Outdoors category: 5873 books
The Man Who Walked Through Time
The Story of the First Trip Afoot Through the Grand Canyon
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
The remarkable classic of nature writing by the first man ever to have walked the entire length of the Grand Canyon.
by The Blokehead
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
There are different motifs for studying and learning bushcraft. Some do it purely for the thrill of abandoning the security of civilization and venturing into an unknown area with a burgeoning vulnerability as his sole companion. Others do it for practicality’s sake – so they could be prepared...
by Mors Kochanski
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
A Survival Kit Shelter, The Super Shelter and Some of It's Variants
The topic of bush survival shelters can be extensive and complex. To some, shelter simply means a roof over one's head, a place to get in out of the rain or more generally, something that provides protection from the various...
The Climb
Tragic Ambitions on Everest
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
Everest, the major motion picture from Universal Pictures, is set for wide release on September 18, 2015. Read The Climb, Anatoli Boukreev (portrayed by Ingvar Sigurðsson in the film) and G. Weston DeWalt’s compelling account of those fateful events on Everest.
In May 1996 three expeditions...
Alive
The Story of the Andes Survivors
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
The #1 New York Times bestseller and the true story behind the film: A rugby team resorts to the unthinkable after a plane crash in the Andes.
Spirits were high when the Fairchild F-227 took off from Mendoza, Argentina, and headed for Santiago, Chile. On board were forty-five people, including...
by Peter Hathaway Capstick
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 1989
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 1989
From the master of adventure behind the classic Death in the Long Grass, former big-game hunter Peter Hathaway Capstick now turns from his own exploits to those of some of the greatest hunters of the past with Death in the Silent Places.
With his characteristic color and flair, Capstick recalls...
by Bob Washburn
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2012
Once the weapon of choice for everyone from Native Americans to Turkish armies,the bow is one of the oldest hunting (and fighting) tools on Earth. While it is not a match for modern weaponry -- or indeed for modern archery equipment -- a primitive bow can still save your life if you have to hunt...
by Mors Kochanski
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2012
Basic Netting
This training booklet covers basic netting as practiced by the Grand Banks fishermen. This booklet was brought out as it is not easy to locate information on netting techniques. The knowledge or direction for constructing functional fishing nets is left for...
by John Gierach
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Brilliant, witty, perceptive essays about fly-fishing, the natural world, and life in general by the acknowledged master of fishing writers.
With the wry humor and wit that have become his trademark, John Gierach writes about his travels in search of good fishing and even better fish stories....
Bass Fishing Tricks The Pros Use
Learn The Best Bass Fishing Tips That Award-Winning Bass Anglers Make Use Of Including Bass Fishing Techniques, Bass Fishing Equipment And The Best Bass Baits So You Can Finally Catch That Prize Winning Trophy Bass The Next Time You Go Bass Fishing
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2012
Bass fishing was once just a very well-liked hobby. Now, it’s turned out to be one of the most popular angling sport fishing where professional anglers compete for the coveted trophy and title of having been the one to reel in the biggest bass of the competition. There is a lot more involved in...
by John T. McCutcheon
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
First published in 1910. According to Wikipedia: "McCutcheon was born near South Raub, Tippecanoe County, Indiana to Captain John Barr McCutcheon and Clara Glick McCutcheon. He was the younger brother of novelist George Barr McCutcheon, writer of the Graustark books. His son, Shaw McCutcheon was an editorial cartoonist.
by Peter Boardman
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
'It's a preposterous plan. Still, if you do get up it, I think it'll be the hardest thing that's been done in the Himalayas.' So spoke Chris Bonington when Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker presented him with their plan to tackle the unclimbed West Wall of Changabang - the Shining Mountain - in 1976....
by BK Gore
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2010
RV boondocking, the complete story... 19 chapters from my rv boondocking philosophy and finding good camps to work kamping and an rvers dictionary.
I may not have all the answers but I have a few... and maybe some advice you can use to help find the ones I don't have!
Not a big book......
How to Shit in the Woods, 3rd Edition
An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
It’s the feisty third edition of How to Shit in the Woods, jam-packed with new information for outdoor enthusiasts of every stripe. Hailed in its first edition as “the most important environmental book of the decade” by Books of the Southwest, and in its second as “the real shit” by the...