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The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide
Emergency Preparedness for ANY Disaster
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
The Ultimate Survival Medicine Guide: Emergency Preparedness for any Disaster is the new abridged version of the bestselling book The Survival Medicine Handbook.
This unique medical book is meant to enable the average person to handle injuries and illness in situations in which modern medical...
The Star Spangled Buddhist
Zen, Tibetan, and Soka Gakkai Buddhism and the Quest for Enlightenment in America
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
“Ourvan offers a succinct but illuminating overview of Zen, Tibetan, and Soka Gakkai Buddhism."—Publishers Weekly
Approximately four million Americans claim to be Buddhist. Moreover, hundreds of thousands of Americans of various faiths read about Buddhism, are interested in its philosophical...
The Boy Who Talked to Dogs
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
A moving memoir by the “Dog Man” of Australia that offers “rare insight into the workings of the canine mind” (Malachy McCourt).
When Martin McKenna was growing up in Garryowen, Ireland, in the 1970s, he was bullied, shamed, and badly misunderstood by his family and teachers. He finally...
by Nick Lyons
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
The twentieth anniversary edition of the acclaimed memoirist’s masterpiece of Montana fly fishing with a new preface by the author—“I love Nick Lyons’s books” (Ted Hughes).
The Spring Creek river in central Montana is where you’ll find trout as long as your arm—trout that are...
Inside Animal Hearts and Minds
Bears That Count, Goats That Surf, and Other True Stories of Animal Intelligence and Emotion
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
As Charles Darwin suggested more than a century ago, the differences between animals and humans are of degree and not of kind.” Not long ago, ethologists denied that animals had emotions or true intelligence. Now, we know that rats laugh when tickled, magpies mourn as they cover the departed with...
Biotechnology in Our Lives
What Modern Genetics Can Tell You about Assisted Reproduction, Human Behavior, and Personalized Medicine, and Much More
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
For a quarter of a century, the Council for Responsible Genetics has provided a unique historical lens into the modern history, science, ethics, and politics of genetic technologies. Since 1983 the Council has had leading scientists, activists, science writers, and public health advocates researching...
Murderers, Robbers, & Highwaymen
True Tales of Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth-Century England
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
A compendium of horrific crimes and bloody punishments in Georgian England from the editor of the New York Times bestseller, Outlaws and Peace Officers.
Despite the frequency with which criminals were sentenced to death, crime was still on the rise in England in the mid-1700s. Men were thrown...
A Day in Prison
An Insider's Guide to Life Behind Bars
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
A rare glimpse at twenty-four hours in the life of an inmate—from doing laundry in “the hole” to surviving a fight—by an ex-con and professional prison coach.
No one is prepared for the reality of incarceration. In this fascinating and utterly candid guide, prison coach John “Doc”...
Primitive Skills and Crafts
An Outdoorsman's Guide to Shelters, Tools, Weapons, Tracking, Survival, and More
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2007
Anyone eager to master survival skills for outdoor vacations, or simply to find a fun new family activity for a Saturday afternoon, will be educated and inspired by the practical advice presented here by archaeologists, anthropologists, primitive practitioners, craftsmen, and artisans. These experts...
Jungle (Movie Tie-In Edition)
A Harrowing True Story of Survival in the Amazon
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Four travelers meet in Bolivia and set off into the heart of the Amazon rainforest, but what begins as a dream adventure quickly deteriorates into a dangerous nightmare, and after weeks of wandering in the dense undergrowth, the four backpackers split up into two groups. But when a terrible rafting...
Strange and Obscure Stories of New York City
Little-Known Tales About Gotham's People and Places
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Urban legends, unsolved murders, and historical oddities from the five boroughs . . .
Even many native New Yorkers don’t know all the secrets of their city. This book takes you on a tour, uptown, downtown, and below ground, with fascinating stories that range from a cross-dressing governor...
Cuban Flavor
Exploring the Island's Unique Places, People, and Cuisine
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
A lush journey through Cuba, its paladars, and its flavorful cuisine
For Cubans, food is a complex story—a tapestry of love and loss woven so deeply into their culture that it goes well beyond that of history or sustenance. Gershman, who’s love affair with Cuba began long before her first visit,...
Blackjack Secrets
A Handbook for Beginners
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2011
The result of thirty years experience playing and winning, Jay Moore’s new book Blackjack Secrets offers rules that are of deciding importance in everyday play. Even if you don’t know anything else about blackjack, if you follow these tips, your game will improve and you are more likely to win....
Words Gone Wild
Fun and Games for Language Lovers
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
A treasury for anyone who enjoys puns, puzzles, palindromes, and all kinds of wordplay!
This enlightening and entertaining guide to humorous language is chock-full of comical spoonerisms, droll malapropisms, witty anagrams, limericks, tongue-twisters, and more. It also provides a bit of historical...