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 San Bernardino Mountain Trails: 100 Hikes in Southern CaliforniaBest Price: $8.83 Still the best guide for local hikes in the San Bernardino Mountains, though I'm a little... |  Walking the Camino De SantiagoBest Price: $17.84 Although this guide is written for walkers, we also found it an excellent guide for cycling. ... |  Backpacking in MichiganBest Price: $12.04 This concise, authoritative guide by seasoned travel author and backpacker Jim DuFresne offers... |  The Pacific Crest Trail: Southern California (Pacific Crest Trail)Best Price: $13.90 Successor to the Wilderness Press classic Pacific Crest Trail: California, this essential volume... |  Pennsylvania Waterfalls: A Guide For Hikers And PhotographersBest Price: $5.98 Very good guide to all the photogenic spots in the entire PA as opposed to only specific parts... |
 Glacier Day HikesBest Price: $7.98 This one seemed like the friendliest and easiest to use, but it ended up being the most... |  The Practical Nomad: How to Travel Around the World (Practical Nomad)Best Price: $12.80 This book though, only gets into a few reasons for exploring the world, describing only a few... |  In Search of King Solomon's MinesBest Price: $7.44 Ancient culture's responses to the modern world. Honey in the trees and gold in the ground. ... | In Search of King Solomon's Mines Best Price: $7.44 Ancient culture's responses to the modern world. Honey in the trees and gold in the ground. ... |  Hiking the WasatchBest Price: $11.48 Hiking times are real, not just best guesses. When planning those half-day hikes, timing is... |
 The Pacific Crest Trail: A Hiker's CompanionBest Price: $11.88 It's one of my dreams to eventually thru-hike the PCT and I gobble up everything written about... |  Birds of Northern CaliforniaBest Price: $13.80 As a beginning bird watcher, I find this book useful in helping to cement my love of a new... |  The Pacific Crest Trail: Northern California (Pacific Crest Trail)Best Price: $12.19 We've used this guide for the entire Northern California section, and haven't gotten lost. The... |  50 Hikes in West Virginia: From the Allegheny Mountains to the Ohio RiverBest Price: $10.75 50 hikes in West Virginia has provided me with information on places that I have been hiking for... |  Supreme Power Vol. 1: ContactBest Price: $1.50 JMS has to be one of my all-time faves. His groundbreaking TV series Babylon 5 is still my... |
 Sedona Hikes, 130 Day Hikes & 5 Vortex Sites around Sedona, Arizona, Revised 9th EditionBest Price: $11.53 This book seems to cover many great hiking areas in Sedona. It is quite explicit re: directions... |  Alaska Birds (Pocket Naturalist - Waterford Press)Best Price: $2.54 This is a decent field guide for quick reference. But there is only one example for each... |  Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, Vol. 1 (Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas & Yucatan)Best Price: $7.75 I realize that not everyone shares my taste in literature, but if you are an armchair adventurer... |  100 Hikes in New Mexico (100 Hikes in) 2nd EditionBest Price: $11.07 Exactly what I hoped for, fact-filled and objectively informational. Highly recommended for... |  Hiking Trails of Nova ScotiaBest Price: $12.45 I really like the way this was written, great directions, information about the trails. The GPS... |
 Lightly on the Land: The Sca Trail Building And Maintenance Manual 2nd EditionBest Price: $17.30 Lightly on the Land is the best written reference for trail work and for conservation work;... |  The Maine Woods (Penguin Nature Library)Best Price: $6.75 "The Maine Woods" relates three separate trips Henry Thoreau made to the Mount... |  Camping and Woodcraft: A Handbook for Vacation Campers and for Travelers in the WildernessBest Price: $11.53 This is probably the most exhaustive and authoritative book on outdoor craft that I have read.... |  The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to FreedomBest Price: $4.50 Rawicz's trek is an amazing story, and a great read. His voice comes through so strongly, and... |  60 Hikes within 60 Miles: San Francisco, 2nd: Including North Bay, East Bay, Peninsula and South Bay (60 Hikes - Menasha Ridge)Best Price: $8.99 This book is a terrific resource for people who like to walk and find themselves in the Bay... |
