Peterson Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of North America North of Mexico

Peterson Field Guide to Freshwater Fishes of North America North of Mexico

Author: Lawrence M. Page

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 553

ISBN-13: 0547242069

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In the 20 years since publication of the first edition, the number of freshwater fish species has risen by almost 150. This second edition incorporates all of these new species, plus all-new maps and a collection of new and revised plates.


Freshwater Fish of the Northeast

Freshwater Fish of the Northeast

Author: David A. Patterson

Publisher: UPNE

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 1584658193

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From the redfin pickerel to the blueback trout, this vividly illustrated guide from a father-and-son author/illustrator team describes more than 60 freshwater fish from the ponds, lakes, rivers, and streams of New England and New York.


Fish, the Basics

Fish, the Basics

Author: Shirley King

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1999-09

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9780618002030

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Fish: The Basics has received praise from all quarters for its breadth, clarity, and for the flexibility it gives the seafood cook. Every one of the more than 100 recipes suggests as many as a dozen choices of fish and shellfish that work equally well, with precise cooking times for each. The second part of the book contains more than 200 illustrated profiles of fish and shellfish, including many of the lesser-known varieties that are increasingly common in the marketplace, with a list of recipes that are appropriate for each one. Dozens of step-by-step illustrations of technique in Fish: The Basics ensure that the seafood cook, whether beginner or expert, will never be caught short and forced to choose something less than fresh.


Thunder Creek Flies

Thunder Creek Flies

Author: Keith Fulsher

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2006-06-30

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 0811749118

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Step-by-step instructions to tie the unweighted Blacknose Dace Thunder Creek, weighted Emerald Shiner Thunder Creek, Marabou Shiner Thunder Creek, and Silver Shiner Thunder Creek with tail. All the tools you'll need to tie the entire Thunder Creek series.


Fish of Michigan Field Guide

Fish of Michigan Field Guide

Author: Dave Bosanko

Publisher: Adventure Publications

Published: 2021-06-29

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1647550467

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Go Fishing with Michigan’s Famous Identification Guide! Fishing is a perfect outdoors activity for all ages and skill levels, and the Great Lake State is an angler’s paradise. Reel in fish, and make identifying your catches a snap. Now in its second edition, the Fish of Michigan Field Guide by Dave Bosanko features detailed information about 79 species of Michigan fish. When you’re not sure what you caught, grab the handy guide and narrow your choices by family. Then identify your prize with the intricately detailed fish illustrations. Further verify the type of fish using the “Similar Species” comparisons. Book Features: Detailed information about 79 species Professional-quality illustrations—perfect for fish identification Fascinating facts on spawning behavior, feeding habits, and more Fishing tips and inside information for easily locating fishing hotspots Bonus resources such as state fishing records and answers to frequently asked questions This new edition includes updated information about everything from range to state records, as well as the inclusion of six new species. A new section on fishing tips offers pointers to help you catch more fish, and more information on invasive species can help prevent their spread. The Fish of Michigan Field Guide is essential for every tackle box, beach bag, RV, and cabin. Plus, its convenient size makes it perfect for the dock or boat.


Unraveling the Voynich Codex

Unraveling the Voynich Codex

Author: Jules Janick

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-08-16

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 3319772945

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Unraveling the Voynich Codex reviews the historical, botanical, zoological, and iconographic evidence related to the Voynich Codex, one of the most enigmatic historic texts of all time. The bizarre Voynich Codex has often been referred to as the most mysterious book in the world. Discovered in an Italian Catholic college in 1912 by a Polish book dealer Wilfrid Voynich, it was eventually bequeathed to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University. It contains symbolic language that has defied translation by eminent cryptologists. The codex is encyclopedic in scope and contains sections known as herbal, pharmaceutical, balenological (nude nymphs bathing in pools), astrological, cosmological and a final section of text that may be prescriptions but could be poetry or incantations. Because the vellum has been carbon dated to the early 15th century and the manuscript was known to be in the collection of Emperor Rudolf II of the Holy Roman Empire sometime between 1607 and 1622, current dogma had assumed it a European manuscript of the 15th century. However, based on identification of New World plants, animals, a mineral, as well as cities and volcanos of Central Mexico, the authors of this book reveal that the codex is clearly a document of colonial New Spain. Furthermore, the illustrator and author are identified as native to Mesoamerica based on a name and ligated initials in the first botanical illustration. This breakthrough in Voynich studies indicates that the failure to decipher the manuscript has been the result of a basic misinterpretation of its origin in time and place. Tentative assignment of the Voynichese symbols also provides a key to decipherment based on Mesoamerican languages. A document from this time, free from filter or censor from either Spanish or Inquisitorial authorities has major importance in our understanding of life in 16th century Mexico. Publisher's Note: For the eBook editions, Voynichese symbols are only rendered properly in the PDF format.