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by Jack Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2010
Since his first feature in Motorcyclist magazine, contributing editor Jack Lewis has set a high bar in polarizing the readership. Letters to the editor may brim with love or sizzle with hatred, but are never indifferent. Castigated by his editor for routinely doubling his allotted space, this "rider's...
by Diane Greer
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
Updated and Revised in 2019 - An opinionated guide to the best hikes in one of Colorado's best hiking areas, the Sawatch and Elk Mountains in central Colorado around the towns of Aspen, Buena Vista, Crested Butte, Marble and Leadville. The Sawatch and Elk Mountain ranges offer the quintessential Rocky...
Denali's Howl
The Deadliest Climbing Disaster on America's Wildest Peak
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
In the summer of 1967, twelve young men ascended Alaska’s Mount McKinley—known to the locals as Denali. Engulfed by a once-in-alifetime blizzard, only five made it back down.
Andy Hall, a journalist and son of the park superintendent at the time, was living in the park when the tragedy...
A Cruising Guide to Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands
Olympia to Port Angeles
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2005
"Simply put, every local boater should have a dog-eared, well-thumbed copy [of this guide] as a permanent feature in the nautical library."—48° North
A Cruising Guide to Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands has earned an outstanding reputation for the accuracy of its piloting instructions,...
60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Denver and Boulder
Including Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, and Rocky Mountain National Park
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Denver, Boulder and the surrounding region offer an amazing natural panorama for outdoor enthusiasts and contain some of the best hiking in the world. With such a bewildering wealth of hikes at your disposal, author Kim Lipker presents the reader with a variety of the very best trails in the area,...
The Good Rain
Across Time & Terrain in the Pacific Northwest
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
A fantastic book! Timothy Egan describes his journeys in the Pacific Northwest through visits to salmon fisheries, redwood forests and the manicured English gardens of Vancouver. Here is a blend of history, anthropology and politics.
by Lebawit Lily Girma
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
With turquoise waters, dreamlike islands, and pristine rainforests, Belize is a sensory feast: dive in with Moon Belize. Inside you'll find:
Flexible, strategic itineraries from one week of highlights to a three-week adventure through the whole country, with tips for outdoor adventurers, archeology...
Cuba Diaries
An American Housewife in Havana
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2002
Isadora Tattlin is the American wife of a European energy consultant posted to Havana in the 1990s. Wisely, the witty Mrs. Tattlin began a diary the day her husband informed her of their new assignment. One of the first entries is her shopping list of things to take, including six gallons of shampoo....
If You Lived Here, I'd Know Your Name
News from Small-Town Alaska
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2006
Tiny Haines, Alaska, is ninety miles north of Juneau, accessible mainly by water or air—and only when the weather is good. There's no traffic light and no mail delivery; people can vanish without a trace and funerals are a community affair. Heather Lende posts both the obituaries and the social...
The Final Frontiersman
Heimo Korth and His Family, Alone in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
The inspiration for The Last Alaskans—the eight-part documentary series on the Discovery Channel! Called “[one of] the greatest life-or-death-tales ever told” (Esquire), James Campbell’s inimitable insider account of a family’s nomadic life in the unshaped Arctic wilderness “is an icily...
Vertical: the follow-up to Sideways
the follow-up to Sideways
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
The follow-up novel to the blockbuster Sideways tracks the continuing story of Miles Raymond and his buddy Jack. It's seven years later. Miles has written a novel that has been made into a wildly successful movie, and the movie has changed his life. Jack, contrarily, is divorced, has a kid, and is...
by MobileReference
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
This illustrated Travel Guide is designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically and by category, making it easier to access individual articles. Articles feature information about attractions, landmarks, districts, transportation, cultural venues,...
Alaska Traveler
Dispatches from America's Last Frontier
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
Dana Stabenow was born in Alaska when it was a territory, grew up on and around fishing boats, worked for an air taxi service, a cannery, and later, on the oilfields of the North Slope. Today, she's an Edgar-award winning mystery writer with over 25 Alaska-based novels to her credit. Stabenow knows...
by MobileReference
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
This illustrated Travel Guide is designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically and by category, making it easier to access individual articles. Articles feature information about attractions, landmarks, districts, transportation, cultural venues,...