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Cache Lake Country: Life in the North Woods
John J. Rowlands Manufacturer: Countryman Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0881504211 |
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A vivid and faithful chronicle of life in the great Northern Forest and a storehouse of valuable information on woodcraft and nature. Over half a century ago, John Rowlands set out by canoe into the wilds of Maine to survey land for a timber company. After paddling alone for several days--"it was so quiet I could hear the drops from the paddle hitting the water"--he came upon "the lake of my boyhood dreams." He never left. He named the place Cache Lake because there was stored the best that the north had to offer--timber for a cabin; fish, game and berries to live on; and the peace and contentment he felt he could not live without. Cache Lake Country exemplifies the classic American notion that what is most worth finding lies far from the tracks of civilization, and that what is most worth doing demands resourcefulness and wit. Here is folklore and philosophy, but most of all wisdom about the woods and the inventiveness and self-reliance they demand. The author explains how to make moccasins, barrel stoves, lean-to shelters, outdoor bake ovens, sailing canoes, and hundreds of other ingenious and useful gadgets, all illustrated in the margins with 230 enchanting drawings by Henry B. Kane.Customer Reviews:
Life in a cabin in the North Woods.......2007-07-31
what a great book!.......2007-06-24
Paul Schmitt.......2007-05-15
Cache Lake Country: Life in the North Woods.......2007-01-11
Most enjoyable book.......2006-11-03
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Cache Lake Country Life In The North Woods Wilderness Edition
John J. Rowlands Manufacturer: W.W. Norton & Co. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000H57WFY |
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Cache Lake Country Life in the North Woods Wilderness Edition
John J Rowlands Manufacturer: NORTON ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000KKCZ5I |
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Cache Lake Country : Life in the North Woods
John J. Rowland Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000TMZPMW |
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CACHE LAKE COUNTRY: LIFE IN THE CANADIAN NORTH WOODS.
John J. Rowlands Manufacturer: Adam & Charles Black ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000HKFTBI |
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Cache Lake Country: Life in the Great North Woods
Manufacturer: Norton ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000I43HW6 |
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Cache Lake Country: Life in the North Woods
John J Rowlands Manufacturer: Lyons & Burford ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1558210911 |
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Originally published in 1947. Includes all of Henry Kane's excellent illustrations.
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Cache Lake Country: Life in the North Woods
John J Rowlands Manufacturer: W W Norton & Company Inc ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000NPSNU6 |
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Cache Lake Country: Life in the North Woods
John J. Rowlands Manufacturer: W. W. Norton ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000IZBHOA |
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Cache Lake Country: Life in the North Woods
John J. Rowlands Manufacturer: W.W. Norton and Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000NQ8094 |
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Feet Wet: Reflections of a Carrier Pilot (Schiffer Military History)
Paul T. Gillcrist Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0764302841 |
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Paul Gillcrist was a navy carrier pilot for almost thirty years, from the early days, of flying propeller planes from straight deck carriers, to the days of high-tech, lethal "teen" jets and supercarriers. In his remarkable career - from "nugget", to competent jet aviator, to test pilot, to Vietnam fighter pilot, to air wing commander, to head of "Fightertown, USA," Gillcrist flew the F-8 Crusader, F-4 Phantom, F-14 Tomcat, and a myriad of other tactical aircraft. He took part in the Navy's transition to jet aircraft, when accident rates were high and many feared that jets would not be able to operate in the harsh, demanding environment of "blue water ops." Gillcrist saw the introduction of critical innovations - the angled deck, steam catapult, optical landing system - that saved carrier jet aviation from extinction. Few aviators have had such varied and fascinating experiences, and few could write about them with such eloquence. Available now in a new hard cover reprint edition, Feet Wet (aviator talk for reaching the safety of water) is a chronicle of adventure, heroism, courage, and humor, with some of the most exciting passages ever written on flying. From his magical first flight - the sheer exstasy