"In many ways, we're more comfortable than ever before. But could our sheltered, temperature-controlled, overfed, underchallenged lives actually be the leading cause of many our most urgent physical and mental health issues? [Author and] journalist Michael Easter seeks out off-the-grid visionaries, disruptive genius researchers, and mind-body conditioning trailblazers who are unlocking the life-enhancing secrets of a counterintuitive solution: discomfort."--Flap...

Presents essential skills every outdoorsman should know, including how to track a buck, techniques for flyfishing, and surviving a fall through ice.

Purported to be a facsimile of the tattered notebooks of the "Unknown Adventurer," this love letter to nature is filled with details of extraordinary adventures and escapades, expedition advice, survival methods, and annotated, colored-pencil sketches explaining things you must know how to do to in order to survive and thrive in the wild.

FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS. Plan your next adventure with this complete guide to exploring nature, campfire cooking, and sleeping under the stars.The experts at Sunset draw on more than a century of outdoor experience to create a guide that leaves no stone unturned. Easy to navigate and chock full of clear how-to's, handy checklists, lush photographs, and a nifty pull-out glow-in-the-dark constellation map, Camp Sunset offers something for everyone.You'll...

A humorous reference to the outdoor world furnishes whimsical and informative directions on how to escape every kind of trouble in the wild, accompanied by zany lists and facts, helpful charts and graphs, and accounts of explorers.