Nature, recreation and sports

Backgarden Chickens and Other Poultry

by John Harrison

A practical and indispensable guide which covers all you need to know about keeping poultry in your own back garden. Find out: What housing and basic equipment you need; How to choose and obtain the right poultry...

About This Life: Journeys on the Threshold of Memory

by Barry Lopez

The acclaimed National Book Award winner gives us a collection of spellbinding new essays that, read together, form a jigsaw-puzzle portrait of an extraordinary man.

With the publication of his best-selling...

Rediscovery of North America

by Barry Lopez

Five hundred years ago an Italian whose name, translated into English, meant Christopher Dove, came to America and began a process not of discovery, but incursion -- "a ruthless, angry search for wealth" that...

Play Ball: The Life and Troubled Times of Major League Baseball

by John Feinstein

An inside look at the world of major league baseball draws on interviews with the players, umpires, managers and coaches, owners, and others to discuss behind-the-scenes intrigues, financial manipulations, controversies,...

How to Draw What You See

by Rudy De Reyna

When it was originally published in 1970, How to Draw What You See zoomed to the top of Watson-Guptill’s best-seller list—and it has remained there ever since. “I believe that you must be able to draw...

Us Against Them: Oral History of the Ryder Cup

by Robin Mcmillan

The Only Oral History of the Ryder Cup Since Its Genesis in 1927

Us Against Them recounts how the Ryder Cup grew from the brink of extinction to become the most compelling and controversial tournament in golf....

Edge Music

by Stuart Cooke

Edge Music explores what it means to talk about, and to write on, the edges of Australian landscapes - be they geographical or historical. Responding to a complex, globally engaged nation, this innovative book...

Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Dungeons & Dragons: One Woman's Quest to Trade Self-Help for Elf-Help

by Shelly Mazzanoble

With tongue-in-cheek humor, the creator of the award-winning Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress takes on the self-help section, proving that the benefits of the Dungeons & Dragons® game goes far beyond simple...

Canine Cuisine

by Elaine Everest

Every dog owner wants the best for their pet. Commercial dog foods and biscuits contain colourings, flavour enhancers and preservatives that are just as unlikely to be good for our pets as they are for us. The...

The Urban Hen

by Paul Peacock

"The Urban Hen" is the perfect companion for the city poultry keeper and shows you how to maintain a happy, healthy garden or backyard flock in towns and cities. Paul Peacock shows you how to: find the best...

Knitted Toy Tales

by Laura Long

From bunnies and bears to Russian dolls and robots, discover a unique range of over 20 adorable little knitted characters, each packed with personality and individual charm. The softly colored characters are...

The Poison Oak and Poison Ivy Survival Guide

by Sandra J. Baker

Finalist in the Global eBook Awards competition, 2011. Roam the outdoors with confidence after using the author’s invaluable Poison Oak & Poison Ivy Identification Technique. You will learn that a substance...

Deadly Equines: The Shocking True Story of Meat-Eating and Murderous Horses

by CuChullaine O'Reilly

There is widespread belief in a warm and comforting story which states the horse is a gentle herbivore. What if a Rosetta Stone had been found to unlock the dark secrets of the horse's past? An international...

Gaeta - A Peek Into the Past

by Nicola Tarallo

The collection comprises 165 postcards of Gaeta with views of the city from the years preceding World War II up through the 1960s, which belonged to the author's grandfather, Nicola Magliocca, an accomplished...

Think Like a Cat: How to Raise a Well-Adjusted Cat--Not a Sour Puss

by Pam Johnson-Bennett

A fully revised and updated edition of the bestselling feline behavior bible.

There are approximately eighty-five million cats owned as pets in the United States alone. And-thanks to her regular appearances...

Animals Behaving Badly: Boozing Bees, Cheating Chimps, Dogs with Guns, and Other Beastly True Tales

by Linda Lombardi

There's a lot that animals don't want you to know, and the better their public image, the worse their secrets are: gang-rapist dolphins; lazy, infanticidal lions; and, of course, our own dogs, who eat our money,...

Sweetness: The Enigmatic Life of Walter Payton

by Jeff Pearlman

The definitive biography of Chicago Bears superstar Walter Payton.

In the twelve years since his death from cancer, Walter Payton’s legend has only grown in magnitude. The Hall of Fame running back, who broke...

Locust Control Handbook

by Tahar Rachadi

It is of paramount importance to improve application techniques when controlling locust outbreaks in developing countries. Most available documents and publications on locust control deal mainly with insecticides,...

Insecta Coleoptera Tenebrionidae Pedinini Platynotina

by Dariusz Iwan

The taxonomical study of the Coleoptera Platynotina of Madagascar is presented and illustrated. The Madagascan Platynotina include three main groups: (I) the genera Zidalus Mulsant et Rey (three species) and...

Diseases of Tropical Tree Crops

by Dominique Mariau

This work gives details of some fifty diseases of tropical tree crops which cause very significant yield losses hence compromising or even preventing cultivation. Breeding resistant planting material is currently...