Falcon Guides: 813 books
by Roger Schumann
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
This exciting and demanding sport is much different than its flat-water sibling, with different equipment and techniques, all of which are covered in Basic Illustrated Sea Kayaking. Full-color images cover the many sea kayak models and accessories, as well as important information on tides and currents,...
by David Fasulo
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2017
The kayak touring, stand up paddling, and kayak fishing along the Connecticut and Rhode Island coast is some of the finest in the country. Most of these waters are protected from large ocean swells, while ocean currents allow for lively waters and abundant sea life. These conditions permit beginners...
by Nick Hinds
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Paddling Pacific Northwest Whitewater is the definitive guide to the best rivers and creeks for kayaking and rafting in Washington and Oregon—home to some of the most fun (and challenging) whitewater in the world. Including over 240 detailed run descriptions from local area paddlers who know these...
Paddling Pennsylvania
A Guide to 50 of the State's Greatest Paddling Adventures
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Pennsylvania is a paddler’s heaven and one of America’s most blessed states when it comes to total miles of rivers and streams. Add in its many lakes, and there is quite simply all kinds and manner of waters where you can set out in a canoe, kayak, or raft. Paddling Pennsylvania describes the...
Encounters from a Kayak
Native People, Sacred Places, and Hungry Polar Bears
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
What makes travel special? Perhaps the chill realization that a polar bear's eyes are fixed on you. Maybe it is the chance meeting with a man who buries sharks in a beach, only to dig them up months later, not out of morbid curiosity, but for food. Perhaps it is the undulating wing-beat of a dark...
by Michael Hodgson, Lon Levin
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
BASIC ILLUSTRATED WEATHER FORECASTING
Michael Hodgson gives detailed lessons in recognizing shifts in weather patterns, understanding why they occur, identifying cloud formations, and mastering basic meteorological concepts.
Reading Weather
The Field Guide to Forecasting the Weather
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
Reading Weather provides a quick and simple way to understand how the atmosphere works, how to interpret and use weather forecasts before venturing outdoors, and also how to make your own forecast in the field by observing the changes in the weather. This fully updated and revised reference will arm...
Best Rail Trails Wisconsin
More Than 50 Rail Trails Throughout the State
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2009
They include:
Full trail profiles, including length, access points, difficulty rating, and surface type
Detailed trail maps
At-a-glance icons for easy identification of rail trails that best suit one's interests
Information on wheelchair accessibility; availability of parking, rest rooms, and...
Haunted Trail Tales
Paranormal Stories From The Woods
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Everyone loves a good ghost story, and Haunted Trail Tales will make the hairs on your neck stand on edge. A collection of beloved contemporary and classic ghostly tales, this anthology is sure to spoke even the most unrattled. Featuring twelve stories from a variety of well-known authors, this is...
by Lisa Densmore Ballard
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2017
Best Easy Day Hikes Adirondacks, 2nd Edition features the best easy day hikes throughout the area. With detailed maps and trail descriptions, navigating these wonderful trails is made easy. It’s the perfect tool for day hikers, families, and local outdoors people looking to explore the Adirondacks...
Women Who Surf
Charging Waves with the World's Best
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Mavericks and more, a celebration of feminine beauty, athleticism, wisdom, and skill when the surf is bombing—Women Who Surf profiles some of the world’s most inspiring female surfers ranging from Bethany Hamilton to Wrenna Delgado. Each surfer tells her story, highlighting her personal challenges,...
Best Bike Rides Los Angeles
The Greatest Recreational Rides in the Metro Area
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Los Angeles is home to some of the best paved roads, dirt roads, mountain bike trails, and bike paths. Best Bike Rides Los Angeles describes over forty of the most diverse recreational and scenic rides in the Los Angeles area. With most rides between 3 and 50 miles, ranging in altitude from just above...
by Lizann Dunegan
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2009
This guide includes trail descriptions and maps of the author's favorite short hikes in and around Bend, Redmond, Sisters, and other great outdoor spots in Central Oregon. All hikes included in this little book do not have steep hills, all are on well-defined, easy-to-follow trails, and all take hikers...
Camping Alaska
A Guide To Nearly 300 Of The State's Best Campgrounds
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
Camping Alaska is a guide to the public and private campgrounds of Alaska accessible by road as well as by the Alaska Marine Highway ferry system. It includes detailed descriptions of, and directions to, 300 campgrounds statewide—from remote islands in southeast Alaska to sprawling tundra camps...