Voyageur Press imprint: 39 books
Knitting America: A Glorious Heritage from Warm Socks to High Art
A Glorious Heritage from Warm Socks to High Art
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2011
"Susan has placed the history of knitting within the context of American history, so we can clearly see how knitting is intertwined with such subjects as geography, migration, politics, economics, female emancipation, and evolving social mores. She has traced how a melting pot of knitting traditions...
The Alaska Bush Pilot Chronicles: More Adventures and Misadventures from the Big Empty
More Adventures and Misadventures from the Big Empty
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
Readers of Flying the Alaska Wild marveled at Mort Mason's true tales of braving the elements at the extremes in a Piper Super Cub. But the bush pilot, adventurer, and raconteur was just beginning, and in this book he revisits his most memorable moments of flying by the seat of his pants through blizzards...
Super Volcano: The Ticking Time Bomb Beneath Yellowstone National Park
The Ticking Time Bomb Beneath Yellowstone National Park
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
Despite growing evidence of geothermic activity under America's first and foremost national park, it took geologists a long time to realize that there was actually a volcano beneath Yellowstone. And then, why couldn't they find the caldera or crater? Because, as an aerial photograph finally revealed,...
by Christopher E. Larsen,Hae-jung Larsen,John T. Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2008
It can be as playful as a party game, or as dead serious as military training for a coming deployment. But whatever your approach to paintball or Airsoft, there are rules to learn, tactics to master, variations to discover, and equipment to consider. And in every instance, Paintball and Airsoft Battle...
Rock 'n' Roll Myths: The True Stories Behind the Most Infamous Legends
The True Stories Behind the Most Infamous Legends
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
It's perhaps the relative modernity of rock 'n' roll that makes the genre a minefield of myths and legends accepted as truth. History hasn't had time to dissect the bunk. Until now.
Discover the real stories behind rock's biggest crocks, how they came to be but why they...
The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting: An Oral History
All Over But the Shouting: An Oral History
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2009
Formed in a Minneapolis basement in 1979, the Replacements were a notorious rock 'n' roll circus, renowned for self-sabotage, cartoon shtick, stubborn contrarianism, stage-fright, Dionysian benders, heart-on-sleeve songwriting, and-ultimately-critical and popular acclaim. While rock then and now is...
Rebound!: Basketball, Busing, Larry Bird, and the Rebirth of Boston
Basketball, Busing, Larry Bird, and the Rebirth of Boston
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
In the mid-1970s, the city of Boston entered a period of upheaval on both its historic cobblestone streets and its legendary parquet basketball court. The Boston Celtics' long dominance of the NBA came to an abrupt end, and the city's image as a hub of social justice was shaken to its core. When the...
by Russell A. Olsen
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2006
Much more than a ribbon of crumbling asphalt, Route 66 is a cultural icon revered the world over for its nostalgia value-an east-west artery pointing America toward all the promise that the great West represented. But as stretches of Steinbeck's Mother Road” were bypassed and fell into disuse, so...
Handbag Designer 101: Everything You Need to Know About Designing, Making, and Marketing Handbags
Everything You Need to Know About Designing, Making, and Marketing Handbags
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2011
Handbag Designer 101 is the bible for handbag designers or women who aspire to make their own bags. Included in the book are instructions for creating the fifteen essential bag styles—clutch, hobo, tote, and more—made simple with easy-to-follow how-to illustrations, suggested difficulty levels,...
Knitting Socks from Around the World
25 Patterns in a Variety of Styles and Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2011
This book collects 25 fantastic patterns for socks inspired by knitting traditions from around the world. Patterns from top designers including Star Athena, Beth Brown-Reinsel, Candace Eisner Strick, Chrissy Gardiner, Janel Laidman and Anna Zilboorg are featured, along with an introduction from Nancy Bush, author of Folk Socks.
by Samantha Johnson,Daniel Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Thinking of acquiring a horse? Studying equine breeds and traits? Or simply curious about the magnificent creatures? This book, with profiles of one hundred horse, pony, and draft breeds, is the most comprehensive field guide to horses ever published. Illustrated throughout with fine color photographs,...
by Mark Wegman
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2008
The period from the 1890s to the mid-1950s is generally considered the "golden era" of passenger rail travel in America. It was a time of celebrated locomotives and luxurious passenger service, a time when rail technology saw its greatest advances and railroads became the nation's favored...
by Winona Laduke
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 1999
A powerful and poignant novel tracing the lives of seven generations of Anishinaabe (O)bwe/Chippewa).'...an impressive fiction debut....skillfully intertwines social history. oral myth and character study...." Publishers Weekly.
Loose Threads: Stories to Keep Quilters in Stitches
Stories to Keep Quilters in Stitches
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2008
One of the countrys best-loved quilters shares her observations on the whys, wherefores, and wonders of applying needle to fabric and creating a world. A collection of amusing, moving, and invariably wise essays from Helen Kelleys beloved "Loose Threads" column (a favorite of readers of...