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The Daring Book for Girls
by Andrea J. Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz  
Powells.com Staff Pick These volumes, The Dangerous Book for Boys and The Daring Book for Girls, are utterly brimming with tips, tools, maps, pictograms, glossaries, advice, game rules, blueprints... you name it! They're fantastic guidebooks for kids. And, truth be told, I...
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Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
by Laurence Gonzales Publisher Comments In Deep Survival, Laurence Gonzales combines hard science and powerful storytelling to illuminate the mysteries of survival, whether in the wilderness or in meeting any of life's great challenges. This gripping narrative, the first book to describe the...
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Country Wisdom and Know-How: A Practical Guide to Living Off the Land
by Storey Books Publisher Comments Fascinating projects, trusted advice and nearly 1,000 b&w illustrations and photographs crowd every page of this unprecedented collection of information on nearly 200 individual topics of country and self-sustained living....
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Kayak The Animated Manual of Intermediate and Advanced Whitewater Technique
by William Nealy Publisher Comments This, the best-selling how-to-kayak manual in the world, is still as fresh and relevant as ever. Illustrations show readers everything about technique, playing, body English, rescue, and hydrology....
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The Complete Sportsman's Encyclopedia
by Francis H. Buzzacott Publisher Comments First published in 1913, The Complete Sportsman's Encyclopedia is as essential a volume for the modern-day hunter and fisherman as it was at the turn of the century. Offering a full education in every aspect of the sporting life - from bait fishing and...
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Wilderness Evasion: A Guide to Hiding Out and Eluding Pursuit in Remote Areas
by Michael Chesbro Publisher Comments Do you need to get away from the pressures of the world and the gaze of Big Brother for a while? Do you plan to live or work in a remote area where you need to be able to take care of yourself? Do you want to develop the skills to remain undiscovered in...
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Gold! Gold! a Beginners Handbook and Recreational Guide
by J. F. Petralia Publisher Comments An unusually attractive handbook that introduces would-be gold prospecting hobbyists to a bit of gold fever history, basic information on types of deposits, and guidelines on looking for gold in stream bed's and in quartz veins. The author writes...
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Survival: The Ultimate Practical Guide to Staying Alive in Extreme Conditions and Emergency Situations in All Environments, Anyw
by Anthonio Akkermans Publisher Comments This is the ultimate survival manual, a comprehensive practical all-climate, all-terrain guide to the basics of wilderness travel, outdoor living and surviving extreme situations. In addition substantial sections highlight threats and dangers in everyday...
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Complete Idiot's Guide to Geocaching (Complete Idiot's Guides)
by Jack W. Peters Publisher Comments There are treasures to be found... They're hidden in city and state parks, outside of nearby buildings, alongside hiking trails and exercise routes, and even in local neighborhoods. This is geocaching, an adventure-based game involving intentionally...
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Sas Survival Handbook
by John Wiseman Publisher Comments Chapter One Essentials For Survival The human species has established itself in almost every corner of the Earth. Even in territories too inhospitable to provide a regular home mankind has found a way to exploit their resources, whether by hunting or by...
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Finding Your Way Without Map or Compass
by Harold Gatty Publisher Comments Useful, instructive manual shows would-be explorers, hikers, bikers, scouts, sailors, and survivalists how to find their way outdoors by observing animals, weather patterns, shifting sands, and other elements of nature....
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The Right Mountain: Lessons from Everest on the Real Meaning of Success
by Jim Hayhurst Publisher Comments In 1988 Jim Hayhurst climbed to the top of Mount Everest. THE RIGHT MOUNTAIN is the riveting story of that climb. Using the mountain as a striking metaphor, Hayhust shares profound lessons about incorporating the values of integrity, self-esteem, and...
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The Mammoth Book of Boy's Own Stuff (Mammoth Books)
by Jon E. Lewis Publisher Comments In the tradition of the bestselling Dangerous Book for Boys, here is everything a young man should know and possess to entertain himself. Includes survival skills, tricks, trivia, and the world's funniest joke-guaranteed to prevent boredom....
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Wilderness Survival: Living Off the Land with the Clothes on Your Back and the Knife on Your Belt
by Mark Elbroch Publisher Comments Do you have what it takes?<P>You're alone in the wilderness with nothing but a knife and the clothes on your back. Will you survive? Do you have the skills to feed, clothe, and protect yourself? Mark Elbroch, a master tracker, and Mike Pewtherer, a...
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Ultimate Guide to Wilderness Living: Surviving with Nothing But Your Bare Hands and What You Find in the Woods
by John Mcpherson Publisher Comments Forget reality TV stunts like eating bugs, the Ultimate Guide to Wilderness Living provides in-depth instructions and step-by-step photos of real survival skills—exactly what one needs to stay alive in the woods. The book first covers immediate...
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Guns, Bullets, and Gunfights: Lessons and Tales from a Modern-Day Gunfighter
by Jim Cirillo Publisher Comments As one of the top guns in the New York City Police Department Stakeout Squad, Jim Cirillo participated in some of the most harrowing of the unit's 252 armed confrontations with the worst of New York's criminal element. This book is packed with practical...
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Boy Scouts Handbook: the First Edition, 1911 (Dover Books on Americana)
by The Boy Scouts Of America Publisher Comments Complete republication of a book that has been used by generations of American youths, with copious information on such topics as woodcrafting, camping, sailing, as well as notes on developing self-reliance and good citizenship. A delight for Americana...
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MaryJane's Outpost: Unleashing Your Inner Wild
by Maryjane Butters Publisher Comments Get out No matter what your age, MaryJane Butters walks you to the door and OUT you go. Wilderness ranger turned Idaho organic farmer, MaryJane is a woman OUTSIDE . . . the norm. Drawing from her own diverse background, she'll show you exactly HOW to get...
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Not Really an Alaskan Mountain Man
by Doug Fine Publisher Comments Now here's a formula for near disaster: East Coast big-city guy, world-traveler, jounalist, and otherwise politically savvy fellow settles down in rural Alaska, where men are many and manly, and women with survival skills are good to count among your...
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Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All That Relates to Guns and Shooting
by Lt Colonel P. Hawker Synopsis With Explanatory Plates and Woodcuts. Edited by the author's son, Major P.W.L. Hawker. The scope of Colonel Hawker's narration on hunting and firearms in this book is bewildering. It ranges through the great variety of guns, flints, powder, shot, dress...
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