Voyageur Press: 331 books
5-Gallon Bucket Book
DIY Projects, Hacks, and Upcycles
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
Why just reuse a bucket when you can reinvent it? Five-gallon buckets are ubiquitous and cheap (indeed, they are often free). But did you know they can also be hacked, hot-rodded, reengineered, and upcycled to create dozens of useful DIY projects for homeowners, gardeners, small-scale farmers, and...
by Pam Percy
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2006
The story of the chicken traces the interactions of cultures around the globe. From Southeast Asia 8,000 years ago, chickens spread to ancient China and Japan, the Middle East, Europe during the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, and, from there, the world. Today, chickens fuel our poultry meat and...
X-15
The World's Fastest Rocket Plane and the Pilots Who Ushered in the Space Age
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2014
In X-15, the exciting story of the X-15—the iconic rocket plane of the Cold War space race—is recounted by John Anderson, curator of aerodynamics at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. This experimental space plane was on the cutting edge of hypersonic aerodynamics, and its winged reentry...
A Priceless Wedding
Crafting a Meaningful, Memorable, and Affordable Celebration
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2012
How you and your partner plan your wedding can set a precedent for how you will be as a family. How do you work together to merge two different sets of ideas into something bigger and better? How do you disagree in constructive rather than destructive ways? How do you honor the input and experience...
Heirloom Vegetable Gardening
A Master Gardener's Guide to Planting, Seed Saving, and Cultural History
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
"This book is sure to be a modern classic and is one of the most important books on gardening in the current century."
—Jere Gettle, founder, Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Heirloom Vegetable Gardening has always been a book for gardeners and cooks interested in unique flavors, colors,...
Lake Michigan Backroads
Your Guide to Wild and Scenic Adventures in Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2008
Here are 19 backroads drives around Lake Michigan, showing you the grand lake as never before in this richly illustrated exploration of the Great Lake’s history, culture, ecology, and natural beauty. The big blue inland sea--the only Great Lake entirely within U.S. borders--appears here in all its...
Farm Fences and Gates
Build and Repair Fences to Keep Livestock In and Pests Out
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
If you raise livestock or crops, you’ll need a fence. Good fences are critical to success. They protect your animals (and plants) and keep them at home, and they can also minimize the damage done by pests and predators.
In Farm Fences and Gates, you’ll learn how to build and repair...
Lionel FasTrack Model Railroads
The Easy Way to Build a Realistic Lionel Layout
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2009
As model railroaders began demanding ever-greater realism, Lionel responded in 2004 with its FasTrack system featuring an integrated roadbed, scale-sized ties, and a less-obvious center rail. Veteran hobby author Bob Schleicher follows up his The Lionel FasTrack Book with a closer, more detailed look...
Guns of Outlaws
Weapons of the American Bad Man
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2014
When gunslingers chose their weapons and took their chances. From colonial-era rifles carried on the "Owlhoot Trail" to John Dillinger's Colt pistols, the history of the American outlaw is told in guns--weapons that became each man's personal signature. Authors Gerry and Janet Souter peer...
The Art of the Snowflake
A Photographic Album
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2007
The perfect geometry and exquisite beauty of nature is nowhere so clear to us as in the snowflake. But how have we been able to appreciate this infinitesimal wonder in all its crystalline glory? This book, as much a work of art as a testament to science, reveals how one of the snowflake’s most inspired...
The Whole Goat Handbook
Recipes, Cheese, Soap, Crafts & More
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Goats are the hottest animal today to raise for hobby farmers, commercial farmers, and members of both 4-H and FFA. But using the producst from a goat requires special skills, handling, and recipes. Here’s The Whole Goat Handbook, chock full of recipes, crafting projects, advice, and more.
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by Henry M. Holden
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2006
If the devil’s in the details, then the crime scene investigator’s got him:conducting searches, collecting evidence, photographing, scrutinizing, analyzing-pursuing the culprit right down to the last scrap of proof. Whether you’d like to become a crime scene investigator or simply want to see...
Flights of No Return
Aviation History's Most Infamous One-Way Tickets to Immortality
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
Discover the mysterious, controversial, and sometimes downright eerie history of flights that didn't end as planned. The history of aviation is full of accounts of history's most spectacular flights. But what about the ones from which someone failed to return? - A celebrated millionaire--who also...
North American Railroads
The Illustrated Encyclopedia
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Get an up-close and personal look at over 150 years of railway history. This richly illustrated encyclopedia of classic and contemporary American railroads features concise histories of 101 U.S. and Canadian railroads past and present. Over 400 stunning images include period and modern photography...