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The Stories Behind the Maps
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2015
This entertaining book tells the fascinating stories -- sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant -- about the people who buy maps and the reasons they do so. Read about death by lightning, a bounty hunter, a newly minted Shaman, the history of the Denver Federal Center and more. If you think most maps...
The American Tanner - Containing Improved and Quick Methods of Curing, Tanning, and Coloring the Skins of the Sheep, Goat, Dog, Rabbit, Otter, Beaver, Muskrat, Mink, Wolf, Fox, Etc, and other Heavier Hides
Including a Plain Description of the Necessary Utensils, and Practical Directions for Their use
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to curing, tanning and colouring the skins of sheep, goat, dog, rabbit, otter, beaver, mink, wolf, and more. With useful illustrations and practical directions for the proper use of tools, this volume is highly recommended for those with an interest...
Modern Shotgunning
The Ultimate Guide to Guns, Loads, and Shooting
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
Every year millions of sportsmen and women take to America's fields and forests equipped with some type of shotgun. Millions of others participate annually in shotgun sports such as skeet, trap and sporting clays.
In Modern Shotgunning, Dave Henderson gives readers a nuts-and-bolts look at modern...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2012
In the midst of the war on terror, frightening natural disasters, and danger seemingly lurking around every corner, it's impossible to prepare for every eventuality. But Junius Podrug, the author of Stop Being a Victim: A Survival Kit For The New Millennium, has gathered practically every bit of information...
White Peak Mountain Biking
The Pure Trails
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2014
White Peak Mountain Biking - The Pure Trails ebook is the digital version of our bestselling guidebook to the southern Peak District. Clatter down tricky limestone descents, dodge roots on twisty woodland singletrack and cruise along easy cyclepaths through green fields and pretty villages. Featuring...
Bowhunting's Superbucks
How Some of the Biggest Bucks in North America Were Taken
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Bowhunting's Superbucks is a compilation of thousands of hours afield and a lifetime of experiences from dozens of trophy record holders. These top-rated bowhunters share their tactics and stories of how they arrowed some of North America’s top-scoring, giant whitetail bucks. Advice from these seasoned...
by Department of the Army, Matt Larsen
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Whether in a temperate, tropical, arctic, or subarctic region, you might find yourself alone in a remote area with little or no personal gear. This thoroughly revised new edition of the classic U.S. Army Survival Handbook provides the information you need to survive. Widely recognized as the finest...
by Department of the Army
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
In this vital guide, you’ll find important techniques of wielding firecrafts, constructing tools, creating camouflage, and tracking a prey’s movement. From step-by-step instructions on crafting a flint knife to tips on beating an opponent in close combat, The Complete U.S. Army Survival Guide...
by Peter T. Underwood, Department of the Army
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
This comprehensive new edition of U.S. Army Survival Manual, issued by the Department of the Army and thoroughly revised by Colonel Peter T. Underwood USMC (Ret), is ideal for military personnel and all outdoors enthusiasts. From the psychology of survival and basic medicine to personal camouflage...
by Department of the Army
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Within this indispensable guide, you’ll find every tip that you’ll ever need to thrive in any type of landscape, in any degree of climate. From managing the heat of the tropics to combatting the chill of the mountaintops, The Complete U.S. Army Survival Guide to Desert, Forest, Jungle, Plain,...
by Dragan Vujic
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2008
Calling is the art of deception. One creates a false, but convincing, illusion. There are many methods of calling. This is old knowledge that is currently being rediscovered by modern science. Whitetails rely on three primary sensory systems for survival-auditory, visual and olfactory. Therefore,...
The Ultimate Book of Gunfighting
A Practical Guide to Defending Yourself
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
Know how to win in a gunfight and protect yourself-and your family.
Many handgunners are content in their ability to fire accurately and produce small groups on paper. The realities of gunfighting are far different. Robert K. Campbell examines every aspect of gunfighting, stressing the ability...
Return to the River
The Classic Story of the Chinook Run and of the Men Who Fish It
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
Return to the River remains one of the finest books ever written about the salmon and has won its place as an angler’s and naturalist’s classic.
Drawn back again to spawn in the stream that hatched them, the deep-sea salmon, the great silver chinooks, return as inevitably as the September rains....
The Whitetail Hunter's Almanac
More Than 800 Tips and Tactics to Help You Get a Deer This Season
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
To take the most impressive whitetail bucks, and to bring them in consistently, a hunter has to know his weapons, the woods and, most of all, his quarry. Now, with The Whitetail Hunter’s Almanac at your side, you too can hunt with the strategies and practical wisdom that master hunter John Weiss...