Wickliffe W. Walker

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Kansas

The harrowing account of the pioneering descent of Tibets Tsangpo River one of modern explorations greatest challenges which ended in tragedy with the death of Olympic Paddler Doug Gordon. A COMPELLING AND DRAMATIC EXPEDITION ACCOUNT set in one of the worlds most beautiful and remote regions. The Tsangpo is one of the last great uncharted rivers in the world. It's the Everest of whitewater, except unlike Everest, it's never been done. -- Arlene Burns, the Washington Post ROMANCE OF THE WORLD'S FORBIDDEN AND SECRET PLACES: Mysterious and sacred, Tibet has fascinated explorers for more than a century. The stretch of the Tsangpo attempted by Walker and his team is the source of the legend of Shangri-la, and the model for James Hiltons novel, Lost Horizons. CONTROVERSY OVER THE 'DISCOVERY' OF TSANGPO'S HIDDEN FALLS: In 1924 British explorer Frank Kingdon-Ward observed what he believed to be the highest waterfall on the Tsangpo, a waterfall to rival Niagra. His observations led to a race to document these falls, which has attracted generations of explorers.FILM TIE-IN: The Walker expedition is the subject of a National Geographic Explorer special that will re-air at the time of publication. In 1926 botanist F. Kingdon Ward described one of modern explorationIs greatest challengesUtracking the course of the Tsangpo River of Tibet. In a mysterious region called Pemako, the Land of Flowers, the mighty Tsangpo loops around the eastern anchor of the Himalayan Range, cutting the deepest canyon on earth and emerging more than nine thousand feet lower on the plains of Assam, India, renamed the Brahmaputra. He and others added pieces to the puzzle he called Ithe riddle of the Tsangpo gorges, O but no one has yet followed the river throughout its course. For almost four decades on several continents, a small group of American companionsUWick Walker, Tom and Jamie McEwan, and Doug Gordon were privileged to participate in the emergence of a new and thrilling sport, whitewater racing. Moving from World Cup and Olympic levels to expeditions around the globe, Wick Walker and his companions were drawn to an area of Tibet where the highest and deepest of the EarthIs recesses come together.Perhaps no place in the world is more dramatic (or less known and explored) than the magnificent series of gorges that lie in far southeastern Tibet. In late September 1998, after years of planning, including a month-long reconnaissance into the gorge in 1997, and garnering support from the National Geographic Society, Malden Mills Industries, and a host of other sponsors, the expedition finally launched into the treacherous gorges for a first descent. Four whitewater paddlers, perhaps the best possible team in the world, would descend the Tsangpo, supported and resupplied at intervals by a team of four trekkers accompanied by two sherpas, local guides and porters, and a videographer from National Geographic. The descent, which began with difficultiesUa huge river swollen by a season of Ififty-year floodsO ended in tragedy with the death of renowned chemist and Olympian, Doug Gordon, who perished on October 16th while running a small put powerful waterfall. Although his teammates searched for his body for four days, his remains were never found, vanishing into the treacherous waters. The expedition was immediately abandoned.Courting the Diamond Sow is a compelling expedition account shaped by the first-hand diary accounts of the kayackers as they passed through the gorges; the history of this mysterious corner of the world some refer to as Shangri La and the attempts to explore it; and a cultural profile of this remote Tibetan region.

Courting the Diamond Sow

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Filled with more than 50 easy to follow project this outdoor activity magazine gives kids all they need to get fit and stay happy this summer, from tracking wildlife and building dens to printing with leaves and creating dandelion honey. It’s for the fun things to build grow collect and bake, encouraging children to explore nature, discover new skills and make the most of the great outdoors.

Summer 2023

California

Outdoor Adventures for Creative Kids

Go Wild!

Illinois

100 Roadside Wildflowers of Southwest Woodlands

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New York

Brian's Winter

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Puzzle 

Great Outdoors 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Colorado

From Novice to Master


Completely revised, the fifth edition ofSnowshoeing teaches you how to navigate through snow-clad woods, compete in races, and climb to new summits with easily-learned snowshoeing techniques.

This classic how-to snowshoeing manual has all the latest information on snowshoeing equipment, from various types of snowshoes to bindings and clothing. Discover techniques for all types of terrain and snow conditions, plus information on conditioning, cross-training, and even snowshoe racing.

Snowshoeing also includes a chapter on the history of snowshoeing, information on navigation and route finding, camping, gauging snow conditions, and winter safety, with emphasis on the dangers of avalanches.

Part of the Mountaineers Outdoor Expert series.



Snowshoeing

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A Book of Quotations

In His Own Words

Jane Taylor

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Oregon

A Kew Gardening Guide

Jane Taylor introduces over 400 climbing plants suitable for the garden or greenhouse. These plants can be some of the most useful in the landscape, providing beautiful cover for problem situations. Many of the plants she describes are magnificent specimens in the wild which bring vigorous grace and frequently fragrant blossoms to the cultivated garden. Chapters topics include the native habitats of climbers, control of pests and diseases, climbing plants for the greenhouse and conservatory, and climbers for selected sites and qualities. The heart of the book, however, is a handy A-to-Z of the most desirable climbers in cultivation.Published at $19.95 Our last copies available at $9.98

Climbing Plants

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Jon Krakauer

Pennsylvania

Krakauer's page-turning bestseller explores a famed missing person mystery while unraveling the larger riddles it holds: the profound pull of the American wilderness on our imagination; the allure of high-risk activities to young men of a certain cast of mind; the complex, charged bond between fathers and sons.

