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NOLS Wilderness Navigation

Gene Trantham · Stackpole Books
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback

The official NOLS guide to finding your way in the outdoors. Being able to rely on your navigational skills can mean the difference between a successful day hiking and an unplanned overnight in the wilderness. This new edition focuses on navigational principles and techniques so you can build...
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Hiking Waterfalls North Carolina: A Guide To The State's Best Waterfall Hikes

Melissa Watson · Falcon Guides
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback

From the Blue Ridge Parkway to the Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina is renowned for its beautiful waterfalls. Hiking Waterfalls in North Carolina includes detailed hike descriptions, maps, and color photos for over 200 of the most scenic waterfalls in the state. Hike descriptions also...
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Basic Illustrated Edible Wild Plants and Useful Herbs

Jim Meuninck · Falcon Guides
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback

For a generation, the Basic Illustrated series has been as much a part of the outdoors experience as backpacks and hiking boots. Information-packed tools for the novice or handy references for the veteran, these volumes distill years of knowledge into affordable and portable books. Whether...
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Why We Climb: The World's Most Inspiring Climbers

Chris Noble · Falcon Guides
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

Why We Climb is a celebration, in word and image, of those aspects of the climbing life that are most universal, meaningful, and long lasting - the strong connection to partners and nature; the physical and mental mastery required (and how to achieve it) ; the rewards of exploring oneself...
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Backcountry Cooking: From Pack to Plate in 10 Minutes

Dorcas S. Miller · Mountaineers Books
Pages: 173
Format: Paperback

Provides instructions and recipes for cooking, rehydrating, packaging, and drying foods to take backpacking
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LeBron, Inc.: The Making of a Billion-Dollar Athlete

Brian Windhorst · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of Return of the King comes the story of LeBron James's incredible transformation from basketball star to sports and business mogul. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font:...
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The Trail Runner's Companion: A Step-by-Step Guide to Trail Running and Racing, from 5Ks to Ultras

Sarah Lavender Smith · Falcon Guides
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback

The sport of trail running is booming as more runners seek more adventurous routes and a deeper connection with nature. Not only are runners taking to the trail, but a growing number are challenging themselves to go past the conventional 26.2-mile marathon point. The time is right for a book...
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In Search of Monster Fish: Angling for a More Sustainable Planet

Mark Spitzer · University of Nebraska Press
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

In Search of Monster Fish is an action-packed, knee-slapping ride into and out of the belly of the beast. Join extreme angler Mark Spitzer as he encounters man-eating catfish, ruthless barracuda, lacerating conger eels, berserk tarpon, and blood-curdling sharks in locales as exotic as the Amazon,...
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Chasing Denali: The Sourdoughs, Cheechakos, and Frauds behind the Most Unbelievable Feat in Mountaineering

Jonathan Waterman · Lyons Press
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover

The history of mountaineering began on Denali with the legendary story of four gold miners (called "Sourdoughs" because they carried sourdough starter with them at all times) who claimed to have summited after climbing more than 8,000 feet of steep snow and ice, then back...
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Aloha Rodeo: Three Hawaiian Cowboys, the World's Greatest Rodeo, and a Hidden History of the American West

David Wolman · William Morrow
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

In the spirit of The Boys in the Boat comes the captivating true story of the Hawaiian cowboys who changed rodeo and the West forever. In August 1908, three unknown riders arrived in Cheyenne, Wyoming, their hats adorned with wildflowers, to compete in the world's greatest rodeo. They...
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