Active outdoor pursuits Books

Inhabiting a landscape, walking a landscape, writing a place and time.Linda Cracknell is a writer of place and nature who believes in being alert, observing, and writing from the particulars of each experience. Engaging bodily with her writing, she is...

This book explores how, far from being limited to deviation from known pathways or desirable plans of action, wandering is an abundant source of meaning - a force as intimately involved in the history of our universe as it will be in the future of our...

How the ultra marathon around Mont Blanc turned trail running into a mega sportTwenty years ago, a small band a runners came up with an idea: hold a race around the Alps' highest peak, covering more than 100 miles through Italy, France and Switzerland...

Your guide to great hikes and breweries across New EnglandBeer lovers and hiking enthusiasts: these 50 carefully selected New England hikes are for you! Each hike leads through stunning scenery, and features a nearby brewery or a brewpub where a...

The most refreshing way to discover Switzerland!Monika Saxer, the author, hiking guide and beer lover,reveals 59 routes for walking and beer drinking enthusiasts.

Near the death zone on K2, the world's second-highest mountain, Lisa Thompson searched for the strength to continue climbing. Her choices were clear: give in to her doubts and descend or push past her own limits and continue up the mountain's steep face...

Electric bikes are a new and fast-changing technology that's poised to transform how Americans ride bicycles, commute to work, and get around town. But in a market crowded with makes, models, and features, which e-bike is best for you?E-bike expert...

From bad weather to business travel to traffic safety, there are dozens of reasons why cyclists and triathletes take their rides inside. Although indoor cycling workouts offer the ultimate control over workout conditions, most inside riders don't get the...

Feel-Good Fitness from pro runner Alysia Montano offers a year of fun and fresh fitness challenges that will build your strength and endurance. Alysia's fitness challenges will make you smile while you sweat because Alysia's not your typical fitness...

Take the first steps to become certified to charter a boat anywhere in the world Imagine having the credentials to charter and skipper a boat in the Caribbean-or anywhere in the world. Grant Headifen and the experts at NauticEd have certified thousands...

 For nearly 80 years, Yvon Chouinard has followed his own advice, pursuing, with equal fervor, sports adventures, business excellence, and environmental activism. Since 1950, he has captured the lessons and revelations he's learned in articles...

The sheer granite walls of Yosemite Valley galvanized a dedicated group of rock climbers in the 1960s, who saw the nearly holdless, glacier-polished faces as the purest form of challenge. The awesome Half Dome and El Capitan were first climbed in the...

This book features rare, once-thought-lost photos of the 1968 first ascent of the California Route on Cerro Fitz Roy, the third ascent of the mountain. With accompanying retrospective essays. Climbing Fitz Roy,1968, presents photo documentation of the...

Training and Racing with a Power Meter brings the advanced power-based training techniques of elite cyclists and triathletes to everyone.A power meter can unlock more speed and endurance than any other training tool - for those who understand how to...

Spend two hours with Pete Magill's Fast 5K and you'll know how to run your fastest 5K.In his fast-paced, ultimate guide to 5K running races, celebrated running coach Pete Magill reveals the 25 crucial keys to setting your next 5K PR. Magill shares...

In SpeedRunner, celebrated running coach Pete Magill reveals his 4-week training plan to make any athlete into a faster runner-no matter the sport, age, gender, experience, or goals.In every sport that includes running, the difference between...

Hansons Marathon Method is the best-selling performance marathon training program. Competitive running is one of the most popular sports in America, with all-time record highs of 19 million runners finishing a running event in 2013. Since 1990, the...

* Lennard Zinn is the top-selling bike maintenance author by huge margins with over 200,000 units sold in all editions.* The Zinn & the Art of Series is the best-selling bike maintenance reference in cycling. * Mountain bikes are the most popular...

Timed to launch just after the release of the Stryd, the first power meter for runningFirst book available on use of power meters for runningComprehensive yet simply presented for first-time device usersIdeal for Ironman triathletes to master bike and...

Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance is the world's best-selling guide to bicycle repair and maintenance. From basic repairs like how to fix a flat tire to advanced overhauls of drivetrains and brakes, Lennard Zinn's clearly illustrated guide...

1. Culpepper is regarded as one of America's top runners 2. Culpepper is a running coach and columnist for Competitor magazine 3. Target market includes 19 million committed runners

Feed Zone Portables offers 75 all-new, easy, healthy recipes for portable snacks that taste great during exercise. When Dr. Allen Lim left the lab to work with pro cyclists, he found athletes weary of processed bars and gels and the same old...

Roadie addresses all of the curiosities that accompany the sport of cycling, from shaved legs to colourful jerseys and unbelievably expensive bicycles, shoes, and components. Every seemingly neurotic tendency is explained and celebrated with humorous...

Lennard Zinn does it again..."Zinn's Cycling Primer" gives you the inside scoop on clever and practical bicycle maintenance tips. Whether you are just learning routine bicycle maintenance or want to improve your cycling skills and techniques, Zinn...

