Lyons Press

With this book, A. D. Livingston combines a lifetime of Southern culinary knowledge with his own love of authentic home smoking and curing techniques. He teaches how to prepare smoked and salted...

Silas Talbot's life illuminates his time--not with greater brightness than the lives of his more famous contemporaries, but with perhaps broader range and greater insight into the experiences and...

Discover the fascinating stories behind hundreds of commonly used words and phrases. Author: Myron KorachPublisher: Lyons PressPublication Date: Jul 17, 2008Number of Pages: 200 pagesBinding:...

A handy guidebook that includes eighty ornamental and useful knots with easy-to-follow; with step-by-step illustrations.Author: Geoffrey BudworthPublisher: Lyons PressPublication Date: Sep 01,...

The Complete Book of Elk Hunting offers readers a close and lively look at the ways of elk and how to hunt them from veteran elk hunter and freelance writer Sam Curtis, who draws onmore than thirty...

Here's the perfect companion to that most popular starter rifle, the venerable .22. The best isn't always the biggest--and the .22 is not only the perfect first rifle, but also one that many hunters...

Everything the hog hunter needs to know for the next wild chase and beyond. Author: Todd TriplettPublisher: Lyons PressPublication Date: Sep 01, 2004Number of Pages: 224 pagesBinding: Hardback or...

This classic, practical book on bird dog training is now updated and expanded with material on the latest field-training equipment and live-game training techniques with released quail and recall...

Lacrosse players and coaches alike will benefit from this comprehensive guide that covers stick-and-ball handling techniques, field tactics, and squad and position strategies.Author: Daniel...

This is the compelling story of an American crash boat crewed by unknown heroes during World War II in the South Pacific, whose dramatic rescues of downed pilots and clandestine missions off...

Dangerous Shallows tells the story of a quest to solve maritime cold-cases. The odyssey takes the reader along for a moment-by-moment look at the events surrounding the loss of more than twenty...

Eighty feet long, built of layered mahogany and powered by three monstrous 1500-horsepower V-12 engines, the US Navy's Patrol Torpedo (PT) boats screamed across the water at over forty knots. They...

An indispensable guide filled with practical observations on all of the major aquatic trout foods of importance to the fly fisherman.Author: Dave WhitlockPublisher: Lyons PressPublication Date: Jun...

A collection of stories about park visitors who have died in Rocky Mountain National Park.--Author: Randi MinetorPublisher: Lyons PressPublication Date: April 01, 2020Number of Pages: 336...

It's no surprise that fatalities occur every year in Great Smoky Mountains National Park due to the sheer number of visitors--more than ten million annually! In these cautionary tales, Bradley...

Morbid, but strangely fascinating accounts: In 2015, a group of seven hikers were killed when a sudden flood struck Keyhole Canyon in Zion National Park. Prior to that, the steep, narrow route to...

Author: Randi MinetorPublisher: Lyons PressPublication Date: May 01, 2018Number of Pages: 224 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1493032070ISBN-13: 9781493032075

In Diamond Duels: Baseball's Greatest Matchups, we take a magnifying glass to some of the game's most entertaining and historic battles between hitters and pitchers, played out over breezy spring...

Legendary Rock Hall of Fame innovator shares the most lasting influences on his remarkable life -- a life that helped shape the last 60 years of rock and roll historyThe book features a prologue by...

Ken Foster knows that a dog can change a person's life. And that several dogs can change even more. For THE DOGS WHO FOUND ME, the author appeared in major media interviews such as NPR's "Fresh Air"...

History has long neglected the inspiring and incredible tale of Dr. Mary Walker, a pioneering Civil War surgeon who overcame rampant prejudice to save countless soldiers' lives. In Dr. Mary Walker's...

This book is a star-studded biography of Norman Brokaw's remarkable life and influence on Hollywood, where he was CEO and Chairman of the William Morris Agency from 1989 to 1997 and agent for some of...

No one writes about mountaineering and its attendant hardships and victories more brilliantly than critically acclaimed author Jon Krakauer. In this collection of his finest work from such magazines...

The engaging account of the author's search for a trained border collie in Scotland, to bring back to his farm in Virginia. McCaig delves into the mysterious pact between dog and man, which involves...

Now in Paperback! Empire of Mud unearths and untangles the roots of our capital's beginnings and explores how the city was tainted from the start, its turbulent history setting a precedent for the...

In January 1785, a young African American woman named Elizabeth was put on board the Lucretia in New York Harbor, bound for Charleston, where she would be sold to her fifth master in just twenty-two...

Incredible but True Stories of Confronting Death and Emerging Victorious The rock climber who cut off his own arm with a penknife. The hiker who fought off a mountain lion. Passengers who survive the...

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor changed the lives of almost every American, and began the process of putting 17 million of them in uniform to fight in World War II. Yet in the long and...

Fifteen previously untold and gripping accounts of what it was like to face Muhammad Ali in the ring.Author: Stephen BruntPublisher: Lyons PressPublication Date: Apr 01, 2004Number of Pages: 301...

Author: Buck BrannamanPublisher: Lyons PressPublication Date: Aug 09, 2019Number of Pages: 304 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1493030760ISBN-13: 9781493030767