Stephen E. Ambrose

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

New York

The Climactic Battle of WWII

Chronicles the events, politics, and personalities of this pivotal day in World War II, shedding light on the strategies of commanders on both sides and the ramifications of the battle

D-Day - June 6, 1944

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David J. DiPipi

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A Practical Guide for Turning Your Cabin Dreams into Reality

Build Your Own Cabin

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Barbara McMartin

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Four-Season Guide to the Oswegatchie Wilderness

Discover the Northwestern Adirondacks

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Jeff Gillman

The Past, Present, and Future of Our Forests

Lessons About Our Environment from the World's Oldest Living Things Trees have been essential to the success of human beings, providing food, shelter, warmth, transportation, and products (consider the paper you are holding). Trees are also necessary for a healthy atmosphere, literally connecting the earth with the sky. Once in wild abundance-- the entire eastern North America was a gigantic forest--they have receded as we have clearcut the landscape in favor of building cities and farms, using up and abusing our forests in the process. Over the centuries, we have trained food trees, such as peach and apple trees, to produce more and better fruit at the expense of their lives. As Jeff Gillman, a specialist in the production and care of trees, explains in his acclaimed work, How Trees Die: The Past, Present, and Future of Our Forests, the death of a tree is as important to understanding our environment as how it lives. While not as readily apparent as other forms of domestication, our ancient and intimate relationship with trees has caused their lives to be inseparably entwined with ours. The environment we have created--what we put into the air and into the water, and how we change the land through farming, construction, irrigation, and highways--affects the world's entire population of trees, while the lives of the trees under our direct care in farms, orchards, or along a city boulevard depend almost entirely on our actions. Taking the reader on a fascinating journey through time and place, the author explains how we kill trees, often for profit, but also unintentionally with kindness through overwatering or overmulching, and sometimes simply by our movements around the globe, carrying foreign insects or disease. No matter how a tree's life ends, though, understanding the reason is essential to understanding the future of our environment.

How Trees Die

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Bruce F. Meyers

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

The Story of First Force Recon

"U.S. Marine Corps amphibious reconnaissance patrols preceded every major landing in the Pacific during World War II, coming ashore on rubber boats from submarines and high-speed transports to recon enemy beaches." "This book chronicles many force recon firsts: HALO jumps from jets; operational parachute jumps from navy carrier aircraft; lock out and underway recovery of recon patrols from navy fleet submarines; live pickup of downed personnel by Fulton Skyhook; and the development of pathfinding tactics and equipment for Marine helicopter assaults. The groundbreaking work by First Force Recon pioneers has never before been recorded in detail. Meyers's account makes it clear how the company earned the reputation it enjoys today."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Fortune Favors the Brave

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John Ringo

In the second decade of the twenty-first century the world is struck by two catastrophes, a new mini-ice age and, nearly simultaneously, a plague to dwarf all previous experiences. Rising out of the disaster is the character known to history as “Bandit Six” an American Army officer caught up in the struggle to rebuild the world and prevent the fall of his homeland—despite the best efforts of politicians both elected and military. The Last Centurion is a memoir of one possible future, a world that is a darkling mirror of our own. Written “blog-style,” it pulls no punches in its descriptions of junk science, bad strategy and organic farming not to mention all three at once.

The Last Centurion

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Barry Fixler

One Marine's Fond Memories of Vietnam

The wrenching, sometimes hilarious and always thought-provoking memoir of a mischievous teenager who enlists in the U.S. Marine Corps seeking adventure and his father's approval and finds both, plus more danger than he ever could have imagined. Barry Fixler gets molded into a Marine at Parris Island and sent to Vietnam, where he is assigned to a company that would soon etch its place in Marine Corps lore at the legendary Siege of Khe Sanh. With its vivid imagery, Semper Cool thrusts readers into a grunts-eye view of the blood, guts, tears and laughter of war, as told by a Marine who returned home a proud, patriotic man. Be prepared to laugh and cry and ultimately thank God for the men and women willing to sacrifice their lives for the freedoms that so many Americans enjoy.

Semper Cool

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Edward Conlon

Author is a NYPD police officer working in South Bronx housing projects 

"A great book... with the testimonial force equal to that of Michael Herr's Dispatches."—Time Edward Conlon's Blue Blood is an ambitious and extraordinary work of nonfiction about what it means to protect, to serve, and to defend among the ranks of New York's finest. Told by a fourth generation NYPD, this is an anecdotal history of New York as experienced through its police force, and depicts a portrait of the teeming street life of the city in all its horror and splendor. It is a story about police politics, fathers and sons, partners who become brothers, old ghosts and undying legacies. Conlon joined the NYPD during the Giuliani administration, when New York City saw its crime rate plummet but also witnessed events that would alter the city, its inhabitants, and its police force forever: polarizing racial cases, the proliferation of the drug trade, and the events of September 11, 2001, and its aftermath. Conlon captures the detail of the landscape, the ironies and rhythms of natural speech, the tragic and the marvelous, firsthand, day after day. A New York Times Notable Book and Finalist for The National Book Criticics Circle Award for Nonfiction.

Blue Blood

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Philip G. Terrie

A New History of Nature and People in the Adiondacks

This work shows how expectations about land use, combined with interactions with nature have defined the Adirondacks. Outlining the disputes for the control of the land, the author introduces the key players from the residents, landholders, to preservationists and developers.

Contested Terrain

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Ty Pennington

Home Repair Secrets Plus Cheap and Easy Projects to Transform Any Room

From the beloved and sexy carpenter on The Learning Channel's Trading Spaces comes a creative, fun, and practical how-to book for home repair and improvement projects ome improvement heartthrob Ty Pennington fuses carpentry with style in this practical and inspirational how-to book for tackling household projects both large and small-from decorating to home repair. Pennington shares the expertise gained from his years of experience as one of the carpenters on The Learning Channel's Trading Spaces and as a home renovation pro to create an accessible guide to eclectic decorating and renovation. Ty gives readers a sneak peek at some of the projects he's done in his own home and shows how they can be recreated. He also gives readers the lowdown on great tools-and provides a list of his favorite cheap and easy ways to transform any room. Filled with helpful tips, this inspirational book will help readers to explore their own personal style while building their confidence at the same time. It is a one-of-a-kind, fun, user-friendly guide, from a trusted and admired source.

Ty's Tricks

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Bill Bryson

A Memoir

The author describes his all-American childhood growing up as a member of the baby boom generation in the heart of Iowa, detailing his rich fantasy life as a superhero known as the Thunderbolt Kid and his remarkably normal 1950s family life.

The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid

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Gregory Johnson

Lessons Learned from Living in 140 Square Feet

An inspirational resource on how to live a simpler and healthier life explains how to reduce one's environmental footprint while cutting down on the pressures, clutter, stress, and complexity of modern life, covering five important areas--housing, food, technology, utilities, and transportation. Original.

Put Your Life on a Diet

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Publications International Ltd. Staff

Facts So Strange You'll Swear They're Fiction

Sometimes that urban myth turns out to be true. If you crave stories about things that just don't seem possible then you've come to the right place. Inside, you'll find true accounts of people, pets, places, and events that range from the odd to the seemingly impossible: Oddities of cuisine, from frog smoothies to mouse tonics, Baffling medical afflictions and diseases that really exist, Animals on trial in the Middle Ages, Surprises found in Japanese vending machines, Ridiculous laws, town names, book titles, and presidential nicknames, Weird tales from the stage, vaudeville, and early Hollywood, Sometimes the truth is bizarre! Book jacket.

Peter Monroe

@peter63195

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