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100 Classic Hikes in Oregon, 2nd Edition
Oregon's classiest hiking guidebook is all color and packed with the best trails the state has to offer -- which is saying a lot!
100 Hikes in Yosemite National Park: Includes Surrounding Hoover and Ansel Adams Wilderness Areas, Mammoth Lakes, and Sonora Pass
This full-color guidebook not only offers the best 100 hikes in and around Yosemite National Park, but is also one of the best-looking guidebooks you'll ever own.
1001 Climbing Tips
“1001 Climbing Tips is a refreshing take on the climbing guide genre. Irreverent, it has a laugh on virtually every page, but also some extremely useful advise and some points of genuine interest.” – Paul Pritchard, 2016 Banff Mountain Book Competition Jury
A Blistered Kind of Love: One Couple's Trial by Trail
In alternating chapters a young couple each tells their account of the epic Pacific Crest Trail adventure (a 2,655-mile hike) that deepened their bond -- or did it?
A Wild Promise: Prince William Sound
"'A Wild Promise: Prince William Sound' is unreservedly and urgently recommended for personal, community, and academic library collections and contemporary environmental studies reading lists." - Midwest Book Review
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Seasons of Life and Land
Exquisite photography of the life in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, along with essays by writers such as Peter Matthiessen and David Allen Sibley
Arctic Wings: Birds of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
A celebration in words and photography of the birds that migrate each year to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to nest and return to every point on the globe
Being Caribou
A research project to the Arctic National Wildlfe Preserve slowly becomes much more as the author and his wife learn to hear the earth, pay attention to their dreams and slowly change, beyond their expectations, into being caribou.
Bringing Back the Birds: Exploring Migration and Preserving Birdscapes throughout the Americas
Extraordinary photographs and essays by leading ornithologists combine in this celebration of birds and exploration of why habitat protection is critical for their future
Brotherhood of the Rope: The Biography of Charles Houston
The biography of Charles Houston, M.D., famed for leading the heroic K2 expedition of 1953 and his pioneering research in high-altitude medicine.
Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope
“In a new book, photographer David Moskowitz turns his lens on the story of a rapidly declining species and habitat” – Smithsonian
Found: A Life in Mountain Rescue
A thoughtful, elegant exploration of the hardships and joys of search and rescue, life and death, risk and motherhood
Going Higher: Oxygen, Man, and Mountains, 5th Edition
The seminal work on how the body responds to high altitude, including the current science science in this edition
Kiss or Kill: Confessions of a Serial Climber
Twenty-six extreme, cynical, and over-the-top stories by Dr. Doom and the only collection of his work
My Old Man and the Mountain: A Memoir
Leif Whittaker finds a path of his own among a family—father, mother, uncle, cousins—of famous adventurers
Owl: A Year in the Lives of North American Owls
“For anyone who appreciates wild things and wild places, each of Paul Bannick’s stunning photographs is worth ten thousand words.”
– Ted Williams, Audubon
Postcards from the Ledge
Selections of the best writing from the elite mountaineer Greg Child now in paperback.
Rock Climbing, 2nd Edition: Mastering Basic Skills
Best-selling climbing instructional, now fully updated, includes new, vetted alternatives to traditional techniques
Scraps, Peels, and Stems: Recipes and Tips for Rethinking Food Waste at Home
"Local food writer Jill Lightner knows all the tips … her brand-new book 'Scraps, Peels, and Stems: Recipes and Tips for Rethinking Food Waste at Home' is stuffed full of them. If you’ve got the will to reduce how much you waste, she’s got all the ways." –The Seattle Times
The Big Thaw: Ancient Carbon, Modern Science, and a Race to Save the World
A team of scientists is urgently working to understand the ticking carbon bomb locked in permafrost soils which are thawing at an alarming rate.
The Bond: Survival on Denali and Mount Huntington
Friendship, sacrifice, and a fight for survival on the two most dangerous mountains in North America
The Climbers
“Jim Herrington’s wonderful new folio volume of portraits, titled simply The Climbers, aims at a lofty plateau. Herrington seeks to crystallize his own Golden Age…he tries not only to document the visages of his heroes in their older years, but also to plumb those faces for keys to the character beneath. It is as if Richard Avedon had photographed mountaineers rather than movie stars, minus the props and gimmicks.” - David Roberts, Sierra Magazine
The Salmon Way: An Alaska State of Mind
Images and stories celebrate the connection between wild salmon and the people of Alaska--past, present, and future
Turning Homeward: Restoring Hope and Nature in the Urban Wild
“…this book exudes humility and hope.” – The Kitsap Herald
Urban Pantry: Tips & Recipes for a Thrifty, Sustainable & Seasonal Kitchen
A modern, sustainable approach for stocking an efficient kitchen
Walking to the End of the World: A Thousand Miles on the Camino de Santiago
"'Walking to the End of the World' keeps us turning its pages--an elegant story woven in the seasoned voice of writer Beth Jusino, who shares great insight into her own strengths and weaknesses, relationships of all sorts, and a world view we’d all do well to consider." –Steven Watkins, author of Pilgrim Strong: Rewriting My Story on the Way of St. James
We Are Puget Sound: Discovering and Recovering the Salish Sea
The health of Puget Sound is in jeopardy and its future depends on the collaboration of dedicated individuals and organizations.
Yellowstone Migrations
Herds of elk, mule deer, and pronghorn antelope have migrated hundreds of miles over North America for millennia-—driven by their DNA, their routes follow ancient travel paths
Yellowstone to Yukon: Freedom to Roam
Essayists tell of their travels through the region and their experience of the land. They explain the need for Y2Y, based on new findings that reveal that isolated nature sanctuaries are a recipe for wildlife extinction.