Adventurers & Explorers
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That Wild Country: An Epic Journey Through the Past, Present, and Future of America’s Public Lands
$14.95 Add to cartFrom prominent outdoorsman and nature writer Mark Kenyon comes an engrossing reflection on the past and future battles over our most revered landscapes–America’s public lands.
Every American is a publ
- Author: Kenyon, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: December 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1542043069
- Language: English
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The Boy and the Mountain: A Father, His Son, and a Journey of Discovery
$22.95 Read moreIn this engrossing book, a father and son ascend a mountain together, retracing the steps of a boy who went missing there a century earlier–a quest that spawns a tender meditation on nature, family, … [more below]
- Author: Ekelund, Torbjorn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1771645091
- Language: English
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Wild Heart: A True Story of Hippies, Healers, and Harleys
$18.95 Add to cartFor Dr. Stacey Marie Kerr, a road is only worth traveling if it comes with some unexpected turns.
In her midfifties, Dr. Stacey Kerr was diagnosed with osteoporosis and told to play it safe. Instead, … [more below]
- Author: Kerr, Stacey Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1959411306
- Language: English
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Born 150 Years Too Late: The Musings of a Modern Wilderness Junkie
$22.95 Add to cartThis book about nature and the environment is told by someone who prefers to approach the wilderness the old-fashioned way. Prepare for an armchair journey into the deserts and mountains of Utah and A
- Author: York, Jeffrey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: August 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1632935449
- Language: English
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Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World
$19.99 Add to cartIt started as a daydream. Poring over a map of the world at home one quiet Saturday afternoon, Ewan McGregor — acclaimed actor and self-confessed bike nut — noticed that it was possible to ride all … [more below]
- Author: McGregor, Ewan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0743499344
- Language: English
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This Much Country
$21.99 Add to cartA memoir of heartbreak, thousand-mile races, the endless Alaskan wilderness and many, many dogs from one of only a handful of women to have completed both the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod.
In 2009, aft… [more below]- Author: Knight Pace, Kristin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1538762382
- Language: English
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My Bondage and My Freedom
$11.95 Add to cart‘It was said to me, “Better have a little of the plantation manner of speech than not; ’tis not best that you seem too learned.”‘
Appearing in 1855, My Bondage and My Freedom is the second autobiograp- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Douglass, Frederick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198820712
- Language: English
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No Way Down
$18.99 Add to cartNew York Times Bestseller
“A refreshingly unadorned account of the true brutality of climbing K2, where heroes emerge and egos are stripped down, and the only thing achieving immortality is the cold ru
- Author: Bowley, Graham
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 13 2013
- ISBN10: 0061834793
- Language: English
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Finding Elevation: Fear and Courage on the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain
$25.95 Add to cartNear the death zone on K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, Lisa Thompson searched for the strength to continue climbing. Her choices were clear: give in to her doubts and descend or push past he- Author: Thompson, Lisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: January 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1954854676
- Language: English
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A Sailor, a Chicken, an Incredible Voyage: The Seafaring Adventures of Guirec and Monique
$27.95 Add to cart“Exciting, funny, and occasionally heart-stopping … readers can stay home and dry, but feel like they are on the high seas.”-BOOKLIST
A man and his chicken sail 45,000 nautical miles in this powerfu- Author: Soudée, Guirec
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: October 05 2021
- ISBN10: 1771647043
- Language: English
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Badges Bears and Eagles
$16.95 Add to cartOver his thirty-year career as a wildlife protection officer for the California Department of Fish and Game, Steve Callan and his longtime working partner, Dave Szody, conducted some of the most fasci
- Author: Callan, Steven T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 01 2013
- ISBN10: 1603811583
- Language: English
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Jungle (Movie Tie-In Edition): A Harrowing True Story of Survival in the Amazon
$14.99 Add to cartThe basis for the gripping motion picture starring Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter, etc.), Jungle is a true story of friendship and danger and an Amazon adventure like few others
Four travelers meet in- Author: Ghinsberg, Yossi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 324
- Publish Date: October 17 2017
- ISBN10: 1510718613
- Language: English
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An Improbable Astronaut: How a Georgia farmboy wound up flying the space shuttle
$54.95 Add to cartAstronaut Roy Bridges intentionally pursued a life of adventure. From fearlessly hunting bears in the woods with his cap pistol at age five, to piloting a fighter jet in Vietnam in his twenties, to ro
- Author: Bridges, Roy D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 446
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1631070428
- Language: English
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Adventure North
$14.95 Add to cartAfter accelerating their studies and graduating high school early, two teenagers set off from their hometown in Minnesota to embark on a 2200-mile canoe journey up the heart of North America. Their de
- Author: Bloomfield, Sean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 20 2016
- ISBN10: 0997476826
- Language: English
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Life and Times of Ann Bailey: The Pioneer Heroine of the Great Kanawha Valley
$9.95 Add to cartBack in print after more than a century, this book is the only major biography in existence on Ann Bailey. Newly indexed and containing supplemented images and a map, it is also important for genealog… [more below]
- Author: Lewis, Virgil E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 84
- Publish Date: September 05 2000
- ISBN10: 0966724607
- Language: English
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The Ordinary Spaceman: From Boyhood Dreams to Astronaut
$36.95 Add to cartWhat’s it like to travel at more than 850 MPH, riding in a supersonic T-38 twin turbojet engine airplane? What happens when the space station toilet breaks? How do astronauts “take out the trash” on a… [more below]
- Author: Anderson, Clayton C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0803262825
- Language: English
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The Art of Resilience: Strategies for an Unbreakable Mind and Body
$17.99 Read more‘Incredible individual, incredible book, incredible story.’ CHRIS HEMSWORTH
‘A hero who is as humble as he is resilient… testament to a “never give up” spirit!’ BEAR GRYLLS
‘From reading this boo
- Author: Edgley, Ross
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 13 2021
- ISBN10: 0008356955
- Language: English
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Riding the Wild Side of Denali: Alaska Adventures with Horses and Huskies
$18.95 Add to cartIdentical twins Miki and Julie Collins trap, hunt, fish, and garden in Alaska’s wilderness just north of Denali National Park in Alaska’s vast interior. Their closest companions are loyal sled dogs an
- Author: Collins, Julie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 15 2017
- ISBN10: 1935347810
- Language: English
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The Pirate Hunter: The True Story of Captain Kidd
$24.99 Add to cartEverybody knows the legend of Captain Kidd, America’s most ruthless buccanneer. Few people realize that the facts of his life make for a much better tale. Kidd was actually a tough New York sea captai… [more below]
- Author: Zacks, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 434
- Publish Date: June 18 2003
- ISBN10: 0786884517
- Language: English
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A Hero on Mount St. Helens: The Life and Legacy of David A. Johnston
$19.95 Read moreSerendipity placed David Johnston on Mount St. Helens when the volcano rumbled to life in March 1980. Throughout that ominous spring, Johnston was part of a team conducting scientific research that un… [more below]
- Author: Holmes, Melanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 18 2019
- ISBN10: 0252084314
- Language: English
