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Arctic Traverse

A Thousand-Mile Summer of Trekking the Brooks Range

by Michael Engelhard ...

National Outdoor Book Award Winner • Independent Publisher Book Award Winner • Nautilus Book Award Winner • Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist"Engelhard locates life—biological, cultural, and geophysical—in every mile of this vast, wild landscape." —Robert Moor, author of On Trails: An ExplorationA lyrical memoir that interweaves wilderness, homeland, cultural connections, historical ... Read more

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National Outdoor Book Award Winner • Independent Publisher Book Award Winner • Nautilus Book Award Winner • Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist"Engelhard locates life—biological, cultural, and geophysical—in every mile of this vast, wild landscape." —Robert Moor, author of On Trails: An ExplorationA lyrical memoir that interweaves wilderness, homeland, cultural connections, historical
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Northerners

Alaskans Yesterday and Today

by Michael Engelhard ...

Alaska's people enchant tourists and armchair travelers asutterly as that state's wildlife and scenery do. Its cultures,subcultures, and individuals have long fascinated MichaelEngelhard, a former resident, outdoor educator, and wildernessguide, a scholar of philosophical bent. His smart, witty voice hereprofiles a river ranger, a bear-dog trainer, a pathfinder, a grifter,smoke jumpers, Orthodox ... Read more

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Alaska's people enchant tourists and armchair travelers asutterly as that state's wildlife and scenery do. Its cultures,subcultures, and individuals have long fascinated MichaelEngelhard, a former resident, outdoor educator, and wildernessguide, a scholar of philosophical bent. His smart, witty voice hereprofiles a river ranger, a bear-dog trainer, a pathfinder, a grifter,smoke jumpers, Orthodox
... Read more
No Place Like Nome

The Bering Strait Seen Through Its Most Storied City

by Michael Engelhard ...

Beyond Sled Dogs and GoldSomewhere between myths and hard facts you find Nome, poised also between yesterday and tomorrow. Drawing on his background in anthropology and an equal passion for history, Michael Engelhard surveys the seam that links two neighboring continents through the lens of one pivotal city. The region's legacy of millennia shines on pages enriched by this writer's recollections ... Read more

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Beyond Sled Dogs and GoldSomewhere between myths and hard facts you find Nome, poised also between yesterday and tomorrow. Drawing on his background in anthropology and an equal passion for history, Michael Engelhard surveys the seam that links two neighboring continents through the lens of one pivotal city. The region's legacy of millennia shines on pages enriched by this writer's recollections
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No Walk in the Park

Seeking Thrills, Eco-Wisdom, and Legacies in the Grand Canyon

by Michael Engelhard ...

In the footsteps of Desert Solitaire, these essays by an award-winning writer and student of culture sift decades of experience backpacking and boating for a stance that questions the mainstream. More than mere tales of bravado, they offer glimpses into the heart of the places explored, with the Grand Canyon as their center of gravity. Vivid, finely crafted, shot through with humor, self-effacing ... Read more

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In the footsteps of Desert Solitaire, these essays by an award-winning writer and student of culture sift decades of experience backpacking and boating for a stance that questions the mainstream. More than mere tales of bravado, they offer glimpses into the heart of the places explored, with the Grand Canyon as their center of gravity. Vivid, finely crafted, shot through with humor, self-effacing
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Ice Bear

The Cultural History of an Arctic Icon

by Michael Engelhard ...

Prime Arctic predator and nomad of the sea ice and tundra, the polar bear endures as a source of wonder, terror, and fascination. Humans have seen it as spirit guide and fanged enemy, as trade good and moral metaphor, as food source and symbol of ecological crisis. Eight thousand years of artifacts attest to its charisma, and to the fraught relationships between our two species. In the White Bear, ... Read more

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Prime Arctic predator and nomad of the sea ice and tundra, the polar bear endures as a source of wonder, terror, and fascination. Humans have seen it as spirit guide and fanged enemy, as trade good and moral metaphor, as food source and symbol of ecological crisis. Eight thousand years of artifacts attest to its charisma, and to the fraught relationships between our two species. In the White Bear,
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Hell's Half Mile

River Runners' Tales of Hilarity and Misadventure

by Michael Engelhard ...

“A high-water mark in river running humor from the guides and the misguided.” —Tim Cahill, author of Pass the Butterworms and Pecked to Death by Ducks“Full of great tales, funny stories, and river lore, it will make some river runners eager to get back into the boats—and some wishing they had stayed home.” —Peter Stark, author of Last Breath and Driving to Greenland“Just when you thought ... Read more

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“A high-water mark in river running humor from the guides and the misguided.” —Tim Cahill, author of Pass the Butterworms and Pecked to Death by Ducks“Full of great tales, funny stories, and river lore, it will make some river runners eager to get back into the boats—and some wishing they had stayed home.” —Peter Stark, author of Last Breath and Driving to Greenland“Just when you thought
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What the River Knows

Essays from the Heart of Alaska

by Michael Engelhard ...

