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  For a Handful of Feathers

  Guy de la Valdene

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  An avid hunter and wildlife preservationist, the Field & Stream contributor explores these seemingly opposed passions in this “beautifully written” memoir (The Bloomsbury Review).   After traveling the globe on expeditions with world-class sportsmen, Guy de la Valdéne purchased an eight hundred–acre farm outside Tallahassee and set out to raise and hunt his favorite game bird, bobwhite quail. But de la Valdéne is also a naturalist at heart, and as he planted trees and divided fields, he found that running the farm compelled him to operate as both hunter and protector.   Along the way, de la Valdéne gets pulled into some eye-opening adventures: to a masterpiece of controlled burning performed by a Vietnam veteran in a helicopter with three hundred gallons of napalm, and to his own experiences building a dam to fill his pond.  For a Handful of Feathers reconciles a passion for hunting with a deep sentiment for the wild. With sensitivity and patience, de la Valdéne searches for his, and our, place in the natural world.   “A classic that compares well with Turgenev’s A Sportsman’s Notebook.” —The Bloomsbury Review   “An American classic . . . A book as unapologetic as it is thoughtful about blood sport . . . [It] has the verbal spark and pace of a fine novel.” —Gray’s Sporting Journal   “A gem that will appeal not only to hunters but to all readers who love the land.” —Publishers Weekly   “Valuable for its insight into quail behavior and its thoughtful address of hunting ethics.” —Kirkus Reviews

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  Tales of Whitetails - Archibald...

  Archibald Rutledge

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  Thirty-five stirring, contemplative stories of deer hunting from a winner of the John Burroughs Medal. 
   
  Archibald Rutledge—renowned outdoor writer, poet laureate, and authority on whitetails—lived a rich life at Hampton Plantation in South Carolina, and had a mystical attachment to deer that found fulfillment in hunting and writing. No American sporting writer has been more persuasive in capturing the myriad, and often elusive, meanings of the hunt. 
   
  According to editor Jim Casada, Rutledge has an unrivaled knack for capturing the thrill of the chase, and his ability to set a scene is such that it places the reader squarely amidst the deep swamps, ridges of mixed pines and hardwoods, and dense thickets of palmetto and greenbrier. Rutledge considered deer, “that noble, elusive, crafty, wonderful denizen of the wilds,” to be the wisest of the game animals. His firm belief was that there was “much more to hunting than hunting.” He praised whitetails in poetry, found in them a basis for a sophisticated philosophy, and, most of all, immortalized the world of the hunter and the hunted in prose. Tales of Whitetails is the only book ever published devoted exclusively to Rutledge’s deer tales.

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  NOLS River Rescue Guide

  Nate Ostis

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  The award-winning instructional guide for safety, rescue, and recovery techniques—with true stories from whitewater legends. Rescue training is essential for anyone who spends significant time on the river. The NOLS River Rescue Guide is an ideal reference for pre-trip planning and your expedition drybag. The fully illustrated text lays out tools and systems for managing risk in this dynamic, hazardous environment. Throughout, personal stories from whitewater legends—including Les Bechdel, Charlie Wahlbridge, Jim Coffey, and Kent Ford—examine the causes and outcomes of real-world incidents. The NOS River Rescue Guide is a compendium of proven swiftwater risk management strategies from an organization with fifty years of experience teaching on the rivers of the world.  ·       Learn advice for identifying and responding to risks on the water ·       Covers all essential equipment you'll need ·       Over 170 color photos and sixty-seven illustrations  ·       Includes personal stories from whitewater legends2015 National Outdoor Book Award winner for Best Instructional.

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  Get Into Sport: Home...

  Neil Pedoe

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  Varying your fitness training will improve your performance and give you many other benefits.

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  This One Wild Life - A...

  Angie Abdou

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  From the author of Canada Reads finalist The Bone Cage.
  		 
  Includes research on the shy child, parent-child bonding, social media issues, and the benefits of outdoor activity and nature immersion.
  		 
  Disillusioned with overly competitive organized sports and concerned about her lively daughter’s growing shyness, author Angie Abdou sets herself a challenge: to hike a peak a week over the summer holidays with Katie. They will bond in nature and discover the glories of outdoor activity. What could go wrong? Well, among other things, it turns out that Angie loves hiking but Katie doesn’t.
  		 
  Hilarious, poignant, and deeply felt, This One Wild Life explores parenting and marriage in a summer of unexpected outcomes and growth for both mother and daughter.

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  Running Harmony Volume 1 - 12...

  Ray Harmony

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  WTF is "Running Harmony", and who the hell is this "Harmony" guy anyway? Running Harmony is the art of running hard, sitting soft, and eating kind. It's also the name of Ray Harmony's running column in Vegan Health & Fitness magazine. This book is the first volume in the series, and is a collection of all Ray's writing on running from 2015 to 2016. Ray Harmony is a British African based in Canada via the USA, and has been Vegan Straight Edge for over 10 years. He is a full-time musician and author, and a part-time runner, who recently completed a one-year 5K-a-day running streak. Ray is a Vibram ambassador and runs exclusively in FiveFingers. His favourite distance is 5K, with a current PR of 18:41. He also has a handful of running medals, but he doesn't like showing off so he keeps them hidden in the zipped pocket of his laptop bag, mainly as an occasional reminder to himself that sometimes he can run pretty fast. Ray Harmony has made music with Serj Tankian from System of a Down, Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine, and many more. Ray's running song “Two Runs Make a Right” is available for free download from his website: RunningHarmony.com
  
  "If exercise is medicine – and it is – Ray Harmony is Gregory House by way of Patch Adams. A lively kick in the butt for lapsed gym dogs and a hymn to the awesome power of commitment." —BRUCE GRIERSON, author of What Makes Olga Run?
  
  “Ray submitted an excerpt from this book for his column in Vegan Health & Fitness magazine. I was the lucky first one to read it, and immediately insisted on reading most of it aloud to the rest of the staff. We all agreed that it was probably the best thing that has ever been published in VHF. Not only is it extremely eloquent and well-written, but the message comes from the heart and is very touching and inspirational. We can all relate to the emotions Ray experienced, and his journey is a joy to experience with him. I highly recommend this book. I know it is going to make a real difference in the lives of those who read it.” —BRENDA CAREY, editor of Vegan Health & Fitness magazine

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