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  • von Jim Atwell
    22,00 €

    Jim Atwell's award-winning weekly column, "From Fly Creek," has been a Leatherstocking Country institution for years and is followed devotedly by thousands of readers in print and on the web. The column has been regularly honored by the New York State Press Association. With gentle humor, endearing self-deprecation and a keen eye for the good and noble in people, Jim celebrates his community. Jim takes a cosmic view, he does it the way he approaches life--with respect and gentleness, with humor and intelligence--and with barnyard mud on his boots.

  • von Bob Cohen
    19,00 €

    In this mystery novel set in central New York, sleuth Marty Fenton is drawn into the most complex and dangerous puzzle he has ever encountered.

  • von M. E. Fuller Torrey MD M. D.
    16,00 €

    An exciting account of the legendary Loomis Gang which terrorized Central New York during the mid- 1800s. This is an adaptation of Frontier Justice: The Rise and Fall of the Loomis Gang for young readers.

  • von Larry Weill
    24,00 €

    It all began close to 40 years ago when Larry Weill was stationed as a Wilderness Park Ranger in the Adirondacks West Canada Lakes Wilderness Area. His best-selling trilogy, starting with Excuse Me, Sir... Your Socks Are On Fire, has entertained a generation of Adirondack hikers and campers with tales of the crazy life of the backcountry trail ranger. Now, Weill has published a new collection of stories from his last ten years of trekking around those very same woods. Thanks Anyway, Sir... But I'll Sleep In The Tree documents his recent walks and talks in the West Canada Lakes Wilderness, adding a final chapter to his life in the woods.

  • von Craig Brandon
    30,00 €

    Over 100 years ago, the Chester Gillette Grace Brown murder case was considered the trial of the century. The case became the basis for Theodore Dreiser's classic novel An American Tragedy and the movie A Place in the Sun, starring Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor. Revisit the tragedy at Big Moose Lake and the ensuing trial in this fully revised and expanded edition of the definitive book about the Gillette Brown murder.In the 30 years since the best-selling Murder in the Adirondacks was written, author Craig Brandon has continued to research the Gillette Brown murder case. This revised and expanded edition is the culmination of those decades of work. Included in this new edition are over 50 new photographs and information from Chester Gillette's prison diary, discovered after the original publication of Murder in the Adirondacks.

  • von A. M. Rowlands
    25,00 €

    When a quiet Adirondack town is suddenly faced with the vicious stabbing death of two local women, the police have the job of tracking down the killer.

  • von Kelsie B. Harder & Mary H. Smallman
    20,00 €

  • von Joseph F. Grady
    30,00 €

    Joseph Grady left us with many memories of his friendship; several enduring monuments of his work here, and not the least of these is his book. No comparable history of the Adirondacks has been attempted and "The Adirondacks--The Story of a Wilderness" will stand as a wealth of information on the beautiful mountains as well as a memorial to a wonderful man.

  • von Howard Zahniser
    15,00 €

    A collection of writings of the late Howard Zahniser, executive director of the Wilderness Society.

  • von North Country Books
    16,00 €

    This collection of columns from the Black River Journal is every bit as delightful as the first with a new set of characters including Mayflowers, Chipmunk, Song Sparrow, Roll Top Desk, and Worm Snake. Mr. Mihalyi's insights into life and nature make for truly enjoyable reading. North Country artist John Norton once again provides delightful illustrations.

  • von Harvey Dunham
    28,00 €

    Harvey Dunham's Adirondack French Louie has become an Adirondack classic. Louie Seymour was the prototype of all the Adirondack woodsmen-a hunter-trapper-fisherman-umberman-and on some few days a year when he brought his furs into Newton's Corners (now Speculator), a happy, roaring drunk, but a rugged individualist above all else. Dunham captures the spirit of the wild, virgin Adirondacks as few other contemporary writers have. Adirondack French Louie belongs on everyone's Americana bookshelf.

  • von Harry W. Paige & William J. O'Hern
    24,00 €

  • von Nina H. Webb
    24,00 €

    This informal biography traces the life of Verplanck Colvin, who was superintendent of the Adirondack Survey from 1872 to 1900.

  • von Charles Brumley
    28,00 €

    No profession in the last two centuries has had a more romanticized image than the Adirondack guide. Much of the history and folklore of the Adirondacks has the guide as the central character. Guides were instrumental in the opening of the wilderness to the general public. Stories, interviews and a list of guides fill this volume.

  • von Rosemary Miner Pelkey
    19,00 €

    The story of a Confederate Major who built the first suspension bridge across the Hudson River in 1871

  • von Rikky Rooksby
    26,00 €

    How to Write Melodies is the only guide yoüll ever need for demystifying and perfecting the art of melody writing.

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    31,00 €

    This groundbreaking anthology brings together new works from both emerging and established playwrights to explore the rich opportunities afforded by streaming theater.

