Outdoors


New Releases Tagged "Outdoors"

The Briars
Call of the Camino
The Briars
Winter: The Story of a Season
A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Is a River Alive?
Nowhere for Very Long
Cabin: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman
The Guide
Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
Our Lake: (A Caldecott Honor Book)
Homeschooling: You're Doing It Right Just by Doing It
Burn
The Last Ranger
Outdoor Kids in an Inside World: Getting Your Family Out of the House and Radically Engaged with Nature
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
Into the Wild
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Desert Solitaire
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why
A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There
Walden or, Life in the Woods
Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills
Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains
The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon
The Blue Monsoon by Damyanti BiswasAbyssinian Nomad by Maskarm HaileDown Under by Bill BrysonOne Day at a Time 2017 by Hollie Bell-SchinzingThe Two Week Traveller by Matthew Lightfoot
Best Traveling Vicariously II
98 books — 47 voters
Snow Falls by Gerri HillWhitewater Rendezvous by Kim BaldwinGulf Breeze by Gerri HillIn the Company of Crocodiles by Maggie  BrownThe Target by Gerri Hill
A Lesbian Wilderness
90 books — 70 voters

An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret  RogersonMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeWhere the Garden Begins by J. Suthern HicksHatchet by Gary PaulsenA Leaf of Faith by J. Suthern Hicks
A Walk in the Woods
92 books — 14 voters
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettEucalyptus by Murray BailThe Sprite and the Gardener by Rii AbregoGardens of Love by Meera Godbole-KrishnamurthyAquaponics for Beginners by Nick   Brooke
Best Books to Read in a Garden
47 books — 9 voters

Mycelium Running by Paul StametsAll That the Rain Promises and More by David AroraMushrooms Demystified by David AroraThe Kingdom of Fungi by Jens H. PetersenMushrooms of the Pacific Northwest by Steve Trudell
Mushrooming
42 books — 20 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonLongstreet Highroad Guide to the Vermont Mountains by Rick StrimbeckAMC White Mountain Guide by Gene DaniellExploring Grand Teton National Park by Jeffrey J. DoranExploring Glacier National Park by Jeffrey J. Doran
Best Hiking Guides
146 books — 22 voters


Joan Halifax
Some of us are drawn to mountains the way the moon draws the tide. Both the great forests and the mountains live in my bones. They have taught me, humbled me, purified me and changed me.
Joan Halifax, The Fruitful Darkness: A Journey Through Buddhist Practice and Tribal Wisdom

Frédéric Gros
Walking causes a repetitive, spontaneous poetry to rise naturally to the lips, words as simple as the sound of footsteps on the road. There also seems to be an echo of walking in the practice of two choruses singing a psalm in alternate verses, each on a single note, a practice that makes it possible to chant and listen by turns. Its main effect is one of repetition and alternation that St Ambrose compared to the sound of the sea: when a gentle surf is breaking quietly on the shore the regularit ...more
Frédéric Gros, A Philosophy of Walking

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