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Water Lines

A Life on Marshes, Rivers, Sea, and in the Rain

de Riverhorse Nakadate ...

A luminous, deeply felt collection of essays from Riverhorse Nakadate—angler, musician, conservationist, and lifelong nomad—whose devotion to wild places and the healing power of water pulses through every page. For readers of Edward Abbey, Barry Lopez, Mary Oliver, and Jim Harrison, this book is a soulful invitation to step off the grid and into the current.Across thirty-two essays, Nakadate ... Leer más

$10.43 USD

A luminous, deeply felt collection of essays from Riverhorse Nakadate—angler, musician, conservationist, and lifelong nomad—whose devotion to wild places and the healing power of water pulses through every page. For readers of Edward Abbey, Barry Lopez, Mary Oliver, and Jim Harrison, this book is a soulful invitation to step off the grid and into the current.Across thirty-two essays, Nakadate
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Beyond The River

A Novel

de Mohale Mashigo ...

Duma is at a cross roads in life. Living in an informal settlement in Soweto with his father and young sister, Duma is expected to make a contribution to the household since he does not work. The easy way has been to steal electricity cables. But when his friend gets caught, Duma decides to try a new way of life.The road to a new beginning does not come easy as he goes back to the canoe club at ... Leer más

$2.45 USD

Duma is at a cross roads in life. Living in an informal settlement in Soweto with his father and young sister, Duma is expected to make a contribution to the household since he does not work. The easy way has been to steal electricity cables. But when his friend gets caught, Duma decides to try a new way of life.The road to a new beginning does not come easy as he goes back to the canoe club at
... Leer más
Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America

de Edwin Tappan Adney, Howard I Chappelle ...

“A fascinating and richly detailed look at a nearly lost handicraft” with more than 200 illustrations (Fine Woodworking).The bark canoes of the North American Indians, particularly those of birch bark, were among the most highly developed manually propelled primitive watercraft. Built with Stone Age tools from available materials, their design, size, and appearance were varied to suit the many ... Leer más

$11.69 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

“A fascinating and richly detailed look at a nearly lost handicraft” with more than 200 illustrations (Fine Woodworking).The bark canoes of the North American Indians, particularly those of birch bark, were among the most highly developed manually propelled primitive watercraft. Built with Stone Age tools from available materials, their design, size, and appearance were varied to suit the many
... Leer más
Dazed but Not Confused

Tales of a Wilderness Wanderer

de 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 ... Leer más

$7.28 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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
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Crossing the Ditch

de 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. ... Leer más

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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.
... Leer más
Canoe and Kayak Routes of Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington

Including Southwest Washington

de Philip Jones ...

* 74 paddle routes in Oregon* Trips range from easy for novices with an open canoe or sea kayak to more difficult on streams or open water where paddling skills are required* Information on canoes, kayaks, paddles, safety equipment, and morePhillip Jones has been exploring the Northwest by canoe and kayak for more than 20 years, and presents his favorite outings in this guidebook to paddling the ... Leer más

$11.69 USD

* 74 paddle routes in Oregon* Trips range from easy for novices with an open canoe or sea kayak to more difficult on streams or open water where paddling skills are required* Information on canoes, kayaks, paddles, safety equipment, and morePhillip Jones has been exploring the Northwest by canoe and kayak for more than 20 years, and presents his favorite outings in this guidebook to paddling the
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Canvas Canoes

How to Build Them

de Parker B. Field ...

$0.90 USD
Hudson Bay Bound

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

de 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 ... Leer más

Antes $17.99 USD Ahora $11.78 USD

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
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The Girl Who Touched The Stars

One woman's inspiring true story of adventure, resilience and love, for readers of SHOWING UP and TRUE SPIRIT

de Bonnie Hancock ...

It took an ocean to learn it's not how fast you paddle but how deep inside you dig.PRAISE'Bonnie's ability to endure extreme physical pain paddling for such a long time is a testament to what humans are made of - or can be if inclined to such craziness! ... Thank you, Bonnie, for the motivation' Jessica Watson, author, adventurer and sailor'Bonnie is bravery and determination personified. Her ... Leer más

$6.99 USD

It took an ocean to learn it's not how fast you paddle but how deep inside you dig.PRAISE'Bonnie's ability to endure extreme physical pain paddling for such a long time is a testament to what humans are made of - or can be if inclined to such craziness! ... Thank you, Bonnie, for the motivation' Jessica Watson, author, adventurer and sailor'Bonnie is bravery and determination personified. Her
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Perseverance

Life and Death in the Subarctic

de 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 ... Leer más

$1.99 USD

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
... Leer más
Trails and Tribulations

Confessions of a Wilderness Pathfinder

de 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 ... Leer más

$7.28 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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
... Leer más
An Adirondack Passage

The Cruise of the Canoe Sairy Gamp

de 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 ... Leer más

$7.19 USD

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
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Whitewater Rescues

True Stories of Survival, Bravery, and Quick Thinking

de Charlie Walbridge ...

