Walking category: 349 books

People come to Denver for the nearby mountains and spectacular natural beauty, the craft beer, the outdoor lifestyle and mild climate with abundant sunshine, but what they also discover is how walkable it is as they explore culinary treasures, history that goes from the time of the dinosaurs to the...

A guide to some of the best walking routes in the region, with lucid descriptions and additional information to enhance the walkers' enjoyment and appreciation of the place. Each route, prefaced with a quick-reference summary, is illustrated with a clear sketch map.

Walking is the best exercise there is. It’s great for your health, cheaper than joining a gym and a fantastic way to explore the British countryside. Drawing on expert advice and many years of hiking experience, this book offers a step-by-step guide to help get you started. You don’t...

The inspirational story of one woman's journey along the ancient and beautiful Camino De Santiago, in search of some peace of mind, a fitter body, and a great tan   As a 50-something woman whose children had flown the nest, Christine Palmer found herself wanting to rediscover her lust...

Walking in the Thames Valley offers 25 challenging circular walks around the River Thames and River Kennet in the south of England, taking in the Southern Chilterns, the Berkshire and North Hampshire Downs, Southern Oxfordshire and the eastern edge of Wiltshire. All routes are within easy reach of...

The Pennine Way. The grandfather of walking trails in the UK. For over 60 years walkers have been drawn to its journey across wild and empty moorland, murky bogs, cloud covered summits and endless rain. Yet somehow it has a hypnotic charm that persuades people to walk it, even if they never intended...

This is a book that will take any woman, at any level of fitness into the walking lifestyle. Women will find information on their unique issues, with inspirational stories of individuals who have made changes. Olympian Jeff Galloway and his wife Barbara have helped more than 200,000 people change...

The Watershed of Scotland is a line that separates East from West and divides those river basin areas which drain towards the North Sea on the one hand, and those which flow west into the Atlantic Ocean on the other. It meanders from Peel Fell on the English border all the way to the top at Duncansby...

Wainwright: The Man Who Loved the Lakes is a celebration of the British landscape, and it tells the remarkable story of Alfred Wainwright who in 1952 decided to hand draw a series of guides to the fells of Lakeland. For the next 13 years he spent every weekend walking, and every weekday evening drawing...

Let's walk! But where? How? Who with? How far? A multi-day back-packing expedition or a stroll in the park? This book covers these questions, and will take you through ten basic steps to enjoying walking/hiking/tramping/rambling. Above all, the author provides the key to successful walking -leadership....

From the Foreword by John Loftus, Ultra-marathoner and Safety Consultant: Why would someone write a running / walking book about SAFETY – managing the unforeseen, the training route, weather, gear, and personal security, about INJURY AVOIDANCE – minimizing hurt and pain to our body and...

Walking in the Engadine contains detailed route descriptions for 100 day walk routes that vary from 4 to 16km long in length. The routes cover a variety of terrain from luscious meadows and craggy mountains to glaciers and snowpeaks. Most of the walks described in this guidebook have been chosen with...

Attention, Want-to-Be and Current Marathoners and Half-Marathoners There are teachable methods to help you to reach your goal to run or walk your first marathon or half marathon or to complete your next one faster. Here is some of what you'll learn in this book: * The seven "need"...

Are you noticing that you are getting into unsafe situations when using a cellphone while you are out running or walking? Are you sometimes left with a feeling that you have been discourteous when you have used your cellphone around other runners or walkers? Are you having trouble making sense of...