Outdoor Skills category: 1281 books
Call of the American Wild
A Tenderfoot's Escape to Alaska
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
“The spirited account of how a Scottish newspaper sales executive built and lived in a log cabin in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness . . . Engaging” (Kirkus Reviews).
A man, an axe, and a dog named Fuzzy . . . let the adventure begin! Trapped in a job he hated and up to his neck in...
Broke Through Britain
One Man's Penniless Odyssey
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2012
During the summer of 1998, Peter Mortimer set off on the 500-mile journey from Plymouth to Edinburgh, accompanied only by his King Charles spaniel. He took no money and had no transport or pre-arranged accommodation. Bereft of the basics necessary for human existence, such as food and shelter, he was dependent for his survival on his own wits, the generosity of others and good fortune.
by John Gierach
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing writers.
Fly-fishing’s finest scribe, John Gierach, takes us from a nameless stream on a nameless ranch in Montana to a secret pool off a secret creek where...
Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube
Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
A rich and revelatory memoir of a young woman reclaiming her courage in the stark landscapes of the north.
By the time Blair Braverman was eighteen, she had left her home in California, moved to arctic Norway to learn to drive sled dogs, and found work as a tour guide on a glacier in Alaska....
The Black Powder Plainsman
A Beginner's Guide to Muzzleloading and Reenactment on the Great Plains
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2012
A guide for those curious about antique rifles, the lost art of muzzleloading, and the history of the Old West from an expert on black powder hunting.
The Black Powder Plainsman provides a wealth of information on muzzleloading and the history of the Plainsmen. The author explores the lives...
by Kyle Richardson
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2013
Nothing quite matches excitement of the Winter Olympics! This book will be your guide to biathlon. Learn about the history of the sport and get a recap on all the drama from Vancouver before the Sochi Games begin. Find out how the format is changing in 2014 and who will likely be the athletes on the...
The Perfect Bug Out Bag: A Simplified Guide to Building Your B.O.B. So You're Prepared!
SHTF & Off the Grid
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
No one knows what tomorrow will bring and being caught unprepared is an option none of us want to be faced with. For that reason alone you want to have a kit that has all of your essentials within easy reach. This bag is commonly known as a “Bug out Bag.”
In this book we will walk you...
by Theodore Roosevelt
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Forgotten Tales and Vanished Trails gathers together Roosevelt’s many writings on game hunting and the outdoors from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. Published in various magazines and excerpts from his other publications, this collection finally brings the best musings of a great sportsman into...
Good Hunting
In the Pursuit of Big Game in the West
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Written in the late nineteenth century and first published in Harper’s Round Table magazine in 1896, this collection of articles details turn-of-the-century America’s rugged wilderness. Good Hunting is an engaging read for those whose interests lie in hunting sports, and nature. Roosevelt, being...
The Emerald Mile
The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
From one of Outside magazine’s “Literary All-Stars” comes the thrilling true tale of the fastest boat ride ever, down the entire length of the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon, during the legendary flood of 1983.
In the spring of 1983, massive flooding along the length of the...
Fly Fishing
The Underground Guide To Fly Fishing Flies, Fly Fishing Equipment, Fly Fishing Accessories and Secrets On How To Fly Fish
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
A Basic Streamside Guide for fly fishing, how to fly fish, fly fishing flies, fly fishing equipment and more.
Is Wilderness Survival 4 Me?
A Wilderness Survival Topic, #1
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2014
Is Wilderness Survival 4 Me is the first addition to A Wilderness Survival Topic series of targeted, information heavy wilderness survival e-books. The inexpensive books in this series are each based around a specific subject or topic concerning wilderness survival, allowing the reader to purchase...
Wilderness Secrets Revealed
Adventures of a Survivor
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2013
"Fire! Wake up! The shelter is on fire!"
His students affectionately call him "Doc Survival." He's Quebec's Indiana Jones in a forest setting. Searching for the treasures of the wilderness has been his life-long quest; with passion as his only guide, he has dared to penetrate...
by Henry David Thoreau
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2016
I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness, as contrasted with a freedom and culture merely civil—to regard man as an inhabitant, or a part and parcel of Nature, rather than a member of society. I wish to make an extreme statement, if so I may make an emphatic one, for...