Merlin Books: 65 books
Going Fishing
Travel and Adventure with a Fishing Rod
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
This is just the story of some rods, and the places they take you to. It begins with surf-casting on the New Jersey coast when I was 13, and carries on to such scenes as flyfishing the headwaters of the Kuban in the upper Caucasus, and casting for rainbow trout in the rivers of southern Chile, with...
by Bob Burrows
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
It Happened in Shropshire is a vibrant and compelling account of the county's diverse heritage; its heroes, its battles, its discoveries, its crimes. Bob Burrows's highly readable prose transports the reader through time, racing across the landscape of Shropshire's past from the woolly mammoths of...
by Phyllida Barstow
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
It Happened in Gloucestershire is a vibrant and compelling account of the county's diverse heritage; its heroes, its battles, its inventors, its outlandish sports. Phyllida Barstow's lively prose transports the reader across the county: from its stunning cathedral to its swan lake at Slimbridge, taking...
The Airgun Hunter's Year
From dawn to dusk throughout the seasons
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
You will not find a more experienced and enthusiastic airgun hunter than Ian Barnett who, in this new book, takes the reader on hunting forays to field, wood and farm in search of rabbits, squirrels, corvids, pigeons, rats. As the year progresses, he describes the many tacti needed to pursue particular...
Myddle
The Life and Times of a Shropshire Farmworker's Daughter in the 1920s
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
The unassuming north Shropshire village of Myddle first came to prominence with the publication of Richard Gough’s history of his village, written in the 1700s. Now a fascinating new account has come to light: the account of a poor farm-labourer's daughter, Helen Ebrey, born into a large family...
Saddletramp
Riding from Ottoman Hills to Offa's Dyke
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
In the depths of winter, Jeremy James began a horseback ride from central Turkey to his hometown in Wales, a journey which was to take him eight and a half months. First he had to find his horse, an unlikely old and weary Arab stallion who eventually rose to the challenge with equal spirit to that...
Falling in Again
Tales of an Incorrigible Angler
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
In this rich collection of angling tales, Chris Yates has paired together his experiences of carp, barbel, pike, roach, gudgeon, chub, even bass. Within each pair of essays, the angling anecdotes mirror each other in strange and surprising ways. Falling in Again finds Chris in search of a 'lost' carp...
by Michael Clayton, Alastair Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Few people hunting today are fully aware of the history of their sport. Accounts of the subject can be somewhat dry and academic. So, in an easy and entertaining manner, here is a concise summary of how this much-misunderstood sport has survived and flourished through centuries of change, to the benefit...
And Miles to Go Before I Sleep
A British Vet in Africa
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
After three years working as a young vet in rural Aberdeenshire, Hugh Cran decided that it was time for a change. He got it. He took a post in Kenya and, forty years later, he's still there, still working, still loving every exasperating, challenging, unexpected moment. This is a page-turning account...
Fishing Forever
Tales from the river bank of a very different kind!
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
A brilliant collection of exciting fishing stories for teenage readers. Ken says, 'Come fishing tomorrow Dave,' and because there's no football, Dave goes. From that day on, he's hooked by the magic of the river, with its battling barbel and primitive pike, big chub and shining roach. But the river...
by Chris Mann, Terry Griffiths
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
This book uses the latest techniques in computer-generated drawings to show the reader exactly how to create an artificial fly, step-by-step. Clearer than photography, more life-like than drawings, the graphic instructions show, by subtle emphasis and exaggeration, precisely what to do. Included are...
by Douglas Butler
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2017
Thirty shooting stories in pursuit of pheasant, mallard, geese, hares, mink, even an old wild goat, these modern tales involve bi-lingual dogs, an ignominious goose, red-letter days and disappointments, days on boglands, grouse moors, smart shoots and estuaries. Punt gunning, rough shooting and wildfowling,...
The BASC Gameshooter's Pocket Guide
The Essential Handook for the Sporting Gun
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
• Wanting the latest BASC guidance? • Sudden invitation to a shoot and feeling a bit rusty? • New to shooting? • Shooting a different species to your usual one? The invaluable pocket book for everyone who shoots It includes: up-to-date proofing law, game licences, shot size advice for all...
Nymphing - the new way
French leader fishing for trout
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2018
French nymphing, or European nymphing as it is often known in the US, is the most important new development in flyfishing for a generation. The use of ultra-long tapered French leaders provides huge advantages both in terms of reducing drag and dramatically improving fly presentation.
These...