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Timbuktu: the African city known to legend as a land of scholars, splendor and mystery, a golden age in the Sahara Desert. But to many it is a vaguely recognizable name — a flippant tag for "the most remote place on earth." With this fabled city as his goal, author Rick Antonson began a month-long trek. His initial plan? To get a haircut.
Aided by an adventuresome spirit, Rick endures a forty-five hour train ride, a swindling travel agent, "Third...
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Every fly fisher would agree that knowing your mayflies from your stoneflies is strongly correlated with a successful day on the water. This knowledge is vital because, as author Tom Rosenbauer notes, trout are shy and careful and can be fussy about what they eat. In addition, they won't hesitate to swim away and leave a meal if they feel threatened.
In The Orvis Streamside Guide to Trout Foods and Their Imitations, Rosenbauer explains how and when...
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Instantanés de bizarreries japonaises.
O l'on apprend que certains bars sont tenus par des moines, qu'il est fatigant de tomber amoureux, qui sont les « herbivores », ce qu'est un mari parfait ou que cache la gentillesse légendaire des Japonais…
Installée au Japon depuis plus de quarante ans, Muriel Jolivet observe la société nippone avec acuité et nous livre ces Confidences sur un monde parfois aux frontières de notre réel occidental…
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A diverse collection of remarkable stories that represent the universal thrill of the hunting experience.
From stalking the big game of the African savannah, to grouse shooting in the American Northeast, to bear hunting in the Pacific Northwest, a hunter's experience is as varied as the terrain that he or she traverses. But what is universal is the joy and elation that a hunter experiences while out in the field. Found in this collection are timeless...
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Profound meditations on life, death, freedom, family, and faith, written by radical Black journalist, Mumia Abu-Jamal, while he was awaiting his execution.
During the spring of 1996, black journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal was living on death row and expecting to be executed for a crime he steadfastly maintained he did not commit-the murder of a white Philadelphia police officer. It was in that period, with the likelihood of execution looming over him,...
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Andrea Chapela, one of Granta's Best Young Spanish-Language Novelists of 2021, breaks down literary and scientific conventions in this prize-winning collection of experimental essays exploring the properties and poetics of glass, mirrors, and light as a means of understanding the self.
In powerful, formally inventive essays, The Visible Unseen disrupts the purported cultural divide between arts and science. As both a chemist and an award-winning...
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This complete summary of "State of War" by James Risen, a renowned American journalist, tells the story of George W. Bush's war on two fronts: reining in abuses of power in his administration and failing to bring about a democratic revolution in the Middle East. Risen explains how, following 9/11, Bush appears to have abandoned the traditions of patience, caution and restraint.
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8108) Guide to Taxidermy
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Here in one comprehensive source are all the age-old instructions for correctly mounting all kinds of game, from birds and deer to fish and beyond. The Complete Guide to Traditional Taxidermy will show you the pleasure of performing taxidermy work for yourself and the profit to be gained in performing the art for others. The authors' thirty-five years of experience support every explanation and detailed instruction as they break down what it takes...
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An elegiac memoir about food, family, and the thorns of personal history written by a Ukrainian Canadian lesbian, whose family recipes connect intimate vignettes in which food nourishes, comforts, and heals the wounds of the past, including those of a father haunted by memories of time spent in a concentration camp during World War II. The author, both at home and in her travels through North America and Europe, also reconciles her family life with...
8110) Essai chronologique sur les moeurs, coutumes et usages anciens les plus remarquables dans la Lorr
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Extrait : "L'année, sous les rois d'Austrasie de la race mérovingienne, commençait comme dans les royaumes de France ou de Neustrie d'Orléans et de Soissons, le 1er mars, jour fixé pour la revue des troupes et la nomination des magistrats chez les Germains et les Francs. Kalendis martiis nominationes fieri."
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8112) Stranger Faces
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If evolutionary biologists, ethical philosophers, and social media gurus are to be believed, the face is the basis for what we call "humanity." The face is considered the source of identity, truth, beauty, authenticity, and empathy. It underlies our ideas about what constitutes a human, how we relate emotionally, what is pleasing to the eye, and how we ought to treat each other. But all of this rests on a specific image of the face. We might call...
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Through extraordinary photographs and prose, Trout Water brings to life the waters where trout make their home, creating an intimate portrait of the nature of the living river and the fly fisherman's passion for these wild places. Every river's story is unique, but each shares a fundamental set of characteristics. Trout Water illustrates the compelling mystery and complexity of these rivers and the diverse trout species that call them home.
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According to Steve Raymond, tying flies requires "imagination and skill, creativity and discipline, patience and vision." But for the fly fisher, tying flies is more than that-it is the creation of a living insect from fur, feathers, or synthetic materials and is an art and a passion.
Blue Upright discusses the fly patterns that have served Steve Raymond most faithfully over the years. There are well-known and famous flies, such as the Crazy Charlie;...
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A master spiritual teacher invites us on a journey—to the summit of self-discovery. This is a book to lift the spirit of anyone aiming to live a kinder, calmer, more meaningful life, in the midst of all the challenges facing the world today.
Fifteen warm, engaging essays present different aspects of meditation and the spiritual life, showing how we can rearrange our lives, little by little, to fit a higher purpose. Featuring saints and mystics...
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Discover the skiing downhills of the Aiguilles rouges Mountain in this very detailed and documented book, written by one of the most talented skiers of his generation.
Located at the very heart of the highest mountains of Europe, the majestic Aiguilles rouges massif stands as a reference among the most sacred skiing places in the world. When winter comes, this snow-addict heaven offers a unique range of dream slopes, from the easiest to the most...
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La mafia juive : moteur ascension sociale.
À une époque o les Italo-Américains ne détenaient pas encore le monopole de la voyoucratie, de jeunes juifs utilisèrent la délinquance et la violence pour passer du stade de miséreux à celui d'hommes d'affaires. Le gangstérisme fut pour eux l'unique moyen de s'émanciper dans une société qui ne leur laissait aucune autre alternative. Ne voulant en aucun cas de cette vie-là pour leurs enfants,...
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Ted Hughes, Poet Laureate, was one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. He was one of Britain's most important poets.
With an equal gift for poetry and prose, he was also a prolific children's writer and has been hailed as the greatest English letterwriter since John Keats. His magnetic personality and insatiable appetite for friendship, love, and life also attracted more scandal than any poet since Lord Byron. His lifelong quest to...
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A Maine Literary Awards Finalist, A Good Man with a Dog follows a game warden's adventures from the woods of Maine to the swamps of New Orleans. Follow along as he and his canine companions investigate murder, search for missing persons, and rescue survivors from natural disasters. This is a memoir that reads like a true crime novel.
Roger Guay takes readers into the patient, watchful world of a warden catching poachers and protecting pristine wilderness,...
8120) Wildlife and Woodlot Management: A Comprehensive Handbook for Food Plot and Habitat Development
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Combining today's issues of creating self-sustaining environments with the age-old sports of hunting, shooting and trapping, Wildlife and Woodlot Management is the ultimate guide to attracting game to your property. Expert outdoorsman Monte Burch teaches a wide variety of techniques based on his own land management practices. Learn to match the vegetation of your land to the type of wildlife you need to attract. Hundreds of diagrams and photographs...
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