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The Grand Masters of Maine Gardening
by Jane LambJane Lamb has been a major contributor of gardening articles to Down East magazine for nearly 20 years. Now 27 of her articles profiling Maine's premier gardeners and most outstanding gardens are collected in one volume. Jane has provided a new introductory paragraph for each chapter to bring readers up to date on what has changed since the time when the original article was published. The book includes how-to advice about gardening in a northern climate and insight into ways to approach garden design, as well as 55 color photos by noted garden photographers.
Allen & Mike's Really Cool Telemark Tips, Revised and Even Better!: 123 Amazing Tips to Improve Your Tele-Skiing (Allen & Mike's Series)
by Allen O'bannonFollowing up on the phenomenal success of their backcountry ski and backpacking books, Allen O&’Bannon and Mike Clelland here provide a thoroughly revised and updated edition of their likewise popular Allen & Mike&’s Really Cool Telemark Tips, which first appeared in 1998. For anyone who&’s ever yearned to master the subtleties of the telemark turn, this book includes more than 120 clear, concise telemark tips complemented by often hilarious and always helpful illustrations. For beginners and experts alike, it is a must for tele-skiers who really want to shred.In the decade since the original publication of Allen & Mike&’s Really Cool Telemark Tips, telemark skiing has evolved enormously. It&’s entered a modern era, and this new edition reflects the new gear, the new teaching, and the new style of tele-skiing.
101 Hearty Recipes
by Gooseberry PatchYour family will happily gather 'round the table when you pass around the homestyle dishes in 101 Hearty Recipes! Because some days are busy and other days are more relaxed, you'll love the two full chapters of mains and side dishes that satisfy. Recipes in Speedy & Satisfying like Cheesy Chicken & Bacon Casserole and Au Gratin Sausage Skillet come together in a snap…just 30 minutes or less! Homemade suppers in Casual & Comforting like German Style Short Ribs and Golden Parmesan Roasted Potatoes are slowly-simmered or baked until bubbly and guaranteed to be worth the wait. Other tempting delights include Raspberry Upside-Down Cake and Dark Chocolate Pecan Pie…talk about comfort food! Homemade presents are always the best, so we've tucked in recipes just perfect for gift-giving all year long! Durable softcover, 112 pages.
Gift Basket Design Book: Everything You Need to Know to Create Beautiful, Professional-Looking Gift Baskets for All Occasions
by Shirley FrazierWhen she published her first book about starting a home-based gift basket business, Shirley George Frazier blazed the trail for other home-based business owners coast to coast. She also tapped a growing demand for gift baskets, the all-occasion solution for personalized and memorable presents. Her business was such a phenomenon that Frazier turned her experiences into a book to instruct readers how to make these baskets themselves, combining the creative with the practical and even providing designs for those who wanted to start their own business! This all-new revised edition features:*distinctive holiday ideas*alternate containers for gift baskets*new gift baskets geared for: the techie, the college student, the pet lover, and more!Shirley George Frazier is also the author of MARKETING STRATEGIES FOR THE HOME-BASED BUSINESS (November &“07) and HOW TO START A HOME-BASED GIFT BASKET BUSINESS, 4th edition. She is a business owner and marketing expert who appears at small-business workshops across the country, and is often featured on TV network shows as an expert on home-based businesses.
Bonefish Fly Patterns: Tying, Selecting, and Fishing all the Best Bonefish Flies from Today's Best Tiers
by Dick BrownThis edition of Bonefish Fly Patterns is the most comprehensive collection of bonefish flies ever published, displaying fly designs from such world-class flats anglers and guides as Winston Moore, Jim Orthwein (four-time bonefish world record holder), Steve Huff, Harry Spear, Rick Ruoff, Del Brown, John Goddard, Barry and Cathy Beck, Lou Tabory, Tim Borski, Bob Clouser, Lefty Kreh, Tom McGuane, Yvon Chouinard, Craig Mathews, Vic Gaspeny, Dave Skok, Eric Peterson, Patrick Dorsey, Aaron Adams, and many, many more.The book includes 197 full-color photographs—one for each featured pattern, some published here for the first time. Each fly profile is listed with its creator's authentic recipe and tying tips. Also included are tying sequences for important patterns, a discussion of design trends, a materials glossary, and a list of sources for materials, custom flies, and off-the-shelf patterns. Additionally, Dick Brown describes fly selection for various destinations, habitats, and conditions, and advises anglers on how to present flies and what prey they portray.
