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Medicines An
Ethnopharmacology of Food by Nina L. Etkin. An investigation into the
health and medicinal implications and applications of foods from the
cuisines of peoples around the world. Indexed. 301 pages. Buy
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Fish
Catching Methods of the World by editors Otto Gabriel, Klaus
Lange,
Erdmann Dahm, and Thomas Wendt. Fourth Edition. A comprehensive survey
of the evolution of fishing methods throughout the world, with
approximately
750 illustrations. Indexed. 523 pages.. Buy
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The
Jesus Mystery Astonishing
Clues to the True Identities of Jesus and Paul by Lena Einhorn.
Speculative history presenting a new hypothesis about the relationship
between Jesus and the apostle Paul. Indexed. 279 pages. Buy
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Jesus
the Rabbi Prophet A New Light on the Gospel Message by
Jacques Baldet.
Translated from the French by Joseph Rowe. Scholar Sand historian
Jacques
Baldet seeks to restore the historical context and true nature of the
Jewish
society in which Jesus lived. Indexed. 260 pages. Buy
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Metalsmiths
and Mentors Fred
Fenster and Eleanor Moty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison edited
by Jody Clowes. Exhibition Catalogue of show at the Chazen Museum of
Art featuring contemporary American metalsmithing, including hollowware
and jewelry, wearable sculpture, poetic and narrative objects, and
conceptual installations.. Buy
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Rural
Delivery by Michael Hofferber. A collection of short,
pungent, sometimes
humorous and frequently thought-provoking commentaries and advice on
rural
living in contemporary America. 146 pages. Buy
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Spalding's
World Tour The Epic Adventure that Took Baseball Around the
Globe -
And Made It America's Game by Mark Lamster. Illustrated with historic
B&W
photos. Biographical history of one of the most colorful figures in the
history of American sports -- A.G. Spalding. Indexed. 341 pages. More
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Spooky
Campfire Tales Hauntings,
Strange Happenings, and Supernatural Lore by S. E. Schlosser. A
collection of 30 creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings,
and other strange occurrences from times past. Illustrated by Paul G.
Hoffman 185 pages. More
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Mark
Twain and Company Six Literary Relations by Leland Krauth.
Examines
some creative "sparks and smolderings" ignited by Twain's contact with
Americans Bret Harte, William Dean Howells, and Harriet Beecher Stowe
and
the British writers Matthew Arnold, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Rudyard
Kipling. Indexed. 307 pages. More
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Quick
Change
by Jay Cronley. New paperback edition of novel first published in 1981,
and the inspiration for separate French and American films (the latter
starring Bill Murray and Geena Davis). 259 pages. More
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Wabi
Sabi The
Art of Everyday by Diane Durston. Collection of gems of wisdom about
appreciating the humble beauty of everyday life. 367 pages. More
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Zane
Grey on Fishing edited by Terry Mort. First Lyons Press
paperback edition.
A selection of some of Grey's best writing about fishing. Foreword by
Loren
Grey. 268 pages. More
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The
Quotable Cowboy by Kathy Etling. First Lyons Press Edition.
Collections
of wisdom, humor, insight and foolishness of cowboys and cowgirls.
Indexed.
247 pages.. More
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Informal
English Puncture Ladies, Egg Harbors, Mississippi Marbles,
and Other
Curious Words and Phrases of North America by Jeffrey Kacirk.
Collection
of liguistic oddities and vernacular Americanisms. 239 pages. More
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Enterprising
Minnesotans 150 Years of Business Pioneers by Stephen George.
Profiles
of Minnesotans driven by an entrepreneurial spirit to found enduring
enterprises
from 1849 to the present, including Cargill, the Mayo Clinic, Andersen
Windows, Ecolab, Schwan's, and Leeann Chin, Inc. Indexed. 178 pages. More
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The
Birdhouse Chronicles: Surviving the Joys of Country
Life. Trade
paperback, new. First Edition. Part memoir, part travelogue, part
nature
writing-an intimate first-person narrative of returning to a realer,
simpler
life. 258 pages.. More
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Dog
Culture: Writers on the Character of Canines edited
by Ken Foster.
Trade paperback, new. Anthology of writings about dogs. Includes
selections
by Annie Bruno, Hillary Rosner, Nicholas Dawidoff, Brent Hoff, T
Cooper,
Chris Offutt, Rene Steinke and more. 195 pages. More
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