Eric Orton

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

New York

The Running Coach from Born to Run Shows How to Get the Most from Your Miles-And from Yourself

Featured in the book Born to Run, running coach Eric Orton offers a guide for every runner...
 
Natural running is more than barefoot running. It's about the joy of running that we were all born with and can reawaken. With a program focused on proper form, strength development, and cardiovascular training, Orton will help beginners, competitors, and enduring veterans reach "the cool impossible"--the belief that any achievement, athletic or otherwise, is within our reach. Inside you'll find:
 
* Foot strength exercises for runners to catapult performance, combat injuries, and transform technique
* A total-body-strength program designed for runners
* Step-by-step run-form coaching for performance and lifelong healthy running
* A training program for building endurance, strength, and speed
* No-nonsense nutrition for runners
* Visualization and mind-training tactics to run and live the Cool Impossible
* And much more...

 ATHLETICISM IS AWARENESS--awareness of form and technique, awareness of our effort level, and, most important, awareness of what we think. And with that awareness comes the endless potential for mastery and achievement beyond anything you thought possible.

INCLUDES PHOTOS

The Cool Impossible

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Cynthia Berger

A full-color guide to the natural history of venomous snakes. Information on dealing with venomous snakes in the wild. Includes 19 North American species accounts.

Venomous Snakes

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Freeman House

Slight fading around edges on inside of dust jacket. Top pages spotted. 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Life Lessons from Another Species

House tells the story of the annual fishing rituals of the indigenous peoples of the Klamath River in northern California, one that relies on little-known early ethnographic studies and on indigenous voices - a remarkable story of self-regulation that unites people and place. And his riffs on the colorful early history of American hatcheries, on property rights, and on the "happiness of the state" show precisely why he's considered a West Coast visionary.

Totem Salmon

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Edward O. Wilson

The future of life, our ecological plight. Dust jacket slightly faded inside edge. 

The Future of Life

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Bill Bryson

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

English

A Writers Guide to Getting it Right 

"As usual Bill Bryson says it best: "English is a dazzlingly idiosyncratic tongue, full of quirks and irregularities that often seem willfully at odds with logic and common sense. This is a language where 'cleave' can mean to cut in half or to hold two halves together; where the simple word 'set' has 126 different meanings as a verb, 58 as a noun, and 10 as a participial adjective; where if you can run fast you are moving swiftly; but if you are stuck fast you are not moving at all; [and] where 'colonel,' 'freight,' 'once,' and 'ache' are strikingly at odds with their spellings." As a copy editor for the London Times in the early 198Os, Bill Bryson felt keenly the lack of an easy-to-consult, authoritative guide to avoiding the traps and snares in English, and so he brashly suggested to a publisher that he should write one. Surprisingly; the proposition was accepted, and for "a sum of money carefully gauged not to cause embarrassment or feelings of overworth," he proceeded to write that book - his first, inaugurating his stellar career."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Bryson’s Dictionary of Troublesome Words

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Warner Shedd

A Naturalist Debunks Our Favorite Fallacies about Wildlife

In this fascinating book, wildlife expert and enthusiast Warner Shedd refutes popular animal myths like squirrels remembering where they bury nuts, wolves howling at the moon, and oppossums "playing dead."

Have you ever seen a flying squirrel flapping through the air, watched a beaver carrying a load of mud on its tail, or ducked when a porcupine started throwing its quills? Probably not, says Shedd,former regional executive for the National Wildlife Federation.Offeringscientific evidence that refutes many of the most tenacious and persevering folklore about wild animals,Owls Aren't Wise & Bats Aren't Blindwill captivate you with fascinating facts and humorous anecdotes about more than thirtyNorth American species-- some as familiar as the common toad, and others as elusive as the lynx.

Owls Aren't Wise & Bats Aren't Blindis an entertaining dose of scientific reality for any nature enthusiast or armchair adventurer.

Owls Aren't Wise and Bats Aren't Blind

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Blaine Harden

The Life and Death of the Columbia

After a two-decade absence, Washington Post journalist Blaine Harden returned to his small-town birthplace in the Pacific Northwest to follow the rise and fall of the West's most thoroughly conquered river.

