Lyons Press imprint: 837 books
by Tom Rosenbauer
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
The Orvis Book of Family Friendly Fly Fishing
Like all sports, the fun of fly-fishing lies in sharing the experience and in spending time with those closest to you. And yet for a father unsure how to connect with his bored, PlayStation-dazed kids, for a beginning fisherman who doesn’t want...
by Tom Rosenbauer
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2019
This essential book on fly tying will teach anyone how to tie flies. All the important techniques are illustrated with color photographs, from starting the thread on the hook to whip finishing. The book lays the basic ground work by fully explaining simple tying techniques, and then progresses to...
On the Water
A Fishing Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
From the acclaimed author of Fragrance of Grass comes a meditation on water and nature, fishing and growing older. On the Water is a gorgeously written collection of essays that all take place on or near the water and pay tribute to the flora and fauna associated with those ecosystems. There are essays...
A Doctor's Guide to Alternative Medicine
What Works, What Doesn't, and Why
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
This book outlines the benefits and dangers of alternative medicine,drawing on scientific research to show which treatments work, which don’t, and how to use them. Itoffers a balanced, unbiased perspective backed by science.
Falling Sky
The Science and History of Meteorites and Why We Should Learn to Love Them
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
Did an enormous collision in the Asteroid Belt, orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter, bombard Earth with meteorites 470 million years ago? Astonishing new research suggests it did, and a revolutionary theory is emerging that this bombardment resulted in the single greatest increase in biological...
Outsmarting Cats
How to Persuade the Felines in Your Life to do What You Want
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2013
While cat owners adore their purring, fuzzy friends, cats can have another, rather unpleasant, side. Some pee on carpets, shred upholstery, chomp houseplants, caterwaul at all hours, and scratch and bite. Skeptics will claim that it’s impossible to train a cat. Happily, Wendy Christensen knows they’re...
IronFit Triathlon Training for Women
Training Programs and Secrets for Success in all Triathlon Distances
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Providing exactly what the fastest growing segment of the triathlon world yearns for, Melanie and Don Fink have created a complete training guide for women triathletes with highly efficient, easy-to-follow, multi-distance training programs. Women encounter all the same challenges as men in their triathlon...
Glenn Curtiss
Pioneer Of Aviation
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
A classic biography returns to print after 60 years!
Although the Wright Brothers are remembered for performing the first human flight, Glenn Curtiss stands as the most important aviator in American history. Like his friend Alexander Graham Bell, Curtiss was a master inventor as well as a daredevil....
by Guy de la Valdène, Martell Agency
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012
An ode to one man’s lifelong love affair with hunting
“Valdène’s wondrous field memoir is a rich sportsman’s miscellany— memorable and erudite fowling lore, camp etiquette, ballistics, poaching ethics, glorious anecdote, bloody ducks, persistent bawdiness, and better wine than you...
War in the Woods
Combating the Marijuana Cartels on America's Public Lands
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
The inside story of the drug cartels on our public lands—and the game wardens taking them on.
Peregrine Spring
A Master Falconer's Extraordinary Life with Birds of Prey
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
New York Times Bestseller
Peregrine Spring, Nancy Cowan’s memoir of her thirty years living intimately with raptors, gives us a new perspective on the relationship between humans and the natural world. Cowan shares her experiences running a world-famous falconry school, and the lessons she's...
The Great Hound Match of 1905
Alexander Henry Higginson, Harry Worcester Smith, and the Rise of Virginia Hunt Country
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
In November 1905, the peak of foxhunting season across the Midlands of England and up and down the east coast of North America, two towns in Virginia saw the coming of illustrious and wealthy men. There was to be a contest, a Great Hound Match, between two packs of foxhounds, one English and one American....
Orvis From Lure to Fly
Fly Fishing for Spinning and Baitcast Anglers
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
For any angler who wonders: "What's this fly fishing thing all about?"
What makes this ground-breaking book different from other entry-level fly fishing texts is that it speaks directly to anglers who are already proficient with conventional fishing tackle--spinning and baitcasting...
Bird Brains
Inside the Strange Minds of Our Fine Feathered Friends
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2013
Through a hundred short vignettes accompanied by stunning avian portraits, Bird Brains takes a look at the antics, behaviors, and idiosyncrasies of wild birds from the viewpoint of a professional wildlife biologist and award-winning wildlife photographer. Titlow understands the often wild and wacky...