BASIC ILLUSTRATED GUIDES
A new series of full-color how-to guides, the BASIC ILLUSTRATED guides are written by experts and aimed for beginners, but even veterans will use these books as basic reference tools. Each book contains comprehensive information for a specific activity, has an affordable price and a portable format, and includes full-color photographs throughout. A great impulse item as well as a gift for all ages and all occasions.
BASIC ILLUSTRATED ARCHERY
Beth Habeishi and Stephanie Mallory show how to select equipment, safely shoot and retrieve arrows, fine-tune accuracy, increase strength, and enter competitions.

Basic Illustrated Archery (Basic Illustrated Series)

Levin, Lon

Habeishi, Beth

Mallory, Stephanie

Reference

Falcon Guides

BASIC ILLUSTRATED BACKPACKINGExpert hikers Harry Roberts and Russ Schneider take readers step-by-step through planning a trip for each skill level, selecting the proper gear and provisions (including the right boots), how to find you way through wilderness, prepare a good meal, and much more.

Basic Illustrated Backpacking (Basic Illustrated Series)

Sports & Outdoors

Schneider, Russ

Roberts, Harry

Hiking & Camping

BASIC ILLUSTRATED CANOE PADDLING
Harry Roberts and Steve Salins guide canoeists in everything they need to know, such as choosing the right paddle, safe launches, basic forward, turning and correction strokes, and working in wind, waves and moving water.

Basic Illustrated Canoe Paddling (Basic Illustrated Series)

Water Sports

Richly illustrated and information-packed tools for the novice or handy reference for the veteran, BASIC ILLUSTRATED books distill years of knowledge into affordable and visual guides. Whether you're planning a trip or thumbing for facts in the field, the BASIC ILLUSTRATED series shows you what you need to know.

Basic Illustrated Canoeing (Basic Illustrated Series)

Jacobson,Cliff

An information-packed tool for the novice or handy reference for the veteran. Distills years of knowledge in an affordable and portable book.

Basic Illustrated Cooking in the Outdoors (Basic Illustrated Series)

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Outdoor Cooking

UNKNO

BASIC ILLUSTRATED KNOTS FOR THE OUTDOORS (Falcon)
Cliff Jacobson
A full-color manual for every outdoor enthusiast
In full color, this illustrated how-to book covers the top ten most important knots and hitches, twenty-two variations, and four essential splices and lashings. There are right-handed and left-handed instructions and illustrations for tying each knot, plus tips on buying and maintaining ropes and choosing the correct knot for the task at hand. This guide is easy to follow and small enough to carry outdoors.
Cliff Jacobson is an outdoors writer and wilderness canoe guide. He is a retired teacher of environmental science, and the author of more than a dozen successful books on canoeing and camping. He lives in River Falls, Wisconsin.

Basic Illustrated Knots for the Outdoors (Basic Illustrated Series)

Science & Math

Nature & Ecology

BASIC ILLUSTRATED MAP AND COMPASS
Wilderness guide Cliff Jacobson created the map and compass curriculum for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and here he shows easy-to-follow steps on choosing a compass, reading contour lines and other map features, using them in concert with a GPS receiver, plotting a course in the wilderness, navigating at night by the stars, and much more.

Basic Illustrated Map and Compass (Basic Illustrated Series)

Atlases & Maps

BASIC ILLUSTRATED WEATHER FORECASTING
Michael Hodgson gives detailed lessons in recognizing shifts in weather patterns, understanding why they occur, identifying cloud formations, and mastering basic meteorological concepts.

Basic Illustrated Weather Forecasting (Basic Illustrated Series)

Hodgson, Michael

Environment

An information-packed tool for the novice or handy reference for the veteran. Distills years of knowledge in an affordable and portable book. Discover how to apply first aid to a variety of wounds, treat abdominal pains and discomforts, soothe bites and stings, deal with heat and cold injuries, and wrap sprains, fractures and dislocated joints. In addition, you'll find a information on elementary CPR as well as lists of essential items for an outdoor first aid kit.

Basic Illustrated Wilderness First Aid (Basic Illustrated Series)

Forgey M.D., William

Part dreambook and part practical guide, Knack Treehouses takes the reader a big step closer to having a house in the treetops. Replete with 450 full-color photographs, it covers all there is to know about designing, building, and enjoying unique elevated dwellings—both for kids and for adults. It also includes extensive information on materials and building techniques, including tips on tree selection and evaluation. Specific plans are given for trunk treehouses, branch treehouses, and treehouses between two trees, with each plan including step-by-step instructions for safe construction.

Knack Treehouses: A Step-By-Step Guide To Designing & Building A Safe & Sound Structure (Knack: Make It Easy)

Wright, Dan

Globe Pequot

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