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The Stream of Everything

by John Connell ...

It’s summer, and John Connell finds himself, like so many others, confined to his local area, the opportunity to freely travel and socialise cut short. His attention turns to the Camlin river – an ever-present source of life for his hometown’s inhabitants and, for John, a site of boyhood adventure, first love, family history and local legend.He decides to canoe its course with a friend, a two-day ... Read more

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It’s summer, and John Connell finds himself, like so many others, confined to his local area, the opportunity to freely travel and socialise cut short. His attention turns to the Camlin river – an ever-present source of life for his hometown’s inhabitants and, for John, a site of boyhood adventure, first love, family history and local legend.He decides to canoe its course with a friend, a two-day
... Read more
Relentless

A Story of Grit and Endurance from the First Person to Kayak the Tasman Solo

by Scott Donaldson ...

The story of Scott Donaldson's relentless journey to be the first person to cross the Tasman sea solo in a kayakUnpredictable and unforgiving, the Tasman Sea is one of the most hostile stretches of water in the world. An Australian adventurer attempted to kayak across in 2007, disappearing without a trace. In 2018 Kiwi adventurer Scott Donaldson spent two months alone at sea to achieve a world ... Read more

£9.99

The story of Scott Donaldson's relentless journey to be the first person to cross the Tasman sea solo in a kayakUnpredictable and unforgiving, the Tasman Sea is one of the most hostile stretches of water in the world. An Australian adventurer attempted to kayak across in 2007, disappearing without a trace. In 2018 Kiwi adventurer Scott Donaldson spent two months alone at sea to achieve a world
... Read more
Thundery at Times

Loss, Hope and an Unfinished Kayaking Adventure: A Memoir - as seen on the BBC Travel Show

by Katie Carr ...

From the bestselling author of Moderate Becoming Good Later comes the hopeful, honest and humorous story of one woman's attempt to finish the challenge left to her by her brother: to sea kayak in every area of the Shipping Forecast"A story of small braveries and the quiet strength found in honouring those we love." - Freya Bromley, author of A Real Piece of Work and The Tidal Year**"A remarkable ... Read more

£9.99

From the bestselling author of Moderate Becoming Good Later comes the hopeful, honest and humorous story of one woman's attempt to finish the challenge left to her by her brother: to sea kayak in every area of the Shipping Forecast"A story of small braveries and the quiet strength found in honouring those we love." - Freya Bromley, author of A Real Piece of Work and The Tidal Year**"A remarkable
... Read more
Packrafting: A Beginner's Guide

Buying, Learning & Exploring

by Chris Scott ...

Series Book 5 - Beginner's Guides
Packrafts are rugged, portable rafts, small enough to attach under a rucksack, but stable on the water to reassure first time paddlers. Weighing from 1-3 kilos, they open up a whole new world of amphibious adventuring, from navigating easily accessible waterways to discovering more challenging rivers and lochs only reachable on foot or bicycle. Packrafting: A Beginners’ Guide is a perfect ... Read more

£5.75

Packrafts are rugged, portable rafts, small enough to attach under a rucksack, but stable on the water to reassure first time paddlers. Weighing from 1-3 kilos, they open up a whole new world of amphibious adventuring, from navigating easily accessible waterways to discovering more challenging rivers and lochs only reachable on foot or bicycle. Packrafting: A Beginners’ Guide is a perfect
... Read more
The Happy Isles of Oceania

Paddling the Pacific

by Paul Theroux ...

Paul Theroux invites us to join him on one of his most exotic and tantalizing adventures exploring the coasts and blue lagoons of the Pacific Islands, and taking up residence to discover the secrets of these isles.Theroux is a mesmerizing narrator – brilliant, witty, keenly perceptive as he floats through Gauguin landscapes, sails in the wake of Captain Cook and recalls the bewitching tales of ... Read more

£7.99

Paul Theroux invites us to join him on one of his most exotic and tantalizing adventures exploring the coasts and blue lagoons of the Pacific Islands, and taking up residence to discover the secrets of these isles.Theroux is a mesmerizing narrator – brilliant, witty, keenly perceptive as he floats through Gauguin landscapes, sails in the wake of Captain Cook and recalls the bewitching tales of
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Backpacking Light: The Ultimate Survival Guide For Your First Backpacking Adventure

Camping, Hiking, Fishing, Outdoors Series

by Kevin Anderson ...

Series series Camping, Hiking, Fishing, Outdoors Series
Are You Ready For Your First Backpacking Adventure?Get the complete guide on gearing up for your journey today!There's nothing better than waking up in the wilderness to birds chirping, water rushing, and leaves blowing in the wind. Yawning as you climb out of your hammock (or tent) and brew a fresh cup of coffee before you hit the trail again. Even as I write this, I can't help myself reminiscing ... Read more

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Are You Ready For Your First Backpacking Adventure?Get the complete guide on gearing up for your journey today!There's nothing better than waking up in the wilderness to birds chirping, water rushing, and leaves blowing in the wind. Yawning as you climb out of your hammock (or tent) and brew a fresh cup of coffee before you hit the trail again. Even as I write this, I can't help myself reminiscing
... Read more
Blazing Paddles

A Scottish Coastal Odyssey

by Brian Wilson ...

A new edition of an acclaimed, classic kayaking adventure, first published to great acclaim in 1988.Alone in his kayak, Brian Wilson sets off from the Solway Firth on a 2000-mile odyssey around Scotland’s extraordinarily varied coastline of cliffscapes, unspoiled shorelines, treacherous sea passages and beautiful Hebridean islands. Adventure is there aplenty as he battles with whirlpools, heavy ... Read more

£5.21

A new edition of an acclaimed, classic kayaking adventure, first published to great acclaim in 1988.Alone in his kayak, Brian Wilson sets off from the Solway Firth on a 2000-mile odyssey around Scotland’s extraordinarily varied coastline of cliffscapes, unspoiled shorelines, treacherous sea passages and beautiful Hebridean islands. Adventure is there aplenty as he battles with whirlpools, heavy
... Read more
Mississippi Solo

A John Murray Journey

by Eddy L Harris ...

Series series Overcoming Books
INTRODUCED BY ADAM WEYMOUTH, award-winning author of The Kings of Yukon'A wonderful book -- and a highly original contribution to the literature of travel' PAUL THEROUX'The Mississippi. Mighty, muddy, dangerous, rebellious and yet a strong, fathering kind of river. The river captured my imagination when I was young and has never let go.'Mississippi Solo tells the story of one man's voyage by canoe ... Read more

£2.99

INTRODUCED BY ADAM WEYMOUTH, award-winning author of The Kings of Yukon'A wonderful book -- and a highly original contribution to the literature of travel' PAUL THEROUX'The Mississippi. Mighty, muddy, dangerous, rebellious and yet a strong, fathering kind of river. The river captured my imagination when I was young and has never let go.'Mississippi Solo tells the story of one man's voyage by canoe
... Read more
Dazed but Not Confused

Tales of a Wilderness Wanderer

by Kevin Callan ...

Kevin Callan presents his best adventures -- and misadventures -- in the wilderness. Entertaining, yet enlightening, the stories are full of enthusiasm and are designed to get people to explore the wilderness on their own, and it's hoped, be inspired to protect what's still left.These captured moments of a life spent traveling in secluded areas and promoting their importance to all of us aren't ... Read more

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Kevin Callan presents his best adventures -- and misadventures -- in the wilderness. Entertaining, yet enlightening, the stories are full of enthusiasm and are designed to get people to explore the wilderness on their own, and it's hoped, be inspired to protect what's still left.These captured moments of a life spent traveling in secluded areas and promoting their importance to all of us aren't
... Read more
Surf Training Ultimate Guide

by V.T. ...

