Outdoors category: 5873 books
Dazed but Not Confused
Tales of a Wilderness Wanderer
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2013
Kevin Callan presents his best adventures -- and misadventures -- in the wilderness. Entertaining, yet enlightening, the stories are full of enthusiasm and are designed to get people to explore the wilderness on their own, and it's hoped, be inspired to protect what's still left.
These captured...
by John Quillen
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
2013 was the deadliest season ever seen in the Karakoram. When John Quillen found his climbing partner lying face down with a shattered leg in the snow high on the flanks of Broad Peak, the drama had just begun. See what transpired through first hand accounts of the deaths of three team members on this ill fated expedition to the Throne Room of the Mountain Gods.
The Great Hikes of Vancouver, B.C.
Hiking the Top-Ten Must-Do Trails around Vancouver, British Columbia
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2013
From stunning waterfalls to endless vistas, discover the BEST hiking Vancouver, B.C. has to offer.
The Great Hikes of Vancouver includes a hand-picked selection of the top ten must-do hikes for your next adventure in Southwest British Columbia’s impressive wilderness. Covering a wide variety...
by Gillian Orrell
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
An extended stay in New Zealand determined the content of Gillian Orrells first book. NEW BOOTS IN NEW ZEALAND is a humorous, first-hand account of walking the nine Great Walks of New Zealand, encompassing many additional facts, anecdotes and insights about New Zealands culture, history and peoples....
Fly Fishing the Savage River, Maryland
An Excerpt from Fly Fishing the Mid-Atlantic
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2011
Fly Fishing the Savage River, Maryland is an excerpt from the larger book Fly Fishing the Mid-Atlantic by Beau Beasley.
The High Sierra
Peaks, Passes, Trails
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2009
**Please note we have a few edits and updates for THE HIGH SIERRA: Peaks, Passes, Trails, 3rd Ed. Please download the edits HERE so your copy reflects the appropriate changes and additions. Thank you.**
"The Sierra climbing bible" - The Los Angeles Times
"The best field...
The Northern Caminos
The Caminos Norte, Primitivo and Inglés
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2014
This guidebook is a comprehensive, pocket-sized guide to walking the pilgrimage routes through northern Spain to the sacred city of Santiago de Compostela. The Camino del Norte is an 817km five-week coastal route from the town of Irún, close to the French border. Its alternatives are the Camino Primitivo...
Mad Dogs and an Englishwoman
Travels with Sled Dogs in Canada's Frozen North
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2009
Polly Evans had a mission: to learn everything possible about the howling, tail-wagging world of sled dogs. Fool’s errand? Or the adventure of a lifetime? The intrepid world traveler was about to find out.
In the dead of winter, Polly Evans ventured to Canada’s far northwest, where temperatures...
Waterfall Lover's Guide Pacific Northwest
Where to Find Hundreds of Spectacular Waterfalls in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, 5th Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2013
[CLICK HERE to download three sample waterfall hike sections from Waterfall Lover's Guide Pacific Northwest
]CLICK HERE_ to download three sample waterfall hike sections from Waterfall Lover_s Guide Pacific Northwest* At-a-glance table for selecting waterfalls by scenic rating, form, how to...
Without Rule of Law
Advanced Skill to Help You Survive
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2012
WARNING: This book contains material that may be offensive to some readers. It is an instructional guide covering tactical actions and capabilities which should only be executed in last-resort survival situations. This book was written for non-military readers who believe in self-reliance and wish...
by John Gierach
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
From the irrepressible author of Trout Bum and The View from Rat Lake comes an engaging, humorous, often profound examination of life's greatest mysteries: sex, death, and fly-fishing.
John Gierach's quest takes us from his quiet home water (an ordinary, run-of-the-mill trout stream where fly-fishing...
by Alexander Stilwell
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2012
What do you do if your aircraft ditches at sea? Or your building is on fire? Or you are the victim of a terrorist attack? Would you make the right decision to save yourself and the lives of others? Crisis Survival is a complete handbook to any crisis that may suddenly arise, from food or water shortages,...
Gun Guys
A Road Trip
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Dan Baum is a gun fanatic. He is also Jewish Democrat who grew up in suburban New Jersey. In Gun Guys, he takes us on a guided tour of gun stores and gun shows, shooting ranges and festivals, contests and auctions, trying to figure out what draws so many of us to guns in the first place. Is it just...
by Mors Kochanski
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2012
21 Native Wild Edible Plants
The few wild plants listed here are likely the only ones that are about as close as domestic plants can be in digestability. Of the 1800 flowering plants in Alberta, about 800 are mentioned as being used as food. I suspect some wild edible plants may require weeks to really acclimatize to them.
Written by Mors Kochanski