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Author: Anne ButlerPublisher: Pelican Publishing CompanyPublished: 05/01/2009Pages: 128Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40dISBN: 9781589806313About the AuthorButler, Anne: - Anne Butler is a native of St. Francisville and operates a bed and breakfast at the Butler Greenwood Plantation, which has been in...

Recounts Woodes Rogers wildly audacious 1708-1711 circumnavigation around the world in search of Spanish ships to seize as booty and treasure.Author: Woodes RogersPublisher: Narrative PressPublished: 01/01/2004Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsSize: 8.38h x 5.38w x 0.70dISBN: 9781589762381

This second edition of A Guide to Smithsonian Architecture is now in color and fully updated. The buildings of the Smithsonian Institution not only contain impressive collections; they are themselves icons of great cultural significance, many of them part of the historic National Mall....

This book-a reprint of the original 1939 edition-offers an in-depth look at some of the most sought-after game in the American Southwest and northern Mexico. Included are black and grizzly bears, doves, elk and deer, and even Mexican jaguars. Each animal-dedicated chapter details habitat...

Mexico, a true birder's paradise, is home to more than 950 species including over 55 species of hummingbirds, 50 raptors and 60+ species of warblers and flycatchers. Veracruz is considered one of the prime birding hotspots in the world. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights...

Much of South Dakota is covered in rich grassland and farmland. There are also pockets of forest, badlands, mountains, and myriad wetlands. Thousands of plants grow across the Mount Rushmore State's sweeping landscapes, including important pollinators like goldenrods, coneflowers, asters, and state wildflower Pasque...

The Tampa Bay Estuary features a diversity of habitats that support over 325 species of birds and some of the nation's top bird-watching hotspots, including Honeymoon Island. This beautifully illustrated guide highlights over 140 familiar and unique species and includes a map featuring prominent...

This is the long, catalog/marketing description of the product.Colorado has a broad assortment of ecosystems, including shortgrass prairie, canyons, riverbeds, sagebrush steppe, and alpine meadows. These support a unique assemblage of wildlife, including iconic species like Bighorn Sheep, Mountain Goats, Elk, Pronghorns, Bald Eagles,...

One of North America's great watersheds and a true marvel of nature, the Great Lakes Basin is also home to an impressive assemblage of bird life with over 450 permanent residents, regular breeders, or annual migrants. On an almost continuous basis throughout the year,...

For the past eighteen summers, Nancy Lord and her partner Ken have made a living, and made a life, fishing for salmon off the west side of Cook Inlet on the southern coast of Alaska. In Fishcamp, Lord provides a nuanced and engrossing portrait...

Packed with practical, updated information for anyone's budget, this new edition of Winkler's personal guide to shopping in Paris includes maps of the major shopping areas and photos that richly illustrate the text.Author: Susan Swire WinklerPublisher: Cumberland House PublishingPublished: 02/01/2006Pages: 259Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize:...

The one hundred sites in this guide are in all six New England States, dating from the early 17th century to the threshold of our time and the architectural styles reflect those popular over a period of four centuries. The sites are varied and...

Once again, travel writer and longtime Maryland resident Allison Blake surveys the Chesapeake Bay area and its distinctive lodgings, aquatic adventures, and tucked-away towns. In Explorer's Guide Baltimore, Annapolis & The Chesapeake Bay: A Great Destination, the new version of her well-loved guidebook The...

A first-of-its-kind collection of twenty-four historic maps and views of New York City, specially bound so they can be removed easily and framed in standard-size frames. Historic Maps and Views of New York is a unique and fascinating collection of twenty-four New York maps...

Twin Cities Haunted Handbook is the newest book in the Haunted Handbook line within the popular America's Haunted Road Trip series. The Haunted Handbooks are city-specific travel guides to nearly one hundred places within a major city. Twin Cities Haunted Handbook is written with...

Paris in Winter combines fanciful ink and watercolor drawings by American artist and writer David Coggins with charming vignettes about his family's annual New Year's sojourns to Paris, which, because of their unending love for the city, they've been taking together for almost 20...

Escape to Harbor Country with 56 lake-life recipes and stories that capture the celebratory spirit of this Michigan vacation destination. Hungry for Harbor Country is part cookbook, part travel guide, and part personal story about a life-changing year spent in a small lakeside town...

Learn Spanish slang, street words and fun terms the same way you practice verbs and nouns in Spanish class. Only this isn't your normal, boring Spanish! Classroom workbooks teach conjugation with lame verbs--I walk, you walk, he walks. Eff that. Wouldn't you rather be...

A loyal captain narrates the story of his beloved ship's extraordinary 50-year life--from the early 1930s, when the refrigerated cargo ship named Clementine was built and launched, to her travels to exotic ports of call around the world, through her service in war and...

- Waterproof - Tear-Resistant - Topographic MapNational Geographic's Trails Illustrated map of Banff North delivers unmatched detail for outdoor enthusiasts exploring the unparalleled mountain scenery and abundance of recreational opportunities of the Canadian Rockies. Expertly researched and created in cooperation with Parks Canada and...