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This classic exposition of the art and sport of hunting with the bow and arrow, takes the reader through some of the historical uses of the bow in hunting, to the practice of making a bow, shooting the bow, and general info on archery and its equipment. Specific chapters detail the hunting of the raccoon, wildcat, fox, wolf, deer, bear, and mountain lion. Hunting adventures of the author and his hunting pals are gloriously illustrated in words with numerous photographs.

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While he is best known for being the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt is also remembered for his immense love of nature, animals, and game hunting. «African Game Trails» is Roosevelt's memoirs about a hunting trip to Africa that he took with his son Kermit in 1908. In the text, he vividly describes the country in exotic detail. In full detail, he depicts the enthusiastic thrill of the hunt as well as the beauty of the animals he tracked. He also portrays his interactions with other famous game hunters such as Major Boyd Cunningham and Frederick Selous, who is known as one of the last big game hunters in Africa. As a naturalist, Roosevelt was immensely interested in the native flora and fauna of East Africa. He included descriptions of fascinating plants and animals that are only found on the continent, introducing the natural landscape of Africa to readers who had never seen it. Roosevelt was a firm believer in portraying wildlife as naturally as possible; he even wrote a number of essays denouncing anthropomorphism in literature. He wanted his works to be as realistic and life-like as possible, so that «African Game Trails» is a true representation of the beauty and majesty that Roosevelt saw during his trip to East Africa. His adventures in the untamed jungles of the continent are as thrilling now as they were when the book was first published in the early twentieth century.

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There may be no better example of American individualism and rugged outdoorsman than the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. In this volume we find two of Roosevelt’s works on hunting, “Hunting Trips of a Ranchman”, and “The Wilderness Hunter”, combined into one volume. Roosevelt, who as President would bring some 230 million acres of land under the protection of the National Parks and Forest Services, was an avid naturalist and his great devotion to the outdoors is evident in his depiction of his beloved Elkhorn Ranch in both of these books. Roosevelt devoted careful attention to both the details of the sport of hunting and the picturesque world around him as “Hunting Trips of a Ranchman” and “The Wilderness Hunter” function as nature travelogues and practical treatises on how to bag game. These works take place in one of Roosevelt’s favorites places, his Elkhorn ranch, which was located on the banks of the Little Missouri River in North Dakota. The location is now a part of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Roosevelt’s exciting and descriptive recollections of numerous hunts in these volumes will thrill and delight both the hunting and nature aficionado. This edition includes a biographical afterword.

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Author Nona Kilgore Bauer begins Retriever Madness with a chapter called “Know Your Retrievers,” and few know their retrievers like this expert author, trainer, and breeder. Bauer introduces the readers to the six retrievers recognized by the American Kennel Club, among them two of the most popular companion dogs in the world, the Labrador Retriever and the Golden Retriever, along with other superb overachievers: the Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Flat-Coated Retriever, Curly-Coated Retriever, and Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever.Geared toward readers who are interested in working with their retrievers in their bred-for capacity—hunting water fowl and upland game birds—Retriever Madness is the perfect primer to getting started in the field. The book offers advice on selecting a puppy with hunting potential, giving future owners insight on how to evaluate a puppy’s birdiness, independence, prey drive, and personality. The chapter on bringing the puppy home gives recommendations for basic training equipment, including leashes, collars, dummies, whistles, starting pistol and the like.Amateur retriever owners who hope to hunt with their dogs will find excellent advice for training for the puppy’s first twenty weeks of life, the most critical period for training any puppy. In addition to the basic commands (sit, down, stay), the author also explains the release command, whistle commands, forward and backward heeling, and wait.Four chapters are devoted to beginning field work, presenting diagrams and step-by-step instructions and covering such topics as puppy marks, throwing, water retrieves, steadying, force-fetching, marking, executing blind retrieves and more. The author offers remedies to commonly encountered problems in the field as well as a complete glossary of terminology that all readers will find helpful in understanding the lingo of the field retriever.

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There may be no better example of American individualism and rugged outdoorsman than the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. In this volume we find two of Roosevelt's works on hunting, «Hunting Trips of a Ranchman» and «The Wilderness Hunter», combined into one volume. Roosevelt, who as President would bring some 230 million acres of land under the protection of the National Parks and Forest Services, was a great naturalist and his love of the outdoors is evident in the depictions of these books. Careful attention is devoted to the sport of hunting as these books work as both nature travelogues and practical treatises on how to bag game both big and small. Roosevelt recounts numerous hunts in this volume which will thrill and delight the hunting and nature aficionado alike.