 Walking the Big Wild: From Yellowstone to the Yukon on the Grizzly Bears' TrailBest Price: $5.00 I've read a lot of non-fiction wilderness books and this is in the top 10 of my list. It's... |  South: The Last Antarctic Expedition of Shackleton and the Endurance (The Explorers Club Classic)Best Price: $12.71 SOUTH: THE LAST ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION Here is a list of equipment that Sir Ernest Shackleton... |  Day Hike! North Cascades: The Best Trails You Can Hike in a Day (Day Hike!)Best Price: $8.95 I only got to spend a few days in North Cascades Nat'l Park so I had to find a guide that gave... |  Hiking Colorado's Summit County Area: A Guide to the Best Hikes in and around Summit County (Regional Hiking Series)Best Price: $8.78 We've been on several hikes from this book and overall I'm quite pleased. The hikes are... |  Greenopia, New York City: The Definitive Guide to More Than 1,300 Eco-Friendly Businesses and Resources (Greenopia series)Best Price: $10.99 With more than 1,000 listings of green retailers, service providers, and organizations... |
 High Adventure: The True Story of the First Ascent of EverestBest Price: $11.25 The funny thing is that people probably eschew this book, thinking it's written in "old... |  Wind River TrailsBest Price: $6.36 I met Finis some 20 years ago when he was giving a presentation on the Wind Rivers to a club of... |  Belize: Reefs, Rain Forests, and Mayan RuinsBest Price: $8.92 Once again, Dick Lutz has written a fascinating book to add to his list of travel books. He... |  Hiking Big Bend National Park, 2nd (Regional Hiking Series)Best Price: $1.40 Gives a great synthesis of hikes of all levels in the park. Well-organized and thus very easy... |  Isle Royale National Park: Foot Trails & Water Routes (3rd edition)Best Price: $10.06 A must have for everyone going to Isle Royale. Of course, it is the best book until I write one. |
 Backcountry Adventures Southern California: The Ultimate Guide to the Backcountry for anyone with a Sport Utility Vehicle (Backcountry Adventures)Best Price: $26.10 This book has everything a casual offroader or overlander would want (this book does not cover... |  Day Hike! Central Cascades: The Best Trails You Can Hike in a Day (Day Hike!)Best Price: $10.32 This is a great book of hikes in the Central Cascades (where I live). While I am already... |  Running the AmazonBest Price: $6.54 I enjoyed this book & felt I learned a lot about the heart of South America - mainly Peru,... |  Portland Hill Walks: Twenty Explorations in Parks and NeighborhoodsBest Price: $12.21 My husband and I have recently begun walking at least 1/2 hour per day but have gotten the bug... |  50 Hikes in Vermont: Walks, Hikes, and Overnights in the Green Mountain State, Sixth EditionBest Price: $10.69 I purchased this book when I first moved to Vermont to help me find my way around the trails... |
 Best Loop Hikes: Colorado (Best Loop Hikes)Best Price: $10.45 This is arm chair reading for the winter months, as most of the trails described are covered... |  Travellers' Wildlife Guides Belize & Northern Guatemala (Travellers' Wildlife Guides)Best Price: $17.51 As a frequent traveler to Belize I found this book a wonderful guide to all the natural beauty... |  Best Hikes With Dogs ColoradoBest Price: $10.39 After traveling from Texas, we used this book to select a quick 2 mile hike on our first day in... |  Disappearing Destinations: 37 Places in Peril and What Can Be Done to Help Save Them (Vintage Departures Original)Best Price: $3.24 A beautiful and memorable look at some of the most gorgeous endangered places on the planet. ... |  100 Classic Hikes in Northern California: Sierra Nevada/ Cascade Mountains/ Klamath Mountains/ Coast Range and North Coast/ San Francisco Bay Area (100 Classic Hikes)Best Price: $14.26 I agree with the other reviews in that this is a nice book to put on your coffee table and flip... |
 The Appalachian Trail Food PlannerBest Price: $10.38 This book helped me know where to start and how to plan my hiking trip and what foods to take... |  Best Easy Day Hikes Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks (Best Easy Day Hikes Series)Best Price: $4.61 The entire series of Falcon Guides: THE BEST EASY DAY HIKES xxxxx are a delight to read and then... |  Trekking in Ladakh, 3rd: India Trekking Guides (Trailblazer)Best Price: $13.57 This is in fact the only detailed account, well illustrated, for a traveler to Ladakh (do you... |  Backpacking Idaho: From Alpine Peaks to Desert Canyons (Backpacking)Best Price: $10.89 I enjoyed reading the book and the authors comments on the area. I do suggest that you do more... |  Kings Canyon National Park: A Complete Hiker's Guide (National Park)Best Price: $11.62 I was well pleased with the trail and park information in both this and the King's Canyon Hikers... |
 50 Hikes in Eastern Pennsylvania: From the Mason-Dixon Line to the Poconos and North Mountain, Fourth EditionBest Price: $10.51 Not a bad book for hikes to eastern PA. The one thing I would have liked to have seen was some... |  Hiking And Exploring The Paria River: Including, The Story Of John D. Lee And Mountain Meadows MassacreBest Price: $7.08 Husband wanted book, I ordered it. He likes it. | |||
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