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  The Shooting Man's Bedside Book

  BB

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  'After a day on the moors, stubbles, or a woodland day, I like to take up a book beside my fire and read of other good long days past and gone. Such I have tried to make this volume.' – BB
  First compiled by BB in 1946, he aimed to create a book which was largely composed of the best descriptive writings on the sport of shooting. These pages are packed with evocative and stirring passages for sportsmen to enjoy after a day out and during the long winter evenings.
  
  The extracts chosen represent some of the greatest writers from Richard Jefferies to the poet John Masefield.
  
  BB himself, one of the most evocative writers on the countryside, is well represented in both his writings and his fine scraperboard illustrations.

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  If Football's a Religion Why...

  Jere Longman

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  The last time a Philadelphia professional sports team won a championship, Ronald Reagan was in the White House and Return of the Jedi was number one at the box office. No city with all four major sports has gone longer without one. The local NFL franchise, the Eagles, has not won a title since 1960, putting its devoted fans through decades of futility and heartbreak.Peppered with riotous anecdotes about the grandstand brawlers and football lunatics who make Philadelphia one of the most entertaining places in America to watch a game, If Football's a Religion, Why Don't We Have a Prayer? is the hilarious day-by-day account of the operatic passion of Eagles fans in the buildup to the team's first Super Bowl appearance since 1981. With outrageous detail and beer-on-your-shoes reporting, New York Times sportswriter and longtime Philly resident Jere Longman reveals what happens when the losingest sports town in America finally has a shot at winning it all.

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  Madam Belle - Sex Money and...

  Maryjean Wall

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  The “captivating” true story of the notorious Gilded Age madam who inspired the Belle Watling character in Gone with the Wind (The Wall Street Journal).   Belle Brezing made a major career move when she stepped off the streets of Lexington, Kentucky, and into Jennie Hill’s bawdy house—an upscale brothel run out of a former residence of Mary Todd Lincoln. At nineteen, Brezing was already infamous as a youth steeped in death, sex, drugs, and scandal. But it was in Miss Hill’s “respectable” establishment that she began to acquire the skills, manners, and business contacts that allowed her to ascend to power and influence as an internationally known madam.   In this revealing book, Maryjean Wall offers a tantalizing true story of vice and power in the Gilded Age South, as told through the life and times of the notorious Miss Belle. After years on the streets and working for Hill, Belle Brezing borrowed enough money to set up her own establishment—her wealth and fame growing alongside the booming popularity of horse racing. Soon, her houses were known internationally, and powerful patrons from the industrial cities of the Northeast courted her in the lavish parlors of her gilt-and-mirror mansion.   Secrecy was a moral code in the sequestered demimonde of prostitution in Victorian America, so little has been written about the Southern madam credited with inspiring the character Belle Watling in Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind. Following Brezing from her birth amid the ruins of the Civil War to the height of her scarlet fame and beyond, Wall uses her story to explore a wider world of sex, business, politics, and power. The result is a scintillating tale as enthralling as any fiction.

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  Camping - The Ultimate Camping...

  Mark J Davin

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  Are you keen to start camping and sample the great outdoors?Maybe you are a complete beginner or a seasoned pro?This book will provide great advice, whichever you are!There can be nothing better than getting out into the fresh air and camping by the side of a river, forest or mountain. The good that it does for body and soul is difficult to replicate in any other sport or pastime and the great thing is that it doesn’t matter what age you are; camping can be enjoyed by all.In this book, Camping: The Ultimate Camping Guide From Beginner to Outdoorsman, you’ll find a range of great advice that will allow you to take your first trip with confidence or expand on the knowledge you already have, including advice on:- The Four Seasons- Choosing The Best Tent- Backpacks & Rucksacks- Sleeping Bags- Building a Campfire- Food Choices For Camping- Camping Activities- The Road-TripYou want to enjoy your camping experience to the utmost, so being well prepared is the first thing you should do. And Camping: The Ultimate Camping Guide From Beginner to Outdoorsman is the place to start.Whether you’ve never been under canvass before, or virtually live like that in the summer, there’s something for everyone!

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  St Louis Cardinals: Past & Present

  Doug Feldmann

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  Explore over a century of Cardinals baseball in this illustrated tour of the players, teams, ballparks, and historic moments! 
   
  With a legacy that goes back to the Brown Stockings of the old American Association, the St. Louis Cardinals have one of the longest and greatest traditions in the history of baseball. Winners of ten World Series titles (second only to the New York Yankees) and twenty-one pennants dating back to 1885, the Redbirds have established a dynasty across the decades—from Charlie Comiskey’s four-time AA champs, through the “Gashouse Gang” of the 1930s and the “Runnin’ Redbirds” in the 1980s, up to the 2006 World Champions. 
   
  Front-office pioneers like Chris von der Ahe and Branch Rickey have put the Cardinals franchise at the forefront of innovation, while bringing in some of baseball’s greatest talent—pitchers Dizzy Dean to Bob Gibson, sluggers Johnny Mize to Mark McGwire, and all-around superstars like Rogers “Rajah” Hornsby, Stan “the Man” Musial, and Albert Pujols. Pairing historic black-and-white photos and contemporary images of the modern game, St. Louis Cardinals: Past & Present explores the ballparks and the fans, the players and the teams that have defined Cardinals baseball.

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  Survival Skills - Learn How to...

  Jordan Gunner, Dave Farrel

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  There are two titles in this book, which are these: 
    
  Book 1: When it all hits the fan, some know how to survive and some don’t. Knowledge and experience are at the root of survival in troubled times. We do not always know when those times come, so it can be useful to explore the possibilities of living off the grid, becoming independent, and living without water from the faucet, electricity, or internet. 
    
  Book 2: First, we’ll talk about how to improve your concentration skills and memory. This lies at the heart of the book.  
    
  Next, we will go over the significant challenges that many people face when they are working from home. This has become more common these days, and therefore, it seemed like a crucial topic to include in this book. 
   

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