Ultimate Paddling Adventures takes you on a thrilling tour around the world's best paddling spots – from the frozen expanses of Alaska to the tropical rivers of South America. Explore the rivers and seas of Europe and visit the stunning waters of the Far East, Australasia and the Pacific. There are exciting adventures that will appeal to everyone from novice to expert. Stunning, full-page photographs put you at the heart of the action, while inspirational descriptions allow you to dream of...

Yampa Yearnings by award-winning author Eugene Buchanan heralds northwest Colorado's Yampa River, the last remaining free-flowing tributary to the Colorado River Basin that still retains its natural hydrograph. As with David James Duncan's My Story as Told by Water, the book promises to increase awareness for readers' backyard rivers through Buchanan's 30-year relationship with his beloved Yampa in Steamboat Springs. From its headwaters a flycast from the birthplace of th...

From rafts made from old germ-warfare suits and felled logs to lifejackets stitched together from soccer balls and wine bladders, river running in the former Soviet Union has evolved much like Australian wildlife, completely free of outside influences. Brothers on the Bashkaus follows the exploits of one of the first groups of Westerners to experience this foreign style of rafting on a white-knuckled, 26-day trip down the Bashkaus River, one of the hardest whitewater runs in all S...