Outdoor Books
Outdoor Books
| Title | Author | Price ($US) | ISBN |
| Kayak | William Nealy | 14.95 | TC-362395 |
| Kayaking | Steven Krauzer | 17.95 | 0393313360 |
| Kayaking (Know the Sport) | Loel Colling | 5.95 | 0811728250 |
| Kayaking Made Easy | Dennis Stuhaug | 17.95 | 1564408385 |
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Kayaking: Puget Sound, the San Juans and Gulf Islands
45 Trips on the Northwest Inland Waters The inland waters of Puget Sound - with their beautiful scenery, intricate waterways, clear and clean water, abundant marine life, and sheltered, storm-free channels - are a favorite playground of kayakers from all over the nation. This book is a guide to the best kayaking trips in an area eminently suited to saltwater paddling. With the suggested side trips and alternatives, the possible kayaking routes equal nearly 100. Each route entry is fully detailed, containing directions, information on trip duration, rating, some specific planning considerations, and an explanation of the area's tide and currents. |
Randel Washburne | 12.95 | 0898861896 |
| Kids Outdoors: Skills & Knowledge for Outdoor Adventures | Victoria Logue | 14.95 | 0070384770 |
| Killarney | Kevin Callan | 13.50 | TC-079208 |
| Lost in the Woods | Colleen Politano | 6.99 | 0934802831 |
Mosby's Outdoor Emergency Medical Guide
This lifesaving guide shows and tells the untrained person what to do in an outdoor emergency when professional help may take some time to arrivel. Its easy-to-understand instructions and illustrations include care for heart attacks, strokes, open wounds, falls, choking, broken bones, animal and snake bites, insect stings, and deyhydration. |
David Manhoff & Stephen Vogel, M.D. | 12.95 | 0916363147 |
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National Audubon Concise Birdfeeder Book
Make gardens bird-friendly with this pocket sized guide. Essential advice on how to attract birds to any yard with baths, tables, feeders, and nest boxes is complemented by a wonderful photographic directory of 45 North American species of and their behaviour patterns. |
Robert Burton | 14.95 | 0789414651 |
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National Geographic's Guide to the National Parks of the United States
With updated content and the addition of 4 recently established parks, this guide features 450 full-colour maps; sidebars; regional maps that indicate highways, access roads, and other sites; and excursions to 140 nearby natural sites. Arranged by region, this perennial favourite opens with a brief profile and map, followed by individual park descriptions. 448 pages. |
National Geographic | 24.00 | 0792234146 |
| National Geographic Park Profiles: America's Hidden Treasures | National Geographic | 12.95 | 0792270339 |
| National Geographic Park Profiles: Grand Canyon Country | National Geographic | 12.95 | 0792270320 |
| National Geographic Park Profiles: Yellowstone Country | National Geographic | 12.95 | 0792270312 |
| National Geographic Park Profiles: Yosemite | National Geographic | 12.95 | 0792270304 |
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The New American Trout Fishing
The New American Trout Fishing has become the bible on the subject. It includes chapters on finding trout and understanding their behavior, developing angler's instincts, basic techniques for upstream, downstream, and across-stream tactics, all the technological advances in rods, lines, and flies, and much more. 33 photos, 8 in color. 35 line drawings. 352 pp. Published May '97 |
John Merwin | 17.95 | 0028616812 |
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North America's Favorite Butterflies A Pictoral Guide The Putnams have assembled an easy-to-use, easy-to-carry field guide to North America's 50 most popular butterflies. No gardener or garden visitor will want to be without this handy instant identifier with over 100 color photos of beautiful butterflies. |
Patti & Milt Putnam | 11.95 | 1572231092 |
| Nuts N Bolts Camping with your Kids | Frank Logue | 4.95 | 0897322037 |
| Nuts N Bolts Cooking for Campers & Backpackers | Victoria Logue | 4.95 | 0897321759 |
| Nuts N Bolts for Paddler | Charlie Walbridge | 4.95 | 0697321472 |
| Nuts N Bolts Hiking with your Dog | Richard Lerner | 4.95 | 0897321842 |
