The Essential Touring Cyclist: A Complete Guide for the Bicycle Traveler, Second Edition

Author: Richard Lovett
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071360190
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
The classic guide for beginning and intermediate cyclists is back—and it’s better than ever. With the latest on bikes, gear, and training techniques and new sections on short tours, and touring abroad, this new edition of The Essential Touring Cyclist promises to appeal to a whole new population of aspiring cyclists. Whether you’re heading out for five hours or five months, this vividly designed, heavily illustrated, and resource-rich guide delivers everything you need.

The Essential Touring Cyclist: A Complete Guide for the Bicycle Traveler, Second Edition

Author: Richard A. Lovett
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 0071705139
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 161

The Essential Sea Kayaker: A Complete Guide for the Open Water Paddler, Second Edition

Author: David Seidman
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 9780071362375
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
Expanded to include sections on seamanship, navigation, and health issues, the completely updated and redesigned new edition of David Seidman’s bestselling guide reaffirms its reputation as the best sea kayaking guide available. A top-to-bottom introduction for novice and mid-level kayakers, this highly visual handbook provides kayakers with the whole scoop on everything from gear, transportation, and paddling technique to the finer points of Eskimo rolling, rescue protocol, group and solo paddling.

The Essential Backpacker

Author: Adrienne Hall
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 9780071354370
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 134

Book Description
The Essential Series--Your Trusted Guides As a self-sufficient backpacker, you can go wherever your feet will take you--to a wildflower meadow, a mountain summit, or the shore of a moonlit lake. "The Essential Backpacker" provides a clear and thorough education in backpacking, guiding you through hiking skills, what to take and how to carry it, and how to deal with the challenges of the trail. Other features include: Planning a weekend or long-distance hike Backpacking solo or with companions--including children and dogs Route-finding skills and safety techniques Tips on equipment, camping, food preparation, and minimizing your environmental impact Featuring veteran hiker Adrienne Hall's fusion of expert advice, confidence-building anecdotes, and insider information, "The Essential Backpacker" is the ideal guide for anyone planning to hit the hiking trail for the first time. This straightforward handbook focuses on the basics while providing a taste of advanced backpacking techniques. And it's packed with the resources hikers need to progress comfortably from day hikes to long-distance treks.

Bug Out

Author: Scott B. Williams
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 156975831X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 350

Book Description
Learn to prep your home and family to survive sudden catastrophe—from floods and fires to pandemics and terror attacks—with this practical guide. Cataclysmic events strike sleepy towns and major cities every year. Ordinary residents suddenly find themselves in scenarios where they must evacuate immediately or perishing in rising waters, raging fires, or other life-threatening conditions. Being prepared makes the difference between survival and disaster. Guiding you step by step, Bug Out tells you how to be ready at a second's notice: · Create an escape plan for where to go and how to get there · Pack the perfect bug-out bag for the first 72 hours · Find food, water, and other necessities outside of civilization Bug Out also includes detailed information on the best escape locations everywhere in the U.S., from the Pacific and Atlantic coasts to the Rocky Mountains, the Desert Southwest, the Heartland, the Gulf Coast, the Appalachians, and the Lakes and Big Woods of the North.

Travel Resources

Author: Stephen Walker
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810869470
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 376

Book Description
Written for the traveler who needs information beyond what is provided in a general guidebook, Travel Resources: An Annotated Guide introduces the reader to comprehensive and specialized travel literature and resources. In this book, author Stephen Walker offers practical and accessible direction for anyone seeking detailed and valuable information on travel, while also instructing readers in ways to find information that may not be included in this guide. Organized by topic, each topic begins with information that is useful to new travelers so that anyone can begin with any topic without any previous knowledge of it. However, the book also goes further so as to provide information useful to the seasoned traveler. The wide variety of topics related to travel provide many new and possibly overlooked opportunities, even for veteran travelers, and the works included have been selected because of the depth with which each treats its subject matter, in order to ensure that each resource is of the quality that today's traveler demands.

Bug Out Vehicles and Shelters

Author: Scott B. Williams
Publisher: Ulysses Press
ISBN: 1569759790
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 266

Book Description
Going beyond a standard 72-hour bug out bag, this book shows you how to outfit escape vehicles and retreats in order to be able to survive for days, weeks or even months without civilization. Projects include outfitting a stationwagon, converting an RV and building secure shelters from shipping containers.

Sports, Exercise, and Fitness

Author: Mary Beth Allen
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313068577
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description
For reference librarians and researchers seeking information on sports and fitness, this guide is an important first stop. For collection development specialists, it is an invaluable selection guide. Allen describes and evaluates over 1,000 information sources on the complete spectrum of sports: from basketball, football, and hockey to figure skating, table tennis, and weight training. Focusing on English-language works published between 1990 and the present, the guide thoroughly covers traditional reference sources, such as encyclopedias and bibliographies, along with instructional sources in print formats, online databases, and Web sites. To enable users in search of information on specific sports or fitness activities, chapters are organized thematically, according to broad- type aquatic sports, nautical sports, precision and accuracy, racket sports, ice and snow sports, ball sports, cycling, and so on, with subcategories for such individual sports as soccer, golf, and yoga. Within these categories, works are further organized by type: reference, instructional, and Web sites.

The Essential Touring Cyclist

Author: Richard A. Lovett
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
ISBN: 9780070388499
Category : Bicycle touring
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This illustrated book on the art of bicycle touring contains a mix of text, line drawings and photos. It provides information on buying, maintaining, modifying and equipping touring bikes, as well as advice on how to live and travel on two wheels, from budget touring to dealing with adversity.

Bicycling

Author: Peter Oliver
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393313376
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 196

Book Description
Smart, instructive, and beautifully designed, every book in the Trailside Guide series contains the essential information readers need to master outdoor activities and have fun in the process.