of being airborne, to the heart-pounding excitement of his first night "trap," the terror of ejecting from a test plane spinning out of control, to dodging SAMs and jousting with MiGs over Hanoi - Gillcrist takes the reader into his world and vividly conveys what all pilots live for - the tremendous "high" of all-out flying. As part of his absorbing stories. Gillcrist shares technical information on carrier aviation; the reader sees, step-by-step, how an airplane is launched, and then trapped again on a small deck aboard a moving ship - this, the most dificult feat in aviation. Paul gillcrist retired in 1985 after a 33-year career as a naval aviator. He commanded a fighter squadron, a carrier air wing, a major jet base, and as a flag officer, the Pacific Fleet fighter wing. He flew 167 combat missions in three Vietnam combat deployments, for which he was awarded seventeen combat decorations. Paul Gillcrist is also the author of Tomcat! The Grumman F-14 Story, Crusader! Last of the Gunfighters, and Vulture's Row: Thirty Years in Naval Aviation (all three titles are available from Schiffer Publishing Ltd.). , 27 b/w photographs, 6" x 9"Customer Reviews:
Outstanding .......2007-02-23
Entertaining, fun, exciting, and accurate.......2005-11-09
Highly readable, entertaining account!.......2003-09-25
Gillcrist's memoir has several high points. One of the most interesting parts of the book is how the Navy transitioned from a propeller-driven fleet to a jet-plane, supersonic navy. He gives a good layman's discussion of the three important advances required for jet carrier aviation: the angled carrier deck, the powerful steam catapult, and the optical landing system (aka "the meatball" or "the ball").
His accounts of two ejections (one of which left him in recovery for sixteen months) are harrowing. Some stories are laugh-out-loud funny, like the one about a pilot landing on the wrong carrier and his grace and humor dealing with the inevitable ribbing. It's easy to devour this book, and wish you had a story of your own that was half as good as only one of Gillcrist's!
What impresses me most is Gillcrist's complete lack of egotism. It's hard to write one's memoirs and not come across as at least a little self-promoting, but he pulls it off in grand style. Gillcrist is humble, and loves naval aviation enough to make it the star of the book. His account of his last trap on a carrier is Gillcrist at his most humble; it's a sad goodbye indeed.
The biggest fault of the book is its episodic format. That format worked wonderfully in Gillcrist's book "Tomcat! The Grumman F-14 Story," which was heavy on the pictures but the text was effective and authoritative as well. In "Feet Wet" the stories don't have the narrow-subject connection that "Tomcat!" does so it feels disjointed and jumpy at times; mere vignettes instead of threads in a grand story. It's easy to get the feeling that these are stories that Gillcrist would tell you over a few beers--you'd love the stories but not have too much of an idea about the man or the hows and whys of his profession.
But then again, how many times do you get to have a few beers with a man who's "been there, done that" like Admiral Gillcrist?
the best naval flight recalections ever.......2002-09-05
the best naval aviator.......2002-04-08
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Feet Wet: Reflections of a Carrier Pilot
Paul T. Gillchrist Manufacturer: Presidio ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000LDRI6U |
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FEET WET: REFLECTIONS OF A CARRIER PILOT.
Manufacturer: Airlife Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1853101915 |
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Feet Wet, Reflections of a Carrier Pilot
Manufacturer: NY: Pocket, 1991 ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000HFNCQ2 |
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Feet Wet - Reflections of a Carrier Pilot
Paul Gillcrist Manufacturer: Pocket Books, Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000HFJ306 |
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Feet Wet: Reflections of a Carrier Pilot
Paul T. Gillcrist Manufacturer: Pocket Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Mass Market Paperback ASIN: B000P22G50 |
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¡Cochabamba! Water War in Bolivia
Oscar Olivera , and Tom Lewis Manufacturer: South End Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0896087026 |
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Historically a common trust, water is now bought and sold as a private commodity. With billions at the mercy of an unrestrained marketplace, it is easy to understand why this precious resource is at the center of the international movement working to turn back the rising tide of corporate globalization.
The triumphant struggle of grassroots activists in Cochabamba, Bolivia, sounded a significant opening salvo in the water wars. In 2001, water warriors there regained control of their water supply and defied all odds by driving out the transnational corporation that had stolen their water in the first place.
