It's Raining Frogs and Fishes: Four Seasons of Natural Phenomena and Oddities of the Sky

An introduction to unusual natural curiosities in the sky covers rainbows, meteors, tornadoes, and the northern lights, among other phenomenon

Science & Math

Dennis, Jerry

Earth Sciences

Harpercollins

Explores the mysteries of the world's oceans, rivers, and lakes, in a nature study that addresses such topics as the sources of hot springs and geysers, marine animal migration, and waterfalls.

The Bird in the Waterfall: A Natural History of Oceans, Rivers, and Lakes

Wolff, Glenn

Nature & Ecology

Profound reflections on fishing, nature, and life highlight a compilation of essays by an experienced naturalist as he blends experience and observation to evoke his Michigan childhood, rail at destructive changes, and consider Hemingway. 20,000 first printing.

A Place on the Water: An Angler's Reflections on Home

St Martins Pr

More than a collection of fishing stories, A Place on the Water is a passionate and eloquent exploration of subjects with broad appeal: love of land and water, informed and unsentimental appreciation of nature, and outrage at changes that threaten to obliterate places we can no longer afford to take for granted. In clear and sparkling prose, Jerry Dennis transports us to a world that every angler dreams of-where the very next cast will be the one that hooks something enormous and wonderful.

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

St. Martin's: Griffin

From the author of A Place on the Water comes an examination of how the concept of home has changed during the restless twentieth century, and how the outdoors can put us in contact with the earth and ourselves. 20,000 first printing.

The River Home: An Angler's Explorations

Mathematics

Thomas Dunne Books

From a Wooden Canoe: Reflections on Canoeing, Camping, and Classic Equipment

Evocative essays and detailed line drawings depicting the fine arts of canoeing and camping celebrate a wide range of traditions surrounding these interrelated sports, from the hand-crafted wooden canoe to the cast iron skillet. 10,000 first printing.

Sports & Outdoors

Hiking & Camping

If fresh water is to be treasured, the Great Lakes are the mother lode. No bodies of water can compare to them. One of them, Superior, is the largest lake on earth, and the five lakes together contain a fifth of the world's supply of standing fresh water. Their ten thousand miles of shoreline bound eight states and a Canadian province and are longer than the entire Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States. Their surface area of 95,000 square miles is greater than New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island combined. People who have never visited them -- who have never seen a squall roar across Superior or the horizon stretch unbroken across Michigan or Huron -- have no idea how big they are. They are so vast that they dominate much of the geography, climate, and history of North America. In one way or another, they affect the lives of tens of millions of people. The Living Great Lakes is the most complete book ever written about the history, nature, and science of these remarkable lakes at the heart of North America. From the geological forces that formed them to the industrial atrocities that nearly destroyed them, to the greatest environmental success stories of our time, the lakes are portrayed in all their complexity. The book, however, is much more than just history. It is also the story of the lakes as told by biologists, fishermen, sailors, and others whom the author grew to know while traveling with them on boats and hiking with them on beaches and islands. The book is also the story of a personal journey. It is the narrative of a six-week voyage through the lakes and beyond as a crewmember on a tallmasted schooner, and a memoir of a lifetime spent on and near the lakes. Through storms and fog, on remote shores and city waterfronts, the author explores the five Great Lakes in all seasons and moods and discovers that they and their connecting waters -- including the Erie Canal, the Hudson River, and the East Coast from New York to Maine -- offer a surprising and bountiful view of America. The result is a meditation on nature and our place in the world, a discussion and cautionary tale about the future of water resources, and a celebration of a place that is both fragile and robust, diverse, rich in history and wildlife, often misunderstood, and worthy of our attention.

The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas

History

Americas

From the Bill Bryson of Michigan comes a passionate record of life outdoors, crafted with clarity, insight, and wit, by a writer gifted with an instinct for what matters

River Home: An Angler's Explorations

An engaging collection of essays extolling the virtures of traditional outdoor equipment from wooden canoes to cast-iron skillets. In 1999, Jerry Dennis was the recipient of the Michigan Author of the Year Award presented by the Michigan Library Associ

Award-winning nature author Jerry Dennis reveals the splendor and beauty of North America’s Great Lakes in this “masterwork”* history and memoir of the essential environmental and economical region shared by the United States and Canada.
No bodies of water compare to the Great Lakes. Superior is the largest lake on earth, and together all five contain a fifth of the world’s supply of standing fresh water. Their ten thousand miles of shoreline border eight states and a Canadian province and are longer than the entire Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States. Their surface area of 95,000 square miles is greater than New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island combined. People who have never visited them―who have never seen a squall roar across Superior or the horizon stretch unbroken across Michigan or Huron―have no idea how big they are. They are so vast that they dominate much of the geography, climate, and history of North America, affecting the lives of tens of millions of people.
The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas is the definitive book about the history, nature, and science of these remarkable lakes at the heart of North America. From the geological forces that formed them and the industrial atrocities that nearly destroyed them, to the greatest environmental success stories of our time, Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario are portrayed in all their complexity.
A Michigan native, Jerry Dennis also shares his memories of a lifetime on or near the lakes, including a six-week voyage as a crewmember on a tallmasted schooner. On his travels, he collected more stories of the lakes through the eyes of biologists, fishermen, sailors, and others he befriended while hiking the area’s beaches and islands.
Through storms and fog, on remote shores and city waterfronts, Dennis explores the five Great Lakes in all seasons and moods and discovers that they and their connecting waters―including the Erie Canal, the Hudson River, and the East Coast from New York to Maine―offer a surprising and bountiful view of America. The result is a meditation on nature and our place in the world, a discussion and cautionary tale about the future of water resources, and a celebration of a place that is both fragile and robust, diverse, rich in history and wildlife, often misunderstood, and worthy of our attention.
“This is history at its best and adventure richly described.”―*Doug Stanton, author of In Harm’s Way: The Sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors and 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers
Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award Winner Winner of Best Book of 2003 by the Outdoor Writers Association of America

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It's Raining Frogs and Fishes: Four Seasons of Natural Phenomena and Oddities of the Sky

The Bird in the Waterfall: A Natural History of Oceans, Rivers, and Lakes

A Place on the Water: An Angler's Reflections on Home

A Place on the Water: An Angler's Reflections on Home

The River Home: An Angler's Explorations

From a Wooden Canoe: Reflections on Canoeing, Camping, and Classic Equipment

The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas

River Home: An Angler's Explorations

From a Wooden Canoe: Reflections on Canoeing, Camping, and Classic Equipment

The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas