Gloria Swanson is most remembered today for her role as "Norma Desmond" in Billy Wilder's noir sound classic Sunset Boulevard (1950), but Swanson during her heyday was heralded as filmdom's leading fashion queen, as proclaimed by director Cecil B. DeMille in such silent motion pictures as Male and Female (1919), Why Change YourHusband (1921), and ......
When a pesky tumbleweed drops in for lunch one day, hilarity ensues. In this zany retelling of the popular folk tune "The Cat Came Back," what starts as a small problem grows into a giant conundrum when one tumbleweed turns into ten, then twenty, then thousands. Granny and her two grandchildren do their best to rid their farm of the scratchy ......
Muriel White was a scion of several "first families" of the U.S. Born into great wealth at the height of the Gilded Age, her mother was so famously beautiful that Edith Wharton and Henry James wrote about it. Muriel's father, who signed the Versailles Peace Treaty on behalf of the U.S., was among the most brilliant and respected diplomats of his ......
Margaret Heckler's compassionate and bipartisan work is a shining example of a hero who transcended political assumptions and expectations to help America's women and underserved communities. The daughter of Irish immigrants, Heckler represented the American dream. She remains the only woman to have earned a "triple crown" in politics: serving ......
In a world where young men are seeking direction, veteran educator Paul Cumbo offers a transformative roadmap to authentic manhood that bridges traditional values with modern understanding.
Based on more than two decades of experience teaching and mentoring, Cumbo delivers an essential guide that speaks directly ......
The North Umpqua is a National Wild and Scenic River and a legendary steelhead and trout destination. This complete, pool-by-pool guide to one of the most famous steelhead rivers in the United States, written by a local legend, includes detailed information about access, techniques, timing, and fly patterns.
Steelhead, Salmon, and Brown Trout in Lake Erie Tributaries
The tributaries that flow into Lake Erie provide some of the best steelhead fly fishing on the planet, as well as plentiful opportunities to catch salmon, brown trout, smallmouth bass, and other species. The 400 miles of southern Lake Erie shoreline in three states-Buffalo, New York at its eastern end; Toledo, Ohio, on its western flank; and ......
This new entry in the Stackpole Favorite Flies series covers flies for the Upper Midwest-Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. This area has fishing that is very different than the rest of the Midwest (Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois), and Jerry Darkes leads anglers through it. The Favorite Flies series pulls together fifty important (either ......
Michigan Freshwater Fishes is a portable reference guide to 80 native species of freshwater fish that inhabit Michigan's lakes and rivers. The illustrated, waterproof 12-panel folding guide features a watershed map to which each species is keyed, and provides descriptions of anatomy and distinguishing features. Made in the USA.
