Resultados de búsqueda: Libros de Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller

Tfh Pubns Inc, 1991. Softcover. Like New. 96x4x116. Provides information on the selection, care, breeding, and training of canaries. Photos; 34 pages.

Tfh Publications, 1991. Softcover. Like New. 104x4x116. Provides information on selecting, housing, and feeding a cockatiel, and briefly describes their care. Photos; 34 pages.

20th Century Archery, 1981. First edition. Wraps. Good. A small softcover promotional pamphlet; 16 pages, photos. How To Use Your Golden Tone Elk Call and other elk hunting secrets by an experienced bowhunter. A scarce bit of elk hunting ephemera from the early days of commercial elk calls.

Ballantine Books, 1993. Trade paperback. Very Good. 8x6x0. Inscribed by previous owner. Defiant and opionated, Rick Bass has written an inspired essay advocating wolf reintroduction and recolonization, in the context of one, small pack's fate. An environmental issue for all, philosophical for some and yet moral for Bass, the wolf and its return have polarized the whole of the West--igniting the passions of both cattle ranchers and environmentalists, wildlife biologists and hunters. The result of years of personal study and scores of interviews with people both for and against the wolf's return to the Northern Rockies, THE NINEMILE WOLVES is not so much a scientific study as one man's' vigorous, emotional inquiry into the proper relationship between man and nature. RICK BASS’s fiction has received O. Henry Awards, numerous Pushcart Prizes, awards from the Texas Institute of Letters, fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation,… Leer más

University of New Mexico Press, 1986. Trade paperback. Very Good. Grado, Janet. As readers of Tony Hillerman's detective novels know, he is a skilled interpreter of southwestern Indian cultures. In this book, first published in 1972, he recounts a Zuni myth first recorded a century ago by the anthropologist Frank Hamilton Cushing. Hillerman's version of the story, written to be read by children ten years old and up, will have equal appeal for adults with an interest in Native American culture.

New American Library, 1961. Mass-market paperback. Very Good. A Signet book.

Penguin Books, 1987. Trade paperback. Good. 7x5x0. A short tear to cover. The Snow Leopard is an account of his two-month search for the snow leopard with naturalist George Schaller in the Dolpo region on the Tibetan Plateau in the Himalaya. It won the 1979 National Book Award in the category Contemporary Thought and the 1980 National Book Award for Nonfiction. It has garnered more critical acclaim since then. It has been included in several lists of best travel books including World Hum's ten most celebrated books, Washington Post Book World's Travel Books That Will Take You Far, and National Geographic Traveler's Around the World in 80+ Books. Peter Matthiessen (May 22, 1927 – April 5, 2014) was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, and zen teacher. A co-founder of the literary magazine The Paris Review, he was the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979, category Contemporary Thought) and fiction… Leer más

Penguin Books, 1987. Trade paperback. Good. 7x5x0. The Snow Leopard is an account of his two-month search for the snow leopard with naturalist George Schaller in the Dolpo region on the Tibetan Plateau in the Himalaya. It won the 1979 National Book Award in the category Contemporary Thought and the 1980 National Book Award for Nonfiction. It has garnered more critical acclaim since then. It has been included in several lists of best travel books including World Hum's ten most celebrated books, Washington Post Book World's Travel Books That Will Take You Far, and National Geographic Traveler's Around the World in 80+ Books. Peter Matthiessen (May 22, 1927 – April 5, 2014) was an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, and zen teacher. A co-founder of the literary magazine The Paris Review, he was the only writer to have won the National Book Award in both nonfiction (The Snow Leopard, 1979, category Contemporary Thought) and fiction (Shadow Country, 2008). He… Leer más

American Alpine Club, 1983. Trade paperback. Good. 8x5x0. Signed by previous owner. Helps expose long-time accident patterns so future climbers can avoid repeating these climbing mistakes on Denali* Waterman has worked as a climbing ranger on Denali and speaks from first-hand rescue experienceIn his preface, Dr. Peter Hackett writes of Jonathan Waterman's motivations for writing Surviving Denali, "The motivation for writing this book is to dispel the myth of Denali as a cakewalk, and to help climbers prepare adequately for polar, high-altitude survival. By learning from the past, climbers can avoid similar problems; this is the goal of Surviving Denali."Waterman presents an in-depth analysis of altitude medical problems, frostbite, avalanche and fall injuries, and deaths on Denali in order to point out the mistakes that may have been made and methods that might have been used to prevent them. In further chapters Waterman also covers how to prepare properly for Denali. Waterman is… Leer más

Michael Kesend Publishing, 1984. Softcover. Good. 8x5x0. Gift inscription by previous owner. How to raise baby birds and animals, splint broken bones, suture wounds, remove oil and tar, treat poisoning, shock and a variety of common diseases and disabilities. Includes an excellent food substitution chart for a wide variety of birds and animals.

Houghton Mifflin, 1988. Trade paperback. Good. 88x8x132. Some light highlighting. One of this book's virtues is that it does not try to give a complete overview of birding. It concentrates effectively on selected subjects, describing how a complete birder masters, for example, recognition of the different plumages and identification of five difficult bird groups: warblers, hawks, shore birds, terns, and gulls. The chapter on optics, otherwise excellent, unfortunately omits mirror lens telescopes, but compares brands of other optics, which many other write-ups do not. Other sections detail acoustics, the seasons, and the psychology of birding. Entertaining anecdotes illustrate many of Connor's points, for he has associated with many leading birders. Anyone interested in birding should benefit from this thoughtful guide.

