Outdoor Skills category: 1281 books
by Department of the Army
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
U.S. Army First Aid Manual offers skills and knowledge necessary for many life-threatening situations, with an emphasis on treating oneself and aiding others-of use to soldiers in the field, to outdoorsmen, or to anyone who may find themselves in a dangerous situation without a medical professional...
by Brendan Leonard
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
A how-to book for climbers with information on scrambling skills, gear, alpine hazards, and acclimation, published under the imprimatur of "Backpacker" magazine.
Handguns for Self-Defense
A Guide to Choosing and Using Your Weapon
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Regardless of your level of training or comfort around firearms, understanding and applying firearm fundamentals will increase your proficiency. Handguns for Self-Defense provides easily understood explanations of what shooters need to do to fire more accurately. Author David Nash has more thann twenty...
The Fly and the Fish
Angling Instructions and Reminiscences
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
The classic book from a revered artist and fly-tying master.
An internationally renowned artist, John Atherton (19001952) was also a legend in the world of fly fishing. This lost classic, originally published in 1961, combines his evocative memoirs of Vermont fishing expeditions with practical...
by Suzanne Swedo
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Learn how to avoid common wilderness mishaps and handle them confidently if an emergency arises. In Wilderness Survival, author Suzanne Swedo describes all the skills you need to survive short-term wilderness emergencies, whether you become stranded by bad weather, are forced to abandon your pack,...
Stay Alive - Best Survival Kits, Lists & Ideas eShort
Make the best survival kit with these great ideas for clothes, food & emergency supplies.
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
In this excerpt from Stay Alive! Survival Skills You Need, John D. McCann teaches you how to prepare an effective survival kit and addresses the main component groups for a kit.
Stay Alive - Survival Shelter and Protection from the Elements eShort
Learn about your body’s thermoregulation, what protection it needs and how to build a storm shelter for protection.
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
In this excerpt from Stay Alive! Survival Skills You Need, John D. McCann explains how the body loses heat and how a proper shelter helps prevent that loss.
Stay Alive - Emergency Water Collection and Purification eShort
Know where to find sources of water & purification methods to make it safe to drink.
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
In this excerpt from Stay Alive! Survival Skills You Need, John D. McCann shows you what can be used as a water container, where to find water, and how to purify water.
Female and Armed
A Woman?s Guide to Advanced Situational Awareness, Concealed Carry, and Defensive Shooting Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
In Female and Armed Lynne Finch offers an information-packed follow-up to her first book, Taking Your First Shot. Based on questions and requests from readers, this book addresses more advanced techniques for personal defense as well as range drills to help readers practice and hone those skills....
by Department of Defense
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2016
Military surgeons must assume a leadership role in combat casualty care in circumstances that are far less than ideal. This handbook provides much of the information needed to tackle these issues and features state-of-the-art principles and practices of forward trauma surgery as used by military physicians...
Taking Your First Shot
A Woman's Introduction to Defensive Shooting and Personal Safety
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
Numbers don’t lie; more and more women are purchasing guns and learning to shoot! While shooting used to be a male-dominated sport, women across the country have begun discovering that a trip to the range not only is relaxing, but also brings with it a sense of strength and empowerment. Taking Your...
Backpacker Magazine's Using a GPS
Digital Trip Planning, Recording, And Sharing
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Backpacker's Using a GPS: Digital Trip Planning, Recording, and Sharing is a complete guide to the digital mapping revolution including how to do it and how to join it. Plan your trip, record it with GPS, edit and enhance your maps (photos and videos), and share with the world. Include out-in-the-field...
The Popular Mechanics Essential Survival Guide
The Only Book You Need in Any Emergency
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2018
Popular Mechanics**' ultimate survival manual will teach you the essential skills to protect your family, save yourself, and conquer any possible danger.**
In an emergency, would you know how to survive—to purify water, jump-start a car, escape a flood or fire, forage for firewood, protect...
The Hunter's Haunch
What You Don?t Know About Deer and Venison That Will Change the Way You Cook
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
A new way to look at hunting and deer meat that anyone who owns a venison cookbook must read!
Is a doe better eating than a buck? Is hanging really necessary? Why can’t venison be aged? Will soaking in milk make that gamy taste go away? The Hunter’s Haunch provides straightforward and fascinating...