Read more than 80 of the most compelling true stories of canoeing, kayaking, and rafting rescues ever submitted to the American Whitewater Accident Database.Risk is a part of everyday life, but it takes a special person to grab a paddle and choose to navigate a canoe, kayak, or raft over whitewater. After all, when you mix people and moving water, accidents are bound to occur. Sometimes, ... Leer más

$11.69 USD

Read more than 80 of the most compelling true stories of canoeing, kayaking, and rafting rescues ever submitted to the American Whitewater Accident Database.Risk is a part of everyday life, but it takes a special person to grab a paddle and choose to navigate a canoe, kayak, or raft over whitewater. After all, when you mix people and moving water, accidents are bound to occur. Sometimes,
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The European Cruises of the Rob Roy

de Mary Titcomb, A H Guernsey, H M Alden ...

Three short pieces take us on a tour of mid nineteenth century Europe in a solo sail. The Cruise of the Rob Roy takes us around Europe in a one man canoe. Macgregor visits France, Germany, Switzerland along canals, rivers and lakes. The Rob Roy in the Baltic is another of MacGregor's canoe trips. This one in a new and redesigned vessel which takes the name of the original. Captain MacGregor ... Leer más

$3.59 USD

Three short pieces take us on a tour of mid nineteenth century Europe in a solo sail. The Cruise of the Rob Roy takes us around Europe in a one man canoe. Macgregor visits France, Germany, Switzerland along canals, rivers and lakes. The Rob Roy in the Baltic is another of MacGregor's canoe trips. This one in a new and redesigned vessel which takes the name of the original. Captain MacGregor
... Leer más
Canoe Country

The Making of Canada

de Roy MacGregor ...

One of our favourite chroniclers of all things Canadian presents a rollicking, personal, photo-filled history of the relationship between a country and its canoes.From the earliest explorers on the Columbia River in BC or the Mattawa in Ontario to a doomed expedition of voyageurs up the Nile to rescue Khartoum; from the author's family roots deep in the Algonquin wilderness to modern families who ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

One of our favourite chroniclers of all things Canadian presents a rollicking, personal, photo-filled history of the relationship between a country and its canoes.From the earliest explorers on the Columbia River in BC or the Mattawa in Ontario to a doomed expedition of voyageurs up the Nile to rescue Khartoum; from the author's family roots deep in the Algonquin wilderness to modern families who
... Leer más
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Canoeing and Kayaking

Expert Advice on Buying a Canoe or a Kayak

de Canoe and Kayak Magazine, Dennis Stuhaug ...

Go with the flow!You’re no idiot, of course. You love being on the water and in the great outdoors. But when it comes to canoeing or kayaking, you’re starting to think you hear a waterfall. Don’t head for higher ground! The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Canoeing and Kayaking will prepare you for your journey—whether you’re heading down a local river, around a regional lake, or into the ocean.In this ... Leer más

$8.99 USD

Go with the flow!You’re no idiot, of course. You love being on the water and in the great outdoors. But when it comes to canoeing or kayaking, you’re starting to think you hear a waterfall. Don’t head for higher ground! The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Canoeing and Kayaking will prepare you for your journey—whether you’re heading down a local river, around a regional lake, or into the ocean.In this
... Leer más
Death on the Barrens

A True Story of Courage and Tragedy in the Canadian Arctic

de George James Grinnell ...

Set in the remote arctic region of Northern Canada, this book takes readers on a harrowing canoe voyage that results in tragedy, redemption, and, ultimately, transformation. George Grinnell was one of six young men who set off on the 1955 expedition led by experienced wilderness canoeist Art Moffatt. Poorly planned and executed, the journey seemed doomed from the start. Ignoring the approaching ... Leer más

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Set in the remote arctic region of Northern Canada, this book takes readers on a harrowing canoe voyage that results in tragedy, redemption, and, ultimately, transformation. George Grinnell was one of six young men who set off on the 1955 expedition led by experienced wilderness canoeist Art Moffatt. Poorly planned and executed, the journey seemed doomed from the start. Ignoring the approaching
... Leer más
Canoeing a Continent

On the Trail of Alexander Mackenzie

de 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 ... Leer más

$7.82 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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
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Paddlenorth

Adventure, Resilience, and Renewal in the Arctic Wild

de Jennifer Kingsley ...

