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Grenadiers: The Story of Waffen SS General Kurt "Panzer" Meyer (Stackpole Military History Series)
by Kurt Meyer• Reprint of the classic World War II memoirGerman General Kurt "Panzer" Meyer's autobiography is a fascinating insight into the mind of one of Germany's most highly decorated and successful soldiers of World War II. If you love small-unit actions, this is the book for you. Follow Meyer with the 1st SS-Panzer Division "Leibstandarte" and the 12th SS-Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend," from the first day of the war in Poland, through service in France, Russia, and Greece, up until his capture in Normandy in 1944 and his postwar trials and tribulations.
Singing the New Nation
by E. Lawrence AbelScholarly volumes have been written about the causes of the war, presenting plausible reasons for the bloodbath of the 1860s. The arguments are endless and fascinating. Every generation finds new insight into the times. What has largely been ignored is the role of songs in America&’s Civil War. This book chronicles the war&’s social history in terms of its seldom discussed musical side, and is told from the perspective of the South. Outmanned and outgunned during the War, the South was certainly not musically bested.
Great Hikes in the Poconos
by Linda Newman Boyd NewmanHiking guide to the state's biggest tourist areaVaried hikes are appropriate for all abilitiesAn easy-to-use guidebook to more than 40 favorite hikes in northeast Pennsylvania (north of Route 78, east of Route 15). Each hike begins with a table listing hike distance, elevation, directions to trailhead, interesting features along the way, handicapped accessibility, duration of hike, hiking surface description, permissibility of hunting, and facilities, followed by a short narrative that describes in more detail where to go and what to see on each hike. Each hike includes a topographic map with the selected route marked. The hikes vary from easy to moderate to challenging.
Lee's Real Plan at Gettysburg
by Troy D. HarmanFor almost 100 years, analysis of the Gettysburg Campaign has centered around an oversimplified view of Confederate general Robert E. Lee's goals for the battle. Lee's Real Plan at Gettysburg presents a provocative new theory regarding Lee's true tactical objectives during this pivotal battle of the American Civil War.
Wolfpack Warriors (Stackpole Military History Series)
by Roger A. FreemanVividly recounts the combat history of the legendary U.S. 56th Fighter Group Focuses on the pilots, their friendships and rivalries, and their battles "Beware the Thunderbolt!" With that motto, the pilots of the U.S. Eighth Air Force's 56th Fighter Group--also known as Zemke's Wolfpack--took to the skies above Europe in their P-47 Thunderbolt fighters, escorting bombers into Germany, dogfighting with the Luftwaffe, and conducting ground-attack missions. The first group to receive the P-47, the 56th pioneered aerial tactics and compiled a staggering record: 665.5 aerial kills, 311 ground kills, thirty-nine fighter aces with five or more kills, two Distinguished Unit Citations, eighteen Distinguished Service Crosses, and twenty-eight Silver Stars.
Fly Rodding Estuaries
by Ed MitchellLearn to fish salt ponds, bays, coves, harbors, coastal creeks, and rivers. How to find and fish striped bass, bluefish, weakfish, Atlantic bonito, little tunny, American shad, hickory shad, fluke, red drum, spotted seatrout, and more. Matching poppers, sliders, streamers, and other flies to the bait fish.
Quality Whitetails
Informative essays by professional deer biologists. Comprehensive descriptions of viable management programs. Precise methods of evaluating the effectiveness of quality deer management.
Outdoor Safety Handbook
by Buck TiltonEasy-to-use format: Each page covers one situation. Essential for hikers, hunters, anglers, birders, campers and all who spend time outdoors.
Timeless Bowhunting
by Roy S. MarlowTimeless Bowhunting will help you:• Choose a bow based on the merits of technical design• Find a hunting arrow that gives optimum accuracy, trajectory, and penetration• Shoot accurately uphill, downhill, from tree stands, and in the wind• Choose an effective shooting style for your type of hunting• Perfect your shooting form by eliminating common shooting flaws• Find the best aiming method for you
Basic Woodworking
by Cheryl SobunA fully illustrated introduction to hand and machine toolsDetailed, step-by-step guidance on essential woodworking techniquesInstructions for several complete projects plus it covers finishing, staining, and paintingThe history of woodworking spans cultures and millennia, and each year more and more people take up this exciting and challenging craft. Illustrated with hundreds of full-color photographs, Basic Woodworking helps beginners learn the fundamentals of working with wood and avoid frustration and injury in the process. Following a complete introduction to both hand tools and woodworking machines, the book guides readers step-by-step, from start to finish, through several simple projects--including a cutting board, peg shelf, and step stool--and, along the way, builds a foundation of knowledge by teaching the essential skills that will serve them in future woodworking endeavors.
Concrete Crafts
by Alan WycheckCreate unique tiles, bowls, pavers, stepping stones, planters, tabletops, birdbaths, and more. Includes a gallery of imaginative and original projects. Techniques clearly explained for the novice or experienced crafter.
