This book explores the lure of the peninsula from the viewpoint of the natural historian, explaining how it was formed and how is has fared under the impact of man. Each wildlife community is examined from the soil up to show how geological history, plant communities, animals and birdlife are all interdependent.  The text is full of interesting but little-known facts that should cause the reader to view the land with fresh eyes.  Paperback, $13.95

 

Whatever the future holds for Bay watermen, this book capures a moment in their history.  Through carefully rendered interviews and astute observations, Mark Jacoby has preserved a slice of life and a slice of time.  His descriptions are embellished by the drawings of Neil Harpe, a well known Chesapeake Bay artist with a special interest in workboats and watermen.  Paperback  $14.95

"Bay Beacons" is a book for lovers of the Chesapeake Bay-for those who sail its waters and for those who delight in its shores.  For these bay explorers, the lighthouses of the Chesapeake Bay symbolize continuity with the past, with both its natural and human history.  Filled with beautiful four-color photographs that show each lighthouse as it appears today, as well as vintage black-and white photographs that recall the days of manned lighthouse operation, the accompanying text offers detailed information on the construction and present condition of each of these historic structures.

Hardcover 31.95

"Exploring the Chesapeake in Small Boats" Tantalizing descriptions of the Bay's intricate waterways-- word pictures of how they are transformed over the four seasons of the year-- and an informative discussion of the Bay's geology, ecology, and human history will entice the reader to get out and poke around in and on the water.Author John Page Williams writes in a lucid, easygoing style as he introduces these waterways that he has been exploring for over thirty years. 

Paperback,   $12.95

"Life in the Chesapeake Bay" is a unique and comprehensive quide to one of this country's most important and beautiful natural resources.  This is the second edition of the classic work, and covers more species, and is written to be useful to a variety of readers year-round residents, and summer vacationers, professional biologists and amateur scientists, conservationists and sportsmen. 

Paperback 19.95.

"John M. Barber's Chesapeake"  John Barber has been called the "premier chronicler of Chesapeake Bay life" as his technical skill and painstaking attention to detail have been captured in this special volume, which shows much of his art in print for the first time.  John Valliant's narrative puts the artist's work in a historical context, and is enriched by Barber's personal chronicle explaining each painting and how it was conceived.  Black and white sketches created especially for the book provide an added glimpse into the creative process behind the paintings. A valuable historical record of the waterman's era. 

Hardcover  $59.95.

"Chesapeake Boyhood Memoirs of a Farm Boy" is an account of growing up on Chesapeake during the years following the Great Depression.  William Turner brings the characters, experiences waterscape of rural Virginia and the vanishing Chesapeake landscape to life.  His own drawings illustrate the stories with honesty and charm. 

Paperback $14.95.

With "Harvesting the Chesapeake", author Larry Chowning paints a vivid picture of the Bay's fisheries from historical materials and oral history. The book is a valuable resource for those studying the gear and operation of the Bay's fisheries, as well as entertaining reading for those who love the lore of the Bay. 

Paperback $29.95.

A pocket guide fold out which opens to 12 by 16 inches, this "Quick Guide" to commonly seen local birds instantly identifies backyard and Water birds of the Chesapeake Region.  A handy reference which makes a great gift.

$7.95 laminated card

"Bayside Guide to Weather on the Chesapeake" offers a concise season by season guide to the weather patterns of the Bay that introduces the art of "reading" the Chesapeake's weather. 

Paperback $3.95.