Best Lifestyle Books | Schiffer Publishing

A visual manual for establishing and maintaining espalier fruit trees. By training fruit trees and shrubs to grow in controlled shapes, you accomplish two goals: improved appearance and increased productivity. Depending on location and demand,...

According to the American Camp Association, each summer over 11 million lucky individuals attend summer camp. This book recognizes the tremendous influence camps have had on millions of Americans in the past century and a...

Smoking food is an age-old tradition. Today, however, we no longer smoke food to preserve it, but rather to enrich it and make it taste better. What was once a way to preserve food has...

Why should the professional brewmaster have all the fun? Now it is possible to brew good, simple beer at home without expensive equipment. This extensive reference book, the product of 80 home brewing sessions, is...

An illustrated look at bald eagle breeding season from mating and egg-laying, through the fledging of offspring through 160 rare photographs.Take a photographic journey of American Bald Eagles during nesting season. Through 160 breathtaking images...

The real story behind the development of the Ryman English setter. Walter A. Lesser and Lisa M. Weisse detail the Rymans from their origins through the present day. Having bred and hunted with Ryman setters...

Dogs are ambassadors to the world and our own local communities. They come to serve and love us as only they know how. Accompanied by 175 color images, discover the remarkable connection between dogs and...

The legendary drink of Vikings and verse and the oldest alcoholic beverage, mead is brewed by both amateur winemakers for their own consumption, and in larger quantities by beekeepers who have built a separate line...

Readers will be regaled by stories about the self-centering effects of living within nature, written by one who knows. Fifty years as a guide to the worlds of hunting, fishing, and outfitting have allowed the...

Whether you consider yourself an event-planning novice or the "hostess with the mostest," this book and its detailed 300-plus color photos will help you entertain and impress your guests with ease. This helpful how-to guide...

Featuring 230 exceptional photos, this is the first book covering KOA – Kampgrounds of America – the largest travel camping host in the world and the artwork the organization has commissioned over the years. Each...

Everything you need to know about the bloody history of the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama, from its inception in 1866 to its current abominations, is here. During Reconstruction, the KKK "redeemed" the state for...