Nature Writing

Sixty years after Mount Everest was first climbed, this unique book of letters celebrates, in a very personal way, this most majestic of mountains. With exclusive access to the private archives of pioneering New Zealand climber George Lowe, this is a welcome tribute to an unsung hero.The ascent of Everest in the summer of 1953 was one of the twentieth century’s great triumphs of exploration. George Lowe’s efforts on the mountain were crucial to the endeavour.

Is your budget getting crunched these days? Do you want to fill the freezer with the food doctors recommend the most? Then get busy fishing...and more importantly, CATCHING, as Cap'n Larry Jarboe says. Larry will show you all of his time-tested tricks for deluding fish enough to jump right on your hook and in some cases, just jump out of the water and into your boat.

This Highlights Listen & Learn! Audio Study, intended for those in grade four, introduces listeners to the importance of caring for your community. Getting Down and Dirty focuses on some of the run-down problem places found in cities, and how communities have joined together to turn these places into beautiful shared spaces. In addition to discussing bettering our communities, this audio study takes a look at some key comprehension skills including identifying an author's purpose, determining cause-and-effect relationships, and building vocabulary.

Bushcraft für Einsteiger - Werden Sie Profi im letzten großen Abenteuer unserer Zeit. Praxiserprobte Step-by-Step Anleitungen für Feuermachen, Nahrungssuche, Lager, Erste Hilfe. DER UMFASSENDE PRAXISGUIDE FÜR ALLE BUSHCRAFT-EINSTEIGER! Sie lieben es, draußen in der wilden Natur zu sein und würden gerne mehr als die normalen "Wanderautobahnen“ und Campingplätze kennenlernen? Sie haben sich bereits mit den ersten Techniken des spannenden Bushcraftens beschäftigt? Und Sie können es gar nicht erwarten, endlich mit einfachsten Hilfsmitteln wie Messer, Säge und Kochtopf loszuziehen? Dann ist dieses Buch genau das Richtige für Sie.

Fun-loving, mischievous Fox wishes he were a tiger. Tigers are big and fast and sneaky. So he decides to become one! Soon Turtle and Rabbit are joining in the fun. But will Fox want to be a tiger forever? In Fox the Tiger, this winning trickster character and his animal friends learn that the best thing to be is yourself. Fox the Tiger is a My First I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for shared reading with a child.

Geisel Award winner and ALA Notable Book of the Year! In his next I Can Read adventure, Fox—the hilarious trickster character featured in the Geisel Award-winning Fox the Tiger—overcomes his fear of monsters when he meets real nocturnal animals.

Fun-loving, mischievous Fox is late for lunch, so he hops on his skateboard. Go, Fox, go! What is this winning trickster character doing, zooming over and under and around on his skateboard? His animal friends follow him home to find out—and get a big surprise!

Fun-loving, mischievous Fox—the hilarious trickster character featured in Geisel Award-winning Fox the Tiger—goes up against a surprising foe! Fox does not like winter. None of his friends are around to play. He is bored and alone. Then Fox has an idea. If he cannot escape winter, he will fight it! Fox versus Winter is a My First I Can Read book, which means it’s perfect for shared listening with a child. Other Fox books include: Fox the Tiger, Fox Is Late, Fox and the Jumping Contest, and Fox and the Bike Ride.

There’s only one Fox . . . except when there are two! Will Fox outfox this new fox? Or will he make a new friend?

"The Only Blasphemy" is an essay from mountaineer legend John Long chronicling his solo ascent at Joshua Tree National Park's Half Dome with climber extraordinaire and childhood friend John Bachar.

Whether he's chasing sailfish in Panama or hunting dove and quail deep in Mexico, Gordon England pursues outdoor sports with a passion for the biggest and best. In this collection he catches huge dolphin in the Exumas, races motocross through woods both on and off the trails, hunts ducks in brutal Texas snow and ice, hooks hopelessly large blue marlin in Nassau, and gets lost at sea in a monstrous Gulf of Mexico storm.

You аlwауѕ hеаr thе mоttо "reduce, rеuѕе, rесусlе!" but dо you really knоw whаt it mеаnѕ? Sо mаnу thingѕ саn influеnсе hоw, why, when, оr whеrе you rесусlе, inсluding where уоu livе and how уоu livе, whеrе you work and how уоu work, аnd much mоrе. Yоu ѕhоuld knоw thе рrореr elements оf rеduсing your resource consumption, rеuѕing what уоu саn, аnd recycling products tо ensure a better аnd hеаlthiеr еаrth for your сhildrеn in оrdеr to tackle the рrоjесt full fоrсе and with thе right concept in mind.

Zee the zebra is always moping around. One day, all the animals in Foggy Forest decide to show Zeezee how being sad is a downer for everyone. What do they do, and how does Zeezee react? Listen to find out.

Arthur thinks his pen pal is more fun than his little sister. Little sisters don't do things like karate and wrestling: or do they? It takes a surprise letter to show Arthur that sometimes there's more to sisters, and pen pals, than meets the eye!

Is the Grand Canyon big enough to handle all of your worries? I wanted to know that answer, so I walked to the bottom to find out. For years, nature has taught us so many important lessons. The most important may be that we're a part of nature itself. Hiking has a way of bringing us closer to nature. Healing us. Reminding us of what's important and where our priorities are and should be. It makes us feel small, yet a bigger part of the universe around us.

I Wish I Could Be: A Dog’s Tale is a story about a Beagle who sees all kinds of dogs at a dog park and imagines what it would be like to be different dogs. He wishes he might be a German Shepherd, a Pomeranian, a Cocker Spaniel, a Border Collie, a Golden Retriever, a Dachshund, and many other popular dogs. But finally, as his human Rodney takes him exploring in the woods and hugs him, he decides he likes being a Beagle after all.

Waypoint Tours are educational, entertaining, self-guided tours designed to help plan your travel adventures, enhance travel experience, and cherish your travel memories.

Enjoy this first reader series introducing cars, trucks, guitars, and ducks

For Zimmern, local cuisine - bizarre, gross or downright stomach turning as it may be to us - is not simply what's served at mealtime. It is a primary avenue to discovering what is most authentic - the bizarre truth - about cultures everywhere. In this section, Zimmern indulges his love of Cantonese food.

This classic essay from Jon Krakauer is now available as an unabridged audiobook download. This essay is also included in the Classic Krakauer collection. From the best-selling author of Missoula and Into the Wild: a selection of the singular investigative journalism that made Krakauer famous, covering topics from avalanches on Mt. Everest to a volcano in Washington state; from a wilderness therapy program for teens to an extraordinary cave in New Mexico so unearthly that is used by NASA to better understand Mars.