Climbing Magazine, 2000. Trade paperback. Good. A corner of the last page missing, not effecting text. Else in Very Good+ condition. For nearly a decade, Pete "Big Wall" Takeda has had climbing readers twisting in fear and howling in pain as they followed his escapades on and around the world's most fearsome big walls. Pete's Wicked Book captures those moments and takes it one step further. With 30 years of boulders, big walls and big mountains under his belt, Pete Takeda is an elite all-around rock, ice and alpine climber. He’s competed in the ESPN Winter X-Games and climbed in Alaska, Canada, Iceland, Peru, Mexico, Australia and Scotland. Takeda is veteran of eleven expeditions to the Indian, Nepal and Karakoram Himalayas. As an all-rounder, Takeda appreciates the quality, range and reliability of PMI ropes.Takeda is author of three books including National Geographic: Climb! and An Eye At The Top Of The World. He contributes to… Leer más

Coaches Choice Books, 2003. Paperback. Good. Some underlining, else Very Good. CD not included. Fitness Professionals' Guide to Musculoskeletal Anatomy and Human Movement is a revolution in the field of human movement. Comprehensive and meticulous, this ground-breaking text is ideal for college courses and a must for any fitness professional. For each muscle in the body, the book includes a detailed illustration that uses color to highlight the muscle. Along with the illustrations, you'll find a brief description of each muscle as well as information on its joint crossings, associated body actions, blood supply, controlling nerves, and insertion and origin.

Dover Publications, 2006. Trade paperback. Very Good. Carefully reasoned and well-documented in its arguments, the work offers coherent views of natural selection, adaptation, the struggle for existence, survival of the fittest, and other concepts that form the foundation of modern evolutionary theory. This volume is a reprint of the critically acclaimed first edition.

Oxford University Press, USA, 1994. Trade paperback. Good. Some highlighting. In Zen and the Way of the Sword, King offers a fascinating look into the mind of the samurai swordsman in a far-reaching account of the role of Zen in the thought, culture, and the martial arts of Japan's soldier elite. An esteemed scholar of Eastern religions, King deftly traces thedevelopment of Zen and discusses the personal nature of its practice, its emphasis on individual discovery and attainment. He then presents an accomplished capsule history of the samurai class, from its rise in the middle ages to formal abolition in the nineteenth century--an account filled withdetails of wars, political maneuvering, and cultural achievements. King also looks at the arms and vocation of the individual samurai, placing the details of armor and weapons in the context of the samurai conception of warfare. In particular, King focuses on the sword--the soul of the samurai, as it was called--describing how it was forged, the… Leer más

Scholastic, 1969. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 6x4x0. The Newbery Honor-winning author of Rascal presents a classic story about a boy's best friend--who's half dog, half wolf, and all heart. With ingenuity and hard work, Robbie Trent manages to convince his parents and his wolf-hating neighbors that Wolf is as hard-working as any dog. Thomas Sterling North (1906 - 1974) was an American author of books for children and adults, including Rascal, a best-seller in 1963. North was a newspaperman, editor, conservationist and naturalist. After the success of Rascal, Mr. North wrote in 1966 Raccoons Are the Brightest People, dealing with raccoon life around his New Jersey farm.

Ecco Press, 2003. Trade paperback. Good. 7x5x1. With a body twisted by adolescent scoliosis and memories of the brutal death of a woman he loved, Lynn Schooler kept the world at arm's length, drifting through the wilds of Alaska as a commercial fisherman, outdoorsman, and wilderness guide. In 1990, Schooler met Japanese photographer Michio Hoshino, and began a profound friendship cemented by a shared love of adventure and a passionate quest to find the elusive glacier bear, an exceedingly rare creature, seldom seen and shrouded in legend. But only after Hoshino's tragic death from a bear attack does Schooler succeed in photographing the animal -- completing a remarkable journey that ultimately brings new meaning to his life. The Blue Bear is an unforgettable book. Set amid the wild archipelagoes, deep glittering fjords, and dense primordial forests of Alaska's Glacier Coast, it is rich with the lyric sensibility and stunning prose of such nature classics as Barry Lopez's Arctic… Leer más

Harvest Books, 1979. Softcover. Very Good. 7x5x0. One of the landmark works for feminists of this century grew out of two lectures Virginia Woolf delivered at Cambridge University in 1928. Asked to speak about women and fiction, Woolf presented to her audience a highly personal discusson of the questions preoccupying her. Her far-reaching intelligence, her energy and her compassionate wit shine throughout this brilliant and inspiring work.

Ballantine Books, 1964. Softcover. Good. Some dampstaining to edges. This absorbing and profusely illustrated book describes in detail scores of early American tools and the wooden and metal artifacts made with them. Informally and expressively written, the text covers bulding tools and methods; farm and kitchen implements; and the tools of curriers, wheelwrights, coopers, blacksmiths, coachmakers, loggers, tanners, and many other craftsmen of the pre-industrial age. Scores of pen-and-ink sketches by the author accurately depict special tools for every job, among them a hollowing gouge, hay fork, cornering chisel, apple butter paddle, boring auger, mortising chisel, a holding dog, hauling sledge, winnowing tray, reaping hooks, splitting wedge, felling axe, propping saw horse, and other traditional implements. Sure to be prized by cultural historians, this volume will delight woodcrafters interested in making their own tools and thrill general readers with its store of Americana.

Little, Brown & Company, 1996. Trade paperback. Good. 7x5x0. More than a half-century ago the Canadian Wildlife Service assigned the naturalist Farley Mowat to investigate why wolves were killing arctic caribou. Mowat's account of the summer he lived in the frozen tundra alone-studying the wolf population and developing a deep affection for the wolves (who were of no threat to caribou or man) and for a friendly Inuit tribe known as the Ihalmiut ("People of the Deer")-is a work that has become cherished by generations of readers, an indelible record of the myths and magic of wild wolves.