The Case for Christianity: St. Justin Martyr's Arguments for Religious Liberty and Judicial Justice
by Robert M. HaddadThis analysis of St Justin's approach in appealing to the Romans functions as both a fascinating historical exploration of what Haddad argues is the work of the founder of effective apologetics, and as a sourcebook for study for Christians who must defend their faith-just as St Justin's work itself in the second century AD.
A Woman's Guide to Heart Attack Recovery: How to Survive, Thrive, and Protect Your Heart
by Charlotte Libov Harvey M. KramerAs a heart attack survivor, you know that you must do everything within your power to prevent yourself from having another heart attack. The reason is simple; as a heart attack survivor, you are at greater risk of suffering another heart attack, one that could end your life.A Woman's Guide to Heart Attack Recovery provides heart attack survivors with a multi-faceted approach to preventing subsequent heart attacks. First, you need to empower yourself, and the way to do that is to learn as much as you can about your heart, the heart attack treatments you may have undergone, and, if you've only recently had your heart attack, the key steps to recuperation. You also need to know what to do in an emergency in case you experience another heart attack. Many chapters in this book — such as the ones on high blood pressure, diabetes, weight control, diet and exercise — are filled with information on how to achieve these specific goals. A heart attack can be a life-affirming wake-up call and many women find their life afterward to be better than it was before. Many of you will find it to be the impetus you need to make changes towards living a healthier life. A Women's Guide to Heart Attack Recovery is devoted to helping you do just that.
Gourmet Getaways: 50 Top Spots to Cook and Learn
by Joe DavidCook your way across the U.S.A.! Foodies of all stripes and sensibilities—from budding chefs to kitchen divas—will flock to this where-to travel guide detailing fifty of America&’s top recreational cooking programs.Gourmet Getaways is the essential guide to planning and getting the most out of a culinary vacation, whether one is a beginning cook or an accomplished gourmet. From well-known culinary schools to country inns, from a weekend to a week, it offers in-depth descriptions of a variety of cooking school getaway options, with additional information on accommodations and local attractions. Bonus features include recipes, cooking tips, and chef profiles. California&’s COPIA in the Napa Valley, Wisconsin&’s Destination Koehler, and Virginia&’s Inn at Little Washington are just a few of the outstanding and eclectic getaways profiled. Whatever one&’s skill level, budget, or schedule, Gourmet Getaways has everyone covered.
The Brave Captains
by V. A. StuartOctober 1854: Admidst brutal cannonade and flashing sabers, the Plain of Balaclava thundered to two of the most incredible military maneuvers of all time—the charge of the Heavy and Light Brigades. As the Russian cavalry prepares to launch a full-scale attack to seize Balaclava, the British find themselves in desperate straits. Dangerously outnumbered, they are hoping for reinforcements, but in the meantime they must hold their ground, calling for heroism that will test the courage of even the bravest man. Dodging bursting shells and Russian Cossacks, Hazard proves that the bluejackets fight as well on land as they do at sea.
Cake Mixes Cookbook
by Gooseberry PatchGet a taste of Gooseberry Patch in this collection of over 20 favorite recipes made with cake mixes! Make dozens of different treats from a store-bought cake mix with the scrumptious ideas in Cake Mixes! Try baking up a pumpkin coffee cake, peach-berry cobbler, caramel layer brownies, peanut butter chip cookies and more.
Barrel Racing 101: A Complete Program For Horse And Rider
by Marlene McraeFew equestrian sports are more exciting than barrel racing, in which horse and rider carve a lightning-fast cloverleaf pattern around three barrels, then gallop down to the finish line. Time is measured in hundredths of seconds, and winners receive substantial prize money and the admiration and respect of fellow competitors and spectators alike.As thrilling as barrel racing is to watch, doing it is even more fun, as thousands of people are discovering every year. To help them--and you--get started, champion racer and internationally respected instructor and clinician Marlene McRae shares her program that has taken hundreds of her students to success in the arena, as well as to becoming educated horsemen and-women:* Selecting Your Champion Horse: Choosing a barrel-racing prospect based on conformation and temperament; finding a qualified veterinarian to help you assess the prospects.* Choosing and Using Equipment: Determining the right saddle, bridle (including bits), leg protection, and other tack to buy, as well as their proper fit and use.* Feeding and Nutrition: Establishing a basic commonsense feeding regimen for your horse; the role of supplements, as well as their possible misuse.* Shoeing and Foot Care: Proper foot care, with an emphasis on working with your farrier and veterinarian to avoid foot- and leg-related injuries.* Conditioning and Exercising: A comprehensive program for developing your horse's stamina and fitness, along with ways to avoid unsoundness problems.* Getting Started in the Barrel-Racing Patterns: How to set up the pattern correctly; techniques for training the horse, with an emphasis on rider position, balance, and using hands, legs, and voice as communication aids.* Competing: Locating entry-level local events, clubs, and associations; the "mental game of competing to stay focused; achieving teamwork with your horse."Barrel Racing 101 is the perfect textbook for the sport. Study it and use it, and you're bound to finish at the top of your class.
