Lords of the Fly: Madness, Obsession, and the Hunt for the World Record Tarpon
By: Monte Burke
4.41
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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1. The Longest Silence: A Life In Fishing
By: Thomas McGuane
4.26
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Thomas McGuane's obsession with fish has taken him from the river in his backyard to the holiest wa… read more
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2. Trout Bum (John Gierach's Fly-fishing Library)
By: John Gierach
4.40
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by th… read more
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"A couple of hundred dollars for a fishing pole!?¨ You'll hear that all the time if you don't keep your mouth shut in certain company. You can talk about the aesthetics and even mention a cane rod wil…"-John Gierach, Trout Bum (John Gierach's Fly-fishing Library)
3. One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey
By: None , None , Sam Keith , Richard L. Proenneke
4.35
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
To live in a pristine land unchanged by man...to roam a wilderness through which few other humans h… read more
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"This country makes a man younger than his birthdays."-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey
"The more I see as I sit here among the rocks, the more I wonder about what I am not seeing."-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey
"There is always a sadness about packing. I guess you wonder if where you're going is as good as where you've been."-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey
"I enjoy working for my heat. I don't just press a button or twist a thermostat dial. I use the big crosscut saw and the axe, and while I'm getting my heat supply I'm working up an appetite that makes…"-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey
4. Meat Eater: Adventures from the Life of an American Hunter
By: Steven Rinella
4.42
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An exploration of humanity’s oldest pursuit and its relevance today Steven Rinella grew up in Twin… read more
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5. You Only Live Twice (James Bond, #12)
By: Ian Fleming
3.75
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Ian Fleming’s twelfth James Bond novel. The tragic end to James Bond’s last mission – courtesy o… read more
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"You only live twice: Once when you are born And once when you look death in the face"-Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice (James Bond, #12)
"I've found that one must try and teach people that there's no top limit to disaster-that, so long as breath remains in your body, you've got accept the miseries of life. They will often seem infinite…"-Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice (James Bond, #12)
"007: Be an angle, Penny, and ring down to Mary and tell her she's got to get out of whatever she's doing tonight. I'm taking her out to dinner. Scotts. Tell her we'll have our first roast grouse of t…"-Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice (James Bond, #12)
"He had seen how the spirit, the reserves in [Bond], could pull him out of badly damaged conditions that would have broken the normal human being. He knew how a desperate situation would bring out tho…"-Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice (James Bond, #12)
6. 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
By: Jonathan Franklin , Jonathan Franklin
4.33
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
438 Days is the miraculous account of the man who survived alone and adrift at sea longer than anyo… read more
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"How many of us appreciate the joys of a simple tortilla?"-Jonathan Franklin, 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
"Everything will work out... don't give up hope, remain calm."-Jonathan Franklin, 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
"[...] what else motivated him to spend hour after hour with me, telling all the details of his story? I quote at length his answer. "I suffered so much and for so long. Maybe if people read this they…"-Jonathan Franklin, 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
"There's a lot of talk these days about a thing called resilience. That's the in term at the moment," says Dr. John Leach, a survival psychologist. "You've got built-in resilience, so you can bounce b…"-Jonathan Franklin, 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea
7. Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
By: Dan Flores
3.41
Format: 331 pages, Hardcover
Finalist for thePEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award "A masterly synthesis of scientific … read more
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8. Fool's Paradise
By: John Gierach , Glen Wolff
4.16
Format: 1342 pages, Hardcover
If John Gierach is living in a fool's paradise, then it's a paradise that his regular readers will … read more
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9. Even Brook Trout Get The Blues
By: John Gierach
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by th… read more
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10. The Man With the Golden Gun (James Bond, #13)
By: Ian Fleming
3.97
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
The Man with the Golden Gun is the 13th novel written by Ian Fleming, featuring the fictional Briti… read more
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11. A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
By: Aldo Leopold
4.30
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
First published in 1949, A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Tho… read more
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"In our attempt to make conservation easy, we have made it trivial."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
"That the situation is hopeless should not prevent us from doing our best."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
"Education, I fear, is learning to see one thing by going blind to another."-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
"We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes"-Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
12. Ninety-two in the Shade
By: Thomas McGuane
4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
Tiring of the company of junkies and burn-outs, Thomas Skelton goes home to Key West to take up a m… read more
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13. American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon
By: Steven Rinella
3.50
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the host of the Travel Channel's "The Wild Within." A hunt for the American buffalo--an advent… read more
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16. A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
By: Norman Maclean
3.99
Format: None pages, Paperback
From its first magnificent sentence, "In our family, there was no clear line between religion and f… read more
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17. A River Runs Through It
By: Norman Maclean , Barry Moser
3.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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18. At the Grave of the Unknown Fisherman
By: John Gierach
5.00
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by th… read more
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19. Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
By: Yvon Chouinard
3.25
Format: 198 pages, Paperback
In his long-awaited memoir, Yvon Chouinard-legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and fo… read more
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20. A Salty Piece of Land
By: Jimmy Buffett
5.00
Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback
#1 bestselling author Jimmy Buffett is back at last with his first new novel in a decade! It's not … read more
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21. A Pirate Looks at Fifty
By: Jimmy Buffett , None
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
For the millions of fans of Jimmy Buffett's music as well as his bestselling books, Tales From Marg… read more
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22. No Shortage of Good Days
By: John Gierach
3.86
Format: 336 pages,
"America's best fishing writer" (Houston Chronicle) returns with more surprising, entertaining insi… read more
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23. Lords of the Fly: Madness, Obsession, and the Hunt for the World Record Tarpon
By: Monte Burke
4.41
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
"Funny, wistful, and wonderful." --Carl Hiaasen "You will love this book." --Michael Keaton "T… read more
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24. The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
By: Kirk Wallace Johnson
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twen… read more
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25. MeatEater's American History: The Long Hunters (1761-1775)
By: Steven Rinella
4.34
Format: None pages, Audiobook
Listening time = 6 hours and 3 minutes From the creators of the New York Times bestselling serie… read more
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26. The Optimist: A Case for the Fly Fishing Life
By: David Coggins
4.38
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
An “excellent” ( The New York Times ) modern tribute to an ageless pastime, and a practical guide t… read more
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27. Home Waters: A Chronicle of Family and a River
By: John N. Maclean
4.09
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In the spirit of his father's beloved classic A River Runs Through It comes a gorgeous chronicle of… read more
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28. Dumb Luck and the Kindness of Strangers
By: John Gierach
4.40
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Witty, shrewd, and, as always, a joy to read, John Gierach, “America’s best fishing writer” (Housto… read more
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29. All the Time in the World
By: John Gierach
4.41
Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition
Discover the answer to life’s most pressing problems through the joy of fly-fishing from master phi… read more
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30. The Believer: A Year in the Fly Fishing Life
By: David Coggins
4.43
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
The author of the instant fishing classic The Optimist wades into deeper waters and shares new wisd… read more
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31. Headwaters: The Adventures, Obsession and Evolution of a Fly Fisherman
By: Dylan Tomine
4.27
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Christmas Island. The Russian Arctic. Argentine Patagonia. Japan. Cuba. British Columbia. Dylan … read more
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