Outdoor Skills category: 1281 books
by John Gierach
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2011
Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing writers.
In No Shortage of Good Days John Gierach takes readers from the Smokies in Tennessee to his home waters in Colorado, from the Canadian Maritimes to Mexico—saltwater...
Guns & Ammo Guide to AK-47s
A Comprehensive Guide to Shooting, Accessorizing, and Maintaining the Most Popular Firearm in the World
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
Everything you need to know about AK-47s from top firearms writers.
The Guns & Ammo Guide to AK-47s is packed with a wealth of valuable information compiled by the foremost firearms writers today. A vast range of topics is covered in these articles, including:
An RPK for America
Guns...
How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It
Tactics, Techniques, and Technologies for Uncertain Times
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2009
Read James Wesley, Rawles's posts on the Penguin Blog
**In the vein of Sam Sheridan's The Disaster Diaries, a comprehensive guide to preparing for the apocalypse!
With the recent economic crisis, formerly unimaginable scenarios have become terrifyingly real possibilities- learn how to...
by Mors Kochanski
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2012
Basic Weather Knowledge
This booklet is meant to help you determin today's weather in the morning and tomorrow's weather in the evening as what may occur within your immediate horizons, so that you may act accordingly to improve your chances of survival.
Written by Mors Kochanski
by Molly Semenik
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2018
Explore the streams less traveled in the state known for its legendary fly-fishing rivers!
by Mike Bone
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2013
Written by an expert outfitter with boots in its waters, this piece includes a detailed map with access points along the river, information about gear, seasonal hatches, local lodges, fly shops, restaurants, watering holes, and closest medical care, along with the sort of intimate, insider information only someone working on the river can share.
Survive!
My Fight for Life in the High Sierras
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2005
When Peter DeLeo set out one Sunday morning on a sightseeing and photography trip over the central Sierra Nevada mountains in California, he had no idea that he would soon be fighting for his life with the odds stacked very much against him. DeLeo's single-engine plane encountered turbulence, and...
Rock Climbing Anchors, 2nd Edition
A Comprehensive Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Seminal book updated by author of the acclaimed Advanced Rock Climbing
Easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions
400 new color photos demonstrate techniques
For this new edition of Rock Climbing Anchors, climber and writer Topher Donahue carefully reviewed each technique and lesson, making them even...
by Travis Greenwood
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2019
Team Bad Decision follows the tale of Travis Greenwood and Scott Daniels as they dive headfirst into learning how to hunt the western backcountry. Their journey flows from the Cascade Mountains of Washington State to the Rockies of Colorado in pursuit of bear, deer and elk.
The story of...
by George Washington Sears
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
First published in 1884, Woodcraft and Camping is a classic outdoors manual that has never been out of print. Author George Washington Sears, the Father of American Camping, fills his short book with concise advice on camping, hiking, building a fire, cooking out, shelters, tools and equipment, hunting...
K2
Life and Death on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing the world's most difficult and unpredictable mountain, by the bestselling authors of The Mountain and No Shortcuts to the Top
Ed Viesturs, one of the world's premier high-altitude mountaineers, explores the remarkable history of...
by Mors Kochanski
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2012
Top Seven Knots and the Use of the Windlass
1. Jam, 2. Constrictor, 3. Non-inverting Slippery Bowline, 4. Slippery Sheet Bend, 5. Slippery Figure of 8, 6. Prusik, 7. Reef. As knots are found in families, there are a few bonus knots included. Favour the ones you find most...
by Mors Kochanski
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2012
Tools of Survival and Survival Training
This is a training booklet that applies to all walks of life, including the sharpness of the knife one chooses to use in survival. The time taken to master knife sharpening is highly variable. Once you know what to do the fast learner...
Spy Secrets That Can Save Your Life
A Former CIA Officer Reveals Safety and Survival Techniques to Keep You and Your Family Protected
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
The New York Times bestseller that reveals the safety, security, and survival techniques that 99% of Americans don’t know—but should
When Jason Hanson joined the CIA in 2003, he never imagined that the same tactics he used as a CIA officer for counter intelligence, surveillance, and protecting...