Lyons Press: 836 books
Wolf Almanac
A Celebration Of Wolves And Their World
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2018
The newly revised reference work on the history and evolution of wolves, their biology and physiology, behavior and sociology, and their mythology.
Good Dirt
Confessions of a Conservationist
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
The best-selling conservation classic, completely expanded, revised, and updated
David Morine was a briefcase conservationist specializing in human nature. During his fifteen years in charge of land acquisition for The Nature Conservancy, Morine helped protect more than three million acres...
The Triangle
A Year on the Ground with New York's Bloods and Crips
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
The Linden Triangle: Linden Avenue and Linden Place, Hempstead, Long Island. At this blighted intersection, seemingly forgotten by the middle and upper class communities that surround it, the dream of suburban comfort and safety has devolved into a nightmare of flying bullets and bloodshed. Here,...
Nymphs, Stoneflies, Caddisflies, and Other Important Insects
Including The Lesser Mayflies
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Volume II
After the mayfly family, detailed in Nymphs: The Mayflies, the fly fisher must know the caddisfly, stonefly, and midge populations just as well to catch trout that are keyed in on such insects. Nymphs: Caddisflies, Stoneflies, and Other Important Species gives the reader all the essential...
Vince Wilcox's Naturally Artificial Signature Flies
Learn To Tie The Best-Selling, Most Effective Patterns
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
Vince Wilcox's Naturally Artificial Signature Flies will enable tiers of all levels—from absolute beginners to long time tying experts—to follow along with ease. Vince Wilcox's Naturally Artificial Signature Flies has detailed, color images of all the steps. Some of the flies will feature over...
by Barry Dr. St. Clair
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
Texas is a big place and it’s filled with a whole lot of spots to wet a line. But you’ve got to know where to go. In Fishing Texas, Barry St.Clair provides an insider’s guide to the best places to fish throughout the state—with all the directions and particulars and background that give each...
Birth of the New NFL
How the 1966 NFL/AFL Merger Transformed Pro Football
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2008
The year 1966 marked the birth of the National Football League as we know it, when owners in the NFL and the upstart American Football League agreed to an unprecedented merger, to take place at the start of the 1970 season. They also agreed to play, beginning at the end of the '66 season, a game between...
Confident Coach's Guide to Teaching Lacrosse
From Basic Fundamentals To Advanced Player Skills And Team Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2006
Within the past decade, lacrosse has seen explosive growth on the elementary, junior and high school, and college levels, rapidly becoming one of America's most popular playing sports. Lifelong lacrosse player and coach Daniel Morris, along with noted author Michael Morris, distill the essence of...
The Orvis Wingshooting Handbook, Fully Revised and Updated
Proven Techniques For Better Shotgunning
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2019
Too many shotgunners imagine that their success in the field, or lack of it, is largely a question of innate ability and luck. Not true, say Bruce Bowlen and Dylan Snell, long-time Orvis shotgun instructors. Good shooting depends as much on effective technique as it does on natural talent, instinct,...
Igniting the Flame
America's First Olympic Team
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
The story of the fourteen men – largely forgotten and never the subject of a full-length book – who created the American Olympic movement by winning eleven gold medals at the first modern Olympics in 1896 in Athens, timed for publication leading up to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials and the 2012 Olympics in London.
Fork on the Road
400 Cities/One Stomach
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
A seasoned comedian’s love letter to America’s food curiosities—
the regional cuisines, the culinary oddities, the weird and the wonderful
“Mark DeCarlo is a [modern-day] Groucho Marx.” —PEOPLE
Whether it be fish ice cream, kudzu tempura, or even sausage, Mark DeCarlo always...
Around a Greek Table
Recipes & Stories Arranged According to the Liturgical Seasons of the Eastern Church
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
Kefi, loosely translated, is the Greek sense of joy, and is often found around the dinner table during large and boisterous family meals of Spanakopita, Keftedes (Greek meatballs), and much, much more. Largely considered a bit of a mystery to Americans, Greek cooking is far more expansive than simply...
by Barbara D. Hoffstot
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Palm Beach is a remarkably small town to be so famous; its population is only a little over 10,000. Nor is it an old town: the oldest extant building dates from about 1885, and the town itself was not incorporated until after 1900. What has granted Palm Beach its fame is the same combination of elements...
by Kent Dannen
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
The Rocky Mountains have inspired travelers for centuries. The vast majority of those who visit this vast area might write to their friends, “Having a great time! Wish you were here!” Meanwhile, a few every year invariably find themselves shouting, “Help! I'm in trouble!” And trouble never...