In beautiful, thoughtful, and sensitive lyrics, UPSTREAM offers an enthusiastic encounter with a winter journey paddling up the Mississippi River. This sequence of meditations follows in the tradition of Basho's Eastern travelogues-as a contemplation of self, history, and our contemporary environment.UPSTREAM gives form to the belief that life, itself, is a relationship with the Earth. Guided by Native Nation cosmologies, this collection captures that complexity o...

Despite her success setting a self-supported Fastest Known Time record on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2013, Heather “Anish” Anderson still had such deep-seated insecurities that she became convinced her feat had been a fluke. So two years later she set out again, this time hiking through mud, rocks, and mountain blazes to crush her constant self-doubt and seek the true source of her strength and purpose.The 2,180 miles of the Appalachian Trail, from Maine to Georgia, did not make it...

New York Times bestseller: "A coast-to-coast journey by way of great rivers, conducted by a contemporary master of travel writing" ( Kirkus Reviews).In this memoir brimming with history, humor, and wisdom, the author of Blue Highways and PrairyErth "voyages across the country, from Atlantic to Pacific, almost entirely by its rivers, lakes and canals in a small outboard-powered boat" ( San Francisco Chronicle...

"A richly observant memoir of a coast-to-coast journey along the US-Canada border . . . An armchair traveler's delight" ( Kirkus Reviews)."Part travelogue, part memoir, part meditation, part exploration," North Country is an account of a trip along the northern border of the United States in search of the country's last unspoiled frontiers ( The Boston Sunday Globe). In this vast, sparsely settled territory, Howard Frank Mosher found both...

When the struggle to save oil-soaked birds and restore blackened beaches left him feeling frustrated and helpless, John Francis decided to take a more fundamental and personal stand—he stopped using all forms of motorized transportation. Soon after embarking on this quest that would span two decades and two continents, the young man took a vow of silence that endured for 17 years. It began as a silent environmental protest, but as a young African-American man, walking across the country in...

Tumblehome: a term to describe the way the side of a canoe arcs inward toward the center, toward home.James Raffan has always followed his own arc in life. Like his mentor and friend Bill Mason, Raffan has taken his love of the wilderness and integrated it into his life and his work, becoming not just a master canoeist and outdoorsman, but an accomplished and thoughtful writer. In Tumblehome, Raffan explores the notion that canoeing has the power to teach and tran...

A new edition of the beloved volume by Joy Harjo, one of our foremost Native American poets.First published in 1983 and now considered a classic, She Had Some Horses is a powerful exploration of womanhood's most intimate moments. Joy Harjo's poems speak of women's despair, of their imprisonment and ruin at the hands of men and society, but also of their awakenings, power, and love.

More than ever before, bears and human beings are living closer together as climate change, deforestation and community encroachment diminish bear territory. Once considered romantic creatures living in rural surroundings, bears are now becoming as common in some places as raccoons.Some experts believe that the animals should be left entirely alone; others argue that responsible hunting will best serve both bears and human beings. In Grizzlyville, award-winning writer Jake...

A boat chase. Flying lead in court. Out of control aircraft. A sting. Ticklish fish. Flaming nostrils. Bears after dark. A human anchor. Snared bear. Cantankerous hunters. Obnoxious hunters. Devilment and chicanery. True stories from the 32 year career of a Game Warden.

If we had the chance to do things again differently, would we?Hard to say when the snow began falling. In the 2020s, there were rumors of global warming, of severe weather changes and it was not all rumor. Many of us could feel the changes. Warm and then cold. Rain and then the sunniest of days. Then all went bad, warmer and warmer each day.

What is the difference between a cougar, a puma, and a mountain lion?How high can a cougar jump to reach a tree limb?Do cougars live alone or in groups?Do cougars catch most of what they chase?What will a cougar do if it sees a dog?Learn the answers to these questions, and more.Find out what a cougar looks like, where it lives, what it eats, what eats it, how babies are born, and other fun facts.All measurements in American and metric....

Cloudwalker, describing the creation of the rivers, is the second in a series of Northwest Coast legends by Roy Henry Vickers and Robert Budd. Their previous collaboration, Raven Brings the Light (2013), is a national bestseller.On British Columbia’s northwest coast lies the Sacred Headwaters-the source of three of British Columbia’s largest salmon-bearing rivers. These rivers are the source of life for all creatures in the area. But what gave life to the rivers t...