Are you a surfer, or wanting to be one? Well, it's cool, but definitely not easy. Professional surfers have gone through lots and lots of training before where they are right now, and it's essential for everyone to train well. This ebook compiles tons of tips from REAL professional surfers around the world, sharing what type of training and exercises they undergo. Learn the routines, strength ... Read more

£2.60

Are you a surfer, or wanting to be one? Well, it's cool, but definitely not easy. Professional surfers have gone through lots and lots of training before where they are right now, and it's essential for everyone to train well. This ebook compiles tons of tips from REAL professional surfers around the world, sharing what type of training and exercises they undergo. Learn the routines, strength
... Read more
Canoeing a Continent

On the Trail of Alexander Mackenzie

by Max Finkelstein ...

A highly personal account of the travels of Max Finkelstein as he retraces, some two hundred years later, the route of Alexander Mackenzie, the first European to cross North America (1793). Mackenzie's water trail is now commemorated as the Alexander Mackenzie Voyageur Route.More than just a travelogue of a canoe trip across Canada, this is an account that crosses more than two centuries. It is an ... Read more

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A highly personal account of the travels of Max Finkelstein as he retraces, some two hundred years later, the route of Alexander Mackenzie, the first European to cross North America (1793). Mackenzie's water trail is now commemorated as the Alexander Mackenzie Voyageur Route.More than just a travelogue of a canoe trip across Canada, this is an account that crosses more than two centuries. It is an
... Read more
Fifty Places to Paddle Before You Die

Kayaking and Rafting Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations

by Chris Santella ...

Series series Fifty Places
In Fifty Places to Paddle Before You Die, the newest addition to the Fifty Places series, Chris Santella explores the best destinations for the diverse sport of paddling. The book features the world’s top spots for kayaking, rafting, canoeing, and stand-up paddleboarding. Destinations include the Grand Canyon, Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, Baja California, Indonesia’s Komodo Islands, and the Antarctic ... Read more

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In Fifty Places to Paddle Before You Die, the newest addition to the Fifty Places series, Chris Santella explores the best destinations for the diverse sport of paddling. The book features the world’s top spots for kayaking, rafting, canoeing, and stand-up paddleboarding. Destinations include the Grand Canyon, Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, Baja California, Indonesia’s Komodo Islands, and the Antarctic
... Read more
Canvas Canoes

How to Build Them

by Parker B. Field ...

£0.65
Perseverance

Life and Death in the Subarctic

by Stephan Kesting ...

An adventurer, firefighter, and jiu-jitsu practitioner embarks on a journey of a lifetime—a 1,000 mile voyage through the Canadian sub-arctic—after recovering from a life-threatening illness.The Canadian North is a vast and lonely land where bears roam free, fires rage unchecked, and storms blast every living thing on the tundra. When Stephan Kesting, already no stranger to pushing his own ... Read more

£14.54

An adventurer, firefighter, and jiu-jitsu practitioner embarks on a journey of a lifetime—a 1,000 mile voyage through the Canadian sub-arctic—after recovering from a life-threatening illness.The Canadian North is a vast and lonely land where bears roam free, fires rage unchecked, and storms blast every living thing on the tundra. When Stephan Kesting, already no stranger to pushing his own
... Read more
An Adirondack Passage

The Cruise of the Canoe Sairy Gamp

by Christine Jerome ...

A paddling classic back in print with new maps, photos, details, and afterword. Christine Jerome walked into the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, NY, and promptly fell in love with a 9-foot, 10½-pound canoe named the Sairy Gamp. More than a century before, in 1883, the Sairy Gamp had been paddled and portaged through the Adirondacks by a sixty-one-year-old writer named George Washington ... Read more

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A paddling classic back in print with new maps, photos, details, and afterword. Christine Jerome walked into the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake, NY, and promptly fell in love with a 9-foot, 10½-pound canoe named the Sairy Gamp. More than a century before, in 1883, the Sairy Gamp had been paddled and portaged through the Adirondacks by a sixty-one-year-old writer named George Washington
... Read more
Hudson Bay Bound

Two Women, One Dog, Two Thousand Miles to the Arctic

by Natalie Warren ...

