Selections from Thoreau's writings highlight a collection of color photographs capturing the beauty and diversity of the wilderness
Now, in this provocative book, author David Carle contends that it may be time to stop drowning the California dream of the good life with imported water.
This guide lists Alpine Clubs and mountain inns, with individual maps and information on the flora and fauna of the Swiss Alps.
Hiking the Grand Canyon Trail Map
Over 100 photographs accompanied by excerpts from John McPhee's 1977 book (Coming into the country), which depict Alaska's scenery, wildlife and human landscape.
Born in 1837 in the Catskill Mountains of New York State and a longtime resident of the Hudson River Valley, Burroughs spent his life studying the natural world. His powerful...
Sooner or later any outdoor enthusiast will need more than trail markers for guidance. This best-selling manual--now thoroughly revised and updated--is designed for anyone who wants to chart a course...
Beyond their esthetic and utilitarian importance, urban trees seem to fill a deeper human need. Perhaps they are reminders of the inexorable cycles of the natural world. Perhaps they serve...
The most authoritative and comprehensive guide to Alaska's endless recreation opportunities, unique culture, and history, this book is designed for independent, nature-oriented travelers of all ages. Updated with the latest...
This new edition of the classic handbook describes how to attract butterflies and other beneficial and beautiful insects to your garden.Butterfly Gardening presents everything the gardener needs to know to...
Best-selling author and cultural critic Jerry Mander has challenged dominant cultural mind-sets in books such as Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television and In the Absence of the Sacred....
Rivergods: Exploring the World's Great Wild Rivers
Detailed narratives profile fifty challenging climbs in premier mountaineering areas, describing the physical features and surroundings of the Alaskan ranges, the Rockies, the Bugaboos, the Washington Cascade, and the Sierra...
Fully revised, updated, and expanded, this ever-popular Sierra Club Totebook® is an information-packed guide to America's best-known national park, the destination of more than 4 1/2 million visitors annually. Hiking...
"Traditions that began ten thousand years ago have survived and remain vital in the lives of the descendants of these ancient people. People of Legend surveys the terrain inhabited by...
Adventuring in the Alps: The Sierra Club Travel Guide to the Alpine Regions of France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, Italy,...
This comprehensive, feature-packed book shows how you can create more beauty around your home, grow delicious healthful produce, and save money and natural resources all at the same time -...
Called an "estimable piece of work" by the Boston Globe, Forest Primeval traces the life cycle of a forest from its fiery inception in the year 987 to the present day, when logging threatens the forest and its inhabitants.
In an examination of four decades of developing breeder technology and the international plutonium trade, this study reveals how profitmaking encourages proliferation with the result that world safety, stability, and...
Eunice Anderson brings a commonsense approach to solving the nations energy problems