Nature, recreation and sports

Super-Scary Mochimochi: 20+ Cute and Creepy Creatures to Knit

by Anna Kathleen Hrachovec

Toys to Scare You Silly!

What creatures lurk in the darkest shadows of Mochimochi Land? Only the most adorable assortment of knitted monsters, such as tiny vampire brats, a teenage werewolf, and a miniature gang...

Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible: The Fascinating History of Everything in Your Closet

by Tim Gunn & Ada Calhoun

In the beginning there was the fig leaf...

and the toga. Crinolines and ruffs. Chain mailand corsets. What do these antiquated items have to do with the oh-so-twenty-first-century skinny jeans, graphic tee,...

Unconscious Scoring: Dave Stockton's Guide to Saving Shots Around the Green

by Dave Stockton

“The Pro Tours’s hottest coach” (Golf Digest) scores the perfect follow-up to his bestselling golf guide, Unconscious Putting. 

Dave Stockton is hotter than ever. The 2011 U.S. Open winner, Rory McIlroy,...

Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year

by Robert Michael Pyle

Part road-trip tale, part travelogue of lost and found landscapes, all good-natured natural history, Mariposa Road tracks Bob Pyle’s journey across the United States as he races against the calendar

in his...

All Things Reconsidered: My Birding Adventures

by Roger Tory Peterson & Bill , III Thompson III

Roger Tory Peterson’s unique perspective on birding comes to life in these highly personal narratives. Here he relates his adventures during a lifetime of birding and traveling the world to observe and record...

My First Summer in the Sierra: Illustrated Edition

by John Muir & Galen Rowell

An illustrated editon of John Muir's MY FIRST SUMMER IN THE SIERRA.

Whose Game Is It, Anyway?: A Guide to Helping Your Child Get the Most from Sports, Organized by Age and Stage

by Amy Baltzell, Richard D. Ginsburg & Stephen Durant

In an era when parents and kids are overwhelmed by a sports-crazed, win-at-all-costs culture, here is a comprehensive guide that helps parents ensure a positive sports experience for their children. In Whose...

Nature Noir: A Park Ranger's Patrol in the Sierra

by Jordan Fisher Smith

A nature book unlike any other, Jordan Fisher Smith's startling account of fourteen years as a park ranger thoroughly dispels our idealized visions of life in the great outdoors. Instead of scout troops and...

Swampwalker's Journal: A Wetlands Year

by David M. Carroll

David Carroll has dedicated his life to art and to wetlands. He is as passionate about swamps, bogs, and vernal ponds and the creatures who live in them as most of us are about our families and closest friends....

Colter: The True Story of the Best Dog I Ever Had

by Rick Bass

COLTER pairs one of America's most treasured writers with our most treasured "best friend." Colter, a German shorthair pup, was the runt of the litter, and Rick Bass took him only because nobody else would....

Mind Over Water: Lessons on Life from the Art of Rowing

by Craig Lambert

In this wise and thrilling book, Criag Lambert turns rowing--personal discipline, modern Olympic sport, grand collegiate tradition--into a metaphor for a vigorous and satisfying life.

Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West

by Deanne Stillman

Mustang is the sweeping story of the wild horse in the culture, history, and popular imagination of the American West. It follows the wild horse across time, from its evolutionary origins on this continent to...

The Perfect Mile: Three Athletes, One Goal, and Less Than Four Minutes to Achieve It

by Neal Bascomb

There was a time when running the mile in four minutes was believed to be beyond the limits of human foot speed, and in all of sport it was the elusive holy grail. In 1952, after suffering defeat at the Helsinki...

The Edge of the Sea

by Robert W. Hines & Rachel Carson

In her luminous descriptions of intertidal life, Carson shows her remarkable ability to describe the beauties of science and the natural world.

My Call to The Ring: A Memoir of a Girl Who Yearns to Box

by Deirdre Gogarty & Darrelyn Saloom

Although in the late 1980s boxing is socially frowned upon and illegal for women in Ireland, a girl named Deirdre Gogarty has one dream: to be the first Irish woman to become world champion. Unable to fit in...

Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists

by Mary Savig & Faythe Levine

Handmade Holiday Cards shows how artists imagined the holidays through original watercolors, etchings, silk-screen prints, and drawings. Rarely seen beyond the eyes of their recipients, these cards confirm the...

Chaga: King of the Medicinal Mushrooms

by David Wolfe, Pierre Beaumier & Ramiz Saad

Taking the counsel of Hippocrates—"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food"—acclaimed author David Wolfe brings the wisdom of eating herbal medicine to today's health-conscious readers. His enthusiastic...

When Buddhists Attack: The Curious Relationship Between Zen and the Martial Arts

by Jeffrey K. Mann & Patrick McCarthy

Film, television and popular fiction have long exploited the image of the serene Buddhist monk who is master of the deadly craft of hand-to-hand combat. While the media overly romanticizes the relationship between...

Chinese Kites: How to Make and Fly Them

by David Jue

Beside an avenue near his Palo Alto home, Mr. Jue noticed a fine clump of green

bamboo destined to be uprooted in a street-widening project. In the culture of Mr. Jue's boyhood, the bamboo is a pervasive symbol,...

Batik: The Art and Craft

by Ila Keller

Here in this volume the author has not only given a comprehensive and fascinating account of the origins and history of batik, with examples of techniques and design, but also includes a complete "How-To-Do-It"...