Nature, recreation and sports

Honey Crafting: From Delicious Honey Butter to Healing Salves, Projects for Your Home Straight from the Hive

by Leeann Coleman & Jayne Barnes

From hive to home!

From the satisfying taste of fresh honey butter to the blissful aroma of a beeswax candle, Honey Crafting celebrates everything the hive has to offer. Inside, you'll find a variety of sweet...

The Outermost House

by Henry Beston

The seventy-fifth anniversary edition of the classic book about Cape Cod, “written with simplicity, sympathy, and beauty” (New York Herald Tribune)

A chronicle of a solitary year spent on a Cape Cod beach,...

Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Lookingat Animals in America

by Jon Mooallem

Journalist Jon Mooallem has watched his little daughter's world overflow with animals butterfly pajamas, appliquéd owls-while the actual world she's inheriting slides into a great storm of extinction. Half...

Camping With Kids: Complete Guide to Car Tent and RV Camping

by Goldie Silverman

Learn the basics of family camping from longtime outdoorswoman Goldie Silverman and the legion of experienced kid and parent campers that lent their voices to this authoritative, yet fun and whimsical book....

Extreme Kids: HT Connect with Your Children Through Todays Extreme (and not so extreme) Sports

by Scott Graham

Whether you’re a longtime outdoorsperson looking to get your kids involved in the activities you loved B.C. (Before Children), or have no outdoor experience but want to enjoy a new sport alongside your children,...

The Appalachian Trail Hiker: Trail-Proven Advice for Hikes of Any Length

by Victoria Logue & Frank Logue

The Appalachian Trail Hiker is a one-stop guide to preparing for and hiking the A.T. Although primarily geared to prepare and sustain the intrepid thru hiker, the book is also a must-have for anyone who wishes...

Ticks and What You Can Do About Them

by Roger Drummond

Describes all common, North America ticks and tick-related diseases, including symptoms and treatment. Learn how to avoid ticks, and how to remove them if they become attached. Maps show the geographic distribution...

The Call of Everest: The History, Science, and Future of the World's Tallest Peak

by Conrad Anker, Bernadette McDonald & Thomas Hornbein

Gripping and sumptuous, this is the definitive book on the history, mystique, and science of Mount Everest, including how climate change is impacting the world's tallest mountain. 

In 1963, the American Mount...

Love with a Chance of Drowning

by Torre DeRoche

New love. Exotic destinations.

A once-in-a-lifetime adventure.

What could go wrong?

City girl Torre DeRoche isn't looking for love, but a chance encounter in a San Francisco bar sparks an instant connection with...

It's Time!: My 360-Degree View of the UFC

by Bruce Buffer

If you’re reading these words, chances are that you, like me, are a fan of the great sport we call MMA.

And if you’re a fan, then you probably recognize my face.

Yeah, that’s right—I’m that guy you...

Southern League: A True Story of Baseball, Civil Rights, and the Deep South's Most Compelling Pennant Race

by Larry Colton

"Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States. Its ugly record of brutality is widely known. Negroes have experienced grossly unjust treatment in the courts. There have been...

Fast Handling Technique

by Frank Bethwaite

From the author of the bestselling High Performance Sailing and Higher Performance Sailing comes the first scientific analysis of what makes fast sailors fast. Eschewing the idea that luck or innate talent are...

This Cider Still Tastes Funny!: Further Adventures of a Game Warden in Maine

by John Ford

John Ford Sr. returns to the outdoors of Maine with "This Cider Still Tastes Funny! Further Adventures of a Game Warden in Maine," his follow-up to the highly popular and critically acclaimed "Suddenly, the...

The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Though the Heart of the Grand Canyon

by Kevin Fedarko

IN THE TRADITION OF THE PERFECT STORM AND SEABISCUIT, THE ENGROSSING TALE OF THE FASTEST BOAT RIDE EVER DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER THROUGH THE GRAND CANYON

IN THE WINTER OF 1983, the largest El Niño event on record—a...

The Cool Impossible: The Coach from "Born to Run" Shows How to Get the Most fromYour Miles-And FromYourself

by Eric Orton & Christopher Mcdougall

Featured in the bestselling book Born to Run, coach and performance guru Eric Orton has spent a lifetime learning and thinking about running and about the limitless possibilities of the human body and mind....

A Chance to Win

by Jonathan Schuppe

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist follows an embattled Little League team in inner-city Newark, revealing the complex realities of life in one of America’s most dangerous cities

When Rodney Mason, an ex-con...

Scandinavian Stitch Craft: Unique Projects and Patterns for Inspired Embroidery

by Karin Holmberg

30 embroidery projects using traditional Scandinavian stitch craft in modern ways.

Fastnet, Force 10: The Deadliest Storm in the History of Modern Sailing (New Edition)

by John Rousmaniere

In August 1979, 303 yachts began the 600-mile Fastnet Race from the Isle of Wight off the southwest coast of England to Fastnet Rock off the Irish coast and back.It began in fine weather, then suddenly became...

Boating Skills and Seamanship, 14th Edition

by Inc. U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Assoc.

Before you take to the waters, know the basics from America's largest boating educator

Learn the fundamentals of boating from theU.S.C.G. Auxiliary’s cornerstone how-to guide, BoatingSkills and Seamanship....

Birds of the Sierra Nevada: Their Natural History, Status, and Distribution

by Edward C. Beedy, Edward R. Pandolfino & Keith Hansen

This beautifully illustrated and user-friendly book presents the most up-to-date information available about the natural histories of birds of the Sierra Nevada, the origins of their names, the habitats they...