Books: Outdoors
Currently listing articles 93-51:
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The Great Book Adventure: Walden - Part Three— The 21st century could use more Thoreau.
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Book Review: The Grizzly Maze - Timothy Treadwell's Fatal Obsession with Alaskan Bears by Nick Jans— One writer takes a look back at the life and death of Timothy Treadwell.
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Book Review: Dead Lucky by Lincoln Hall— The story Lincoln Hall's survival of Mt. Everest.
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Book Review: Near Death On The High Seas Edited by Cecil Kuhne— “...she is merely there, immense, powerful, and indifferent.”
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The Great Book Adventure: Walden - Part Two— "Simplify! Simplify!" Is more complex than you think.
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Book Review: Dark Summit - The True Story of Everest’s Most Controversial Season by Nick Heil— A fascinating investigation into one of the most deadly and talked about seasons on the world's highest mountain.
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The Great Book Adventure: Walden - Part One— Thoreau calls us to simplify and it's one we should heed, now more than ever.
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Book Review: Digital Nature Photography - The Art and the Science by John and Barbara Gerlach— If you want to explore the world of nature photography, then Digital Nature Photography: The Art And The Science is recommended reading.
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Book Review: The Sport of Schutzhund - A Photographic Essay by B.J. and Peter Spanos— Move over, Underdog - here comes Schutzhund!
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Book Review: Along the Templar Trail - Seven Million Steps for Peace by Brandon Wilson— Join author/adventurer Brandon Wilson as he walks from France to Jerusalem. A most fascinating journey.
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Interview with Aaron Lazar, Author of Tremolo: Cry of the Loon— Join author Aaron Lazar as he tours the blogosphere this January.
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Book Review: Open Your Heart With Geocaching by Jeannette Cézanne— Recommended for new or potential geocachers, or for those who are burnt out on the hobby.
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Book Review: Photographing Horses - How To Capture The Perfect Equine Image By Leslie Groves— If you are a horse person who wants to take better pictures of horses, then this is a must-have.
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Book Review: Angling and War - The Collision of Big Game Fishing and WWII by Mike Rivkin— A wonderful coffee table book about big game fishing and the war years. A must for any salt water angler.
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Book Review: Brian's Hunt by Gary Paulsen— Brian Robesone is back, and this time he's staking his knowledge of the wilderness and hunting against a killer bear.
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Book Review: A Walk for Sunshine – A 2,160-mile Expedition for Charity on the Appalachian Trail by Jeff Alt— Thousands of people start the AT every year but only a small percentage of them finish: in 1998, Jeff Alt (trail name: “Wrongfoot”) did.
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Book Review: Lonely Planet Afghanistan— Finally, a detailed travel book on one of the world’s most dangerous countries.
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Book Review: Spontaneous Tourism - The Busy Person's Guide To Travel by James Samans— Spontaneous Tourism is a mixture of common sense and potentially revelatory information regarding the why and how of travel.
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Book Review: If Olaya Street Could Talk - Saudi Arabia: the Heartland of Oil and Islam by John Paul Jones — At once personal memoir, travel narrative, and cultural and political commentary.
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Book Review: Not a Happy Camper by Mindy Schneider— Thirteen is a backwoods place, a make-do place, where you find your own amusement. Like Mindy Schneider's summer camp.
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Book Review: Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog by Ted Kerasote— Merle's Door offers much insight on dogs, all wrapped up in a true, entertaining story.
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Book Review: A Seed is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long— A lushly illustrated educational book for children about the life of seeds.
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Book Review: An Egg is Quiet by Dianna Hutts Aston— Award-winning artist Sylvia Long has teamed with up-and-coming author Dianna Aston to create this gorgeous and informative introduction to eggs.
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Book Review: The Horse Is Good by Viggo Mortensen— The Horse Is Good... just like being in the company of horses.
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Book Review - Closeup Shooting: A Guide To Closeup, Tabletop and Macro Photography By Cyrill Harnischmacher— A good overview of what all is needed for taking quality closeup pictures.
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Book Review: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver— If we are what we eat I would want to come from Barbara Kingsolver's garden...
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Book Review: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King— Comfort food for the mind and a heroine for the pre-teen set. King wrote a sweet but exciting tale.
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Book Review: Weber’s Charcoal Grilling – The Art Of Cooking With Live Fire by Jamie Purviance— This is a book that is guaranteed to make you hungry.
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Interview with Scott Tinley, Author of Things To Be Survived (Part Two)— "To think about resistance is to think about acceptance. Not for sale or selling out."
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Periodically Speaking: Bear Hunting— This bimonthly reports that bear hunting takes skill and luck, but technology also helps. And sometimes the bear wins.
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Part 3: Interview - Pradip Krishen, Author of the Bestselling Trees of Delhi— His book has become an instant classic. Intensive conversations with the Tree Man of India.
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Part 2: Interview - Pradip Krishen, Author of the Bestselling Trees of Delhi
— Intensive conversations with the Tree Man of India.
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Interview with Pradip Krishen, Author of the Bestselling Trees of Delhi, Part 1
— His book has become an instant classic. Intensive conversations with the Tree Man of India.
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Book Review: The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed by John Vaillant— A single remarkable tree in a Canadian forest inspires a sweeping meditation on man, the woods and the Northwest.
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Book Review - Mastering Landscape Photography – The Luminous-Landscape Essays by Alain Briot— With Alain Briot’s help, you will learn what you need to take that next step.
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Interview with Bob Levy, Author of Club George— A few questions — bird questions as well as writing questions — answered.
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Book Review: Club George - The Diary of a Central Park Birdwatcher by Bob Levy
— A wonderful book filled with heartwarming and funny stories of a beginner birdwatcher.
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Book Review: Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography By Stephen Johnson— Most would say that digital photography has been around for ten years; Stephen Johnson would say that we are still in the Stone Age.
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You Really Should Not Read Bill Bryson in Public Places— Bryson's books exist in that rarefied atmosphere reserved for wildly successful and popular writers of travel memoirs.
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Magazine Review: The Rivendell Reader— A quarterly about the design of bicycles and the joy of riding them.
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Just One Kind Favor— Everything I learned for my father’s sake infuses my work.
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Book Review: The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey by Candice Millard— He was a fearless explorer and President of the United States. This is a ripping tale of Teddy Roosevelt's greatest adventure.
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Book Review: Oaxaca Journal by Oliver Sacks— The author of Awakenings writes about a trip to Mexico, and it's a departure in more ways than one.
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