The remarkable eighty-five-day journey of the first two women to canoe the 2,000-mile route from Minneapolis to Hudson BayUnrelenting winds, carnivorous polar bears, snake nests, sweltering heat, and constant hunger. Paddling from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay, following the 2,000-mile route made famous by Eric Sevareid in his 1935 classic Canoeing with the Cree, Natalie Warren and Ann Raiho faced ... Read more

£8.18

The remarkable eighty-five-day journey of the first two women to canoe the 2,000-mile route from Minneapolis to Hudson BayUnrelenting winds, carnivorous polar bears, snake nests, sweltering heat, and constant hunger. Paddling from Minneapolis to Hudson Bay, following the 2,000-mile route made famous by Eric Sevareid in his 1935 classic Canoeing with the Cree, Natalie Warren and Ann Raiho faced
... Read more
Trails and Tribulations

Confessions of a Wilderness Pathfinder

by Hap Wilson ...

In an age when "survival" shows permeate the media, noted northern traveller Hap Wilson shares accounts of his lifelong involvement with wilderness living within the Canadian Shield. Wilson knows better than most how to live in the woods. As park ranger, canoe guide, outfitter, trail builder, and environmental activist, he learned from firsthand experience that nature can neither be beaten or ... Read more

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In an age when "survival" shows permeate the media, noted northern traveller Hap Wilson shares accounts of his lifelong involvement with wilderness living within the Canadian Shield. Wilson knows better than most how to live in the woods. As park ranger, canoe guide, outfitter, trail builder, and environmental activist, he learned from firsthand experience that nature can neither be beaten or
... Read more
Crossing the Ditch

by James Castrission ...

Two mates, a kayak, and the conquest of the Tasman.'this is the gripping and inspirational account of two ordinary blokes ... double-handedly proving that the Age of Adventure is not over!' PEtER FItZSIMONS With more than two thousand kilometres of treacherous seas and dangerously unpredictable weather and currents, it was little wonder no-one had ever successfully crossed the tasman by kayak. ... Read more

£7.99

Two mates, a kayak, and the conquest of the Tasman.'this is the gripping and inspirational account of two ordinary blokes ... double-handedly proving that the Age of Adventure is not over!' PEtER FItZSIMONS With more than two thousand kilometres of treacherous seas and dangerously unpredictable weather and currents, it was little wonder no-one had ever successfully crossed the tasman by kayak.
... Read more
Stand-up Paddleboarding in Great Britain

Beautiful places to paddleboard in England, Scotland & Wales

by Jo Moseley ...

Stand-up Paddleboarding in Great Britain is the essential companion to anyone curious about one of Britain's most exciting water sports. Providing details on how to get started in stand-up paddleboarding (SUP) in a safe and environmentally friendly manner, this guide then suggests over 30 incredible places to SUP in England, Scotland and Wales. Enthusiastic paddleboarder Jo Moseley captures the ... Read more

£7.82 or Free with Kobo Plus

Stand-up Paddleboarding in Great Britain is the essential companion to anyone curious about one of Britain's most exciting water sports. Providing details on how to get started in stand-up paddleboarding (SUP) in a safe and environmentally friendly manner, this guide then suggests over 30 incredible places to SUP in England, Scotland and Wales. Enthusiastic paddleboarder Jo Moseley captures the
... Read more
Eskimokajaks auf Gebirgsflüssen - Gesamtausgabe

Lesebuch für Selbstbauer von Faltbooten

by Lorenz Mayr ...