Narrated by Basil Sands ...

Unabridged

12 hours 53 min

Edward Abbey, who never much liked Alaska, called it "our biggest, buggiest, boggiest state." To others, it has been a cure for despair. When Michael Engelhard moved to Fairbanks more than three decades ago, he was a cheechako, a subarctic tenderfoot. Gathering skills and experiences the hard way, he attained "Sourdough" status while realizing there would always be more to learn, see, and do in ... Read more

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Edward Abbey, who never much liked Alaska, called it "our biggest, buggiest, boggiest state." To others, it has been a cure for despair. When Michael Engelhard moved to Fairbanks more than three decades ago, he was a cheechako, a subarctic tenderfoot. Gathering skills and experiences the hard way, he attained "Sourdough" status while realizing there would always be more to learn, see, and do in
... Read more
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No Place Like Nome

The Bering Strait Seen Through Its Most Storied City

by Michael Engelhard ...

Narrated by Jason Grasl ...

Unabridged

6 hours 20 min

Beyond Sled Dogs and GoldSomewhere between myths and hard facts you find Nome, poised also between yesterday and tomorrow. Drawing on his background in anthropology and an equal passion for history, Michael Engelhard surveys the seam that links two neighboring continents through the lens of one pivotal city. The region's legacy of millennia shines on pages enriched by this writer's recollections ... Read more

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Beyond Sled Dogs and GoldSomewhere between myths and hard facts you find Nome, poised also between yesterday and tomorrow. Drawing on his background in anthropology and an equal passion for history, Michael Engelhard surveys the seam that links two neighboring continents through the lens of one pivotal city. The region's legacy of millennia shines on pages enriched by this writer's recollections
... Read more

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No Walk in the Park

Seeking Thrills, Eco-Wisdom, and Legacies in the Grand Canyon

by Michael Engelhard ...

Narrated by Stephen R. Thorne ...

Unabridged

10 hours 2 min

In the footsteps of Desert Solitaire, these essays by an award-winning writer and student of culture sift decades of experience backpacking and boating for a stance that questions the mainstream. More than mere tales of bravado, they offer glimpses into the heart of the places explored, with the Grand Canyon as their center of gravity. Vivid, finely crafted, shot through with humor, self-effacing ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Also available as: eBook

In the footsteps of Desert Solitaire, these essays by an award-winning writer and student of culture sift decades of experience backpacking and boating for a stance that questions the mainstream. More than mere tales of bravado, they offer glimpses into the heart of the places explored, with the Grand Canyon as their center of gravity. Vivid, finely crafted, shot through with humor, self-effacing
... Read more

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Arctic Traverse

A Thousand-Mile Summer of Trekking the Brooks Range

by Michael Engelhard ...

Narrated by Patrick Lawlor ...

Unabridged

11 hours 6 min

A lyrical memoir that interweaves wilderness, homeland, cultural connections, historical figures, humor, and gritty experiences across northern AlaskaFrom the award-winning author of Ice Bear: The Cultural History of an Arctic Icon comes an intimate exploration of Alaska's northernmost mountain range with observations on Indigenous cultures, conservation, and intense cross-country travel, all ... Read more

$24.99 USD

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A lyrical memoir that interweaves wilderness, homeland, cultural connections, historical figures, humor, and gritty experiences across northern AlaskaFrom the award-winning author of Ice Bear: The Cultural History of an Arctic Icon comes an intimate exploration of Alaska's northernmost mountain range with observations on Indigenous cultures, conservation, and intense cross-country travel, all
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A Walk in the Park

The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

by Kevin Fedarko ...

*** Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award in Outdoor Literature * Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction * Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Air Mail, Smithsonian Magazine, and Financial Times“A triumph. Fedarko doesn’t describe awe; he induces it.” —The New York Times Book Review****“Passionate…memorable…life-affirming.” —The Wall Street ... Read more

$16.99 USD

*** Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award in Outdoor Literature * Winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction * Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Air Mail, Smithsonian Magazine, and Financial Times“A triumph. Fedarko doesn’t describe awe; he induces it.” —The New York Times Book Review****“Passionate…memorable…life-affirming.” —The Wall Street
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The Best of Outside

The First 20 Years

by Outside Magazine Editors ...

Series series Vintage Departures
The man-eating proclivities of Komodo dragons. The complicated art of being a cowgirl. A picaresque ramble with a merry band of tree-cleaners. The big-wave crusaders of the world's best surfers. For the past twenty years, Outside magazine has set the standard for original and engaging reports on travel, adventure, sports, and the environment.Along the way, many of America's best journalists and ... Read more

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The man-eating proclivities of Komodo dragons. The complicated art of being a cowgirl. A picaresque ramble with a merry band of tree-cleaners. The big-wave crusaders of the world's best surfers. For the past twenty years, Outside magazine has set the standard for original and engaging reports on travel, adventure, sports, and the environment.Along the way, many of America's best journalists and
... Read more

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