  • von Scott G. Shea
    31,00 €

    The tumultuous story of how The Mamas and The Papas transformed from folk music wannabes to rock sensations

  • von Tim Ghianni
    28,00 €

    A warmly remembered book recounting of history, musical adventures, and anecdotes that capture the essence of Nashville, Tennessee across a half-century

  • von Adam Szymkowicz
    19,00 €

    One minute: that's all the time an actor needs to make a scorching impressionto pull in an audience, make them care, laugh, cry, remind them that life is worth living, or help them forget that life is hard.Small Explosions collects more than ninety entirely new monologues from acclaimed playwright Adam Szymkowicz (Hearts Like Fists, Clown Bar, Pretty Theft). Short, punchy, and thoroughly memorable, they traverse the extremes of heartbreak and joy, epiphany, and bewilderment, across a range of moods and voices. Perfect as audition pieces or training exercises, they hit hard, make their mark, and just as quickly get out of the way, leaving an indelible impression.

  • von Emily Garside
    28,00 €

  • von Adam Steiner
    24,00 €

    Featuring exclusive interviews, this book uncovers the studio stories, ideas, and hidden meanings behind Scary Monsters as Bowie stood at the crossroads of the next decade.

  • von Barry M. Putt
    28,00 €

    Dust off that story idea yoüve been wanting to develop and learn how to craft an engaging audio drama that can become a fully realized production

  • von Dale Sherman
    29,00 €

    The Worst We Can Find looks at how ¿riffing¿ of films came about, the history of the shows, and why what could be an annoying habit in the theater has become a long-lasting franchise in entertainment over the years.

  • von Adam Newell
    42,00 €

    Acknowledging the iconic, but with plenty of room for the rare and unfamiliar, The Art of Classic Sci-Fi Movies presents a stellar selection of imagery, charting the story of the genre from its origins

  • von Charlotte Chandler
    19,00 €

    NOT THE GIRL NEXT DOOR: JOAN CRAWFORD A PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY

  • von Mathy D Mezey
    49,00 €

    Elder care has become a growing concern for many families, communities, health professionals, and the many establishments that provide living arrangements for the elderly. To work in elder care, as a professional caregiver or a family care provider, requires a command of current information from multiple disciplines, including nursing, medicine, social work, counseling, as well as dentistry and physical therapy. Now, for the first time, this information has been gathered in a single source.The Encyclopedia of Elder Care features nearly three hundred articles providing practical information on how to care for elders. Written by more than three hundred experts, this accessible state-of-the-art resource addresses home care, including family-based care; nursing-home care; rehabilitation; case management; social services; assisted living; palliative care; and more.Each article concludes with references to pertinent Web sites. Easy to read and extensively cross-referenced, this comprehensive resource on geriatric and social care will be an indispensable tool for all who care for our nation's elders.

  • von Steve F Sapontzis
    28,00 €

    For anyone who has ever wondered about the ethics of killing animals for food, this is the definitive collection of essays on the ethical debate. Written by internationally recognized scholars on both sides of the debate, the provocative articles here compiled will give vegetarians and meat-eaters a thorough grounding in all aspects of this controversial issue.After an introduction to the nature of the debate by editor Steve F. Sapontzis, Daniel Dombrowski reviews the history of vegetarianism. There follows a discussion of health issues and what anthropology has to tell us about human diet. Also included are the classic cases for vegetarianism from philosophers Peter Singer and Tom Regan, and new essays rebutting those classic positions from humanists Roger Scruton and Carl Cohen, among others. Various scholars then examine religious teachings about eating animals, which are drawn from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as Native American and Eastern traditions. Finally, Carol J. Adams, Deanne Curtin, and Val Plumwood, among other outstanding advocates, debate the ethics of eating meat in connection with feminism, environmentalism, and multiculturalism.Containing virtually a "Who's Who" of philosophers, social critics, environmentalists, feminists, and religious scholars who have participated in the vegetarianism debate over the past quarter century, this outstanding anthology of expert articles, most of them new, provides the latest thinking on a subject of increasing public interest.

  • von Richard Taylor
    24,00 €

    In this fresh evaluation of Western ethics, noted philosopher Richard Taylor argues that philosophy must return to the classical notion of virtue as the basis of ethics. To ancient Greek and Roman philosophers, ethics was chiefly the study of how individuals attain personal excellence, or "virtue," defined as intellectual sophistication, wisdom, strength of character, and creativity. With the ascendancy of the Judeo-Christian ethic, says Taylor, this emphasis on pride of personal worth was lost. Instead, philosophy became preoccupied with defining right and wrong in terms of a divine lawgiver, and the concept of virtue was debased to mean mere obedience to divine law. Even today, in the absence of religious belief, modern thinkers unwittingly continue this legacy by creating hairsplitting definitions of good and evil.Taylor points out that the ancients rightly understood the ultimate concern of ethics to be the search for happiness, a concept that seems to have eluded contemporary society despite unprecedented prosperity and convenience. Extolling Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Taylor urges us to reread this brilliant and still relevant treatise, especially its emphasis on an ethic of aspiration.

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