Eskimokajaks auf Alpenflüssen?... Nun, es gab sie wirklich, von den dreißiger Jahren bis hin zum Beginn der Plastikboot-Ära. Boote, angenähert an lange schmale Eskimokajaks, Paddler, die begeistert darin auf`s Wasser gingen; einige wenige gibt`s, die auch heute noch einen Fluss damit herunterkommen... So beginnt die "Urschrift" von Lorenz Mayr. Mit seiner Faltboot-Selbstbauanleitung hat er in den ... Read more

£15.99

Eskimokajaks auf Alpenflüssen?... Nun, es gab sie wirklich, von den dreißiger Jahren bis hin zum Beginn der Plastikboot-Ära. Boote, angenähert an lange schmale Eskimokajaks, Paddler, die begeistert darin auf`s Wasser gingen; einige wenige gibt`s, die auch heute noch einen Fluss damit herunterkommen... So beginnt die "Urschrift" von Lorenz Mayr. Mit seiner Faltboot-Selbstbauanleitung hat er in den
... Read more
Campfires and Loon Calls

Travels in the Boundary Waters

by Jerry Apps, Steve Apps ...

Jerry Apps shares 25 years of wilderness canoeing experience—wicked thunderstorms, inquisitive bears, swamping a canoe, and watching the night sky filled with stars—as well as advice from how to set up a camp and protect food from hungry bears, to minimalist cooking, appreciating a rainy day, and a history of the Boundary Waters region. ... Read more

£6.29 or Free with Kobo Plus

Jerry Apps shares 25 years of wilderness canoeing experience—wicked thunderstorms, inquisitive bears, swamping a canoe, and watching the night sky filled with stars—as well as advice from how to set up a camp and protect food from hungry bears, to minimalist cooking, appreciating a rainy day, and a history of the Boundary Waters region.
... Read more
The Lure of Faraway Places

Reflections on Wilderness and Solitude

by Herb Pohl ...

The Lure of Faraway Places is the publication canoeist Herb Pohl (1930-2006) did not live to see published. But Pohl's words and images provide a unique portrait of Canada by one who was happiest when travelling our northern waterways alone. Austrian-born Herb Pohl died at the mouth of the Michipcoten River on July 17, 2006. He is remembered as "Canada's most remarkable solo traveller."While ... Read more

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The Lure of Faraway Places is the publication canoeist Herb Pohl (1930-2006) did not live to see published. But Pohl's words and images provide a unique portrait of Canada by one who was happiest when travelling our northern waterways alone. Austrian-born Herb Pohl died at the mouth of the Michipcoten River on July 17, 2006. He is remembered as "Canada's most remarkable solo traveller."While
... Read more
Best Outdoor Adventures Chattanooga

A Guide to the Area's Greatest Hiking, Paddling, and Cycling

by Johnny Molloy ...

Series series Best Adventures Near
Who says you have to travel far from home to go on a great hike, paddle, or bike ride? Best Outdoor Adventures Chattanooga details forty of the best hikes, paddles, and bike routes within an hour’s drive of the Scenic City (along with extra information on climbing and camping adventures), perfect for the urban dweller and suburbanite who may be hard-pressed to find great outdoor activities close ... Read more

£17.03

Who says you have to travel far from home to go on a great hike, paddle, or bike ride? Best Outdoor Adventures Chattanooga details forty of the best hikes, paddles, and bike routes within an hour’s drive of the Scenic City (along with extra information on climbing and camping adventures), perfect for the urban dweller and suburbanite who may be hard-pressed to find great outdoor activities close
... Read more
Paddling the John Wesley Powell Route

Exploring the Green and Colorado Rivers

by Mike Bezemek ...

On May 24, 1869, John Wesley Powell and nine crewmen in four wooden rowboats set off down the Green River to map the final blank spot on the American map. Three months later, six ragged men in only two boats emerged from the Grand Canyon. And what happened along the rugged 1,000 river miles in between quickly became the stuff of legend. Today, the JWP route offers some of the most adventurous ... Read more

£16.25

On May 24, 1869, John Wesley Powell and nine crewmen in four wooden rowboats set off down the Green River to map the final blank spot on the American map. Three months later, six ragged men in only two boats emerged from the Grand Canyon. And what happened along the rugged 1,000 river miles in between quickly became the stuff of legend. Today, the JWP route offers some of the most adventurous
... Read more

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