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Amateur-Built Aircraft and Ultralight Flight Testing Handbook

Publisher: Transportation Dept., Federal Aviation Administration, Flight Standard Service

Description: AC 90-89A. Advisory Circular 90-89A. Issued with perforations. Presents suggestions and safety related recommendations to assist amateur and ultralight builders in developing individualized aircraft flight test plans. Item 431-A-27.

Year/Pages: 1995: 96 p.; ill.

Price: $9.50

Apostle Islands: A Guide to Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin

Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Division of Publications

Description: Handbook 141. Official National Park Handbook. Designed as a guide to the many facets of the islands. Recounts the history of the area, looks at the inland sea, and describes the geographical features and wildlife of the islands. Discusses what to see and do at the park. L.C. card 87-600289.

Year/Pages: 1988: 64 p.; ill.

Price: $7.50 Add To Cart

Assateague Island, National Seashore, Maryland and Virginia

Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Division of Publications

Description: National Park Service Handbook 106. Consists of a tourist guide and a 103 page section entitled: A Barrier Island Natural History, by William Hopkins Amos. Contains copyright material. L.C. card 79-607136. Item 649.

Year/Pages: 1980: 175 p.; ill.

Price: $19.00

Everglades Wildguide: The Natural History of Everglades National Park, Florida

Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Division of Publications

Description: National Park Service Handbook 143. Illustrations by Betty Frazer. Presents the story of the Everglades National Park and its plants and animals, some of them found nowhere else in the United States. Includes checklists of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, and trees and tree-like plants. Also contains a chapter on Indians of the Everglades. Item 649.

Year/Pages: 1988: 103 p.; ill.

Price: $16.00 Add To Cart

Exploring the American West, 1803-1879

Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Division of Publications

Description: Historical Handbook 116. By Richard A. Bartlett, et al. Part one includes a brief historical narrative of the events that lured men westward between 1803-1879. Part two describes the mountain men, explorers and scientists who helped in the western expansion to the Pacific Ocean. Part three is a documented pictorial record created by artists, cartographers, and photographers who accompanied the organized expeditions to the west. L.C. card 82-12483. Item 649.

Year/Pages: 1982: 129 p.; ill.

Price: $16.00 Add To Cart

Fisheries of the United States, 1997

Publisher: Commerce Dept., NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Fisheries Statistics and Economics Division

Description: Current Fishery Statistics No. 9700. Barbara K. O'Bannon, Editor. Contains a preliminary report for 1997 on commercial and recreational fisheries of the United States with catches in both the United States and foreign Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ). Provides timely answers to frequently asked questions. Item 610-A.

Year/Pages: 1998: 174 p.; ill.

Price: $5.00

Grand Teton: A Guide to Grand Teton National Park

Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service

Description: National Park Service Handbook 122. Handbook is divided into three parts. Part one is an introduction to the park by a local resident; part two outlines the natural history and geology of the park area; and part three presents reference material and a travel guide to the Grand Teton National Park area. Item 649.

Year/Pages: 1983: 95 p.; ill.

Price: $10.00 Add To Cart

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee

Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Division of Publications

Description: National Park Service Handbook 112. Part 1 gives a brief introduction to the park; Part 2 outlines the natural history of the mountains and their valleys; and Part 3 presents concise travel guide and reference materials. L.C. card 81-11320.

Year/Pages: 1981: 127 p.; ill.

Price: $7.50 Add To Cart

Merchant Vessels of the United States, 1994, (Including Recreational Vessels), V. 1 and 2

Publisher: Transportation Dept., Coast Guard

Description: Publication measures 8 x 11 in. Lists the names of American merchant and recreational vessels documented in the Marine Safety Information System (MSIS) on June 30, 1994. V. 1 provides for each listing its tonnage, dimensions in feet, if it's self-propelled, if it's designed for sail, material of hull, year and place of build, type of service, the use it's licensed for, name of managing owner, and its home port. V. 2 contains an index of managing owners. 3 books, sold as a set. Item 0931-A-04.

Year/Pages: 1995: 3 bks. (4372 p.)

Price: $187.50

The National Parks: Index 2005-2007, Revised to Include the Actions of the 108th Congress Ending December 31, 2004

Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Office of Public Affairs and Harpers Ferry Center

Description: Provides a complete administrative listing of the National Park System's areas and related areas.

Year/Pages: 2005: 128 p.; ill.

Price: $12.50 Add To Cart

National Parks: Lesser-Known Areas

Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Office of Public Affairs, and Division of Publications

Description: Publication measures 9 x 6 in. Lists by State the lesser known historic sites, parks, monuments, and preserves operated by the National Park Service.

Year/Pages: 1995: 49 p.; ill.

Price: $3.00

National Wildlife Refuge System: A Visitor's Guide

Publisher: Interior Dept., Fish and Wildlife Service

Description: Contains a map showing national wildlife refuges that provide recreational and educational opportunities. Provides tips for visiting national wildlife refuges. Also lists refuges in all 50 States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, with the best wildlife viewing season and the features of each refuge.

Year/Pages: 2003: Folder. revised ed.

Price: $2.75 Add To Cart

Navigation Rules, International-Inland

Publisher: Transportation Dept., Coast Guard

Description: COMDTINST M16672.2D. Contains the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGS), incorporating amendments, which became effective on November 19, 1989 and November 1995. Also includes the Inland Navigation Rules which have been in effect for all inland waters, including the Great Lakes, since Mar. 1, 1983. Provides all revisions through January 1, 1999. International rules and inland rules for similar subjects are printed side-by-side for comparison. Item 943.

Year/Pages: 1999: 226 p.; ill.

Price: $23.00 Add To Cart

Poisonous Snakes of the World: Manual for Use by United States Amphibious Forces

Publisher: Defense Dept., Navy, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

Description: NAVMED P 5099. Granville M. Moore, coordinator and principal editor. Revised with the assistance of a committee appointed by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists. Item 385-B.

Year/Pages: 1968: 220 p.; ill. 1979-repr.

Price: $19.00

Standard Specifications for Construction and Maintenance of Trails

Publisher: Agriculture Dept., Forest Service, Engineering Staff

Description: Agriculture Department EM-7720-103. Publication measures 9 x 6 in. Presents the standard specifications for construction and maintenance of trails in the United States.

Year/Pages: 1996: 110 p.

Price: $9.50

Walking for Exercise and Pleasure

Publisher: President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports

Description: Publication measures 4 x 9 in. Provides information on the importance of walking as a form of exercise. Explains how walking provides exercise to people of all ages, how walking contributes to fitness, what to wear, warmup and conditioning exercises, and how far and how fast to walk. Item 484-D-3.

Year/Pages: 1984: 13 p.; ill.

Price: $1.25

Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota

Publisher: Interior Dept., National Park Service, Division of Publications

Description: National Park Service Handbook 104. Describes and illustrates the discovery and commercial development of the Wind Cave and its later development as a national park. A guide to the park is also included. Contains copyright material. L.C. card 79-22654. Item 649.

Year/Pages: 1979: 143 p.; ill. 1987-repr.

Price: $8.00

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