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The Jewish Olympics
The History of the Maccabiah Games
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2015
Having grown from 390 athletes from fourteen countries to nine thousand athletes from seventy-eight countries, the Maccabiah Games (or the Jewish Olympics,” as it has come to be known) continue to gain popularity. The Maccabiah Games, which take place in Israel, first began in 1932, and the latest...
Rx for Deer Hunting Success
Time-Tested Tactics from the Deer Doctor
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
This ground-breaking book is loaded with new scientific research that will help you become a better deer hunter.
This comprehensive guide provides a compilation of in-depth coverage on all methods used to hunt whitetail deer consistently and successfully. Fiduccia’s real-world hunting strategies...
Tracks and Tracking
The Classic Guide to Seeing and Reading Animal Signs
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
The most comprehensive guide to reading the signs and tracks of dozens of animals!
To derive the greatest pleasure from the pursuit of game,” Brunner writes in the foreword to this classic hunting guide, it is necessary to be versed in the science of interpreting the meaning of tracks...
by Douglas Boze
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Black bear hunting is growing rapidly across North America, as bear populations continue to rise every year. Hunters looking to join in the action need look no further than The Ultimate Guide to Black Bear Hunting. Containing hundreds of valuable tips, long-time hunter Douglas Boze provides everything...
Petersen's Hunting Guide to Whitetail Deer
A Comprehensive Guide to Hunting Our Country's Favorite Big-Game Animal
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
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...
250 Amazing Hunting Tips
The Best Tactics and Techniques to Get Your Game This Season
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
The very best tactics and techniques that successful hunters use to get their game.
With years of hunting experience, Lamar Underwood and Nate Matthews know the best gear, the best tactics, the best times and places to hunt, and what to do once game has been taken. Now, they want you to know...
God's Generals
The Military Lives of Moses, the Buddha, and Muhammad
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
Examines how the military experience of three religious founders shaped their spiritual legacy.
It is one of the more startling facts of military history that the founders of three of the four great religions”-Judaism, Buddhism, and Islam-were also accomplished field generals with extensive...
Survival Skills of the Native Americans
Hunting, Trapping, Woodwork, and More
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Become a pro at living and thriving off the land.
Survival Skills of the Native Americans is a fascinating, practical guide to the techniques that have made the indigenous people of North America revered for their mastery of the wilderness. Readers can replicate outdoor living by trying a hand...
Scapegoats
Thirteen Victims of Military Injustice
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
At all costs avoid blame.” Such is the creed of dictators and politicians, tycoons and company chairmen, media celebrities, and spin doctors the world over. But what about men at war, where the penalties for errors of judgment can be devastating? History is full of tales of those who have been...
At the Heart of the Reich
The Secret Diary of Hitler’s Army Adjutant
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
A revealing account of Hitler’s thoughts and actions throughout World War II from one of his closest aides.
Major Gerhard Engel was Hitler's army adjutant from 1938 to 1943. During his years with Hitler, Engel kept a diary. After the war, he added material to shed further light on certain...
A Fine Place to Daydream
Racehorses, Romance, and the Irish
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
Twenty-five years after his racetrack classic Laughing in the Hills, Bill Barich tells the story of how he fell in love and found a new life in Dublin, where he was soon caught up in the Irish obsession with horses and luck. Barich travels throughout his adopted country and meets the leading trainers...
The 80-Yard Run
A Twenty-Week, Coast-to-Coast Quest for the Heart of High School Football
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2008
Over the course of a single football season, author Theron Hopkins travels from summer practice to a row of state championships, culminating in the Texas 5A state title game in San Antonio’s Alamodome. On the way, he discovers a world wreathed with Friday night lights that offers a miraculous spectacle...
What If the Babe Had Kept His Red Sox?
And Other Fascinating Alternate Histories from the World of Sports
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2008
What if Babe Ruth had not been sold to the Yankees in 1920 and instead played his entire career in Boston? What if Muhammad Ali had lost or quit in his first fight against Sonny Liston? What if the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants had never moved to the West Coast? What if Vince Lombardi had become...
My First 100 Marathons
2,260 Miles with an Obsessive Runner
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2011
Jeffrey Horowitz didn’t expect to fall in love with marathoning, but that’s just what happened. He had never run a race, was not on his high school track team, and had never owned a pair of running shoes. Then, in 1985, he went out for a run and it changed his life. Eighteen years later he completed...