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Describing Early America: Bartram, Jefferson, Crevecoeur, and the Influence of Natural History
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Describing Early America is a study of William Bartram's Travels, Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia, and J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur's Letters from an American Farmer that situates them within two important intellectual traditions: the literature of travel and the science of natural history. Pamela Regis contends that the travel genre provided the narrative framework on which these texts were built, but that natural history offered much more: a way of looking at the world, a way of describing what the authors saw, and an overarching scheme in which to fit what they had seen.
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A thorough guide to the classification and identification of the larval forms of the insects that trout eat, all across North America, with highly detailed descriptions of the insects; includes over 80 recipes for tying artificial nymphs.
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Hailed as a classic almost as soon as it came out in the early 1980s, this combination of entomology and fly-fishing instruction puts a small insect--the caddis fly--under the microscope to help anglers get big results on the water. Misunderstood for years, LaFontaine explains why caddis should be an important part of any fly-fisher's arsenal of flies, and his arguments are very persuasive. With in-depth and anecdote-punctuated discussions of the insect's biology and life cycle, tactics for deciding at what stage in the life cycle caddis are being fed upon (nymph, emerger, or dun), and various methods of presenting imitations, the author provides a thorough and scientific approach to catching fish. Caddisflies is analytical fly-fishing instruction at its best.
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Introduces tested patterns and details strategies on how best to fish larvae, pupae, and adult flies.
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Get a PhD in Caddis.......2007-09-21
As LaFontaine states midway through the book, "The study of caddisflies is the graduate school of an angler's education." His book clearly mirrors both the diversity and complexity of its subject matter - caddisflies. LaFontaine mastery of the bug and how to present it to trout in it's varying life stages is apparent. But the crowning achievement in these pages is the bridge LaFontaine builds between this insect's world and the mind of the angler. It's a bridge every angler must eventually cross in order to master the complex interaction between these bugs and feeding trout. I couldn't really come up with the number of days and the river miles you would need to wade in order to gain the knowledge Lafontaine distills onto paper... but a lifetime wouldn't be a stretch here (wearing out many pairs of wading boots along the way).
The writing takes a no-nonsense approach, but you feel his excitement and willingness to share the insight he has gained with the reader. The expression "doing one's homework" comes to mind when reading Caddisflies. Lafontaine spent ten years of intensive study (and of course fly-fishing) to develop the material and support his observations. As he put it: "It was not writing that took so long... The subject, however, proved to be so fascinating that it deserved much more than just a rehash of the past literature or a smattering of untested opinions."
Lafontaine structures the content into two parts: (1) Tying and Fishing Caddisfly Imitations and (2) The Biology of Caddisflies. The first part of the book is likely as comprehensive and authoritative treatment of tying and fishing caddisfly patterns you'll find published today. Even if you don't seat behind the vise tying these flies, the chapters offer as much "why" as they do "how" (i.e., the thinking behind using a particular material, color, shape).
The second half focuses on the biology of these amazing insects with well over 1200 species of caddisflies in North America. Lafontaine highlights a key attribute leading to their bio-diversity today: "Caddisflies basically owe their diversification in the aquatic world to the ability to make silk. This is the evolutionary tactic, a wonderfully functional tool, that has been used in so many ways to solve problems of dislodgement, food gathering, respiration, and protection." A comprehensive listing of each caddisfly genera provides a great reference. To aid the angler, Lafontanie uses the listing to emphasize the species which are more likely to force a trout into selective feeding.
After reading Caddisflies, I'm not ready to claim I've completed the caddis "graduate school of angling." That claim may come after a couple more readings and application on the water. I can say for certain that my appreciation and understanding of caddisflies has gone up dramatically.
Best American fly-fishing book ever written........2007-07-15
Not necessarily the best writing per se, but if you ever wondered: Can a fly-fishing book put forward the synopsis of a novel insight into fly-fishing that does both: (1) helps you catch fish, and concurrently (2) could stand alone as a novel scientific study of trout behavior?
The only book that I have ever read that can answer "yes" is this book.
I would love to hear about other books, maybe Gordon or Hewitt have something out there from the early 1900s (???), but for sure this book is the most original contribution to American fly-fishing in the past 30 years.
The Caddis !!.......2007-05-10
This is the book to have if you fly fish or ty flies. Thats all that needs to be said!!!
Classic on the Caddis.......2007-03-27
Gary LaFontaine's Caddisflies is the classic study of the caddis. Clear, comprehensive, thoroughly researched and well illustrated. All you could want to know and more about the subject. Relevant to any fly-tier or fly-fisher.
caddisflies review.......2007-03-09
this book is the most extensive book written on the caddis fly. it should be part of every fly fishers library.
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Caddis Super Hatches: Hatch Guide for the United States
Carl Richards , and
Bob Braendle
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Knowledge of caddis flies and how to present them in all stages of life can be key to a fly-fisher's success in many situations. The importance of caddis in the trout's diet is well documented; anglers' understanding of these insects is generally poor, though. Caddis Super Hatches takes this seemingly microscopic subject and examines it on a larger scale. The result is a swarm of useful information for fly-fishers across North America, including the biology of the insects and how to identify individual species, tying instructions, and a very handy hatch guide.
