Stackpole Books imprint: 1000 books
by Jim Chase
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1989
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1989
Whether you're just setting out for a day hike or are planning to trek all the way from Maine to Georgia, Backpacker Magazine's Guide to the Appalachian Trail is the definitive guide to the most famous footpath in the nation. This updated edition provides detailed descriptions of what terrain hikers...
by Mike D. Reynolds
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2005
A guide to viewing stars, the moon, planets, meteors, comets, and aurora through binoculars. Features a foreword by renowned astronomer and writer David Levy. Includes a complete guide to current binocular brands and models and explains what to look for in each season.
Identifying Birds of Prey
Quick Reference Guide for Eastern North America
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
An engaging quick-reference guide to the basics of identifying hawks, eagles, falcons, vultures, and kites in flight.
Discover Nature in the Rocks
Things to Know and Things to Do
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1997
A friendly introduction to hands-on study of nature in your own backyard. Simple activities for all ages.
Basic Leathercrafting
All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2011
Step-by-step instructions and photos illustrate basic leathercrafting techniques: choosing leather, stamping and decorating, stitching and lacing, and finishing.
by Bruce Staples
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Yellowstone National Park is one of the most crowded parks in the country, and for good reason: breathtaking scenery, amazing wildlife, and for anglers, great fishing. Yet, even a short hike from the road or trailhead into the backcountry of the park and the surrounding area can put anglers into even...
by Donald B. Kraybill
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2008
Primer to understanding Amish life for visitors. Captivating color photography. Insight on recent media events.
Clouser's Flies
Tying and Fishing the Fly Patterns of Bob Clouser
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2005
The story of and instructions to tie the popular and successful Clouser Deep Minnow and its variations, including Purple Darter, Clouser Crayfish, EZ Popper, Rattle Clouser, Bright Sides Minnow, and more. Choose effective hooks, thread, eyes, glue, natural and synthetic fibers. Recipes, instructions,...
Basic Fly Fishing
All the Skills and Gear You Need to Get Started
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2006
Selecting the rod, reel, line, leader, and flies to fill the trout fly box with step-by-step photos and instructions on the forward cast, sidearm cast, roll cast, and slack-line cast and includes six knots you need to know.
Yankee Rock & Ice
A History of Climbing in the Northeastern United States
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
First published in 1993 and hailed as a classic, Yankee Rock & Ice is now reissued in a new edition with four new chapters covering the 1990s through today to bring the book up to date. This comprehensive and entertaining history of roped rock and ice climbing in the Northeast traces the growth...
by Ed Engle
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2003
Midge larvae and pupae, tiny parachutes, floating nymphs, micro scuds, tiny ants. Choosing the right hook, thread, wire, and amount of weight for small flies plus 75 patterns, including Brassie, RS-2, Renegade, Gold-Ribbed Hare's Ear, Griffith's Gnat. Foreword by John Gierach.
by A. K. Best
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
Hailed by Lefty Kreh as the best fly-tying book of the past few years and by Field & Stream as "a bible of invaluable secrets," this revised third edition of a fly-tying classic is a great resource for both beginner and expert tiers.
by Bradford Angier, Col. Townsend Whelen
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
What Thoreau proved a century ago about returning to nature will still work today. There is an inexpressible thrill in the intimate study of primitive country, the workshop of nature, the appreciation of wilderness technique. Unspoiled regions possess a quiet beauty and peace—no artificiality, no...
Fly-Fishing Guide to the Henry's Fork
Hatches, Flies, Seasons & Guide Advice for 80 Miles of World-Class Water
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2012
Idaho's Henry's Fork was voted the best trout stream in America by Trout Unlimited members.