Hunting Books

This book is awesome. It's got just about every kind of job dealing with animals in it. It's got descriptions for the jobs, basic pay ideas, and the education information needed. I was very pleased with this book.

I originally thought that the main focus of this book would be about veterinarians, in fact, it covers the whole range of animal related careers, from working in a pet store to becoming a vet, and all the places you could go after you've become a vet. It has a very helpful chapter on the process of getting in to vet school. The financial aid and acceptance policies are different from those of other schools, and all fall under a single overseeing board for all the schools. All the schools are listed here along with contact info for each. All very detailed.

This book is really worth the price. Informations are complete and precise. As a career changer, this book really helped me. I recommend it to those people who wants to see the whole picture of the Teaching profession.

after reading this book, one feels that they can get a job teaching any place from india to alabama due to the wealth of information contained

Outstanding book! A bit on the technical side, but facinating reading about the jungles of Venezuela, the new species found etc. Brings back many wonderful memories of living in Venezuela.

Outstanding book! A bit on the technical side, but facinating reading about the jungles of Venezuela, the new species found etc. Brings back many wonderful memories of living in Venezuela.

Full disclosure: Stephen Ausband is my cousin. Having said that, I give you my objective assurance that this book is a small masterpiece.

Outdoors Year Round is in the literary tradition of Izaak Walton and Thoreau, and in spite of its brevity and its stated quotidian purpose, compares favorably to the modern masters of writing about the outdoors - Stegner, McPhee, Peter Matthiessen, Norman Maclean. According to the Introduction, Outdoors Year Round is "for people who need to get outside during every month." That's true: Outdoors Year Round is a practical guidebook of the kind that hunters and anglers along coastal Virginia and North Carolina might carry in the glove compartment or the tackle box. But it's a great deal more, too. Ausband is an altogether accomplished writer, and his setting - the maritime forests and wetlands of the mid-Atlantic U.S. - remains one of the most beautiful and diverse expanses of temperate coastline in the world. The book covers the year in twelve chapters, "January" through "December." Into the local, topical month-by-month where-when-and-how, he has woven closely observed vignettes about hunting and fishing, and a series of moving and humane reflections on the relationship between the natural world and nature-loving hunters and anglers.

In particular, I want to recommend Outdoors Year Round to people who dislike or disapprove of hunting and fishing. The purpose of the book is not at all to address such concerns, and I don't necessarily think that reading this book will change anyone's mind; but I do think people who blanch at the idea of hunting or fishing will find it instructive to consider the love of nature that informs Ausband's text, and the active stewardship of wildlife and habitat practiced by the men and women who populate the pages of his book - the hunting and fishing guides, the proprietors of the bait shops and hunting lodges, and the hunters and anglers themselves.

Dr. Stephen Ausband, a professor at Averett University, is an avid outdoors man who has written a book on
fishing and hunting in costal Virginia and North Carolina. I found the book to informative, entertaining and easy
to read.

Ozark Red is a highly readable story about a boy and a dog. It is suitable for children as young as nine and will be interesting to readers from nine to ninety-nine. For young readers it is a straight-forward story about love for a dog, wanting to please one's parents, sibling rivalry, and teenage angst. For adults, it is a completely believable story about the love for hunting and for skilled coonhounds, pride, outrage at being cheated, and the complex relationships between husband and wife, a mother and her children, brother and sister, and a father and son. The story is set in the middle of the last century in Newark, Ohio and is semi-autobiographical. The author, Jim Woolard, lives in Newark and his father was a policeman and county dog warden who raised coonhounds. Previously, Woolard authored for books of historical fiction. Do yourself a favor and read this enjoyable book.

Walt Hannar blames his son, Ben, for the death of his prized coonhound, Sweet Lou. Ben prays for an opportunity to regain the closeness he once enjoyed with his father. His hopes soar when his father purchases a Redbone hound from a kennel in far off Arkansas to take Sweet Lou's place. Perhaps the new coonhound will help his father forget the past and eventually forgive Ben. Ben's hopes prove short-lived. To the utter embarrassment of his father, Ozark Red, the new coonhound, runs the wrong scent and makes a fool out of his father in front of half the hunters in Licking County. Emma Jean, Ben's sister, insists that he make things right with the dog breeder that cheated their father before the whole family falls apart. Ben is dismayed. If their father, a former policeman, can't get a new hound or his money back, how could he?

We've got Triever Fever, and our Yellow Lab is 3 years old now. I had to get this book because it's kind of like that license plate frame that says "If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand". The stories are wonderfully written and we'd love to see a "Panther II". It will pull at your heartstrings like no others can, and if you are owned by a Lab or know someone who is, it's a great gift as well. Highly recommended!

My wife gave me this book for my birthday and I was bowled over. The title story made me laugh, cry--and that was only the beginning. The comparison to Seabiscuit is apt. Panther is the definition of an underdog. What a great heart. The other stories, too, were wonderful. I loved John Madson's tale about the Lab Bess, who fetched mallards between giving birth to a whole litter of puppies. And the story of the boy who saved an old duck dog who had fallen through the ice, returning an earlier favor. Ted Lundrigan's story "Trust in Black" was so good it made me look up his other books on Amazon. What a brilliant writer. I don't think I've ever read a more poignant, heart-felt confession about a man's love for retrievers, or any other breeds or individual dogs.

Buy this book for yourself or someone else. It will be one of the best presents you'll ever give or get!

