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Fool's Paradise, John Gierach, Hardcover
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Fool's Paradise chronicles the fishing life in all its glory (catching your biggest fish ever) and squalor (being stranded in a tent during a soaking rainstorm). In Gierach's world, both experiences are valuable, and both evoke humor and insight. The first new book in three years, Fool's Paradise will reel them in. There are stories about fishing from all over North America, from Alaska and British Columbia to Newfoundland. Fishermen everywhere will understand Gierach's quest to discover and explore...
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This addition to Gierach's long list of fishing books is perhaps not of trophy quality, but it's definitely a keeper. Gierach gets back to the basics of fishing in a collection of personal essays in which he contends that fishing is as much about being outdoors with a few friends who share the same passion as it is about catching fish. Of course, he still thrills at the fish's strike and he lands his fair share of them, but he spends as much time describing other aspects of the sport: getting there...
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Everyone's favorite fishing writer is back with more fly-fishing pleasures, in this lyrical, surprising book of observations on fishing, nature, travel, and life. Illustrated.
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Fool's Paradise (the Unreal World Of Pop Psychology) (hardcover)
The Award-winning Essayist Presents An Intriguing Look At Popular Psychology, Arguing That It Impedes Humans To Create The Selves They Want As Opposed To Liberating Them. - By Stewart Justman - Hardcover
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Fishermen everywhere will understand Gierach's quest to discover and explore new waters (and then not to divulge the best locations to anyone), the unlikely appeal of winter fly-fishing ("the ice fishing shanty served the dual purpose of group therapy and the neighborhood tavern"), how impossible it is to predict the best fishing ("Everything that happens is entirely familiar, but I don't always see it coming"), or even the absurdity of the entire exercise ("day after day, you're casting a fly that...
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Fishermen everywhere will understand Gierach's quest to discover and explore new waters (and then not to divulge the best locations to anyone), the unlikely appeal of winter fly-fishing ("the ice fishing shanty served the dual purpose of group therapy and the neighborhood tavern"), how impossible it is to predict the best fishing ("Everything that happens is entirely familiar, but I don't always see it coming"), or even the absurdity of the entire exercise ("day after day, you're casting a fly that...
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Hardcover, Expositor's Bible Commentary: John-Acts
The Expositors Bible Commentary Series is an Evangelical scholarly treatment of the scriptures. This volume includes commentaries on John and Acts. The commentaries begin with introductory articles discussing the authors, dates and theological issues involved with each work. The analysis of each book then draws out the meaning from each verse. A good commentary for the pastor or advanced lay person.
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A surreal portrait of the culture of excess that marks Miami's South Beach evokes the colorful behavior of the rich, famous, beautiful, and self-indulgent in a glittering, tawdry, and reckless world of one of the world's great party cities. By the author of Philistines at the Hedgerow. 60,000 first printing.
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