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The Big Picture <P> “La Dolce Vita University” (LDVU) offers considerable market potential and extendibility as a book franchise, but also ultimately as an entire lifestyle, entertainment and educational brand. <P> Purchaser / Reader Prospects <P> La Dolce Vita University should be a book of broad and perennial interest both domestically and overseas (particularly in the U.K., Canada, Japan and China). It could sell as either an impulse or planned purchase to any of these prospects: <P> A.<br> <li> all travelers to Italy: inveterate, first time (including foreign study students), and even “armchair” voyagers; plus high-end tour and cruise operators
<li> Italophiles, to deepen their love and broaden their understanding of Italian culture
<li> “lifestyle” audiences with a keen interest in fashion, cuisine, personalities and travel
<li> culturally curious “toe dippers” open to a friendly and easy entree to Italian culture
<li> ethnic Italians looking to explore and more fully appreciate their cultural roots
<li> gift givers for any of the above <P> Targeting-wise, LDVU has numerous advantages since there are myriad Italian travel, heritage and language teacher affiliation groups, organizations and businesses that can be marketed to and with whom alliances can be forged. Below is a sampling of initial possibilities. <P> Marketing Alliances / Speaking Engagements / Special Distribution Opportunities <P> <li> Italophiles, the Italian-American community and heritage groups <li> National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) – the largest and most influential; one of the Board Members is close to the author's family <li> National Organization of Italian American Women (NOIAW). The author is an active member and friendly with the Founder and Chairwoman Emeritus Dr. Aileen Sirrey; NOIAW is headquartered in NY but there are local chapters in all major cities on the east coast <li> Westchester Italian Cultural Center (founded by Genovese Pope) – the author is well connected there and has done culinary programs for them in the past and they will surely be willing to sponsor an event to promote LDVU <li> Similar opportunities in Philadelphia area (through the author's friends and family contacts – she was born and raised in Philadelphia and her extended family resides there) <P> Other prominent Italian-American heritage organizations with large local chapters in the NE corridor, Chicago and West Coast; these include: <li> The Order of the Sons of Italy (OSIA) <li> The Italian American Studies Association (IASA) <li> Museo Italo-Americano, San Francisco <P> The author has “two degrees of separation” from Lidia Bastianich, Mario Batali, Stanley Tucci (his mother has written advance praise for the book already) and Chaz Palmiteri. <P> B. Bulk Sales <br> <li> Boutique Travel companies, especially active travel companies with major tour operations in Italy: Ciclismo Classico; Backroads; Butterfield & Robinson; DuVine; VBT; Experience Plus; Food, Stories, Travel; Travels Across Italy; Trek Tours; etc. <li> Larger escorted tour operators such as Perillo Tours and Go Ahead Tours <li> Major cruise lines servicing the Mediterranean <li> Companies (and their US Importers and Distributors) with brands mentioned in the book, such a Nutella, Amaretto, Lavazza Café, Fragelico, Nonini Grappa <P> C. Educational Venues and Opportunities <br> <li> Lecture series at Pace University’s Continuing Education Program sponsored by Professor Sclafani <li> Other adult / continuing education venues<br> – For example, the author is tentatively scheduled for an LDVU presentation and book signing at Main Line School Night in Philadelphia as part of their Spring 2018 offerings – they mail a catalogue to 70,000 high income suburban Philadelphia residents (their Italian language classes are among their most popular)<br> – The author is also tentatively scheduled for an LDVU presentation and book signing at Chappaqua Library as part of their Spring 2018 calendar of events (this is a surprisingly large venue that attracts major speakers). She is well known in the community, having owned and operated one of the area’s most popular restaurants for nearly a decade. <br> – Italian language schools, e.g., in NYC, Scuolo Italiana Parliamo – where LDVU can be used for educational enhancement and/or translation content – Supplemental resource for high school Italian classes – ideally to become part of the lesson plan – the essays would lend themselves brilliantly to translation assignments – Preliminary exploration has shown that Italian language teachers are well networked here in the US as well as in Canada and Australia; the author has some reasonably good connections here. <P> C. Channels of distribution beyond traditional and independent bookstores <br> <li> Eataly (the author has a strong connection here – and specific to the Eataly retail operation – different from her connection to Lidia and Batali) <li> Airport and train station bookstores <li> Art museum bookstores (she has connections that could help with the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Philadelphia Museum of Art) <li> Specialty retailers such as Williams Sonoma and gourmet food retailers, e.g., on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx, San Francisco’s North Beach, Napa & Sonoma winery gift stores <li> Specialty gift shops <li> College bookstores <P> Website / Photo-Newsletter Blog – Ongoing Platform for Building and Reinforcing an Audience Relationship <li> LaDolceVitaU.com( and LDVU.com) <br> To serve as the book website and be linked to Postcards for the Boot which will be the on-going promotional vehicle and provider of value added content and audience inter-activity <li> PostcardsfromtheBoot.com<br> A co-venture between LDVU and the boutique tour company Cicilismo Classico which has an existing mailing list of 36,000+ subscribers. The author continues to maintain an email relationship with close to 3,000 guests from her former restaurant (which closed in June 2016) who are looking forward to her next venture – the upcoming publication of this book.<br> Postcards from the Boot will take the form of a photo-newsletter/blog; over time she hopes to take paid advertisers <br> She anticipates hiring an experienced book publicist (Kelly Leonard) to help with LDVU’s digital marketing program<br> Postcards from the Boot will also have links to Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest <li> La Dolce Vita University «Brand» Extensions<br> <li> Merchandise based on LDVU’s distinctive memorable name and iconic cover and or interior illustrations: Aprons, potholders, tote bags, kitchen towels, coaster mugs and related ceramics, table linens etc.(design and market via Zazzle and LDVU/Postcards websites and blog to begin). <li> “Edu-taining” merchandise / gift items <li> LDVU Discovery cards – playing card size, deck with 52 fun facts; similar to a party game or party favor <li> LDVU coasters (featuring an interesting wine or adult beverage fun fact) <li> «Parliamo» vocabulary cards with an illustration of the word on one side and the phonetic pronunciation and “translation” on the back with cute blackboard and fanciful “professor” (Arlecchino) graphics <li> Bring La Dolce Vita University to Life<br> Syndicated 5 minute mini LDVU program (already in preliminary discussions on this)<br> La Dolce Vita “U” Tours in alliance with an existing operator <br> Theatrical / musical adaptation