Written by a former high-tech executive, inventor, and consultant, Pathways To Career Nirvana breaks down and codifies the core rules that drive a career, simplifying career pathways to a 10-element framework that any reader can quickly and intuitively understand. Chapters focus on elements such as the value proposition, identifying and understanding trends, the importance of skillfull risk management, how to discover the career goals that are best for oneself, and much more. Appendices go into further detail how to stay focused and deal with such major changes as losing one's job, or negotiating when things are in a state of transition. Written in plain terms with clear examples, succinct summaries, and a heavy dose of realism, Pathways To Career Nirvana is highly recommended for all members of the working world.

I graduated last year with a degree in engineering. My excitement was soon tamped by a complete lack of response to my countless resumes I sent out to every job opening in sight. Some of these openings did not ask for much experience. Pretty soon I was discouraged at what I found. There was no interest in what I had to offer, so after waiting for nearly six months, I took a job at my local Coffee shop. Then a friend pointed out to me this new book, "Pathways to Career Nirvana." After reading the first two chapters in Pathways, I soon realized that my whole approach, including my resume, was all wrong. My resume was too focused on my college life and achievements that were somewhat irrelevant to the practical experience the market was really looking for. So, using one of the samples in the book (before and after) I was able to redo my resume. Amazingly, I got two calls in the first month. This book also shows you why going from getting a degree to landing a first job is one of the biggest and most challenging transitions in life. I never thought of it that way before. This book has sparked a new flame of excitement in my life to get going on my career path. I feel encouraged again!

Great book! It is a very comprehensive review of Peter Pringle, the decoy maker, and contains many beautiful photographs. Everyone should buy this!

Peter M. Pringle: Master Decoy Maker by William C. Reeve (Professor, Department of German, Queen's University) and organizer of a showing of Pringle decoys for the Canadian Decoy and Outdoor Collectibles Association in October 2001) is impressive and biographical study of the late Peter Pringle, a truly gifted decoy maker for duck hunting. Chronicling Pringle's life through his death in 1953, and following the fate of Pringle's effective and artistic creations through extensively researched text and enhanced with both color as well as black-and-white photography, Peter M. Pringle: Master Decoy Maker is a highly enjoyable reading experience, and is especially recommended reading for dedicated duck hunters and appreciative connoisseurs of the specialized art of decoy making.

The Pirateology Handbook

This is a complete handbook, for a boy who wants to be a pirate hunter.
The book is setup like a ships log or diary, with a hard cover and a wire binding.

Captain William Lubber gives details on his mate's jobs aboard a ship, from cabin boy all the way up to captain.

Captain Lubber tells the boy everything he needs to know, from memorizing the flags of different pirate ships, to how to recognize the ship bells. He tells the cabin boy: four bells is six o'clock in the morning, and time for a cabin boy to report to duty.

At the end of every chapter, the captain gives an assignment: copy the map and learn the main islands, or, learn the knots needed on board a pirate ship. A cabin boy will also learn the parts of the ship.

The office of Cabin Boy, Able Seaman, The office of Bo'sun, and the rank of Captain are all outlined. Until a boy reaches the office of Able Seaman, he is not entitled to any of the treasure, taken by a pirate ship. Captain Lubbor outlines the pay scale on a pirate ship and lets a boy know that there are no slackers.


This is great book for any boy who is interested in pirates. He will learn about notorious pirates along the way, and how they met their fate. He will also learn about famous pirate ships, and where they sailed.

Jill Ammon Vanderwood
author: Through the Rug
Through The Rug: Follow That Dog (Through the Rug)

Is there anyone out there on the seven seas more swashbuckling and cunning than a pirate? Yes! A pirate hunter. In order to outsmart and outmaneuver a pirate, a pirate hunter must know all about the pirate's dastardly ways. Captain William Lubber has written THE PIRATEOLOGY HANDBOOK to help fledgling pirate hunters learn the ins and outs of their trade. "If you would dare to join those brave souls who risk their lives daily to make the seas a safer place, then this book...will be a faithful guide," he writes. Thus the course in pirate hunting begins.

Through the ranks the reader goes, from cabin boy to able seaman to bo'sun to captain, finding out more and more about pirates and how to foil their thieving plans. One must master flags and bells, knots and watches, all the while learning about pirate history, favorite pirate ports and the most wicked pirates, male and female, who strike fear in the hearts of landlubbers. Hard work and study is rewarded by a special appointment by the king (and four pages of cool and colorful stickers at the end of the book).

Written and illustrated to look like a useful and weathered book from 1724, this guide is clever, informative and fun to look at. From the parts of the ship to navigation and secret codes, it is a perfect blend of history, geography, maritime science and pure fun. The illustrations are well done, both exciting and authentic looking, and the text is readable and full of fascinating facts. Each section has an "off-watch activity" challenging readers to apply what they have read.

While the text is unfortunately but accurately addressed to "cabin boys," female pirates are not ignored. So girl pirate hunters hopefully will not feel completely excluded.

Overall, this is a smart and attractive book that approaches the ever-popular theme of pirates in a new way. Here is another 'Ology success to inspire, educate and entertain readers. Only the bravest sailors are needed for this adventure, and all pirates, buccaneers and privateers be wary!

--- Reviewed by Sarah Rachel Egelman

Ernest H. Wilson, also known as "Chinese Wilson," was one of the most famous plant explorers sent to China by the Arnold Arboretum (of Harvard University) in the 19th century.

Ernest H. Wilson, also known as "Chinese Wilson," was one of the most famous plant explorers sent to China by the Arnold Arboretum (of Harvard University) in the 19th century.