Outdoors category: 5873 books
The Art of Camping
The History and Practice of Sleeping Under the Stars
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2011
Could there be another way of life? Can I survive with less stuff? Should I run for the hills?
These are all good questions that people have asked before, throughout history, and which have inspired people to set up camp. But now camping is part of the drive for self-sufficiency, a reaction...
by John Treadwell Dunbar
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2012
Having traveled up and down the Oregon Coast over a span of thirty years, J.T. Dunbar has written an altogether different travel narrative filled with personal anecdotes, natural and historical facts, and practical advice for the contemporary visitor drawn to this Pacific Northwest wonderland of secluded...
by Peter Matthiessen
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2012
An eloquent portrayal of a disappearing way of life of the Long Island fishermen whose voices--humorous, bitter and bewildered--are as clear as the threatened beauty of their once quiet shore.
Two Mountains and a River
I made a resolve not to begin climbing until assured by a plague of flies that summer had really come
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
H.W. Tilman’s Two Mountains and a River picks up where Mount Everest 1938 left off. In this instalment of adventures, Tilman and two Swiss mountaineers set off for the Gilgit region of the Himalaya with the formidable objective of an attempt on the giant Rakaposhi (25,550 feet). However, this project...
Making Game
An Essay on Hunting, Familiar Things, and the Strangeness of Being Who One Is
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
Making Game is a mixed-genre composition in which the author reflects on the philosophical and ethical implications of hunting wild game. This engaging essay is informed by the author’s significant background of scholarly engagement with the phenomenological tradition in modern philosophy.
by H. Macpherson
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Illustrated early methods of trapping pigeons in all parts of the world.
Gun Digest’s Concealed Carry Quick Draw eShort
Practical concealed carry draw techniques – be smoother and faster with concealment holsters
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
In this excerpt from the Gun Digest Book of Concealed Carry, Massad Ayoob gives practical tips and advice on how to draw your gun more quickly from concealment. Learn how to draw from hip holsters, pocket and ankle holsters and shoulder holsters.
by Stephen Byrne
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
Originally titled, Fishing Beyond the Basics, I wrote Saltwater Stories to share what I have learned as both angler and charter captain during 40 years of saltwater fishing. Not the simple things like tying a knot or setting the drag on reel, but the little details that no one ever tells you about....
by Greg Perry
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2016
Do you value freedom? Do you read freedom writers such as Rothbard, Bastiat, von Mises, Hayek, and of course, Ayn Rand? If so, you know the arguments for freedom, the dangers of a socialistic agenda, the evils of a closed society. Now for the $64,000 question: Do you have skills to back up your arguments?If...
by Julie E. Hughes
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Animal Kingdoms reveals the far-reaching cultural, political, and environmental importance of hunting in colonial India. Julie E. Hughes explores how Indian princes relied on their prowess as hunters of prized game to advance personal status, solidify power, and establish links with the historic battlefields and legendary deeds of their ancestors.
by Max Leonard
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Guaranteed to appeal to all lovers of cycling, the author of Lanterne Rouge explores the glorious—and painful—allure of cycling up mountain peaks.
Written with verve and enthusiasm, *A *Higher Calling explores why mountains have such a magnetic appeal to cyclists the world over. But Max...
When the Alps Cast Their Spell
Mountaineers of the Alpine Golden Age
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
The sport of mountaineering was pioneered 150 years ago by a diverse cross-section of Victorians, following in the footsteps of earlier local explorers who ventured into the upper regions of ice and snow in search of game and minerals. By the early years of the 19th century, a growing interest in...
by James Drake
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Backpacking is a type of international travelling wherein a backpack is used rather than suitcases or other types of luggage. This type of travel refers to either travelling from country to country in the different cities and places or nature trekking from country to country. In other words, the travel...
American Hunter
How Legendary Hunters Shaped America
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
New York Times bestselling author and star of A&E’s Duck Dynasty, Willie Robertson, teams up with William Doyle, the bestselling coauthor of American Gun, to share the history of America’s most well known hunters.
American Hunter is an amazing compilation of the history of America’s greatest...