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The Fly and the Fish
Angling Instructions and Reminiscences
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
The classic book from a revered artist and fly-tying master.
An internationally renowned artist, John Atherton (19001952) was also a legend in the world of fly fishing. This lost classic, originally published in 1961, combines his evocative memoirs of Vermont fishing expeditions with practical...
Fishing Stories
A Lifetime of Adventures and Misadventures on Rivers, Lakes, and Seas
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
All fishermen who have fished for a lifetime have baskets of great stories and reminiscences about the sport they love. Nick Lyons’s new collection is chock-full of them. From fishing a small Catskill creek and catching a huge brook trout when he was barely out of infancy to long opening day treks...
by Bill Dance
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2007
One of America’s best known fishermen with more than 50 years of on-water experience, Bill Dance is also a tournament champion and a television personality. His tips will help any angler catch more and bigger fish. Even experienced fishermen may not know that dark-colored lures work best during...
The Fly-Fisher's Companion
A Fundamental Guide to Tackle, Casting, Presentation, Aquatic Insects, and the Flies that Imitate Them
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2014
This book grew from the author's desire to consolidate the many teachings that he uses in his popular fly-fishing classes. It is a textbook that includes concise and selective commentary on tackle, casting, tactics, flies and fly tying, and other related topics. The word "companion" derives from one...
The History and Art of the American Gun
The Art of American Arms
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
The History and Art of the American Gun is a loving tribute to the artistry of firearms. Wilson chronicles the true art and rich history of gun engraving, from early English and European attempts to American gun engraving.
Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a broad range of books for hunters...
The Day After He Left for Iraq
A Story of Love, Family, and Reunion
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2008
The emotional true story of a family separated by war. We feel for the men and women who are risking their lives at war, but what of the families they’ve left behind? In gorgeous prose, a military wife describes a year in her family’s life-a year in which her husband leaves for war and returns,...
Wild Mushroom Cookbook
Soups, Stir-Fries, and Full Courses from the Forest to the Frying Pan
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
You’ve spent the summer picking mushrooms in the forest, gaze sweeping along the trunks of trees and a basket of mushrooms dangling from the crook of your arm-but what next? With storerooms and cellar overflowing with chanterelles, porcini, and boletes, how do you prepare these delicacies of nature...
A Bad Reaction
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
A mother’s story of raising an autistic son, navigating the vaccine court, and confronting the widespread denial of a link between vaccines and autism.
At four months old, Porter Bridges went in for his well-baby checkup and received an array of vaccines. That night he spiked a 105-degree...
Kick Boxing
The Ultimate Guide to Conditioning, Sparring, Fighting, and More
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2007
With its intense action and the unbelievable skills of its athletes, kickboxing has gained worldwide popularity in a way that few international sports ever do. It requires perfect timing, incredible speed, and relentless power, and this guide details the techniques and methods needed to win. Author...
Fishing Dogs
A Guide to the History, Talents, and Training of the Baildale, the Flounderhounder, the Angler Dog, and Sundry Other Breeds of Aquatic Dogs (Canis piscatorius)
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
If you’re familiar with the world of hunting, you know how important dogs are in the field. Less known, however, is how vital these canines are to fishermen. For many anglers, packing your tackle and wading through the river without a trusted fishing dog is a recipe for disaster.
In Fishing...
The Legendary Neversink
A Treasury of the Best Writing about One of America's Great Trout Rivers
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
The Neversink River in New York’s Catskill Mountains, with its plunges and gorges, is one of the world’s great trout streams. So it’s no surprise that this diverse and fecund waterway has compelled the finest fly-fishing writers to take up their pens. This treasury of their best work takes a...
Preserving
Self-Sufficiency
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
There are several different methods of preserving fruits and vegetables and all give delicious results. Jams, jellies, fruit butters and curds, bottled fruits, chutneys, pickles, and salted vegetables are all practical and economical ways to preserve seasonal produce. All you need is a heavy-based...
by Edward Charles
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Ever-loyal Maddalena, a diminutive, blue-eyed, black slave, has borne Cosimo de' Medici a son and seen him rise to the position of cardinal. Now, late in life, she finds herself committed to a convent, as part of a scheme to protect the Medici bank from ruin by Cosimo’s sons, by hiding a fortune...
Big Bucks the Benoit Way
Secrets from America's First Family of Whitetail Hunting
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
See what it takes to track trophy-sized bucks like the legends do.
If there is such a thing as hunting royalty, then the Benoit family is it. They have been raking in trophy-sized bucks since Larry Benoit first began to pioneer his unique tracking methods. As the family grew, so did the Benoit...