| Nuts N Bolts Kayak Essentials | Bob Beazley | 4.95 | 0697321693 |
| Nuts N Bolts Outdoor Survival | Bob Newman | 4.95 | 0897321669 |
| Nuts N Bolts Solo Canoeing in Ontario | Lou Glaros | 4.95 | 0897321555 |
Ottawa River Whitewater: A Paddler's Guide to Middle and Main Channels Click for an extract from the introductory section of the new guide. |
Jim Hargreaves | 15.95 | 0968323804 |
| Our Last Backpack | Daniel Doan | 14.00 | 0881502731 |
| Outdoor Chefs Bible | John Weiss | 12.00 | 0385471157 |
| The Outdoor Woman: A Handbook to Adventure | Patricia Hubbard | 14.95 | 0942361369 |
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Outdoor Leadership
Outdoor Leadership covers the skills, attitudes, and intuition necessary for leading in an outdoor setting and beyond. All aspects of leadership are explored, including forming a personal style, making decisions, communicating effectively, team building, and coping with stress. |
John Graham | 16.95 | 0898865026 |
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Painting Wildlife Textures Step by Step
In this easy-to-follow instruction guide, accomplished wildlife artist Rod Lawrence shows, step by step, how to paint realistic fur, antlers, feathers, scales, and more. Techniques are given for acrylic, oils, and watercolors. 140 illustrations, 144 pages. |
Rod Lawrence | 29.99 | 0891346414 |
| Path of the Paddle | Bill Mason | 111.95 | 1559714700 |
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Polar Attack: From Canada to the North Pole and Back On June 15, 1995, Weber and Malakhov became the first people to complete the 1,000-mile round trip to the North Pole on foot with no outside support. Their triumph of having reached the North Pole was followed by a dangerous 31-hour marathon through a blizzard to reach their camp--six kilometers away--where they had left all their supplies and equipment. This book presents the gripping tale of their determination to complete this historic expedition. 16 pp. of color photos. 232 pp. Published May '97 |
Richard Weber | 24.95 | 0771089023 |
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Poles Apart: Parallel Visions of the Arctic and Antarctic While the Arctic and the Antarctic are thought by some to be similar, they are as unlike as Kansas and Kenya. In this beautifully photographic tour of the regions, Galen Rowell uses his camera to reveal the fascinating differences in these polar opposites. 188 color plates. 2 maps. Photography |
Galen Rowell | 24.95 | 0520209028 |
| Quiet Water Canoe Guide | Alex Wilson | 12.95 | 1878239198 |
| Quiet Water Canoe Guide: Maine | Alex Wilson | 14.95 | 1878239368 |
| Quiet Water Canoe Guide: Pennsylvania | Scott Shalaway | 12.95 | 1878239341 |
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Rhythms From The Wild
Excitement captured by a celebrated photographer leaps from the pages of a book alive with nature's thrilling forces and magnificent creatures. Unique new long-exposure techniques show readers the ebb and flow of tides, the force of winds and snow, the gush of lava, and the incredible movement of wildlife frozen into single impressionistic images. 125 color illustrations. 128 pp. Photography |
Art Wolfe | 35.00 | 0817457046 |
River -
One Man's Journey Down to the Colorado, Source to the Sea
The backpacking guru and consummate ovserver of nature whose previous treks through the American West are recounted in The Man Who Walked Through Time and The Thousand-Mile Summer - now takes readers on a 1,700-mile, six-month journey down the entire length of America's second longest river, the Colorado. 41photos, 15maps, 432 pages. |
Colin Fletcher | 30.00 | 0394574214 |
River Rescue |
Les Bechdel & Slim Ray | 16.95 | TC-704845 |
| River Runners Recipes | Pat Mccairen | 12.95 | 089732109X |
| River Safety Anthology | American Canoe Association | 14.95 | 0697321928 |
Roughing It Easy |
Dian Thomas | 14.99 | 0962125733 |
| Roughing It Elegantly, 2nd Edition | Patricia J. Bell | 14.95 | 0961822708 |
| Running Wild | John Annerino | 12.95 | 0943173833 |
| Safe Travel in Bear Country | Gary Brown | 11.95 | 155821349X |
| The San Juan Islands : Afoot and Afloat | Marge Mueller | 14.95 | 0898864348 |