From Baghdad with Love: A Marine, the War, and a Dog Named Lava
by Jay Kopelman Melinda RothWhen Marines enter an abandoned house in Fallujah, Iraq, and hear a suspicious noise, they clench their weapons, edge around the corner, and prepare to open fire. What they find during the U.S.–led attack on the &“most dangerous city on Earth&” in late 2004, however, is not an insurgent but a puppy left behind when most of the city&’s residents fled. Despite military law forbidding pets, the Marines de-flea the pup with kerosene, de-worm him with chewing tobacco, and fill him up on Meals Ready to Eat.Thus begins the dramatic rescue of a dog named Lava—and Lava&’s rescue of at least one Marine, Lieutenant Colonel Jay Kopelman, from the emotional ravages of war. From hardened soldiers to wartime journalists to endangered Iraqi citizens, From Baghdad, With Love tells the unforgettable true story of an unlikely band of heroes who learn unexpected lessons about life, death, and war from a mangy little flea-ridden refugee.
Day Trips® from New York City: Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler (Day Trips Series)
by Shandana DurraniRediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip with Day Trips from New York City. This guide is packed with hundreds of exciting things for locals and vacationers to do, see, and discover within a two-hour drive of the New York metro area.
Washington Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff (Curiosities Series)
by Harriet BaskasThe definitive collection of Washington's odd, wacky, and most offbeat people, places, and things, for Washington residents and anyone else who enjoys local humor and trivia with a twist.
Port City Shakedown: A Brandon Blake Crime Novel
by Gerry BoyleThis first book in a new series is set in and around the Portland, Maine, waterfront. It introduces Brandon Blake, a loner who lives on his old wooden cruiser. Raised by his alcoholic grandmother after his mother was lost at sea, Blake learned to depend on himself. During an assignment for a law-enforcement class, Blake gets involved in a fight and is marked for payback by a soon-to-be-released convict. Meanwhile, questions surface about his mother's disappearance.
Deadwood: The Best Writings On The Most Notorious Town In The West
by T. D. GriffithOf the many iconic towns of the old West, none has quite captured our imagination like Deadwood. From the legacy of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane to the current resurgence in mining and gambling, this city in the Black Hills of South Dakota continues to occupy a central place in the American mythos. Deadwood brings together the most captivating writings about the wildest town in the West, including excerpts from novels, period newspaper articles, biographies, and even song lyrics.
The Battle of the River Plate: The Hunt for the German Pocket Battleship Graf Spee
by Dudley PopeThis tale of the Battle of the River Plate follows the machinations of the German war machine as Kapitan zur See Hans Langsdorff commands the pocket battleship Graf Spee on a mission to cripple British shipping. Through clever subterfuge and daring, the Graf Spee takes ship after ship, ultimately forcing the British Navy to send twenty ships in search of the elusive German vessel. Pope presents a true, enthralling account of the men, ships, and tactics that culminated in this naval action which so brilliantly began Britain's war at sea.
Time of Terror
by Seth HunterThe first volume in the thrilling adventure series featuring Nathan Peake, British naval officer and spy, during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic WarsIn the Time of Terror, friends turn against friends, patriots are betrayed, and lovers must pay the ultimate price. 1793: British navy commander Nathan Peake patrols the English coast, looking for smugglers. Desperate for some real action, Peake gets his chance when France declares war on England and descends into the bloody madness of the Terror. Peake is entrusted with a mission to wreck the French economy by smuggling fake banknotes into Paris. His activities take him down Paris streets patrolled by violent mobs and into the sinister catacombs beneath the French capital. As opposition to the Terror mounts, Peake fights to carry out his mission—and to save the life of the woman he loves.
