Coiling is a basketry technique used as decoration in gourd art. Step-by-step coiling techniques, as well as pattern designs, help gourd enthusiasts use coiled waxed linen and colored thread to enhance their work. 196 color photos show how to trim a gourd bowl or vase and use the coiled threads to a...

“The best explanation that I have seen of corrosion on boats.”―Nigel Calder, author of Boatowner’s Mechanical and Electrical Manual “A powerful weapon in the war against metal deterioration.”―Cruising World Corrosion is a constant, often expensive, and sometimes dangerous problem for boaters. Moistu...

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The book that spawned the Chesapeake Bay light tackle revolution. Far and away the best selling and most popular light tackle fishing book in the region, Chesapeake Light Tackle provides tips, techniques and success stories from noted author and well-known fisherman, Shawn Kimbro. Foreword by Chesap...

If you're still trying to catch a true gator trout (over seven pounds), or just wanting to fill a weekend with fish-catching fun, Sportsman's Best: Trout is the book and DVD set for you. Author Terry Gibson and fellow editors from Shallow Water Angler and Florida Sportsman magazines worked together...

Expert, field-tested advice for anglers at every level This comprehensive, entertaining, and foolproof guide covers everything novice and avid anglers need to know to catch freshwater fish--from bass and trout to salmon and walleye--and reveals the two basic ways to catch ALL fish. With numerous pho...

This mariner's guide to the weather provides information on weather warnings and fronts, the Beaufort Scale, cloud formations, fog, storms, wind, waves and swells, barometer use, and simple forecasting methods in one easy-to-read volume. It also offers an entire chapter on acid rain and its effects...

This short handbook focuses on some of the authors favorite off-the-beaten-path locations near the San Juan Islands. A handy reference in the front of each chapter includes a navigation map, resources at that location, and instruction on how to approach the location from a boat. At the end of each c...

Today is gonna be a great day! Our Phineas and Ferb Stickers Pack are a fun start to any day's adventures. these stickers can be used in invitations, thank you notes, scrapbooking, decorating school supplies or graded papers, or as party favors.

Originally published in 1863, The Fortune Teller and Dreamer's Dictionary by Madame LeMarchand, a "celebrated Parisian fortune teller," is a little gem of occult knowledge. Readers will learn to tell fortunes using dice or ordinary playing cards, read tea leaves and coffee grounds, interpret dreams,...

With this new, fresh, and highly readable introduction to sail trim, Dallas Murphy’s Plain Sailing goes far to demystify the often intimidating aspects of sailing that confront the unseasoned sailor. By focusing on “wind awareness,” Plain Sailing will help all sailors better understand the principle...

While sailing around the Caribbean, Ann Vanderhoof  and her husband Steve track wild oregano-eating goats in the cactus-covered hills of the Dominican Republic, gather nutmegs on an old estate in Grenada, make searing-hot pepper sauce in a Trinidadian kitchen, cram for a chocolate-tasting test at th...