¡Cochabamba! is the story of the first great victory against corporate globalization in Latin America. Oscar Olivera, a 45-year-old machinist who helped shape and lead a movement that brought thousands of ordinary people to the streets, powerfully conveys the perspective of a committed participant in a victorious and inspirational rebellion.
The beloved and highly respected Olivera relates the selling of the city's water supply to Aguas del Tunari-a subsidiary of US-based Bechtel-the subsequent astronomical rise in water prices, and the refusal of poverty-strapped Bolivians to pay them. Olivera brings us to the front lines of a movement, chronicling how the people organized an opposition and the dramatic struggles that eventually defeated the privatizers.
With hard-won political savvy, Olivera reflects on major themes that emerged from the war over water: the fear and isolation that Cochabambinos faced with a spirit of solidarity and mutual aid; the challenges of democratically administering the city's water supply; and the impact of the water wars on subsequent resistance.
Oscar Olivera is president of the Cochabamba Federation of Factory Workers and 2001 winner of the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize. Tom Lewis is Latin America editor for the International Socialist Review and professor of Spanish at the University of Iowa.
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Reclaim the commons!.......2006-04-05
Inspiration for our times.......2005-05-26
This book should have been called "After the Water War".......2005-02-09
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Birds of South America: Non-Passerines: Rheas to Woodpeckers (Princeton Illustrated Checklists)
Francisco Erize , and Maurice Rumboll Manufacturer: Princeton University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0691126887 |
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Here in an easy-to-use format is the first guide to the nearly 1,300 species of non-passerine South American birds. It complements Robert Ridgly and Guy Tudor's large reference volumes on the passerines (1,800 species), which will soon be available in a single-volume field guide format.
One of things that makes this book special is its use of masterful and alluring illustrations; most neotropical birders will want the book for the illustrations alone. The text concentrates on the key identification features of each species and follows the layout of other books in this series. The book may be used in conjunction with regional and country field guides.
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Great to have them together.......2007-07-29
compact and complete.......2007-01-24
all inclusive.......2007-01-15
Excellent book.......2007-01-09
Add this book to your collection!.......2006-10-21
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Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica (Collins Illustrated Checklist)
Martin R. De LA Pena , and Maurice Rumboli Manufacturer: Harpercollins Pub Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0002200775 |
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South America, though home to about one-third of the world's bird species and twice as many endemic families of birds as any other continent, has the world's sparsest population of birdwatchers. Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica illustrates and describes all the known species--more than 1,000 of them--in a vast swath of this underexplored birder's paradise, from Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, southern Brazil, and Uruguay to parts of Antarctica. Just some of the birds it covers are teals, tinamous, chachalacas, conebills, cuckoos, macaws, parakeets, parrots, penguins, nightjars, hummingbirds, ovenbirds, tyrants, and tanagers. The habitats range from torrid rainforests and cloudforests to grasslands, the world's driest desert, second highest mountain range, and ice caps.
The 97 color plates depict each species' male in breeding plumage, with the female and young often shown as well. On the facing page are concise textual descriptions of each species, highlighting not only salient physical features and behavioral patterns but the calls or songs of each. Casual birders and ornithologists contemplating a journey to the region, or simply interested in a one-volume overview of its bird life, will not want to miss this book.
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Weak.......2007-08-09
Consider an alternative guide!!.......2007-02-25
Very Portable and Useful Little Guide.......2007-01-18
Southern South America Field Guide.......2007-01-11
A better guide for Argentina..........2006-07-06
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Checklist of the Birds of Northern South America: An Annotated Checklist of the Species and Subspecies of Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Aruba, Curacao, ... & Tobago, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana
Clemencia Rodner , Miguel Lentino , and Robin Restall Manufacturer: Yale University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0300087403 |
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Checklist of the Birds of South America
Bryon Swift , Allen Altman , and Byron Swift Manufacturer: Allen Altman & Byron Swift ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0962255920 |
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Checklist of the Birds of Northern South America : An Annotated Checklist of the Species and Subspecies of Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Aruba, Curacao, & Tobago, Guyana, Suriname and French G
Clemencia Rodner Manufacturer: Yale University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OS9F3Q |
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