Outdoor Skills category: 1281 books
Surviving Cold Weather
Greg Davenport's Books for the Wilderness
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2002
• How to dress for winter; how to create a campsite and what to use as shelter; how to keep warm
• How to signal for help with aerial flares, smoke, mirrors, and whistles; finding and purifying water; finding and preparing food; protecting yourself and your supplies from wildlife
• How to use...
Surviving the Desert
Greg Davenport's Books for the Wilderness
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2004
• Travel safely through extreme environments
• Find water, dress for the environment, create a campsite, signal, and navigate in the desert
• Series author Greg Davenport has appeared on ABC's Primetime Thursday and CBS's 48 Hours
The techniques and equipment necessary for surviving in the desert...
by Kym Kostos
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014
Once upon a time there was a tree named Ashby that lived in a meadow with eyes as blue as the sky and a nest top hat that his best friend Scarlet lived in. Ashby started out as a small apple seed and had grown into a large apple tree that gave the largest and sweetest from any of the other apple trees...
Essential Survival Gear
A Pro’s Guide to Your Most Practical and Portable Survival Kit
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Disasters strike every day, but despite the best laid plans you may find yourself in one with only the clothes on your back and without a well packed first-aid kit. In Essential Survival Gear, J. Morgan Ayres explains in detail what you need to have when a dire emergency occurs, wherever you are,...
Survival Knives
How to Choose and Use the Right Blade
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2018
Some survival guides explain the basics of how to make primitive tools. But do you know how to actually successful hunt with spear, throwing stick, bola, or primitive bow? Making tools that you do not know how to hunt with will not get you to meat. If you’re hunting with primitive weapons, especially...
Adventure at High Risk
Stories from Around the Globe
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
A collection of some of the world’s
greatest adventures
Anyone with a thirst for adventure and a courageous spirit will be captivated by the tales of endurance, determination, strength of mind, and perseverance recounted in this outstanding compilation. The stories in this book, be...
Knack Rock Climbing
A Beginner’s Guide: From the Gym to the Rocks
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2010
Knack Rock Climbing gets people started by giving them fundamental knowledge about climbing, equipment, movement, and safety.
A Prepper's Guide to Rifles
How to Properly Choose, Maintain, and Use These Firearms in Emergency Situations
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Know which rifles can defend you and your family.
In the chaos of a survival situation, firearms will be important tools for protecting yourself, your family, and your supplies as well as for hunting animals for food. In A Prepper’s Guide to Rifles, Robert K. Campbell discusses the best rifles...
by John J. Donnelly, Judy Donnelly
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2011
Now available for the first time since 2003, The Handloader’s Manual of Cartridge Conversions offers the handloader all the physical data, how-to designs, tools, and drawings needed to convert modern, easily obtainable materials into more than 1,000 different rifle and pistol cartridge cases, ranging...
Fly-Fishing Daydreams
The Most Exciting Fly-Fishing Adventures Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
From Alaska to the Bahamas, Panama to The Seychelles, Pat Ford knows where to find the best places to go fly fishing. In Fly-Fishing Daydreams, Ford and his camera capture the most exciting adventures in the sport, from great sailfishing expeditions in Guatemala to Atlantic salmon-finding missions...
by Burton L. Spiller
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2018
CLASSIC STORIES ABOUT AMERICA’S FAVORITE UPLAND GAME BIRD—AND ABOUT THE MEN AND DOGS WHO HUNT IT
First published in 1935, this collection of stories on grouse hunting from specialist Burton L. Spiller was widely considered by many to be the best book ever written on the topic, and at the...
The Pointer and His Predecessors
An Illustrated History of the Pointing Dog from the Earliest Times
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Originally published in 1906, The Pointer and His Predecessors is a highly researched guide to anything and everything relating to the pointing hunting dog. These hunting dogs primarily fall under the setter and pointer breeds, and Arkwright has included everything that an owner would need to know....
by Robert Smith Surtees
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2016
Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by the English editor, novelist and sporting writer, Robert Smith Surtees.He widely known as R. S. Surtees. He was the second son of Anthony Surtees of Hamsterley Hall, a member of an old County Durham family.
Speaking of Bears
The Bear Crisis and a Tale of Rewilding from Yosemite, Sequoia, and Other National Parks
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
As majestic as they are dangerous, and as timeless as they are current, bears continue to captivate readers. Speaking of Bears is not your average collection of stories. Rather it is the history, compiled from interviews with over 100 individuals, of how Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon National...