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Atlas of European Trichoptera
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Caddis flies are important indicators of environmental quality in aquatic biotopes. This Atlas is the first book which enables the identification of the entire European caddis fly fauna since McLachlans Revision and Synopsis of 1874-1880.
Identification of European caddis flies has proved difficult as a result of the widely scattered literature, and has therefore been a matter for specialists for more than hundred years.
This Second Edition of The Atlas of European Trichoptera contains over 1400 species which means an increase of 25% since the first edition of 1983.
Identification of specimens is one of the most difficult tasks in Zoology. This volume presents information which will enable the reader to develop his own opinions and will also help him reach decisions concerning the accuracy of his own results.
The identification of specimens is undertaken by comparing the detailed drawings of the most important characteristics of all species known in Europe, the Mediterranean countries north of the Sahara, the Canary islands, Madeira, the Azores islands and the adjacent eastern regions including the Arab Peninsula and Iran. The fauna of Turkistan and Siberia is partially included.
Explanations of the drawings are provided mainly by symbols which enable the use of this book independent of language. This concept has been proved successful in University courses.
The introductory chapters are in English, German and French. Should a reader not understand any of these languages, the translation of these few pages, including the pages of explanations, will provide sufficient understanding for the entire book.
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Atlas of European Trichoptera/Atlas der europäischen Köcherfliegen/Atlas des Trichopters d'Europe (Series Entomologica)
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Arturs Neboiss
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The British caddis flies (Trichoptera): A collector's handbook
Martin E Mosely
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The Caddis and the Angler
Larry Solomon , and
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Identification charts for all the important North American caddis families, including case and wing illustrations
Basic caddis entomology; how to know the larva, pupa, and adult stages with a special section on oviposting
Casting and fishing techniques for each stage - the extension cast, the tension dry fly casts, etc
Step-by-step, illustrated (with B&W photos) tying patterns for each caddis stage
A guide to identifying rise-forms for caddis
Emergence charts for the East, Midwest, West, and Far West
Over 40 local patterns for caddis fishing
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Caddis Insects
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Claude M. Bristol , and
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Learning to manage the power within you.......2007-10-01
I am ever grateful for being introduced to this book and the lessons I learned. Time tested and true - it's what the movie 'The Secret' is based on. My life is ever changed because of TNT!
Janet Legere, Calgary, Canada
The power of autosuggestion within.......2007-08-25
Another good book about autosuggestion / power of thoughts / self-hypnosis. Time has come for you to stop and analyze the condition you are in right now. For you are the sum of your own ways of thinking. Positive attitude will result in good things happening to you, and negative attracts just the opposite. -One has to be careful in handling the power of thoughts, the TNT within...
There was something interesting in this book about those spontaneous hunches or drives, which can sometimes help one to live a better life - is it called following intuition? And also something about facing one's fears. Though I would have left out the chapter "I Will, I Will, I Will, I Will!", since from what I have understood so far - the best suggestions are made effortlessly, without any real "will".
TNT the power within you.......2007-08-11
Great book, I read this book years ago and liked it then, and I like it even better now!
Great Book.......2007-01-11
I purchased this book and the "Genie Within: Your Subconscious, How it works and How to Use It" I love both of them. It reinforces everything I've learned about the mind and provides plenty of instructions on how to use your mind to change your life. I highly recommend it.
Absolutely fantastic!!!!!!.......2006-08-29
I don't know where I've been looking all this time but just happened across this book a couple of weeks ago! Strangely, I was shopping for a book to give my son for his birthday and also shopping for a different book for myself. I've been reading all kinds of books lately on self improvement, and especially about the Law of Attraction etc. and just accidentally came across "TNT The Power Within You"! I briefly read an excerpt from the book and decided to get it for my son since I had other books that I wanted to read myself. Anyway, the book arrived and even though I was in the middle of another book, I decided to glance through this book just out of curiosity. Before I knew it, I was devouring the book and just kept hoping I could keep from bending or creasing the pages before giving it to my son.
Well needless to say, I was blown away with this book! I've read all the popular ones, "Ask and it is Given", "The Attractor Factor", as well as umpteen others, but have to say I was blown away with TNT!!!! The authors style and talent for getting important points across is absolutely amazing....it couldn't be any more clear.
What I liked about this book too is that it includes not only the knowledge, but the information and methods for putting it all to practical use without pulling any punches! The spiritual aspect is also brought out in such a way as to reach deep inside the reader's mind to make these things known and leaving a sense of renewed confidence and determination to follow through. All I can say is that I was deeply inspired with this book and feel it is the one book that will keep drawing me back time and again. You definitely should not simply read this book, but study it and really absorb what is written in its pages!
My final comment is that I like the book so much that I intend to go buy more copies to give to family members, and also of course to buy a copy for myself!
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The Woman Who Disappeared (Heinemann Guided Readers)
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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on June 15, 2004. The length of the article is 972 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Brooke's family trying to rebuild lives.(Crime)(Police still have no idea what happened to the young woman who disappeared from Corvallis on May 24)
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Woman Who Disappeared
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