"Terrifying... Eloquent... A heart-rending drama of human yearning." --New York Times

In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. How Christopher Johnson McCandless came to die is the unforgettable story of Into the Wild.

Immediately after graduating from college in 1991, McCandless had roamed through the West and Southwest on a vision quest like those made by his heroes Jack London and John Muir. In the Mojave Desert he abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burned all of his cash. He would give himself a new name, Alexander Supertramp, and, unencumbered by money and belongings, he would be free to wallow in the raw, unfiltered experiences that nature presented. Craving a blank spot on the map, McCandless simply threw the maps away. Leaving behind his desperate parents and sister, he vanished into the wild.

Jon Krakauer constructs a clarifying prism through which he reassembles the disquieting facts of McCandless's short life. Admitting an interst that borders on obsession, he searches for the clues to the drives and desires that propelled McCandless. 

When McCandless's innocent mistakes turn out to be irreversible and fatal, he becomes the stuff of tabloid headlines and is dismissed for his naiveté, pretensions, and hubris. He is said to have had a death wish but wanting to die is a very different thing from being compelled to look over the edge. Krakauer brings McCandless's uncompromising pilgrimage out of the shadows, and the peril, adversity, and renunciation sought by this enigmatic young man are illuminated with a rare understanding--and not an ounce of sentimentality. Mesmerizing, heartbreaking, Into the Wild is a tour de force. The power and luminosity of Jon Krakauer's stoytelling blaze through every page.

Into the Wild

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8 issues from 2019-2024
Giant annual gear issue
1 America water fowler 2022

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Tennessee

Wildfowl

Michigan

Wild Animus

National Geographic

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Texas

The Experts' Guide to the Best Experiences Beyond the Tourist Trail

National Geographic Secrets of the National Parks

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Michael Pollan

A Plant's-Eye View of the World

The book that helped make Michael Pollan, the New York Times bestselling author of How to Change Your Mind, Cooked and The Omnivore’s Dilemma, one of the most trusted food experts in America Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee collects nectar and pollen to make honey and, in the process, spreads the flowers’ genes far and wide. In The Botany of Desire, Michael Pollan ingeniously demonstrates how people and domesticated plants have formed a similarly reciprocal relationship. He masterfully links four fundamental human desires—sweetness, beauty, intoxication, and control—with the plants that satisfy them: the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato. In telling the stories of four familiar species, Pollan illustrates how the plants have evolved to satisfy humankind’s most basic yearnings. And just as we’ve benefited from these plants, we have also done well by them. So who is really domesticating whom?

The Botany of Desire

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Allan W. Eckert

Ohio

Return to Hawk's Hill

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Oklahoma

All New Edition

Everything homeowners need to know about projects including gazebos, sheds, and overheads. Complete plans for fifteen useful backyard projects.

Backyard Structures

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Several markings on the book jacket, and the book itself. A library "stamp" is on the first page.￼

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Rhode Island

A True Story of Men Against the Sea

Presents a vivid account of a history-making storm that hit the New England coast in October 1991 and the lives it changed, weaving together the history of the fishing industry, the science of storms, and personal accounts. Tour.

The Perfect Storm

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Paul Von Baich

Photographs

British Columbia

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Better Homes and Gardens Editors

Some signs of age, including discoloration. Gently read and clean. See photos. Thank you for supporting our non-profit choir and supporting the voices of women and girls!

Minnesota

Covers lawns, ground covers, vines, shrubs, trees, annuals, perennials, bulbs, vegetables, herbs, roses, fruits, berries, plant care, and indoor gardening techniques.

Better Homes and Gardens Step-by-Step Successful Gardening

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Amy McNamara

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In the aftermath of a car accident that kills her boyfriend and throws her carefully planned future into complete upheaval, high school senior Wren retreats to the deep woods of Maine to live with the artist father she barely knows and meets a boy who threatens to pull her from her safe, hard-won exile.

Lovely, Dark and Deep

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Richard Bird

Jonathan Buckley

Scent adds an extra dimension to the garden, bringing aromatic associations and memories, as well as pure pleasure, to the garden experience. Specially designed to help any gardener position plants perfectly for maximum enjoyment, The Scented Garden introduces 20 unique projects that make the most of a wide range of scented plants, from those which release their scent when the leaves are brushed against or crushed, to those which have a stronger scent in the early morning or in the evening.Wherever the garden or whatever its size, The Scented Garden offers ingenious suggestions: planting a fragrant border of cutting flowers, building a honeysuckle porch, growing a sweet-smelling window box display, and lining a woodland walk with perfumed flowers. Well-illustrated and dearly explained in step-by-step instructions, The Scented Garden can help all gardeners to surround themselves with heavenly fragrance.

The Scented Garden

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Terry Brykczynski

Fifty fiction and nonfiction tales for dedicated fishermen span three hundred years of writing, and include the works of Izaak Walton, Nick Lyons, Lewis Carroll, Herbert Hoover, Ted Williams, Norman Maclean, and others.

Armchair Angler

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A fine book for the beginner or veteran whitetail hunters, with an embossed cover and many photos throughout. #nonfiction #sports #recreation #hardcover #hunting #outdoors

Wisconsin

North America Hunting Club

Hunting Whitetails Successfully

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Florida

Trail guide

Bill Bryson

Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

Traces the author's adventurous trek along the Appalachian Trail past its natural pleasures, human eccentrics, and offbeat comforts

A Walk in the Woods

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