Remembering Dud Dean
by Walter MacdougallA fictional Maine guide who won many friends and admirers through the pages of Field & Stream magazine in the 1920s and '30s, Dud Dean is very much a product of his creator. Arthur Macdougall was an avid outdoorsman and a minister in Bingham, Maine, a tiny town perched on the reaches of the mighty Kennebec River. The tales in this book were compiled by Macdougall's son, Walter.
Hawaii Off the Beaten Path®: A Guide to Unique Places (Off the Beaten Path Series)
by Sean Pager Carrie FrasureTired of the same old tourist traps? Whether you&’re a visitor or a local looking for something different, let Hawaii Off the Beaten Path show you the Aloha State you never knew existed. Pay respect to the 700-pound crystal shivalingam and experience a daily puja (purification ritual) at Kauai&’s Hindu Monastery. Hike through the natural splendor of Waipio Valley to reach Hiilawe Falls. Dropping more than 1,200 feet in free fall, the waters of Hiilawe make the longest unbroken descent in Hawaii. Follow Jack London&’s trail on Kalae Stables&’ &“world-famous Moloka`i mule ride&” to Kalaupapa Peninsula. Or dine on a &“plate lunch,&” the quintessential meal of Hilo, at Cafe 100, the city&’s first drive-in. So if you&’ve &“been there, done that&” one too many times, get off the main road and venture Off the Beaten Path.
Alice's Cookbook
by Alice HartAlice Hart is an exciting and authoritative new young voice on food who loves to share her culinary knowledge with friends. In this book she encourages her generation of 20- and 30-somethings to cook the original, modern food they enjoy to fit the lifestyles they lead. Dip into Alice’s Cookbook in January to find an inspirational New Year brunch, or during August for a vibrant and memorable summer kitchen supper. Each recipe is designed to fit into busy social lives: Hands-on cooking times are provided for each dish, menus are adaptable to seasons and availability, and advice is given to scale quantities up or down to feed a crowd (or not).
Best Easy Day Hikes Cincinnati (Best Easy Day Hikes Series)
by Johnny MolloyBest Easy Day Hikes Cincinnati includes concise descriptions of the best short hikes in the area, with detailed maps of the routes. The 20 hikes in this guide are generally short, easy to follow, and guaranteed to please.
Superb Maine Soups: Innovative Recipes from Simple to Sumptuous
by Cynthia Finnemore SimondsSoups warm your heart as well as your stomach. A former caterer, Simonds answers questions such as, How do you simmer a sumptuous stock? What are the essential ingredients for creamy chowder? How do you build layers of flavor in a stew? Whether you're tempted to try an old favorite or one of Simonds's trademark innovative recipes, the author stresses that soups are best when made with the freshest ingredients from local producers.
Scout's Outdoor Cookbook
by Christine Conners Tim ConnersThe Scout's Outdoor Cookbook emphasizes the best food preparation and techniques currently used in scouting. Thoroughly covered are recipes employing time-tested cooking methods using Dutch ovens, pots and pans, grills, and open fire. Many outstanding no-cook dishes are also provided.Enjoy over three hundred favorite recipes of leaders from the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the USA, such as: Flying Pigs in Sleeping Bags, Buckeye Biscuits and Gravy, Scoutcraft Meatloaf, Worm Burgers, Johnny Appleseed Pork Chops, Black Swamp Pasta, Oooey Gooey Extwa Toowy Bwownies, Black Bart&’s Salmagundi, Chicken and Varmints, Teenage Sugar Addict Orange Rolls, Barracuda Stroganoff, Jeepers Creepers Dirt Parfait, the World&’s Largest S&’mores, and hundreds more!Sometimes wacky, always practical, this book will help the new camp cookie to develop a thorough foundation of basic skills, while providing the experienced chef with plenty of new recipes and techniques to add additional dimension and enjoyment to their outdoor cooking.
101 Easy Everyday Recipes
by Gooseberry PatchWho doesn't love a meal that's simple to shop for and comes together in a snap? That's exactly what you'll find in 101 Easy Everyday Recipes. Your family will savor most-requested recipes like Coconut-Orange Breakfast Rolls, Apple Crisp Pie, Down-Home Taco Casserole and Unstuffed Green Pepper Soup. And with a photo of every recipe, you'll know just what to expect, making menu planning a breeze!