Imposters is a collection of 20 original essays based around important fly patterns. Each essay includes a black and white illustration of the fly or a fishing scene, followed by detailed recipes for the patterns covered in each essay. The author's stories are based on his fishing experiences around the world and have a compelling blend of ......
An American Family and How the United States Brought Home the Dead of World War II
The Last Full Measure tells the forgotten story of the sacred mission to return America's fallen from foreign battlefields. In the fall of 1944, German flak shredded an American bomber in the skies over Austria. Four crew parachuted from the burning aircraft, but six spiraled five miles to their deaths. Among the dead was tail gunner Delbert ......
A Guide to Hiking, Backpacking, Scenic Drives, and Landmarks
DREAM IT Discover the awe-inspiring landscapes, deep cultural history, and fragile beauty of one of America's newest national monuments. Exploring Utah's Bears Ears and Cedar Mesa guides hikers, backpackers, and sightseers through sweeping mesas, sandstone canyons, and ancient archaeological sites--revealing the magic that makes this region one of ......
Nostalgic Decorating and Celebrating All Throughout the House
Bring the magic of a very vintage Christmas to every room in your home. Creating your own vision of holiday decorating and celebrating is personal and meaningful. Author Bob Richter cultivates a "Christmas Consciousness" that he keeps all year long on visits to auctions and flea markets, collecting elements of holiday decor that are rich in ......
Explore His Most Prolific State, from Prairie to Usonian
Of Frank Lloyd Wright's 532 completed projects, the highest concentration worldwide exists in Oak Park, Illinois, where Wright's home and studio lies. Combining architectural history with human interest, explore 80 Frank Lloyd Wright-designed sites all within three hours of Chicago. Organized by region and covering sites built from 1889 to 1959, ......
Millions of people around the world take some form of sleeping pill to get a good night's sleep. Yet the number of deaths involving sleeping pills has increased dramatically in the last year alone. What does this say about our habits-- and addictions? Sleep is undeniably a strange state in which we have to let our guard down. While we sleep, the ......
Former Ohio Attorney General crusades against wrongful conviction and shows how citizens can prevent this terrifyingly common miscarriage of justice. "Wrongful criminal conviction is much more frequent than most Americans believe. The thought of imprisoned innocent people haunted me. I became determined to try to do something about it." --Jim ......
A Town-By-Town Guide to Colonial and Revolutionary War History in the South
Covering the states of Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, A Nation's Heritage is a historic travel guide that takes readers to the important sites in Revolutionary War history. Organized by state and city, each chapter details the history relevant to the local area, followed by descriptions of Revolutionary War sites, such as houses, ......
Discover long-lost stories of science spanning thousands of years of Life on Earth in this journey through our universe's most peculiar properties. Mysteries of Science takes readers on a journey through science's biggest, tiniest, weirdest, and wildest stories from the realms of explorers and inventors to space, evolution, myths, and more through ......