| Sea Kayaking Canada's West Coast | John Ince | 14.95 | 0898863422 |
| Seekers of the Horizon | Will Nordby | 22.95 | 0671066343 |
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The Sierra Club Guide to Sketching in Nature
This lavishly illustrated sketching and watercolor primer reveals how creating art can enhance any wilderness experience. Featuring simple, step-by-step instructions and 280 examples of the author's own work, Sketching in Nature covers tools and equipment; choosing a subject; understanding color and using a color wheel; depicting clouds and weather patterns; and more. |
Cathy Johnson | 20.00 | 0871569329 |
| Simple Tent Camping | Zora Aiken | 15.95 | 0070730210 |
Ski Vacations with Kids in the US and Canada |
Candyce Stapen | 16.00 | 0761503196 |
| Tales from the Steep | John Long | 11.99 | 0834802920 |
| Temagami | Michael Barnes | 15.95 | |
Tracking & The Art of Seeing - How to Read Animal Tracks & Signs For everyone who has seen an animal's tracks in the snow or mud or sand and wondered what had made them, here is a book that will enable anyone to identify animal tracks and their "sign" droppings, claw marks on trees or shrubs, and digs or dens. Over 300 colour and black-and-white photos. |
Paul Rezendes | 111.95 | 0944475299 |
Trout; An Illustrated History
Featuring more than 70 original watercolors, this dazzlingly beautiful celebration of the trout by a true prodigy--only 20 years old and already considered "a fair bid to become the Audubon of the fishing world" (New York Times)--this unprecedented reference is essential for the serious angler and a glo rious introduction to anyone who loves fishing and the outdoors. Published April '96 |
James Prosek | 211.95 | 067944453X |
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The Trout Fisher's Almanac: How to Find, Catch, and Comprehend America's Favorite Fish Over the last 110 years, Sports Afield magazine has published thousands of articles on trout fishing by the most notable fishermen in the world. This is a compilation of advice from America's best-known fishermen, and a selection of short essays by such luminaries as Ernest Hemingway and Tom McGuane provides insight into why the sport is so compelling. 16 pp. color photos. 320 pp. Published May '97 |
Sid Evans | 25.00 | 0871136767 |
The Universe Below Discovering the Secrets of the Deep Sea From Pulitzer Prize-winning author William J. Broad, an exploration of the planet's last, most exotic, dangerous, rich frontier--the unilluminated depths of the oceans. Though man has been probing their secrets for centuries, we know more about the dark side of the moon than of the oceanic depths. B/W illustrations thoughout, 368 pages. |
William J. Broad | 30.00 | 0684811081 |
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Up North More of Ontario's Wilderness From Blackflies to the Northern Nights An indispensable guide to learning about things that go bump in the night and are forever sucking your blood in the wilderness. Easily carried in a knapsack or coat pocket, Up North provides fascinating facts about the flora, fauna and other natural phenomena readers are likely to encounter outdoors in Ontario. 320 pp. |
Doug Bennet & Tim Tiner | 18.95 | 0409911011 |
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Up North Again More of Ontario's Wilderness From Pickerel to Pleiades This is another remarkable collection of natural histories, vital and amusing facts, memorable myths and beautiful illustrations relating to the Ontario wilderness. In Bennet and Tiner's entertaining and informative follow-up to Up North, the authors answer such questions as Why are they called "the dog days" of summer? and How long is a pilaeated woodpecker's tongue? 300 pp. |
Doug Bennet & Tim Tiner | 18.95 | 0771011156 |
| Waters Edge | Linda Lewis | 14.95 | 1878087184 |
| Whitewater Rescue Manual | Charles Walbridge | 16.95 | 0070677905 |
| Whole Paddlers Catalogue | Zip Kellogg | 111.95 | 0070339015 |
| Wilderness Cuisine | Carole Latimer | 12.95 | 0899971148 |
| Wilderness Medicine - Beyond First Aid (4th ed.) | Dr. William Forgery | 14.99 | TC-472173 |
| Wildwater | Lito Tejada-Flores | 12.00 | 087156209X |
| Woodsmoke | Linda Jamison | 15.95 | 0897321537 |
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