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With a focus on safety and the integrity of the outdoors, The Complete Book of Fire: Building Campfires for Cooking, Warmth, Light, and Survival initiates the novice as well as informs the experienced. Integrating the history, ecology, and science of fire with practical aspects of campfires such as cooking and warmth, author Buck Tilton has created the ultimate guide to properly building, enjoying, and extinguishing campfires.
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The Brewster triplets, Dawn, Darby, and Delaney, are spending spring break camping with their Aunt Jane--but when they run into three boys at the campsite the inevitable competition begins, and as the disasters mount up it starts to look like this may bethe worst camping trip ever.
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Get the Summary of Ethan Gallogly's The Trail in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Ethan Gallogly's "The Trail" follows Gil, a man grappling with personal and professional setbacks, as he embarks on a hike along the John Muir Trail with Syd, his late father's friend. Syd, a former professor with a deep appreciation for Asian philosophy, is battling acute myelogenous leukemia and has chosen to forgo treatment to experience...
6) Quiet night
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One frog, two owls, three geese are joined by increasingly larger numbers of different animals that keep ten campers from falling asleep in their tent.
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Keith's wife Gail is looking forward to travelling the world and staying in comfortable hotels when Keith takes early retirement from his high-pressure job. But he has a shock in store for her. He unexpectedly decides to buy a huge American Winnebago-type motorhome (RV), tow a car behind 'so they can bugger off for months on end around Europe'. Their only experience a brief episode 30 years earlier, when their VW pop-top blew up on a remote mountain...
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With practical advice for camping in all sorts of conditions, this handy guide offers dozens of hints on everything from choosing your campsite to roasting the perfect marshmallow. Geared to the hunter or fisherman, but with something for almost everyone who loves the great outdoors, this is the book you want to download to your phone or tablet before heading out into the woods.
In this guide, you'll learn how to:
• Rainproof any tent
• Make...
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THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO BUILDING PROTECTION FROM THE ELEMENTS FOR BEGINNERS AND EXPERIENCED OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS ALIKE
You can survive a couple of weeks without food and a few days without water, but in some cases, you would be lucky to survive one night without shelter.
With structures ideally suited for any weather condition, this book presents emergency shelter designs built from a variety of elements, including 100 percent gathered items,...
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The Ultimate Wilderness Survival Guide
"If you are serious about survival, this book is required reading." ―Alan Kay, winner of Alone, season 1 (History Channel) and coauthor of Decline and Decay: Strategies for Surviving the Coming Unpleasantness
#1 Bestseller in Caving & Spelunking and Hiking & Camping Instructional
Former Special Forces Operator and Instructor, Joshua Enyart, provides essential skills and a step-by-step wilderness survival...
13) Dead mountain
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"In 2008, nine mountaineers failed to return from a winter backpacking trip in the New Mexico mountains. At their final campsite, searchers found a bizarre scene: something had appeared at the door of their tent so terrifying that it impelled them to slash their way out and flee barefoot to certain death in a blizzard. Despite a diligent search, only six bodies were found, two violently crushed and inexplicably missing their eyes. The case, given...
14) The trail
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Toby and his friend Lucas made a list of things to do the summer before they entered middle school, but now Lucas is gone, and Toby sets out to fulfill the promise he made to his friend, to finish the list by hiking the Appalachian Trail from Velvet Rocksto Mt. Katahdin, an undertaking that he is poorly prepared for--and which will become not only a struggle for survival, but a rescue mission for the starving and abused dog who he finds along the...
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Having spent months exploring the world in our trusty VW camper, we're experts at putting together incredible food equipped with just a two-burner camping stove and a tiny fridge or cool box. “The Clever Camper Cookbook” features over 20 of the best recipes we came up with on our travels—there's no fuss, nothing too fancy, just deliciously simple cooking. Whether you're on top of a mountain, down by the water's edge or setting up for a few nights...
16) Body of water
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After their trailer home and all their belongings are burned, twelve-year-old Ember and her Wiccan family move to a lakeside campground where Ember's anguish over losing her dog, as well as her friendship with the boy she fears started the fire, stops her from making new friends and moving on.
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"It's Rainforest Day! Mum, Dad, wake up, wake up," squealed River.
River loves to explore – do you love to explore too?
On a day of adventure with his mum and dad, River explores his favourite place – the rainforest. With colourful birds, slimy reptiles, ancient trees and fluffy padymelons, there's an abundance of wildlife to be discovered. All whilst mum and dad provide encouragement and freedom for River to explore.
Put on your gumboots and...
18) Turkey Hunting
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Explores the techniques and equipment needed for turkey hunting, provides background information on turkey hunting regulations, and covers guidelines for safety and conservation. Additional features include a table of contents, sidebars, infographics, Fast Facts, critical thinking questions, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research. Author/Illustrator biography Educational front/back matter Glossary of key words Index Infographics...
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Explores the techniques and equipment needed for freshwater fishing, provides background information on fishing regulations, and covers guidelines for safety and conservation. Additional features include a table of contents, sidebars, infographics, Fast Facts, critical thinking questions, a phonetic glossary, an index, and sources for further research. Author/Illustrator biography Educational front/back matter Glossary of key words Index Infographics...
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