07
Sep

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“The Green River runs wild, free and vigourous from southern Wyoming to northeastern Utah. Edward Abbey wrote in these pages in 1975 that Anne Zwinger’s account “of the Green River and its subtle forms of life and nonlife may be taken as authoritative. ‘Run, River, Run,’ should serve as a standard reference work on this part of the American West for many years to come.” —New York Times Book Review… More >>

Run, River, Run: A Naturalist’s Journey Down One of the Great Rivers of the West

03
Sep

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Forced from her downtown Manhattan apartment by the terrorist attack of September 11, journalist Wendy Bounds was delivered to Guinan’s doorstep — a legendary Irish drinking hole and country store nestled along the banks of the Hudson River in the small town of Garrison, New York — by a friend. Captivated by the bar’s charismatic but ailing owner and his charming, motley clientele, Bounds uprooted herself permanently and moved to tiny Garrison, the picturesque … More >>

Little Chapel on the River: A Pub, a Town and the Search for What Matters Most

02
Sep

Gold in the River

21
Aug

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The author of “The Land That Lost Its Heroes”, an award-winning study of Argentina and the Falklands War, embarks on journeys of discovery to the South American countries of Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia, relating his adventures with the diverse people who make up this continent. He conducts us by steam train up the Andes and down to the depths of a Bolivian tin mine. We find a hotbed of Argentine loyalties in Tierra del Fuego, beaches of bodie… More >>

Beyond the Silver River: South American Encounter

19
Aug

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From its source in the suburbs of the San Fernando Valley to its mouth at the Pacific Ocean, the Los Angeles River is made almost entirely of concrete. Chain-link fence and barbed wire line its course. Graffiti marks its banks. Discarded sofas, shopping carts, and trash litter its channel. Little water flows in the river most of the year, and nearly all that does is treated sewage and oily street runoff. On much of its course, the river’s wide, paved bed, often almo… More >>

The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death, and Possible Rebirth

18
Aug

  • Made By: The Mountaineers Books

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·The official trail maps, produced by the organization that conceived, coordinated and developed it
·Flows through New York, Vermont, Québec, New Hampshire, and Maine
·Maps include put-in points, portages, campsites, local contact information, and permit guidelines
·Waterproof, tear proof, color contour maps offer detailed route descriptions The 740-mile water trail links the watersheds of northern New York, Vermont, Québec, New Hampshire, … More >>

Northern Forest Canoe Trail: Allagash Region, North, Maine, Umsaskis Lake to St. John River

16
Aug

The Naturalist on the River Amazons: Record Adventures Habits Animals Sketches Brazilian Indian Life Aspects

15
Aug

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The Grand Canyon continues to be the most popular of our national parks. While millions gaze at its cliffs each year, only 15,000 float through the canyon on the Colorado River. A landmark portrait of the Grand Canyon, this is the only photography book to document this amazing journey from river level. Now this classic is back in print, with an updated preface and introduction and a dozen new photographs. A journal in photos and words, The Hidden Canyon captures the… More >>

The Hidden Canyon: A River Journey

15
Aug

  • ISBN13: 9780805059038
  • Condition: New
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Since the publication of his first book, Mississippi Solo, Eddy L. Harris has been praised for his travel writing. In this exciting reissue of his classic travelogue, readers will come to treasure the rich insightful prose that is as textured as the Mississippi River itself. They will be taken by the hand by an adventurer whose lifelong dream is to canoe the length of this mighty river, from Minnesota to New Orleans. The trip’s dangers were legion for a Black man tr… More >>

Mississippi Solo: A River Quest

13
Aug

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A spectacular modern-day adventure along the Nile River from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean Sea

With news of tenuous peace in Sudan, foreign correspondent Dan Morrison bought a plank-board boat, summoned a childhood friend who’d never been off American soil and set out from Uganda, paddling the White Nile on a quest to reach Cairo-a trip that tyranny and war had made impossible for decades.

Morrison’s chronicle is a mashup of travel n… More >>

The Black Nile: One Man’s Amazing Journey Through Peace and War on the World’s Longest River