Nature, recreation and sports

The Mammoth Book of Maneaters

by Alex MacCormick

Don't go into the woods today. . . If you're on a cruise, tramping through a forest or holidaying in an exotic location, you are constantly being watched - somewhere close by a creature is lurking, stalking...

Between The Lies

by Marv Levy

When does the End Zone Justify the Means? The Los Angeles Leopards and the Portland Pioneers are on a collision course toward the Super Bowl Championship. One team is led by a take-no-prisoners head coach; the...

Mona Lisa in Camelot: How Jacqueline Kennedy and Da Vinci's Masterpiece Charmed and Captivated a Nation

by Margaret Leslie Davis

As featured in Vanity Fair, “this little gem” is a “terrific, fascinating story” (Good Morning America) that will leave “Jackie lovers...thrilled” (Kirkus Reviews).

The Marine

by Rudy Josephs

Following a rescue mission in Afghanistan, discharged marine John Triton returns home to South Carolina and into the loving arms of his wife, Kate. Though happy to be home, Triton soon discovers that adjusting...

The Secret of Water

by Masaru Emoto

Dr. Masaru Emoto's stunning water-crystal photographs have enchanted millions of people in his many books. His groundbreaking work has shown that thoughts and words have a direct effect on water- crystal formation,...

The Concussion Crisis: Anatomy of a Silent Epidemic

by Linda Carroll & David Rosner

FOR FAR TOO LONG, the menace of concussions has been hidden in plain sight. On playing fields across America, lives are being derailed by seemingly innocuous jolts to the head. From the peewees to the pros,...

Oink: My Life with Mini-Pigs

by Matt Whyman

In an entertaining cross between Babe and Marley & Me, a family of six (plus a dog, cat, and several chickens) decides to invite two mini-pigs into their chaotic household.

Matt Whyman, a successful novelist,...

The Lost Dogs: Michael Vick's Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption

by Jim Gorant

The bestselling story of survival and our powerful bond with man's best friend, in the aftermath of the nation's most notorious animal cruelty case. Featuring a new Afterword with updates on the Vick dogs. ...

Lumen Picturae: A Classical Drawing Manuel

by Frederick De Wit

Thanks to its exquisite pictorial material, this book familiarizes the reader with the logic and golden rules of art. It enables an understanding, on the one hand, of the keys to appreciating the works of the...

The Big Book of Buds: More Marijuana Varieties from the World's Great Seed Breeders

by Ed Rosenthal

The fourth volume of the Guru of Ganja’s Big Book of Buds series is here with all new varieties from the world’s greatest seed breeders. It is both an eye-catching coffee table book and the most informative,...

This Is Our Time!: The 2010 World Series Champions San Francisco Giants. The Inside Story: Improbable. Wild. Unforgettable.

by Chris Haft & Eric Alan

Baseball has life encoded within it as completely as DNA does: the world’s deepest wisdom, edgiest laughter, joys and sorrows. Among the millions who chase baseball’s dream, though, only a few scale the...

Beef Cattle: Keeping a Small-Scale Herd for Pleasure and Profit

by Ann Larkin Hansen

These Hobby Farms livestock care manuals will help both experienced and novice farmers realize their own dreams of life on the farm - for pleasure and for profit.

Llamas and Alpacas: Small-scale Herding for Pleasure and Profit

by Sue Weaver

These Hobby Farms livestock care manuals will help both experienced and novice hobby farmers realize their own dreams of life on the farm - for pleasure and profit.

Cannabis Indica: The Essential Guide to the World's Finest Marijuana Strains

by S. T. Oner & Greg Green

Cannabis Indica features genetics from over 60 different seed breeders — more than all other cannabis strain guides put together — and strains from a variety of countries. Featuring classic Indica strains,...

My Green Manifesto: Down the Charles River in Pursuit of a New Environmentalism

by David Gessner

Inspired by a rough-and-tumble journey across country and down river, David Gessner makes the case for a new environmentalism. In a frank, funny, and incisive call to arms that spans from the Cape Wind Project...

Blue Revolution: Unmaking America's Water Crisis

by Cynthia Barnett

Americans see water as abundant and cheap: we turn on the faucet and out it gushes, for less than a penny a gallon. We use more water than any other culture in the world, much to quench what’s now our largest...

Empire of the Beetle: How Human Folly and a Tiny Bug Are Killing North America's Great Forests

by Andrew Nikiforuk

Beginning in the late 1980s, a series of improbable bark beetle outbreaks unsettled iconic forests and communities across western North America. An insect the size of a rice kernel eventually killed more than...

True Path of the Ninja: The Definitive Translation of the Shoninki

by Anthony Cummins & Yoshie Minami

True Path of the Ninja is the first authoritative translation in English of the Shoninki—the famous 17th century ninja training manual. Antony Cummins and Yoshie Minami worked closely with Dr. Nakashima Atsumi,...

Secret Tactics: Lessons From the Great Masters of Martial Arts

by Kazumi Tabata

In the tradition of The Martial Artist's Book of Five Rings, one of America's most experienced teachers of karate offers new interpretations of fundamental martial arts texts. The book includes new translations...

American Pickers Guide to Picking

by Libby Callaway

A true adventure story and the go-to guide for "picking" American treasures from anyone’s backyard, straight from the stars of History's American Pickers

In these pages, professional treasure hunters Mike...