In an adventure of a lifetime, Jennifer Kingsley and her five companions canoe through one of the planet’s most rugged settings. They battle raging winds, impenetrable sea ice, treacherous rapids, and agonizing sores and blisters while contending with rising tensions among the group. But they also experience the lasting joy of grizzly sightings, icy swims, and the caribou’s summer migration. Woven ... Leer más

$11.69 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

In an adventure of a lifetime, Jennifer Kingsley and her five companions canoe through one of the planet’s most rugged settings. They battle raging winds, impenetrable sea ice, treacherous rapids, and agonizing sores and blisters while contending with rising tensions among the group. But they also experience the lasting joy of grizzly sightings, icy swims, and the caribou’s summer migration. Woven
... Leer más
Paddling Washington

Flatwater and Whitewater Routes in Washington State and the Inland Northwest

de Rich Landers, Verne Huser, Dan Hansen, Douglass North ...

* 112 routes in rivers, streams, lakes, and bays in the Northwest* For paddlers of all skill levels* Maps, safety tips, equipment requirements, and a route comparison chartThis uniquely comprehensive Washington paddling guidebook combines the best of three previous books--Paddle Routes of the Inland Northwest, Paddle Routes of Western Washington, and Washington Whitewater--into one volume. ... Leer más

$16.19 USD

* 112 routes in rivers, streams, lakes, and bays in the Northwest* For paddlers of all skill levels* Maps, safety tips, equipment requirements, and a route comparison chartThis uniquely comprehensive Washington paddling guidebook combines the best of three previous books--Paddle Routes of the Inland Northwest, Paddle Routes of Western Washington, and Washington Whitewater--into one volume.
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Running the River

Secrets of the Sabine

de Wes Ferguson, Jacob Croft Botter ...

Series series River Books, Sponsored by The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, Texas State University
Growing up near the Sabine, journalist Wes Ferguson, like most East Texans, steered clear of its murky, debris-filled waters, where alligators lived in the backwater sloughs and an occasional body was pulled from some out-of-the-way crossing. The Sabine held a reputation as a haunt for a handful of hunters and loggers, more than a few water moccasins, swarms of mosquitoes, and the occasional black ... Leer más

$7.82 USD

Growing up near the Sabine, journalist Wes Ferguson, like most East Texans, steered clear of its murky, debris-filled waters, where alligators lived in the backwater sloughs and an occasional body was pulled from some out-of-the-way crossing. The Sabine held a reputation as a haunt for a handful of hunters and loggers, more than a few water moccasins, swarms of mosquitoes, and the occasional black
... Leer más
Paddling Alaska

A Guide To The State's Classic Paddling Trips

de Dan Maclean ...

Series series Paddling Series
In Paddling Alaska, you can drive to all the lakes and rivers described in this guide. This fact might sound unremarkable, but Alaska is mostly wilderness, with few highways. This is the first guidebook to organize journeys in this manner. ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

In Paddling Alaska, you can drive to all the lakes and rivers described in this guide. This fact might sound unremarkable, but Alaska is mostly wilderness, with few highways. This is the first guidebook to organize journeys in this manner.
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Canoe Trip

de David Curran ...

Each year Dave Curran travels alone by canoe into the Maine wilderness. He's paddled the Seboeis, the Allagash and the Moose. Despite the foolhardiness of such an adventure, he prefers to go alone. It's easier to plan, and going alone he's more focused, less distracted. He goes for the challenge, battling weather, bears, black flies, mosquitoes, getting lost. He goes for the scenery, the wildness, ... Leer más

$8.99 USD

Each year Dave Curran travels alone by canoe into the Maine wilderness. He's paddled the Seboeis, the Allagash and the Moose. Despite the foolhardiness of such an adventure, he prefers to go alone. It's easier to plan, and going alone he's more focused, less distracted. He goes for the challenge, battling weather, bears, black flies, mosquitoes, getting lost. He goes for the scenery, the wildness,
... Leer más
260° Ovest

de Roberto Chilosi ...

Uno sportivo spinto da curiosità e determinazione senza limiti.Un universo liquido, fatto di avventure, viaggi, amori intensi e incontri straordinari. L’autore ci porta in Amazzonia, in Nepal, in Africa e nel Gran Canyon del Colorado. Un percorso, spesso, osservato con gli occhi del bambino che è stato.Chi lo accompagna durante questa sua follia?Dove finisce il sogno e inizia la realtà?Con uno ... Leer más

$4.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

Uno sportivo spinto da curiosità e determinazione senza limiti.Un universo liquido, fatto di avventure, viaggi, amori intensi e incontri straordinari. L’autore ci porta in Amazzonia, in Nepal, in Africa e nel Gran Canyon del Colorado. Un percorso, spesso, osservato con gli occhi del bambino che è stato.Chi lo accompagna durante questa sua follia?Dove finisce il sogno e inizia la realtà?Con uno
... Leer más

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