"Gooley’s more than two decades of pioneering outdoor experience include research among the Dayak people of Borneo and the Tuareg of the Sahara. With his first book, The Natural Navigator, he started a renaissance in the rare art of reading nature’s clues. Now, in The Lost Art of Reading Nature’s Signs, Gooley has compiled more than 850 outdoor tips—many not found in any other book in the world—that will open readers’ eyes to nature’s...

Longtime readers have come to understand that Outsides true gift is in chronicling misadventure. Thats the common thread among the stories found in Out There-those memorable tales that begin with the promise that, even if no ones life is necessarily hanging in the balance, something may go horribly awry at any moment, and that documenting this misfortune will inevitably yield rich comedic material or a surprisingly poignant moment. Or sometimes both....

A collection of stories on the outdoors. In one, a woman's life is changed by a meeting with a bear, a second is on a fishing expedition as seen by a little girl, and in a third, a man seeking a return to nature runs into a deadly snowstorm

Updated from the original 1889 publication, an outdoor activity book for girls lists holiday party suggestions, gives information on cultivating and working with flowers, outlines art projects, details the equipment and rules for outdoor sports and games, and more.

When David Sobel's children were toddlers, he set out to integrate a wide range of nature experiences into their family life, play, and storytelling. Blending his passion as a parent with his professional expertise, he created adventures tailored to their developmental stages: cultivating empathy with animals in early childhood, exploring the woods in middle childhood, and devising rites of passage in adolescence. This book is Sobel's vivid and moving...

"The rise of the Forest School movement in recent years is part of a groundswell of concern about the wellbeing of our children, with many media scare stories about child obesity, 'nature deficit disorder' (as described in Last Child in the Woods) and lack of exposure to risk. This woodland adventure book brings the activities and 'learning through nature' ethos of Forest School to the parents of nursery and primary school-age children. It's packed...

The author journeys through the great outdoors with tales of Rancid Crabtree, Retch Sweeney, Game Warden Sneed, and fish-eating shrimp in Lake Blight.

More college students than ever are majoring in Outdoor Recreation, Outdoor Education, or Adventure Education, but fewer and fewer Americans spend any time in thoughtful, respectful engagement with wilderness. While many young people may think of adrenaline-laced extreme sports as prime outdoor activities, with Outdoors in the Southwest, Gulliford seeks to promote appreciation for and discussion of the wild landscapes where those sports are played....