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In this engaging creative writing workbook, novelist and poet Linda Lappin presents a series of insightful exercises to help writers of all genres&#151;literary travel writing, memoir, poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction&#151;discover imagery and inspiration in the places they love.Lappin departs from the classical concept of the Genius Loci, the indwelling spirit residing in every landscape, house, city, or forest&#151;to argue that by entering into contact with the unique energy and identity of a place, writers can access an inexhaustible source of creative power. The Soul of Place provides instruction on how to evoke that power.The writing exercises are drawn from many fields&#151;architecture, painting, cuisine, literature and literary criticism, geography and deep maps, Jungian psychology, fairy tales, mythology, theater and performance art, metaphysics&#151;all of which offer surprising perspectives on our writing and may help us uncover raw materials for fiction, essays, and poetry hidden in our environment.An essential resource book for the writer&#8217;s library, this book is ideal for creative writing courses, with stimulating exercises adaptable to all genres. For writers or travelers about to set out on a trip abroad, The Soul of Place is the perfect road trip companion, attuning our senses to a deeper awareness of place.

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In A Sense of Place, journalist/travel writer Michael Shapiro goes on a pilgrimage to visit the world's great travel writers on their home turf to get their views on their careers, the writer's craft, and most importantly, why they chose to live where they do and what that place means to them. The book chronicles a young writer&#8217;s conversations with his heroes, writers he's read for years who inspired him both to pack his bags to travel and to pick up a pen and write. Michael skillfully coaxes a collective portrait through his interviews, allowing the authors to speak intimately about the writer's life, and how place influences their work and perceptions.In each chapter Michael sets the scene by describing the writer's surroundings, placing the reader squarely in the locale, whether it be Simon Winchester's Massachusetts, Redmond O'Hanlon's London, or Frances Mayes's Tuscany. He then lets the writer speak about life and the world, and through quiet probing draws out fascinating commentary from these remarkable people. For Michael it&#8217;s a dream come true, to meet his mentors; for readers, it's an engaging window onto the twin landscapes of great travel writers and the world in which they live.

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This book deals with the litany of the traveler's basic health problems. Readers will learn how to avoid and deal with:Traveler's DiarreheaUnhealthy waterWeird foodsStrange ToiletsDehydrationGastroenteritisImmunizationLack of adequate hygieneWormsSnakes, Spiders and LeechesGoing outsideBathingThe special problems of childrenIssues with seniors

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