Lyons Press
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Becoming Kerouac: A Writer in His Time
$34.95 Add to cartJack Kerouac was one of America’s great writers of the latter half of the 20th century, yet he endured a life characterized by persistent hardship and disillusion. Leading Kerouac scholar Paul Maher J
- Author: Maher, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 158979687X
- Language: English
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Gardening with Native Plants of the South
$29.95 Add to cartIn today’s South, where fine gardening is a tradition, many homeowners and professional gardeners are discovering a vast “new” palette of plant materials–native plants. They are realizing that these … [more below]
- Author: Wasowski, Sally
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: February 20 2020
- ISBN10: 149303880X
- Language: English
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Massacre at Oradour-Sur-Glane: Nazi Gold and the Murder of an Entire French Town by SS Division Das Reich
$29.95 Add to cartThe massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane on June 10, 1944, is recognized yearly throughout France with the same profundity as the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Twin Towers in the United States. The Oradour
- Author: Lupiano, Vincent Depaul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1493073745
- Language: English
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Tales from the Wine Floor: 100 Questions Asked of a Sommelier
$24.95 Add to cartUnlike most books on wine nowadays, Tales from the Wine Floor is geared toward true beginners–those who enjoy wine but lack the most basic understanding of it. This book offers an easy-to-digest cras
- Author: Quaile, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1493074652
- Language: English
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Greatest Flying Stories Ever Told: Nineteen Amazing Tales From The Sky
$31.58 Add to cartAt 10:35 in the morning of Thursday, December 17, 1903, man got his wings. On the sand dunes of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville Wright flew the motorized aircraft he and his brother Wilbur had con… [more below]
- Series: Greatest
- Author: Underwood, Lamar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1493019694
- Language: English
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Death on Mount Washington: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness on the Northeast’s Highest Peak
$30.00 Add to cartOn Mount Washington, it’s lack of preparation, not the mountain that kills. The weather is highly changeable with wind gusts of 140 mph and -35 degree temps. Then there are the avalanches and icefalls… [more below]
- Series: Non-Fiction
- Author: Minetor, Randi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1493032070
- Language: English
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Eight Survived: The Harrowing Story Of The USS Flier And The Only Downed World War II Submariners To Survive And Evade Capture
$19.95 Add to cartThe incredible wartime saga of the only American submariners to survive the sinking of their ship and
On the night of August 13, 1944, the U.S. submarine Flier str
evade enemy capture in World War II.- Author: Campbell, Douglas a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1493032852
- Language: English
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Leonardo’s Brain: Understanding Da Vinci’s Creative Genius
$18.95 Add to cartBest-selling author Leonard Shlain explores the life, art, and mind of Leonardo da Vinci, seeking to explain his singularity by looking at his achievements in art, science, psychology, and military st… [more below]
- Author: Shlain, Leonard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1493009397
- Language: English
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Breverton’s Nautical Curiosities: A Book of the Sea
$30.95 Add to cartBreverton’s Nautical Curiosities is arranged into thematic chapters:
1) 1) The ocean environment – animals, geography, geology, weather, coasts, islands
2) 2) Ship types and parts – from the first boat
- Author: Breverton, Terry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1599219794
- Language: English
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Terror in the City of Champions: Murder, Baseball, and the Secret Society that Shocked Depression-era Detroit
$17.95 Add to cartA New York Times Bestseller
Now in paperback, the critically acclaimed New York Times Bestseller about a championship city haunted by a
Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Winner in True Crime- Author: Stanton, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1493030582
- Language: English
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Tuff Juice: My Journey from the Streets to the NBA
$14.95 Add to cartUpdated with a new afterword covering the incredible reception of the book from Hollywood, the sports world, and youth organizations, this is the story of two-time All-Star and thirteen-year NBA veter… [more below]
- Author: Butler, Caron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1493026658
- Language: English
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The Basketball Book of Why (and Who, What, When, Where, and How): The Answers to Questions You’ve Always Wondered about Hoops
$19.95 Add to cartHow was basketball born? Why is the area in the paint and around the free throw circle known as the key? When did the NBA begin play? What team was arguably the worst NBA squad ever? Who was the highe
- Author: Stewart, Wayne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: November 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493072765
- Language: English
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The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told: Twenty-Seven Unforgettable Stories
$19.95 Add to cartA page-turning collection of the best sailing yarns, from Sir Ernest Shackleton and Joshua Slocum to William F. Buckley and Samuel Eliot Morrison.
- Series: Greatest
- Author: Caswell, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1493065475
- Language: English
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Running with the Buffaloes: A Season Inside with Mark Wetmore, Adam Goucher, and the University of Colorado Men’s Cross Country Team
$16.95 Add to cartTop five Best Books About Running, Runner’s World Magazine
Top three Best Books About Running, readers of Runner’s World Magazine
(December 2009)
A phenomenal portrait of courage and desire that will d… [more below]- Author: Lear, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0762773987
- Language: English
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The Mental Game of Baseball: A Guide to Peak Performance
$18.95 Add to cartIn this book, authors H.A. Dorfman and Karl Kuehl present their practical and proven strategy for developing the mental skills needed to achieve peak performance at every level of the game.The theory … [more below]
- Author: Dorfman, H. a.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: March 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1630761826
- Language: English
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The Greatest Golf Stories Ever Told: Thirty Amazing Tales about the Greatest Game Ever Invented
$19.95 Add to cartAn fantastic compilation of writings illustrating the richness of the game of golf–the greatest game ever invented!
- Series: Greatest
- Author: Silverman, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493076558
- Language: English
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The Shetland Bus: A WWII Epic Of Courage, Endurance, and Survival
$19.95 Add to cartFrom the author of We Die Alone, The Shetland Bus recounts the hundreds of crossings of small boats from the Shetland Islands to German-occupied Norway to supply arms to the Resistors and to rescue re… [more below]
- Author: Howarth, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: February 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1493032941
- Language: English
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The 50 Greatest Players in Boston Celtics History
$21.95 Add to cartThis book ranks, from 1 to 50, the top 50 players in Boston Celtics team history, using as measuring sticks the degree to which they impacted the fortunes of the team, the extent to which they added t
- Series: 50 Greatest Players
- Author: Cohen, Robert W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1493076930
- Language: English
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We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance
$19.95 Add to cartWe Die Alone recounts one of the most exciting escape stories to emerge from the challenges and miseries of World War II. In March 1943, a team of expatriate Norwegian commandos sailed from northern E… [more below]
- Author: Howarth, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 30 2016
- ISBN10: 1493023454
- Language: English
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Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance
$31.58 Add to cartBear Attacks is a thorough and unflinching landmark study of the attacks made on men and women by the great grizzly and the occasionally deadly black bear. This is a book for everyone who hikes, camps… [more below]
- Author: Herrero, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 01 2018
- ISBN10: 149302941X
- Language: English
