Outdoor Skills category: 1281 books
The Adlerweg
The Eagle's Way across the Austrian Tyrol
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2014
The Adlerweg (or Eagle's Way) is a well maintained and waymarked 300km path traversing the length of the Austrian Tyrol from St Johann in the east to St Anton in the west. It follows established mountain and valley tracks to traverse the length of the Austrian state of Tyrol from east to west. 6 low-level...
Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2012
Includes expanded and updated information on technical improvements and safety
New sidebars provide extra lessons on techniques presented
Larger format with more photographs
Glacier Travel and Crevasse Rescue is a comprehensive course in understanding glaciers, crossing them, avoiding crevasses,...
by Mike Parker
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2011
Mike Parker, bestselling author of Map Addict, offers a very full, intelligent and witty exploration into a glorious and passionate British subject - footpaths and the history of land ownership. Mike discovers how these paths have become part of our cultural landscape and why, at the tender age of...
by William Wasserman
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
William Wasserman, a retired Pennsylvania game warden and a fur trapper for over fifty years, explains how to catch beavers using foothold traps, body-gripping traps, and snares. He also goes into detail about proper trap and snare sizes, equipment needed, dying and waxing traps and snares, how to...
by Damon Corso
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Best Climbs Santa Barbara and Ventura narrows down the thousands of climbing routes across the Santa Barbara and Ventura counties to the absolute best 300 routes. These are the routes that display the hidden beauty and deep rooted climbing history of Santa Barbara and Ventura. Each section comes with...
by Jim Carrier
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2000
"Utterly compulsive and unputdownable--the most exciting, authentic, and humanly moving of all the recent Storm books. Brilliantly paced and perfectly balanced. . . . Carrier is a marvelously trustworthy narrator. . . . A terrific book."--Jonathan Raban, author of Passage to Juneau: A Sea...
by Alexander Bessemer
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2012
The Essential Archery Handbook For Beginners
This book covers several topics including:
Chapter 1: Archery Whats It All About Chapter 2: Archery Ideas For The Beginner Chapter 3: Archery Supplies Chapter 4: Archery Bows Chapter 5: Archery Equipment Chapter 6: Targets Used For Archery...
by Peter Jaggs
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013
Hunting for pirates’ hidden gold and silver in the golden sands of a palm-fringed, exotic tropical island was the daydream of many of us when we were school kids. Unfortunately it is a fantasy that almost nobody can ever fulfill.
This unusual and completely original book will tell you how anyone...
The Superwoman's Survival Guide
Conquering the Unexpected in the Office, on the Town, or in the Great Outdoors
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Just when you think you have everything under control, a situation presents itself that you couldn’t have foreseen or prepared for. That’s life. It’s how you choose to react to the situation that defines you. We have all heard the phrase expect the unexpected.” The unexpected” can range...
Lines on the Water
A Fly Fisherman's Life on the Miramichi
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
Anyone who has ever tied a blood knot in a leader or spun a line on the reel, felt the tug of a salmon or seen the glimmer of a brook trout in the early morning sun, understands that fishing is more than a sport. It is, for many, a way of life. In Lines on the Water, we are reminded why this is so....
The Book of Fly Patterns
Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
The finest fly tying reference book of all time.
Drawing on the designs and innovations of the best fly tyers, both past and present, Eric Leiser interprets more than one thousand classic and contemporary fly patterns. Here is all the information (hook sizes, materials, etc.) needed in order...
Angler's Guide to Kayak Fishing Southwest Florida
Sarasota Bay to Pine Island
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2014
Many books have been written about kayaking and others about fishing but this book focuses on fishing from a kayak on freshwater and inshore saltwater in southwest Florida. It is a guide for visiting anglers who are new to kayak fishing, yet has useful information for those who are experienced and...
The Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing
More Than 300 Tips for Anglers of All Levels
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
In this compendium of fly fishing from three of the most respected names in the sport, Tom Rosenbauer, David Klausmeyer, and Conway X. Bowman share all of their most successful fly-fishing secrets. With tips on fresh- and saltwater fly fishing and tying flies, this book will help readers become the...
In the Company of Rivers
An Angler's Stories and Recollections
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
In this charming collection of fly-fishing short stories, readers will discover that fly fishing can lead to many places. Experience the various journeys taken by the author to places like remote Labrador, Alaska, Scotland, Ireland, and the Florida Keys. Enter a miniscule Pepsi shack on the Catawba...