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Author
Publisher
Clovercraft Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Imagine taking a road trip across this great land, then hopping a flight to Hawaii and Alaska, spending time in every state in the union. That's what the author of Slow Roads America, Jerry Park, beckons you to do from the comfort of your favorite chair. Many years, road miles, motel nights, and flights in the making, Jerry's book takes you down the back roads that knit this expansive land together in an endless variety of scenery, folk, and story....
Author
Publisher
Mountaineers Books
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"In 2013, the first all-African American team of climbers, sponsored by the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), challenged themselves on North America's highest point, the dangerous and forbidding Denali, in Alaska. Mills uses Expedition Denali and its team members' adventures as a jumping-off point to explore how minority populations view their place in wild environments and to share the stories of those who have already achieved significant...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Through tales that span from his childhood in Newfoundland to his early years on the high seas aboard commercial fishing trawlers, from pioneering new forms of ocean farming to surfing the frontiers of the food movement, Smith introduces the world of sea-based agriculture, and advocates getting ocean vegetables onto American plates (there are thousands of edible varieties in the sea!). Here he shows how we can transform our food system while enjoying...
85) Through a life
Author
Publisher
Nobrow
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Rodney spends his life looking through.. Windows give way to screens as he comes to age dreaming of what lies beyond Earth's atmosphere .. This powerfully silent graphic novel by Tom Haugomat follows the saga of a boy who grows up to be an astronaut, just like he always wanted .. until a fatal shuttle crash upends his life, and he begins to find solace in beauty here on earth. Told through a series of poignant vignettes, Through is a sweeping story...
Author
Publisher
Rizzoli International Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"America's Great Forest Trails is an unprecedented showcase and practical travel guide to the finest woodland hiking opportunities, calling us to get out "into the woods," but also reminding us of the importance of leaving no trace through these fragile ecosystems. No other book combines the hiking-boots-on-the-ground guidance found here with spectacular photography and narratives that describe, motivate, and inspire the hiker in all of us. Featuring...
Author
Publisher
Page Street Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
With recurring appearances on the Food Network and millions of followers of his cooking Tik Tok channel under the belt, culinary prodigy Matthew Merril knows a thing or two about baking; accordingly, young bakers looking to learn indispensable skills in the kitchen will be wowed by what Teen Baking Bootcamp has to offer. Featuring tempting recipe after tempting recipe, this book has everything to help precocious readers grasp the fundamentals of baking,...
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
"Twenty-three essays by academics consider the historical, cultural, religious and political circumstances of various Native American peoples"--
"This volume brings together an impressive collection of important works covering nearly every aspect of early Native American history, from contact and exchange to diplomacy, religion, warfare, and disease"--
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"From the award-winning author of The Mushroom Hunters comes the story of an iconic fish, perhaps the last great wild food : salmon. For some, a salmon evokes the distant wild--thrashing in the jaws of a hungry grizzly bear on TV, perhaps. For others, it's the catch of the day on a restaurant menu, or a deep red fillet at the market. For others still, it's the jolt of adrenaline on a successful fishing trip. Our fascination with these superlative...
Author
Series
U.S. Geological Survey open-file report volume 2008-1161
Publisher
U.S. Geological Survey
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In 1927, at the age of twenty-three, George Melaendez Wright conceptualized and eventually funded the first wildlife survey of western National Parks, radically changing how the National Park Service (NPS) would manage natural resources under its charge.By the time Wright arrived in Yosemite National Park to work as a ranger naturalist-the first Hispanic person to occupy a professional position in the NPS-he had already visited every national park...