Elemental, fierce and full of wonder, the Cairngorm mountains are the high and rocky heart of Scotland. To know them would take forever, to love them demands a kind of courageous surrender.In The Hidden Fires, Merryn Glover undertakes that challenge with...

The Brave Athlete solves the 13 most common mental conundrums athletes face in their everyday training and in races.A practical, step-by-step guide to 25 common problems - not just another book on visualization and positive self-talk. Dynamic...

A guide to the best hikes and microbreweries in the Canadian Rockies.Beer lovers and hiking enthusiasts, these 30 Canadian Rockies hikes are for you! Each carefully selected hike leads you through a stunning natural landscape and ends near a brewery or a...

Too much exercise can kill you. The Haywire Heart is the first book to examine heart conditions in athletes. Intended for anyone who competes in endurance sports like cycling, triathlon, running races of all distances, and cross-country skiing, The...

The Cyclist's Training Bible is the bestselling and most comprehensive guide for aspiring and experienced cyclists. Joe Friel is the most trusted coach in the world and his proven cycling training program has helped hundreds of thousands find success in...

This is the first comprehensive guide to ultrarunning.Trail and ultra running grew 2400% last year.Author is America's best ultrarunner.Author is an ultrarunning celebrity, as seen on the cover of Outside magazineCoauthor Adam Chase is a regular...

The Moray Way consists of all or part of three previously existing routes: the Moray Coast Trail, the Speyside Way and the Dava Way. Together they cover a huge and varied range of landscapes.This book is the ideal guide to much of what this beautiful and...

Key Selling PointsJohn Crouch is a highly respected and well-known cyclist, runner, and walker This new guidebook highlights 45 tours throughout Southern and Norther Vancouver Island, including single day and multi-day trips Tours range from easy to...

KEY SELLING POINTS:Foreword is by Jane Christmas, author of the internationally bestselling travel memoirs "What the Psychic Told the Pilgrim: A Midlife Misadventure on Spain's Camino de Santiago" and "Incontinent on the Continent: My Mother, Her Walker,...

After many years together Katrina and Mike's marriage has unravelled. In a quest to mend their relationship they embark on a year long, 13,000 kilometre cycling tour with the hope of strengthening their commitment to one another.Katrina is an adventure...

The Bondi to Manly Walk is the definitive guide to Sydney's stunning coastline.A spectacular 80-kilometre track Sydney's best multi-day walk connects the iconic beaches of Bondi and Manly, and will have you winding through secluded bays, protected...

Australians have always loved to step out in nature, whether off-track or along a marked route. Bushwalking an organised long-distance walk in rugged terrain that requires maps and camping equipment, or a family day out is one of our most popular...

On Track tells the story of John Blay's long-distance search for the Bundian Way, an important Aboriginal pathway between Mt Kosciuszko and Twofold Bay near Eden on the New South Wales far south coast. The 360-kilometre route traverses some of...

Explore the best birding locations in Minnesota with this county-by-county guide.Whether you're new to birding or have been enjoying your backyard visitors for years, it's time to take bird-watching to another level. Bring your love of birds on the road,...

Identify Nebraska birds with this easy-to-use field guide, organized by color and featuring full-color photographs and helpful information.Make bird-watching in Nebraska even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela's famous bird guide, field identification is...

Identify Maryland and Delaware birds with this easy-to-use field guide, organized by color and featuring full-color photographs and helpful information.Make bird-watching in Maryland and Delaware even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela's famous bird...

Get the complete guide to the Point Reyes peninsula in California, and discover the history of the area, activities to enjoy, and 50 hiking and backpacking trips.Escape the urban hustle. Find the slow rhythm of time spent in nature. Just 30 miles from...

Discover classic destinations and lesser-known jewels of the Northern California coast through 59 incomparable hikes.The rugged Northern California coast of Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte counties is widely considered North America's most dramatic...

A moving and hilarious feel-good novel about male friendship, romance, intrigue, treachery and cycling.During the summer of 1982, a group of friends - five boys and one girl - travel to French Provence, three of whom climb the legendary Mont Ventoux on...

Compact and affordable,Fodor's Compass American Guides: Yosemite and Sequoia/Kings Canyon National Parks is the perfect companion for those who want an easy-to-pack guidebook to some of the most exciting national parks in the United States. Fodor's...

Prepare your child for the unpredictable through 52 prepper projects. Teach them basic outdoors survival skills, first aid, how to create their own "bug-out bag," and more.

A field-tested guide to surviving a nuclear attack, written by a revered civil defense expert.This edition of Cresson H. Kearny's iconic Nuclear War Survival Skills (originally published in 1979), updated by Kearny himself in 1987 and again in 2001,...

The top guide to hiking within an hour's drive of Portland, OregonThe best way to experience Portland is by hiking it! Get outdoors with local author and hiking expert Paul Gerald. Now in full color, his best-selling guide helps you locate and access the...

Tour This Dream Road on Bicycle, Between North Carolina and Virginia.Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway are arguably the most quintessential scenic roads east of the Mississippi. Bicycling the Blue Ridge is the definitive guide to this ribbon of...