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With a new stepmom, sister, and baby brother in the house, Kammy’s summer can’t get any worse—until she goes to camp Twelve-year-old Kammy Whitlock had been fine living with just her dad since her mom died when she was only four. Although she gets along OK with her new stepmom, the addition...

Original and classic stories of adventure, ghosts, and all the things that you must worry about the next time you hear something go bump in the night.

It’s time for a vacation so Tom decides that an adventure on mainland Alaska is in order. Swan joins him and they head across Alaska and British Columbia toward Ketchikan on an old motorcycle. It’s an interesting trip to take in the autumn, especially with the frosty nights and a hot companion....

With the abyss of Fortysomethingness looming, Julie and Jason quit work and set off on an adventure. Their goal - tour Europe for a year. Their transport - Dave, a motorhome half their age. Join them and pet pooch Charlie (almost 40 in dog years) as they explore Morocco - a country they never...

Fiona Danks and Jo Schofield are back with more wonderful ideas for fun outdoors even in the most challenging weather! Imagine -    jumping in the biggest puddle you can find! -      Or running barefoot and feeling squidgy mud ooze up between your toes!   -      Or run up the nearest hill...

Author Ken McAlpine stands in his front yard one night in Ventura, California, trying to see the stars. His view is diminished by light pollution, making it hard to see much of anything in the sky. Our fast-paced, technologically advanced society, he concludes, is not conducive to stargazing or soul-searching....

Before GPS, before the compass, and even before cartography, humankind was navigating. Now this singular guide helps us rediscover what our ancestors long understood—that a windswept tree, the depth of a puddle, or a trill of birdsong can help us find our way, if we know what to look and listen...

Living in an RV is something that’s becoming more and more popular for a number of people. Both old and young are thinking about this as a great way to explore the world, have a number of adventures and truly live their life. It’s not easy to live in an RV but there is a lot that can be done with...

For the past 100 years, boys of all ages have explored the mountains, forests, streams, and seas in the quest of fun, exploration, and service that the Boy Scouts of America has offered. The Scouter’s Companion collects photographs, vintage images, posters, and advertisements from these archives...

situations.  In this book I want to introduce you to bushcrat and the fundimentals of what it entails.  If you have never used bushcraft techniques or tools before then this book is for you.  If you have been doing buscraft before then you may want to find a more advanced book.  As you...

The term "survival knife" can have many meanings, but they all lead to one question: do you have the tool you need to save your life in a wilderness survival situation?  What makes a good wilderness knife? What makes a poor one? These subjects, as well as exercises to improve knife...

The stories in this book are all based on real-life experiences. They often involve events ranging from frigid winter excursions to canoeing life threatening river rapids in the wilds north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada. Come and join the author, his wife, and many different folks of all ages...

If you’re gonna run for your life, you gotta wear the right shoes. Life is rapidly changing for pre-teen shoe spokesperson Riley Mae. After escaping near disaster at the top of Half Dome in Yosemite, Riley, her family, and her Swiftriver co-workers fly to a secret hideout in Northwest...

As the National Park Service marks its 100th birthday in 2016, TIME celebrates America's spectacular, unspoiled natural treasures. Vast in scale at nearly 85 million acres, the park system stretches from Acadia park in Maine to War in the Pacific park on Guam and more than 400 parks in between, visited...