Author: Reuben R. CrossPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Fur, Feather and Steel
Author: Reuben R. CrossFly Tying
Author: John McKimPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Clear step-by-step illustrations of tying techniques--plus illustrations of left-handed tiers. . . The explanation of feathers -- dry versus wet, structure, types, markings, etc.
Our Dumb Animals
Author: George Thorndike AngellPublisher:
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Category : Animal welfare
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Commerce Reports
Author: The Engineering Draughtsman
Author: E. RowarthPublisher:
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Category : Machinery
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The Feather Thief
Author: Kirk Wallace JohnsonPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101981628
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
As heard on NPR's This American Life “Absorbing . . . Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a classic thriller.” —Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air “One of the most peculiar and memorable true-crime books ever.” —Christian Science Monitor A rollicking true-crime adventure and a captivating journey into an underground world of fanatical fly-tiers and plume peddlers, for readers of The Stranger in the Woods, The Lost City of Z, and The Orchid Thief. On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twenty-year-old American flautist Edwin Rist boarded a train for a suburban outpost of the British Museum of Natural History. Home to one of the largest ornithological collections in the world, the Tring museum was full of rare bird specimens whose gorgeous feathers were worth staggering amounts of money to the men who shared Edwin's obsession: the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying. Once inside the museum, the champion fly-tier grabbed hundreds of bird skins—some collected 150 years earlier by a contemporary of Darwin's, Alfred Russel Wallace, who'd risked everything to gather them—and escaped into the darkness. Two years later, Kirk Wallace Johnson was waist high in a river in northern New Mexico when his fly-fishing guide told him about the heist. He was soon consumed by the strange case of the feather thief. What would possess a person to steal dead birds? Had Edwin paid the price for his crime? What became of the missing skins? In his search for answers, Johnson was catapulted into a years-long, worldwide investigation. The gripping story of a bizarre and shocking crime, and one man's relentless pursuit of justice, The Feather Thief is also a fascinating exploration of obsession, and man's destructive instinct to harvest the beauty of nature.
Woldman's Engineering Alloys
Author: John P. FrickPublisher: ASM International
ISBN: 0871706911
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1369
Book Description
Annotation New edition of a reference that presents the values of properties typical for the most common alloy processing conditions, thus providing a starting point in the search for a suitable material that will allow, with proper use, all the necessary design limitations to be met (strength, toughness, corrosion resistance and electronic properties, etc.) The data is arranged alphabetically and contains information on the manufacturer, the properties of the alloy, and in some cases its use. The volume includes 32 tables that present such information as densities, chemical elements and symbols, physical constants, conversion factors, specification requirements, and compositions of various alloys and metals. Also contains a section on manufacturer listings with contact information. Edited by Frick, a professional engineering consultant. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Fur and Feather
Author: Peggy BlakeleyPublisher:
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Fly Tying for Everyone
Author: Tim CammisaPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0811768902
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
Learn a broad range of techniques for dry flies, streamers, and wet flies by tying the modern flies that everyone is talking about. Author Tim Cammisa teaches you how to tie these simple but effective patterns and then how to take the techniques you’ve learned and use them for most of the other core patterns—old and new—that should be in your box. Includes information on the latest materials, tying tips from other tiers, and 16 patterns with recipes and complete step-by-step instructions.
Late in an Angler's Life
Author: Gordon M. WickstromPublisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826332660
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This collection of musings by well-known literary fisherman Gordon Wickstrom uses fishing as a lens through which to view and evaluate most things in life: politics, art, friendship, religion, globalization, relations between the sexes, time, seasonality, and old age.