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The Delightful Horror of Family Bir...

Eli J. Knapp

The Delightful Horror of Family Birding

Eli Knapp takes readers from a leaky dugout canoe in Tanzania and the mating grounds of Ecuador's cock-of-the-rock to a juniper titmouse's perch at the Grand Canyon and the migration of hooded mergansers in a New York swamp, exploring life's deepest questions all along the way. In this collection of essays, Knapp intentionally flies away from the flock, reveling in insights gleaned from birds, his students, and the wide-eyed wonder his children experience. The Delightful Horror...

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Eli J. Knapp

The Oasis This Time

Rebecca Lawton

The Oasis This Time

"Rebecca Lawton's powerful and poetic The Oasis This Time celebrates water as a precious natural resource. The collection is as diverse as it is illuminating. Each essay addresses a unique topic, but all are anchored by keen observations of the environment and musings on alternative solutions to pressing environmental problems." —FOREWORD REVIEWS "A collection of strong, smart, wise,...

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Rebecca Lawton

Grizzlies, Gales and Giant Salmon

Pat Ardley

Grizzlies, Gales and Giant Salmon

At age nineteen, Pat Ardley packed up her belongings and left Winnipeg for Vancouver, looking for adventure. Little did she know that she’d spend the next forty years in the wilderness, thirty of which would be spent with a man known as George “Hurricane” Ardley. Pat met George soon after arriving in Vancouver, and not long after that the two of them set out for Addenbroke Island to work as junior lighthouse keepers. The journey up to the little island in the Fitz Hugh Sound, 483 km north of...

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Pat Ardley

Raven Walks Around the World

Thom Henley

Raven Walks Around the World

In 1970, twenty-two-year-old Thom Henley left Michigan and drifted around the northwest coast, getting by on odd jobs and advice from even odder characters. He rode the rails, built a squatter shack on a beach, came to be known as «Huckleberry» and embarked on adventures along the West Coast and abroad that, just like his Mark Twain namesake, situated him in all the right and wrong places at all the right and wrong times. Eventually, a hippie named Stormy directed him to Haida Gwaii where, upon...

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Thom Henley

Stalking Salmon & Wrestling Dru...

Peter L. Gordon

Stalking Salmon & Wrestling Drunks

Each fisherman steps onto the docks, sees Peter Gordon's boat the MV Kalua, glances at the other members of the charter and feels a rush of anticipation. The challenge is on to see who will catch the biggest fish.Told with a skipper's authority, Stalking Salmon and Wrestling Drunks recounts the highs and lows of fishing with tourists, including dealing with rowdy guests, bad weather, near death experiences, lost fish, tangled lines, and sometimes even tragedy. Gordon's humour and...

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Peter L. Gordon

Reel Masters

Susan Schadt

Reel Masters

Part cookbook , this collection of 42 carefully curated recipes is gratifyingly inviting, inventive, and one of the finest to be found. Part guidebook , acclaimed chefs take us fishing along the coastlines and inland shores of the sporting South, including Birmingham, Alabama, Charleston, South Carolina, Richmond, Virginia, Pensacola, Florida, and Delacroix, Venice, Port Sulphur, and Toledo Bend, Louisiana. Through narrative and stunning photography they showcase some of the country's...

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Susan Schadt

Stony Mesa Sagas

Chip Ward

Stony Mesa Sagas

"Now, good people, go eat up this novel and enjoy every bite, and every biting observation. Buckle your spurs; you're in for a wild ride."—REBECCA SOLNITPursued by a mad assassin after their arrest for chaining themselves to a mining site gate , Luna Waxwing and Hip Hop Hopi seek refuge in the remote village of Stony Mesa. Immersed in the diverse cultures and conflicts of the contemporary West, the young couple struggles to understand the wild lands that surround them, while...

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Chip Ward

Evolved

Maximilian Werner

Evolved

B and N ebook promotions.Free ebook promotion available to indie bookstores.A humanities guy exploring backyard science, Werner offers a layman's view of evolutionary theory.Werner's accessible, welcoming prose invites the reader to move in closer for a fresh look at everyday human activities and commonplace natural wonders.With a voice and viewpoint all his own, Werner takes a well-earned place on the shelf between the evolutionary theory of E.O. Wilson and the shimmering prose of...

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