A Night Too Dark

Dana Stabenow's 17th novel is about the Aleut private investigator Kate Shugak.

The plot of "A Night Too Dark" centers on the Suulutaq Mine, where vast gold deposits have been discovered. The gold isn't being mined yet because environmental questions must be answered, but the prospect of a billion-dollar bonanza has various hustlers and corporate vultures circling. 

Sound familiar?

The Suulutaq Mine is fictional, but Stabenow has said it is based on the real-life Pebble Mine in southwest Alaska.

Kate has deeply mixed feelings about the mine; the region needs the jobs but doesn't need the environmental damage and the threat to its way of life. However, she and Sgt. Jim are drawn there after two of the mine's employees mysteriously die and a third goes missing.

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the Artist & the Fly Fisher

Richly illustrated by Peter Zaadstra with striking paintings and detailed pencil sketches, The Artist & the Fly Fisher is an artistic celebration of the fly fishers for trout in the highland waterways of Tasmania, Australia.

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Check out this slideshow of the book.

Hilarious Fishing Cartoons

Hilarious Fishing Cartoons contains over 100 hilarious cartoons about all aspects of fishing by one of America's best sporting cartoonists, John Troy.

John Troy's cartoons have appeared in Field & Stream, Sports Afield, Outdoor Life, Audubon, In-Fisherman, Ducks Unlimited Magazine, Fly Fisherman, and dozens of other outdoor publications.

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Asian Crap

After reading the latest Asian Crap Carp news on the Chum, Patrick Ross found himself needing more.  During his search he was directed here:

Here we go again

Biologist Victoria Braithwaite explores the question of fish pain and fish suffering, explaining what science can now tell us about fish behavior, and examining the related ethical questions about how we should treat these animals.

She concludes that scientific evidence suggests that we should widen to fish the protection currently given to birds and animals.

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Radio Four Book of the Week - Blood Knots

You can listen to two readings of ‘Blood Knots’ by Luke Jennings on the BBC's Radio 4.

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