Beyond Basic Knitting (How To Basics)
by Leigh Ann BerryDetailed information that builds on basic knitting techniques. How-to instructions complete with color photographs. Includes essential skills review and knitting resources list.
Fine Art Photography: High Dynamic Range
by Tony SweetDirections for working with two popular photo editing programs: Photomatix and HDR Efex Pro.
Cathy Beck's Fly-Fishing Handbook
by Cathy BeckAll the basics--on gear, lines, leaders, and knots, and casting.
Robert Churchill's Game Shooting (Stackpole Classics)
by MacDonald HastingsThis edition of the standard textbook on its subject has been revised by Robert Churchill&’s biographer. Macdonald Hastings, himself well-known in the shooting field (and other fields as well), has incorporated comments on matters which, since Churchill&’s Game Shooting as first published in 1955, required further enlargement or modification. He has also brought the entire work completely up-to-date.Macdonald Hastings, who collaborated with the author in the writing of the original edition, was Robert Churchill&’s own choice to revise the text and this new edition of Churchill&’s drill book, as the great gunmaker and coach himself liked to describe it, may be regarded as contemporarily definitive. None who read the first edition will want to miss this second one, in which every point of controversy and prejudice has been underlined with an editorial note to assist the shooting man in improving his own performance.To those who are still unfamiliar with Churchill&’s method of teaching game-shooting, it is important to add that this books is aimed to help not merely the experienced shot who wonders why he is missing, but also the novice handling a gun for the first time. It contains complete and always practical advice on all forms of shot-gun work for everybody.Those who make good use of this manual will not only be welcome guests in any company but quickly pay the cost of the book out of the saving they make on wasted cartridges.
Wildflowers of the Eastern United States
by John EastmanDescriptions by wild plant expert John Eastman offer details on the identification, growth, interaction, locations, and more.
Scarves in the Round
by Heather WalpoleCowls, infinity scarves, long tube scarves, and neck warmers are fresh, modern takes on the scarf, and you'll want to create them all from this fun and fashion-forward collection for circular needles. With circular needles you are always moving forward, with no need to flip from front to back--and no seams--so you'll whip them up in no time!
NOLS Lightning (NOLS Library)
by Scott Morris John GookinField guide for making careful decisions in the backcountry and relying on informed observation.
Elk of North America (Wildlife Management Institute Classics)
by Olaus J. MurieThis is an outstanding treatise on one of America&’s most widely hunted and most important big-game animals. Although thousands of sportsmen take to the field each year in quest of trophies, the perpetuation of elk hunting in America depends entirely upon proper management of the herds. Whether management succeeds or fails in future years will depend upon how well the public understands the problems of the game administrators and of the animals themselves. Everything the sportsman or naturalist would wish to know about the elk in included in this new volume. Habits, food preferences, seasonal movements, anatomy, antler development, and management problems are interestingly and thoroughly discussed. Written by one of America&’s greatest field naturalists, this new book has behind it a lifetime spent in intimate study of the subject.Dr. Murie is recognized as the world&’s foremost authority on the American elk and his comprehensive research on elk in the Jackson Hole National Monument forms the basis for this book. Everyone interested in America&’s wildlife will want this volume in his library. The book is copiously illustrated with half-tone and original line drawings by the author.
Hew to the Line: A Woodworker's Apprenticeship
by James F. Carpenter Sonja BoushekThis is an exuberant storytelling book - a collection of entertaining and thought-provoking tales shared by Jim Carpenter, gleaned from his experiences working with wood. A lifelong interest in woodworking, carpentry, and its history eventually led Jim to share his background and wisdom of working in his shop. You are sure to chuckle at the wry wit stories in this informative book. One story he often shares is titled Really? One evening while my neighbor was out on a bike ride, he stopped by to check out what I was working on in my shop. After a bit he asked me why I was using a hand saw when I had a perfectly good table saw sitting right there. It didn't make any sense to him. I asked him why he was riding a bicycle when he had a perfectly good car sitting right there in his garage. He told me that his evening bike rides were a way he could relax and it made him feel better. No comment.
Leave No Trace in the Outdoors
by Jeffrey MarionThe essential guide for enjoying the outdoors without harming the environment.
Decision in the Ukraine (Stackpole Military History Series)
by George M. NipeMyth-busting account of the summer of 1943 on the Eastern Front, one of World War II's turning points.
Haunted Western Pennsylvania (Haunted Series)
by Patty A. WilsonA collection of frightening stories from the western part of the Keystone State.
Battle of Paoli
by Thomas J. McGuireThis first full-length treatment of the Revolutionary War battle of Paoli recounts the British surprise attack on a Continental Army division near Philadelphia in September 1777. A crushing defeat for the Americans, the battle became known as the "Paoli Massacre". Philadelphia fell to the British a week later.Reconstructs the battle from the maneuvering that preceded it to the bloody aftermathExplains how this relatively small clash affected the larger Philadelphia Campaign and shaped American strategy for the rest of the war