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1) Gun sports
Author
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Company
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes different shooting sports, including target shooting, biathalon, and distance shooting, and discusses the history of each sport and the equipment required.
Author
Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Language
English
Formats
Description
The remarkable response of the Amish Community to the horrific shooting of ten schoolgirls at Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, in October 2006 stunned the larger world. Amish Grace tells the incredible story of this community's reaction to this senseless shooting and explores its profoundly countercultural practice of forgiveness. Outsiders often hold a stereotypical view of the Amish as a stubbornly backwards people—a view rooted In the picturesque...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"One part Columbine, one part God Save Texas, Joe Holley's riveting, compassionate book examines the 2017 mass shooting at a church in a small Texas town, revealing the struggles and triumphs of these fellow Texans long after the satellite news trucks have gone"--
Publisher
Blizzard Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Xbox One.
Physical Desc
1 Xbox One disc :
Language
English
Description
"Join the ranks of a legendary force of soldiers, adventurers, and oddities known as the Overwatch. Choose your hero and clash on the battlefields of tomorrow. Bend time, defy physics, and wield extraordinary powers in the ultimate team-based shooter"--Container.
Author
Series
The Blackwood tapes volume 1
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Rookie FBI agent Odessa Hardwicke's life is derailed when she's forced to turn her gun on her partner. Walt Leppo, a decorated FBI agent, turned suddenly violent while apprehending a rampaging murderer. The shooting was self-defense, but she is placed on desk leave pending a full investigation. What most troubles her isn't the tragedy itself--it's the shadowy presence she thought she saw fleeing Leppo's body after his death. Questioning her future...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh is one of the oldest Jewish neighborhoods in the country, known for its tight-knit community and the profusion of multi-generational families. On October 27, 2018, a gunman killed eleven Jews who were worshipping at the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill--the most deadly anti-Semitic attack in American history. Many neighborhoods would be understandably subsumed by despair and recrimination after such an event, but...
Author
Series
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Pub. Date
1914
Physical Desc
xiv, 383 p. : front., plates, 3 maps (1 fold.) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1914, with the well-wishes of the Brazilian government, Theodore Roosevelt, ex-president of the United States; his son, Kermit; and Colonel Rondon travel to South America on a quest to course the River of Doubt. While in Brazil, Theodore is also tasked with a "zoogeographic reconnaissance" of the local wilderness for the archives of the Natural History Museum of New York. In addition to the perils of the incredibly difficult and dangerous terrain,...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
c2017
Physical Desc
328 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Whitetail Tactics contains no-nonsense strategies and subjective insights into many aspects of deer hunting that are rarely discussed. The author shares a lifetime of successful deer hunting experiences.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
186 p.
Language
English
Description
The Ghosts of Autumn joins Joel Spring for one brief season in the life of an avid outdoorsman. Stories of dogs and deer, friendship and adventure, heartache and triumph are set against a backdrop of the vivid colors of autumn. From the first few wisps of cool north wind in September, through the frigid mountain cold of a late December morning, the author treats you like a welcomed friend. Spring's carefully crafted prose revisits the ghosts of hundreds...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
vii, 216 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Drawing on his years of experience, Judd Cooney, one of America's most prominent outdoor writers and photographers, offers practical information on bowhunting big and small game across North America. Cooney shares his unique wealth of hunting information with tips and tactics for pursuing whitetail and Coues deer, elk, caribou, moose, bears, antelopes, mule and blacktail deer, and cougars. He offers sage advice on how to bowhunt for turkeys, javelina,...
12) The whitetail hunter's almanac: more than 800 tips and tactics to help you get a deer this season
Author
Language
English
Description
To take the most impressive whitetail bucks, and to bring them in consistently, a hunter has to know his weapons, the woods and, most of all, his quarry. Now, with The Whitetail Hunter's Almanac at your side, you too can hunt with the strategies and practical wisdom that master hunter John Weiss has learned during his thirty-plus years on the field. Drawing on years of insider research, data studies, and personal experience, Weiss reveals the never-fail...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
x, 194 : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Outlines every skill needed to perfect the art of moose hunting including the proper use of scents, how to choose a firearm or bow, how to deal with difficult hunting conditions and more.