan Dershowitz and Dominick Dunne, Mickey Sherman delivers a powerful and extraordinarily candid account of his legal career that gives the readers an all-access backstage pass to not only the sausage factory that is the criminal justice system but the “big...
Backyard Treehouses
Building Plans, Tips, and Advice
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Expert advice on treehouse building
An inspirational and informative guide to building treehouses
The author’s company, Tree Top Builders, has built more than 400 treehouses worldwide.
Includes plans, tips, and more than 100 color photographs
Backyard Treehouses is an inspirational how-to...