Outdoors category: 5873 books
by Various Authors
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.
Caddisflies
A Guide to Eastern Species for Anglers and Other Naturalists
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2008
Stunning and detailed color photographs of more than 100 species of caddisflies. Caddisfly hatches and how to identify them plus valuable tips on how to fish the hatch. Fly patterns for caddisfly pupae, larvae, nymph, and adults and includes 80 recipes for caddis patterns.
Speed Boat Safety Handbook
This Handbook Will Keep You Safe As You Do Speed Boating, Learn This Guide’s Sports Safety Tips That Includes Boating Safety Regulations And More!
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2012
Boat safety is extremely important if you are thinking about buying a boat or even riding in one. If you have a friend or family member with a boat and they allow you to drive you should also know the basics of speed boat safety. This could save your life or someone else’s.
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Stay Alive - Find Your Way Back eShort
Learn basics of how to use a compass & a map to find your way back home
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
In this excerpt from Stay Alive! Survival Skills You Need, John D. McCann teaches you the basics of compass and map reading. He also describes types of maps and compasses and how they can be used to navigate your way back.
Practical Ballistics
An Introductory Guide for Rifle and Shotgun Shooters
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2014
This fascinating book starts with the basics, going back to the days of muzzle loading before considering the various attempts made over the centuries to improve the bullet. It moves on to examine the development of the cartridge right up to the present day, and provides the reader with a clear understanding...
by Patrick Sweeney
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015
Skip the Hype – Get the Facts!
Suppressors are the hottest new gear on many gun ranges. Why? And how can you safely, lawfully and knowledgeably join your gun club cohorts in owning and enjoying this new shooting accessory? The next time you go to the gun club, if there isn't a suppressor...
A Night in the Snow
A Struggle for Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
In 1856 the Reverend Edmund Donald Carr was overtaken by a blizzard on his way to an evening service. He battled the elements for 22 hours with nothing by his bible and his dead horse, whose body sheltered him while he slept. Snow blind and half dead, Carr survived and wrote his experience in a first person narrative, A Night in the Snow.
by Whipplesnaith
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2012
The Night Climbers of Cambridge was first published in October 1937 with a second edition rapidly following in November of the same year. Reprinted in 1952, the book has since been unavailable and has built up a cult following with copies of either edition becoming increasingly rare. Authored under...
Everest Base Camp
A trekking guide of the route to the worlds highest mountain
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
This historic trek through the Sagarmatha National Park to the base of Everest may be one of the greatest adventures you ever undertake. You will find yourself standing, looking in awe, before some of the world's highest peaks. Every bend in the path will bring a new view, a fresh experience. It is...
Shorter Walks in the Dolomites
50 varied day walks in the mountains
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2015
A popular guidebook to short walks in the Dolomites of north east Italy. The guide describes 50 walks, graded from easy to strenuous, and varying in length from 5 km strolls to 20km full-day expeditions. The Dolomites are suitable for summer walking, and the mountains are easily accessible, just across...
Annapurna
14 treks including the Annapurna Circuit and Sanctuary
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
This guidebook describes 14 multi-day treks in Nepal's captivating Annapurna region, among the foothills of the mighty Himalaya. Routes range between 24km and 200km (15-124 miles) and between 4 and 23 days, with maximum altitudes from 1750m to 5416m. With accommodation options including a mixture...
The Isle of Skye
Graded walks and scrambles throughout Skye, including the Cuillin
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
This guidebook describes 87 of the best walks and scrambles on the Isle of Skye. Not only limited to the popular routes on the Black Cuillin or Skye's 12 Munros, the guide offers a comprehensive selection of routes in all areas of the island; in Sleat and South-East Skye, Strath, Minginish, Duirinish,...
Trekking in the Stubai Alps
Walking the Stubai Rucksack Route and the Stubai Glacier Tour
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
This guidebook describes the Stubai Rucksack Route (or Höhen Weg) and the Stubai Glacier Tour, two hut-to-hut trekking routes in the Stubai Alps in the Austrian Tyrol. Of all the many Alpine areas, few can match the Stubai as a venue for a first Alpine season. Shapely peaks, good paths and some of...
Trekking in the Zillertal Alps
Cicerone Press
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
This handy guidebook describes two great treks in the Zillertal Alps in the Austrian Tyrol, both taking less than 10 days to complete, visiting superb huts and following well-maintained and marked trails. This is a perfect area for experienced trekkers and the Zillertal Rucksack Route - or Berliner...