Outdoors category: 5873 books

From the acclaimed author of Home from the Hill and The Ordways comes a charming and erudite account of what happens when the fish hooks the fisherman In the Berkshire mountains, novelist and avid outdoorsman William Humphrey discovers a gigantic, one-eyed brown trout lazing in the shallows...

A guide for you on how to get yourself into Toboganning. Tobogganing can be a great way of turning a dull winter in to a fun time! 

The Two Kilogram Survival Kit Field Manual   This booklet is a training manual that is also useful to include in a survival kit as a reference. To learn to construct the survival kit component super shelter, the ski shoes, bucksaw and packframe require two days of training, three for slow learners. Written by Mors Kochanski

What a contrast he presented to any other kind of a fish! How many beautiful species have we seen lying on sand or moss or ferns, just come out of the water! But I could remember no other so rare as this bonefish.

A wonderful personal account of fishing for Tarpon of the coast of Florida. A must read for sea fishing enthusiasts. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Elibron Classics. Replica of 1896 edition by John Murray, London. This book includes maps available as a free download. This is an Illustrated edition. Walter Weston (25 December 1860 – 27 March 1940), was an English clergyman, missionary, and mountaineer. This is a great travel book with a lot...

In his delightful Valley of Flowers, mountaineer Frank Smythe takes you on a botanical expedition to the Garhwal Himalaya. Alongside the author, scale the steep craggy mountains and bathe in crystal clear pools; breathe in the scented foothills of the Himalaya and their carpets of peonies, roses,...

In the tradition of The Lost City of Z and Skeletons in the Zahara, Astoria is the thrilling, true-adventure tale of the 1810 Astor Expedition, an epic, now forgotten, three-year journey to forge an American empire on the Pacific Coast. Peter Stark offers a harrowing saga in which a band of explorers...

Here's the book that can get you sailing in an afternoon and keep you sailing better through a lifetime on the water This is the first sailing book that follows a sailor's ideal learning curve. Rather than tell you all about sail trim or anchoring in a single chapter, Robby Robinson tells you...

A collection of stories, events and humorous observations from the life of author Gerald Darnell. A Florida native, Gerald grew up in the small town of Humboldt, Tennessee. He attended high school and was a graduate of HHS class of 64. Following graduation from the University of Tennessee, he spent...

In this excerpt from the Gun Digest Book of Concealed Carry, Massad Ayoob teaches concealed carry mindset - including the CCW lifestyle, why we carry, where you can and can't carry plus preparation and aftermath of a self-defense scenario.

Edmund Hillary – A Biography is the story of the New Zealand beekeeper who climbed Mount Everest. A man who against expedition orders drove his tractor to the South Pole; a man honoured around the world for his pioneering climbs yet who collapsed on more than one occasion on a mountain, and a man...

Covers preseason scouting, how and where to place a blind, use of decoys and calls. Identifies and corrects common mistakes made when placing and setting up blinds and decoys, timing the hunt, and waiting for waterfowl.

Breathtaking Bowhunts is a collection of bowhunting adventures experienced by the author over a period of almost four decades. Mike Lamade will take you along as he stalks a huge bull moose in the Yukon and fights through a blizzard for a record book muley on the Colorado plains. Pope & Young whitetails...