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Never walk under a ladder or cut your nails on a Sunday - but be on the lookout for four-leaved shamrocks and piebald horses! This quaint book from the turn of the twentieth century holds a wealth of folkloric advice for recognizing good and bad omens. In addition, it offers all the tools of the trade for aspiring fortune-tellers, including tips for the interpretation of dreams and using playing cards to forecast the future. A detailed section on...
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Follow the trails of hunters-the original storytellers-as they interpret signs, examine tracks, and chase and catch their prey (or fail to). Readers can curl up with the best authentic hunting fiction and non-fiction, bringing the great Mount Kenya and the prairies of the American Bison into your living room. From Theodore Roosevelt and Gene Hill to Rick Bass and Charles Dickens, remember classic hunting tales and discover new stories of hunters'...
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What will spark a youngster's imagination and possibly even ignite an interest in a future career? A book about the human anatomy can answer those heartfelt needs. Many people become curious about medicine during childhood. Perusing an anatomy book designed for young people, a detail captured their attention, or made them inquire further into how healthy human bodies function. What organ causes blood to circulate? How does someone breathe? Where is...
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Experience all the thrills and dangers of hunting big game as told by writers who experienced them first-hand.
Elephant. Bear. Moose. Rhinoceros. Buffalo. Lion. Since prehistoric times man has hunted. An elemental part of life, seeking out and overpowering large, strong, and fast animals has been a pivotal part of human evolution.
In later times, when hunting for food wasn't necessary, man still tracked down his prey. Following an instinct for adventure,...
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A book about the human body can answer many of the questions a child will have at some point or another in his early years about this topic. Besides helping the parents answer these questions, it can help the child process information and imagine his body and its constituting parts as either friendly or otherwise. However, the most important way in which it can spark the child's imagination, such a book will act as a filter between productive and...
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Petersen's Hunting Guide to Whitetail Deer is packed with a wealth of valuable how-to information compiled by the foremost authorities in the sport. A vast range of topics are covered in these articles including:
• Pre-season planning
• Scouting techniques
• Rut hunting strategies
• Field judging bucks
• Best calibers and ammo
• Decoy use
• Equipment reviews
• And much more
Enhance your experience with tips and tactics written by...
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The need for research centered on the unique experiences of Black children and their families, specifically written from the perspective of scholars championing the Black community, is long overdue. Black Child Development Institute (BCDI)-Atlanta recognizes this need and created Nurture in response.
Nurture is a platform of high-quality original works based on the six NBCDI focus areas of Public Policy, Early Care and Education, Health and Wellness,...
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Published annually for more than eighty years, the Shooter's Bible is the most comprehensive and sought-after reference guide for new firearms and their specifications, as well as for thousands of guns that have been in production and are currently on the market. Every firearms manufacturer in the world is included in this renowned compendium. The 104th edition also contains new and existing product sections on ammunition, optics, and accessories,...
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Whether it's hunting, fishing, or simply shooting, the love and thrill of the outdoors will always remain.
In Tales of Woods and Waters, well-known outdoor editor Vin T. Sparano has collected thirty-seven of the greatest, most enjoyable, and most well-written outdoors stories to have been published. Experience the tension of hunting in the jungles of Tanzania in Jim Carmichael's "Kill the Leopard," the joys of your first .22 in Garth Sanders's "My...
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Everything you need to know to buy, sell, and collect shotguns.
Gun Trader's Guide is the bestselling collectible firearms reference, having sold over two million copies in thirty-six editions. The guide includes prices for all types of firearms, but what if you are only interested in buying, selling, and collecting shotguns? Then Gun Trader's Guide to Shotguns is the book for you! Featuring all your favorite shotguns from the original Gun Trader's...
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A book about your body parts provides the imagination with the scaffolding needed to build ideas from basic information. This information will give the child a basis with which to form questions. How can he wonder how the heart works if the kid doesn't know what the heart is? Once a child sees what is, the child can start to formulate what could be. The imagination snowballs from there, in zones of proximal learning and a series of 'what ifs?'
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With hunting advice from a wide variety of experts, including Steve Bartylla, Peter Fiduccia, Leo Somma, and John Trout, The Ultimate Book of Bowhunting focuses on the most traditional of hunting weapons: the bow and arrow. In this compendium of bowhunting knowledge, you will learn how to do such things as:
•Tracking a wounded deer
•Using scents to entice as well as camouflage
•Setting up, drawing silently, calling, and field judging
•Build...
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Everything you need to know about AR-15s from top firearms writers.
The Guns & Ammo Guide to AR-15s is packed with a wealth of valuable information compiled by the foremost firearms writers today. A vast range of topics is covered in these articles, including:
The lure of the SBR
The evolution of the REPR
Bore conditions that affect your cold-bore shot
Geissele triggers
Aperture sights
High precision (down) range
AR 9mm perfection
Reloading for...
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This vintage book explores the colorful history of quilt making in America, looking its origins, development and evolution, influences, popularity, contemporary techniques, and much more. Quilting either can refer to the process of creating a quilt or to the sewing of two or more layers of material together to make a thicker padded material. Typical quilting is done with three layers: the top fabric or quilt top, batting or insulating material in...
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Everything you need to know about sniping from the top firearms writers.
The Guns & Ammo Guide to Sniping is packed with a wealth of valuable information compiled by the foremost firearms writers today. A vast range of topics is covered in these articles, including:
Unusual shooting positions
The US Army's XM2010
The sniper's ultimate "one gun"
Modern reticles
Anti-cant
Temperature effect
Distance shooting for police
Ballistics for beginners
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