Harden's hometown, Moses Lake, Washington, could not have existed without massive irrigation schemes. His father, a Depression migrant trained as a welder, helped build dams and later worked at the secret Hanford plutonium plant. Now he and his neighbors, once considered patriots, stand accused of killing the river.

As Blaine Harden traveled the Columbia-by barge, car, and sometimes on foot-his past seemed both foreign and familiar. A personal narrative of rediscovery joined a narrative of exploitation: of Native Americans, of endangered salmon, of nuclear waste, and of a once-wild river now tamed to puddled remains.

Part history, part memoir, part lament, "this is a brave and precise book," according to the New York Times Book Review. "It must not have been easy for Blaine Harden to find himself turning his journalistic weapons against his own heritage, but he has done the conscience of his homeland a great service."

River Lost

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Paul Schullery

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Ecology and Wonder in the Last Wilderness

Schullery's book details the ecological history of Yellowstone National Park.

Searching for Yellowstone

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David Mccally

In great condition see picture small smudge on bottom pages. 

An Environmental History

Discusses the formation, development, and history of the Everglades

The Everglades

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Scott Weidensaul

Beautiful guide book to the natural surroundings of the north east. Some spots on edges. 

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

A month by month guide to New England &New York 

Advising not only where to go but when to go, Weidensaul takes readers on a first-person tour to view the natural events of every month in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York. Photos and illustrations.

Seasonal Guide to the Natural Year

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Marisa Peer

The Secrets to Feeling Great about Yourself Every Day

PLEASE NOTE: LINK FOR THE FREE HYPNOSIS DOWNLOAD CAN BE FOUND ON THE CONTENTS PAGE

There's so much more to confidence than being outgoing, and self esteem has a huge impact on both your happiness and what you are able to achieve in life.

Marisa Peer's tried and tested programme is an effortless way to maximise your potential and overhaul your whole outlook on life for the better. Her powerful hypnotic language and effective techniques mean that just reading the book enables you to change negative thought patterns and break harmful habits that have been holding you back without you knowing it.

Written in the highly engaging style she is renowned for, Marisa's book speaks to you on an extremely personal level and tailors her proven methods in establishing confidence to your unique needs. Unlike other books on the market, not only does her programme provide lasting results but she focuses much more on how to like yourself, because until you do you can't enjoy the benefits of confidence.

Marisa's programme is the effortless way to tackle every type of confidence issue so that you can achieve your full potential in life and reap the rewards.

Ultimate Confidence

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John Hanson Mitchell

"If there is grass and a few scraggling trees, there will be wildlife," suggests John Hanson Mitchell, an internationally recognized naturalist and advocate for tuning your senses to the wonders of your environment. Whether your yard consists of a small stretch of grass or a rambling mix of forest and field, Mitchell will introduce you to the wealth of plants, insects, and animals that share your corner of the world.Learn how the behavior at the birdfeeder mirrors that of the wild woods; get an inside view of the rich ecology of the woodpile; learn why you might want to welcome a skunk into your garden. In short, you'll get to know the neighbors you never knew you had who make their homes all around yours. With wisdom and humor, this book reacquaints you with the denizens of your own local habitat.

A Field Guide to Your Own Back Yard (Second Edition)

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Edmund S. Morgan

One beautiful book on American history.  I put like new but looks new. 

Profiles of Men and Women Who Shaped Early America

From the bestselling author of "Benjamin Franklin" and recent winner of the Pulitzer Prize comes this collection of revelatory stories that redefines the notion of American heroism, challenging those who persist in revering the American history status quo.

