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The late Dr. Elton N. Woodbury had a fascination for butterflies ever since, as a preschooler, he and a friend encouraged the friend’s younger sister to sample a yellow sulphur butterfly—hoping to discover whether it...

This collage of mini-cake designs is for every level of decorator. Designs range from simple ideas for novice bakers to intricate work from a Food Network Cake Challenge gold medal winner. Miniature delicacies submitted from...

His dream was to play professional baseball. Instead, Sam Lacy became an outspoken advocate for equal opportunity, using words to pry open doors so athletes at all levels could realize their dreams. Fighting for Fairness...

A remarkably diverse population of bird life, migratory and indigenous, lives in the region known as the Chesapeake Bay country. It is one of the finest locations on the eastern seaboard for observing wild birds....

What would you do if faced with a school of sharks in a feeding frenzy? Find out in this book, unquestionably the most authoritative compact guide to the world of underwater animals that are poisonous,...

Since its discovery by Captain John Smith in 1608, the Nanticoke has never been particularly hospitable to the outsider. Flowing thirty-six miles from its source above Seaford, Delaware, to the Chesapeake Bay below Salisbury on...

Rudow’s Guide to Fishing the Chesapeake is the most comprehensive handbook for anglers on all of the Chesapeake’s waters from main-stem bay to tributaries and tidal creeks. Detailed charts feature over 550 boating hot spots...

This guide helps you create personality and presence for your home. Take a visual tour of architectural styles and design schemes with vitality and impact. 300 full-color photographs and well-researched text explore design elements from...

A photographic look at the the wild horses on Assateague Island in Maryland and Virginia over a ten-year period. In 1965, twenty-one ponies were released into the northern portion of Assateague Island, within the Assateague...

Off the Hook: Rudow’s Recipes for Cooking Your Catch takes your catch from the hook to the table. Learn secrets of proper use of ice for the fish cooler, step-by-step cleaning and filleting techniques, and...

From the beginning, it was a struggle to light the Chesapeake. Its soft, undulating bottom presented different problems from those faced along the rocky coasts of New England. The bay’s shores shifted before the winds,...

A look at the the 70+ highly diverse species of amphibians and reptiles of the Delmarva peninsula that divides north and south geographic sections of the Atlantic coast. Because of its geographic position and its...