American Heroes

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John G. Turner

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Plymouth Colony and the Contest for American Liberty

Published for the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower's landing, this ambitious new history of the Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony "will become the new standard work on the Plymouth Colony." (Thomas Kidd) "Informative, accessible, and compelling. . . . A welcome invitation to rediscover the Mayflower voyage and the founding of Plymouth Colony."--Daniel M. Gullotta, Christianity Today "[An] excellent new history. . . . [Turner] asserts that the Pilgrims matter for more than their legend, and he deftly uses the history of Plymouth to explore ideas of liberty in the American colonies."--Nathanael Blake, National Review In 1620, separatists from the Church of England set sail across the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower. Understanding themselves as spiritual pilgrims, they left to preserve their liberty to worship God in accordance with their understanding of the Bible. There exists, however, an alternative, more dispiriting version of their story. In it, the Pilgrims are religious zealots who persecuted dissenters and decimated Native peoples through warfare and by stealing their land. The Pilgrims' definition of liberty was, in practice, very narrow. Drawing on original research using underutilized sources, John G. Turner moves beyond these familiar narratives in his sweeping and authoritative new history of Plymouth Colony. Instead of depicting the Pilgrims as otherworldly saints or extraordinary sinners, he tells how a variety of English settlers and Native peoples engaged in a contest for the meaning of American liberty.

They Knew They Were Pilgrims

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Todd W. Braisted

In great shape small tear on dust jacket.  Smudge on top pages can see when closed. 

The Battleground Around New York City

The British Surprise Attack into New Jersey and New York to Support Their Planned Invasion of the Southern Colonies

After two years of defeats and reverses, 1778 had been a year of success for George Washington and the Continental Army. France had entered the war as the ally of the United States, the British had evacuated Philadelphia, and the redcoats had been fought to a standstill at the Battle of Monmouth. While the combined French-American effort to capture Newport was unsuccessful, it lead to intelligence from British-held New York that indicated a massive troop movement was imminent. British officers were selling their horses and laying in supplies for their men. Scores of empty naval transports were arriving in the city. British commissioners from London were offering peace, granting a redress of every grievance expressed in 1775. Spies repeatedly reported conversations of officers talking of leaving. To George Washington, and many others, it appeared the British would evacuate New York City, and the Revolutionary War might be nearing a successful conclusion. Then, on September 23, 1778, six thousand British troops erupted into neighboring Bergen County, New Jersey, followed the next day by three thousand others surging northward into Westchester County, New York. Washington now faced a British Army stronger than Burgoyne's at Saratoga the previous year. What, in the face of all intelligence to the contrary, had changed with the British?

Through period letters, reports, newspapers, journals, pension applications, and other manuscripts from archives in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Germany, the complete picture of Britain's last great push around New York City can now be told. The strategic situation of Britain's tenuous hold in America is intermixed with the tactical views of the soldiers in the field and the local inhabitants, who only saw events through their narrow vantage points. This is the first publication to properly narrate the events of this period as one campaign. Grand Forage 1778: The Battleground Around New York City by historian Todd W. Braisted explores the battles, skirmishes, and maneuvers that left George Washington and Sir Henry Clinton playing a deadly game of chess in the lower Hudson Valley as a prelude to the British invasion of the Southern colonies.

Grand Forage 1778

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Nancy Hendrickson

Beautiful book, never used. No markings of any kind. 

How to Find Your Family History on the #1 Genealogy Website

Master the world's #1 Genealogy Website

Discover the secrets to Ancestry.com success! This book, newly revised and expanded, will help you get the most out of your Ancestry.com subscription.  Inside, you'll discover how to take advantage of what the world's biggest genealogy website has to offer--and how to find answers to your genealogy questions within its billions of records and millions of AncestryDNA profiles.  Each chapter includes step-by-step examples with illustrations to show you exactly how to apply search techniques to your genealogy. A new section on AncestryDNA will also help you understand and analyze your DNA test results.

What you'll learn:
* Timesaving tips for uncovering specific records, time periods and topics using Ancestry.com's search forms and Card Catalog
* Details on Ancestry.com's historical record collections, including what you can expect to find in them
* Step-by-step guides for creating and managing your family tree on Ancestry.com, plus how to connect with other users and utilize the site's powerful Hint system
* Plain-language strategies for using your AncestryDNA results, including guides to your ethnicity report and DNA matches

Whether you've just begun dabbling in family history or you're a longtime Ancestry.com subscriber, this book will turn you into an Ancestry.com power user!

Unofficial Guide to Ancestry. com

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Tom Lewis

A History

Through the stories of explorers and traders, artists and writers, entrepreneurs and industrialists, ecologists and preservationists, Lewis traces the history of the Hudson River over four centuries, cementing its distinctive place in American history and the American imagination.

The Hudson

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Ian W. Toll

Solid book no markings.  Dust cover slightly worn on page side and corners. See picture. 

The Epic History of the Founding of the American Navy

"A fluent, intelligent history...give[s] the reader a feel for the human quirks and harsh demands of life at sea."--New York Times Book Review

Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military became the most divisive issue facing the new government. The founders--particularly Jefferson, Madison, and Adams--debated fiercely. Would a standing army be the thin end of dictatorship? Would a navy protect from pirates or drain the treasury and provoke hostility? Britain alone had hundreds of powerful warships.

From the decision to build six heavy frigates, through the cliff-hanger campaign against Tripoli, to the war that shook the world in 1812, Ian W. Toll tells this grand tale with the political insight of Founding Brothers and the narrative flair of Patrick O'Brian.

Six Frigates

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Ronald Utt

The War of 1812 and the Forging of the American Navy

Chronicles the naval history of the War of 1812 and the birth of the United States Navy, when a small American force stunningly defeated the powerful British Navy in a series of battles.

Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron

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Akil Palanisamy

Robb Wolf

The Paleovedic diet represents the best of integrative medicine, combining ancient wisdom modern science and functional medicine to create a definitive roadmap to health. Mark Hyman, MD
Back cover has a couple of scratches or indentations. 

A Complete Program to Burn Fat, Increase Energy, and Reverse Disease

A groundbreaking total-body program that incorporates principles of Paleo nutrition, Ayurvedic medicine, and cutting-edge research.

In The Paleovedic Diet, Dr. Akil Palanisamy, MD, offers a comprehensive roadmap to optimal health combining the most effective aspects of the Paleo diet with Ayurveda, the time-tested traditional medical system of India, and the latest scientific research. Making complex ideas understandable and accessible, Dr. Akil delivers a simple, customized diet and lifestyle program to fit your unique body type.

Drawing upon on his extensive training and clinical experience, Dr. Akil skillfully separates fact from fiction, providing clarity on issues such as:

 * Gluten sensitivity,
 * Misconceptions about carbs,
 * Meat-eating versus vegetarianism,
 * Good and bad fats,
 * Unknown superfoods (you'll be surprised to see what's included)
 * Nutritional supplements,
 * Gut bacteria comprising your microbiome.


The Paleovedic Diet provides definitive, practical guidance on what to eat, how to move, how to sleep, how to manage stress, and even how to breathe. Dr. Akil's revolutionary three-week program (with meal plan and recipes) utilizes delicious nourishing foods, powerful healing spices, and intensive detoxification techniques to help you transform your body and mind.

The Paleovedic Diet

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John D. Varley

Ecology, history and angling in the park. Field guide and natural history in one volume. Descriptions of all species in the park, with full color plates. Maps, charts and appendix 

Ecology, History and Angling in the Park

This richly illustrated and thoroughly researched reference covers all the species of fish and every aspect of their existence in one of the most famous sport fisheries in the world. This edition includes new material on the impact of forest fires and the introduction of non-native species; an expanded chapter on angling; and an assessment of recent management policies. Full color plates and historic b&w photos.

Yellowstone Fishes

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Spots on outside edges, some spots on back cover, small bend bottom front cover. 

Growing up in a World of Flyfishing, Trout, & Old Men

The Earth is Enough

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Pages yellowing other than that, perfect. 

The Animal Way of Dearh

Life Everlasting 

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William C. Davis

Page ends yellowing, small bend front cover bottom corner, binder is excellent. 

The Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf

From just after the Louisiana Purchase through the War of 1812, privateers Jean and Pierre Laffite made life hell for Spanish merchants on the Gulf. Pirates to the U.S. Navy officers who chased them, heroes to the New Orleanians who shopped for contraban

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